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Old 01-28-2013, 03:04 PM
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built my own.....tried on Sunday.....works great....
(dont` have my own video, but will take it in the closer future)
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Old 01-28-2013, 03:45 PM
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built my own.....tried on Sunday.....works great....
(dont` have my own video, but will take it in the closer future)
how did u built it
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Old 04-14-2013, 08:41 PM
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Got a decent pike on the automatic fisherman.

It pulled the rod and reel out of the holder and down the hole, but I had tied an auxiliary safety rope (win) from the automatic fisherman to the reel, so we were able to pull the rope and get the rod/reel back with an angry pike still attached. Good save JB.

This might be the last Ice-venture of the season.

This one was a size bigger than the 35" I got last time, so I figure it goes 37-38" with approx a 20" girth (didnt measure it)

Any weight guesstimates?



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Old 04-14-2013, 08:44 PM
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Looks thick - I'd say 14 lbs- 15 lbs or so.

Nice Pike ...... good job mountain whitefish dude ....... I bet that was pretty fun ....
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Old 04-14-2013, 08:49 PM
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Nice fatties.
Are these from today?
Lucky to have caught the bitter end of season.
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Old 04-14-2013, 08:50 PM
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Nice fatties.
Are these from today?
nope
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Old 04-14-2013, 08:51 PM
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Looks thick - I'd say 14 lbs- 15 lbs or so.

Nice Pike ...... good job mountain whitefish dude ....... I bet that was pretty fun ....
Super fat. I was thinking 15 or thereabouts (ie. 20 when I tell the story).

No wonder we couldnt find the rockies.
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Old 04-14-2013, 09:00 PM
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Super fat. I was thinking 15 or thereabouts (ie. 20 when I tell the story).

No wonder we couldnt find the rockies.
I bet if you cut that fatty up you would find a rockie or two - lol ..... mystery solved ....

A 38" pike averages 12 - 13 lbs on my home lake - these are a common size up here - but the girl you got there is a fat chick ..... so she is definitely heavier than most girls you date.
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Old 04-14-2013, 09:07 PM
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Got a decent pike on the automatic fisherman.

It pulled the rod and reel out of the holder and down the hole
That sounds like a very poor set up.
I would not recommend that to anyone.
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Old 04-14-2013, 09:17 PM
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That sounds like a very poor set up.
I would not recommend that to anyone.
Tezma? lol
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Old 04-14-2013, 09:18 PM
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That sounds like a very poor set up.
I would not recommend that to anyone.
One day I was looking for info on the interwebs about glasstop ovens and how to fix them. Well, one of the answers to my question on a fix-it forum was "Yeah, I know how to fix it!". That was it, no further answer or extra post, nothing, just some bumpkin who felt a need to post that he knew, but knew not how to explain how.

My point is; is that your 3rd post rings much like the fix-it forum.

My question is; what would you recommend Pri?
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Old 04-14-2013, 09:19 PM
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beast pike! how thick was the ice? i'm guessing you weren't to far south haha
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Old 04-14-2013, 09:19 PM
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Oh Gust, you're being strung along...
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Old 04-14-2013, 09:20 PM
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16 days
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Old 04-14-2013, 09:21 PM
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It's going sooooo slow, but the weather is cooperating perfectly.
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Old 04-14-2013, 09:24 PM
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beast pike! how thick was the ice? i'm guessing you weren't to far south haha
3.5" of good ice and 8" of rotten ice.

The entire bay has a max depth of 3 feet and most of the fish I caught were in less than 2.

We were in ES1.
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Old 04-14-2013, 09:37 PM
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3.5" of good ice and 8" of rotten ice.

The entire bay has a max depth of 3 feet and most of the fish I caught were in less than 2.

We were in ES1.
Sounds good. Same ice conditions in ES2.
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Old 04-14-2013, 09:39 PM
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Sounds good. Same ice conditions in ES2.
What about ES3?
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Old 04-15-2013, 09:19 AM
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Got a decent pike on the automatic fisherman.

It pulled the rod and reel out of the holder and down the hole, but I had tied an auxiliary safety rope (win) from the automatic fisherman to the reel, so we were able to pull the rope and get the rod/reel back with an angry pike still attached. Good save JB.

This might be the last Ice-venture of the season.

This one was a size bigger than the 35" I got last time, so I figure it goes 37-38" with approx a 20" girth (didnt measure it)

Any weight guesstimates?



Thanks to this jerk of a pike pulling your rod down the hole, my glove got soaked when I dove into the hold to grab your reel. I think I got frostbite on my fingers because my wet gloves were crappy to begin with and then they got wet while it was cold and windy. It was all worth it for that fish though.

You forgot to mention that it took so many good runs that it got tangled in my line that was sitting 30 feet away.
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