5/5/14 Mid river Persistence pays off and a pike?????

Fished  upper mid river tonight.   Had a plan and stuck by it.   Walked in to a spot I liked and took the fly rod.  Fished and hour or so.  Talked to a boat for a few minutes and he said he saw alot of fish still on gravel and toward shallower water.     I got 2 strikes on the swing.  Fish hit at almost a  straight line and just started bolting.   Broke me off  twice.  Walked back to the car and fished a nice pool with the float rod and a sac.  Water was perfect for the drift.   There were more small atlantics jumping everywhere.   I got 2 hit on the float and landed one.   Wife was on me for another so I kept it.   It was a male at around   13.5# per my bathroom scale.   Still had a dribble left, but was pretty much spawned out.

 
This was on the bank near the parking lot.   I don't think I have seem many this big this far up.  It was almost 3 of my shoes long so I am guessing 30 to 34 inches

 
Big thing I noticed today was that I again saw a few Steel jumping around.  Last week they always were jumping UP river.   Today all I saw jumping were jumping DOWN river.    
 
With no rain in site for a few days I thought I would get some fishing in this week, BUT they are raising the river to 1500 cfs for smoe odd reason
 

Clint several years ago there was a large pike hanging in that water right at the upstream end of the rock wall in the UFZ.It was a puzzle to me how that fish got there,don't think they are rapid runners.
Keep the reports coming.

Thats a heck of a nice fish Clint.. Congrats on what sounded to be a good day.. Crazy about the pike.. Get the boat out in the estuary ;), never know whats lurking down there..
The fish here are swimming by as I'm kinda stuck in the mud myself..Good catches of up to 50 #'s right in my creek and river..  I'm just Busy, Busy,and my boat is in my way,..
 
Good luck to all who got out and will be wetting a line soon.. Thanks for sharing