 there she goes fight another day dude unbelievable that's the best day of ice fishing i've ever had by far that was awesome give me a hand if you can get him started holy crap that's long that's a yard stick that's a nice fish yeah he's not as fat as no he's not as fat but he is long yeah wow i knew he was a pretty good fish that's a damn good fish he looks freaking about 40 i know it's good because he's so skinny nice fish all right matt with a 10 pounder first double digit of the day that's awesome how was the fight oh he fought like crazy i was really surprised when i grabbed the line and he just kept taking it out of my hand yeah you were on him for a while beautiful fish 10 won you hit him close they fight pretty good oh no he's just stopping that stops a good thing stop is usually a good thing it's heavy i like the sound of that he made a wicked run he might have a lot of weeds on him too now he's getting lighter oh my god it's a giant it's a big one it's a big one it's bigger than it he's bigger than your last one yeah he's got some girl he's pissed do you see the side of him he's this wide he's he's wide it's a good one i'll give you a hand on this one oh get that no that's all right that's what we're here for if you get his head started all right he started go then go he's a fighter i'm being careful of him too i think he's over 10 yeah all right he's over 10 yeah bigger than the last one yeah much bigger actually there we go you got him that's a giant that's a giant no you're good look at the size of this fish what a fight he sure is look at this look at how broad that one is healthy healthy nice fish what a gorgeous fish 12 5 the elusive 12 pound club now not many 12s out here they're getting bigger yeah they are we're you're definitely working in the right direction big old giant pike look at that what kind of fight did he give you more than the last one too unbelievable 34 inches 12 pounds five ounces yeah crazy beautiful fish look how thick he is through the back look at that look at that he's a full grip i mean you can't get two hands around them could you get two around them barely let's let him go back oh wow what a beautiful fish back good job landing him oh wow he put up quite a fight he sure did it's amazing how much they fight come on buddy bigger than the i think maybe still got to see the rest of the fight yeah 39 inches 14 pounds 12 ounces personal best really ice personal best new personal best what a fight best fight i've ever seen ice fishing yeah yeah that's the best that's the best fish i've ever you know ice fishing best fight i've ever had yeah that's what a fish let's get him back in sure look at all this grass in line what a beautiful fish yeah i mean it's just incredible main has got some incredible pike fishing doesn't it yeah if you think you know i've been ice fishing for 40 years there's nothing like pike fishing i don't know what he's going to be in another fight yeah i mean really yeah probably 25 maybe more incredible that unreal that gets a high five yeah i know what a day getting bigger i'm pulling almost as hard as i can i hope he's giant that was what we like to see he's got all your line back a certain point i could move him do you get a look at him nope he's heavy he's heavy heavy he's looking at the water moving from when he turned no he's big i'm gonna need help oh yeah oh man do you see him big big i can't get his head i'm gonna say probably 17 really yes maybe get him i couldn't get his head started look how big he is come on up that's oh my god no no i gotta let him go let him go let him go i'd say that's probably what 18 17 18 i didn't see his body but he's got a head of a it's over 10 let's just say that if his guts as big as i think it was yeah i think it is because it i got my hand in there one time but he started doing that thrashing yeah i'm gonna double you know i'm gonna double grab him next time he came up nice that time there he is reverse oh that's a giant look at the size of this fish now that's a big pike that's what you fish for right there what a toad oh man that's a he fought too he just heavy i told you he was heavy that is not as long but he's as wide as anything we've caught that's gonna surprise you that's a big fish that's the biggest pike you've ever caught oh by far not even close yeah i got i mean look look my hands i'm about nine inches from my he's nine inches wide 39 17 18 nice it's big look at the size of that fish 18 it's not gonna lock for you but it's 18 14 18 14 a lot wow so almost 19 pounds well it took about 10 minutes to get it in i i grabbed the line and you know you can really feel how heavy the fish is when you grab it and you know wow i mean just the sheer size of this fish is incredible i mean 39 inches 18 pounds almost 19 almost 19 pounds yeah look how fat he is he's nine and a half inches through him this is what you like fish for right here this is what you fish for anything so you've had an amazing day beyond amazing 11 12 14 19 i don't think i don't know how it gets any better that's 57 56 pounds of pike you've caught today in four fish and what a fight i mean fight of a lifetime you did an excellent job playing him yeah he really he wanted to go you know i'm only using 30 pound test and you know you gotta let him go and they want to go hey it's incredible i've never caught a fish this big ever size of salt water i mean this is what you ice fish for right here this is main ice fishing premier fish of main well someday we'll catch it and it'll be 25 you're not kidding that's a 10 inch hole barely it's up through a 10 inch hole barely there she goes fight another day dude unbelievable that's the best day of ice fishing i've ever had by far anything not just the size but you know the fight the fight that these fish put up is incredible