Author Topic: Pictures (Read 11670 times)

Muskie Matt · « **on:** Dec 30, 2003, 09:03 AM »

With all the members how come so few pictures? Come on guys it's not that hard to post'em. In fact there are many instructions on how to post them. But PLEASE do not post a pic like the one dated 12-24 with 14 NORTHERN PIKE! What on gods green earth are you keeping 14 pike for? Hopefully the water you fished those out of are over loaded with them. Some don't even look legal size.

Tip-Up · « **Reply #1 on:** Dec 30, 2003, 04:07 PM »

Here you go.

smeltshack · « **Reply #2 on:** Dec 30, 2003, 04:13 PM »

HOLY COW

Oldfart · « **Reply #3 on:** Dec 30, 2003, 04:27 PM »

Thats it. I quit!

Bartman44 · « **Reply #4 on:** Dec 30, 2003, 05:01 PM »

Nice one! Did you catch it on a cat?

Tip-Up · « **Reply #5 on:** Dec 30, 2003, 05:05 PM »

Bartman - That's too funny!

Go to the pike form, I posted a bunch more there.

Oldfart · « **Reply #6 on:** Dec 30, 2003, 05:31 PM »

How big is that one?

fishercat · « **Reply #7 on:** Dec 30, 2003, 05:33 PM »

I need more line.

cid · « **Reply #8 on:** Dec 30, 2003, 09:27 PM »

DECENT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Barleydog · « **Reply #9 on:** Dec 30, 2003, 11:03 PM »

WoW! Nice fish! Tipup.... I am also curious about it's size?

Tip-Up · « **Reply #10 on:** Dec 31, 2003, 12:21 AM »

Thanks guys.

That one was 45"/25 lb.

I posted some others on the pike form if your interested.

Mark Barlow · « **Reply #11 on:** Dec 31, 2003, 03:44 AM »

I agree with Muskie Matt about keeping all those pike. I practice catch and release all the time. Seeing all those game fish dead is a shame to me.

Bob_D · « **Reply #12 on:** Dec 31, 2003, 08:07 AM »

Ok....here we go.Some pics from last season...

"Baby Pike" 37"/13#

Bowfin 30"/8#

?I forget.

Smallmouth 21"

Smelt

My friend Scott with a fat largemouth.

acsacmboy · « **Reply #13 on:** Dec 31, 2003, 10:39 AM »

those are some nice FISH! that smallmouth is incredible!what did you use on him? tipup w/ minnow? good pics guys. we are hopefully getting a digital camera so i can post mine on here too

Tip-Up · « **Reply #14 on:** Dec 31, 2003, 10:40 AM »

Great pics Esox. I'm surprised that you guys get ice thick enough to drive on. How much do you get in a normal winter? We usually get just under 4' up here $:-\$ . What the heck is a bowfin?

Ditto on the catch and release. I've never killed a pike in my life. That's what walleyes are for

. The way I see it is they can never get to be a 25 if you kill them when they're a 20.

Bob_D · « **Reply #15 on:** Dec 31, 2003, 10:50 AM »

Acsacmboy,
Arkansas shiner (pike bait) under a tip-up. Yeah it was nice. I got a 23.5" the year before, but I did not have a camera with me....lesson learned.

Tip-up,
We had about 36" last year. We had a really warn winter 2 years ago (record warm) and we only got 24". A bowfin is a prehistoric fish. VERY agressive strikes and incredible fighters.They can actually breath out of water.

Bobberstop · « **Reply #16 on:** Dec 31, 2003, 02:35 PM »

A Bowfin is called a Dogfish in Indiana

BuckShotJon · « **Reply #17 on:** Dec 31, 2003, 02:57 PM »

Fantastic Pike!

Conesus Lake 3.29lbs

Some Perch

My Old Man with a Bass

Some steelhead from my younger days

Open water Pike and Walleye

Tip-Up · « **Reply #18 on:** Dec 31, 2003, 04:07 PM »

It ain't icefishing I know but what the heck....

Bob_D · « **Reply #19 on:** Dec 31, 2003, 05:18 PM »

Fine....be that way!

acsacmboy · « **Reply #20 on:** Dec 31, 2003, 06:03 PM »

just to tell everyone try not to hold a pike vertical. it messes with thier insides and stuff like that. try to hold them horizontal. i learned this at the trip i went to. i got a 44, 41 and 2 40's. catch walleye in 3 feet of water in the middle of the day

. ill include th link if anyone is interested. this is a place worth looking into. fairly cheap too. fly in trip. 70 miles south of James bay.

http://www.kesagami.com/contents.htm

look at this place. worth lookin at

Bob_D · « **Reply #21 on:** Dec 31, 2003, 06:10 PM »

Interesting......The Fisheries biologist that I fish with told me it was not an issue.....nor was the use of my lip gripper. I lip the fish and keep it in the hole until I'm ready for a quick photo and measurement. Generally the amount of time a fish is being held vertically for a photo is minimal. The most important issue is getting the fish back into the water as quickly as possible. JMO.

Then again I've had 2 "experts" tell me opposite things before. I guess one never knows.

Iceshanty · « **Reply #22 on:** Dec 31, 2003, 06:34 PM »

Ok, you guys asked for it

From my younger days.
809lbs official! Nearly 12 feet in circimference, lets see ya top that

Yes I know it's not ice fishign its not even fishing

Those are some great pics! Keep em comin!

-Scott

Bob_D · « **Reply #23 on:** Dec 31, 2003, 06:38 PM »

WOW!....What did you use for bait?

Iceshanty · « **Reply #24 on:** Dec 31, 2003, 06:41 PM »

It actually ended up as deer bait

-Scott

rgfixit · « **Reply #25 on:** Dec 31, 2003, 08:15 PM »

Scott, I just showed my son the Great Pumpkin...he asks "How the He!! do you get a pumpkin to grow that big?"

RG

richstick · « **Reply #26 on:** Dec 31, 2003, 10:53 PM »

Bigger game fish like large pike and musky NEED to be held horizontally if the angler wants to be assured that the fish will live more than a few days after the successfull release. That is the current word being spread by the musky associations here in Wisconsin...

Bob_D · « **Reply #27 on:** Jan 01, 2004, 04:30 AM »

Fine!..

Happy now?

Do you have any idea how long it took me to find that fish again so I could hold it horizontally?

Seriously.....I've heard that a lot, but I've yet to have anybody be able to show me any data. It very well could be true, but like I said I've never seen any data. What is worse....the force of gravity pushing down on the "innards" of the fish when held vertivally? Or the pressure caused by our hands on the "innards" when holding the fish horizontally? Just food for thought. One thing for sure....minus not catching the fish at all, the best thing for the fish is to never have it leave the water.

Good luck out there today...and Happy New Year.

CTStriper · « **Reply #28 on:** Jan 01, 2004, 12:49 PM »

OK, Bob... You asked for it

....

Didn't your wife out-fish you on this particular night?

Bob_D · « **Reply #29 on:** Jan 01, 2004, 03:51 PM »

LOL...I was waiting for that. What do you mean "that night"? She always out fishes me.

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