On his only day ice fishing this season on Saturday, Mark Kawa caught 37.25-inch northern pike (“gator”) from Mazonia.
“Came on a large shiner setup on a Finicky Fooler,” he emailed. “Ice was 3.5 to 4.5 inches, but some areas much thinner due to geese. One day on the ice and a trophy pike for Illinois, can’t beat it! Couldn’t have done it without my buddy [Mark “Ike” Eichelkraut] and his daughter Jilly.”
