If you’ve followed this blog for any length of time, you’ve probably read countless stories and reports from the Toronto Islands during pike season. Well, the season is upon us again my friends and I was lucky enough to get out early on opening day (saturday) and fish with Ed F in his brand spanking new Lund boat docked on the islands. We were on the water before 9 and hitting pike before 9:30. It was a truly amazing start to the season and I look forward to what should be an amazing fishing year!
This was a “trip of firsts”- the first pike fishing day of the year on the islands, my first fish landed this year, which was also the first fish landed in Ed’s new boat, and also the first fish I caught on a swimbait (a reaction strike slow sink Revolution Shad). That’s a lot of firsts for one fish! Even though swimbaits were working really well for me best lure of the day was still the Rapala Glidin’ Rap.
Also, we’re thinking about putting together a small gathering on the islands for all of our local readers so register for our forums and get involved! More photos from my trip after the break- all photos credited to Ed F.
Great start! I’ll see you in a few days, maybe we can hit up the islands for a few hours!
NICE FISHIN’!!!!
Nice fish Jon!
I guess the Japanese fishing charm is still working?
Adam, I’ve actually forgotten it at home my past few trips as it’s been tied to my backpack with a piece of 100# floro. Also I never got the second one like Clive did, I still have the acrylic one with the golden hook which I carry with great esteem.
If I were superstitious though I’d say it was the fact I shaved, LOL.
nice fish!!!
Oh and it was also the first fish I landed while filming on my GoPro Hero HD! Video coming soon!
How were your working your Glidin’ Rap ?
Sometimes when I jerk it, it should glide to same side again and such… and it sinks faster than I thought.
It was worked in a pretty rapid fashion, but on a medium/heavy rod, so not much play in the tip. Each pulse probably only moved the lure 1-3″. Worked at whats probably 100-140bpm I’d imagine (I was listening to dubstep at the time, so that just happened to be the beat I followed)
I also had some luck throwing a small-ish bulldog through the deeper part of the channel in the early morning. Once all the tour boats came through it wasn’t worth it.
I’ve actually never fished for Pike, but it looks like it would be a lot of fun. Down south I pretty much focus on saltwater – Redfish, specs, and flounder.