So, you remember that scene from Jaws....
Well, replace the word "boat" with the word "net" and that would be me. I bet the expression on my face was the same as Chief Body.
I was out fishing in my kayak on Eagle Lake, hoping for a few smallmouth bass, when I had a hit. The rod bent a little and I thought, oh thats a good smallie. Then the rod bent over double...
The fish came to the surface and I had my net ready.....and I saw it...HOLY CRAP THAT'S A BIG PIKE!!!!!...Im gonna need a bigger net. Oh and I'm using 8lb mono, no wire leader. Luckily I had recently got a pair of those plastic lip grabber plier things and was able to land it. This is the biggest fish I have ever caught.
Anyway, I'm out by myself, no one around. I am trying to take a photo of it in my lap, while holding on to it with the lip grabber in my right hand, holding my phone above my head trying to take a photo with pike slime on my hands and not drop the phone overboard.
I snap a few shots...cant really see the quality on my screen because of the sun.
I get "son of jaws" back in the water and revive him enough for him to swim away.
Wow...how long was he??? Then I realize, in my excitement I forgot that there is a measuring scale on my paddle.
So, here is the best photo I took. Anyone care to give me an estimate on the length of this pike? For reference, my kayak is 34inches wide. His tail is bending slightly down toward the water.
Well, replace the word "boat" with the word "net" and that would be me. I bet the expression on my face was the same as Chief Body.
I was out fishing in my kayak on Eagle Lake, hoping for a few smallmouth bass, when I had a hit. The rod bent a little and I thought, oh thats a good smallie. Then the rod bent over double...
The fish came to the surface and I had my net ready.....and I saw it...HOLY CRAP THAT'S A BIG PIKE!!!!!...Im gonna need a bigger net. Oh and I'm using 8lb mono, no wire leader. Luckily I had recently got a pair of those plastic lip grabber plier things and was able to land it. This is the biggest fish I have ever caught.
Anyway, I'm out by myself, no one around. I am trying to take a photo of it in my lap, while holding on to it with the lip grabber in my right hand, holding my phone above my head trying to take a photo with pike slime on my hands and not drop the phone overboard.
I snap a few shots...cant really see the quality on my screen because of the sun.
I get "son of jaws" back in the water and revive him enough for him to swim away.
Wow...how long was he??? Then I realize, in my excitement I forgot that there is a measuring scale on my paddle.
So, here is the best photo I took. Anyone care to give me an estimate on the length of this pike? For reference, my kayak is 34inches wide. His tail is bending slightly down toward the water.
