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Title: Big 4 Pike and Musky
Post by: saxmatt on Feb 18, 2017, 08:37 PM: It's been a short but sweet season where I live. Most of my favorite spots never froze up completely, or at all. Even though it was a short season I managed to get out there on some sketchy ice and land some nice fish. Here are my big 4 musky and pike from this season. I landed a new PB musky through the ice at 47" 30lbs, a 42, and a 40.5 and 39" pike. Both the musky were caught with big live suckers and the pike came on big dead golden shiners.

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(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/477/32166433563_6c1b3d0396_z.jpg)

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/445/31815844756_681ff26d46_z.jpg)

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Post by: bucketbass on Feb 18, 2017, 08:47 PM: Nice fish
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Post by: 207 in the 406 on Feb 18, 2017, 09:29 PM: Awesome!

Go Pats!!
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Post by: SpitzoMT on Feb 18, 2017, 09:52 PM: Those are enormous beautiful fish.....Congrats & thanx 4 sharing !! :thumbsup:
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Post by: icefishman on Feb 19, 2017, 07:23 AM: Yah those are huge!
Nice going
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Post by: SHUBA on Feb 19, 2017, 07:38 AM: Those are some beasts for sure
way to go
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Post by: SOlensenwik on Feb 19, 2017, 06:25 PM: nice
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Post by: Adkslabslayer on Feb 19, 2017, 06:40 PM: Congrats brotha those are some nice fish
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Post by: deerefishyfishy on Feb 19, 2017, 06:41 PM: Nice work! Catch and release or did you keep them? Either way, well done!
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Post by: saxmatt on Feb 19, 2017, 08:24 PM: I let them go.
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Post by: outdoornut on Feb 19, 2017, 08:37 PM: Congrats on some great fish
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Post by: Whopper Stopper on Feb 21, 2017, 03:38 PM: Wow! Very nice :clap:

WS
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Post by: IceDog88 on Feb 21, 2017, 07:48 PM: Very nice fish. What part of the country did you catch them monsters
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Post by: saxmatt on Mar 01, 2017, 09:20 PM: Thanks guys!

Quote from: IceDog88 on Feb 21, 2017, 07:48 PM
Very nice fish. What part of the country did you catch them monsters
CT and NJ
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Post by: nocod on Mar 06, 2017, 08:04 PM: Great fish boys :clap:
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Post by: stickbait on Mar 08, 2017, 05:26 PM: Son of a ...........!!!! Wow,real nice!
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Post by: esox_xtm on Mar 08, 2017, 05:48 PM: Quote from: saxmatt on Feb 19, 2017, 08:24 PM
I let them go.

"I let him go..." my favorite Schwarzenegger line from Commando. ::)

I had the question but I wasn't going to ask as it's often a can o' worms. So, from me: Thank you! Job well done. Big muskies thru the ice are incidental here in WI as the season closes end of Dec. south of Hwy 10 and end of Nov north of that.

I've swung some good fish in Jan and Feb, some really challenged to get through an 8" hole. Boatloads of fun but you got to get 'em back in good health. I like pike as table fare but I've got no inclination to keep (much) over 30". Depends on the situation.

For you: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :clap:
Title: Re: Big 4 Pike and Musky
Post by: saxmatt on Mar 08, 2017, 09:20 PM: Quote from: esox_xtm on Mar 08, 2017, 05:48 PM
Boatloads of fun but you got to get 'em back in good health.
Yeah, I see a lot of people keep pike and muskie out of the water way too long letting them flop around on the ice just to get a picture. They damage themselves on the ice and if it's too cold their eyeballs and gills freeze. That's why I bring everything I need to the hole when I get a flag: pliers, jaw spreaders, boga, clippers, tape measure, camera, and a weigh sling to put them on so they don't get cut up on the ice.
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Post by: slabzilla73 on Mar 09, 2017, 07:28 PM: Man Congrats!!! For very little you did awesome.🍻
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Post by: missoulafish on Mar 10, 2017, 11:09 AM: wow! very cooL!
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Post by: manitron on Mar 10, 2017, 11:26 AM: Excellent fish and excellent angler. :clap:
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Post by: reddog11 on Mar 26, 2017, 02:05 PM: Big fish
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Post by: Jayice on Jan 03, 2018, 10:03 AM: Nice
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Post by: northernnyice on Jan 03, 2018, 01:28 PM: It still blows me away your able to target muskies in some states.. nice pike.
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Post by: sebago2jigtima on Jan 08, 2018, 05:31 PM: yah baby! those are some nice fish right there. great season :o