Minnewanka HOG

[critter]

Decided to hit Minnewanka for the first time in 6 years, and slammed a hog! It was 39 inches and estimated between 24-27 lbs. Hit the fish within 20 seconds of dropping it down. First bite, fought unreal. Used heavy salmon gear and this fish kicked its ass. I managed about 15 all day, 1 around 8 pounds, another around 6, a few from 3-5, and all the rest small. Similar results for my dad. The magic depth was 125 feet an inch off the bottom. Lots mid water column and a few hits on the way down as well. Beautiful day, couldnt ask for more. On that note, im leaving in 12 hours for 3 months of guiding on the west coast and will report back after the summer, ttyl! Check out this video!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3l07RQVmck





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[timsesink]

Great Vid! Unreal scenery! Thanx for posting.

[chubbdarter]

nice Minne Fish.....congats

[viral_override]

holy crap.....thats beautiful...congrats

[bubbles]

Great looking fish! Congrats!

[BBJTKLE&FISHINGADVENTURES]

Sweet Laker

[boot]

awesome fish!

[fishstalker]

huh, and i thought my dads 15 lb lake trout was big ...

mind you it wasn't from minnewanka

anyways great job, must have been exhilarating

[Tungsten,]

So i guess i should leave my 6wt at home then eh!
Nice fish.

[FishingFrenzy]

Thats the kind of fish that makes me scared to go skinny dipping... :scared:

What a beauty. Congrats!!!!!

[the local angler]

well done man. what kinda species do you guide/where in BC? i am entertaining a trip to the west coast my self in mid year.

[Willowtrail]

Wow, what a fish. Nice job

[Daceminnow]

very nice fish again, critter. could very well be the biggest open water laker of the year landed in alberta. good job.

Dace

[DaveFish]

Great fish, great vid, thanks for sharing

[grizz]

Good fish bring your 8wt, mike, did i notice a plug????

[Badback]

Nice one Critter

[Dust1n]

ncie fish

[fredieC]

Good one!!!! Thanks for sharing..:)

[Gust]

gorgeous

[Rockymtnx]

AWESOME fish! Congrats.
Thanks for sharing your pic with us.

[critter]

well done man. what kinda species do you guide/where in BC? i am entertaining a trip to the west coast my self in mid year.

Sunds Lodge on the northern tip of vancouver island for salmon and halibut.

@Rockymtnx - Make sure u check out the video of the fight and landing too! Took longer to make than the pic lol.

[Jwood 456]

Now that's what I call a hog of a laker! Congrats.

[OutwardBound]

Wow wow wow!!! Awesome!!


Danni

[iliketrout]

Another great laker Critter. Good Luck and have fun guiding and don't forget to post some pics from the West Coast!

[browning375]

Nice Fish Critter!! What did you catch him on? and how deep?

[MoFugger21]

Nice fish!!! Congrats, and thanks for sharing!!!

[Mike Rae]

Great fish and fantastic video, thank you!

[zabbo]

NICE!!! :sHa_shakeshout:

[PeachesXoXo]

holy!! that fish would probably break my rod hehe

It must have been really hard to get it in but looks like you did a good job!

[Penner]

Real nice Laker. Beatiful looking grey. Love the landscape too!

I'd love to see you try that "heavy salmon gear" on a Salmon. A 20lbs Chinook would give you arse kiciking and then some. Medium action Pike gear at best from my perspective. :thinking-006:

Nice job. He'll be a tough one to beat!

[critter]

@ Penner- Thanks man, that rod is a heav action 10'6 trolling rod made by some ancient brand that we just popped a spinning reel on. . Its really old and we used to use it on the saltchuck for springs and as our primary salmon rod. It worked great as it has tons of backbone and we landed dozens of tyees and acouple over 50 on this rod. Thats why we were so surprised how this fish could torque the **** out of it lol. ;)

[Flyfisher87]

Nice fish. Great video. Thanks for sharing :)

[BGSH]

HUGE!!!! good fish man, ever fished minnewanka from shore?