My wife says "show your iboats buddies my fish"

[one more cast]

We went out to try some new fishing spots today and wasn't having much luck . We stopped to try another spot and my wife gets a bite. she says "its big" and she fights it awhile and finally gets it up to where we can see what it is...........its a big fallfish (shinner) with a northern pike clamped down on it. The pike was never hooked and didn't let go. The pike was 34" and the fallfish was 17". So I guess that makes a total of 51 inches of fish. (she was afraid of it so I had to hold it for the picture.<br />

 

[keelhauled]

Re: My wife says "show your iboats buddies my fish"

Holy Moly!

 

[Bondo]

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Now That's Fishing.................

 

[NathanY]

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nice fish. can you post a pic of the "fallfish"?

 

[one more cast]

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We didn't even think to get a picture of the fall fish at the time. We were to concerned about getting the pike back in the water.I wish we would have. EDIT: Here is a fallfish but not THE fall fish.<br />

 

[jtexas]

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I can see why she was afraid of it! That's one heck of a fish story, OMC, she boated (I assume you netted) that pike without ever hooking it.<br /><br />Tell her we said NICE FISH!

 

[LubeDude]

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I hope you let it go, it wasnt a "Legally hooked fish"! Ya, I know, I wouldnt have told my wife that either.

 

[one more cast]

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Yes I netted it and we let it go. I missed it the first time and you would have thought it would have let go of the fall fish and took off. I think I could have boated it without the net.

 

[mellowyellow]

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now that's what I call a fish story OMC! LOL<br /><br />and wth is a "fallfish"?<br /><br />edit: just looked it up.<br />"the largest member of the minnow family"<br />learnt something new today <br /><br /> http://www.thejump.net/id/fallfish.htm

 

[fireman57]

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Nice looking partner One More. I don't think I would get much fishing in if I had that in my boat. I'm not talking about the fallfish either.

 

[one more cast]

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I'm not really sure where these fallfish (chub?) came from... I'm assuming as bait. we started catching them about 15 years ago and they were always small ones. over the years they are getting bigger and bigger. One rumer is the DEC put them in the river as walleye feed. <br /> Fall fish<br /><br /> by fireman57

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />Nice looking partner One More. I don't think I would get much fishing in if I had that in my boat. I'm not talking about the fallfish either.

Your right, you wouldn't get much fishing in because..."can you hand me a worm" "net my fish,net my fish" "will you take my fish off for me" "take my picture with my big fish" <br /> Just kidding, I couldn't ask for a better fishing partner...unless the lake has waves.

 

[mellowyellow]

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so true OMC...<br />when I take MY wife and 3 kids (17,14,6)<br />I don't even try to fish!<br />the captain has different priorities like not<br />crashing the boat into something! LOL<br /><br />is deff. a story u/wife will be telling for<br />many years to come.<br /><br />she looks happy and when mama's happy, everybody<br />is happy.... right? <br /><br />one of these days we will all wet a line together<br />I hope.

 

[neumanns]

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Nice pike.

 

[LubeDude]

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Originally posted by One More Cast:<br />you wouldn't get much fishing in because..."can you hand me a worm" "net my fish,net my fish" "will you take my fish off for me" "take my picture with my big fish" <br /> Just kidding, I couldn't ask for a better fishing partner...unless the lake has waves.

I love taking people fishing, espesially my wife, and its just as you describe. When she gets one on, I think she thinks its a race to see how fast she can get it to the boat. Ive tried to get her to ease up a bit, but it hasnt worked yet.

 

[cntrydude]

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Your right, you wouldn't get much fishing in because..."can you hand me a worm" "net my fish,net my fish" "will you take my fish off for me" "take my picture with my big fish" <br />Just kidding, I couldn't ask for a better fishing partner...unless the lake has waves.

OMC,<br />I feel your pain!!

 

[John_S]

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Nice Pike! and quite a story for the books! The muskies always seem to let go of the walleyes, before getting the net out. They must have superior genes/brains than northerns <br /><br />Fallfish have been at our place in the Adirondaks, as long as I remember. Caught them upto 24". They travel in schools, and have rather unique nesting/spawning habits. They build quite a mound of stones!

 

[fireman57]

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OMC if when you can't take it anymore send your partner down here and I'll listen to it for a while. My partner always says things like, "you don't need another beer you just had one," "Are your done fishing yet because I am" and my favorite is "This is fun but two hours is enough". This is usually by ten in the morning when it was made plain that I was planning to be out there all day. Like I said "planning". Wouldn't trade her permanently for anything, but a weekend, he!! yeah.