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J-Bird

Posted 2/26/2007 10:55 PM (#241736)
Subject: Very thin 42" Pike, strange?

Posts: 53

This wasa a very thin Pike that was caught up in Canada a few years ago. This fish has a huge head and a very thin body. It looked like it was in good shape, besides being so thin. Does anyone have an guess to why it looked like this? Or why it wasn't eating?

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sworrall

Posted 2/26/2007 11:14 PM (#241737 - in reply to #241736)
Subject: RE: Very thin 42" Pike, strange?

Posts: 32886

Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin

Could be an internal injury, or it could be a very old fish.

woodieb8

Posted 2/27/2007 4:56 AM (#241755 - in reply to #241736)
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the saying goes big head skinny body. poor forage

mikie

Posted 2/27/2007 6:28 AM (#241756 - in reply to #241736)
Subject: Re: Very thin 42" Pike, strange?

Location: Athens, Ohio

That's what I've heard, too; kinda like an eating disorder. Reminds me a lot of Cameron Diaz.
I would have had the head mounted on a plaque and claimed he was twice the size. m

Guest

Posted 2/27/2007 7:51 AM (#241765 - in reply to #241736)
Subject: RE: Very thin 42" Pike, strange?

internal parasite?

Pointerpride102

Posted 2/27/2007 8:34 AM (#241778 - in reply to #241736)
Subject: Re: Very thin 42" Pike, strange?

Posts: 16632

Location: The desert

Could be an overpopulated lake with bad forage, stunting the growth of it. Did you catch a lot of Pike like that or were they bigger and thicker?

sworrall

Posted 2/27/2007 10:54 AM (#241806 - in reply to #241778)
Subject: Re: Very thin 42" Pike, strange?

Posts: 32886

Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin

I've caught pike like that on LOTW and Wabigoon, both very healthy systems. In almost every case, the fish had a jig or something in it's gut, or was very old.

Fisher

Posted 2/27/2007 10:59 AM (#241807 - in reply to #241806)
Subject: Re: Very thin 42" Pike, strange?

Posts: 425

Location: Roseau

It looks like there are no teeth??
Anyone else notice teeth?

Reef Hawg

Posted 2/27/2007 11:50 AM (#241818 - in reply to #241736)
Subject: RE: Very thin 42" Pike, strange?

Posts: 3518

Location: north central wisconsin

Looks old to me. Check out the grey scales. Probably had to use a 'swimmer'.

Guest

Posted 2/27/2007 2:01 PM (#241858 - in reply to #241756)
Subject: Re: Very thin 42" Pike, strange?

I'd much rather catch Cameron Diaz!

RiverMan

Posted 2/27/2007 5:07 PM (#241901 - in reply to #241736)
Subject: Re: Very thin 42" Pike, strange?

Posts: 1504

Location: Oregon

Save it for archery season! lol.

jed v.

walleye slyr

Posted 2/27/2007 5:40 PM (#241904 - in reply to #241736)
Subject: RE: Very thin 42" Pike, strange?

Posts: 37

Location: searchin for the first legal.

looks like a big old snake with that skinny body.lol

Got Esox?

Posted 2/27/2007 6:02 PM (#241909 - in reply to #241736)
Subject: Re: Very thin 42" Pike, strange?

Posts: 350

Location: WESTERN WI

A few muskies that I have boated looked similar to that. Looking back on those fish it was the hottest time of the year for water temps, perhaps the fishes metabolsim was going so nuts it was barely surviving on the available forage.
-Poor forage base and extremely high metabolism could be contributing factors.

Got Esox?

Posted 2/27/2007 6:04 PM (#241910 - in reply to #241736)
Subject: Re: Very thin 42" Pike, strange?

Posts: 350

Location: WESTERN WI

By the way is my picture below my "Got Esox?" name viewable? I have noticed it does not come up on my computer at work.

k-bob

Posted 2/27/2007 6:45 PM (#241917 - in reply to #241910)
Subject: Re: Very thin 42" Pike, strange?

Posts: 605

Location: Marshfield, WI

Got Esox?,
I don't see your pic either.
Krishna

dougj

Posted 2/27/2007 6:46 PM (#241918 - in reply to #241736)
Subject: RE: Very thin 42" Pike, strange?

Posts: 906

Location: Warroad, Mn

My guess it that's it old (it has to be at 42"s) , and is infested with tape worms, which is a common problem.

I've seen a number of fish (both pike and muskie) that are in this sort of condition on the LOTWs. I doubt that any of them made it to the next year. I suspect that a lot of natural mortality occurs under the ice.

Doug Johnson

J-Bird

Posted 2/27/2007 11:12 PM (#241957 - in reply to #241918)
Subject: RE: Very thin 42" Pike, strange?

Posts: 53

Pointer - We caught a number of nice pike, that was the only one that looked so thin. These are some of the other pike we caught.

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