Big Mama on light spinning
Another visit to Brzegi early in the morning. I took with me my new spinning rod (Team Dragon HM-X Trout 2,45m 2-14 g). My main target was rainbow trout, so I used small crankbaits and silicone "twisters" on the light jig head. There was a lot of trout jumping. I approached it with the fly rod and dry fly. No reaction from fish.
Then I switched to spinning. I attached a hot pink twister, which barely resembles an earthworm.
Another cast, and twister landed somewhere in the deep water. The line landed on the water in the arc shape. I didn't feel the fish, because of this line arc. But I noticed that line started to move to the side, without my intervention. I started to crank the reel. Fish! It wasn't heavy in the beginning. But soon, I figured out that fish is big and too heavy for my tackle.
It made few powerful runs to the nearest water lily thickets. I was afraid that fish will snag on the grass. Then I saw big, fat body. This is pike, northern pike! Esox Lucius. The top predator in our freshwater rivers and lakes.
The fish measured 75 cm, and weight is probably 4 kg. Quite fat, looks like spawner, but they already spawned either in March or April.
Nice one, what a monster. I recorded a video how I release it.
This is my absolute record in this year - the biggest fish . Luckily, I landed it on 0,165 mm line rated as 2,7 kg, and fish was approximately 4 kg. My reel Shimano Stradic ci4 2500 handled it perfectly.
I fished for 2,5 or 3 hours. There were no other fish. But, this is more than enough.
Esox lucius
Then I switched to spinning. I attached a hot pink twister, which barely resembles an earthworm.
Another cast, and twister landed somewhere in the deep water. The line landed on the water in the arc shape. I didn't feel the fish, because of this line arc. But I noticed that line started to move to the side, without my intervention. I started to crank the reel. Fish! It wasn't heavy in the beginning. But soon, I figured out that fish is big and too heavy for my tackle.
It made few powerful runs to the nearest water lily thickets. I was afraid that fish will snag on the grass. Then I saw big, fat body. This is pike, northern pike! Esox Lucius. The top predator in our freshwater rivers and lakes.
The fish measured 75 cm, and weight is probably 4 kg. Quite fat, looks like spawner, but they already spawned either in March or April.
Nice one, what a monster. I recorded a video how I release it.
This is my absolute record in this year - the biggest fish . Luckily, I landed it on 0,165 mm line rated as 2,7 kg, and fish was approximately 4 kg. My reel Shimano Stradic ci4 2500 handled it perfectly.
I fished for 2,5 or 3 hours. There were no other fish. But, this is more than enough.
Esox lucius
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