Bigger Laker

[captin bill]

Great fish!  :oRed says your lucky but cpr was the mark of a true sportsman everyone take a bow

[Fish-N-Adventures]

TOTALLY AWESOME!!!!   

[adktony]

very nice laker. must of been one heck of a fight!

[multispeciesangler]

That's a great laker! Congrats Buddy!

[IcemanADK]

Awesome fish. Awesome picture. So jealous.

Those big lakers are so neat looking.

[bigredonice]

Thanks for all the kind words guys.   I did have to get a dig in at Scotty... in reality, he is WAY more than just lucky, that sucker can fish and always catches the big one, hunt and always shoots the big bucks, marries a gorgeous AND sane woman, has a beautfil house and a healthy child.   And he's lucky. 

its deceiving when you stick a fish in the camera

its a trophy. no doubt. What I am getting at is it looks alot bigger then that. I have a 40" on the wall and this one looks much bigger!

Its called forced perspective

here's some good examples from this year of Fontana19 with some true forced perspective shots (or my good camera work, either way  )

here's a standard large lake george specimen...around 28" - certainly looks bigger



and here's a 32"...but looks even WAY bigger than that


SS, I would love to see a pic of the 40" mount...that's such a giant...a lake ontario fish?

[VomWillemstad K-9]

Awesome Job!!

Congratulations...


Adrian

[Fontona19]

@Bigred - So what your saying is, I only catch the little guys??? 

[bassinbrian_on_ice]

Congrats Scotty     Thanks friggin awesome man.

 
You guys have all taken PB's this season, how cool. WTG Bigred & Fontana too.

BB

[Fontona19]

Congrats Scotty     Thanks friggin awesome man.

 
You guys have all taken PB's this season, how cool. WTG Bigred & Fontana too.

BB

Thanks BB!

Yeah, watching those two at work is something else. Even on the slow days it is entertaining at the very least.

[bigredonice]

@Bigred - So what your saying is, I only catch the little guys??? 

lol...what I'm saying is big guys like us need experts at forced perspective to make their fish look big    If only I could take pictures of me with my fish 

Congrats Scotty     Thanks friggin awesome man.

 
You guys have all taken PB's this season, how cool. WTG Bigred & Fontana too.

BB

thanks BB...come with us next year!!

[bassinbrian_on_ice]

I should have made more trips with ya this year for sure. It's been a great ice making year for LG. 

Just having an "off" winter    Sick of everything lately. I'll be better when the weather breaks 


And you're not kidding Terry , watching those two is fun in it self 

[lakerscottyj]

Thanks guys. Healthy competition between fishing buds only makes you a better fisherman. Especially when its against bigred!!!! He the only person I know that has fished or knows the bottom contour of every lake in the state. That red knows how to fish!

[slipbob]

Thanks guys. Healthy competition between fishing buds only makes you a better fisherman. Especially when its against bigred!!!! He the only person I know that has fished or knows the bottom contour of every lake in the state. That red knows how to fish!

That's an awesome trout   Hopefully you got home in time Saturday night and didn't get in trouble for fishing too much  

[JigSchtickGeorge]

That's an awesome trout   Hopefully you got home in time Saturday night and didn't get in trouble for fishing too much

I tell my wife "your the one who bought me the vex what did you think I'd be doing all winter"

I bought her a Jeep so she keeps pretty quiet.

[JAGER61]

Awesome fish Fontona19!

MK

[SSmokinn SS]

SS, I would love to see a pic of the 40" mount...that's such a giant...a lake ontario fish?

Lake george fish....

Went to the taxidermist at 40" even...came back at 38". That was the last skin mount I did. Thats a big downside. They shrink.

[bigredonice]

Lake george fish....

Went to the taxidermist at 40" even...came back at 38". That was the last skin mount I did. Thats a big downside. They shrink.

the way that skin mounts work, if the foam core has the wrong dimensions, thats what happens.   Had the same thing happen to a 32" walleye i caught out of the susquehanna, came back at 30" and thick girth...completely unlike the fish I caught...turns out he used a standard walleye foam mount and didn't shave it down at all...

thats still a giant lake george fish.  i bet that fish was 35 years or older.   No doubt on the downswing of its life.   I would have done the same thing.   someday i will get my giant.  someday.

