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Hit a lake with Rocco, Mikey Topaz, GetaNet, Jimmythegreek, SkunkCity and Jigman13. Set up on the grounds and played the waiting game. Somewhat slow today with the new moon among us but hell, YOU GOTTA BE OUT THERE TO GET EM!!! Slow pickins at first with myself getting a dink Bass, Pickeral and one good sized Perch, better than getting the SKUNK. Rocco got a nice 5lb LM early in the day, good one buddy. GetaNet shook off the skunk with some nice SLIMEDARTS. Jimmy and Rob took a walk and found some Crappie in the depths. Everyone got a little something today. YEA BUDDY!!!

Now for the important part. Mikey gets a flag shallow and the beast is on the move. He sets the hook and, BOOM, something big. After a great battle and wondering if the fish is going to fit through the hole, Mikey finally gets the Pike on the ice. WOW, 38 inches long with a girth of probably 22-24 inches now that I really think about it. This kids got a hot hand. Congrats on a great catch Mikey! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

It doesn't end there BIATCHEZ! I see a flag pop and the indicator is spinning really good. Jeremy's the closest one to the trap, I say dude get that MONSTER! And well, that's exactly what he does. After some line peeling out and a couple of AWESOME runs he finally gets the fish to the hole. The head on this PIKE is huge, gotta turn her somehow. The kid gets it done. Myself and Mikey had a helping hand in grabbing and wrestling the BEAST out of the hole. Here it is, the fish of the day, BREEDER PIKE 42 INCHES with a girth about the same as Mikeys trophy! WOW! What a fine day to be on the ice. It doesn't get any better. Glad I was there to witness 2 trophy catches by 2 great anglers. Lots of fish to catch boys. Get on em while the gettins' good.

YEA BUDDY!!! TIGHT LINEZ!!!!!!!!!:D
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What a fish, absolutely a team effort to that that MONSTER!!! Rocco and Myself worked the line for Jeremy and Mikey and Eddie sealed the deal!!!
Never saw two grown men tackle a fish!!!!
Congrats Jeremy!!!

Be back in the morning swinging for the fences again!!!
GO BIG OR GO HOME!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!!

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Nice and most deserved after the Spruce Run so so outing.
Was there Bacon??????????????????????????:D:D
PS love the blood:eek:

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Todays menu consisted of a PHENOMENAL Venison chili made by yours truly. Steak, pepper and onion sandwiches and some dogs chased down with MILLER LATTES of course!!!:D

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Venison chilli sounds good, Miller lattes no so much.
Long board Lager:D

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LOL,the Millers just get me through the day. I keep the real beers at home!!!

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Chili was great BLA BLA BLA LOOK AT THOSE MONSTER PIKE!!!!
I'm using a bridge gaff for a hook tomorrow!!!!!

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Great day on the water again today with you fellas! Some real nice fish through the ice and all i know is rocco dnt ever ask me to swim in that lake lol jeremy congrats dude u deserve it and for your first year ice fishing ur on point great teacher( getanet) Congrats man!! Pike wrastling at it finest!!!

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So what's in the chilli;)

Bring band aids and goggles and a helmet:D

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WOW, trophy pike for sure !! Great catching and great pictures !! Hey Ed, venison chili sounds great !!!! LOL

Danny V

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Thank you Dan! The chili was AWESOME! You made it possible man. So, so good. Thanx again for the premium Venison. Damn, I love it.

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Wow is right, awesome fish

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Was a great day to be out on the ice some of the biggest fish I have ever seen ice fishing ! Thanks for the food and fun now go to bed so we can do it all over tommorow lol! My new name should be set the hook set the hook set the hook LOL!! PS Rumor has it there's bigger ones in that lake

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Wow what a day! Nice job fellas

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdAL...e_gdata_player

Beast alert! Witnessed not one, but TWO Jersey trophy Pike come through the ice today. Was a blast as usual gentlemen, back at it tomorrow!

YouTube vid of Mikey's monster above.

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Sick f'n day guys. I'm wind burned. I have a huge, dumb ass bandage on my thumb from who the hell knows what lol. But you know what, the team work, effort, and fraternity of a day like today cannot be overshadowed by trophy fish (or can they lol?). Mikey handled his trophy pike with ease--a prime example of staying calm and taking things as they come. Two weeks in a row I watched him master two huge pike through the ice. Watching him helped me today...big time.

It was dumb luck for me landing that pike today. The epitome of right place right time. And there's no way it would've hit the ice without the help from the gang. From Rocco shouting "hit 'em! Set the hook!" To dale and Rocco helping me keep the tip up line free and out of harms way... To mikey and Eddie manning the hole and form tackling that beast once she reared her ugly head. Truly a team effort... One that I will look back on for years to come. She taped out at 42", gave me a sick battle, drew my blood, and was freed to fight another day.

Special thanks to jimmythegreek, too. It was his tip up!

