I was fishing in Ontario when I was a kid and did not know that I was only allowed to use one rod.  I caught a 6" smallmouth on the spinning rod, and then had a big hit on my cheapo Taiwanese bamboo flyrod.  I dropped the spinning rod with the bail open and played and landed a nice smallie on the flyrod.  When I picked up the spinning rod, I saw that a lot of line was out, tightened up, and found my self hooked top a heavy brush pile that gradually came up tot he boat.  About 10 feet down I saw the northern appear, and the brush pile came to life, 3 good runs to bottom and back up and I got the net under a 36" pike.  I could have gotten real raft of tickets if we had not been so far back in the brush!

Use bigger flies annoying flies i have been tying jointed flies for both musky
And pike use. The more poof and pizzaz to the fly the better large zonkers work well too

Never used smallies for bait.   If that were me, the bail would have been closed and the ending would have been inadvertently fishing legal with the tomato stake. I had one of those! I think it was 50 cents in a flea market.
I've had 2 rods go in the drink (oddly, not while drinking) both when young and using the ol' forked stick. Both got retrieved via swimming. One had a trout attached, the other a big bullhead. Pike will hit small flies, as I've hooked some using black buggers in early spring before the weeds grow in.  I was targetting  largemouth that  feed on dragonfly nymphs heavily, then. I walked into a big pool on a Hudson trib yesterday that holds pike, but it was F'in cold with the wind and I would have to  negotiate some ice banks to get to the water. Can't take the cold mentally at this point.  If I hear below normal one more time I'm gonna lose it.

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Why would you have a large pike in a gold fish pond? I did n't enjoy seeing that kitten getting taken by that fish.

If you watch the super slow motion at about 1:16 or 1:17 it appears that both of the kittens get away, the target kitten is on the lower left almost under the other kitten and it scoots off of the left side of the screen.
 
.... and it bothered me too!  I know it is natures way but doesn't change it.

I slowed it down and it appears that is what happened,thanks for your insight as it made me feel better about it.

I went to a fly tying session at a shop up on the Housatonic River yesterday.  Learned how to tie a big articulated streamer for trout and pike using bucktail, marabou, crystal flash and Arctic fox tail.  For its size you would think the fly would be too heavy, on the contrary.  Interesting pattern for targeting large trout. 
During the summer months when the water temps are up many fly fishermen target Pike with big articulated streamers.  I've seen many impressive photos of big pike taken on the Housy.