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By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 10/4/2015
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
WIND was the word for yesterday for sure. Weather.com predicted the wind would start at 10am and get up to 18 mph, and it was spot on. We decided to fish the chains with strong winds predicted and tha...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 10/11/2015
Species: Pike
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Another windy day at Cda Lake and the pike fishing was slow slow slow!! We picked up 2 fish in the first half hour then nothing the rest of the day. We had 3 or 4 follows and one or 2 actual bites but...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 10/19/2015
Species: Pike
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Justin and I fished the main lake from about 8am till around 5:30. Water temps were 54-60 degrees. Wem got our share of bites but the hook up ration was poor. For me at least. I know I missed at least...
By: Packernut
Posted: 9/11/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/10/2016
Hot Spots: 0
My fishing partner was out of town for the weekend so I asked my wife and daughter. My wife said she needed to be back by 3:00 for some shopping. The last time I took her was about this time last yea...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 9/18/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/17/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I got out to CDA with the packernut in the rain yesterday. We gave our rain gear a workout, that's for sure. We managed 6 pike on the day with one 29"er one 30"er and two 31"ers. I think the bigger fi...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 7/3/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/2/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I finally got the big fish jinx off my back for the year. I have encountered them on most of my trips out this year but had not managed to get one in the net. I have had them roll up on a bait and mis...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 7/31/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/30/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Warm water and high daytime temps lately had me expecting a slow day of pike fishing Saturday, but I was pleasantly surprised. I started the day with the 30" pike in the attached photo at 5:45 am. The...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 3/8/2016
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/6/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I, along with friend Ron, had the privilege of attending a Chinook salmon class put on by a well known tackle shop in Coeur d' Alene, Idaho. It was a wealth of information on the Coeur d' Alene lake...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 4/9/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/8/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Got out on Cda for my first real shot at pike this year. Have been there once so far but wasn't expecting too much on the trip and I was mainly trying out some new baits.
That said, the first real f...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 5/3/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/30/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for 2 days, Saturday and Sunday.
Packernut and I fished the pike tourney on Cda lake over the weekend. We caught 11 pike on Saturday and 14 on Sunday. The fish we found were small, no...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 5/9/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/7/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The pike fishing is picking up for me in Cda and chain lakes. Fish seem to be more active and hitting a variety of lures. Saturday they mostly wanted the soft plastic frogs, but have also been hitting...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 5/16/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/15/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Cda Lake and the chains allowed us to catch and release three on this trip. the day fell short of a 5 star day when I missed three different fish that were easily over 30". I guess you can't catch the...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 5/22/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/21/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Wish I had better news to report but the pike bite was slow slow slow for us on Cda and the chain lakes yesterday. we started the day with great weather. Overcast skies, zero wind and no rain. We miss...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 6/6/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/5/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I fished the main lake at Cda yesterday, mainly in the middle portion of the lake, with decent success. Although I only managed to catch and release 3 pike, they were all fat for their length and grea...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 6/12/2016
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/11/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The Packernut and I were on the water at Cda Lake around 6:30am, once again in search of pike. We hit several spots on the main lake where I had seen or hooked some nice fish last weekend. Unfortunate...
By: farmer_aa
Posted: 5/10/2013
Species: Pike
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/8/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I had a multispecies day and a few surprises. This was my first trip since hard water season, and in the middle of an extended period of unseasonably warm weather. The water ranged from a cold 48 de...
By: farmer_aa
Posted: 5/12/2013
Species: Pike
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I got in a couple of hours again today for some pike in the sun. Nothing big, but the action was pretty fast. Lots of small pike were sunning, and many could be sight fished and fooled. I landed fi...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 10/22/2012
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
This report covers saturday the 13th and sunday the 21st.
I really miss the pike fishing on the Pend Oreille River, however when the fish are biting on Cda Lake I tend to forget about the disaster th...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 11/4/2012
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I fished Cda Lake yesterday with a friend from work. We got started at abaout 8:45 and within about 10 minutes I stuck the biggest of these 2 fish. I found her in about 7 to 8 feet of water using a Ra...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 11/18/2012
Species: Pike
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
A recent surgery has the Drumdog on the DL (that's the disabled list for you non sports fans) at the golf course, so I talked him in to dusting off his fishing rods and going after some pike with me t...
By: farmer_aa
Posted: 11/18/2012
Species: Pike
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I got a chance to sneak away to the lake for 3 hours of fishing with my 2 year old daughter. The high point was snapping a picture of her next to a small pike that was worthy of use on our Christmas ...
By: dblood1974
Posted: 11/20/2012
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well..with the exception of not putting any big fish in the boat, this was one of those days that you only dream of. It didn't start off well as we didn't do our due diligence and showed up to a Mica...
By: farmer_aa
Posted: 11/25/2012
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I fished solo today for about five hours. The good news is that the open water season continues! The water is up, and is only about 2' below summer levels. The hydrograph I sometimes check in with ...
By: farmer_aa
Posted: 11/28/2012
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
First I will say this... it's amazing how fish can change their preferences in just 4 days, even in relatively stable weather. Second, I will say this... I'm glad I found them again! As it turned ou...
By: farmer_aa
Posted: 12/14/2012
Species: Pike
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
The time came today for me to wrap up open water fishing. It's always sad to have to take the boat out of the water for the last time of the year and make that one last cast. On the plus side, the r...
