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This is where it's all going on. One can ask for advice or general information or simply chew the fat about fishing tackle, tips, and locations.
RJ
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Posts: 8445 Joined: Sat Sep 13, 2003 9:18 pm
Location: Prospect, Ontario
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by RJ » Sun Sep 26, 2010 7:17 pm
Bass Fisherman have been harassed by them forever.....Pike.
But when they are like this one.....I'll take em all day long!
A few more pics and the rundown of how lucky I got to land this sucka is on my blog....
http://rjnbirdeesoutdooradventures.blog ... ental.html
RJ
matcole
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Posts: 1270 Joined: Tue Jul 18, 2006 7:21 am
Location: KANATA
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by matcole » Sun Sep 26, 2010 7:19 pm
Nice fish RJ!
Steady Eddy
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Posts: 258 Joined: Sat Mar 13, 2010 6:51 am
Location: Embrun
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by Steady Eddy » Sun Sep 26, 2010 7:25 pm
Nice catch, any guess-timate on how heavy she was ?
Steady.
Born To Fish, Forced To Work.
Out4trout
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Posts: 1746 Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 5:38 pm
Location: Eastern Ontario
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by Out4trout » Sun Sep 26, 2010 7:41 pm
That gal is a real dandy!
wolfe
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Posts: 7588 Joined: Sat Feb 14, 2004 11:04 am
Location: Marietta, NY & Wolfe Lake, Ont.
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by wolfe » Sun Sep 26, 2010 7:41 pm
Incidental or accidental...I guess, but AWESOME...? Definitely!!
And landed on leaderless mono!
Great job on landing it -- and for your friend, Joe, on an A+ net job.
W.
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wolfe on Sun Sep 26, 2010 7:42 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Thanks, Dad, for taking me fishing when I was a kid.
gonefishin
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Posts: 333 Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 2:41 pm
Location: Orleans
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by gonefishin » Sun Sep 26, 2010 7:41 pm
Nice looking pike RJ.
landshark
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Posts: 97 Joined: Tue Oct 14, 2008 7:26 am
Location: central, NY
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by landshark » Sun Sep 26, 2010 7:54 pm
nice fish RJ, i got a 20 lber this spring while brown trout trolling with 10lb test. Its always fun to get an uxepected bonus.
JustinHoffman
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Posts: 849 Joined: Wed Oct 09, 2002 11:32 am
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
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by JustinHoffman » Sun Sep 26, 2010 8:04 pm
Beauty fish, RJ...
Love the clean colours and sagging belly on her!
Good Fishing,
Justin
baz fish
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Posts: 2251 Joined: Mon Jan 26, 2004 7:26 pm
Location: Moose Creek
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by baz fish » Sun Sep 26, 2010 8:09 pm
Nice pike RJ
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Eli
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Posts: 982 Joined: Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:04 am
Location: Cantley
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by Eli » Sun Sep 26, 2010 11:44 pm
beauty
ASK
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Posts: 383 Joined: Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:21 pm
Location: Orleans - Ottawa
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by ASK » Mon Sep 27, 2010 4:30 am
Good job RJ nice Pike and thanks for the picture.
It's beauty.
ASK
Tip-up
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Location: Orleans, Ontario
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by Tip-up » Mon Sep 27, 2010 7:05 am
Great looking pike Rob... chunky to say the least
RJ
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Posts: 8445 Joined: Sat Sep 13, 2003 9:18 pm
Location: Prospect, Ontario
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by RJ » Mon Sep 27, 2010 7:41 am
Steady Eddy wrote: Nice catch, any guess-timate on how heavy she was ?
I didn't want to hang her on the scale Eddy...but I'd guess somewhere between 13 and 15 pounds......
C5
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Posts: 185 Joined: Mon Feb 22, 2010 11:10 am
Location: Delta ON
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by C5 » Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:15 am
nice fish RJ... using floro leaders makes landing the odd pike easier yeh?
RJ
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Posts: 8445 Joined: Sat Sep 13, 2003 9:18 pm
Location: Prospect, Ontario
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by RJ » Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:19 am
There was no fluro leader is sight for this one......10 pound test Mono only.........I got very lucky.