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Ice Fishing Tips -Check your local regulations! => Northern Pike => Topic started by: Gamedog on Apr 23, 2007, 11:37 AM

Title: 25lb Northern
Post by: Gamedog on Apr 23, 2007, 11:37 AM: :whistle:
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Post by: RLWagner on Apr 23, 2007, 12:48 PM: Thats the kind of ice "Cleets" are made for! Boy that sounds like one memorable trip! Wish I was there.

Thanks for sharing the photos.
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Post by: pikemaster789 on Apr 23, 2007, 04:51 PM: ill have to try some carp :D
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Post by: Imissedem on Apr 23, 2007, 08:11 PM: Expensive trip but looks like it was well worth it./Can`t wait till next season to try for those big toothy critters again./Still waiting for that Monster myself and hopefully this coming winter will be the year.Nice job.
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Post by: brujharr on Apr 23, 2007, 09:31 PM: Nice batch of PIKE, Gamedog!! :clap:
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Post by: fshnfool on Apr 24, 2007, 04:45 AM: Awesome Pike Gamedog!!.... :o :tipup:
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Post by: brujharr on Apr 24, 2007, 08:26 PM: Nice hog! Do you have, a picture of the fish on a tape, Gamedog? That's a fish, my dad use to, try to catch. Once in a great while, over year's, he caught some weighing fifteen to almost twenty lbs. But, never that big! I've haven't even came close! :laugh:
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Post by: salmon-egg on Apr 25, 2007, 05:32 AM: :clap: :thumbsup:Nice northern pig Gamedog. I'd like to get a couple of them myself. Congrats on the last catch of the season. :tipup: :tipup:
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Post by: BottomDweller on Apr 25, 2007, 10:58 AM: sweet fish ... FPek? did you mount the 22 and the 25?
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Post by: brujharr on Apr 25, 2007, 08:35 PM: I, modified my last post, Gamedog. Got my dad, beat TOO!!
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Post by: RLWagner on Jun 12, 2007, 11:16 AM: You did what I would do! Got them mounted in a habitat scene! Two fish of a lifetime. These boys will be preserved for a lifetime. NIce job catching, and it looks like your taxidermist is a quality guy as well. You should be very proud of these, as I am sure you are! Thanks for sharing the photos.
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Post by: BottomDweller on Jun 13, 2007, 07:19 AM: awesome - i definitely need something like that for my living room
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Post by: walleye1 on Jun 13, 2007, 11:03 AM: Beautiful mount! That's one of the nicest I've ever seen. If you don't mind me asking what did that set you back?
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Post by: RLWagner on Jun 13, 2007, 11:11 AM: Quote from: walleye1 on Jun 13, 2007, 11:03 AM
Beautiful mount! That's one of the nicest I've ever seen. If you don't mind me asking what did that set you back?
Does the fact that he now has to walk to work tell you anything? ;)
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Post by: Mainedog on Jun 14, 2007, 09:17 PM: Holy canoley, Gamedog! Your on ice pictures look like advertisements for Carharts!

Very nice mounts!!!
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Post by: walleye1 on Jun 15, 2007, 06:51 AM: Quote from: Gamedog on Jun 13, 2007, 05:57 PM
My taxidermist charged $10 per inch including the drift wood, cabbage and perch. 88" worth of fish=$880. Thanks for the compliment , I love the finished product. It was a trip of a lifetime ;D

Worth every penny! 8)
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Post by: zimmer2 on Jun 15, 2007, 01:18 PM: Very GOOD work. What a beautiful mount.
Congrats
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Post by: salmon-egg on Sep 15, 2007, 01:15 AM: sweet looking mount gamedog. sure would look nice over the fireplace :tipup: :tipup: A+++ for the taxidermist
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Post by: IceTroll on Dec 04, 2007, 03:45 AM: What part of the lake were you fishing Gamedog? I have been fishing Ft. Peck every year since 1995. Usually go early in February for 10 to 14 days. Last two years fished Snow Creek but was too early last year. Was there from about Feb 4th till the 14th but had horrible weather. Cold front stacked on top of cold front. Still caught some very nice fish but the fishing was very slow. This years trip will be towards the end of February. I have fished Hell Creek, Sutherland, Snow Creek, Nelson Creek, the UL Bend and North Rock Creek in the past. Would like to try Devils Creek but I am afraid to go down into that hell hole with my 24' camper. Probably will just go into Hell Creek this year and take some long runs on the four wheeler to get away from the crowds. Have always done well out around Petersons Point and that long shoreline back towards Snow Creek. Nice fish and congrats. The scary part is, there are Pike in that lake much bigger than that.