[SSmokinn SS]

the way that skin mounts work, if the foam core has the wrong dimensions, thats what happens.   Had the same thing happen to a 32" walleye i caught out of the susquehanna, came back at 30" and thick girth...completely unlike the fish I caught...turns out he used a standard walleye foam mount and didn't shave it down at all...

thats still a giant lake george fish.  i bet that fish was 35 years or older.   No doubt on the downswing of its life.   I would have done the same thing.   someday i will get my giant.  someday.

I caught it on the back side of dome Island when I was 15 (so 12 years ago). Icicle about 20' under the ice. We got 3 big ones that day...a 32", a 36" and the 40"...and we actually got them all in the same tip up line at the same time. I fought that 40" laker for about a hour and a half because we had a 6lb mono leader. The 32" and 36" were released. It was my first time ever laker fishing, or ice fishing on lake george.

that was the last skin mount. Even when I got my 10lb 6oz largemouth I had a replica mount made. That was in 2010.

[BillyGoat]

Here's my buddy Scotty J's big NY laker.  He asked me to post this on here.   36.5"  18lbs.  He's living proof its better to be lucky than good... 

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lol .  I gaffed it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and took the pic  !!!!! nice fish bro!!!!

[Fontona19]

Awesome fish Fontona19!

MK

Thanks Jager61

[Gillpill]

awesome awesome lakers

[JigSchtickGeorge]

I caught it on the back side of dome Island when I was 15 (so 12 years ago). Icicle about 20' under the ice. We got 3 big ones that day...a 32", a 36" and the 40"...and we actually got them all in the same tip up line at the same time. I fought that 40" laker for about a hour and a half because we had a 6lb mono leader. The 32" and 36" were released. It was my first time ever laker fishing, or ice fishing on lake george.

that was the last skin mount. Even when I got my 10lb 6oz largemouth I had a replica mount made. That was in 2010.

Epic day.  That's where the giants live!  DEC net reports say so.  But net reports are not during winter...  So my 30" fish could be on perch tour over by PK. 
Hitting it hard this weekend.

[multispeciesangler]

I caught it on the back side of dome Island when I was 15 (so 12 years ago). Icicle about 20' under the ice. We got 3 big ones that day...a 32", a 36" and the 40"...and we actually got them all in the same tip up line at the same time. I fought that 40" laker for about a hour and a half because we had a 6lb mono leader. The 32" and 36" were released. It was my first time ever laker fishing, or ice fishing on lake george.

that was the last skin mount. Even when I got my 10lb 6oz largemouth I had a replica mount made. That was in 2010.

That's a terrific Lake George fish! I have seen pics of some of your Giant NY largemouth. Very impressive! Was that 10 lb bass a NY specimen? Great fish anywhere but, an absolute monster if NY bass! 

[SSmokinn SS]

That's a terrific Lake George fish! I have seen pics of some of your Giant NY largemouth. Very impressive! Was that 10 lb bass a NY specimen? Great fish anywhere but, an absolute monster if NY bass!

yes caught in NY.

I have 2, 9lbers under my belt, and 3, 8 lbers as well....4 well over 7lbs just for last season. 16 over 6lbs just for 2013.

Im thinking about starting up my own personal bass charter. Basically rent me, and my boat per day and I will put you on trophy bass.

[multispeciesangler]

yes caught in NY.

I have 2, 9lbers under my belt, and 3, 8 lbers as well....4 well over 7lbs just for last season. 16 over 6lbs just for 2013.

Im thinking about starting up my own personal bass charter. Basically rent me, and my boat per day and I will put you on trophy bass.

That's incredible! Bass 8, 9 and 10 lbs from NY waters is off the hook! I have seen pics of your 2013 giants but, would love to see pics of the 8 - 10 plus lb fish!

[SSmokinn SS]

That's incredible! Bass 8, 9 and 10 lbs from NY waters is off the hook! I have seen pics of your 2013 giants but, would love to see pics of the 8 - 10 plus lb fish!

I will PM you the pictures of the big girls.

The 2 biggest were caught before the sun came up, and after the sun went down in late, late fall.

[wnybassman]

Awesome fish!!

looked 40 pounds coming threw the 8 inch hole.

No doubt!!     I got lucky myself and caught this fish a couple weeks ago, and was just able to get it through my 6" hole.   I just got into laker fishing this year and my buddy kept saying I'm gonna need a bigger auger if I keep doing this.    He might be right!!   

16lbs 4oz and 37"

[bigredonice]

what a giant, NOEL!!!!!!!!   Nice fish man!

[lakerdave]

Wow . That's a monster. And through a 6 in hole that's crazy