It took me 20 years of fishing trips to Canada catch a 40 plus inch northern.
I took a (3) day trip to the Northwest Territories expecting to catch a 40” every catch.
A cold front moved in before we arrived…the fish were tight lipped.
On the last day I used a fly from NC and a Hawaiian fly casting bomber on a whim the pike exploded out of the water like a tarpon.
My daughter had a blast.. ready to get a boat and learn how to catch bass on Hartwell.
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22 Jul 16:03
60’-70’ foot deep.
Caught one 40” er jigging with live scope and one trolling.
Caught (2) 40” (1) 35”, (2) 38” , and (1) 39” lakers … The 3rd laker I caught was 40”. They put up a great fight.
Laker fight like pit bulls… one pulled 60 foot of line on a run.
The guide told me that they were big fish..
I was on the hunt for the big pike 40” or over
I was a little disappointed catching 35” pike until I landed my 45” northern.
Fishing is fishing no mater where you go or if your using livescope or sight fishing fish 8’ of water.
I caught the big one after I relaxed and made a toss with an experimental lure that wasn’t aided by livescope or sight fishing.
Good hook set and good play from missing a lot of other good fish throughout my life. Everything came together on that fish.
I came away with a good story and prepectice on life and fishing.