Mary Penny

Dave, Just be patient. When I first put up my feeder it took a couple weeks for the birds to find it. Now it looks like a shopping mall on black Friday. Once they do find it, they will always come back. Enjoy! Mary Penny

Just curious...what time of year was this fish netted? Mary Penny

While we do not live in Canada, my husband and I spend all our spare time there fishing for trophy pike. I had heard of silver blue pike, but never seen one until 2002. Apparently not all pike lakes hold these fish. I caught a big one and turned it in to the Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame in Hayward, WI. They awarded me the all tackle record for this fish as they recognize it as a seperate species from a typical northern pike. I have experienced all different colorations on pike throughout North America, particularly different lakes (which I attributed to forage and environment) but also within the same lakes, same spots, same time of year, same sized fish. I can only think genetics plays some part here. However, the silver blue pike I caught was not even close to anything I had seen before, as was mentioned at the top of this thread it had no spots. And I was way too far north for muskie. There has been a lot of studies on this species, but it is recognized as a seperate species. Mary Penny

Squeeze the open end with pliers. It'll make unhooking a lot easier. Mary Penny

I also think Muskol is the best spray on the market, however, for those that don't like the chemical, taking 100 mg of vitamin B1 every day (starting well before the season) helps repel mosquitos and those that do bite, the bite itself is small and heals up right away. I've done this the last several yrs and it works noticably well. Mary Penny