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dhottle |
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| Not a 50" but a 49" from Lake Athabasca in northern Saskatchewan. Attachments ----------------  100_0955b [1024x768].JPG (167KB - 636 downloads) | |||
| Muskie_Mike II |
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Posts: 98 Location: Franklin, WI | |||
| Mike D |
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| I caught a 46" northern in 2011 and another in 2012 in the Gouin Resv. in Quebec about 4-5 hours nord of Ottawa on a fly in. This beauty was released and I hope it's a 50 by now.. Look at the head on that fish. Most run 24"-32" but we always get a few 40-45"rs. Walleye...over 2,000 in a week between 5 adults and 5 teenage boys. Edited by Mike D 11/30/2013 6:46 PM Attachments ---------------- 46 Northern 2011.jpg (58KB - 249 downloads) | |||
| lennyg3 |
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Posts: 483 Location: NE PA | |||
| PIKEMASTER |
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Location: Latitude 41.3016 Longitude 88.6160 | here is a fat 46" from the Taltson River System Attachments ---------------- richard1.jpg (46KB - 228 downloads) | ||
| J.Sloan |
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Location: Lake Tomahawk, WI | The reservoirs on the Upper Missouri River system hold some true trophy pike. Like Sled said, it's tough to time it when the big ones are accessible, short window during late ice. We've gone and caught 20 big ones a day, the next year we are lucky to catch a couple a day. Remote access points, surface acreage that push 200k acres, fluctuating water levels, and unpredictable ice conditions make fishing there tough at best. We've taken 3 fish at 47", with a lot of fish from 42-46", and very heavy. Probably the best all around pike fishing in the Lower 48, plus big walleyes, cats, salmon, and jumbo perch. JS Attachments ---------------- 224256_1032377254877_7089_n.jpg (41KB - 299 downloads) | ||
| Chasin50 |
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| I have been to Wolverine and Gods lake in Manitoba as well as Kesagami in Ontario and had good trips, but nothing like this last summer when I fished Taltson. We had a great trip for numbers and size, but the true monsters still eluded us. Weather was very warm as was water, so perhaps larger fish were not moving in to rivers yet. http://trophypike.blogspot.com/2013/08/taltson-aug-3-9.html There are 50" pike caught through the season in a lot of places throughout Canada, but most are lucky catches and it is not repeatable. The question is, where can you go (and when) to have high odds at boating a 50 with 6-7 days of hardcore piking. The other element is cost... These trips can get pricey fast. When all is said and done, the trip I took to Taltson set me back $5500, not counting any gear, lures, etc. That is the limit for me personally, so I am on a quest to find a 50" fish for under 6K... Through discussions, phone calls to lodges, talking to "experts", The short list in no order is: Athabasca (Spring only) Pushes my price target Taltson Great Slave Lake (Yellowknife) Enodah, possibly Yellowknife Outdoor Adventures Wollaston (Way out of my price and timing is critical) Molson Lake - Max outpost Manitoba (looks like it may be for sale...) Munroe Lake - Manitoba But I think the overall best bet is the trip Muskie Mike II took to Alaska with Midnight Sun... I think it pushes past my cost target, but that looks like the real deal... Another option is to find lesser known "guides", who are fishing off the beaten path, and not affiliated with any destination fishery. If you are willing to hire somebody like this and forgo hot showers to get in to the true "bush", you will have a much better shot at a giant. But finding somebody who really knows what they are doing, where they are going, and you feel safe with is no easy task. Hope people continue to bat this around. Great topic. Attachments ---------------- Yellowknife 45.75 0802.jpg (43KB - 215 downloads) | |||
| Muskie_Mike II |
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Posts: 98 Location: Franklin, WI | Wow, I really liked your blog on your trip! It appears that you were using some pretty big lures in comparison to what we used in Alaska. I attached a picture below. The 3 lures on the right caught most of the fisk (3" spoon, Johnson, and #5 spinner). Bait size didn't seem to matter. Maybe the forage in Alaska was smaller. We also caught about 40 Sheefish (up to 44"; the guides say that they've seen Sheefish up to 53"). We fished for the Sheefish with bass sized chatterbaits. We lost quite a few, but boated some big ones. Attachments ---------------- IMG_3113 (Copy).JPG (79KB - 226 downloads) | ||
| J_mich |
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| Taltson Attachments ---------------- 014 (Copy).JPG (41KB - 251 downloads) 004 (Copy).JPG (57KB - 245 downloads) | |||
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| tolle141 |
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