Look What I Found

[moosehead7]

People please use your brains when it comes to fishing. I believe everybody should see this, i was fishing today and caught a northern pike and this is what i found when i filleted this fish... please have cooth and at least use a wire litre when fishing for pike i understand things still happen but this will cut down on them thanks........

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[fishtank]

did you found my friend cell phone in it :sHa_sarcasticlol: ( never keep a phone on the chest pocket )

[Lefty-Canuck]

People please use your brains when it comes to fishing. I believe everybody should see this, i was fishing today and caught a northern pike and this is what i found when i filleted this fish... please have cooth and at least use a wire litre when fishing for pike i understand things still happen but this will cut down on them thanks........ pics are getting posted by pixel shooter

Well....it was alive enough for you to catch and keep and eat it....:)

If you removed the hook and let the fish go then I could understand your point :)

Maybe the guy was targeting walleye? Can't say cause I don't know where you were fishing but it is known that leaders can spook a wary Wally...

I kind of get what you are saying....but with angling there are inherit risks to the fish....I mean we hook them in the mouth and pull them out of the water to have them flop around so we can take pics or eat them....inherit risks.....

LC

[Fisherpeak]

And it`s COUTH and LEADER.

[mooseknuckle]

People please use your brains when it comes to fishing. I believe everybody should see this, i was fishing today and caught a northern pike and this is what i found when i filleted this fish... please have cooth and at least use a wire litre when fishing for pike i understand things still happen but this will cut down on them thanks........ pics are getting posted by pixel shooter

Thanks coach!! Ill stick to my homade fluoro leaders when fishing for pike.

[moosehead7]

And it`s COUTH and LEADER.

the fish couldnt digest that jig and as for a leader nope its a thread and no walleye in this lake and i guess some people dont know much better

[Lefty-Canuck]

the fish couldnt digest that jig and as for a leader nope its a thread and no walleye in this lake and i guess some people dont know much better

Probably not thread....I am guessing is was braid of some sort....you would be amazed what even small pike can cut through. I lose most of my flies to small pike that snip 40lb salt water flouro like its.....thread....

LC

[bubba 96]

Actually the plastics are very biodegradable these days, so I don't think it would have harmed the fish, the hook, will decompose as well, I see nothin wrong..and really wire leader, would have just made it worse by having 9 to 10 inches of wire hanging out of his mouth that could get snagged on something...

[Lefty-Canuck]

the fish couldnt digest that jig and as for a leader nope its a thread and no walleye in this lake and i guess some people dont know much better

I guess we will never know if he could digest it or not....:)

LC

[Fisherpeak]

I guess we will never know if he could digest it or not....:)

LC

True enough.Bet the fish got digested though:sHa_shakeshout:

[Dewey Cox]

I think filleting that fish was worse for it's health than leaving a hook in it.

[FishingFrenzy]

What hurt the fish more, it biting off a lure and swimming away...alive. Or you keeping him and filleting him? :)

I understand what your saying, but its already been said, inherent risks of fishing. We're throwing lures and bait with sharp hooks in it, into the water, in hopes of getting a fish to snag a metal hook in its face. Yes there are certain things that can be done in order prevent fish mortality, but i've had pike get off even with a leader, because they death rolled and got to the end of the leader, then bit it off.


The only solution is too stop fishing


just my 2 cents.

[Marlin07]

I think filleting that fish was worse for it's health than leaving a hook in it.

I figure the poster improved the fishes way of life. A win win:sHa_shakeshout:

[lovich12]

What hurt the fish more, it biting off a lure and swimming away...alive. Or you keeping him and filleting him? :)

I understand what your saying, but its already been said, inherent risks of fishing. We're throwing lures and bait with sharp hooks in it, into the water, in hopes of getting a fish to snag a metal hook in its face. Yes there are certain things that can be done in order prevent fish mortality, but i've had pike get off even with a leader, because they death rolled and got to the end of the leader, then bit it off.


The only solution is too stop fishing


just my 2 cents.

Couldn't have said it better myself!! :sHa_shakeshout:

[gulfman]

Can you imagine how many birds and big game are wounded and not bagged.
Better ban hunting..........

[emoric]

once i found a rapala in a walleye one entire side of it was decomposed walleye seemed mighty healthy.. things happen when fishing. that's sorta why you call it fishing. sometimes you get the big ones sometimes you get the small ones sometimes you get nothing.

[Lefty-Canuck]

Look at it this way....you got a meal and you got a hook to catch more meals....only one loser here.....the fish :)

LC

[jeffrey929]

I see a meal and a free hook... seems like a win win to me :)

[bubba 96]

Look at it this way....you got a meal and you got a hook to catch more meals....only one loser here.....the fish :)

LC

And you know that hook works...:sHa_shakeshout:

[tacklerunner]

Sometimes you just gotta shake your head and chuckle.

[BeeGuy]

Did the fish seem healthy otherwise?

Things happen and we aren't born pro fishermen.

The only wire leaders I have are ones I find on shore or pull out of snags...

[AppleJax]

Can I have my hook back? Thanks

[Walnut999]

one of the funniest threads ever, made my day

[BuckHunterBowen]

You killed the fish...maybe someone hooked it deep and cut the line and released it...you took its poor life. :snapoutofit:


I got a moose with a broad head in its shoulder. Mr moose was extremely healthy. Kicker was there was about a half foot of thread still attached to the broad head.
:fighting0030:
No one fishes with thread :love0025:

[HunterDave]

What were you using for bait and how'd it taste?

