Your report sure sounds a lot like the P.M. that you just sent me. Don’t worry; those 40 inchers will be in there before ya know it just like you told me in that P.M. It sounds like you had an awfully good time anyway!

On a different note, I did try pike fishing a couple times. I found pretty much what you said I would (lots of hammer handles), with one exception. At one point I was waking an orange and black bucktail just under the surface over some weeds, and a really nice pike came flying up. The only problem was that his aim was off and he hit the lure with his nose. The lure then flew through the air in one direction while the pike flew the other way. Oh well, at least I got a good look at him since all of that happened 15 feet from boatside. I’m not real good at guessing the sizes of them, but I would have estimated him to have been in the 38-40 inch range. I’ve caught a couple of 34 inchers before, and this one was considerably bigger than either of those.

As always, thanks for the report, and thanks for the information.