Odd Esox Behavior
Went out today for some perch and ran into some people that I knew. Had the Aqua-Vu with me so I offered to set it up and show them how many perch were really down their holes. As soon as the camera got down, they were amazed at the number of perch casually ignoring their baits. In short order, a small pike came in and eyed the small spoons. Then it bellied down in the mud about a foot from the closest hook and just sat there. They tried a minnow, a rubber tail jig, spoon, etc. and the pike would maybe swim around it once before settling back onto bottom. After a half hour or so of this, another small one came in to join it's buddy in the mud to watch all the hooks going up and down. Neither one ever did make an attempt to hit anything! I have seem pike ignore offerings lots of times, but I don't recall seeing any settle in like these two. Anyone else ever see this? What do you think they were doing?
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