So I had no one to fish with, and having the day off work, I left dark and early to go fish Utikima Lake by myself.
Got on the lake as the sky was just starting to get pink. - 11 and a chilly wind, I was so pumped and ready to get some fish.
First spot. Nothing. Not a bite. Fished it about 40 min. Second spot. Nothing. Fished it about 20 min.
Moved to a completely different area, and landed this smallish pike right away.
Two more pike in about an hour. "Well, this is a bust" was my thought.
Moved to a fourth spot and fished about an hour, again with just two more average 2 - 4 lb pike.
It was now 10:30, and with only 5 pike I was beginning to get discouraged. But I liked the third spot I was in, had about 12 feet of water, and I just had a good feeling about going back there. So I did.
BAM! Within 30 seconds of dropping a line I had a decent pike!
Two minutes later, another fish on, this time a pretty nice walter!
Then another good hit. I knew THIS fish was a good one, we went back and forth to the hole at least 5 different times before I finally caught a glimpse of her.
After I landed her, I weighed her ( 11.2 lbs ) took a pic and released her all in under a minute. I must admit - I am
SO disappointed that I cut her tail off in the pic, but I was really wanting to get her back as soon as I could. But when you are solo and things happen fast I never got a good chance to review the picture. Oh well, a beauty of a gator anyways!
After that it was pretty consistent until about 12:30 - I landed about 12 - 15 pike all in the 4 - 7 lb range.
Just had myself a FANTASTIC morning on the ice - so happy I decided to go
solo to Utik - what a morning!!
pics are awesome and day sounds great
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