May Pike Fishing

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(04-05-2013 10:09 AM)MichaelAngelo Wrote:  congrats Rich! First ice out pike I've seen posted up. Did the pike inhale it when the bait was dead stationary? Or were you twitching it?

funny you mentioned the twitch.
that day, water was very clear I can see my lure 10 feet out. at the end of my retrieve i can't see any follows. this has been going on for maybe an hour. no follows (or so i thought). as a cloud covered part of the sun for a brief moment. I saw a pale shadow following my lure 4 ft away. Polarized glasses really helped. I got excited and as the pike closes in. I gave my lure a slight twitch to give it a lively look...this in fact triggered the pike to move away. Cast again. this time It was just dead stationary and as the pike was closing in again. no twitched. every minute the pike closing in by a foot. this is now right in front of me. probably 3 feet from where i am. pike's mouth 2 inches from my lure. took about 15 seconds before the take. this was the first time for me to witness it. learned a lot about them that day. from that day until closing (2weeks)...never been skunked. all of this info is given based from my non-professional experience...just a mere observation.