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I agree X2. Was there anyone over 25 or 30 years old in the group? The reason I ask is that when I was a young guy, I liked to make a pile fish or ducks or whateverFunny but as you get older, you kind of outgrow that urge.. At least I did.
Imagine a group doing this EVERY weekend?!
If pike were competing for food say...Smelt...or Shad...Id agree.. But they are canabalistic fish and its been proven that the biggest pike eat primarily their own as this fish is territorial. Thinning out the pike species is in essence thinning out their own food source.
Wow!! this wack and stack of fish is now up to 4pages
Check this link about bait for lobster . http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Legislature-may-ban-offal-in-alternative-lobster-bait/10832/
The word "offal" was defined to include "carcasses, waste parts, renderings, or remains" from both wild and domestic animals, except for hairless animal hide.
Pike Taste GOOOD!!! (Image removed from quote.)
I dont think Cmain is trying to cause an argument at all..
Bilditrite; Is it legal to use suckers for lobster bait?
Im by no means trying to be disrespecful...But Ill be the bad guy and play devils advocate today.I think its good that you are using these fish for "something" rather than just leaving them on the ice to die. BUT I think that people should look at the big picture here. When you harvest pike from sabattus with a fine come like you guys did...It lessens the chances of future 20 or 30 pounders. Imagine a group doing this EVERY weekend?! Age & quantity of food is a big determining factor for a lake to produce Extra large pike...If we constantly kill every pike (Pike Eat Pike by the way) we ice in this lake we keep its potential for producing GIANTS to a minimum. As sports fishermen on here what do we value more? Giving our friends lobster bait or the option of having a lake that can provide a memory of a life time for our kids or ourselves (who are kids at heart ice fishing) who have the chance of landing a personal record fish. Sabattus is a pike lake for GOOD...there is no changing that, but we can control how good of a "pike lake" it is by practicing catch and release 90% of the time.My father was in the military and we spent 8 years stationed in Europe...The pike were ENORMOUS!! caught one so big three of us held it for a pic (SIDE BY SIDE) for a local news paper. Most of the biggest recorded pike are from Europe which all due to the common practice of catch and release.I am not looking to be disrespectful...just thought we should look at it from a different perspective. Sabattus is already becoming extremely repretable for its pike...and its been proven that Farm ponds are some of the biggest producers of this fish...Why? because it is rarely harvested and the fish are able to grow old and large.
Awesome thread goes to the birds...AGAIN Nice kill shots. My new goal is to kill more than you guys did.
This thread has gone to the birds because of differing opinions than yours ? Everyone that has differed up to this point has been respectful so I can only draw the conclusion that your comment of this thread being "gone to the birds" is strictly because you are not receptive to a differing opinion. Sad really.
Ive been trap netting suckers for almost 20 years, with the right permits it's perfectly legal, for now.
I wonder if this contributes to the illegal introuduction of pike into other lakes? Just saying.....
