hungry pike

[SSminnow]

my father, brother and 2 uncles went out today and my brother had his first flag early.  when he set the hook the leader instantly got cut by some teeth.  a little over an hour later my brother gets another flag, sets the hook and brings in a 27" pike.  my dad kept it and after he cleaned it checked the stomach and it had my brothers hook still in the minnows back with 3 inches of leader still attached.  crazy!

[octanehi5]

toothy critters are veracious feeders

[combsey]

Was out with prchslyr 2 years ago on Champlain when he hooked and snapped off a nice fish.  Later that day I caught a 34 in pike that had his hook and line in his mouth.    I guess he was still hungry

[o2rmk800]

yeah talked to a buddy of mine thats got the green shanty on the north side yesterday and they had a 40"+ snap the line after 4 trips to the hole!

[o2rmk800]

hey minnow see you got your shanty for sale. how come? you do daily rentals? lol

[SSminnow]

hey minnow see you got your shanty for sale. how come? you do daily rentals? lol

I have been fishing out of my buddys shanty right next to mine  because there have been to many people to fit in mine.  going to make an 8x8 that I can pull out in 2 pieces for easy on/off.  If I don't sell it I will just use it as one of the halves.  It would just be easier to start from scratch.  I also want to use it on my property to hunt out of with my daughter and I can not draw my bow back in the 4x8.

[o2rmk800]

gotcha! i have my eye on a unit to make a shanty like your old one. can't mention to much on here the lurkers might steal my prize!

[SSminnow]

im still debating on what to build.  if I can find a pop up for under $100 I will probly go that route again. 

[nitzer]

that happened with me with a jumbo perch....set the hook, and got stripped. an hour later, had a flag, caught a perch and as it came out of hole on the ice, my 1st shiner was there as well. and it was a big shiner used for pike

[ice fiend]

related to your story me and a friend were fishing for perch and were using cut up bait of dead minnow my friend was using a tail from a dead minnow when he lost a nice fish about five minutes i caught a fat perch with a minnow tail in it lol it was the one my friend lost   

[BobbyJ]

I had a big buck steelhead break me off on the 18 mile creek in Hamburg and I tied on the same fly but a different color, put the fly down the same run and caught the same fish.  It was a good thing I got my fly back cause the only place I could find them at was whitetail country in olean.