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Mid March North of the border #9834931 03/18/14 09:09 PM
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While y'all discussing the carp spawn, we're stuck in one of our coldest and longest lasting winters in recent history. Probably won't be much carp caught here before the end of April, so we make due with what we have. Weather warmed up a bit to just below freezing. Hit the ice r the first time in 7 weeks. Nearly 3 feet of ice, we fished out of my friends F150, caught my first few Northern Pike of the season.






PB common = 41 lbs
PB mirror = 22.5 lbs
PB buff = 26 lbs



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Re: Mid March North of the border [Re: Freshwater Phil] #9835758 03/19/14 02:16 AM
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Beautiful fish! Thanks for sharing. cheers


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Re: Mid March North of the border [Re: Freshwater Phil] #9835945 03/19/14 03:11 AM
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Those pike are incredible.Very nice. thumb

Re: Mid March North of the border [Re: Freshwater Phil] #9837638 03/19/14 06:22 PM
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very nice!


PB's:
Common: 30lbs
Mirror: 14lbs
Buffalo: 56lbs
White Amur:49lbs
Blue Cat: 32lbs
Yellow Cat: 34lbs
Re: Mid March North of the border [Re: Freshwater Phil] #9837701 03/19/14 06:42 PM
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They were quiet fiesty, but not too big by our standards, probably about average for the Montreal area. No monsters, but still quite happy with the outing.

From the way things look, we may ice fishing well into April in some areas. Most species close on March 31st, but black crappie still open, so will have to find some of those if I'm out on ice by then.


PB common = 41 lbs
PB mirror = 22.5 lbs
PB buff = 26 lbs



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What a beauty!

Re: Mid March North of the border [Re: Freshwater Phil] #9859426 03/27/14 02:36 PM
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Gotta love ice fishing

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wheres the ice hut? Those sure make it nice

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Funny, can be ice fishing in a t-shirt in one of them!

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Oh, I thought you meant Oklahoma! lol...

Nice catches! I'm now in Traverse City, MI and have blanked the several times I was out on the ice...

Re: Mid March North of the border [Re: Freshwater Phil] #9861089 03/28/14 12:51 AM
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I'm not much of an ice hut guy. For the most part, I like to move around a lot usually on foot in open air. Typically won't fish like that if it's colder than -10, though I tried one outing in -25 in January just because. I have a hand auger, so drilling more holes helped me warm up on that outing. May do one more on Monday, it's the last day of our fishing season for most species. After that, it's back to carp in open water if ever it decides to thaw out, other species start opening again in May, with some closed until mid June.


PB common = 41 lbs
PB mirror = 22.5 lbs
PB buff = 26 lbs



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