snag Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 (edited) I'll be brief. The weather was crap this afternoon. As I drove, I was thinking: "why bother"? Here is a sad, desolate bouy. Bobbing in a bay of murky despair. Just for fun and size comparison. Here is a wee snotty I caught Ice fishing. (You'll notice my Dead bait of choice is a white storm lure. It out performs live bait) Soooooooooo, I'm at my spot; it's raining, it's cold. There's nobody around. Why am I here? I'm using a lure I got out of one of the cheap bins at the sportsman show but I'm sure it has to work. I'm slowly reeling in, the water is like mud........and then I think I see a FOLLOW! Indeed! It's huge!! Here is the Mama(?) swimming. Thank goodness for my drag. She did a bunch of runs with some good solid weight. She followed and swallowed (easy boys). My heart sank thinking that some dire surgery was to follow. Turns out she hadn't bitten the lure. Instead, she had clamped down on my leader (the blood in the next photo is from my finger and a bit from her lip) When I got her mouth open with the spreaders, the lure was hanging free in her vacuous pie-hole. No pliers needed!!! So this is the scoop. I was alone as usual so I did not measure her, I'm guessing over 40". However, I did weigh her with my digital scale, 16.5 lbs!!!!! I look like an ogre because the weight on my messed-up finger was discomforting. Here she is IT HAS BEGUN............. SNOG Edited March 22, 2007 by snog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silveradosheriff Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Very nice!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfisher Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Very nice indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanangler1990 Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 sweet! i cant wait to get out there, maybe tommorow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glirw Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 (edited) One heck of an ogre you are snag ! Way to set the standard ! I know that buoy ........... Edited March 21, 2007 by KTFO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clampet Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 You Da man, The Big Smoke Man.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbayboy Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 What a beauty Snog and a great job on the story telling too. My god I'm dying to wet a line now, time to check the weekend weather forecast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Beauty for sure! WTG! Who took the pic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanangler1990 Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Beauty for sure! WTG! Who took the pic? something called a self timer Roy nah im just geussing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bly Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 I'll be brief. The weather was crap this after noon as I drove thinking "why bother"? SNOG WooHoo!! Very very nice! You went for it and what a beauty pay off!! I had the same "why bother" attitude today and I am ashamed to admit....I fell for it. Stayed home,packed away the ice gear and reorganized the soft water stuff.....should have went fishing :wallbash: bly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccmtcanada Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Nice job!!! It's great to see your TO pike posts again...I missed them!!!! Maybe if the pike are back in the shallows there, they are back in my neck of the woods. I'll have to get out soon though!!! Great work Snag...and yes, I cant bring myself to call you Snog yet...LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehg Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Tried around the foot of spadina for about half an hour after work and nearly froze in the wind and rain, so packed it in quickly. Obviously your perseverance paid off. WTG, ehg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennesseeGuy Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Nice job. You're off to a good start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stasbrute Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Nice!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GbayGiant Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 BEAUTY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrickGG Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Thats one nice toothy critter, nicely done snog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyman Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Very nice colour on that fish. Alot of red on the fins. Sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattletrap2 Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Nice fish and an even better story to go along with her! WTG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snag Posted March 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 (edited) Beauty for sure! WTG! Who took the pic? Joey, of course. Edited March 22, 2007 by snog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basskicker Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Nice fish indeed...that's one of the biggest pike I've seen from Lake Ontario Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelcat Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 omg you are making all of us so want to get out there tomorrow and have some fishing fun~!!! Nice fish btw~! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Right on Snag. That's a beauty fish. How hard was your heart pounding? Great report. Joey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishinfool Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 You had to go and start it eh, now I have to go and get me some. Awesome fish snog, WTG! Did he swim away strong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
007 Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Good job snag man! The Master Pike fisherman is back. Great looking fish. They do tend to like getting revenge on your fingers though So tell me, is your camera set up on a tripod for these great self portraits? If so is it set up ready before you even catch the fish or do you have to scramble around once the fish is landed? Always wondered... they seem such well composed shots, and would like to give the self portrait with fish shot a go one day, even if the pike I catch are 1/5th the size Thanks for sharing. Itching to get out there. 007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigger Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Beauty pike, snag! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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