Strange bird

Well, to cut a long story short:
I didn't catch a damn thing this weekend.
After sailing through a storm and impressive showers yesterday, I went out to a small lake today where I usually fish for perch during the summer. For some reason I never went there to fish for pike. Until now that is...

Back to school

Everybody who's ever lost his/her Fish-of-a-Lifetime please raise your hands!
Do you know exactly what is the most effective way to land a fish ?
Well, yesterday, when I was out pikefishing at a spot were I lost a Big One last year after a pretty darn long fight, I figured that I didn't...