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By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 8/20/2019
Species: Pike
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/17/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Got back on CDA Saturday for some pike fishing. I arrived at the launch and found 3 parking spaces left. With the side of the parking lot lined with non boater cars without trailers, it made using one...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 7/30/2019
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/28/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I fished both Saturday and Sunday in Montana with a friend. Noxon reservoir was a bust on Saturday as we both got skunked. There was a big bass tourney going on, water temps were in the 70's and havi...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 7/8/2019
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/6/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Rating this day a 4 not because of fish quantity but because of the quality. Of one fish that is. I fished Cda with a friend on Saturday. We boated 3 pike and 3 largemouth between the two of us. I los...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 6/24/2019
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/22/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Got back to Cda Lake on Saturday after being of that water for about 3 weeks. I was expecting the weed growth to be much further along than it was. Targeting pike is much easier when you can see the w...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 6/2/2019
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/1/2019
Hot Spots: 0
With a bass tournament scheduled for Saturday out of Harrison, I decided to launch near the north end of the lake to avoid getting to the boat launch at Sunup and potentially not getting a parking spo...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 5/26/2019
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/25/2019
Hot Spots: 0
The Packernut and I got out after some pike yesterday, hoping to knock the dust off our catching skills in preparation for our trip to Saskatchewan in a couple of weeks. We managed to find a few pike ...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 3/25/2019
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/23/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I know others have landed more fish in a day and rated their trips lower than a 5 but I'm giving this day a 5 because we finally located some fish and the weather was amazing, FINALLY!
The Packernut...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 12/2/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/1/2018
Hot Spots: 0
This may have been my last pike trip of the year. Christmas is right around the corner and things are getting busy. Temperatures are dropping, and making it a little tougher to hang on to the rod and...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 11/26/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/24/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I'm rating this trip as a 5 due to lots of fish, even though they were mostly small ones. The little guys are fun to catch when you find them in bunches like this. You kind of get to the point where y...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 11/19/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/17/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Had a decent day on Saturday catching and releasing 7 pike. 5 dinks and a couple of 30"ers that weighed in at 7 and 8 pounds. The fish were in about 10 feet of water but I had to run the baits down a ...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 11/12/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/10/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Former poster on this website "Lucious" stopped by on his way home from Scotland to chase a few pike with the Packernut and I on Saturday.
He graciously started the day by putting the first fish in ...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 11/4/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/3/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Wow what a day of fall pike fishing!! I started the trip off catching a nice 14 lber on my third cast of the day. Caught fish throughout the day. We had some down time though between fish. Fish were s...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 10/31/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/27/2018
Hot Spots: 0
The Packernut and I were back at it on Saturday the 27th. Once again the quality fish were ready to play and the glide baits were their favorite for the day. In fact, all of our fish were caught on th...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 10/14/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/13/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Saturday started off slow for us. I fished with a friend and we went for about the first 4 hours with nothing but a couple half hearted tugs on the line. No hook ups and no follows. Things were lookin...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 10/7/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/7/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Had a good day at Cda today for a short trip. I fished from 7:30 till noon and managed 4 pike. Two at 23" one 11 pounder at 34" and one fat 32"er that weighed 11 1/2 pounds. I also missed a couple oth...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 9/23/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/22/2018
Hot Spots: 0
The Packernut had other things to do yesterday, so my younger brother Ken came along to try and catch his first Cda Lake pike. His hopes were high. On the way to the lake, he said "I sure hope I can ...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 9/17/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/16/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Yesterday turned out to be a very good day for me after getting schooled by the Packernut for almost 8 hours. We were on the water by about 6:15 and he puts the first pike in the boat at around 7-7:15...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 9/9/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/8/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Yesterdays short trip to Cda almost didn't happen, due to family being in town. However, on Friday evening, they all ganged up on me, put my arm behind my back, and made me commit to being on the wate...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 9/4/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/2/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I had another great day on banks lake targeting walleyes. This will probably be my last trip after walleyes. I'll likely be on the shelf this weekend with family in town, then it will be time to fish ...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 8/26/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/25/2018
Hot Spots: 0
The Packernut and I decided to give the pike a weekend off while we went to chase a few walleyes at Banks Lake.
We were on the water around 7:15 am and had out first fish in the boat by about 7:30...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 8/20/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/18/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Had a good but not great day fishing pike again on Cda lake. I took my brother again the rookie pike fisherman. Unfortunately for him all he got again on this trip was experience. He claims he had f...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 8/14/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/12/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great day on the water on Sunday. My daughter was in town and wanted to net and photograph a few pike, so I gladly took her along. ;)
Started the day with a nice fat fish. She was only 32" lon...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 8/5/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/4/2018
Hot Spots: 0
The Packernut and I hooked up with a friend from the Idaho Falls area Saturday to do some pike fishing.
You know, it never fails. Every time I go pike fishing when one of the local bass clubs is hav...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 8/5/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/4/2018
Hot Spots: 0
The Packernut and I hooked up with former poster Lucious, an old friend that now lives in the Idaho Falls area.
You know, it never fails. Whenever I'm pike fishing, and there is a bass tournament go...
By: AJ's Dad
Posted: 7/29/2018
Species: Pike
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/28/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I was actually not planning to fish this Saturday, but at the last minute things changed, and I got out to Cda with a friend I haven't fished with since early last year, and his son. We were on the wa...
