OT - Huge Northern Pike
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OT - Huge Northern Pike
The pike in the photos below was caught on the Winnipeg River, by Seven Sisters, in Manitoba - 55lbs-56 inches. Manitoba is the province where I grew up (and caught Pike ad nauseum) in central Canada.
The fellow in the photos below, caught a 36" Pike. As he was reeling it in, a 56" Pike came up and clamped its jaws on it. He brought them both in on the same net.
Looks like live bait works the best for big Pike. Once, I saw one larger than this ... about 6 feet long, near the mouth of a river not far from our farm but it ignored my lure. Several pike have been netted in the 90+ pound range.
The fellow in the photos below, caught a 36" Pike. As he was reeling it in, a 56" Pike came up and clamped its jaws on it. He brought them both in on the same net.
Looks like live bait works the best for big Pike. Once, I saw one larger than this ... about 6 feet long, near the mouth of a river not far from our farm but it ignored my lure. Several pike have been netted in the 90+ pound range.
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KirkD,
Is the guy in the two pics holding the same fish? Or is he holding the small on in the first pic and the big one in the second pic?
Ganjiro,
My wife says Pike is excellent eating. I however have never eaten it, so I can't say.
Personally for bait I think I'd use some of the neighborhood children. At least then they'd be of some use.
Joe
Is the guy in the two pics holding the same fish? Or is he holding the small on in the first pic and the big one in the second pic?
Ganjiro,
My wife says Pike is excellent eating. I however have never eaten it, so I can't say.
Personally for bait I think I'd use some of the neighborhood children. At least then they'd be of some use.
Joe
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Biggest Pike I've ever seen. We go to the Quetico Provential Park most summers for fishing and camping. We catch a lot of Pike, but most are under 30inches. I was once soloing in a canoe down the Maligne River trailing a stringer with several smallmouth on it when a large Pike attacked my stringer. I was able to pull him to the surface and I punched him as hard as I could with my paddle tip. He never let go and tore a smallmouth free. Those things are aggressive!
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24 hours in a day.....24 beers in a case. Coincidense? I think not.
That is the biggest Northern I've ever seen
That is truly Musky sized!
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THATS AWESOME
AWESOME
Dave
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