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Title: Small pond, big pike
Post by: FreshwaterPhil on Jan 14, 2024, 06:09 PM: Ice fished a small farm pond where I've caught some decent bass and smaller pike in the past. This big pike came as a huge surprise!

(https://freshwaterphil.com/images/philpike0114241.gif)

36 inches, 9.8 lbs. Thawed mackerel baited on a flag line did the trick, bass were crazy finicky, didn't manage anything jigging all day.

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Title: Re: Small pond, big pike
Post by: SLAYERFISH on Jan 15, 2024, 10:23 AM: Private don't count, Phil! ;D
Title: Re: Small pond, big pike
Post by: Baetis62 on Jan 15, 2024, 12:31 PM: Nice fish Phil. Your season looks to be off to a good start!
Title: Re: Small pond, big pike
Post by: FreshwaterPhil on Jan 15, 2024, 12:48 PM: Quote from: SLAYERFISH on Jan 15, 2024, 10:23 AM
Private don't count, Phil! ;D

It's public, just very hard to access. Turned out to be worth the effort ;)
Title: Re: Small pond, big pike
Post by: FreshwaterPhil on Jan 15, 2024, 01:10 PM: Quote from: Baetis62 on Jan 15, 2024, 12:31 PM
Nice fish Phil. Your season looks to be off to a good start!

Yes, despite safe ice taking forever to form, I managed to get out on some smaller waterways. The last couple both produced some bigger pike than expected.
Title: Re: Small pond, big pike
Post by: IceDog88 on Jan 15, 2024, 07:43 PM: Good start to the pike season
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Post by: JohnnyO19 on Jan 16, 2024, 06:35 AM: Nice fish Phil! It's great to get surprised like that, isn't it?? @)
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Post by: chevy rotbox on Jan 16, 2024, 07:54 AM: nice fish, did she go back , in ??
Title: Re: Small pond, big pike
Post by: FreshwaterPhil on Jan 16, 2024, 10:56 AM: Quote from: JohnnyO19 on Jan 16, 2024, 06:35 AM
Nice fish Phil! It's great to get surprised like that, isn't it?? @)

Amazing
Title: Re: Small pond, big pike
Post by: FreshwaterPhil on Jan 16, 2024, 11:01 AM: Quote from: chevy rotbox on Jan 16, 2024, 07:54 AM
nice fish, did she go back , in ??

I wish. The line she hit was the furthest away from me (was fishing 9 flag lines), by the time I got to it and set the hook, she had swallowed my quick strike rig. Both trebles deeply embedded in her gullet, couldn't free them despite using jaw spreaders, lip gripper and longnose pliers. Being alone didn't help.

I gave her to a friend of mine that doesn't fish, he got a free filleting lesson including y bone removal. Up until that point, he had never seen fish guts or organs in his life. LOL.

Not thrilled that I had to harvest it, but at least it didn't go to waste, and turned out to be the biggest pike I've ever cut up.
Title: Re: Small pond, big pike
Post by: Rusty Roger on Jan 18, 2024, 09:18 PM: Beautiful pike!!
Title: Re: Small pond, big pike
Post by: FreshwaterPhil on Jan 19, 2024, 01:07 PM: Quote from: Rusty Roger on Jan 18, 2024, 09:18 PM
Beautiful pike!!

Thanks!
Title: Re: Small pond, big pike
Post by: WARRIOR_ON_ICE on Jan 23, 2024, 07:51 PM: for the 1st time in my life, someone showed me a literal " big fish in a small pond " . Thanks for the picture Phil
Title: Re: Small pond, big pike
Post by: FreshwaterPhil on Jan 23, 2024, 08:08 PM: Quote from: WARRIOR_ON_ICE on Jan 23, 2024, 07:51 PM
for the 1st time in my life, someone showed me a literal " big fish in a small pond " . Thanks for the picture Phil

Magical place. I pulled out by biggest largie ever from the same pond a few winters ago.

(https://freshwaterphil.com/images/philbass0305196.jpg)

Some decent carp in there as well.

(https://freshwaterphil.com/images/philcarp1012182.jpg)
Title: Re: Small pond, big pike
Post by: icefishman on Jan 24, 2024, 01:23 PM: Nice!
Title: Re: Small pond, big pike
Post by: reddog11 on Feb 18, 2024, 08:17 PM: Nice.