ok i know this question doesnt exactly pertain to pike but i figured id ask, i ice new jeresey every weekend (when there is ice) since i was a little kid. last weekend i had something thats never happend to me before. fishing a private lake i was using a steel leader on a tip up with an 3-4 in minnow. i was fishing at a suspended depth when my flag went up. i went over to set the hook,but when i did i just felt a massive amount of weight and then nothing. much to my surprise i pulled the line in and saw that the fish whatever it was had broken my hook right off the steel leader
!! ive never heard of this before. this lake was a private lake and isnt stocked with muskie or pike, we catch pickeral quite frequently but none that were ever big enough to do that. i was wondering if any of you pike fisherman have seen that happen? anyway i know this post was a bit long but i figured id ask.
p.s. i was using quality hooks and quality steel leaders.