New Hampshire LT record.... 37.65 lbs !!

[salmoseine]

Through the ice....  

[Trouthunter]

Wow that is very impressive

 

Edited March 2, 2020 by Trouthunter

[GAMBLER]

Big laker but why does it look like it’s been dead for days?


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[Gill-T]

How did he get that thru the ice???  I know they are slimy but they must have had to carefully expand the hole exponentially.  

[Gator]

I heard that if it wasn't caught on a Gambler Rig, that's grounds for disqualification

[fisherdude]

Is there a new Gambler spin and glow that works on dying decaying fish ????????

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[fisherdude]

Or is this what the coronavirus looks like in a lake trout....

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[fishfearme]

10 hours ago, GAMBLER said:

Big laker but why does it look like it’s been dead for days?


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You would look like that if you were 80 years old.

 

[spoonfed-1]

They packed it in snow, waited for the state official to show up then took to a place w/a certified scale (maxed out their 30 lb scale), then brought it another certified scale w/higher max capacity to get an official weight.  Color fades rapidly after fish die.

This is what it looked like when it was 1st caught.

 

 

[Frogger]

And then there was that...…….

[Iceman]

seine;

 

Big mud chicken for sure!

 

John

[Reel Doc]

9 hours ago, Gill-T said:

How did he get that thru the ice???  I know they are slimy but they must have had to carefully expand the hole exponentially.  

I agree but maybe they worked a larger opening in the ice.  When I was a kid I ice fished with family on Lake Memphremagog in Northern Vermont. They would have a long rectangular opening in the ice along 2 sides of the shanty so 2-3 people could fish on both sides.  Main Target was perch and smelt but when a trout, salmon or pike got on you had a chance to bring it up.  Toughest part I remember was they would scoot back and forth across the bottom of the opening and get off as the ice was 2-3 feet thick.

[Frogger]

Well , I guess if you can pull this monster through a 8-10 inch hole that Laker was a breeze.....

https://youtu.be/zI0kQ7VYEFY

[Reel Doc]

15 minutes ago, Frogger said:

Well , I guess if you can pull this monster through a 8-10 inch hole that Laker was a breeze.....

https://youtu.be/zI0kQ7VYEFY

That's incredible!!  Thanks for sharing

[GAMBLER]

The 34 we caught in 2012 was kept on ice all day the day we caught it for the Orleans County Rotary Derby awards ceremony, frozen for a couple weeks and thawed for the LOC awards ceremony and still looked fresh. Hopefully it will not be a nightmare for the taxidermist. If they dry out, it makes for a tougher job for the taxidermist.


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[Lucky13]

The article says the fish had a 27" girth.  If he used a 10" blade, the circumference ( distance around the hole or girth) would be 3.14 (pi)*d(10") =31.4".  It was probably dicey getting his head into the hole , looks like they had some kind of gaff, but no need to risk cutting the line enlarging the hole. 

[nhjim]

they drilled 3 holes connecting.