This is my last fishing weekend so I’m hitting Croton with vengeance. Got on Croton “Solo” at 8am and fished till 1:30pm. Wind was very mild with water temps at 51 degrees.
In the morning I had one fish on a jig but failed to set the hook like I meant it so the fight was short. I had fish half way to boat when I felt the weight lost and my hook empty (no fish). Searched everywhere for fish but could not find them. Before leaving I hit a rocky area and had another jig fish, this time I set the hook like I meant it! I was really excited that I finally had a fish only to see a HUGE pickerel stick its nose out the water.
This is the biggest pickerel I have ever seen. The thing was HUGE, so big that it was very heavy and I did not have a net with me so I had to lift it out on its own weight (no way was I gonna lip ‘em). Being that it was so large I had to weigh it — 3.5lbs.
No bass but the huge pick made my day.
