Father and Son Yukon Fishing Affair at Squanga Lake

August 14, 2007 at 9:07 am

I asked my oldest son Zack if he could keep a secret. He said “What?“. I said, “Promise you won’t tell Max”. Excitedly, he said “ok, promise”. I wispered in his ear, “Lets go fishing, but don’t tell your little brother, or he’ll be really upset”.  Not sure if it was the fishing, or the fact that his little brother was not invited, he continued playing lego with a huge, shy grin. We took off father and son, leaving the little one with Mom to do other “fun things”.  Zack and I set out for a Pike adventure at Squanga Lake with another bunch of boys. All guys, we piled into the boat and slowly trolled along the shore to see if we could hook into a cruising Laker. Nothing. Noticing the excitement started to wear off on the little guys with the dull hum of the motor taking over. It was time for the top-water adrenaline in Pike. Gunned it for the weed beds, pulled out a few lollipops for the kids to get the sugar rush going. We drifted around a couple of beds, chucking top props, frogs, plugs anything that made noise. A few nice, agressive hits, but few hook-ups.

I’ve got to do some more thinking about top-water lures. I am thinking Pike strike out of aggression, to wound, not to eat. I think they side-swipe with the intent to wound first. They would hit lure after lure, you would even see the wake coming a few feet before they hit, but few would actually stick. Zack loved the action. I would cast far and he would reel away, time after time, a real trooper. Occaisionally he would see the Pike come and take a crack at his presentation. He loved it and kept saying that he was getting “good action” on his retrieve. All in all a great day with lots of hits but not too many takers.

We took four “hammerheads”, just enough to fillet, batter and eat as a group of hungry men. We pounded the pike back and then let them watch Star Wars in the van…just to top it all off. Pike and Darth Vader, it doesn’t get better than that for a five-year old. It was a great day and evening. Many more of these to come.

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