DRIFTER_016 Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 This is an article from our local newspaper published in the summer of 2011. This piggy laker was caught in a net on the South side of Great Slave. Here is a pic taken of it at the enr office in Hay River. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 that thing is ridiculous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdve23rveavwa Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 That gives a whole new meaning to the term Hawg!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 I can't even imagine how old that fish is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 what no weightwatcher in Yellowknife, NWT man that thing is fat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nipfisher Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 Ya but look how far out he is holding it lol. JK. That is a brute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
young_one Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 Great Laker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bacon Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 Looks well fed... I guess bait fish are plentiful on Great Slave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FieroLuke Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 I think I've gone a little soft since I have had my first child but I feel a bit sad seeing that big fish dead. I read the article and the laker could be well over 65 years old. Thats quite the fatty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freshtrax Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 Imagine tryin to get it through a hole? "Hey jimmie...run to the house and grab the chainsaw" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyb Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 So fat! Would love to pull that beast in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ThisPlaceSucks Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 wow... that fish probably hasn't spawned in a decade in order to grow a belly like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCTFisher9120 Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 That's just amazing...wow Good little read, thanks for posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l2p Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 WOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 Holy Hoffa, that thing is fat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercman Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 i bet it tasted like crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIFTER_016 Posted January 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 i bet it tasted like crap It wasn't eaten. It was turned into the enr office for study and probably mounting for the visitors center or other public building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 He's holding it too far away from himself. He's purposely trying to dupe the viewers into thinking it's a large fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 It wasn't eaten. It was turned into the enr office for study and probably mounting for the visitors center or other public building. I dunno, looks a little banked salmon sun baked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smally21 Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 there is something odd aboutthe pic. ive held a laker at nearly 60 lbs fish that size can barely support their own weight out of the water, the fat just sags over your hands. how does the guy hold something so big and heavy at arms length without straining? look at this fella struggling with this monster, please disregard the rope I think he may have rode this old girl in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 That top fish is most likely frozen, it's also resting on the side of the table.. He's not holding it outright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIFTER_016 Posted January 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 That top fish is most likely frozen, it's also resting on the side of the table.. He's not holding it outright. Bingo!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smally21 Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 if it was frozen, why would his hands 'sink' into the flesh where he is holding it, and why would the tail sag? if it was soft enough for his hands to sink into it, then how come the fleshy, soft belly isn't indented equally, or more, where all that weight is resting on the table? was there a second shooter? grassy knoll? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 Let's just call it an Atlantic and be done with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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