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Brawler Pike!
Good fight story on this one! Possibly one of the hardest fights I've had in a long time! The picture doesn't do this fish justice. It was missing a good chunk of it's tail, was still 34" and thick as a log! When i set the hook it started peeling drag way harder than i usually expect...I knew i had to better my shore position or I was going to lose this fight in the trees.
As i re-positioned the fish made another run and literally pulled me into a mud slick knocking me on my butt and sliding towards the river in the mud. Only thing that stopped me was my foot getting wedged in a tree root. So i continued the fight with my ankle jammed in a root tangle... the fish wrapped me around a subsurface tree anyway and i thought it was over....but i saw the fish by the tree...didn't know if he was still hooked or free and in shock. so i kept the line tight and with my other hand grabbed a rock and threw it to try to scare the fish out the other way; it didn't move. so i pop the line quick and it takes off out of the tree snag! I finish the fight and land the fish as it took a big scoop of polluted river water and blasted me right in the mouth and eyes...good times! Valiant effort Mr. Pike, but it was time to say cheese! and bonus, i didn't wake up with pink eye the next day! now i just need to get checked for hepatitis....
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Re: Brawler Pike!
Awesome catch and a great story
U ever go further up river? Ppl have rope swings(yuck) |
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Re: Brawler Pike!
Combat fishing! What a fish, it was definitely worth the effort.
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Re: Brawler Pike!
nice fish, sorry boat the pinkeye though
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Re: Brawler Pike!
Fishing in that river should be a full contact sport.
Better go get your shots! Nice fish
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Re: Brawler Pike!
no, i was surprised that i DIDN'T have pinkeye haha
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Re: Brawler Pike!
Bruiser breeder river Pike! I tell ya that Millstone ribber is a phenom fishery! Great catch dude! The story sounds like it would've made a cool YouTube video!!!
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Re: Brawler Pike!
Niiiiiice fish man!!! Seems like every decent fish I hook up with on the river is a challenge to land! Boat or shore......
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Re: Brawler Pike!
oh ok lol, I get it dude . thank goodness then lol.
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Re: Brawler Pike!
Sweet catch man! I was slamming some with my girlfriend the other day and had a fight with a beast, lost mine though. Good to see you were able to land her against the elements.
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