I love how this board allows one post to be big, but the rest of the posts are back to normal size.
That is the biggest pike I've ever seen. I'm not a pike guy, and not just because of the bones. It just isn't my taste. Were there trout in that lake? Mmmm, trout...
So out of the ~220 fish you caught, how many made their way into your freezer? Sounds to me like you could have recouped the cost of the trip, in fish.
One more question, did they leave you a CB radio or anything else in case of emergency? I doubt I'd get clearance from the woman to go on a trip like that, without some kind of satellite phone or radio. Morse tapper... Morse lamp?