my 6" northern pike (esox lucius)
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I don't have a fishing rod, I'd just like to buy one 
Incidentally - would you recommend it? Is it fun to watch out?
How inactive is it compared to a hoplias?
Incidentally - would you recommend it? Is it fun to watch out?
How inactive is it compared to a hoplias?
rumblesushi said:I don't have a fishing rod, I'd just like to buy one
Incidentally - would you recommend it? Is it fun to watch out?
How inactive is it compared to a hoplias?
well... think of it this way... you could always put it back if you found it boring...
hoplias lie on the bottom... pikes generally stay around the middle levels... don't move around much save to stretch and stalk prey. But activity level around the same, pike being slightly more active
I just read a state study done in South Dakota thats said the average weight foe a female northern pike at age 2 was one kilo and at age 3 was 2.25 kilos.
rumblesushi said:I don't have a fishing rod, I'd just like to buy one
Incidentally - would you recommend it? Is it fun to watch out?
How inactive is it compared to a hoplias?
I own a pike, ( called Pikey )
it's about a foot long now, and it's amasing the reaction you get when you tell people or even better show them it.If you own a large catfish or cichlid from the likes of South America a lot of people think that is cool, but I have found that a lot of the BIG fish owners never think of keeping a native BIG fish here in the UK.
Chris.
chris - did you fish for yours or buy it?
It is surprising that you don't find any in the aquarium trade, I mean why not? You'd have thought they'd be easily available being a native fish. Easy to look after predator that doesn't even need a heater.
For example - look how widely available America and Asia's native fish are, gars/arowanas respectively etc etc
I wanna pike
It is surprising that you don't find any in the aquarium trade, I mean why not? You'd have thought they'd be easily available being a native fish. Easy to look after predator that doesn't even need a heater.
For example - look how widely available America and Asia's native fish are, gars/arowanas respectively etc etc
I wanna pike
rumblesushi said:chris - did you fish for yours or buy it?
It is surprising that you don't find any in the aquarium trade, I mean why not? You'd have thought they'd be easily available being a native fish. Easy to look after predator that doesn't even need a heater.
For example - look how widely available America and Asia's native fish are, gars/arowanas respectively etc etc
I wanna pike
i just had mine delivered!
