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September 17, 2013 - 8:06 pm
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Took a trip to Great Slave Lake NWT in August to get back to my "roots". Good Trip. Here is a link to the blog post I put together. Prolly going back next year.

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Got My new PB pike for weight 45.75 x 18/19 @ 24 lbs and also got a 46" at Taltson with pretty markings, but not as heavy as the 45.75. All these pics are 43" or larger.

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September 17, 2013 - 8:18 pm
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"Good trip" is a bit of a understatement. Great job those are some awesome looking pike!

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September 17, 2013 - 8:47 pm
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Nice work. Those are some good lookin fish!

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September 17, 2013 - 9:08 pm
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Saweeet!!!!

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September 17, 2013 - 9:24 pm
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Great work… I have come down with a bad case of big fish envy looking at the forum the past couple days!

Great work Chad!

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September 17, 2013 - 10:04 pm
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Chad, [smilie=bow.gif] I'm not worthy!! Is that a big bite mark in the middle of that one?

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September 18, 2013 - 4:23 am
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Doesn't look like a bite mark it looks like it has been laying in shallow water rubbing the bottom

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September 18, 2013 - 8:42 am
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beauties. id love to make a taxidermist try to paint the one, that thing is cool!

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September 18, 2013 - 9:04 am
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That's sweet Chad, good work.

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September 18, 2013 - 10:46 am
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Awesome fish, Chad. Thanks for the pics!

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September 18, 2013 - 6:26 pm
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Nice! Chad, the smaller Pike (my biggest is a 38" I believe) all seem to hit hard, then kind of just get dragged back to the boat. What do the larger fish do? Do they fight more like a Muskie? Or do they run out of energy pretty quick?

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September 18, 2013 - 8:54 pm
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Pike up there fight a lot like muskies. 36-38 inch fish are hard fighters and make all kinds of commotion. Depending on the build of the 38-42's, they are either wimps or the use their weight and still put up a pretty good tussle. The larger fish are just bulldawgs, pulling hard and staying low, using their weight. But they are smart like big muskies in that they don't waste all their energy resisting you. They succumb earlier, then when they get to the boat, they shake hard or make sudden bursts to avoid the cradle. The fish up there are not not like pike in warmer waters.

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September 18, 2013 - 10:03 pm
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Very nice Northerns, thanks for sharing.

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September 19, 2013 - 12:27 pm
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September 19, 2013 - 5:19 pm
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Awesome fish, Chad!

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September 22, 2013 - 3:27 pm
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Always like seeing big Northerns!! Awesome

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September 23, 2013 - 12:40 am
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Were you using muskie gear ? big plastics? buck tails etc?

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September 23, 2013 - 6:59 am
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These were the hot baits. 1-2.5 ounce spinnerbaits, Suick, 5" Pet spoon, Whitefish Spoon, and Hot Orba

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September 24, 2013 - 2:15 am
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very cool!

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September 24, 2013 - 11:28 am
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Very nice fish, great trip!

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