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By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 7/22/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/21/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Yesterday got off to an amazing start. On his second cast of the day, the Packernut stuck a fat 9-10 pound pike. I promptly netted the fish and declared the day a 5 right off the bat. The fish gave on...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 7/14/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/14/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We were on the water by 6:15. We fished the area where I saw that monster last weekend but were unable to locate any active fish so off we went to hit a few other spots.
We got our first fish at 8...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 7/8/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/7/2018
Hot Spots: 0
OK. I'm giving this trip a 4 but it could easily have been a 5 with a little more cooperation from the fish.
I fished several locations on the main lake and found fish in 6-12 feet of water. The rat...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 7/2/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/1/2018
Hot Spots: 0
My daughter is in town and had been planning to ride along with me on a fishing trip. She doesn't fish, but much like my wife, she can manage to get some extra shut eye in while she's on the boat.
W...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 6/25/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/24/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Once again I'm giving this trip a 5 because of quality fish not for numbers. I had to fish alone yesterday. MY wife had planned on coming along but wanted to go visit her dad in the hospital instead....
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 6/18/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/17/2018
Hot Spots: 0
The Packernut and I got out on Cda again yesterday for time after missing the last couple of weekends.
Started the day fishing in the location that has done well for me this year and managed one din...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 5/28/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/27/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I fished Cda Lake again yesterday with the Packernut. I'm giving this trip a 5 rating, not because of high numbers of fish, but because of quality fish. I caught 6 pike on the day. At one point got t...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 5/23/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/22/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I'm giving this trip a 5 because it was very short and nicely productive. I got out to Cda last evening after work. I had promised to get one of my co workers out to catch some pike once they started ...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 5/21/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/20/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I'm rating this trip as a 5. Not for the amount of fish but for the incredible action. I did catch 8 nice pike. One dink 25"er and the rest were 29-33 inches and weighed in from 6 to 10 pounds. I fish...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 5/14/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/12/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Got out on Cda and the chains for a short day Saturday to celebrate AJ's Birthday. He would have been 29 years old.
Started out getting blanked for the first hour and thought things were going to be...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 9/28/2017
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/23/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Not a secret spot here. I just couldn't find Montana in the area fished.
I gave this report a 4 not because of abundant fish but because we had never fished the lake before, still caught fish, and h...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 9/4/2017
Species: Pike
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/2/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Had a decent day pike fishing on Cda lake Saturday. I managed only 5 fish but other than a slim 18"er, the fish were of good quality. One 29"er, two 30"ers and a 36" 14 pounder made for a good trip. ...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 8/28/2017
Species: Pike
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/26/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Got out on Cda again this weekend with the wife. The pike fishing has been producing a few fish but not big numbers. I only caught 3 pike on Saturday but they were nice fish. They weighed in at 26" -...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 8/10/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/5/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Sorry for the late report.
I fished Banks Lake with the Packernut on Saturday the 5th. We tried jigs for about an hour to no avail, then switched to bottom walkers and Mack's smile blades, slow de...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 7/26/2017
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/25/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I spent a little over 3 hours chasing tiger muskies at Newman with Mark K. We tossed several different baits at them but only found one fish. No other follows or bites. This 36"er took a gold double b...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 7/23/2017
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/22/2017
Hot Spots: 0
The pike on Cda are continuing to cooperate a bit, despite the hot ambient temps and warm water. I managed to catch and release 6 pike on the main lake again yesterday, and missed 4 or 5 others. Amazi...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 7/8/2017
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/8/2017
Hot Spots: 0
The wife and I got on CDA at about 5:15 am. For those of you that are interested, she finished an entire book by the time I stopped fishing at about 3:30 pm. That said:
I caught and released 7 pike ...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 6/25/2017
Species: Pike
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/24/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I left the main lake to the pleasure boaters yesterday and spent the day fishing a few of the chain lakes for pike. Killarney produce three fish, swan gave up two and cave and medicine were a bust for...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 6/19/2017
Species: Pike
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/17/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Got out on CDA with a friend on Saturday. He caught 3 pike then had to head home around 2:30. I fished for another couple of hours and finished the day with a total of 6 pike and one 4lb 3oz large mou...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 5/28/2017
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/27/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I was originally scheduled to be on the fishing sidelines and spending time with the wife this 3 day weekend. I'll be heading off to Last Mountain Lake in Saskatchewan for a week with Lucious and the ...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 12/4/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/3/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This is an overall update report for October 19th to the present time. I haven’t posted in a while, but I have been out catching fish on Coeurdalene Lake.
On Oct. 19th I took a day off from work, ...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 10/2/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/1/2016
Hot Spots: 0
October is finally here but it certainly didn't start with a bang. The Packernut and I fished hard all day for a total of 3 pike. We did manage to miss 8 or 10 others on the day, but for the most part...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 9/27/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/24/2016
Hot Spots: 0
My son Brandon and I got out on Cda on Saturday. He started the day with a nice 35" 11 1/2 pounder within the first 5 minutes of the day. That can sometimes be a curse and it was for him on this trip....
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 9/18/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/17/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I got out to CDA with the packernut in the rain yesterday. We gave our rain gear a workout, that's for sure. We managed 6 pike on the day with one 29"er one 30"er and two 31"ers. I think the bigger fi...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 9/4/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/3/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Got back to Cda yesterday, this time with Mark K. Things started out very quickly when I boated a nice 26" pike on the very first cast of the day. Our next fish was a large mouth about 10 minutes late...