Finally a 40 incher

[dakids]

I finished my honey-dew list yesterday so I was able to go and wet a line with my dad today.  The flag closest to the truck went up and I had told dad that he had the 2 tip-ups that were the closest.  As he was getting out of the truck he told me to take it because his knee had locked up(sucks getting old).   When I set the hook I knew it was very big because it didn't budge an inch. It felt like dead weight.  I slowly got her comming in.  She NEVER made a run!!!  When her nose was in the hole I had a hard time seeing her because she was covered in weeds.  I had to pull the weeds off of her before she could fit through the hole.  She was exactly 40 inches long and the el-cheap-o scale said 21 pounds.  I never got a circumferance measurement.  I hope that isn't to important for the taxidermist.  I plan on getting a replica done. 

 The WIFE did say if I ever got a 40 incher that I could get it mounted.  I don't get it though.  She says that a fish is ok but not my deer heads.

[attachment deleted by admin]

[dakids]

another pic

[attachment deleted by admin]

[Dan R.]

nice pike 

[kingfisher1]

nice pike!

[JCAMERON]

Congrats! The old mans probably gritting his teeth over this one... 

[dakids]

He is, but at least I got him off of the couch.  He had knee replacement surgery on one knee and he said that if he had the other one done already he would have beat me to the flag. 

[Randy Kaar]

Real nice fish!

randy

[Woody]

Nice job. Nice fish! 

[sandmannd]

That's a great fish!!  Congrats. 

[schmitty]

wow thats one heck of a fish  way to go

[Fawkinnae]

DaKids! Nice fish! That thing is a horse!
Way to go. Interesting how shallow that fish is.

[JCAMERON]

DaKids! Nice fish! That thing is a horse!
Way to go. Interesting how shallow that fish is.

No kidding. Looks like you could spit to shore from that tip up. How deep was it?

[dakids]

5 feet of water.  A couple of years ago my oldest daughter asked to put a tip-up in 4-5 fow.  I told her that she wouldn't catch anything but she insisted.  I have since started putting tip-ups on the inside weed line and usually that is where we have caught the big girls!!!

[attachment deleted by admin]

[Lee Borgersen]

Two thumbs up on that fish.

[Bobby Bass]

  DaKids I think you better take me fishing !

[sandmannd]

Congrats to your daughter, that's awesome. 

[D.T.]

Very cool story dakids! I think catching a trophy like that on a tip up is awesome. Congrats!

[sandmannd]

Feel free to bring tipups to Pelican at the get together this Saturday. I hear there are big pike in there as well.

[MnMoose]

 :fishing2:  Nice Fish Jerry!!! Way to go and tell the little one good job too!!  Doesn't look like a big lake.  So there will be some MNO members out sat on Pelican near Albertville?  I plan on going but heard there is a HUGE ice heave out there...I hear the big sunnies are hitttin hard out there.

Moose

[sandmannd]

Yea, there is a big heave on the south end which is where we are headed. If you stay close to the shore you don't have to worry about it and once you get past it there is a nice village setup that we will fish the outskirts of. Hope to see you out there.

[joker31888]

Very nice fish.  Both look fat as hogs.  Wish my tip up fishing was like that this year.  My buddy got a 22 inch largemouth.  Thats our best so far.

[22lex]

Hell of a fish Dakids. Great to see.
Alex

[lazy-ike Peb]

  :fishing2: great looks like a great fish I have not caught one that big my biggest was about a 7lb   keep up the good fishing