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Title: Personal best Pike
Post by: 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!!!
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Post by: full choke on March 09, 2025, 07:31:10 PM
Congratulations! Nice fish!  :tup:
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Post by: lewy on March 09, 2025, 07:33:56 PM
Nice fish
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Post by: Karl Blanchard on March 09, 2025, 07:35:27 PM
Hell of a fish Fred!
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Post by: 10Key on March 09, 2025, 07:50:32 PM
Giant and purdy!
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Post by: High Climber on March 09, 2025, 08:20:48 PM
What a monster!
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on March 09, 2025, 08:32:17 PM
Nicely done.👍

What was your record before this?
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Post by: MADMAX on March 09, 2025, 08:33:23 PM
Uf dah

Dandy 👍
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Post by: bearhunter99 on March 09, 2025, 08:46:59 PM
Dandy!  Nice fish!


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Post by: pashok23 on March 09, 2025, 08:47:53 PM
Nice pike 👍
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Post by: TeacherMan on March 09, 2025, 08:49:39 PM
Dead bait on a bobber or bottom?
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Post by: Machias on March 09, 2025, 08:51:22 PM
Dead bait on a bobber or bottom?
Swim bait slowly along the bottom.
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Post by: Machias on March 09, 2025, 08:51:43 PM
Nicely done.👍

What was your record before this?
24lbs
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Post by: storyteller on March 09, 2025, 09:42:47 PM
Well done
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Post by: highside74 on March 09, 2025, 10:03:53 PM
Daaang!
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Post by: Jake Dogfish on March 10, 2025, 03:22:26 AM
Monster!
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Post by: boneaddict on March 10, 2025, 03:48:08 AM
What a beast!
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Post by: nwwanderer on March 10, 2025, 04:00:04 AM
Who is that skinny guy?  Nice fish!!!
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Post by: Jpmiller on March 10, 2025, 05:37:25 AM
Nice fish, and a very happy birthday to you sir!
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Post by: Rob on March 10, 2025, 06:35:00 AM
That's a beast!  And man, you are disappearing!  Congrats again on the weight loss!
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Post by: 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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Post by: Angry Perch on March 10, 2025, 07:45:24 AM
Monster northern. Nice job!
And you look great!!!
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Post by: Machias on March 10, 2025, 08:17:32 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  :)
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Post by: Dan-o on March 10, 2025, 08:18:01 AM
Keep it up and you'll be catching pike bigger than you!!
Congrats and congrats. 
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Post by: Machias 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.   :IBCOOL:
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Post by: Rob on March 10, 2025, 10:12:17 AM
107 pounds = 3.69 of those 29# pike!
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Post by: LDennis24 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.
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Post by: b23 on March 10, 2025, 01:18:09 PM
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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Post by: gramps 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
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Post by: jackelope on March 10, 2025, 02:26:14 PM
Broke that magical 40" mark! Sweet fish, Fred. Congrats.
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Post by: Skillet on March 10, 2025, 04:14:38 PM
Fred!  That's a real CDA gator.  I'm impressed  :tup:
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Post by: teanawayslayer on March 10, 2025, 04:42:06 PM
Dang, what a beauty!
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Post by: Chris57 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.
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Post by: CarbonHunter on March 10, 2025, 05:19:29 PM
Nice fish congratulations!
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Post by: FWilliams on March 10, 2025, 06:13:34 PM
Dandy Fish Fred!!
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Post by: TeacherMan on March 10, 2025, 07:53:25 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!
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Post by: Stein 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.
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Post by: OutHouse on March 11, 2025, 11:56:17 AM
Great Fish Machias!!
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Post by: Pegasus 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.
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Post by: Machias 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.
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Post by: pianoman9701 on March 11, 2025, 02:56:02 PM
That's a beaut! Nice fish, Fred.
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Post by: KNOPHISH on March 11, 2025, 05:03:10 PM
Cool. Wall mounter, fish fry or released?
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Post by: Machias on March 12, 2025, 02:48:14 PM
Cool. Wall mounter, fish fry or released?
CPR  Catch, Photograph and Release!  :)
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Post by: 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.
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Post by: Pegasus on March 12, 2025, 04:19:19 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.
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Post by: Machias on March 12, 2025, 07:49:02 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.
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Post by: LDennis24 on March 13, 2025, 07:45:02 AM
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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Post by: Magnum_Willys on March 13, 2025, 07:50:55 AM
Nice fish and you are looking good Fred! Congrats.
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