thats sad that all those fish were killed out of the great lakes...i wish you had known because that thing would have gotten you a big reward...i believe that you caught one though
Blue pike(waleye sp.) not extinct!!! read this!
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Uhh yeah you would of gotten a large reward if it was what you said (which i doubt, but it is not to say it is not possible)...lol if it is its like losing a lotto ticket.
I would have taken him home and thrown him in an aquarium. WHats the worse that can happen? He lives!
I'd then probably call NANFA an dhave them come look at it. Maybe with things like Stem Cell Research, they can clone more blue pikes and other possibly endangered species and help regain their population in hatcheries and then release them.
This is just a magical thought...Im not sure if anyone else dreams like I do but whatever.
I'd then probably call NANFA an dhave them come look at it. Maybe with things like Stem Cell Research, they can clone more blue pikes and other possibly endangered species and help regain their population in hatcheries and then release them.
This is just a magical thought...Im not sure if anyone else dreams like I do but whatever.
Its possible.. but I don't think its a blue pike. I have caught plenty of walleye with the blueish tint along with the regular old dark green tint. We ran into a school of all "blue walleye" when I was a kid in the early 1990's. Most were small around 16-20 inches. My dad and my uncle let them go just incase they were truely the blue pike. Let me tell you these sure did look like it I remember them being GREY! I talked to a commercial fisherman a while back and he said he caught them long after they were considered extinct. He said he caught big females.(no males) into the late 1980's to early 1990's. He has not caught any since. I think they are extinct in Lake Erie because of ddt, but even today when I catch a blueish gray walleye I am still skeptical. Blue pike were small, a monster being 20-24 inches. I talked to my grandpa about when he used to catch them, he said they had a bigger eye and if you do catch one you'll know right away its not a walleye even if you have never seen a blue pike. He said they used to be more common to catch than the walleye in presquile bay years ago! They used to always school by the street light at night. I would like to still believe they are around in some of the more remote lakes of canada if it was ddt that was the cause of their extinction maybe they weren't effected. Others say they went when the mayfly numbers dropped, but if that were the case why would a commercial fisherman have caught them in the 1990's? and I believe this guy he knows his fish!!! He is the last commercial fisherman in erie, pa and his family used to catch blue pike back in their hayday.kafiltafiisch;1569661; said:Alright so last summer I was fishing out on lake erie for walleye alot and caught a grey one so i thought it was just a skin color...Until now i just found out that theres a species of walleye called blue pike marked as extinct (check the nanfa checklist). Unfortunatley I had forgotten my camera. If anyone believes me or just wants to laugh feel free too i dont care i know what happened! Sander vitreus glaucus IS ALIVE JUST LIKE TUPAC!!
I hope we can bring then back someday! Only time will tell!
