Nice pike from the weekend!

[Mitchthefisher]

Spent the weekend targeting some pike and it paid off big time with a few giants including my PB a chunky 44" with a gnarly scar on her back!:sHa_shakeshout:
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[Angler]

Wow dude!
That's a beast!
Congratulations!

[RiverHawk]

What a Sow!! Nicely done Mitch.

[Big Red 250]

Now that's a good pike. Did you happen to weigh it so we can all play the guessing game.
My guess is 28 1/2 lbs maybe 29 lbs. LOL

[Sooner]

Congrats, beauty Fish.

[Lowrance Fishburn]

What a beast. how long was she? Gotta be pushing 30 lbs. I landed a 27 lb, 46" pike last spring, it was not a girthy as that hog but maybe as long. Great fish

[SNAPFisher]

That is a monster! :)

Congrats! It is tough to estimate the weight on it since it is so chunky...did you get a weight?

[cube]

Very nice!

[the local angler]

wow if it were summer time dude i think that hog will take you water skiing. lol incredible catch man

[Barnes19]

Nice Fish!

[Mitchthefisher]

Thanks everyone!!...I never weighed it but she was 44"s long and real girthy so I figured it would have been close to 25lb+

[trigger7mm]

WOW!! Beauty. Good job.

[Fishslayer99]

Your being modest buddy, over 25 without a question...beautiful fish Mitch!

[Kyle]

Beauty pike...its that time of year for the pigs. Just curious, whats the cradle for if you did not weigh it?

[Mitchthefisher]

Beauty pike...its that time of year for the pigs. Just curious, whats the cradle for if you did not weigh it?

Lol we brought it with the intention to weigh a big one but forgot to check batteries in buddies scale before we left so it did not work...We ended up just using the cradle to carry around our plyers, tape measure etc instead haha.

[Mitchthefisher]

Your being modest buddy, over 25 without a question...beautiful fish Mitch!

Thanks bro!!

[sns2]

What a beast! Great job man!!

[RavYak]

That is a pig, gotta be over 25. I need to go get me a big pike, wanted to go this weekend but don't think that will happen.

[Scott N]

Nicely done!

[RACKER]

That is a monster fish.Congrats to you.Its great to see that huge smile on ya!Thats a fish most people dream about so soak up all the great comments you are going to receive.Im just jealous but Im very happy for you.Good luck on all the rest of your fishing adventures this year.

[REMY]

Awesome pike nice to see that size to pull one out like that then let her slip back into the water again for another day is priceless

[Red Bullets]

Beautiful Alberta freshwater mermaid. My guesstimate is about 25 lb. too. Lucky you squeezed the fish's shoulders through a 10 inch hole.

[super mario]

Nice job

[Stryker2]

Beauty fish congrats! My PB is 10 Lbs so I would have a heart attack to catch one that size! Nicely done! :sHa_shakeshout:

[pikergolf]

Very nice fish!

[1bluZebec]

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[lovich12]

Throw out your tape measure, that thing looks way longer!!! Well done sir!! :sHa_shakeshout:

[410]

Nice

[chain2]

Beautiful congrats

[Imagehunter]

Stunning fish, congratulations.
As I'm new to fishing in Alberta I hope it's not a stupid question and ok to ask, I never went ice fishing (yet :) ). You said you targeted pike, do you cut a bigger hole in the ice to be prepared in case you get one this size? Or are the standard augers big enough?
Also, how long did it take you to land it? Does the colder water 'calm' them and make them fight less?
Helped a guy land one this size years ago home in Germany in the summer, holy cow. Took nearly 40 minutes until it gave up and it jumped three times out the water, all on a 7' carbon spinning rod for pike that really had to work.
I'm always amazed at how you guys can land fish these size with these short ice rods through a hole in the ice, that's really great fishing skills.

[Kim473]

Good job Mitch.

[Mitchthefisher]

Stunning fish, congratulations.
As I'm new to fishing in Alberta I hope it's not a stupid question and ok to ask, I never went ice fishing (yet :) ). You said you targeted pike, do you cut a bigger hole in the ice to be prepared in case you get one this size? Or are the standard augers big enough?
Also, how long did it take you to land it? Does the colder water 'calm' them and make them fight less?
Helped a guy land one this size years ago home in Germany in the summer, holy cow. Took nearly 40 minutes until it gave up and it jumped three times out the water, all on a 7' carbon spinning rod for pike that really had to work.
I'm always amazed at how you guys can land fish these size with these short ice rods through a hole in the ice, that's really great fishing skills.

Usually a normal auger is fine but on this trip I specifically drilled triple 8" holes knowing how girthy they can get at this lake. And this fish took about 15 mins to bring in hand lining with a tipup, felt like I was snagged it was so heavy and it spooled me out completely while my tipup blew all over the ice in 65km winds lol.. was the most intense fight I've experienced through the ice by far.

[Imagehunter]

Thanks for the info, sounds amazing. Will definitely give this a try next winter :)

[does it ALL outdoors]

What a beauty! Anyone else remember the good 'ol days of wab when catching these hogs was common? Wasn't even that long ago...