I was fishing in a local lake pier to day cranking in small crappies on a jig and twister tail. i was cranking in a 6 inch then once I brought out of the water a 7 1/2 pound pike jump out of the water and tried to grab it!! it scared the crap out of me !!the i got my pike rod set up and caster out onece and hooked him he fought hard. it took me five minutes to land him! I was so happy! the later I caught a 2 pound crappie!!:D