what is your biggest fish caught on the ice???

[TucciProShop]

by length, 28" walleye 6 1/2 lbs.

by weight 8 lbs. ???oz's

[Skiff]

A northern last winter through an 8" hole in 3' of ice  - length 39 1/2", (no scale to weigh it), then it was released back down the hole.  I keep the smaller ones.

[TucciProShop]

Thats a nice size fish.  How did you squeeze it threw an 8 inch hole lol..?

[TroutFishingBear]

I don't know for sure, but I'll give you a few of my favorite one: 11.5" bluegill, and not at my big bluegill lake either because I can't icefish it. Of course now I cant icefish this lake either...

[trev.357]

i don't know if this counts but two years ago i caught a northern pike that got stuck at the bottom of a 8'' hole  tried a gaff but it's mouth was closed  my buddy's grandpa started a new hole beside  it got down two feet before the fish thrashed got un stuck and snapped the hook off.  it was the best ice fish i had every battled other than that about a 14 lb pike and a bunch of 2lb perch. anyone have any thoughts on the weight of that stuck pike??

[bushbunny]

I caught a 23 lb pike on Winefred Lake, in Northern Alberta.  I have caught many walleyes in the 8 & 9 lb range on the same lake.  Winefred is a "Trophy" Walleye lake!!!  I live only 1 1/2 hrs away.

[billditrite]

fishin musician you look like you are gonna wail out a solo on that walleye.is that a les paul walleye?lol j/k nice fish bud both of them  i guess i should chime in with my 71/2 # LMB from my favorite  ice fishing lake,unfortunately i do not have a pic as i did not always carry a camera like i do now.but that old duke was released to live another day!!and i fish that lake very often ,ive never seen him or heard of someone else catching him(or her  hehe) that is a very large bass for maine.

[Webguy]

My biggest was CPR'd my last time out, a 40 inch muskie on 3/1/04.

[grumpymoe]

my best through the ice....a 40" northern up an 8" hole...at least 4 times partway up the hole and on the 5th try...i stuck a leather mitt in its mouth and lifted....around 3 plus feet of ice and about 1 1/2'-2' of water....23" ultra light rod with 8lb test mono...i wont forget that one......walleye...28 3/4" @ 10 1/2 lbs....also on 8lb test...the northern was way more fun.....Grump

[TucciProShop]

i don't know if this counts but two years ago i caught a northern pike that got stuck at the bottom of a 8'' hole  tried a gaff but it's mouth was closed  my buddy's grandpa started a new hole beside  it got down two feet before the fish thrashed got un stuck and snapped the hook off.  it was the best ice fish i had every battled other than that about a 14 lb pike and a bunch of 2lb perch. anyone have any thoughts on the weight of that stuck pike??

I read an article just yesterday on a guy saying he pulled a 42 inch pike threw a hole  but he said it was thin.  My guess would be you had a monster on the line because I watched my step dad pull a 42 inch muskie threw a 10 inch hole and it was around 20 lbs.  I would say you had something of that size on there.

[TucciProShop]

I caught a 23 lb pike on Winefred Lake, in Northern Alberta.  I have caught many walleyes in the 8 & 9 lb range on the same lake.  Winefred is a "Trophy" Walleye lake!!!  I live only 1 1/2 hrs away.

Those are some nice size fish.  The northern is remarkable!!

[TucciProShop]

my best through the ice....a 40" northern up an 8" hole...at least 4 times partway up the hole and on the 5th try...i stuck a leather mitt in its mouth and lifted....around 3 plus feet of ice and about 1 1/2'-2' of water....23" ultra light rod with 8lb test mono...i wont forget that one......walleye...28 3/4" @ 10 1/2 lbs....also on 8lb test...the northern was way more fun.....Grump

excellent fish grumpymoe!!! On a jig pole at that! Impresive.

[TucciProShop]

For me a 42" Northern weighing 23 lbs and a 29 1/2" walleye just shy of 10 lbs. both caught the same day!!  I've also squeezed some really big carp through my 8" holes and a few cats in the 28-29" range.

Again excellent fish jigwiggler.  I Always use the 10" hole because I go for the monsters as well.  The muskie I mentioned in another reply I seen my step dad catch, I didn't think he was going to get it threw are 10" hole.

[TucciProShop]

Those pictures are great you guys, excellent fish!!!  I can hardly wait to be on the ice!!!

[MN_transplant]

9lb 1oz walleye
13lb 6oz northern pike
2lb 1oz crappie
8lb 2oz eelpout

[baginwal]

34 inch Northern and a fair share of jumbo perch!

[oakorchardfishking]

biggest fish for me was the 36 inches 12.39 pound northern pike caught this past january at the conesus ice party we had here in NY!
pulled a few crappie through the ice that have topped 14 inches... all of them were at whitney point res. in NY!

[smitty]

My largest fish was a 4.5 lb. Brown Trout on my first icefishing trip to Maine. Been hooked on icefishing ever sence!!!

smitty

[TucciProShop]

For me a 42" Northern weighing 23 lbs and a 29 1/2" walleye just shy of 10 lbs. both caught the same day!!  I've also squeezed some really big carp through my 8" holes and a few cats in the 28-29" range.

Again excellent fish jigwiggler.  I Always use the 10" hole because I go for the monsters as well.  The muskie I mentioned in another reply I seen my step dad catch, I didn't think he was going to get it threw are 10" hole.

yeah I hear that I dont think i would attempt to use a hand crank.  I remember going with my friend and the augers blades were so dull it took 30 mins. to get one hole in and I said never again.  I prefer the jiffy's

Thanks Tucci, there have been many times I wished I had a 10" auger. That would be pretty tough to crank through by hand though.