06-12-2014, 10:27 PM
I fished Ashurst Lake last summer for the first time, very nice little lake. I went there targeting the trout based on some info I had received from some Az friends. I started out trolling some trout lures like Thomas Bouyant, Mepps, Panther Martin, little Rapala's, pretty much everything in the tackle box and got a cpl little Rainbows. Nothing near the 16"-24" fish info my friends gave me. So I abandoned the trout stuff and tied on big 12 AC and trolled that, got a ton of action from it, bad thing was it was the Osprey dive bombing it constantly. They were relentless, even when I sped up to draw it under the surface they were diving and picking it up and trying to fly away with it. I abandoned that technique and tried casting it for awhile, same result. couldn't run anything that ran deep at all cuz the max depth i graphed was 9 feet. Very shallow lake. Back to trout lures it was, put back on the gold Thomas Bouyant and trolled some more. Just when I was about to leave, my rod tip slammed back and I figured I must have snagged cuz it wasn't giving. Well after a couple tugs I realized it was a fish. I pulled in a 14 lb pike, it was was fun. he was perfectly lip hooked and my line stayed clear of the sharp teeth. Remember your net, i forgot mine and had to lip grip that pike with pliers to drag him my boat! Good luck!
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