Chandos Lake Pike opener

Despite the blackflies driving me nuts all day the pike were in bite mode. Went with my buddy Matt, fished 13 hours Saturday and half of Sunday. We had our best opener for numbers, catching 18 pike. The biggest was 39" by myself. I also had 2 other nice ones, 36" and 35". Matt's biggest was a nice 37". Most of our pike were in the low 30 to 20" range. We used 2 different setups for our pike fishing. Both were on 7ft MH rods, baitcasters spooled with 50 pound power pro and 50 or 60 pound florocarbon leaders. 2 lure choices were a Rapala Xrap (XR12) in silver and a 3/4 oz spinnerbait in white/red. Primary choice was the Xrap and when we began to see pike were in follow mode we would switch to the spinnerbait for a bit. Fish were in both the weedy bays and on rocky structures but no deeper the 10 feet. If you've ever fished Chandos you know the lake has plenty of them both so it keeps you busy all day. Definitely feeling the burn, from more than just the sun, but it was totally worth it!