For weeks now there have been 2 pikes chilling in our marina. A big one, lets call him Bill and a smaller one, Ted.
I've been trying to catch em for weeks, throwing all kinds of stuff at them, usually they get curious and follow the bait for a bit until I see them and they see me.
I've tried jerkbaits (because these 2 are jerks), swimbaits, softbaits and even dead bait.
Today I finally caught Ted, the small one. It was hilarious. I threw in a chatterbait to pass them off and boy did it work. Ted chased the bait all the way to my feet (into 30cm of water!), lunged at the bait and missed. The bait was now ON TOP OF HIS NOSE!
Afraid I would spook him I did not move a muscle and he promptly swam away angry, kicking up a bunch of sand in the process. Threw the baits just ahead of where he was going and this time the starts finally aligned.
Guys, meet Ted:
Posted by FutureConsistent8611