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Post by longbeard2372 on May 29, 2020 13:33:11 GMT -5
Caught this fella last week in northern Potter on my grandparents pond. He was stocked in the pond when I was 18 (48 now) as a fingerling. A 20 minute battle with my 5 foot ultralight trout rod with 4 lb test mono. We stocked 3 in there that day and this is the first anyone has caught one. Used a trout hook and a half of night crawler. Couldn't lift him with one hand and had to use two. When he closed his hill plates on my fingers it was a pinch I never felt from a fish. It's the biggest , heaviest freshwater fish I have ever caught. Attachment DeletedAttachment DeletedAttachment DeletedAttachment Deleted |
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Post by davet on May 29, 2020 15:24:16 GMT -5
Nice fish!! Did you toss him back or does he chomp on to many other smaller ones?
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Post by Loggy on May 29, 2020 16:20:36 GMT -5
One serious carp there!! I bet it was like having a whale on that lil UL rod w/4lb line for sure!!  |
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Post by rem700 on May 29, 2020 17:29:05 GMT -5
That would of been fun reeling in
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Post by Dutch on May 29, 2020 21:30:17 GMT -5
Any idea the weight?
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Post by longbeard2372 on May 30, 2020 17:03:33 GMT -5
Nice fish!! Did you toss him back or does he chomp on to many other smaller ones? Yepper he went right back in. They do a great job keeping the pond clean. |
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Post by longbeard2372 on May 30, 2020 17:06:47 GMT -5
Nothing official but from handling a many of full carton of nails in my days my best guess falls between 40 & 50 lbs. The girth and shoulders on that guy were like nothing I ever seen on a freshwater fish. It was a pleasure to fight and meet the old fella. |
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Post by davet on May 31, 2020 6:37:36 GMT -5
Nothing official but from handling a many of full carton of nails in my days my best guess falls between 40 & 50 lbs. The girth and shoulders on that guy were like nothing I ever seen on a freshwater fish. It was a pleasure to fight and meet the old fella. Now.....being a true fisher-person....I'd estimate that weight at 400-500 pounds. He's a freshwater Moby Dick. Don't ya think??  |
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Post by longbeard2372 on May 31, 2020 7:57:39 GMT -5
Moby dick of Potter county.
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Post by davet on May 31, 2020 9:59:42 GMT -5
Ya gotta be careful about saying the word "Dick" on this forum........Dutch.....AKA Cap't Ahab will scold you for this!!! |
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Post by Muab Dib on Jun 1, 2020 14:26:19 GMT -5
Dutch ain't Ahab... He's the Great Oz.... And when he speaks, people listen.... lol
Muab
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