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Location: Cohasset, MN | <p>I've never seen one colored like this. Whaddya think ?</p><p />
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Yes, a Northern pike that is! |
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Location: Anprior Ontario, Canada | Ive never seen one up close but it looks like it could be a pickeral (esox niger) |
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Location: Chicago, Beverly | I am thinking Redfin Pickerel. Here are a link to info on them that I found: http://floridafisheries.com/Fishes/pickerels.html
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Location: Cohasset, MN | He came out of an Itasca county, MN lake (where I do most of my fishing) so I doubt it's redfin or chain but I've never seen quasi-vertical-stripes like that on a northern before. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | It's a Northern pike. Coloration variables are common from white to yellow or even brown, and the markings match a juvenile n Pike perfectly. |
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Location: oswego, il | Spots on the fins are definitly like a pike. |
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Location: Pelican Lake/Three Lakes Chain | Slimer, snake, call it what you want but it is definetly a Northern Pike. |
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Location: Holly, MI | Is this little guy just a plain ol' northern ? Umm Hmm.
No black or dark by eye. Cute lil bugger tho. Give him a vitamin and put him back.
I forgot somthing.. Do you even have Pickerel that far north? Seems I remember it being a warmer water fish.
Edited by lobi 7/12/2004 10:49 PM
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Location: Cohasset, MN | <p>I think you're right - I don't think pickerel are this far north. Yes, he did get a vitamin [minnow] and released. Thanks for the clarification everyone.</p> |
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | Plain ole little Toothy Green...we feed them to the Eagles. |
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| I fish the same area and have seen a few like this. Its only the small ones so they must get the spots as they get larger. |
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