FIN-ITE 34
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With the cooler weather on Wednesday evening I opted to leave the kayak home and do a little bank fishing for pike. I donned a long sleeve shirt and loaded up with insect repellant in anticipation of deer flies and the Zika scourge.
On my first cast I had a pike grab that I was unable to hook up with, and as would have it, that would be the situation for the rest of the evening for pike. I finished up with six takes, of which I could not get a hook set on any of them. The takes were all tentative, not the usual smash and grab. It was almost as if they were just grabbing the fly and playing with it.
I did however not get the skunk as I was surprised with a really nice largemouth bass of just about four pounds.
This fish really smashed the rabbit strip diver and made some nice jumps before coming to hand.
The wetlands are now in full bloom with the wild hibiscus or swamp rose mallow.
It was a pleasant evening to fish the river banks with cool temperatures and surprisingly no flies or mosquitos to contend with.
On my first cast I had a pike grab that I was unable to hook up with, and as would have it, that would be the situation for the rest of the evening for pike. I finished up with six takes, of which I could not get a hook set on any of them. The takes were all tentative, not the usual smash and grab. It was almost as if they were just grabbing the fly and playing with it.
I did however not get the skunk as I was surprised with a really nice largemouth bass of just about four pounds.
This fish really smashed the rabbit strip diver and made some nice jumps before coming to hand.
The wetlands are now in full bloom with the wild hibiscus or swamp rose mallow.
It was a pleasant evening to fish the river banks with cool temperatures and surprisingly no flies or mosquitos to contend with.
