Northern
By marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
United States
June 29, 2016 9:18am CST
This fish is a Northern Pike that was caught by a fellow fisherman the last time I went fishing.
They have powrful jaws and needle sharp teeth you want to use needle nose pliers when taking them off the line.
White, yellow, and chartreuse are great pike lure colors, probably because they resemble the belly of a struggling fish.
Jerk bait is good to use for bait as are daredevils.
They like to hide in deep water and heavily weeded areas, they will attack walleye or large mouth bass.
I found online that Lothar Louis caught a northern pike in the Lake of Greferrn in Germany on October 16th, 1986 that weighed 25 kg (55 lbs. 1 oz.)
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
29 Jun 16
There are quite a few of these to be nabbed when fishing in some of the lakes and ponds in our area. We have caught one or two.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
30 Jun 16
@ElusiveButterfly
okay so do we most of the time.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
30 Jun 16
@ElusiveButterfly
Do you use a different bait for them where you are?
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
29 Jun 16
Wow thats a huge pike Marcy.
I once swam in a lake in the North of England and did not realize there were pike in there.
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
29 Jun 16
@TiarasOceanView
Hi friend, yep it is a large pike. Glad they didn't latch onto you when you were swimming in that lake.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
29 Jun 16
@Marcyaz I am too, I was only 17 and had no idea lolz
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
30 Jun 16
@TiarasOceanView
They have really sharp teeth and latch on. lol Good you were not caught by one.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
30 Jun 16
I used to go pike fishing with dad in Minnesota once a year
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
30 Jun 16
@Jessicalynnt
Did you or your dad ever catch a really big pike?
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
2 Jul 16
@Jessicalynnt
He probably did and it is hard to remember how big they were.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
1 Jul 16
@Marcyaz I think dad did, I caught fish but dont remember them being that big
@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
29 Jun 16
Is it like those "monster fish" as seen on TV?
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
2 Jul 16
@Tampa_girl
yep a really big, big fish one of the biggest I had seen around.
