limeyangler Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 Went to a small lake for a walleye session yesterday...we did good, normal haul of species...then my buddy Chuck hooks into this fish that looks exactly like a pike, with no markings and blue/purple in coulor......any ideas what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemper Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 blue pike? maybe, but those seem to be pickerel blue chain pickeral? reject pike? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tdel Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 Google seems to give info that would identify this as a Silver pike. A pike mutation. I have never heard of a silver pike but I am pretty sure I have seen one when I was in my teens. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johnny Bass Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 Looks like a pike that has been brushing itself against rocks...Or just like was said. A hybrid of pike. I have seen muskies with the same coloration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 (edited) From Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_pike Alternate forms [3] Another form of northern pike, the silver pike, is not a subspecies but rather a mutation that occurs in scattered populations. Silver pike, sometimes called silver muskellunge, lack the rows of spots and appear silver or silvery-blue in color. (Craig, 1). Edited July 25, 2008 by Nemo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehg Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 I remember 4- 5 yrs. ago i think kgeary(anglerskingdom) did a post on these silver pike. Apparently there is a lake or two south of Nungesser where they are more common. So they are termed 'silver pike' some colour variation from a Northern Pike. ehg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCTFisher9120 Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 Your buddy caught himself a one and only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky or Specks Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 Thats definately a silver pike. And thats pretty cool. A blue pike is actually a pickeral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reef Runner Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 Wow, that's a really rare catch. Amazing, first I've seen or heard of these fish. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greencoachdog Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 Very Cool and RARE!!! Thanks for posting that!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disspatcher Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http...l%3Den%26sa%3DN check out all the different pikes!! this one def. a silver! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limeyangler Posted July 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 Thanks for the replies guys, yup very cool is what we thought too. Thanks for all the links, specially Disspatcher's....i think its pretty conclusive....SILVER PIKE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 So how did it taste? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modny Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 thats a jackfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinS Posted July 26, 2008 Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 silver pike or as known as grass pike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishindevil Posted July 26, 2008 Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 Yes i was going to say GRASS PIKE !!!! well done great colors ,nice picture of it as well!!! cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwl Posted July 26, 2008 Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 kind of hard to say from the pic, but looks to me to be a grass pike as well...they tend to not grow as big as northerns, but an identifying feature I think I can see in the pic is the small dark/black verticle line under the eye, although all the grasspike I have ever caught so to speak where dark green with alot of white spotted markings, and often thier heads look too big for the body like the fish still has to grow into it's head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limeyangler Posted July 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 kind of hard to say from the pic, but looks to me to be a grass pike as well...they tend to not grow as big as northerns, but an identifying feature I think I can see in the pic is the small dark/black verticle line under the eye, although all the grasspike I have ever caught so to speak where dark green with alot of white spotted markings, and often thier heads look too big for the body like the fish still has to grow into it's head LOLOL....JWL...that's kinda like saying...."oh yeah......i have a shirt exactly like that....except its green , not black, with short sleeves and no collar" sorry, couldn't resist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l2p Posted July 26, 2008 Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 how bout this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwl Posted July 26, 2008 Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 LOLOL....JWL...that's kinda like saying...."oh yeah......i have a shirt exactly like that....except its green , not black, with short sleeves and no collar"sorry, couldn't resist ya ya , but you can see in the pic the distinguishing little dark line under the middle of the eye down to the cheek....that's how you tell if it's a grass pike and not a northern like in the pic that l2p posted. The one in the post has an unusal colour pattern for sure compared to the classic markings of a grass pike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinS Posted July 26, 2008 Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 how bout this one? thats a northern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinS Posted July 26, 2008 Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 mind you if u ever catch a silver pike (grass pike) in the 10 lb range i wanna see it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Babies Posted July 26, 2008 Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 ya ya , but you can see in the pic the distinguishing little dark line under the middle of the eye down to the cheek....that's how you tell if it's a grass pike and not a northern like in the pic that l2p posted. The one in the post has an unusal colour pattern for sure compared to the classic markings of a grass pike The line below the eye of a grass pickerel is much more distinctive. The line below the eye in that picture appears to be an artifact of the lighting. That fish is also larger than grass pickerel grow. It's a northern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMike Posted July 26, 2008 Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 neat pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonka-toy Posted July 26, 2008 Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 Whatever it is I caught one just like it fishing for rainbows near a creek mouth a few years ago.Thanks for the post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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