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big pike pics

shamalex72

By shamalex72
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This bruiser came through today, biggest one I think I have ever seen. It came flying in while I was jigging the decoy and took off right away. I had to call my wife to tell her that I just saw a big one, while I was talking her it came back in. Came in right on the bottom, then just sat there for about a minute than swam off. I was in 9 feet and the decoy is down about 4 or 5 feet. It doesn't look as big in the pics as it did out there.

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Gordie Grand Master

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nice pic sham and measure from the front fins to the bak fins on that decoy and that will give us a close estimate of just how thick the monster is. I know the one that I have on the wall when it first came in the hole I only thought it was 8-10 lbs at first glance so you can br fooled

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That's a really nice fish, and photos! Myself, I try to note how long my decoy is (6, 8 10 inches) and then eyeball how many "decoy lengths" the fish is. One day last year I watched a few "3 decoy length" fish go by thinking that I had an 8-inch decoy. Too bad it was a ten inch decoy...

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Gets the blood going. You have some fast reflexes to get the camera out and snap 2 pics!

The first time it was in and out in a flash, but then it came back and layed on the bottom, under the decoy, for about a minute or two. If I wouldn't have forgotten the memory card for the camera, I would have taken a video of it.

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It is 2.5" from the front of the front fin to the back of the back fin. But the fish is about 3 or 4 feet below the decoy.

I was guessing as wide as a 2x4 or just a bit more its fun to see them big girls and I also noticed no tine marks wink

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Wow, a big pike came through and you didn't spear it?!?! Who'd a thunk it. From what I've been hearing on the Musky forum we're all blood-lust killers that throw our spear at everything that swims....

What's wrong with you?!?! wink

(That was sarcasm, by the way smile )

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