Author Topic: 40lb. northern! (Read 4933 times)

3beagles · « **on:** Mar 03, 2009, 06:14 AM »

Did anyone see the picture in the Free Trader of the almost 40 lb. northern pike caught in Long Lake? Did that look like a 40 pounder? I thought the guy holding it must be a giant, if that was a 40 pound pike!
Mike

fingerlaker · « **Reply #1 on:** Mar 03, 2009, 06:15 AM »

Someone post a pic or link to this???

champlainmonster · « **Reply #2 on:** Mar 03, 2009, 06:20 AM »

nope but sure would like to see that

waytkus · « **Reply #3 on:** Mar 03, 2009, 06:24 AM »

Pitchure in the Post Star yesterday showed a 45" , 25lb. Northern Pike from Long Lake

maineduckhunter · « **Reply #4 on:** Mar 03, 2009, 06:24 AM »

http://www.everydayweekender.com/56-inch-55-pound-mammoth-pike-caught-on-rainy-lake-in-ontario/

waytkus · « **Reply #5 on:** Mar 03, 2009, 06:28 AM »

I think this post is about a pike in Long Lake NY

Quote from: maineduckhunter on Mar 03, 2009, 06:24 AM

http://www.everydayweekender.com/56-inch-55-pound-mammoth-pike-caught-on-rainy-lake-in-ontario/

nypike · « **Reply #6 on:** Mar 03, 2009, 06:31 AM »

here is the link.
http://www.poststar.com/articles/2009/03/02/sports/outdoors/columns/dlehman/14481334.txt

pikie · « **Reply #7 on:** Mar 03, 2009, 06:38 AM »

A friend of mine from the DEC sent me the info on this pike a few weeks ago. Here is what the guy said who caught it:

"45" long, 21" Girth, 25lbs based on a deer scale being the digital scale
that Will had up at the camp was not reading right, it actually read 25 then
went to 17 then to 0, think we confused the digital scale:) so we all think
it was around 30lbs."

I'm pretty sure the newspaper got it wrong. Monster fish!

Bassfishin1983 · « **Reply #8 on:** Mar 03, 2009, 06:59 AM »

NOT 40 Lbs.

get the gaff · « **Reply #9 on:** Mar 03, 2009, 07:49 AM »

Quote from: pikie on Mar 03, 2009, 06:38 AM

A friend of mine from the DEC sent me the info on this pike a few weeks ago. Here is what the guy said who caught it:

"45" long, 21" Girth, 25lbs based on a deer scale being the digital scale
that Will had up at the camp was not reading right, it actually read 25 then
went to 17 then to 0, think we confused the digital scale:) so we all think
it was around 30lbs."

I'm pretty sure the newspaper got it wrong. Monster fish!

I dont know where 40lbs came from..and by the looks of the fish it doesnt even look 25lbs. If the scale read 25lbs, and then 17lbs, and then 0...then how do you figure the fish weighed 30lbs??? To me, the fish looks to be about 17-20lbs...the guy in the picture must be a giant too, because the fish looks tiny in his hands...nice fish though!

deebsey · « **Reply #10 on:** Mar 03, 2009, 08:32 AM »

If you read the article its 45 inches long and about 25 pound. Nice fish but not awesome

bigredonice · « **Reply #11 on:** Mar 03, 2009, 08:34 AM »

That picture has been making the rounds for years now. Every time it goes around it says it was caught at a different place. So far I've heard: Europe, Russia, Great Slave Lake, Lake Winnipeg, Niagra River...now Long Lake and Rainy Lake. I wonder where it was really caught!

JJ · « **Reply #12 on:** Mar 03, 2009, 09:03 AM »

Quote from: bigredonice on Mar 03, 2009, 08:34 AM

That picture has been making the rounds for years now. Every time it goes around it says it was caught at a different place. So far I've heard: Europe, Russia, Great Slave Lake, Lake Winnipeg, Niagra River...now Long Lake and Rainy Lake. I wonder where it was really caught!

Here's the link to the real story: http://www.pacgb.co.uk/articles/blomedit.htm

rondog · « **Reply #13 on:** Mar 03, 2009, 09:06 AM »

Quote from: bigredonice on Mar 03, 2009, 08:34 AM

That picture has been making the rounds for years now. Every time it goes around it says it was caught at a different place. So far I've heard: Europe, Russia, Great Slave Lake, Lake Winnipeg, Niagra River...now Long Lake and Rainy Lake. I wonder where it was really caught!

Probably not in NY.

mealworm · « **Reply #14 on:** Mar 03, 2009, 09:10 AM »

Quote from: pikie on Mar 03, 2009, 06:38 AM

A friend of mine from the DEC sent me the info on this pike a few weeks ago. Here is what the guy said who caught it:

"45" long, 21" Girth, 25lbs based on a deer scale being the digital scale
that Will had up at the camp was not reading right, it actually read 25 then
went to 17 then to 0, think we confused the digital scale:) so we all think
it was around 30lbs."

