What are the odds, really?

[icy mike]

Hey!  I caught that same fish in Alaska...  stay away from her boys, she really gets around!

[dabber-doo]

Similar story - open water.  We fly in and fish a lake in Canada every year.  One time we were talking about wether or not we catch the same pike/walleye one year to the next.  Well, the next year a guy who is involved with wildlife biologists brings up a bunch of tags and we tagged fish.  We recorded the length of them, date, location caught.  We only caught two repeats, one the following year and one two years after it was tagged.  This is a pretty big lake.  You could fish around the shorelines for a week without coming back to where you started.  Both of the repeats were pike.

Funny thing is that one my dad caught and tagged was the one caught by someone else two years later - and it was 2" shorter than my dad had recorded.   

He still hears about that any time we are all together to fish/hunt and it's been close to 10 years since it happened.

Lmao the old guys always adds 2 to 4 inches to the stories.

[jayswimmer09]

thats amazing, being u caught that monter twice tells me one thing. You guys know what your are doing

[Mooter]

Lmao the old guys always adds 2 to 4 inches to the stories.

inches or pounds

[projoe]

i hate to rain on ur parade but there are a few marks on both fish that r not the same. yes i was convinced wen u pointd out the two marks but theres a few in between that i think arent the same. its still pretty cool that u caught two fish almost the same but who nos they may be the same fish am not going to argue with anyone but just my opinion

[BottomDweller]

i hate to rain on ur parade but there are a few marks on both fish that r not the same. yes i was convinced wen u pointd out the two marks but theres a few in between that i think arent the same. its still pretty cool that u caught two fish almost the same but who nos they may be the same fish am not going to argue with anyone but just my opinion

i don't wanna argue either - if you saw some different marks, i think it was probably the snow flying in the second picture.  i'm 100% sure it's the same fish

[Mainehazmt]

OK then  how about  Maine IF&W have been secretly cloning fish and sneaking them into the lakes  lol

[icy mike]

OK then  how about  Maine IF&W have been secretly cloning fish and sneaking them into the lakes  lol

Hey BottomDweller,
have you seen Fox Moulder or Dana Skully sulking around your shanty?  could be aliens you know... fur reel!