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bisonhunter
03-01-2013, 08:12 PM
We pulled the net this afternoon and managed a super long whitefish. I figure he went 24-25 inches and weighed in between 5 & 7 lbs. Not very fat, but we don't often get them that long.

The last pic is compared with our average size fish. Actually he has a giant head on him too, now that I look at the pic again.

http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo264/robthefisher/DSC00279_zpscc9e9403.jpg

http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo264/robthefisher/DSC00280_zpsf9ae252c.jpg

http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo264/robthefisher/DSC00281_zps30bce443.jpg
pikergolf
03-01-2013, 08:14 PM
Horse, even his mouth is big.
BeeGuy
03-01-2013, 08:17 PM
That's just a gull lake inconnu. :thinking-006:

nice fish!
BeeGuy
03-01-2013, 08:18 PM
or a great slave inconnu :thinking-006:
BeeGuy
03-01-2013, 08:19 PM
definitely on the "want to slay" list
JimPS
03-01-2013, 09:13 PM
I'd say Inconnu too!

Jim
baptiste_moose
03-01-2013, 09:19 PM
Huge head on that thing. Never caught a white! I think I need a net for whites.lol. Them there whites got my card. Thanks for sharing
bisonhunter
03-01-2013, 10:12 PM
Here's a picture of a cony, notice the bottom jaw protrudes past the top jaw. I thought it was a cony too when it came through the ice but the proof is in the overhanging top lip. Definitely a whitefish.

Sure does look like a cony though.
http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo264/robthefisher/PICT0006.jpg
http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo264/robthefisher/PICT0268.jpg
BeeGuy
03-01-2013, 10:24 PM
It would be interesting to age that whitefish
bisonhunter
03-01-2013, 10:31 PM
It would be interesting to age that whitefish

No kidding, too bad the fillets are already in the freezer waiting for a new home. I didn't realize the size of the head until I posted it.

A few years ago a commercial fisherman in Hay River caught a 32 lb whitefish in his net. It's the all time all tackle world record.
Alberta Bigbore
03-01-2013, 10:44 PM
Beast of a fish!!
Mike_W
03-02-2013, 03:29 AM
Wow nice one! Head / mouth looks odd.
bisonhunter
03-02-2013, 07:26 AM
Wow nice one! Head / mouth looks odd.

I thought the same thing but it died with its mouth open. I closed it with my fingers to see what it looked like and it looked like a normal whitefish head, although oversized to say the least.

Like BeeGuy said it could be really old, or maybe even a subspecies. I would tend to think old though. I've caught some pike and trout that had giantheaditis also.
Dust1n
03-02-2013, 08:31 AM
Thats a huge white dude! Must have been feeding heavly off minnows
EZM
03-02-2013, 08:44 AM
No kidding, too bad the fillets are already in the freezer waiting for a new home. I didn't realize the size of the head until I posted it.

A few years ago a commercial fisherman in Hay River caught a 32 lb whitefish in his net. It's the all time all tackle world record.

I didn't realize you could get an "all tackle" world record using a net ......

32lbs is massive - that was likely was an incconu - not a lake white I bet (the record fish I mean).
bisonhunter
03-02-2013, 09:18 AM
I didn't realize you could get an "all tackle" world record using a net ......

32lbs is massive - that was likely was an incconu - not a lake white I bet (the record fish I mean).

http://www.nnsl.com/frames/newspapers/2004-12/dec13_04fish.html

I guess the ability for a commercial fisherman to recognize the fish he has been catching for years must stop at the 60th parallel. Fortunately the DFO was on hand to give it an official identification.

By "all tackle" I include dynamite and f-18 fighter jets.

The pic is on page B11
http://www.nnsl.com/northern-news-services/stories/papers/B_opps_2005.pdf
BeeGuy
03-02-2013, 11:17 AM
thats a big white whoa
crosman177
03-02-2013, 11:32 AM
huge fish, great job!!
fishtank
03-02-2013, 01:01 PM
holy smoked !!