Hunting Washington Forum
Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: Machias on March 09, 2025, 07:25:48 PM
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Smashed my personal best pike today. 29lbs 8oz, 45 inches long. On Lake Coeur d'Alene. Great way to spend your birthday!!!
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Congratulations! Nice fish! :tup:
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Nice fish
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Hell of a fish Fred!
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Giant and purdy!
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What a monster!
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Nicely done.👍
What was your record before this?
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Uf dah
Dandy 👍
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Dandy! Nice fish!
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Nice pike 👍
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Dead bait on a bobber or bottom?
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Dead bait on a bobber or bottom?
Swim bait slowly along the bottom.
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Nicely done.👍
What was your record before this?
24lbs
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Well done
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Daaang!
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Monster!
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What a beast!
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Who is that skinny guy? Nice fish!!!
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Nice fish, and a very happy birthday to you sir!
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That's a beast! And man, you are disappearing! Congrats again on the weight loss!
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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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Monster northern. Nice job!
And you look great!!!
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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 :)
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Keep it up and you'll be catching pike bigger than you!!
Congrats and congrats.
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Thanks everyone for the nice comments! Just an update on my progress, Day 160 and I am down 107 pounds. :IBCOOL:
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107 pounds = 3.69 of those 29# pike!
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That's the biggest pike I've ever seen from Coeur d'Alene! Congratulations! You need to buy a Powerball ticket.
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Just an update on my progress, Day 160 and I am down 107 pounds. :IBCOOL:
Congratulations on the big loss as well as the big catch. Well done! :tup:
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Congrats on both achievements. That Pike looks like it came from Fort Peck or Fresno in Montana
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Broke that magical 40" mark! Sweet fish, Fred. Congrats.
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Fred! That's a real CDA gator. I'm impressed :tup:
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Dang, what a beauty!
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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.
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Nice fish congratulations!
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Dandy Fish Fred!!
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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!
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Belated happy birthday! What a monster, pike are one of the few fish still on my bucket list.
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Great Fish Machias!!
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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.
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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.
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That's a beaut! Nice fish, Fred.
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Cool. Wall mounter, fish fry or released?
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Cool. Wall mounter, fish fry or released?
CPR Catch, Photograph and Release! :)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
:yeah:
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. :chuckle: :dunno:
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Nice fish and you are looking good Fred! Congrats.