Last Cast of the Day… Then This Happened - A Random Encounter Led to This Pike On A Lure

I was finishing up a session when I met a young lad fishing nearby with a baitcaster setup — something I’d never used before. We got chatting about the rod and reel, and he offered to let me have a few casts. Before that, I told him to cast first so I could see how it worked. On his very first cast,...