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Pend Oreille County, WA

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04/22/2012
Casting
Pike
Noon
04/23/2012
1
1716

Went out yesterday. Started fishing right before 11 Around the Newport area. Seen two other boats while I was out. Weather was beautiful. Light wind at times. I was primarily fishing for pike. Tried a lot of different lures with no success. No hits no pursuits didn't even see a pike. Seen a couple other fish jump but other than not not a very productive day. I live locally in Newport and have never had a difficult time catching pike or bass. The game department had nets out on sat. I've been 4 times so far this year with the same results.


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AJ's Dad
4/24/2012 7:46:00 AM
Get used to it my friend. It certainly is the way of the day, and the future for the POR.
Just make sure you release every pike you catch, if you find any, or there won't be any more.
ilv2fish
4/24/2012 7:08:00 PM
We were out there about the same time and boated no fish and had no bite's either. Talked to folks in their boats and they had no luck either. No bites, seen no fish, same story. I did manage to see one Pike in Bunny Slough, little one about 4lbs, that was it for about 4 hrs of fishing.
spocanman
4/25/2012 8:10:00 AM
Oh, I have to strongly disagree with that statement. Pike are not native, they don't belong there and shouldn't be there. They've taken over the system and now, will never be eliminated. Where are the LMB, SMB, Perch, Browns, Rainbows, etc. what about them?

In some places in Alaska they are such a problem it's illegal to return a live Pike to the water and it could very well come to that here. Pike are exciting to catch, agreed. Pike are delicious, agreed. But, they won't coexist in the PDO, plain an simple. Eat them all.
Boldasu
4/25/2012 4:28:00 PM
Spocanman did the Indian reservation pay you to leave this comment?You don't even know what you talking about .Back East in the Great Lakes, Pike LMB,SMB,Raibows,Walleye coexist and is not a little bit a problem with this but the Indian reservation had to spend the money they receive from government" aka" tax payers in order to receive a lot more.They don't work have full benefits from government just because long time ago they own the lands and we keep pay taxes for their lazy lifestyle.
spocanman
4/26/2012 7:05:00 AM
Wow! Boldasu doesn't hold back. A civil response with have been just fine, but snide, derogatory comments are really uncalled for.
The indisputable facts are that the little 50 mile stretch of the PDO River is not the same ecosystem, as as in your example, The Great Lakes, etc. The PDO is not the first place invaded by Northerns and won't be the last and they cannot be eliminated now that their here.
For those who would like to know more about what Pike can do to an ecosystem check out what's happening in Alaska: http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=invasivepike.main
Or just do a search on Northern Pike and invasive species. Don't take my word for it or Boldasu's either. Become informed!
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