WHAT KIND OF FISH IS THIS?

[Rod Caster]

So to clear a few things up.

"Blue Pike " are extinct. Originally found in Lake Erie. However they are actually Walleye. But, in SW Ontario most ppl call Walleye by Pickerel.

"Silver Pike" as shown in OP are indeed a genetic mutation of Northern Pike but they reproduce and are recognized seperately for record purposes.

Im gonna guess that these "blue bass" are mis-identified blue gills or somthing else but without pics I really dont know.

Anyway, im going after Pike in August in a lake known to have "Silver Pike". Anybody have more info on them? Specifically around North Bay?

Thx

I see them often in the ottawa river and a few lakes arou.d here are known to hold populations of blue pike. Francis lake being one of them.