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2010 - 2011
Contest Winner
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Josh Kitt
josh_kitt@yahoo.com
Marinette, WI
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| Species: |
Northern Pike |
| Length: |
42" |
| Method: |
Spear |
| Bait: |
home made perch decoy |
| Catch
Location: |
Little Bay De Noc |
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Story: |
I took my 25 year old son up to Bay
De Noc for a day of spearing. He is 25 yrs. old and
has been spearing since he was 10 yrs. old, but he
has never seen anything over 30". We were going to
sit in a friend's shack, but upon arriving we found
out he had his twin shack there with a different
lock on it than I had a key for. I called him, and
he apologized and told me to cut the lock off. I
told him I couldn't do that, but luckily I had
thrown my tent in "just in case". We decided to go
to my old "honey hole" instead, and were soon cut in
a mere 45 minutes later than originally hoped. My
son has never speared deep water before and lost a
30" fish earlier in the morning that was speared in
the tail. He was feeling pretty badly about wounding
a fish. I explained that it was tough spearing in
deep water (he had never been in this area before),
and with only 1 tine in it, the fish would probably
be fine. We saw 2 more smaller fish after that and
were thrilled when one of them bit the decoy twice.
A little while later, this behemoth came out of
nowhere and slammed the decoy - scaring us both. The
fish took off and was under the ice when my son
threw. I thought he missed him, but soon I heard
Josh begin to hyper-ventilate, and begin saying "oh,
my God, oh, my God". Before I could say, don't pull
her in, I'll get the gaff, he pulled her inside the
shanty. Now we're struggling with a huge fish, 2
adults, and a dog cramped inside a tent. I grabbed
the fish's snout while my son tried to open the
tent. Soon he got it open and started pulling the
fish out, and dragging me with it. I looked down and
saw that in his excitement he had also speared my
pants leg. I yelled to wait, until I could get the
now-struggling fish off my leg. Soon we were able to
grab our composure and get the fish out of the tent.
We acted like a couple of "Dumb and Dumbers" hugging
each other and knocking ourselves to the ice.
Finally a fishermen came over laughing. "I had to
see what all the fuss was about", was all he could
say. He took our picture, and congratulated us. We
packed up, stopped for a quick toast, and drove
immediately to the taxidermist. It was one of the
greatest "Father/Son Moments" anyone could ever
have! (Submitted by Josh's Dad). |
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