New River Trash Fish

[New River Rat]

Got out today chasing winter smallmouth, but wound up with this instead, Caught it on a Med-light/Fast action rod a friend built on a Jig and pig another friend poured.

 

[shamoo]

Congrats, what a surprise eigh?:shock: That my friend is a beauty.

 

[Fishin-joe]

Beautiful fish and great picture. Must have been a good fight.

 

[lovedr79]

Nice! I have gone after that elusive fish to no avail.

 

[RiverBottomOutdoors]

Nice catch!

 

[Loggerhead Mike]

Nice!

 

[fish devil]

:twisted: Excellent!!! I'm sure it was a nice suprise.

 

[hengstthomas]

Nice chain! I've caught small ones on ultralights. Fun fish.

Its a nice fish indeed but not a Chain Pickerel

 

[Jim]

hmmmm.......

I am going to have to say its a musky because of the pointed tail???

 

[Captain Ahab]

That is a Muskie


https://www.fish.state.pa.us/pafish/fishhtms/chap11pikes.htm

 

[New River Rat]

Yeah, muskie, and I must be the only person that despises catching these things. I'm a smallie guy and these things are a nuisance.

 

[Jim]

Yeah, muskie, and I must be the only person that despises catching these things. I'm a smallie guy and these things are a nuisance.

:LOL2:

Nice smallie in your avatar! :wink:

 

[New River Rat]

Uh, busted........that was a 47" on 4# Trilene. Felt the need to brag.

 

[GA1dad]

Wow!! I've wanted to catch a musky since I was a lad. Good for you!!!! Closest I've gotten to fishing in 2013 was putting new line on a couple of reels last night.

 

[lovedr79]

indeed a musky, the fish of 10,000 casts.

 

[baseball_guy_99]

indeed a musky, the fish of 10,000 casts.

The lake I grew up on...Kinkaid Lake in Southern Illinois will break that quote to pieces! We catch one every other trip (bass fishing).


I'm with you on the despising them New River Rat. I have lost many a good lures and a lot of time in tournaments because of those things!

 

[Tusker]

That's a beautiful fish! Being a Georgia boy, I'd love to put a hook in one of those.

 

[Jerseydix]

Nice surprise. they definitely can tear up some pretty bass tackle.

 

[New River Rat]

I'm with you on the despising them New River Rat. I have lost many a good lures

I floated my ODC down the river a couple of years back and lost 3 LC Pointers to the bastages.......... :evil:

 

[lovedr79]

They ate very hard to catch in the shenandoah. Everyone catches them or so they say. But won't tell you how to catch them. We spent a whole day trying everything on a restricted part of the river and nothing. The guy who lives on that section said he catches them anytime they have a neighbor hood tourney.