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I was fishing the headwaters of the Mississippi one time. I was standing on the rocks that you can walk across with the rest of the tourons.

Pretty soon, I heard a yelp and some splashing/thrashing around. I looked over and saw an 8 foot female bull shark with what appeared to be a full grown Irish Setter in it's mouth. The lady on the other end of the leash was hysterical and screaming.





Her husband did not give a schidt.

Never weighed one. Never heard many that did. It was measure em and turn em back mostly.

50 inches is the goal in AK. In the right places its not hard to hit 50. At least some years ago out in the bush.

Yeah, they don't get much size to them in skinny water. Seen 15 footers in Pool 9.

I've another fish tale. True, not stretched even a bit. I probably wouldn't believe it myself if I hadn't seen it.

I was on the opposite side from our salmon counting camp on Good News River in SW Alaska, 1981, fishing for dinner when on the camp side of river I saw a fish jump out of the water onto a sloping bank 18 inches or so above water surface, flop once or twice, then back into the river.

Repeat twice more.

I figured it was a fish with a tangled line- a couple guided drift boats had come thru a couple hours before, down from Redfish Lake, so I waded over to investigate.

Just in front of the sloped overhang cutbank was a big drowned willow, with a washtub sized opening in the center. Figuring I'd lose my lure (a Krokodile or R&W spoon- I forget which - I jigged it down in the opening, just for the heck of it, and it got taken. No fight to the fish as I easily lead it out to a 6 inch wide, foot long "beach" just above the cut-bank and landed it.

6 1/2 pound hen rainbow - supper for 3 men and some for the Lab!


She had several voles in her stomach, one in her gullet, and another in the upper throat or mouth, with the tail hanging out the corner of her mouth.

Greed can kill you... and being over-stuffed makes one lethargic...

Nearest I could figure from the sign - a vole runway near the crest of the overhanging cutback - she was skylining voles on their trail and leaping ashore to nail them, then flopping her way back into water.

I've posted this here before, and it was published in a letter to some outdoor magazine - Western Outdoors I think.

The editor (Steve?) didn't believe me either.... but that's OK... I saw it.

This. The Novi has pike to 60" in it. When they swim to your bait they do not make a vee-wake... there are 5 or 6 wakes headed in your direction 😉


*Nowitna*

This. The Novi has pike to 60" in it. When they swim to your bait they do not make a vee-wake... there are 5 or 6 wakes headed in your direction 😉


*Nowitna*

I don't have any 60 lb northerns or 45 lb walleyes. However, One time I was fishing for flathead catfish on the Wisconsin river one night . The clicker goes off and I find a channel cat in the net. It was about 8 lbs. I take off the hook and notice a bird in it's mouth. Another time my brother ad I were fishing in the Quetico canoe area ( Ontario) . He had a decent walleye to the boat and a northern about 30" came in and stole our dinner. Another time, on June 19, 1998. I was again fishing for flatheads when the clicker goes off. I set the hook . I was fishing in brush, so set the drag with a pliers so there was no giving him line.. I could hear line stretching like crazy on my cat rig, an Oceanmaster rod with a Senator 113 real loaded with 80 lb test.. After abut 5 seconds, it became clear this was not just an ordinary cat. I could hardly hold the pole and it was horizontal , just then it lets go and I find out he broke my Eagle Claw 254 N 8/0 hook.. I guess I am just an ordinary fisherman . Also, when I was running a trap line when I was 15 , I got a skunk in the trap and it sprayed me. I smelled real bad , went home and took a shower . I got to school just in time for class. Just then, they all started to gag and told me I smell like a skunk aso they kicked me out of school for the day.. Does that count?

41" was biggest. What would that weigh?

My son and I have caught some toothy Northern N/A fish.

A length to weight conversion table I have used states a 41 inch pike would weigh 17.71 lbs. I’ve found that to be a little light based on actually weighing on a digital scale, fish I had measured. Your 41 is chunky! That same table states that a 50 would weigh 32.73 lbs. I don’t have any experience with 50 inch pike! I’ve always thought of them as 200 inch whitetails! I’ve never seen either.