Giant Smallie 2024
Smokinal reply :
No, it's not me. I catch fish like this only in my dreams...
edit: I just looked up Wisconsin's record and it's 9-1! Did they blow a shot at the record?
Sorry if repost
slonezp reply :
He caught that last spring. If you're nice to me I will tell you what lake he is on
00 mod reply :
This is actually a buddy of mine. There are a lot of skeptics out there but I tell you this guy is honest. He currently holds the world length record for brown trout as well. His name is Eric Haataja. I am going up to fish brown trout with him in 2 weeks!
Jeff
kickerfish1 reply :
Seems like a good guy to boot. Congrats on the catch, heckuva fish!
Fisher-O-men reply :
Crazy that he still uses that dinosaur of a scale!
Redlinerobert reply :
swamp donkey.
slonezp reply :
On 2/27/2015 at 12:06 PM, Fisher-O-men said:Crazy that he still uses that dinosaur of a scale!
They claim spring scales are more accurate than digital
fishinfiend reply :
dang
Trenton reply :
On 2/27/2015 at 7:36 PM, slonezp said:They claim spring scales are more accurate than digital
As long as you take care of the springs they are
scrutch reply :
ok Slonezp, AHEM, MISTER COOL SLONEZP, The greatest fisherman I've never met... What lake was he on?
Fisher-O-men reply :
On 2/27/2015 at 7:36 PM, slonezp said:They claim spring scales are more accurate than digital
It is hard to tell which line the thing is on, much less figuring what each line represents... I went to public school!
slonezp reply :
We've only met in your dreams lol. Pewaukee lake in SE WisconsinOn 2/27/2015 at 11:40 PM, scrutch said:ok Slonezp, AHEM, MISTER COOL SLONEZP, The greatest fisherman I've never met... What lake was he on?
Steveo-1969 reply :
Wow, what a giant!! I wish Eric Haataja was still on North American Fisherman. You could tell he is a great fisherman and was really good at explaining things. Tyler Kapela is good too but he's primarily a salt water fisherman. Nothing against it, I just live too far from the ocean.
Chad L reply :
I would have got a length and girth on that had a fiberglass replica made if I caught it. What a beast.
papajoe222 reply :
I could see a fish like that being caught at some remote lake, but at a lake that close to a major city? Wow
Mothercanucker reply :
What dreams are made of. So glad when I saw they released it. I went out and bought 5 packs of havoc Sick Fish because of this footage. lol
*Hank reply :
wow thats huge!
ibobpeb reply :
That lake is my backyard! And I know Eric too. Good dude. I actually got into salmon fishing because of him about 5 years ago.
frantzracing0 reply :
I have watched this video a thousand times over, still gets me flustered every time. What a dream fish. Nothing compares to fishing smallies, my largest is 5lb 7oz. I couldnt imagine a 9+ fish
What a stand up guy it seems too. He was quick to get that fish back in the water unharmed.
Big Al23 reply :
Caught some 5+ lber's in VT but that one is incredible!
J Francho reply :
On 2/27/2015 at 12:06 PM, Fisher-O-men said:Crazy that he still uses that dinosaur of a scale!
That is a Chatillon, probably more accurate than what 99% of guys are using. There was a time when they were all the IGFA would accept.
Fisher-O-men reply :
On 4/7/2015 at 9:56 PM, J Francho said:That is a Chatillon, probably more accurate than what 99% of guys are using. There was a time when they were all the IGFA would accept.
So you guess what is between the little marks??? You said "are" using as in presently? So the IGFA accepts "'bout 8 and a half" ?
J Francho reply :
They are accurate within 2 oz. mine was marked in 2 oz. increments. You probably can't see them on the video. Accounting for parallex, if it falls between the the 2nd and third hash marks, then you read it as 4 oz. No need to estimate anything.
And btw, don't confuse RESOLUTION with ACCURACY. They are mutually exclusive though often misunderstood. Just because something measures mass down to the atom doesn't necessarily mean it's accurate to the ounce.