[JohninAB]

All I can say to the OP is someone maybe cut their line to release a deep hooked fish to let it live and then you kill it and complain about their effort. Not well thought out on your part.

[FishingMOM]

The only wire leaders I have are ones I find on shore or pull out of snags...

Still havent figured out why you guys need wire leaders for fishing pike.
Only time we ever used leaders was for MUSKIE

Like beeguy I collected ones I found.
Heck I had a collection of rods, reels and tackle from guys who lost their stuff, threw it over board in a fit of rage or even had their stuff dragged off by fish.

Loved to dive down or even snag a log to clear it of FREE Tackle.

[bubba 96]

Still havent figured out why you guys need wire leaders for fishing pike.
Only time we ever used leaders was for MUSKIE

Like beeguy I collected ones I found.
Heck I had a collection of rods, reels and tackle from guys who lost their stuff, threw it over board in a fit of rage or even had their stuff dragged off by fish.

Loved to dive down or even snag a log to clear it of FREE Tackle.

muskie, pike same amount of teeth, next time ya get one take a look in its mouth..

taken from wikipedia...

Muskellunge closely resemble other esocids such as the northern pike and American pickerel in both appearance and behavior. Like other pikes, the body plan is typical of ambush predators with an elongated body, flat head and dorsal, pelvic and anal fins set far back on the body. Muskellunge are typically 28–48 inches (0.71–1.2 m) long and weigh 5–36 pounds (2.3–16 kg),[1] though some have reached up to 6 feet (1.8 m) and almost 70 pounds (32 kg).[2] The fish are a light silver, brown, or green with dark vertical stripes on the flank, which may tend to break up into spots. In some cases, markings may be absent altogether, especially in fish from turbid waters. This is in contrast to northern pike which have dark bodies with light markings. A reliable method to distinguish the two similar species is by counting the sensory pores on the underside of the mandible. A muskie will have seven or more per side, while the northern pike never has more than six. The lobes of the caudal (tail) fin in muskellunge come to a sharper point, while those of northern pike are more generally rounded. In addition, unlike pike, muskies have no scales on the lower half of their opercula.

[MartyM]

I've wondered from time to time what kind of treasures one may find on the bottom of Lake of the Prairies. I know there are a pair of my glasses down there, dad's good ice bar, brother's favorite rod & reel and lord only knows what else.

[Twisted Canuck]

Still havent figured out why you guys need wire leaders for fishing pike.
Only time we ever used leaders was for MUSKIE

Like beeguy I collected ones I found.
Heck I had a collection of rods, reels and tackle from guys who lost their stuff, threw it over board in a fit of rage or even had their stuff dragged off by fish.

Loved to dive down or even snag a log to clear it of FREE Tackle.

Sounds like something a pearl diver would do.

[Lefty-Canuck]

Sounds like something a pearl diver would do.

If I could count how many times I saw an angler toss his gear over the side of his boat in a fit of rage boy I tell you.....I would be a very lucky person after I free dived down to collect the gear....too bad I need water wings.

LC

[Twisted Canuck]

If I could count how many times I saw an angler toss his gear over the side of his boat in a fit of rage boy I tell you.....I would be a very lucky person after I free dived down to collect the gear....too bad I need water wings.

LC

Only a pearl diver can go release somebody's gear.......

[Stally77]

:[QUOTE=FishingMOM;1803641]Still havent figured out why you guys need wire leaders for pike.
Are you being serious?:sHa_sarcasticlol:

[BBJTKLE&FISHINGADVENTURES]

My question is what is a wire leader going to do preventing a fish from swollowing a hook ?

[moosehead7]

My question is what is a wire leader going to do preventing a fish from swollowing a hook ?

well just maybe the line wont happen to break if there is a leader

[BBJTKLE&FISHINGADVENTURES]

well just maybe the line wont happen to break if there is a leader

Fare enough but now how do you know the line wasn't Cut , because the fisherman Cut the line after knowing he wasn't getting that hook out and playing surgeon .

I know I've hooked fish deep , particularly walleye , and simply cut the line as close as I can to the hook and let it live .

It's going to be a 50 % chance that fish is going to live nd be fine and a 50% chance it's going to become pelican food .

[Jbone]

well just maybe the line wont happen to break if there is a leader

Forget about it, that points 2 miles back after it went over some heads

[seahawkfisher]

i say good thing there was no leader; that wouldda been in that fish's belly too - that might have killed the fish before you had the chance to...
cheers

[Albertadiver]

Only a pearl diver can go release somebody's gear.......

With barbell for wieghts to get down there....

[BBJTKLE&FISHINGADVENTURES]

With barbell for wieghts to get down there....

I got forceps lol

[New Hunter Okotoks]

With barbell for wieghts to get down there....

Remember that scene from Shallow Hal where that "girl" dove into the pool?........ For some reason I can picture that happening around Lake Erie or Lake Ontario.

She could do a cannonball off the "old pier" and send huge logs from the depths 100's of feet onto the shore. Then she could waddle back to shore through the mud where water used to be to retrieve the tackle-bounty from the watersoaked logs.