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Offline littleoldlady

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How big is a big laker's mouth?
« on: Jan 25, 2007, 06:32 PM »
This big...Sweetie pulled this one of the bottom just a couple hours ago...I was amazed at the size of it's mouth!!



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Re: How big is a big laker's mouth?
« Reply #1 on: Jan 25, 2007, 06:39 PM »
very nice fish  . We had one latched onto a 17 inch walleye in lake erie a couple years ago while trolling we didnt land it , the walleye had both the harness hooks deep :-\  we got it near the surface it was huge never seen anything like, neither had my grandfather who has caught some monsters in his day. What i noticed was the size of the mouth when he let go this 17 inch 'eye basically just swam out and looked small in comparison to the white mouth it was coming out of. once again very nice laker. And i saw the pic of the cusk also very impressive :clap: :clap:
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Re: How big is a big laker's mouth?
« Reply #2 on: Jan 25, 2007, 06:41 PM »
Older and slower growing fish have a larger head in proportion to their bodies.

Lake trout are quite the predators. Our DNR planted some in a small 371 acre lake here that had smelt and cisco in it. The lakers wiped them out.
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Re: How big is a big laker's mouth?
« Reply #3 on: Jan 25, 2007, 06:45 PM »
Quote from: littleoldlady on Jan 25, 2007, 06:32 PM
This big...Sweetie pulled this one of the bottom just a couple hours ago...I was amazed at the size of it's mouth!!

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  Littlelady another nice fish.  I'll add old when you get there.   Good fishing.
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Re: How big is a big laker's mouth?
« Reply #4 on: Jan 25, 2007, 06:59 PM »
Empty-hook, you are indeed a gentleman...to be honest...60 is just round the corner...
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Re: How big is a big laker's mouth?
« Reply #5 on: Jan 25, 2007, 07:05 PM »
Very Nice fish. The biggest one I have ever caught was a 13 1/2 # and I thought that was pretty impressive. I have never been close to one bigger but I know there are some. Nice Fish...
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Re: How big is a big laker's mouth?
« Reply #6 on: Jan 25, 2007, 07:26 PM »
Quote from: fozsey on Jan 25, 2007, 07:05 PM
Very Nice fish. The biggest one I have ever caught was a 13 1/2 # and I thought that was pretty impressive. I have never been close to one bigger but I know there are some. Nice Fish...
nice female laker, what did you catch her on?
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Re: How big is a big laker's mouth?
« Reply #7 on: Jan 25, 2007, 07:29 PM »
Its amazing how these fish can attack a lure not expected. We troll for muskies with 13" Grandma's in the fall and the trout will attack them when they are shallow.

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Offline littleoldlady

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Re: How big is a big laker's mouth?
« Reply #8 on: Jan 25, 2007, 07:34 PM »
Quote from: mempfree on Jan 25, 2007, 07:26 PM
nice female laker, what did you catch her on?
Sweetie caught it on a new white and silver bucktail jig...just bought it today.  And was a male...no eggs...
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Re: How big is a big laker's mouth?
« Reply #9 on: Jan 25, 2007, 08:03 PM »
LAKERS ARE MY NEW PASSION , AND THAT IS A GREAT LAKER ....MARK
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Re: How big is a big laker's mouth?
« Reply #10 on: Jan 25, 2007, 08:14 PM »
Mmmmm nice looking cheeks :P. Another nice fish littlemomma :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Re: How big is a big laker's mouth?
« Reply #11 on: Jan 25, 2007, 08:15 PM »
big mouths- big baits! ;D
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Re: How big is a big laker's mouth?
« Reply #12 on: Jan 25, 2007, 08:17 PM »
Quote from: TGF on Jan 25, 2007, 08:14 PM
Mmmmm nice looking cheeks :P. Another nice fish littlemomma :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
This one was Sweetie's...but it took a chunk out of my finger when I was getting it up the hole...sharp teeth!!
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Re: How big is a big laker's mouth?
« Reply #13 on: Jan 25, 2007, 09:09 PM »
ive ripped up my fingers plenty of times trying to get a hook out of one of them buggers mouth! almost as bad as mr. muskie! nice laker!
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Offline littleoldlady

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Re: How big is a big laker's mouth?
« Reply #14 on: Jan 25, 2007, 09:12 PM »
Quote from: jacksmelt71 on Jan 25, 2007, 09:09 PM
ive ripped up my fingers plenty of times trying to get a hook out of one of them buggers mouth! almost as bad as mr. muskie! nice laker!
Actually, caught it on the 1oz. jig hook while helping Sweetie by lifting it out of the hole..Ouch..not all blood on the ice comes
from the laker...some of it comes from the sucker. 
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Re: How big is a big laker's mouth?
« Reply #15 on: Jan 25, 2007, 09:16 PM »
Hey jacksmelt and littleold lady,

How'd you guys land the identical fish when one lives in Maine and the other in Alberta? Just looking at your identical avatars! Guess good laker fisherman think alike.  ;)2 Just jealous. Never even been on a lake while fishing that held lakers.
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Offline littleoldlady

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Re: How big is a big laker's mouth?
« Reply #16 on: Jan 25, 2007, 09:21 PM »
Prairie goat, I think the closest lake to you would be Jackson Lake or Yellowstone Lake up in Wyoming, and worth the trip.  My sister
lives just on the Idaho side of the Tetons, and fishes Jackson..says it is awesome ice fishing.  Also..the avatar is just the Ice Shanty
Laker avatar...am trying to figure out how to do my one personal one, but I am very technologically incompetent.
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Re: How big is a big laker's mouth?
« Reply #17 on: Jan 25, 2007, 09:27 PM »
That 14# you caught recently would look great. Maybe someone can give you a little advice on how to size it. I put my picture up, but when I tried to change it, nothing worked right. Guess even a blind pig gets an acorn once in awhile. BTW how much did the laker today weight?
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Re: How big is a big laker's mouth?
« Reply #18 on: Jan 25, 2007, 09:36 PM »
Quote from: Prairiegoat on Jan 25, 2007, 09:27 PM
That 14# you caught recently would look great. Maybe someone can give you a little advice on how to size it. I put my picture up, but when I tried to change it, nothing worked right. Guess even a blind pig gets an acorn once in awhile. BTW how much did the laker today weight?
Actually, Sweetie has found a thread that tells how to size a photo down for an avatar, and we are going to use the 14# one.
His laker was 16 lbs, 85 cm. long.  And it did not want to budge from the bottom..just cruised along stripping line from his reel.  And when I saw
the size of its head I knew we had to be careful...guiding its head into the hole..and just when I thought I had the gills it went nuts!!  We do have adventures!!
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