04-10-2006, 03:31 PM
welcome aboard, To bad your trip was cut short. I haven't done the hook in the finger thing in a while (knock on wood). in answer to your question on getting a big fish through the ice. a couple years ago I caught an 8lb rainbow just as he was coming out of the water the hook straightened out back in it went my son really wanting that fish went in to his shoulders and then throwing it out of the hole. Before my next trip I picked up a pair of lip grips all you need is it head up and you can lift it out.
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