Team9nine reply :
No doubt that is a Chatillon IN Series brass scale...and yes, they are IGFA certifiable and very accurate. A couple points need to be clarified though from the video.
The scale they are using is either the IN30 (lb.) or the IN50 (lb.) scale. Both have accuracy to 1/2 pound (8 oz.). There are no hidden or missing hashmarks. Makes sense since they are up north and probably use it for weighing pike, musky or giant walleye, too. They would need the larger capacity.
From the video, and they give a pretty good, level close-up shot of the weight, they appear to have read the scale wrong. The correct weight should be 8.5 pounds, not "over 9." The proper way to read these scales is to use the very top edge/lip of the brass "indicator" as the actual weight/reading. If the indicator meets or exceeds a hash mark, but doesn't make the next mark, then the lowest mark met or exceeded is the proper weight. In this case. It appears to pretty much nail the 8.5 lb. mark almost exactly. So my opinion based on the video is that this was "only" an 8.5 lb smallie - still one h*!! of a fish.
I personally use a certified Chatillon IN-12 model which is accurate to within 2 oz. There is one model between that model and the one they are using, which is an IN15, accurate to within a quarter pound (4 oz). They also make smaller panfish models (IN2, IN4, IN6) accurate to within 1 ounce.
-T9
J Francho reply :
Thank you T9 - I guess mine is a IN12 too then. Haven't looked at it in 6 months. Hard to see the video on my phone.
Team9nine reply :
On 4/8/2015 at 4:05 AM, J Francho said:Thank you T9 - I guess mine is a IN12 too then. Haven't looked at it in 6 months. Hard to see the video on my phone.
The 2-oz resolution is exactly why I bought the IN12. In Indiana, I'm never going to catch a bass or walleye bigger than 12 pounds anyway. They do make an IN10 version, but it was only accurate to 4 oz., so that was another reason why I went with the IN12 instead.
-T9
J Francho reply :
I got mine so long ago, I don't remember the details. I used to get weights and measures from two counties to certify it.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 2/27/2015 at 10:30 AM, 00 mod said:This is actually a buddy of mine. There are a lot of skeptics out there but I tell you this guy is honest. He currently holds the world length record for brown trout as well. His name is Eric Haataja. I am going up to fish brown trout with him in 2 weeks!
Jeff
The IGFA length record is silly. They just want to sell their $50 "official measuring device" that the fish has to be photographed on to be accepted. Sebile has a "hype video" featuring Patrick Sebile catching a length record bass and says that he had been hunting the bass for "years and years!" It was a 24" bass, I have caught one that size here in VA, and not to discredit a fish that size, but on Okeechobee where he caught it, I doubt that fish would even get a second look from anglers who fish there.
Eric's videos on youtube are awesome, he's a no-nonsense guy and flat out catches fish. Some of the browns they catch in Milwaukee are insanely large. More like all of the browns they catch.
slonezp reply :
On 4/14/2015 at 11:21 AM, everythingthatswims said:The IGFA length record is silly. They just want to sell their $50 "official measuring device" that the fish has to be photographed on to be accepted. Sebile has a "hype video" featuring Patrick Sebile catching a length record bass and says that he had been hunting the bass for "years and years!" It was a 24" bass, I have caught one that size here in VA, and not to discredit a fish that size, but on Okeechobee where he caught it, I doubt that fish would even get a second look from anglers who fish there.
Eric's videos on youtube are awesome, he's a no-nonsense guy and flat out catches fish. Some of the browns they catch in Milwaukee are insanely large. More like all of the browns they catch.
Those browns are in the harbors from just before ice up until immediately after ice out. There are a lot of lake trout accidently caught while brown fishing. The lakers have a regulated season, the browns do not.
00 mod reply :
I have been up and fished with Eric a couple times for the big browns. It is a blast, but more like social fishing, since it is through the ice. Caught my 2 biggest browns that way though!
Jeff
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