:callcops:
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Post by: Pike Dude on Dec 06, 2007, 08:01 PM: What did you catch the pike on?
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Post by: King Fisher22 on Dec 08, 2007, 11:40 AM: Amazing fish!!! What a cool mount! Congrats!
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Post by: fish-slayer on Dec 25, 2007, 12:33 AM: Thats a big pike awsome fish good job. :clap: :clap:
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Post by: Danderson on Dec 26, 2007, 10:59 PM: nice pike ;D
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Post by: Ocean Eyes on Dec 28, 2007, 10:38 PM: Those are some awesome fish, great looking mounts. Congrats! We used to fish Crooked Creek and Hell Creek alot and pulled out several in the 15 to 20 pound range. Pretty awesome watching the kids pull big pike thru the ice. Need to make a trip back up there. Later KR

(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/Bullhead1/boysandpike.jpg)
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Post by: AirManCam on Dec 30, 2007, 09:02 PM: Sweet fish, and that mount is something elso..congrats!
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Post by: northernnyice on Jan 13, 2009, 12:03 PM: Makes it that more memorable that youve been tryin for years to get a fish like that and it finally pays off. Great fish :laugh:
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Post by: keepah seekah on Jan 13, 2009, 02:17 PM: that is a sweet azz mount ya got there. i'd shell out 900 clams for that. WTG!
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Post by: 7 plus larry on Jan 14, 2009, 08:10 PM: nice fish and one hell of a mount,nicely done
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Post by: doublehaul on Dec 28, 2009, 10:14 AM: Nice work Gamedog. If anyone in the state will land the next state record I'm sure it will be someone in your crew. I've seen a few posts of fisherman landing 20 lbs. catfish through the ice on FP. Have you ever caught some big catfish while targetting big pike?
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Post by: jiggystick77 on Dec 30, 2009, 02:12 PM: awesome pike!!!! nice job man!!!
:clap: :clap:
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Post by: serchn4monsterpike on Dec 31, 2009, 06:45 PM: im jealous those are two fish of a lifetime.congrats
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Post by: Pasquatch on Dec 31, 2009, 08:27 PM: Congrats, those are amazing fish. Fort Peck astonishes me. :o
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Post by: BaitWrangler on Jan 01, 2010, 06:35 AM: Wow, great fish Gamedog!!!!
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Post by: GDominy12 on Jan 21, 2010, 09:19 AM: wow that is such a beautiful mount. im sure it really hurt the wallet though! ::)
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Post by: pikeking on Jan 23, 2010, 02:24 AM: Doesn't hurt if that is what you were planning on! Beauties you got there man!!!
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Post by: gbrebory on Jan 23, 2010, 08:05 PM: not to be rude but what does a mount like that run on the old check book i dont need and exact just ballpark
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Post by: d3 on Jan 24, 2010, 11:53 AM: I believe he put the cost in this post somewhere in the beggining. He said it was like 10 dollars and inch per fish.

D3
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Post by: Wiener on Jan 25, 2010, 09:34 AM: Quote from: gbrebory on Jan 23, 2010, 08:05 PM
not to be rude but what does a mount like that run on the old check book i dont need and exact just ballpark

The last fish I had mounted cost me $12 per inch.

You get what you pay for. Do some research, and people will tell you who is good and who to avoid.

Hope this helps,

Wiener
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Post by: warwin125 on Jan 25, 2010, 10:45 PM: I'd still be drinking ha ha ha
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Post by: MeatHunter737 on Jan 30, 2010, 08:20 AM: glad this topic got bumped, cause I always liked gamedogs sig (with that pic).... now I see all the pics, and heard the story..... that truely is priceless.......... :thumbsup:
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Post by: netboone on Feb 09, 2010, 07:06 PM: Quote from: Gamedog on Apr 23, 2007, 11:37 AM
(http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u36/unsie/PIKETRIP002.jpg)(http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u36/unsie/PIKETRIP001.jpg) Finally figured this picture ho haw out. Anyways here's my last fish caught on the ice this season. She went 45" and weighed 25lbs. Believe it or not, the fish I caught before this went 43" and weighed 22lbs. Combine these with 4 others from 9-15lbs , it was truly an awesome trip :thumbsup: My taxidermist said the bigger one had a 18" carp in her belly. Pretty good size bait eh? I've been trying for 12+ years for a 20lb Northern for the wall. Well needless to say, this was a VERY expensive ice fishing trip :clap:
what a hog!!!!!!!!! congrats on a whale of a pike!
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Post by: pikeaholic on Feb 09, 2010, 07:12 PM: great looking fish both before and after
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Post by: deadbait dave on Mar 08, 2010, 11:13 PM: great fish! bet that one ate a lot of trout!
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Post by: hardwater603 on Apr 15, 2010, 04:49 PM: Damn thos are some great mounts congrats
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Post by: pikeking on Sep 17, 2010, 02:01 PM: Quote from: Gamedog on Jun 12, 2007, 10:48 AM
Well here they are!! What a mount eh? (http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u36/unsie/pike_012.jpg) (http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u36/unsie/pike_011.jpg)
That's a great mount man. I am still waiting for my trout to come back from last year. Can't wait. He charged me 12 dollars per inch. $348 for one trout... It better be nice!!!