Good evening to you all.  The Steve Dixon group from Wathaman are super happy with their 51 and 1/2 inch pike.  The pictures they took were on a blackberry and we had no way to put them on my computer so I am waiting for them to email the pictures.  The fish was so big they couldn't get it all in one photo so they took two.  The photographer backed up so far he almost fell in the water but did get pictures.  I will post them as soon as I get them.  I only hope I can take them from my email to my blog with little difficulty - I am not computer savvy.  I will do my best.
They also caught a 42 inch pike which I have a picture of.  The caught a hugh number of trophy pike over the 30 inch range.  They have been doing their annual fishing trip to various camps for the last 20 years and are experienced pike fishermen.  They claim this was on of the best trips they ever had and say they will definately be back next year.
There is no one here right now - no one at Wathaman either.  It is raining and looks like it will stay for awhile.  If anyone has the time to come fishing, we have the room to accomodiate.

Nick Hathaway, age 10 form Texax, caught and released a 30 plus inch pike on Wednesday July 6th.  Over all fishing has been quite good.  Pike fishing excellent, trout fishing excellent and Walleye fish weaker but started to pick up towards the end of the week.  Buzz bombs are still the hook of choice for trout.  Spoons seem to work for pike and jigs with night crawlers for walleye.