Last Chance Pike (pics)

[MorningStorm]

Hello Everyone,

On March 17th I Had the pleasure of joining Matt Keller back on the ice for not only my last ice fishing trip this year but the very last Keller Outdoors monster pike trip. We had absolute blast. We got up the Saturday morning bright and early and started our drive north. The drive was not so bad with little fog. Once we got up to LOTW we realized it was going to be hard to see more than 30 yards. Here is a picture I snapped of Kyle doing a little crouching tiger hidden ice fisherman in the fog.

As the sun rose the fog came and left frequently after we got all of our big tooth rigs set up in about 4 feet of water we just sat back and watched for flags from the trailer and our four wheelers. The ice was sketchy to say the least. No truck travel at all, besides two guys a little ways from the access sitting in their truck bed fist pumping. Before we knew it we had flags flying up left and right Indi Keller managed to hook into this pig on the second flag. The young fisherman could hardly hold up this 37 incher.

After a couple missed fish Seth Perkins caught himself a 38 inch tank that he could hardly lift.

As the day went on we caught a couple smaller pike for pickling. Right around noon we pulled out the grill and of course as soon as it was started we had another flag. Trace Keller was the first to this flag and this was his very first pike threw the ice on a tip-up. He was so excited I had to snap a picture of him bear hugging this 29 incher.

While we were on the lake we ran into Cory Loeffler from Death Row Calls and he hooked us up with this wicked custom Death Row Rig. I think he called it the Matt Keller Series.

The biggest fish of the day award has to go to Josh Tutt for this long 39 inch train. Tutt coming in at 6 feet 2 inches tall, weighing 250 pounds unfortunately doesn’t let this fish have its justice.

As the day slowly came to a close we ended up with fifteen fish total, ten in the slot, five under. We had a great day. You can never complain about being with some of the best of friends, catching fishing, and eating venison, out on the ice. Now it is time to get the long poles out. I hope you all had a great ice fishing season and I can’t wait to see you guys out on the water. Stay safe and remember, Always keep your line tight.

[magnum mike]

Looked like a great day. Wish Matt the best on his next adventure.

[mrklean]

Looks like a blast great pics

[MorningStorm]

Thanks guys. Matt is my greatest mentor, hero, and a great friend. He will continue to great things and touch many many more hearts. If you guys ever get a chance just Thank him for all that he has done. Also thank him for instilling the dream of the black hole into all of us

[toughguy]

Great pics. Only 8 months to go until first ice!

[FrontenacPike]

Great end of the year fishing story and nice looking pics to go with it!!!

[MorningStorm]

Matt has decided to move overseas. In July he will be going to new zeland to attend a family mission school. Very soon we will hit the lake with the long rods and i will have another story and more pics for you.

[IamZombie]

Why were posts deleted?

[MorningStorm]

Why were posts deleted?

no clue