North NJ Pike

[rjw6375]

Out fishing Sunday afternoon. Ten minutes after I leave my buddy sends me this picture. I'm taking part of the credit because I drilled the hole haha.

[FASTEDDIE29]

My friends were out there as well today. I have that pic in my phone. That's a monster. My buddy's bro had one on a tip-up, got it to the hole. Mikey goes to gill grab it and poof, it was gone. That fish in the pic is 20 lbs. My boys didn't land there trophy but they got to see the head. Big MONSTERS in that lake. AMAZING catch by the angler in the pic.

[basspilot]

Very nice fish there. Any measurements?

[Duck or Bleed]

We where fishing 100 feet from him when I heard him yell I have more pictures that fish was a monster

[Duck or Bleed]

Congrats!!!!

[rjw6375]

So pissed I missed seeing it by a couple minutes. Incredible fish

[FASTEDDIE29]

Originally Posted by rjw6375

So pissed I missed seeing it by a couple minutes. Incredible fish

LOL! Why did you leave?

[rjw6375]

Why does every guy leave... My buddy's wife needed him home haha

[ScowardNJ]

haha, when that thing hit the ice all we heard was "HOLY $H!T" from across the lake. On the jig no less!!! Beautiful fish!

[gary939]

I am the lucky man to land the pike.......it was driving me crazy that I did not measure or get the weight of the fish......so after pouring over the pictures taken I found a marker in the picture..........my 13.5 inch shoe

I adjusted the ruler image to my shoe size and have come up with a length of 50 INCHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Some additional research on calculating fish weight by length and have come up with an approximate weight between 35 and 40 lbs.

And yes I was having a hard time holding the fish up after my FIRST day EVER ice fishing …..Close to 7 hrs. on the ice and 20 8 " auger holes before pulling in my prize

Never thought I would enjoy ice fishing as much as I did I AM HOOKED!!!!!!!

Good luck to all on future trips