Andy October 1, 2010 at 1:09 pm Reply Gord, keep up the great posts! I love the addition of video as long as it doesn't apply to your "moose hunt" adventure. When I get back from north carolina I will post a video of gord filleting one of those pike. I have experienced a few of these deep pike on clearwater and have also been surprised by their ability to recover. I think the cold water and slow retrieval to the top helps. Your use of ice jigs is an excellent idea!
Perchmaster October 1, 2010 at 10:49 pm Reply Great job and that pike was a hell of a catch on clearwater. 14 lbs at 38" is a nice fish any day…
Professor October 2, 2010 at 2:38 am Reply Hi Gord…That pike was beautifully marked. And I agree with you that some are down deep in order to feast on trout and whitefish. There have to be some monstorious pike in this lake doing just that. One of these years, I'm going to tear myself away from Eagle and fish the hell out of Clearwater for several consecutive days. When this time comes, I'm going to force myself to stretch my ability to find and catch elusive fish. Possible trophy fish. Maybe next year I'll push through into the unknown the find a breakthrough.
Esoxman2 October 5, 2010 at 1:34 am Reply Hi Gord. That is one great looking Northern, and I suspect you the Professor may be on to something about them being large and feeding deep. I wonder if the same logic applies to the Muskies in Eagle ???
