Rowed the drift boat around the estuary just over a week ago. I was fishing with a good friend, Carlton Schumaker. I met him years ago when I was Pro-staffing for G Loomis, Carlton was one of the sales reps I worked regularly with. He is now the Eastern Regional rep for Korker boots . We were fishing with one of Carltons salesmen and Karl and Rick of Pineville Sports Shop.
The day started out overcast and gradually broke into full sun and blue skies. Carlton was throwing a huge pike streamer and the other boat was working spinner baits. Everybody did well!
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| NICE Chain Pickeral. |
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| First fish for Carlton was the nice Northern Pike |
Carlton landed this nice Pickeral pictured above. He said it was the biggest he's caught, told him to get out of New Hampshire more. It is not uncommon to catch Pickeral like this in the eastern Lake Ontario areas. I have caught several Pickeral in this size fishing here and in the St Lawrence River. Aggressive fish for sure.
The lake fishery here gets most of the publicity and rightly so, it is a tremendous fishery. But don't overlook the Salmon River itself during the summer as there are excellent opportunities for fish like this.
Tight lines
