|
|
03-06-2017, 02:35 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Vyshgorod, UA; Edmonton, AB
Posts: 584
|
|
Wow dude!
That's a beast!
Congratulations!
|
03-06-2017, 02:52 PM
|
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 73
|
|
What a Sow!! Nicely done Mitch.
|
03-06-2017, 02:55 PM
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 1,822
|
|
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
|
03-06-2017, 03:13 PM
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 9,649
|
|
Congrats, beauty Fish.
|
03-06-2017, 03:38 PM
|
|
|
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 381
|
|
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
|
03-06-2017, 04:11 PM
|
|
|
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 4,439
|
|
That is a monster!
Congrats! It is tough to estimate the weight on it since it is so chunky...did you get a weight?
|
03-06-2017, 04:12 PM
|
|
|
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 1,939
|
|
Very nice!
|
03-06-2017, 04:30 PM
|
|
|
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 1,593
|
|
wow if it were summer time dude i think that hog will take you water skiing. lol incredible catch man
|
03-06-2017, 04:41 PM
|
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 152
|
|
Nice Fish!
|
03-06-2017, 04:51 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 547
|
|
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+
|
03-06-2017, 04:55 PM
|
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 3,516
|
|
Nice pike from the weekend
WOW!! Beauty. Good job.
|
03-06-2017, 05:07 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Cowtown
Posts: 770
|
|
Your being modest buddy, over 25 without a question...beautiful fish Mitch!
__________________
I have been thinking of three things I would rather do than fishing...
#1 win the lottery (so I could fish everyday)
#2 & 3 still thinking.....
|
03-06-2017, 05:13 PM
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 499
|
|
Beauty pike...its that time of year for the pigs. Just curious, whats the cradle for if you did not weigh it?
|
03-06-2017, 05:23 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 547
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kyle
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.
Last edited by Mitchthefisher; 03-06-2017 at 05:28 PM.
|
03-06-2017, 05:24 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 547
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fishslayer99
Your being modest buddy, over 25 without a question...beautiful fish Mitch!
|
Thanks bro!!
|
03-06-2017, 06:26 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: My House
Posts: 13,445
|
|
What a beast! Great job man!!
|
03-06-2017, 06:39 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: West Edmonton
Posts: 5,174
|
|
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.
|
03-06-2017, 06:48 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Calgary
Posts: 7,506
|
|
Nicely done!
|
03-06-2017, 07:08 PM
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 864
|
|
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.
|
03-06-2017, 09:52 PM
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 17
|
|
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
|
03-06-2017, 11:40 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: central Alberta
Posts: 12,627
|
|
Beautiful Alberta freshwater mermaid. My guesstimate is about 25 lb. too. Lucky you squeezed the fish's shoulders through a 10 inch hole.
__________________
___________________________________________
This country was started by voyagers whose young lives were swept away by the currents of the rivers for ten cents a day... just for the vanity of the European's beaver hats. ~ Red Bullets
___________________________________________
It is when you walk alone in nature that you discover your strengths and weaknesses. ~ Red Bullets
|
03-06-2017, 11:47 PM
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 1,212
|
|
Nice job
|
03-07-2017, 07:07 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 470
|
|
Beauty fish congrats! My PB is 10 Lbs so I would have a heart attack to catch one that size! Nicely done!
__________________
"I go fishing not to find myself but to lose myself "
~Joseph Monniger
|
03-07-2017, 07:10 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 11,286
|
|
Very nice fish!
__________________
“One of the sad signs of our times is that we have demonized those who produce, subsidized those who refuse to produce, and canonized those who complain.”
Thomas Sowell
|
03-07-2017, 12:06 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 1,020
|
|
Wowzers
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
|
03-07-2017, 06:22 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern AB
Posts: 207
|
|
Throw out your tape measure, that thing looks way longer!!! Well done sir!!
|
03-07-2017, 10:10 PM
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2016
Posts: 27
|
|
Nice
|
03-08-2017, 08:00 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Lacombe County
Posts: 1,533
|
|
Beautiful congrats
__________________
"A mountain has got to be lonely without sheep on it."
Dick Proenneke
|
03-08-2017, 01:26 PM
|
|
|
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 317
|
|
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.
|
Thread Tools |
|
Display Modes |
Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -6. The time now is 11:39 AM.
|