| On a recent fishing trip into northern Manitoba Canada, | | | | was 48″. It was a giant Northern. After another |
| the question of what size of fishing lures to use came | | | | run we got the fish close and then, it just let go. Oh |
| up. The lake was a trophy Northern Pike lake but it | | | | well the big one got away, but my boat partner still had |
| was also full of walleyes. After a long day of casting | | | | a walleye on. We landed the walleye and it measured |
| for Northerns, we decided to fish for walleyes in the | | | | 17″. Nice fish! |
| evening to give our arms a little rest. | | | | We knew that when the Northern was making it's runs |
| After catching numerous walleyes my boat partner | | | | it had the walleye but yet we never saw the walleye. |
| has yet another one on and then the "big one" hit. A | | | | It had swallowed the walleye all of the way down. The |
| large Northern Pike had swallowed his walleye. After | | | | Northern pike was never hooked, he just wanted a |
| playing the fish for a while I put the cradle in the water | | | | meal. |
| and he tried to guide it in. We got close but he wanted | | | | Most lures that even look big or Northern Pike or |
| no part of that and made another run. While the | | | | Muskies are 12" or so and go down from there. So |
| Northern was next to the cradle we noticed that the | | | | when is a fishing lure too big? 17 inches? I don't think |
| Northern Pike was longer than the cradle. The cradle | | | | so! |