Author Topic: Personal best Pike (Read 9316 times)

Machias · « **on:** March 09, 2025, 07:25:48 PM »

Smashed my personal best pike today. 29lbs 8oz, 45 inches long. On Lake Coeur d'Alene. Great way to spend your birthday!!!

full choke · « **Reply #1 on:** March 09, 2025, 07:31:10 PM »

Congratulations! Nice fish!

lewy · « **Reply #2 on:** March 09, 2025, 07:33:56 PM »

Nice fish

Karl Blanchard · « **Reply #3 on:** March 09, 2025, 07:35:27 PM »

Hell of a fish Fred!

10Key · « **Reply #4 on:** March 09, 2025, 07:50:32 PM »

Giant and purdy!

High Climber · « **Reply #5 on:** March 09, 2025, 08:20:48 PM »

What a monster!

Boss .300 winmag · « **Reply #6 on:** March 09, 2025, 08:32:17 PM »

Nicely done.👍

What was your record before this?

MADMAX · « **Reply #7 on:** March 09, 2025, 08:33:23 PM »

Uf dah

Dandy 👍

bearhunter99 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 09, 2025, 08:46:59 PM »

Dandy! Nice fish!

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pashok23 · « **Reply #9 on:** March 09, 2025, 08:47:53 PM »

Nice pike 👍

TeacherMan · « **Reply #10 on:** March 09, 2025, 08:49:39 PM »

Dead bait on a bobber or bottom?

Machias · « **Reply #11 on:** March 09, 2025, 08:51:22 PM »

Quote from: TeacherMan on March 09, 2025, 08:49:39 PM

Dead bait on a bobber or bottom?

Swim bait slowly along the bottom.

Machias · « **Reply #12 on:** March 09, 2025, 08:51:43 PM »

Quote from: Boss .300 winmag on March 09, 2025, 08:32:17 PM

Nicely done.👍

What was your record before this?

24lbs

storyteller · « **Reply #13 on:** March 09, 2025, 09:42:47 PM »

Well done

highside74 · « **Reply #14 on:** March 09, 2025, 10:03:53 PM »

Daaang!

Jake Dogfish · « **Reply #15 on:** March 10, 2025, 03:22:26 AM »

Monster!

boneaddict · « **Reply #16 on:** March 10, 2025, 03:48:08 AM »

What a beast!

nwwanderer · « **Reply #17 on:** March 10, 2025, 04:00:04 AM »

Who is that skinny guy? Nice fish!!!

Jpmiller · « **Reply #18 on:** March 10, 2025, 05:37:25 AM »

Nice fish, and a very happy birthday to you sir!

Rob · « **Reply #19 on:** March 10, 2025, 06:35:00 AM »

That's a beast! And man, you are disappearing! Congrats again on the weight loss!

cavemann · « **Reply #20 on:** March 10, 2025, 06:49:35 AM »

Wow!! BTW, it was awhile back you were looking into getting a boat.. did you pull the trigger and was it on that??

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Angry Perch · « **Reply #21 on:** March 10, 2025, 07:45:24 AM »

Monster northern. Nice job!
And you look great!!!

Machias · « **Reply #22 on:** March 10, 2025, 08:17:32 AM »

Quote from: cavemann on March 10, 2025, 06:49:35 AM

Wow!! BTW, it was awhile back you were looking into getting a boat.. did you pull the trigger and was it on that??

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I did, I bought a 1775 Lund Adventure Sport

Dan-o · « **Reply #23 on:** March 10, 2025, 08:18:01 AM »

Keep it up and you'll be catching pike bigger than you!!
Congrats and congrats.

Machias · « **Reply #24 on:** March 10, 2025, 08:19:34 AM »

Thanks everyone for the nice comments! Just an update on my progress, Day 160 and I am down 107 pounds.

Rob · « **Reply #25 on:** March 10, 2025, 10:12:17 AM »

107 pounds = 3.69 of those 29# pike!

LDennis24 · « **Reply #26 on:** March 10, 2025, 12:16:37 PM »

That's the biggest pike I've ever seen from Coeur d'Alene! Congratulations! You need to buy a Powerball ticket.

b23 · « **Reply #27 on:** March 10, 2025, 01:18:09 PM »

Quote from: Machias on March 10, 2025, 08:19:34 AM

Just an update on my progress, Day 160 and I am down 107 pounds.

Congratulations on the big loss as well as the big catch. Well done!

gramps · « **Reply #28 on:** March 10, 2025, 01:38:36 PM »

Congrats on both achievements. That Pike looks like it came from Fort Peck or Fresno in Montana

jackelope · « **Reply #29 on:** March 10, 2025, 02:26:14 PM »

Broke that magical 40" mark! Sweet fish, Fred. Congrats.

Skillet · « **Reply #30 on:** March 10, 2025, 04:14:38 PM »

Fred! That's a real CDA gator. I'm impressed

teanawayslayer · « **Reply #31 on:** March 10, 2025, 04:42:06 PM »

Dang, what a beauty!

