Big Northern Pike "Jeff's Despair"

From Ronda Huston about their fishing vacation last week:

Attached you will find my 32+ a smidge Northern Pike that I forgot to put in your catch/release book.  But better than that is the image of my husband Jeff in the background hanging his head in dispair.!!!   Something wonderful is really going on at Wabatong---this will be my second consecutive trip that I beat him in NUMBERS and SIZE of fish.  Funny, though, he always has some kind of excuse--much like a fisherman's tale. 
Ronda Huston


Great Fish and Great Picture Ronda!
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The Northern Pike Fishing Bos Brothers

Jeff Bos with 39 inch Northern Pike.

Jeff Bos with 36 inch Northern Pike

Jon Bos with "smaller" Northern Pike

The Bos Brothers, Jon & Jeff, arranged a last minute, end of our season fishing vacation, and what a vacation they are having. Great weather and lots of fish. Jeff is doing especially well with this 39 inch Northern Pike, the largest caught and released this year, and a 36 inch Northern Pike caught earlier. Jon looks like he is  feeling a bit more challenged but actually has been catching more fish than Jeff, just not bigger.

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Fishing in the Weeds

Here is Fred Morris , a guest I was guiding earlier this week , with a northern pike of 33 inches. This fish was caught fishing right above a 12 ft. deep weed bed .These larger walleye and pike are hanging out in these thick weed beds in search of bait fish such as perch.The perch are still hanging around the weeds, but will soon move out to deeper water as the shallow water begins to cool. Once this happens , most of the walleye will start to move into shallow Rockie areas in search of other bait fish like large minnows and also crayfish.These are the same feeding patterns that you see with walleye in May throughout June. In the winter months , perch move to the deepest parts of the lake where the warmest water is. In the summer the weeds start to grow as the shallow water warms up , that's when the perch move into the weeds as they offer structure, which will help them hide from predators , feed on smaller bait fish and also spawn. When this happens its a prime feeding area for these large pike and walleye. A really effective bait to use is the rapala husky jerk size 14 or the rapala x-rap clackin minnow. The clown pattern has been most successful as of late but the green and silver and black silver can be really effective as well.

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