Northern Pike At Yuba Reservoir!

Well, my second fishing trip of the season was beyond successful. On Friday, May 30th (first day of Summer break) Phil, Zenger, Chris, and myself headed down to Yuba. I had seen a report from Reece Stein on Roughin It Outdoors about the reservoir and it's Northern Pike, so we thought we would give it a shot. We launched Chris's new Tracker at about 1:30 and took a short jaunt over to the dam. Phil had a quick hit and I had a follower, but that was it, so we headed further down the reservoir. We fished around weed beds with little success and not a single fish. After thinking back to the show, we recalled that it had looked like they were fishing rocky areas, so we decided to give that a shot. This is what led us to Pike Point. After a few minutes in the new area, Chris had a mammoth hit. Although he missed the fish, it rejuvenated all of us to try a little bit harder. Shortly thereafter Zenger hooked into a monster Pike. After a short battle, he reeled in an 8 pound Northern Pike. We were stoked and would have been happy with just that one fish. We continued to fish around Pike Point. I hooked into one next and was excited, but disappointed to see that it was a baby pike that weighed no more than a pound and a half. It died down after the second fish and we moved on to try other areas. After quite the dry spell and several snags, I hooked onto a monster Pike. It took about 20 seconds before I realized that I had a fish on and not another bush. The large fish came to the boat quite easily, but upon seeing where it was headed it dove hard. This happened several times until
Zenger was finally able to net the 13 pound, 37 in. fish. Biggest fish I have ever caught. I was shaking with excitement. The rest of the night was full of disappointment. Phil had a large Pike break his line and I lost a monster at the boat. Other than that, I caught one more small Pike and Phil caught a nice Walleye. We had a blast and look forward to hitting it again. Who would have thought that Yuba held these nice fish!!! Thanks Reece!