Dooley87 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Big carp from Saturday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dooley87 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 My girlfriends wall mounter from two weeks ago. I was going to go set a tip up out deeper for walleyes when I heard something fall in the hole, I asked if she dropped a fishing rod in the hole and that's when she started yelling, it hit me that noise was the spear going through the water. I ran back to the house telling her to drop the fish down and pin it on the bottom. The way she was yelling I was positive it was a huge fish with a bad shot. I opened the door and stared down the hole expecting to see the fish on the bottom. I couldn't see a thing. She told me hey up here and I looked up her holding up the spear with this gorgeous 39" 17 pound pike. I couldn't believe my eyes and best part was she did it all on her own. When she handed me the spear her hands where shaking uncontrollably. It's getting mounted with a replica spear of mine and a replica decoy and it also had a jig in the corner of it's mouth and that's going in the mount too. When I went back to pick up the tip up I realized I pulled it half way back to the spear house when I was running back lol. Great day on the ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3xasmany Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Dooly, You going to get a replica of the jig too so I can have it back. Sorry couldn't resist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dooley87 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 What are the chances, was that your jig? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3xasmany Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 No, just messing with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dooley87 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikestabber Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 My girlfriends wall mounter from two weeks ago. I was going to go set a tip up out deeper for walleyes when I heard something fall in the hole, I asked if she dropped a fishing rod in the hole and that's when she started yelling, it hit me that noise was the spear going through the water. I ran back to the house telling her to drop the fish down and pin it on the bottom. The way she was yelling I was positive it was a huge fish with a bad shot. I opened the door and stared down the hole expecting to see the fish on the bottom. I couldn't see a thing. She told me hey up here and I looked up her holding up the spear with this gorgeous 39" 17 pound pike. I couldn't believe my eyes and best part was she did it all on her own. When she handed me the spear her hands where shaking uncontrollably. It's getting mounted with a replica spear of mine and a replica decoy and it also had a jig in the corner of it's mouth and that's going in the mount too. When I went back to pick up the tip up I realized I pulled it half way back to the spear house when I was running back lol. Great day on the ice. Awesome fish and awesome story! I laughed about the tip up...no excitement there, right? And she made a nice shot!I have to ask about "pinning the fish to the bottom" though... Has that worked for you in the past? My experience with big fish on the spear is that it's better to hold the rope and let it swim around until it tires, taking care to make sure the weight of the spear is on the fish (i.e., just a touch of slack line, not a tight line) and then pull it up (sometimes you get lucky and can pull them up right away before they realize their stuck, but that's risky). I have been with a couple guys that let their big fish hit the bottom, and both times the pike used the bottom as leverage and twisted off the spear (and these were weighted spears with good barbs). I'd hate to see you lose a trophy... Maybe those couple times were an anomaly, but for me it's always worked to swim the fish... The old timers I know say to tie the spear up so it can't touch bottom and just let them swim on their own until they tire, but I'm too chicken to try that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dooley87 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I don't get enough time on the ice and don't make enough bad shots on big fish to be an expert but I have had it save me once when I hit a 35" far back, dropped it to the bottom leaving the handle straight up which "pins" the fish to the bottom then I hit it again with another spear. If I made a bad shot I'd never want that fish swimming around with the spear opening up the hole leaving a possibility for the spear to pull out. Too much torque on a fish with one tine in it and 5' of handle moving around opening the hole up. Check out fear the spear on facebook. This topic comes up often and everytime they say pin it to the bottom and spear it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikestabber Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Check out fear the spear on facebook. This topic comes up often and everytime they say pin it to the bottom and spear it again. No doubt if you make a bad shot and have a back up spear... I mean do you still drop them to the bottom after a good, clean hit behind the head? I know what works for me. Just curious about what others do and how it works for them. I've not lost a well struck fish by letting it swim. I guess a part of that has to do with different bottom structures... I spear some areas with a good deal of mud, and the last thing I want is a fish flailing down there and clouding up the hole so I can't see what's going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ole #1 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I'm from the Iron Range and the old timers in my family say to let the fish lay on bottom after you spear it. It's worked perfect for the fish I've speared, including the big ones. It does cloud up the water, but that usually brings more activity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dooley87 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Nope with a good shot I pull them right up. I've only dropped one to the bottom once Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye43 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 That is a pretty nice fish, that would make anyone get the shake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Early Riser Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Here are a few shots taken with my cheap slider cell phone from lakes north and south of some fish that were left to swim: Upper 30" range near bottom in 10.5' of water Around 30" in upper right corner big fish mouthing the decoy 8' down mid 20" fish near the top Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamalex72 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Nice pics ER. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ1657 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Cool pics Early Riser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merkman Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Way to go ERit is good to see you promoting look and release!!!!-Merk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ1657 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Had this big girl hang out for awhile. Grabbed my sucker once then just hung around looking. I hope she comes back tomorrow when I have some friends with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeguy 54 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 congrats to your gal Dooley ! dandy fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonmichalski Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 My new personal best with a spear, 38" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikestabber Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 That's a dandy! Nice job, Jason! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonmichalski Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 That's a dandy! Nice job, Jason! thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minky Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Very nice fish, congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeguy 54 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 congrats on the PB ! nice pic with the decoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betterlabs Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Pics from this spearing season! eyeguy 54 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9tine Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 What happened to this page? Activity really seems to have dropped off this year. Here's a picture of the somewhat modified heavyweight spear head for 2016. mwal and MJ1657 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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