River Pike, Happy Father's Day to you all

was out today on the otonabee river and got 2 pike 2 smallies and plenty of rockbass
pike are really taking a foothold in there going to have to learn how to filet pike now

Seems like they're more and more prevalent in Rice now. Every summer for the past 4 years we have pulled in 2-3 Pike each season. Something is going on with Rice- the bite is just not the same as it was in previous years-Pike present to blame?

Thank you so much Hank. Hope all is well with you and your family.

Can't wait til you can travel over. Been a long time.

Take care,

Mikey

Oh boy!! This is not good at all. I was told that the Otanobee has a healthy population of Muskies but now I'm very worried

Damn!! Will definitely make finding Muskies on Rice a lot harder and trickier.

Have you had any success with Muskies on Rice?

Is the walleye bite down too? That is a really bummer if Pike are already affecting the fishery.

We don't really target them (stick to walleye fishing the most)-but we hook into one or two each summer on accident-actually pulled in a 46" early September of last year. Catch and release though-stinky fish, don't like pulling them aboard.

We never leave with an empty livewell when walleye fishing but we have noticed that this year the frequency of catching them has declined by quite a bit (also majority of the ones we've caught this summer have been >22-24", haven't been able to catch a lot of slot sizes for the fryer)

Anyone on the Otonabee catching any Pike lately?

Had a friend up there 2 weeks ago he seen lots of pike swimming in shallows beside the females he managed 3
Seems like it is the new norm now, everyone should learn how to clean pike they are tasty also

Just a small 24” out of the Otonabee today.

That grass looks familiar, maybe we fish the same spot. LOL. Nice pike.