I'm pretty sure the newspaper got it wrong. Monster fish!

i don't know i have a 42'' 24lbs northern on the wall and it looks alot fatter than the one in the post star its hard to tell just by 1 pic though either way nice fish

jkoegel · « **Reply #15 on:** Mar 03, 2009, 09:11 AM »

I dont care where it was caught, the pic of the monster chomping on the smaller pike in the water near the boat is priceless. A video of him scooping it up with a net would be awesome to see!

troutguy1377 · « **Reply #16 on:** Mar 03, 2009, 09:11 AM »

Where does it say almost 40lbs?

? The article said around 25. Still a nice fish

FishinFoool · « **Reply #17 on:** Mar 03, 2009, 09:13 AM »

not even close to 40 lbs
i have a pike on my wall just about that size and its in the20 lb range

"The FishinFoooL"

lcrep2000 · « **Reply #18 on:** Mar 03, 2009, 09:46 AM »

nice fish,

Stuck-on-Seven · « **Reply #19 on:** Mar 03, 2009, 10:36 AM »

Quote from: nypike on Mar 03, 2009, 06:31 AM

here is the link.
http://www.poststar.com/articles/2009/03/02/sports/outdoors/columns/dlehman/14481334.txt

look behind him to the left of the black bucket.....that must be the hole he was jigging in

nypike · « **Reply #20 on:** Mar 03, 2009, 10:38 AM »

Quote from: rondog on Mar 03, 2009, 09:06 AM

Probably not in NY.

why not???

bigredonice · « **Reply #21 on:** Mar 03, 2009, 11:08 AM »

Quote from: CAPTJJ on Mar 03, 2009, 09:03 AM

Here's the link to the real story: http://www.pacgb.co.uk/articles/blomedit.htm

THANK YOU JJ!

rjhulbert · « **Reply #22 on:** Mar 03, 2009, 11:32 AM »

havent broke 30" yet but that def dont look like no 40 lbs to me nice fish needs scales tho

hamilton county new york · « **Reply #23 on:** Mar 03, 2009, 11:36 AM »

Here's the story that didn't make the paper.
This guy won a ice fishing gear give-away at Nemac's in Warrensburg. Got hold of his brother in law and said take me fishing for pike. They were on Long Lake and it was the first pike the guy ever caught ice fishing, so you can imagine his excitement.
It was 45" in length. The scale only went to 20 pounds where they went to weigh it. So they took it to a deer scale and of course it wasn't very accurate but somewhere between 25-30 pounds was declared bragging rights.
The picture was sent to the DEC and Fisheries added it was a healthy female.
The picture and info was sent to the papers where the person writing the article you read, well you know that.
He was back ice fishing Long Lake this past weekend and received the misprinted article with "You are now a Legend in your own Mind" haunting him all day by his so called friends. Now his so called are having a ball working on trying to enhance the photo to what the extra 20 pounds would look like. No, not on him, on the pike.

3beagles · « **Reply #24 on:** Mar 03, 2009, 01:16 PM »

This article was in last weeks "Free Trader Today dated Feb. 28. I went out and dug it out of the trash. The picture says the guy's name is Randy Powll and the caption states he is showing off the "nearly 40-pound Nothern Pike he caught recently on Long Lake." The picture shows him and his friend Abe Gadway and Powell is holding the pike vertically (not horizontally) and (to me) it doesn't look much over 15-16 lbs. The article was written by John Gereau.
Mike

Strike_Zone · « **Reply #25 on:** Mar 03, 2009, 02:51 PM »

Quote from: pikie on Mar 03, 2009, 06:38 AM

A friend of mine from the DEC sent me the info on this pike a few weeks ago. Here is what the guy said who caught it:

"45" long, 21" Girth, 25lbs based on a deer scale being the digital scale
that Will had up at the camp was not reading right, it actually read 25 then
went to 17 then to 0, think we confused the digital scale:) so we all think
it was around 30lbs."

I'm pretty sure the newspaper got it wrong. Monster fish!

By using this formula you can get a good estimate of a fish's weight if no scale is available.

Girth X Girth X Length divided by 800 = weight.

21 X 21= 441 X 45=19845 divided by 800= 24.80625 lbs.

Not 40lbs. but sure a nice PIKE !!!!!!!

trapper2000 · « **Reply #26 on:** Mar 03, 2009, 03:00 PM »

i seen that before capt jj thanks i lost the link
trap

prchslyr · « **Reply #27 on:** Mar 04, 2009, 04:17 AM »

Awesome fish. How do you post direct links like that?

combsey · « **Reply #28 on:** Mar 04, 2009, 03:20 PM »

saw the article were he and his buddy had the fish vertical and it looks like a 15 to 20 and the article said close to 40 lb I'll try to find the pic and scan it into show still a nice fish on free gear

prchslyr · « **Reply #29 on:** Mar 04, 2009, 03:22 PM »

Quote from: combsey going to catchem on Mar 04, 2009, 03:20 PM

saw the article were he and his buddy had the fish vertical and it looks like a 15 to 20 and the article said close to 40 lb I'll try to find the pic and scan it into show still a nice fish on free gear

Aren't you supposed to be working right now? Must be nice. J/K

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Author Topic: 40lb. northern! (Read 4933 times)

JJ