Buddy of mine from Kenai came over last week with his granddaughter. Ten years old, and she fished pike and burbot like a pro! These are her keepers, all under thirty inches. We had a big fish fry when we got home that evening.
She landed three that went back in. One was 36 inches, and quick-weighed right at 17 pounds before sliding back down the hole. Her biggest was 39 inches. We didn't weigh it, just quickly slid it back in, but it was an easy 20 pounds.
She also caught a bunch of burbot, and an inconnu (sheefish) that couldn't come up a ten inch hole, on another lake. She played it for ten minutes or so. I saw the fish at the hole, and it was possibly the biggest inconnu I have ever seen.
I have seen several forty pounders, and one that I didn't catch myself, but saw personally, that weighed 67 pounds. Her fish looked like that one, but got off before we could make the hole larger.
She is one happy kid, and as you can see, her Papa is some proud! Guess where she wants to come fishing this summer?
Ted
