Monster of the North

Not the biggest pike I've caught, but a very nice sized fish. You just don't catch beauties like this every day in overfished/illegaly fished northern Lake Michigan. And so close to my house (not even a mile). What a great surprsie it was to see this fish turn in the water and for me to see that this wasn't a smallmouth, but a really nice sized pike. I was so happy I caught my first large open water fish of the year. There is nothing like the run of a Northern. This, like all of my other catches, was of course released. Besides, pike season is closed in Michigan.