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mikeh416Rigby
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Northern Pike - Photos Added
      #163860 - 12/07/10 07:43 AM

Update: unfortunately, this lodge is no longer in business...another victim of the economy. Sad. I just returned from a fabulous fishing trip in Northern Manitoba for Northern Pike. The fishing, camp, guide, and meals were fantastic. The outfit was Golden Eagle Lodge - www.flypike.com .

Edited by mikeh416Rigby (15/11/12 01:15 AM)

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Re: Northern Pike [Re: mikeh416Rigby]
      #163897 - 12/07/10 08:12 PM

Mike

Good to see you had a good time.

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Re: Northern Pike [Re: NitroX]
      #164491 - 19/07/10 02:15 AM

Dan, thanks for posting these photos for me.


Those look real yummy Mike!!!


First trophy of the trip - 41". The fish are only handled by the guides so as to minimize stress and damage to the fish. All fishing is catch and release except for those used for shore lunches, and barbless hooks must be used.


A 41 1/2" trophy.


Another 41" Northern Pike.


The business end of a trophy northern.



44 1/2 inches long and 32 pounds. What a hog!


The biggest pike of the trip - 45 inches. A pike this big from these waters is estimated to be close to 45-50 years old due to the cold waters and slow growth.


A view of the main lodge from the dock. It has satelite tv, satelite phone, and wireless internet is available throughout camp. The boats on the main lake are custom fitted 18 1/2', equipped with cushion ride pedistal seats, depth/fish finders, life preservers, and 40 HP Yamaha engines. There are 6 lakes that you can portage to from the main lake. The portage lakes have 16 foot boats on them with 25 HP engines. All of the lakes have excellent Northern Pike, and Walleye fishing, and one of them also has Lake Trout that average 7 - 10 pounds. The owners of the lodge limit the number of guests to a maximum of 18 at a time. The first four days in camp only had 6 guests, and the next four days had 9, including the owner's parents who came up to visit.


An hour and a half flight from Flin-Flon Manitoba on this Turbo Otter brought us to camp.


Home, sweet home. Each cabin has beds with pillows, sheets, blankets, wall to wall carpeting, hot & cold running water, shower, flush toilet,living room with a wood burning stove, a mud room, full size refrigerator so you don't have to run over to the main lodge every time you want a cold beer or soda, ceiling fans in all rooms, electric heat, 24 hr electricity provided by a generator that I never heard, and a great view of the lake from the front porch and living room window. www.flypike.com

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Re: Northern Pike [Re: 500grains]
      #164502 - 19/07/10 07:54 AM

So how does a 50 year old pike taste? I am guessing not so good. There are some Lake Trout here in Utah that are 40+ years old and they taste like moss.

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      #164510 - 19/07/10 09:23 AM

For the shore lunches we only kept a couple of Walleye between 18 and 20 inches, and 1 Northern around 24 to 26 inches or so. The Walley were filleted as were the Northerns (with those pesky Y bones removed). Both fish tasted great. I actually preferred the Northerns over the Walley. They tasted similar, but the Northerns gave a thicker fillet. The shore lunches consisted of fried fish fillets, thinly sliced fried potatoes and onions, baked beans and corn, accompanied by a nice chilled Chardonet: all lovingly prepared over an open fire by the guide. Some days for a change of pace the guide baked the fish, potatoes and onions in aluminum foil. A gourmand couldn't have eaten finer.

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Re: Northern Pike [Re: mikeh416Rigby]
      #164518 - 19/07/10 12:30 PM

Sounds excellent.

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Re: Northern Pike [Re: mikeh416Rigby]
      #164546 - 19/07/10 08:22 PM

Mike

I see you say it is catch and release only. Can you take one to have mounted?

Some of those fish would look cool on the wall.

The description of your lunch has made me hungry and it is now dinner time ....

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Re: Northern Pike [Re: NitroX]
      #164583 - 20/07/10 04:26 AM

John-None for the wall. However, today most any taxidermist can have a fiberglass replica made of the catch. All they need is a photo, length, girth, and approximate weight. All the ones I've seen have looked great.

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