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Accidental Catch - MrsJ - 05-03-2025
My mean ole husband made me go fishing today, saying we needed white bass for bait.
After catching a few White Bass, something larger than normal grabbed my hook, and headed for the other side of the lake.
After stripping my line for a couple of times, I hollered for help, and get the net.
I was casting and retrieving a 1/16th oz. jig, and at first I thought I had a catfish on. Richard said you have a walleye!!
Once we got it in the net, we found out we were both wrong.
I didn't know what kind of fish it was, and Richard told me it is a Northern Pike. 24inches long. It put up quite a fight.
We did what good conservationists do and gave it the ax.
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RE: Accidental Catch - Jig-fisher - 05-03-2025
Congrats on a great catch. I've caught a few tiger muskies, but never a northern. Nice!
RE: Accidental Catch - Fowl-Hook - 05-03-2025
(05-03-2025, 02:43 AM)MrsJ Wrote: My mean ole husband made me go fishing today, saying we needed white bass for bait.They are excellent Table Fare. Bit of a learning curve to remove the Y bone.
After catching a few White Bass, something larger than normal grabbed my hook, and headed for the other side of the lake.
After stripping my line for a couple of times, I hollered for help, and get the net.
I was casting and retrieving a 1/16th oz. jig, and at first I thought I had a catfish on. Richard said you have a walleye!!
Once we got it in the net, we found out we were both wrong.
I didn't know what kind of fish it was, and Richard told me it is a Northern Pike. 24inches long. It put up quite a fight.
We did what good conservationists do and gave it the ax.
RE: Accidental Catch - dubob - 05-03-2025
(05-03-2025, 02:43 AM)MrsJ Wrote: I didn't know what kind of fish it was, and Richard told me it is a Northern Pike. 24inches long. It put up quite a fight.Don't cha just LOVE little surprises like that? I do!
RE: Accidental Catch - Gone Forever - 05-04-2025
(05-03-2025, 02:17 PM)Fowl-Hook Wrote:(05-03-2025, 02:43 AM)MrsJ Wrote: My mean ole husband made me go fishing today, saying we needed white bass for bait.They are excellent Table Fare. Bit of a learning curve to remove the Y bone.
After catching a few White Bass, something larger than normal grabbed my hook, and headed for the other side of the lake.
We did what good conservationists do and gave it the ax.
Great catch, Yes, a Northern Pike, Esox family, like the Tiger Musky but not Hybrid so it can populate. Unfortunately they are invasive to Ut lake and we don't think they will do good things to the lake.
Yes, they are not bad to eat. My mom steamed them first to make the bones easy to take out, then made fish cakes with them.
RE: Accidental Catch - BearLakeFishGuy - 05-04-2025
From the Utah Fishing Guide:
• No limit on northern pike. Anglers must not
release any northern pike they catch. All
northern pike must be immediately killed.
RE: Accidental Catch - Piscophilic - 05-06-2025
Way ti go Violet! Glad you guys are getting out again. How ws the white bass catching that day?
RE: Accidental Catch - Mr. J - 05-08-2025
(05-06-2025, 02:04 PM)Piscophilic Wrote: Way ti go Violet! Glad you guys are getting out again. How ws the white bass catching that day?
I see Violets post got deleted so I will post for her. We did pretty good for the time we fished; 34, but good for bait ,they were all small and most appeared to be males. Maybe the Moma's are not far behind. We fished north of Provo Harbor in un charted water. We normally don't fish North but on a whim decided to look for something new.
rj
RE: Accidental Catch - Piscophilic - 05-08-2025
(05-08-2025, 06:23 PM)Mr. J Wrote:(05-06-2025, 02:04 PM)Piscophilic Wrote: Way ti go Violet! Glad you guys are getting out again. How ws the white bass catching that day?
I see Violets post got deleted so I will post for her. We did pretty good for the time we fished; 34, but good for bait ,they were all small and most appeared to be males. Maybe the Moma's are not far behind. We fished north of Provo Harbor in un charted water. We normally don't fish North but on a whim decided to look for something new.
rj
Thanks Richard! I have been seeing mostly small ones this spring also. I think a lot of the larger ones are actually in the spawning areas right now. Saturday my great-nephew got a legit 14 incher while fishing for cats though.