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Rattler I always go ultralight on the pike...even the big ones in the pics..the biggest was 17 something IIRC and she was caught on a 4'9" Fenwick with a Shimano 500 and #10 Fireline... The fireline doesnt stretch so enables me to set the hook on the buggers, then its Rodeo Time! I did find however that after about 600 pike over five pounds, its time to can the little Shimano... Ingwe
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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I'm all about the "Pickerel", as the Canucks call them. Rather catch and eat a northern than all the walleye in the world. On a trip to Michigan when I was about 10, I caught a 12 pound walleye. Problem was, until he got within view, I thought I had hooked a snag. I have never had that problem with Pike. i dont catch them for the fight, i catch them for the table.....if i wanted to pick a fight with something i would spend my summers snagging 30-120 pound paddlefish out of the river, even when yah dont catch one you get a workout.....
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Did somebody say pike?...... 30lbs/48" 26lbs/45.5" 23lbs/42" 22lbs/43" 21lbs/41" All C&R......I looove pikin'! Don't get me started! LOL
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no chit that last one is 21 pounds? damn near had one about that big in the boat this summer......my netter wasnt quick enough though and he cut through my line at the last second.....woulda loved to see how my german shorthair would have reacted to it getting in the boat....he was having fun with the 1 and 2 pound walleyes trying to help but wanted no part of the 8 pound walleye.....the 20ish pound snot rocket in the bottom of the boat woulda been hilarious
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Something clever here.
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You're started... Keep goin' Thats why we head north of the Border for our pike fishing! Ingwe
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that 30# monster looks like lunch could be a 15# dish....
maybe that deer hunting trip can wait another year...:)
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My largest is 37.5 inches - caught it when I was 13 - towed me, my dad and brother 1/2 across the lake in the canoe.
We have this little lake in the UP we go to - catch 125 or so ax handles a day. You will literally wear the paint off your daredevil.
Gonna take my runt this summer - should be interesting.
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Killzone, you ran into a flock of big ones that day?
At least that's what they tell me...
We were late to ice out this past year on the big lake--am trying to make it up this year
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Killzone, are you using tip ups on those ice Jacks?
My cousin used to run fly line on his tip ups, he got some good stretch out of it & no tangle trouble. I still run dacron or some kind of braided nylon.
Live sucker minnows for the most part.
Those are some amazing fish you've caught!
I've always said I'll hold out for at least a 45" before I run to the taxidermist with one. 42.5 is my best to date.
Lake of the woods, Minnesota side.
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Thanks Dave.
Yep all on tip-ups. I usually run a heavy braid of somekind (not superbraid!) because it's easy to handline and lately I've been switching over to the plastic coated stuff....never tangles and even easier to grip. I also run about a 3 foot piece of 40lb mono between the main line and quickstrike. I only use the biggest deadbaits I can catch/buy...usually about a 10" tulibee or herring. Some of those pike in the pics are from LOTW aswell, just abit north of you.
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Pretty sweeet KZ..... I'm jealous...starting now! Ingwe
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Cool. This is NOT my picture but I like it anyways. It's from buffalo bay LOTW. We used to make big livewells like that sometimes when we got a bunch of guys together tip up fishing.
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After losing my biggest pike in the hole with no glove & no gaff, (line broke at the knot to the quick strike) I started making my own quickstrike rigs with 36" steel leaders.
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Don't know how I missed this thread...man I love me some pikers. Chippewa Flowage Piker 32", caught last summer [img:center] [/img] Lake Dubay northern 36 or 38" can't remember, last spring [img:center] [/img] Chippewa Flowage, 42" Tiger Musky, part norhtern. [img:center] [/img]
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'nother one. Not a northen, but close. Northern WI muskie, 40" [img:center] [/img]
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Never caught a Musky...gotta update my Bucket List!! Pretty Cool Tom, Ingwe
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Well we're Green and we're Gold, and we play better when it's cold. All us Cheese heads have our favorite superstar. We love Brett Favre.
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Couldn't get that link up...something wonky on Youtube..
any suggestion??
ingwe
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