Giant Pike Bites My Thumb Off!!

This is why I need to stick to bass fishing!  I caught this 40 inch monster on a Fighting the Fish spinner bait.  This is one of the craziest things that have happened to me while fishing. I ended up with 4 stitches and Leo had 3 stitches. I have handled big muskies and big pike many times but this was just one very angry fish that thrashed at just the wrong time.