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avidangler · Joined: 08 Jan 2013 Posts: 469 Location: Forestville

Stopped by Winchester for a couple of hours with a friend.We fished from shore near the boat launch/dam area.
We both threw the exact same spook.It was his first time using one and he picked up on how to work it very quickly.
On his fifth cast he caught his first bass on a topwater.A 13 inch large mouth.I hooked up with a dinky 8 incher.
We walked back and forth on the dam with no action.
As we were ready to leave,i caught my smallest and first pike on a topwater.
A small 12 incher but,a pike none the less.

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PECo · Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 5203 Location: Avon, CT

It might have been just a 12 incher, but it's a start. Congratulations! Very Happy

DirtyDawg10 (aka Derek) caught his first northern pike at Winchester Lake, too, and it was an 11 incher, I think. He improved on that pretty quickly. Wink

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Stripedhunter · Joined: 30 Jul 2012 Posts: 52

That lure looks like a Heddon spook?
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avidangler · Joined: 08 Jan 2013 Posts: 469 Location: Forestville

wfparys · Joined: 05 Jul 2011 Posts: 22

I got my first pike at Winchester. It was barely bigger than the 1/2 oz. rooster tail I was using. But it's a start.