my 1st tiger

[johnnywalleye]

fished from 6am till 11 am[too much boat traffic]caught 1 tiger and had 2 follows in 4 -10 fow...this may turn into a once a month event....the pike hit like a train and fought like one tooo. fish took a meeps #5 orange spinner and inhaled it deeply..cut my fingers good trin to open its mouth so i could get the pliers in so i could get the lure out of the jaws of death!!!took along while to revive fish[10+mins]but it swam off under its own power to fight another day...and so long 4 now;john

10lbs 35in

[old man]

nice one. you need to get a set of jaw spreaders. they're about 3 bucks but worth a lot more when you need them.

[NitroMusky]

nice pike. good to see some decent sized ones in there. i was thinking the same about the jaw spreaders. mine saw their first use last weekend...trolling hits don't seem to be as deep a bite usually.

where were you fishing most- north or south end? pic looks like just south of the east side campground...

congrats.

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[fishbear]

Johnny, was this in the Seneca River?

[earltwitty]

wow

[johnnywalleye]

the fish was caught in cross lake..no fishin the river way too much boat traffic for me..and as for the jaw spreaders....that will be my next purchase at bps...and so long 4 now;john

[zach]

nitro- where is your cross lake/ state ditch pics? we all see whats in their now with this nice picture- you have no excuses anymore.

[Riley]

nice job on releasing that beauty

[NitroMusky]

nitro- where is your cross lake/ state ditch pics?

yeah seeing that beaut makes me realize I gotta get back out there with the rod in hand. haven't been since the opener and vacation on the cape coming so no fishing for a few more weeks... speaking of, I'm sure you must be itching to get your 'golden lure' back from me by now...I leave saturday...lmk

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[solgrande]

Hey john...as for those spreaders...Buy 2 sets and cut the ends off the one and use electrical tape to bound them together.Tape each end ,1/2 way down and wrap some through the coiled end.Wrap the tape tight to keep them together.These are much stronger than a single pair and will get that mouth open and keep it open!!!

Sol

[johnnywalleye]

slogrande; thanxs for the tip!!!!!