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toptech · Joined: 12 Jul 2007 Posts: 322 Location: Vernon

Hit Mansfield Hollow saturday turned up this one 30 inch around 9 pound pike (personal best) and 5 perch that were all very good sized, one was about 15 inches and fat as could be. Everything released healthy to swim and be caught another day. Fished by the island near the 89 bridge. We were in about 9 feet of water. Ice was on average 13 inches thick. Thank god for power augers. Pike was caught on a 4 1/2 inch live shiner about a foot off the bottom.

Just to show how smart pike are...I got this fish to the hole 4 times before i got him through...each time he made about a 15 to 20 foot run. When I pulled him onto the ice his mouth and face were just caked with mud ( the amount of like two man sized handfulls) Im assuming he ran himself into the ground tryin to rub the hook out of his mouth....smart fish! Theres still some mud on the corner of his mouth on his gill plate... Laughing

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slimecoat · Joined: 09 Nov 2007 Posts: 1576 Location: Newington, CT.

Nice job at the Hollow!
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Fish On! · Joined: 24 Dec 2009 Posts: 68 Location: Northeast, CT

Great job, nice fish. I had gone on thurs but had no luck, glad to see somebody pull a pike out of there this season.

toptech · Joined: 12 Jul 2007 Posts: 322 Location: Vernon

i was talkin to the guy that always does the fish surveys on mansfield and he said that a 39 and around a 42 inch fish were caught. From where we we we saw someone pull a pike out that I am assuming was one of those two fish. He also said the big one was around 20lbs.
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Born to Hunt, and Fish · Joined: 02 Jan 2010 Posts: 32

Nice fish! I wanna target those next year

BassGetHooked · Joined: 29 May 2009 Posts: 200 Location: Berlin, CT

very nice, very nice. Cool

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Fish On! · Joined: 24 Dec 2009 Posts: 68 Location: Northeast, CT

Did you come in from 89? I hear there is a spot over there to access the hollow.

next level · Joined: 08 May 2007 Posts: 223 Location: coventry,ct

nice job bro! that was fun! hopefully we can target them one more time this year.

billybass · Joined: 29 Dec 2009 Posts: 315

I went a couple times this winter
and had no results ,,Good for you... nice fish

toptech · Joined: 12 Jul 2007 Posts: 322 Location: Vernon

Fish On....there is access off 89 but we came off the boat launch.

Thanks everyone.
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