Biggest pike of my life today

44.5" and thicker than January molasses

That's a monster! Nice job!

WOW!

Crazy cool

Cool! Beautiful fish!

That one has been eating good.

Dang son ! That's a gooden ....

Nice one Hutchy!

Wow...
Gooden...

What a hog.!!!

Did you think you had a muskie?

Nice fish!!! I used to fish in Quebec for them. My biggest was on fly rod.....jk

good vittles there !

That's a lotta pike

Winter pike have so much more contrast than the summer ones ... A beautiful fish for sure.

Very nice, thanks for sharing the photo.

Awesome catch, really enjoy your fishing posts. Eric

fish fry at Hutchy"s!

Nice one.

Wow very good one. Never had anything over 40.

Dandy. Did ya slip her back in the hole?

Holy cow!

Heck of a pike weight estimate?

That’s a great picture! Love that big smile!

That is a beautiful slough shark. That would be a wall hanger. Thanks for sharing.

Congrats Nice one!

Good one did you catch it on one of you're own lures?

Very nice.

Yes indeed!

No, this was on a 3.5" savage gear goby tube

26-27 lb is my guess

Kill it so it cant eat small walleyes

That’s a perfect eater!

I would have never guessed I could compete with any of Hutchy's best fish catches, particularly, pike. I caught this 48" dink in the Missouri river on the NE/SD border in March, back in about 2000-2001, I think. That's a dandy Hutchy! I caught mine on a Johnson's Silver minnow spoon with a 4" tiger stripe black/chartreuse double tailed twister trailer.

Great fish, congratulations!!

Nice catch!, I would throw that one on the wall and not feel any remorse about it.
I am sure it has reached it's spawning potential,.put it on the wall and favor that day! Great catch!

THat's a wide load right there Hutchy.

Great fish, great picture. Proud of you for letting it go.

Beautiful !! Congrats !!

Awesome!!!

that's, a good one, thanks for sharing

Hutchy, you should make some jigging plugs for ice fishing. I made a few and they work good. I made them along the lines of a Salmo Chubby Darter. I made mine 3-5 inches long I drilled the body and poured lead in them to make them sink. I ran a single treble hook in about the center of the bottom. Down 10-12 feet they swim a 4-6 foot oval. With the plug you make it would be a piece of cake for you. Mine have no fins of any sort, just a wood body. They all swam good.
Nice fish.

Nice going I am not a fisherman but I would be thrilled to hook on to some thing like that

Monster! Beautiful fish too. Congratulations.

That sure is a dandy! For most folks, a one in a lifetime!

ya thats a good one,looks like you are havin some fun. thats good.