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I've heard lots of stories about southern bass fisherman catching their first pike and thinking they can stick their thumb in it's mouth to lift it into the boat. hahaha You mean you can’t lip a Pike? How about a Muskie?  That's a lie. You can on both of them. Well, you can. I just don't recommend it. lol Its all fine until it isn't. The margin for error if a fish thrashes isn't great. YMMV. I'm just happy to unhook and let em swim away or if in one of the must kill zones reach down and snip its gills with my scissors and its done..
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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Campfire 'Bwana
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38" 16 - 18 lbs. Can't recall. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/zBDT7HV0/Personal-Pics-084.jpg) Never have weighed 1 ! Caught lots bigger than this guy, but it shows the "thin" after spring spawning thing, pretty well ! ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/vfRvVbJ.jpg) ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/wBmrVxt.jpg) Big ole poodle eatin mellon !
Paul.
"Kids who grow up hunting, fishing & trapping, do not mug little old Ladies"
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haha
I've caught them after spawn too. Their head does not look right on that skinny body.
Kind of like my old chocolate lab/llewellin setter mix. lol
The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" - Isoroku Yamamoto
There sure are a lot of America haters that want to live here...
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The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" - Isoroku Yamamoto
There sure are a lot of America haters that want to live here...
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
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Iron bender that surprises me as I would have thought that they were native all over Alaska. I’ve caught them in Sw Alaska are they native to that area? Idaho has them in Lake Coeur d’Alene but I’m sure they were planted legally or not I don’t know. There is quite the variation in markings from the different pictures posted. The pike on the KP were definitely non-native and introduced. F&G treated several lakes and interconnected lake systems to rid them. It’s believed other areas have had enough time to establish pike-salmon symbiosis, not present on the KP. Here is a F&G map of their normal range. The spot on the KP I’ve not heard of pike still being present. ![[Linked Image from adfg.alaska.gov]](https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/species/speciesinfo/northernpike/images/northenpike_largemap.jpg) Now that they know pike do fine in saltwater there is a much more likely case for wandering pike to transplant themselves.
Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.
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Big ole poodle eatin mellon ! The high life! Brings back some fond memories. Thanks.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Tall boy cans, for the win !! 
Paul.
"Kids who grow up hunting, fishing & trapping, do not mug little old Ladies"
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Tall boy cans, for the win !! Here! Here!
The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" - Isoroku Yamamoto
There sure are a lot of America haters that want to live here...
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I would really like to try spearing them
Here is Saginaw Bay they do it through the ice
Very close to me but I have not personally done it
Hank I haven't done that in 15-20 years but it is legal here and a real hoot too. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/4nhutMp.jpg) 160, you've posted this pic before. It's really cool. What is that debris/sand stuff that you're standing on/by?
The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" - Isoroku Yamamoto
There sure are a lot of America haters that want to live here...
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Tall boy cans, for the win !! Looks like you may have enjoyed more than one that day! 
The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" - Isoroku Yamamoto
There sure are a lot of America haters that want to live here...
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