Pigeon, blizzard and no bonanza
Headed to Pigeon today to brave the winds and hope for good fishing. I was rewarded. Walleye, after walleye, after walleye, repeat, walleye, walleye, ....
Set up in 9 FOW and it turned out to be the ticket. After landing 3 really nice walleye, A huge, frickin huge white comes in and I swear it had the hook... I pull it up and watch as it bounces over the mouth, head and down the back. Easily a 8 lb white. Just a huge thing. Didn't come back either....
Shortly after a huge beak comes into view and it is a nice pike. I had a good long like 5 minute look at this thing and it was 4-5 inches at the back. Probably 12-14 lbs. I hooked and release another walleye which went straight down under the hole. I'm thinking I'm going to see a kill. The pike comes in and watches the walleye recover. When the walleye finally sees the pike it takes off at high speed. I drop my hook down where the walleye was and the pike lowers to the bottom. I slowly jig....barely...waiting.....waiting...waiting...sl ight move....wait....After 5 minutes of this I get bored and jib the hook towards the pike. It touches the lip, then the over the eyes, head and down the back....no reaction. I was surprised.
After that I landed another 10-12 walleye....all nice. Good ole big pike would came back on the releases but not near the hook. Didn't see another white. Headed out to 25 FOW and fished for a few hours to absolutely nothing. No marks, no whites. Just howling blizzard outside. Packed up and noon.
Interesting day. Nice start anyways.
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