BIG FISH Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 (edited) got out today to test the dune buggy on the ice started out at gilford and worked our way up the lake catching lots of little perch we finally ended up near a group of huts near fox island. dropped the fish finder in and marked 80 fow, and fish on screen we thought here we go, hopefully catch a whitie or two for dinner. drop the spoons down and bam more perch we were pissed cause we had been catching perch all day and wanted something bigger. so we sat there for a bout half an hour catching dink perch and finally we said ok lets get out of here so i reel up my line and pack it up, then my dad reels in his line pretty fast, and a mark on the finder comes screaming in after it. his spoon is now about 15 feet below the ice and the fish is charging it from the depths i said to him stop reeling for a sec and let it sit there. BAM! the fish slammed right in to it , my dads little perch rod with 4 lb line bends right over and the drag starts going. after about 5 mins his rod breaks right in half got the fish we were looking for !!! and the dune buggy ran great !!!! fish measured 33" long 18" girth and was released, he was puking up 6" smelts when we brought him up heres a better pic of the dunebuggy if anyone is interested and a couple from on the ice today Edited February 27, 2011 by BIG FISH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammercarp Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Cool. Nice fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beginner Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 wow nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC1 Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Nice rig and nice laker. I just can't seem to get anything other than perch put of simcoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 nice fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 I love seeing those streaks rocket off bottom! No whitefish does that Great fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimace Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 What a great fish. Looks like you have a really fun toy there. I would love to mess around with that in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Wow, that is a beauty laker, did you have to hand bomb it after the rod broke? Cool buggy, bet that is fun out there on the ice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leecher Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Congrats BIG FISH on that beauty hog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12footspringbok Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Nice greaser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG FISH Posted February 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 (edited) Wow, that is a beauty laker, did you have to hand bomb it after the rod broke? Cool buggy, bet that is fun out there on the ice no he kept reeling it in the top half of the rod when down the line to the lure but the other half was still good lol Congrats BIG FISH on that beauty hog thanks for the comments guys my dad was super happy it was his biggest fish threw the ice, and also his pb laker does anyone know if they are good to eat that size? it was such a baeutiful fish we couldnt chop it up Edited February 27, 2011 by BIG FISH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishing 24/7 Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 i want one. bugee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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