Catch of the day [Fishing]

[jordanscollected]

Gorgeous sky and water. Casting practice never looked better

[Giles]

How's this @goosehd ?

[goosehd]

The pike will steal your plastic:

I try to run half of the grub tail on the hook like this:

[goosehd]

A few better pictures…

Giles,  the way you rigged it would work fine when the pike are aggressive and actively hunting.  This way is better when they are not.

Good luck!

[Giles]

OK thanks.  I'll give that a go…....

[Giles]

@goosehd It worked.

I had 3 and missed about 4 other hits.  None of the ones I landed was large, but that'll happen if I put the hours in….

[goosehd]

@Giles You can’t imagine how happy that makes me!  Thank you. 

[Giles]

And that makes me happy 

[jordanscollected]

do you fish Spinner baits @Giles? I have one tied on at all times on my boat, and they are unreal for Pike fishing.

[Giles]

I have one or two, but not tried them yet.  I'll pop one in my bag next time I venture out…..

[Giles]

Mark II

[Giles]

Christmas Eve evening Pike…..

[goosehd]

Good looking fish.  Catch and release?

[Giles]

Of course…......

And on a none-bug-tailed Johnson silver minnow in the dark 

[jordanscollected]

That guy had Xmas dinner already, or just a beer belly.

[Giles]

Yep, it was a fatty….

[Matty123]

1st fish of the year. got him on a 1/4 oz jig head with a 3 inch zman jerk shad. sizes down for the cold. very slow retrieve with twitches. caught 6 more after this

[Giles]

BOOM Matty

[RP]

Most of the year in South Florida it is too hot to wear my favorite IH gear (too hot for pants most days..), but it does allow for some other activities.  This is a late-season female (cow) dolphin caught off shore of Miami:

Here is a blue marlin that we let go:

[Giles]

Congrats…....