pike pix

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Came across these pics of a very impressive pike, all i know it was caught in holland.
had to show this fish off here as its a real beast :eek:

hefty pike 2.jpg

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Sorry lads but please read title again:eek:
Pike pix - Meaning picture of a pike - Esox lucius.;)
 
Found this.Maybe this is it.


Northern Pike
Esox Lucieus



Length: 18 to 30 inches
Weight: 20 ounces to 8 pounds
Coloring: dark shades green, through olive green to brown on back and upper sides; lighter on lower sides; cream to milk-white on underside
Common Names: pike, great northern pike, jack, pickerel
Found in Lakes: Michigan, Huron, Ontario, Erie and Superior
This long, jut-jawed fish has an image problem. In some regions of Lake Superior, fishermen prize it as a tough and worthy game fish. In other areas, they disdain it as a "slimy snake" and a destroyer of worthier fish.

Without a doubt, the northern pike is a voracious predator -- consuming three to four times its weight during the course of a year. Besides smaller fish, its diet includes frogs, crayfish, small mammals, and birds -- almost anything within range.

Northern pike inhabit protected, weedy bays. After the spring ice melts, they move further into the shallows and marshes to spawn. They retreat to deep, cool waters in summer.

They are usually taken by trolling, though in the heat of summer still-fishing in deeper waters near weed beds is recommended. Unlike the muskellunge, which often breaks the surface in its struggle with the angler, the lean, muscular northern pike fights the hook in deep water. It's not as flashy as the leaping muskie, but just as strong.

Fishermen who land a "northern" harvest a fish of exceptional flavor and texture -- provided the skin is carefully removed before cooking. In the 17th century, Izaak Walton gave a recipe for roast stuffed pike that called for sweet marjoram, pickled oysters, mace, claret wine and anchovies. The result, he claimed, was "too good for any but anglers and honest men."
 
Sorry, I was looking while you were posting.I read the title.But some times people call any elongated fish a pike.I'm not familiar with Esox so I was just trying to figure out exactly what it was.BTW, killer pics!:D
 
cburkhart78;528139; said:
Sorry, I was looking while you were posting.I read the title.But some times people call any elongated fish a pike.I'm not familiar with Esox so I was just trying to figure out exactly what it was.BTW, killer pics!:D

No problem mate, good to see you done some research, some people want everything handed to them;)
 
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