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DocEsox
Posted 7/19/2017 1:18 PM (#870751)
Subject: Just aberrant pike coloration??





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Location: Eagle River, Alaska		Longtime no see for me.....they still let Slamr around here? Hey, you guys are probably a lot more familiar as a group with other esox besides masquinongy. Caught this pike in a small harbor behind my father's place on Flathead Lake in Montana....very striking vertical markings....any thoughts????

Brian


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Musky_Mo16
Posted 7/19/2017 8:35 PM (#870790 - in reply to #870751)
Subject: Re: Just aberrant pike coloration??




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Location: Apparently where the Muskie aren't		Chubby little guy, maybe he didn't outgrow his juvenile markings yet. I've noticed that pike below 25" or so can have some crazy colors. After 25" or so they all start to become pretty uniform it seems, for the most part anyway, I've seen some cool looking 30"+ as well
MartinTD
Posted 7/20/2017 7:20 AM (#870824 - in reply to #870751)
Subject: Re: Just aberrant pike coloration??





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Location: NorthCentral WI		Very cool markings on that fish, must be a hybrid of some sort. Larry Ramsell should know.
supertrollr
Posted 7/20/2017 7:47 AM (#870830 - in reply to #870751)
Subject: Re: Just aberrant pike coloration??


super ,almost like a tiger
Musky Brian
Posted 7/20/2017 7:52 AM (#870832 - in reply to #870830)
Subject: Re: Just aberrant pike coloration??





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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin		Just a pike with cool markings. Not a Musky of any sort
JakeStCroixSkis
Posted 7/20/2017 10:42 AM (#870850 - in reply to #870751)
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Location: St. Lawrence River		Just a northern with juvenile markings. Unique. But just a pike..
Larry Ramsell
Posted 7/20/2017 10:45 AM (#870851 - in reply to #870751)
Subject: Re: Just aberrant pike coloration??




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Location: Hayward, Wisconsin		Concur...pure pike (esox lucius).
DocEsox
Posted 7/20/2017 11:45 AM (#870866 - in reply to #870751)
Subject: RE: Just aberrant pike coloration??





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Location: Eagle River, Alaska		Thx for the answers guys. I figured it must be a natural pike as there have never been any musky or tiger musky in any part of the Flathead drainage. Pretty looking little fatso.

Brian

PS: Nice to hear from you Larry....been a longtime.....

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ToddM
Posted 7/20/2017 11:52 AM (#870867 - in reply to #870751)
Subject: Re: Just aberrant pike coloration??





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Location: oswego, il		Blast from the past welcome back! Seeing the build on that fish there must be some giants in there!
DocEsox
Posted 7/20/2017 4:43 PM (#870903 - in reply to #870751)
Subject: RE: Just aberrant pike coloration??





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Location: Eagle River, Alaska		You know Todd, nobody really fishes for them on the north end of Flathead but in the southern, more shallow end they do. Also the Flathead River produces quite a few in the sloughs. I keep most of them because fish and game really doesn't want them in the lake (got there by illegal stocking upstream) and my wife loves eating pike. I caught this guy two days after the above fish.....the next one was the year before and does have some vertical markings also.....the last one is a real fatty I caught about 4 years ago....it is obese.....none of these suffer from food deprivation.....


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