My new nightmare...

[MudCat08]

That's a crazy cool fish story. I'm sure you'll get that pike next time. Now you know where she lives!

[justin1982]

Originally Posted by Jigman13

I thought this was gonna be a story about you having nightmares of repeatedly netting my fish all night!!! Lol jk...

In all seriousness, sounds like a true battle! Regroup, reload, and hopefully we'll be seeing beast pics before too long! When pike fishing on the P, I only use my medium heavy ugly stick. It'll never blow up!

That's what I use, I'll blow up before that rod does! Lol, you'll get her next time, can't wait to see this beast

[Chrisper4694]

No I don't like that multi strand stuff it's bulky and like said gets frayed. I use nickel titanium single strand wire leader and I've never snapped it before. In fact I once snapped the eagle claw swivel I was using on it once (wont use eagle claw since that if I can avoid it). All I can guess is that both the rod and leader had been damaged at some point and I didn't notice. Like I said, dragged in a 47" musky on that exact entire setup...I was totally baffled when everything busted on me...I'm not saying it was bigger than that musky but it was a huge fish!

[yumasdad]

Originally Posted by Chrisper4694

No I don't like that multi strand stuff it's bulky and like said gets frayed. I use nickel titanium single strand wire leader and I've never snapped it before. In fact I once snapped the eagle claw swivel I was using on it once (wont use eagle claw since that if I can avoid it). All I can guess is that both the rod and leader had been damaged at some point and I didn't notice. Like I said, dragged in a 47" musky on that exact entire setup...I was totally baffled when everything busted on me...I'm not saying it was bigger than that musky but it was a huge fish!

RIVER fish are just tougher than lake fish cause they have to live with the flowage 247.

[Chrisper4694]

Combed the area over again today but no sign of the beast...I think rob scooped it up while I was at work! Hahaha.

I got a few pike up to 29" but not what I was after...