Okay, I missed it...what did he do?Would anybody here do this?
https://youtube.com/shorts/B5vLh4VKkkk?si=aqyHpZmXRiNzMBGx
You do know that you don't try to pull them through the hole sideways...right?Holy cow that’s a huge fish!! I wonder how they got it through that hole when they caught it?
We typically have at least 4 months of fishable ice here; by "fishable" I mean at least a couple feet thick so that we can drive out onto it. First trip out this winter was in early December, and we're going out again this coming Friday, and hopefully a few more times before the end of the month. Biggest pike this season was a hair over 36 inches; not even long enough to qualify for the provincial Master Angler award (needs to be a minimum of 41 inches). I usually catch one or two MA pike each winter.I wish lol… “safe ice” is super short lived in Ohio. Local lake had 4 days of fishable ice 3-6” and i was fishing open water on a river 10min away on those same days .
Open water? Yeah...yeah, I think I remember that...
Good man. A big female which weighs maybe three times what a small one does...can produce ten times as many eggs as the small one. We're not talking measly spawns of a couple hundred eggs like some cichlids; a big female pike can lay a quarter million eggs.I release most large fish. Good genes and good breeders. My cousin didn't like me releasing this one.
Monster Lake Trout Ice Fishing (Personal Best)
I caught a giant lake trout while ice fishing. I was using a big tube bait. #icefishing #fishing #fishingbc #fishingwithbottles #catchandrelease #shorts #per...youtube.com
I will never kill a big specimen of any species, not even Perch. Much rather kill and eat a half dozen medium size individuals than one monster. I probably live-release 90% or more of the fish I catch.
Don't forget also that accumulated toxins in the flesh of predators like Pike can reach dangerous levels in the bodies of large old individuals, making them much less healthy for consumption as well.
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