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| This a.m. I caught a bonus 32" pike while muskie fishing and used it to practice a self-portrait. (Obviously from the startled look on my face I need more practice.) I decided to keep the pike for a family fish fry so, in the name of science my boys and I did a little dissecting to reveal how incredibly tiny the esox brain really is. The attached pic shows me with the pike and an inset pic of the entire brain from this pike using a dime for comparison. I don't know about you, but it kind-of makes me feel pretty stupid for not being able to figure these things out most of the time. WOW!
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Location: Lake "y" cause lake"x" got over fished | not nearly as smart as we give them credit for |
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Location: oswego, il | For having such a small brain I bet slamr has never pulled one of their posts......... |
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| a 50"ers brain is about the size of a quarter |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | put that on a hook and i bet you catch another one …
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| They're pretty dumb. Anything that's going to eat a lure that looks, sounds, and moves NOTHING like it's normal food source can't be all that smart.
That doesn't say much for us out there trying (and often failing) to catch the #*^@ things. |
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| Doug Johnson says -- "if it moves, its food" |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | Hyena Musky ... |
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| Looks bigger than my bosses brain. |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | muskyrat - 7/3/2014 9:29 PM
Looks bigger than my bosses brain.
Or some of these " Younger Engineers" that I gota Deal with these days....Sheesh !
I think most of them just PARTIED thru collage on their Parents Money.... Dumber than a Box of Rocks and NO common sense..... |
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Location: SE Wisconsin | Looks like good zombie musky bait |
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| Keep all the hammerhandles you want, but release the bigger fish over 30" please! There are probably more 50" muskies than there are 40" pike, because all the pike get eaten once they hit 28 or 30 inches. I wish the same C&R ethic was applied to northerns as it is to muskie. A big pike is just as worthy of a fish as a muskie is. |
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| ---- the engineers went to college ---- |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | And PETA would led you to believe that not only does that brain able to function that fish, but also have the mass to also process pain........... |
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Location: NorthCentral WI | muskyrat - 7/3/2014 9:29 PM
Looks bigger than my bosses brain.
Like. |
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