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Birdog...

I think your setting your goals a little high for a 30 pounder. What if you see a #20 come through the hole and think it is a #30 and stick it? Will you be disappointed in yourself?

Why don't you sneak into Frazier or twin cities pits right next to you and stick a big pike, I have seen and caught huge pike in those pits fishing for trout. Remember the big pike that was speared in the West side of Chisholm lakes last year, you could spear there!

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Over the last few years I have lost my will to take those huge pike. First off, I have no use for them, I love to smoke pike and pickle them as long as they are under 7 lbs.
I have done my damage to small lakes as far as removing the largest pike in the system.

Spearing doesn't effect the larger systems like Kap, or Burntside as much as it does lakes under a Thousand acres, yet it still takes its toll. I must be getting old, I have no desire to hunch over a hole for hours anymore, I remember how my back felt after a couple of days out spearing.

Do you fish for anything besides Pike? I was in Chisholm this Fall after my field season up here and had the rod with me so I stopped by the fishing pier at Chisholm lakes. It was raining like hell and in an hour I pulled a limit of Walleye's, pretty surprised! I used to fish it in High School and catch them. I had a guy come down thinking I was someone else because I had my mitsubishi with me. Another guy from Chisholm has the same one. He could not believe I had a limit of nice Eye's from there.

Well! Good luck spearing this ice-season, hope you get a #30. Burntside would definitely be my first choice for a monster.

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Thanks for all the tips sounds like you been around the hole a bit. I fish for crappies ,Lakers & Splake through the ice, Hold the State Record Splake as of last Feb.They say it's the 4th largest in the world, & biggest ever taken through the Ice. according to the Mn.D.N.R. and National fishing Hall of Fame. They have me in their record books. Thank You again for your advice!

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Mike....Congrats on your record Splake!

I grew up only 30 minutes from Larson and have fished it for years. I used to enjoy catching nice Rainbows out of there before they started manageing it for Splake. Caught some beautiful fish out there in the last couple of years. I too spear Larson and now know where your big fish have come from.

I was on Tofte the day you and Greg Luoma caught your big Splake. I was impressed when I seen Gregs Splake. The same day I landed an 8-1/2. Must have been one hell of a day for Splake fishing to have two state records caught in one day.

I was sampling in the spring of 2000 with the MNDNR on Larson and we Electro-shocked a 13.879 a new state record. We pulled a few scales, measured it and released it. If that fish has not died of natural mortality(or unnatural mortality) it is the new state record fish just waiting to be caught.

Good Luck with your record, hopefully you can hold onto it for another year. The way the state is manageing Splake in Northern MN, Your record most likely will not hold up for long. Hope it does though. Good Luck!

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HI Bud! I think you have me mistaken with Mike Charon I work with Mike at Hib.Tac.Him and Greg cought them the same day. I think Mike's record was 11.9 A guy from Nashwalk broke his record with one out of Larson 3 weeks later at 12.2 lasted almost 2 years. This is the one I broke last Feb. at 13.5 lbs.I can send you a picture let me know? but then you would know who I am!!!! Hay go check out the Vermillion area forum. and see what the so called pro's had to say.Bunch of nice guys!!!!!

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