Post by Panfishin on Jan 2, 2007 11:52:19 GMT -5
I went out for perch a while back. After getting to my destination
on my lake. I drilled a few wholes set up the shack and started landing the perch. I was smack on the hot spot last year. Not bad i thought to myself for using my memory and no land marks.
So after hammering about a dozen 12-14inch jumbo perch. I watched my ice rod tweak and bend another time. This bite was different than a perch vibe! So i set the hook and started to reel. But dam i wasnt even moving this fish must be big! And plus i only had lite gear line ect for panfish!
So i managed to play him out for about 10 mins good thing the drag and the reel was working well or i would have lost him forsure.
Finally after battling this fish for about 20mins i got him turned upwards towards the hole and almost up the ice hole afew times. The pike was tired and soon enough i seen a wide snout break the surface water in the ice hole. So i drove my arm in grabbed him by the gill plate and drug him up on the ice. He was biG!!! A good 22 -25 pounds of northern pike.
When looked closely at his hugemouth and teeth he had about a dozen britely colored panfish hooks embedded in both sides of his trap. Really nice ones so i started extracting them quickly. I took every one out and let the big pike go. He gave me the fight of a life time and a bunch of newer slightly chewed pan fish hooks so hell why not let him go!!
I got 14 new various perch hooks outta my New pal. Some a lil dull and rusty but i keep them for memory sake.
Who knows maybe when i need a few new panfish hooks he will help me out. I highly doubt it but hey ALL AND ALL IT WAS GOOD DAY!
So thats my best lure catch so far whats yours?
The end
on my lake. I drilled a few wholes set up the shack and started landing the perch. I was smack on the hot spot last year. Not bad i thought to myself for using my memory and no land marks.
So after hammering about a dozen 12-14inch jumbo perch. I watched my ice rod tweak and bend another time. This bite was different than a perch vibe! So i set the hook and started to reel. But dam i wasnt even moving this fish must be big! And plus i only had lite gear line ect for panfish!
So i managed to play him out for about 10 mins good thing the drag and the reel was working well or i would have lost him forsure.
Finally after battling this fish for about 20mins i got him turned upwards towards the hole and almost up the ice hole afew times. The pike was tired and soon enough i seen a wide snout break the surface water in the ice hole. So i drove my arm in grabbed him by the gill plate and drug him up on the ice. He was biG!!! A good 22 -25 pounds of northern pike.
When looked closely at his hugemouth and teeth he had about a dozen britely colored panfish hooks embedded in both sides of his trap. Really nice ones so i started extracting them quickly. I took every one out and let the big pike go. He gave me the fight of a life time and a bunch of newer slightly chewed pan fish hooks so hell why not let him go!!
I got 14 new various perch hooks outta my New pal. Some a lil dull and rusty but i keep them for memory sake.
Who knows maybe when i need a few new panfish hooks he will help me out. I highly doubt it but hey ALL AND ALL IT WAS GOOD DAY!
So thats my best lure catch so far whats yours?
The end
