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| On our last trip to LOTW, one of our group members' daughter-in-law had a VERY large fish nail a 29" pike as it was being reeled in. Based on the bite marks (not in the shape of an upside down U, but rather covering the width of the fish in perfect parallel lines) he puts the fish at... let's just say BIG.
In order to do a more thorough comparison/ratio of bite length to total length he'd like pictures of people with fish who have a recorded length (or a very good guesstimation) and matching bite marks - maybe from a fish that took a sucker?
You could post them here or email them to me: [email protected] |
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It would be pretty hard to have any correlation between bite mark size and fish size.
For one, fish of the same length can have very different head sizes.
Also you have no idea if the marks indicate the widest part of the fishes mouth or not.
Anyway, it's interesting stuff.
I was fishing out of Minaki several years ago with Will Hardy. I caught a pike that had been biten previously by a large fish. The fish had matching teeth marks on both sides of it's body. The width of the marks was 7 inches at the widest point.
Obviously a big fish nailed that one!
John
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Location: Appleton, WI | Here's a some pics of a whitefish that my brother Travis found just recently. I guess the whitefish was 26". Pretty cool stuff!!!
Whoops I deleted the pictures because I didn't realize he posted them already. I had a mid forty incher take a quick striked pike on that was about 24" or so this past June. Never would have thought about doing it if it wasn't for a good friend of mine. I think Mr. Grass knows who he is/ ha, ha,ha. I have a whole new appreciation for big baits now.
catch ya later,
Krappie
Edited by Krappie 8/8/2007 7:22 PM
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | There was a Pike caught on Wabigoon during the PWT with straight 9" wide perfect patterned teeth marks. A dentist caught it, and was VERY impressed. |
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