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Message: <blockquote data-quote="So Ca Transplant" data-source="post: 306093" data-attributes="member: 7447">The Outcome!:;:thumbsupHello Everyone, I want to first and foremost thank EVERYONE for taking the time to post a comment on this thread, fishing related or not. Everyone is allowed their opinion, but we still have fishing & the outdoors in common here. I received a lot more detailed information than I thought I would get. I ended up fishing the bridge on the 20 after buying minnows at Ed's Bait Shop and getting confirmation from the bait guy that the bridge on 20 is a good one. I arrived at the windward spot a little before 8 am and left at 7pm. It turned out to be a beautiful day and I even heard shotgun rounds go off in the morning, which I presume were from water fowl hunters. I only had 2 guys show up at separate times to fish that spot and they were only there for about an hour total.....combined....so I literally had the spot to myself, which I like very much. And get this, the first guy was originally from Central California! Ha ha I started out with a Lindy Rig dead stick and I jigged with my second stick for most of the morning but later switched to 2 dead sticks with lindy rigs. I had a great time fishing and hope I have time to come back again (if I don't try another body of water) before the ice shows up. But I am also very open to also trying ice fishing. The end results are below and I did much better than anticipated. Dead stick #1 (10# main line & 8# Seaguar Flouro  4ft. Snell w/floating gumdrop)3 Pike (35", 20" & 22")*****That's right a 35" Pike on my lighter rig. Immediately it felt very big if not huge, so I chose to play it safe and try to let it tire out before really attempting to bring it in. Well let's say I thought I was going to lose it twice because I missed with the net (solo) and it took off in hurry both times. But in the end I was able to get it in the net! Hands down the best freshwater battle I have ever had!*****Both the 20" & 22" Pike were JUMPERS and that definitely gets heart pumping. I have only ever had saltwater fish jump on my line before and it was amazing!1 White BassUnfortunately, no walleye, which I really wanted even a throw back so that I could have had my own Devils Lake Grand Slam or Trifecta (if anyone best horses)! Dead stick #2 (15# main line & 8# Seaguar Flouro  4ft. Snell w/red Gamakatsu #2 Walleye hook plus a small float and a small glow in the dark bead) 1 Pike approx. 20"In the end I had one of the best times freshwater fishing and the fact that it was my first time fishing in ND makes it that much more memorable for me. Thank you again, everyone for your help because you really assisted in giving me one of the best days of my life! P.S. If you ever need tips on Saltwater fishing in Southern California.....let me know, I'll be more than happy to help. In chronological order: Wales / Walleyman_1875 / SDMF / Tikkalover / Ponyroper / risingsun / Vollmers / FishFinder97 / westwolfone / espringers:;:rockit</blockquote>

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