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03-22-2008, 07:37 AM
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Finaly caught my biggest pike !
Catch and Released this girl on Good Friday
20.5 pounds
40 inches
Very healthy Fish.
Please Don't ask where !
Its was not in the NWT
But it was 1 hour from Edmonton!
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03-22-2008, 07:56 AM
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very nice beats my biggest pike by about 5 pounds.
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03-22-2008, 09:24 AM
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nice pice... congrats. is that a bite on his tail? which suggests that there is a bigger one out there.
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03-22-2008, 09:25 AM
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Great catch and release!! congrats ...chain
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03-22-2008, 09:52 AM
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Good Friday? Heck, that was a GREAT Friday! 
Congrats man! Nice fish and well done on releasing her.
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03-22-2008, 10:20 AM
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Good job on releasing, but I hope when you weighed it you didn't stick a scale hook in its mouth and gills. If so, then more than likely she will die. Kudos for C&R but the best thing to do is get a measurement of the length and girth, and then there is a website with a formula you put the information into and it will give you the weight which is accurate to 1/1000th of a pound. Still a nice big pike nonetheless! 
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03-22-2008, 10:42 AM
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HAWG!!! Im always a fan of C-P-R(catch-photo-release). Congrats
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03-22-2008, 01:10 PM
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AWESOME ESOX!! congrats, mighty fine fish 
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03-22-2008, 07:14 PM
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Very nice fish indeed, congrats on your success!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
TundraBuck, do you ice fish? I was wondering what is the best way to get a fish out of the hole without having something hooked through it's mouth and bringing it up vertical. I would hate to put any stress on the fish before I release it. Thanks in advance for the advice.
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03-22-2008, 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Deano
Very nice fish indeed, congrats on your success!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
TundraBuck, do you ice fish? I was wondering what is the best way to get a fish out of the hole without having something hooked through it's mouth and bringing it up vertical. I would hate to put any stress on the fish before I release it. Thanks in advance for the advice.
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Hey Deano. I do ice fish, I would have to say I am fairly avid as well. I meant a scale with a point poking through its internal gill plate. When I am pulling northerns out of the hole, especially big ones, I stick my pointer and middle finger in its outer gill plate right at the farthest point to the snout and then put my thumb on its chin on the outside. This allows you to pull the fish out of the hole then quickly level it horizontally, and it does not harm the fish.
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03-22-2008, 11:43 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Deano
Very nice fish indeed, congrats on your success!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
TundraBuck, do you ice fish? I was wondering what is the best way to get a fish out of the hole without having something hooked through it's mouth and bringing it up vertical. I would hate to put any stress on the fish before I release it. Thanks in advance for the advice.
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Watch this vid, shows you pretty much how to grab them...excuse the language, my buddy was a lil excited to say the least
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A7tzJSnNf8
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03-23-2008, 01:17 AM
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Nice to here you let her go!
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03-23-2008, 12:29 PM
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Nice Fish
Great looking fish congrats .I wonder if some young guy told you to release it or did you do it on your own .Just asking 
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20.5 pounds
40 inches
Very healthy Fish.
Please Don't ask where !
Its was not in the NWT
But it was 1 hour from Edmonton!
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Dont ask where it must be a hot spot for big pike. 1 hour from edmonton is that North, South, East or West hummm 
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03-23-2008, 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Nationwide
Great looking fish congrats .I wonder if some young guy told you to release it or did you do it on your own .Just asking
Dont ask where it must be a hot spot for big pike. 1 hour from edmonton is that North, South, East or West hummm |
Oh nationwide you're just hilarious, you should apply to be on the comedy network im rolling on the floor laughing.
Not.
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03-23-2008, 07:33 PM
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That is a beauty
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03-24-2008, 06:09 PM
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Ya some young guy told me to release it... Me!.. ha ha!
Anyways
Big pike don't taste good at all !
All big pike are all femals mostly all those that are over 10 pounds and this girl was full of eggs.That would be a waste !
In releasing her someone else can enjoy catching her again!
Humm ! I wonder how many times she's been caught !
JR
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