Is this a Gator

[eurolarva]

I saw this in a newspaper from Manitoba. Sorry the resoulution is so poor. The caption says ice gators but the article says it is a 45 inch northern. So what is it a muskie or a northern

 

[JB]

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That's a northern, EL, and a BIG one!

 

[gonfishn]

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Agree with JB..Had to look again bur just doesn't have the sigs that the warrior has..

 

[eurolarva]

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Wow. Didnt know Northerns got that big. The guy in the picture looks kind of familiar too. Cant put my finger on who it is.

 

[Trent]

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Bet JB wishes...It was him!

 

[digimortal777]

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we catch pike upto 35lbs here<br />the record i think is 46 or 47

 

[JB]

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Nope, not me. I only catch "snakes" by accident when fishing for musky.

 

[DJ]

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It's a Northern.<br /><br />Through the ice-BRRRRR!.<br /><br />Had enough of that, for several lifetimes.

 

[mellowyellow]

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yeah, that mug on that pic looks familiar... <br />here's a little gator:<br />

 

[mellowyellow]

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[NOSLEEP]

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Here's a wee Christmas Day Pike<br />We stayed for the week end. Had a great time.

 

[mellowyellow]

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looks like a fun day nosleep <br />cars are already driving onto the ice there

 

[NOSLEEP]

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The ice is 18" as of sunday.<br />It looks ike all those trucks parked together<br />could cause a problem with the ice, but we are<br />parked on a shoal that is frozen all the way <br />through. Only about 20" deep.

 

[mellowyellow]

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so u have to chop the fish outa the ice? LOL<br />seems the ice would actually be insulation in a<br />way... what is water temp u fish? <br />sure don't need any coolers eh? <br />my wife (3rd gen calif.) has been whining about<br />the warm temps here. was close to 60 yesterday.<br />son was complaining he couldn't snowboard on his<br />school vac... will remind them come march when<br />it's been frozen for 3 months

 

[NOSLEEP]

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We are fishing in 3 to 4 feet of water MY.<br />The water surface temperature is around 35 deg<br />but I did not check it so its just a guess. <br />I have to put every thing in coolers to help<br />keep it from freezing. Its a lot of fun as long<br />as you stay warm.<br />Heres another picture of a friend putting on a <br />small fishing clinic.

 

[gonfishn]

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Remind me next year Eurolarva when we hook up to fish that I owe you one..Nice fish NoSleep..For some reason alot of Northerns with size are caught on the ice in the winter..<br /><br />But for me and my old bones its a shack, with in side temps of at least 70 plus..Add a card table and a generator and i am there..<br />

 

[digimortal777]

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pike feed hard going into winter here in ireland and the uk , most of europe<br /><br />we like to fish for em in october and november , but the summer ones are great scrappers , the winter ones have size , we dont kill em either

 

[NOSLEEP]

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Ya that was a descent pike Gonfishn ,14 lbs.<br />This lake is a man made reservoir, only about<br />25 years old. It has an unbelievable amount of<br />baitfish, whitefish, perch and a few walleye.<br />Because it is an irrigation reservoir and not<br />a natural lake, I have no problem with harvesting<br />any of the big pike that I catch. And in all the<br />years that I have fished it the pike just keep<br />getting bigger.

 

[TPD211]

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Nice,<br />I caught a Northern Pike in northern AZ in a lake just south of Flagstaff many years ago.<br />It wasnt that big of course but it put up a good fight from what I remember.

 

[NOSLEEP]

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Here's another fine looking pike caught<br />yesterday. Temperature was +3 Cel. <br />She tipped the de'liar at 18lbs.