More Ice fishing talk : wounded brown trout

[Rockfish9]

Last year while fishing lake massabesic in New hampshire I caught this 17" brown trout... as you can see, it took a hit from a large predator... after it happend I posted the picture on another site...I got all kinds of wild suggestion on what the damage was from..every thing from propeller and osprey ( as you can see the wounds are very fresh) to otter..seeing as there was 18" of ice at the time.. it kind of ruled out propellers and osprey..

personaly, I think a large Pike.. as massabesic has been an eploratory stocking lake for New hampshire, and at one time or another has been stocked with every species... otter is a possibility, but I find it hard to believe ANYTHING could escape the vise like grip of a fish eating machine like an otter... not that dont travel, this fish was taken in 20' of water at the edge of the drop off..kind of the same principle we would fish for tuna or cod...