First Ice Success

[Couleestalker]

Went out Saturday to see if we could land some early ice whites and ended up catching this. I pulled this 31lbs 10 oz beauty using a wireworm and 8lbs test hand line. There was a lull in the whitefish action so I moved to a different hole and was laying on the ice looking down the hole watching for whites. I put my head up for a second to tell Pike fisher (brother in law) that it was strange we hand't seen anything for a while, not even a pike. As soon as I looked down I saw this thing bite my hook and the fight was on. I couldn't have landed it without my daughter (she kept the line from tangling and getting caught on the ice), my son (the ice scooper), my nephew (he used a shovel handle to keep my line from rubbing the ice) and pike fisher who pulled it out of the hole and took some video and still shots. This fish was a new personal best, beating my old record by over 4lbs and finally ended the 13 year quest for a thirty pounder. After getting theweigh, a quick measurement and some pictures, she was released to be caught some other day. Oh, and we did manage to catch a dozen whites too.

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[Crankbait]

wow awesome wow.

maybe go look into line and class size or speak to someone on line as registering it for a class record.

[Bigmountainrider]

Great fish, Everyone deserves to catch at least one in their life time. Are you on CVR? if so how thick is the ice?

[WayneChristie]

Beauty fish, and even more impressive the way you got her! Congrats on busting 30

[Ilikefishing]

Good job! Whick lake?

[Couleestalker]

Good job! Whick lake?

Well that's a silly question. Lake X of course.

[Bonescreek]

Wow! Very nice! :)

You should tell your friends these are the ones we throw back you
should see the ones we take home. :):)

Thanks for sharing.

[waterninja]

Wow! Congrats on that gator. Very rarely does a large pike that takes a tiny hook on light line get put on the ice.

[Zip-in-Z]

Congrat's .... I imagine that big girl is developing or full of eggs, nice to see she has a chance to spawn next year.

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[Joe Quiroga]

What a monster, great catch.

[AdAMxr]

Good job! I'm still chasing that 30lb mark

[dodger]

VERY NICE !!

Dodger.

[PerchBuster]

You didn't happen to see if that big girl had Secret Coulees initials carved in her did you? Looks like one of his big mamas, might even be one of his spots. That's a beautiful Alberta Northern right there. Great job, what a fish! Congrats!

[fishunter77]

Great job. Once in a lifetime. Great to see the family was involved.

[lone wolf]

Superb fish. Congrats !!

[pinelakeperch]

Great fish. Good on you for releasing it.

[martind25]

Very Nice, Well done!

[Pike fisher]

Great fish bro. At 47 1/2 " it was a fat pig...and it was great to watch it swim away.

Awesome day fishing.

[Nester]

That's almost scary.


Nicely done~

[RoosterRed]

Nice fish! I'm patiently waiting for a pike near the 48" mark.

[Remi3006]

Nice fish! The best part of the story, was that you released it... Good on you! Congrats!

[The Fisherman Guy]

Beauty fat jack! Nice work, it takes a lot of skill to land a beast that big on a hand line - never mind 8lb fluoro! Well done sir, you always are putting big pike on the board - keep it up!

[iYearn]

As much as I love that fish, the best part of that picture is the smiles on the kids' faces!

Well done and keep bring the kids along. We need the next generation to see the value in fishing and in the outdoors.

[Fishslayer99]

Congrats on an amazing catch, and one heck of a story to tell for years to come. Good on you for the release, pike over 30 in this province are few and far between! Great post and tight lines!

[brohymn2]

Wow great fish congrats

[Dale S]

Great fish. I wonder what's going threw your boys mind seeing a fish bigger than himself. I would like to hear his version of the story.

[huntsfurfish]

Awesome fish! Well done!

[lromanchuk]

Awesome Pike. Going to be tough to beat that this season!

[neilsledder]

Wow that's pretty sweet! Doubles my record lol.

[kinwahkly]

Great picture.

[1bluZebec]

WOW that's something on everyone's bucket list in thier dreams!:). Wicked story to an amazing day with the best help you could ask for:) congrats on fish of a lifetime:happy0034:

[Hueston]

It's amazing how big pike like wire worms

[buckman]

Big pike often eat small things I fish lakes where they grow fat on freshwater shrimp (SCUDS)

[Smasher]

Holy Cow!! Awesome fish right there!! Congrats!:sHa_shakeshout:

[Don K]

Awesome!

[old dog]

Great pike. Congrats on releasing her. A lot of people would not