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03-11-2012, 11:16 PM
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Big bait=big fish, not always.
Wabamun today no hits on big baits but lots on a jig with a small junk of mackeral, including a 44" 25lb fatty.
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03-11-2012, 11:19 PM
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Jebus that's a porky pike! 
Well done sir!
That being said, I've often found the same thing...sometimes they just want what they want.
Looking at that pike, that's probably all she had room for left in that gut!
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03-11-2012, 11:27 PM
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Now there is a nice one! Good job.
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03-11-2012, 11:44 PM
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Grats Very nice Pike!!! .getting close to Wab's best. 
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03-12-2012, 07:47 AM
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Kick a** fish! Well done...lots of fun in there. Good to see someone who doesn't mind mixing things up! That pic made my day!
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03-12-2012, 09:57 AM
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In the same context at wabamun I caught a 21" pike on a 15" bait. Wrap your head around that one!
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03-12-2012, 10:37 AM
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WOW. nice gator. you got any angler pics of that beast?
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03-12-2012, 10:39 AM
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great looking Pike...
Its weird cause we were there a couple weeks ago and all our hits came on the larger baits...
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03-12-2012, 10:50 AM
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Awesome pike!...
When I was using regular smelts on a jig head a couple years back, I landed a fat 36" pike out of there. But just last month, I caught my personal best pike out of that lake which I believe was about a 40 incher on a large 8" herring.
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03-12-2012, 11:19 AM
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we hit a hammer handle yesterday on an 8" herring and it was all the way down his throat....luckily the hook wasnt as deep and i could release him clean and quick
no rhyme nor reason to bait size vs fish size most of the time if you ask me....i like the smaller baits purely based on easier hook sets.
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03-12-2012, 03:28 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fishinggeek
WOW. nice gator. you got any angler pics of that beast?
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I was by myself so just the one pic and back down the hole.
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03-12-2012, 04:08 PM
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Nice fish!! Much of a fight?
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03-12-2012, 04:21 PM
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Nice fish!! Much of a fight?
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Good fight and very challenging to land. 10"hole , 11-12inches of head and nearly 9 inches back to belly.
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03-12-2012, 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Speckle55
Grats Very nice Pike!!! .getting close to Wab's best.
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How big would that be?
Nice fish OP!!!! I love wab
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03-12-2012, 05:21 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cribfisher
Good fight and very challenging to land. 10"hole , 11-12inches of head and nearly 9 inches back to belly.
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yep. try to add an another element or two to that situation. 3' or less of water and the fishes head covered in weed. lots of fun for sure. congrads on a great fish and thanks for sharing the picture.
Dace
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