Eddie, great chili (and beer)...shoot me them pics via email! I texted you my address. Mikey, them steak sandwiches were money. Rocco, thank you for having me up again--I truly appreciate it. Dale... Again... The mentor!

Who the f*ck wants open water when you can slay dragons through the ice!?!?! Lol. I'm going to get drunk! Etc etc... Good luck out there tomorrow guys. Catchem up!

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Gr8 original report and awsome follow up reports guys !!!

Sounds like it was the dream team out there with the grasshopper
of the group showing the sensays how well he's been taught...:D
Very jealous...Don't think i'll EVER know what its like to hand line fish..
Slaying dragons !!! F-in love it guys...keep it up..can't wait fer tomorows report

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DAMNNN.. March Monsters baby.. First fish was great and to top that off with one ova 40!! Tip of the hat to ya boys

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I guess that proves there's pike in Monksville after all

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Damn that's a big Jersey pike... awesome job guys and great post.

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Wow guys. You're all really dialed in well. If this momentum carries past ice-out we should all have some fantastic reports to read!

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Good stuff....March Madness!!!!

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Wow you guys are killing it! All those pike are real nice and that 42 is just a slob. Nice job fellas.

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Gorgeous....Get'Em Kids!!

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Awesome stuff !

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Nice fish, miss the days of fighting some of those monsters when I grew up in NY and where we fished in Canada...lots of bruisers. Job well done on the ice too!

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Well, we went back to the scene of the crime today. Very slow overall with some below average sized bass and some descent pickeral caught today. I went 3/14 on flags today. 2-3 of those flags were Pike that came unbuttoned and 1 bit through my 25lb leader finally. Fish had some weight to it but for now it's just another fish story. I've learned my lesson and will be armed with 60lb fluoro next time.

Positive note, there's nothing better than hanging with the boyz and doin some FISHIN'!!! Thanx fellas! See you next time. FEELING MOTIVATED!!!!

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Awsome catch guy!

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nice haul!!!

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Sorry to hear you had a rather anti-climactic day today, but what the heck, ya just can't beat yesterday! Outstanding catches! Congrats all around!!

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You will most deff get the big one one of these times.

Im tellin you there is a state record or damn near close toothy in there.

Ive been fishin there since i was 12 with my buddy Justin who lives there.

I clearly remember when we were about 14 we landed a monster like pictured above and we went home and told everyone that we caught a "4 foot pike" and no one would believe us LOL. im 23 now and if that fish is still in there its a real NJ trophy.

Would love to see a Walleye get pullout outa there! they are lurkin too

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here's a quick 10 sec vid of my slob coming thru the ice. The quality is iffy but it's still magical!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UgTSpOtuhw

Thanks to all who lent a helping hand this past Saturday... I'm still rockin' a sh*t eatin' grin!

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You stop the bleeding on your hand yet? Was quite the bloody massacre scene at that hole on sunday :p.

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You guys every hear of Hybrids or Walleye being caught or seen any?

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yeah whats the story w the hybrids + eyes in there? me and skunk walked to deepest part of lake and banged some crappie and perch, there was lotsa life in the deep water....

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Lol... looked like there was a knife fight around the hole! It stopped bleeding shortly after we started packing up. Stopped at CVS to flush out the wound and wrap it neatly. It's a deep, jagged slice--went a lot deeper than I thought. I'm sure the adrenaline helped keep the flow steady! It's almost totally closed now. Def a scar with a dope story behind it!

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Thats sweet but funny as hell me and eddie tackle that pig at the same time lol good thing eddie was wearing that ridiculous lumber jack hat otherwise we woulda bunked heads and been out cold haha

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Nice work fellas!!

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There is a small school of hybrids that have been in there for a while now. Fishing club stocked them along with walleye many years back. gotta be some serious footballs left in there

The only time we caught hybrids is at night when they are smashin baitfish at the surface. They are very tough to locate. Walleye are very scarce, we only had one come to the boat following a spoon in September, it was mixed in with a school of white perch. tons of white perch in there. your best bet for eyes is north of where u guys fish on the left side of the point.
certain areas of the lake have old pine tree stumps that might hold them- the lake was a pine tree farm b4 it was damed, hence the name
My buddy & I have pretty big artificial reefs we dropped in there too ;)

That video is crazy lol !
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This is justins wiper

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Oh so now you don't like my hat??? That's FINE! I'll get you one for your birthday BIATCHHHHHHH! LOL, PIKE WRASTLIN'! Comin soon to ESPN 6, YEA BUDDY!

Heard a few stories about the Eyes and Brids in there. Now may be the perfect time to target them. Eyes and Brids don't travel alone in most cases and should still be in somewhat deep water now. Actually no, it's spawning time for Eyes so some are deep and some should be coming shallow. I'd look for shallow protected rock piles or gravel for the Eyes. They can also spawn in the weeds. AHHHHH, I'd rather catch a state record Pike out of there and than take it to Pompton to get recognition, LOL!!!!!