dheitzner Posted January 15, 2013 Report Posted January 15, 2013 Been a while since I posted a report, but I'm still getting out on the water as often as I can. Was happy to drive a couple of hours north in the fog on Saturday morning to spend a day fishing on one of my favorite bodies of water. I had heard that there were some decent pike in there, and we got into a few smaller specimens along with some really nice (although unfortunately OOS) smallies throughout the day. As we killed the last few minutes of our outing, I was rewarded with this fatty that hit a drop-shotted minnow in 21fow. After a 15 minute battle with some really blistering runs I iced her and after a few quick pics and measurements, back down the hole she went. I revived her with my hand in the water for 3 or 4 minutes, and with a quick flick of the tale...gone! Taped out at 42.5" with a 20.5"girth, and was fat all the way down her body. Thanks for looking, see you on the water... Darcy
chris.brock Posted January 15, 2013 Report Posted January 15, 2013 chunky, healthy looking pike, glad you let that big girl go awesome fish!
Christopheraaron Posted January 15, 2013 Report Posted January 15, 2013 Awesome fish! What area was that?
Jigger Posted January 15, 2013 Report Posted January 15, 2013 Great clean looking fish! Thanks for sharing.
kickingfrog Posted January 15, 2013 Report Posted January 15, 2013 And when I looked down the hole all I could see was one eye.
trevy727 Posted January 15, 2013 Report Posted January 15, 2013 Nice fish Darce, I'm still getting out in the boat. We need to go together some time. Maybe bring Tom.
nancur373 Posted January 15, 2013 Report Posted January 15, 2013 whatta tank. I'd like to get one like that in the boat let alone on the ice. Good job landing her
funfishing Posted January 15, 2013 Report Posted January 15, 2013 (edited) ... Edited December 21, 2017 by funfishing
kickingfrog Posted January 15, 2013 Report Posted January 15, 2013 A 20.5 fish would be just over 6 inches in diameter if it was round.
Garfisher Posted January 15, 2013 Report Posted January 15, 2013 What a pig! Approx. 24lbs according to In-Fisherman
davey buoy Posted January 15, 2013 Report Posted January 15, 2013 Very nice pike! Might be a dumb question but with a 20.5" girth, how wide is your auger that you were able to get it up through the hole? Did it require additional drilling prior to landing? A 8" augered hole would be large enough!
lew Posted January 15, 2013 Report Posted January 15, 2013 Yeah, that's a very impressive pike for sure, well done !!
skeeter Posted January 15, 2013 Report Posted January 15, 2013 That's not a tank, that's a freight train!!! What LB test line?
dheitzner Posted January 15, 2013 Author Report Posted January 15, 2013 Thanks for all the kind words folks. The fish was caught north of Parry Sound, but south of Sudbury on a small body of water, on 8lb test line. Although I likely could have squeezed her through an 8" hole, I was really glad that I bit the bullet & dragged around the 10" Jiffy all day (especially when she was at the hole and I was trying to turn her head! lol)
Jds63 Posted January 15, 2013 Report Posted January 15, 2013 Good job Darcy !! Thats a beauty for sure ....
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