Chris57 · « **Reply #32 on:** March 10, 2025, 05:14:48 PM »

Now that's a dandy! I used to have a place in Northern Ontario and loved fishing for them, most of the cunucks thought us yanks were crazy! They much preferred the Mackinaw trout. We fished a shallow bay casting red and white Daredevil spoons towards shore and bring them in with a quick retrieve and just wait for the pikes wake to show coming in for the attack! Those were the days!

Nice choice on the boat also. Personally I think that is about the best all around boat for the N.W.

CarbonHunter · « **Reply #33 on:** March 10, 2025, 05:19:29 PM »

Nice fish congratulations!

FWilliams · « **Reply #34 on:** March 10, 2025, 06:13:34 PM »

Dandy Fish Fred!!

TeacherMan · « **Reply #35 on:** March 10, 2025, 07:53:25 PM »

Quote from: Machias on March 09, 2025, 08:51:22 PM

Quote from: TeacherMan on March 09, 2025, 08:49:39 PM
Dead bait on a bobber or bottom?
Swim bait slowly along the bottom.

That is epic! I’m going to try soaking a couple dead baits this weekend hopefully!

Stein · « **Reply #36 on:** March 10, 2025, 08:31:41 PM »

Belated happy birthday! What a monster, pike are one of the few fish still on my bucket list.

OutHouse · « **Reply #37 on:** March 11, 2025, 11:56:17 AM »

Great Fish Machias!!

Pegasus · « **Reply #38 on:** March 11, 2025, 12:26:39 PM »

Congrats on a beauty! How long did it take to reel him in? My experiences with pike were that they hit like a freight train but it did not take long to wear them out. A fish of 29 pounds can provide a tough catch with just the dead weight of the fish.

Machias · « **Reply #39 on:** March 11, 2025, 12:55:55 PM »

It was several minutes, at one point it took me under the boat and I was worried about it breaking off when the line rubbed the hull, but got it out ok.

pianoman9701 · « **Reply #40 on:** March 11, 2025, 02:56:02 PM »

That's a beaut! Nice fish, Fred.

KNOPHISH · « **Reply #41 on:** March 11, 2025, 05:03:10 PM »

Cool. Wall mounter, fish fry or released?

Machias · « **Reply #42 on:** March 12, 2025, 02:48:14 PM »

Quote from: KNOPHISH on March 11, 2025, 05:03:10 PM

Cool. Wall mounter, fish fry or released?

CPR Catch, Photograph and Release!

b23 · « **Reply #43 on:** March 12, 2025, 03:26:35 PM »

Aren't they trying to get rid of them and Isn't there a bounty for them in Lake CDA? You may have given up some cash letting it go.

I thought I read once where they were illegally released in Lake CDA 40 or 50 years ago and they've been trying to get rid of them since.

Pegasus · « **Reply #44 on:** March 12, 2025, 04:19:19 PM »

Quote from: b23 on March 12, 2025, 03:26:35 PM

Aren't they trying to get rid of them and Isn't there a bounty for them in Lake CDA? You may have given up some cash letting it go.

I thought I read once where they were illegally released in Lake CDA 40 or 50 years ago and they've been trying to get rid of them since.

Yeah but they have to be 5 feet long before you can collect any bounty.

Machias · « **Reply #45 on:** March 12, 2025, 07:49:02 PM »

Quote from: b23 on March 12, 2025, 03:26:35 PM

Aren't they trying to get rid of them and Isn't there a bounty for them in Lake CDA? You may have given up some cash letting it go.

I thought I read once where they were illegally released in Lake CDA 40 or 50 years ago and they've been trying to get rid of them since.

Honestly, I don't want them gone. Could care less how much money they would offer, I'm not killing a beautiful fish like that. Plus it's only the tribe who wants them gone and they are only controlling the southern half of the lake. My opinion it's a pointless endeavor.

LDennis24 · « **Reply #46 on:** March 13, 2025, 07:45:02 AM »

Quote from: Machias on March 12, 2025, 07:49:02 PM

Quote from: b23 on March 12, 2025, 03:26:35 PM
Aren't they trying to get rid of them and Isn't there a bounty for them in Lake CDA? You may have given up some cash letting it go.

I thought I read once where they were illegally released in Lake CDA 40 or 50 years ago and they've been trying to get rid of them since.

Honestly, I don't want them gone. Could care less how much money they would offer, I'm not killing a beautiful fish like that. Plus it's only the tribe who wants them gone and they are only controlling the southern half of the lake. My opinion it's a pointless endeavor.

They are just wasting a bunch of money and will never succeed in eradicating pike from the lake. I released a 28" rainbow in Rock Lake one time that was charcoal grey colored, even on its stomach and this guy in another boat lost his mind! He stopped to watch me fight the fish and get it landed and then when I took a few pics and put it back he lost it and started his boat back up and gunned it across the lake towards the boat launch.

Magnum_Willys · « **Reply #47 on:** March 13, 2025, 07:50:55 AM »

Nice fish and you are looking good Fred! Congrats.

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