Cold Dampens Spring Pike Fishing in Colorado

May 23, 2006 By: Marshall Cutchin

Trying to predict the post-spawn pike bite in Colorado is a little like reading tea leaves, according to Ed Dentry. “Spawning pike are almost never interested in anything but spawning. The big females then dive for the deep and rest for a week or more. Next comes the ‘post-spawn’ season, that delirious time when pike junkies cut work and run away from home.” In the Rocky Mountain News.