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19 inch. Largest LMB so far, today.



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nice fish...what was the bait/lure?


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I wanna see Pike!

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Working on that JKB. Zep it was a Lindy Techni-Glo Frostee #6 Jig. Glow red. I use them a lot. Minnow was about a 2 incher.


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Cormorant or Pike? (the gash near it's tail)


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Originally Posted By: esshup
Cormorant or Pike? (the gash near it's tail)


We think NP since it is a shallow gash rather than a stab and tear type injury.


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Originally Posted By: Dwight
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Cormorant or Pike? (the gash near it's tail)


We think NP since it is a shallow gash rather than a stab and tear type injury.


I thought it was a Tattoo!

Any markings on the other side?

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Originally Posted By: Dwight
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Cormorant or Pike? (the gash near it's tail)


We think NP since it is a shallow gash rather than a stab and tear type injury.


I've had GBH do that when it's a large fish and they almost miss.


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That one pond that had a cormorant problem had fish that looked like that. The gash sometimes was only on one side of the fish, other fish had it on both sides. But, only one gash on one side, not 2 gashes side by side like it escaped from a pikes jaw, or 2 gashes on each side of the fish.


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The bass had a more serious gash on the flip side so I held that side away from the camera. Do cormorants swim under fish and whack at them from below? Why wouldn't the marks be in the back instead of the belly? I have seen a number of fish over the years with marks in a similar location. Pretty healthy bass for whatever misnomer it ran in to.


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We are having another cold arctic blast as I imagine many of you are. Delays to ice fishing for the stick. I like 30+ degrees and light breezes. We are a far cry from that. A week from tomorrow looks promising on the long range forecast. It is going to be chilly for that San Francisco-Green Bay game!


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Got out on the pond Saturday. 9 lines down between the three of us, got 2 one pound bass, one 10" crappie, and one small bluegill. Action very slow. What happened to Dwight's fish? I think the walleye ate them all. Going out on Wednesday, moving away from the X structures and over to the deep hole.


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"Why wouldn't the marks be in the back instead of the belly?"

Turtle????


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If it had marks on both sides I'd suspect a pike. Most predatory fish will "fish" up vs. down.


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Out last Wednesday with Mike D. He caught 3 crappie, the stick was skunked. Fishing reports from the area are very grim. Big hard drift in access to Bremer Pond now. Fishing suspended for a couple weeks. I love this sub-arctic cold weather!


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I think the low catch rate of harvestable yellow perch is due to the presence of northern pike. Crappie which seem to be caught more frequently in Dwight's fish haven are less likely to be eaten by NP due to body shape of crappie. I would love to know the list of all fish eaten in one year by a 34"-37" NP.

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The pike have been in there about 15 years, and never seemed to be a problem. They should be towards the end of their lifespan.

Dr. Dave said that a northern pike lifespan is about 10 years, but could be up to 15 in a pond such as Dwight's.

There was a sharp decline in perch angled through the ice last year compared to years previous.


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My guess would be pike. Looks like pike tried to bite and the LMB moved so that by the time all the v teeth hit you had a single line mark followed by the actual v jaw bite mark.
















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I believe that a Northern Pike can live much longer than 10-15 years. If you look at the Northern Pike record catches you will find that the 40"+- we have here are quite a way off a record. If NP are unmolested and have plenty of forage, 20-25 years may be possible.


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I talked to my friend who is a fisheries biologist in northern Alberta and he said northern pike up here get to be 30-35 years old. I think the cooler the water the slower they grow and the longer they live.


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They are a fish of mystery.


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Blair - I think the Alberta fisheries biologist is providing some good information. Others also see that same trend with fish, average annual water temperature, and growth rates.


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With addition of those 50 walleyes 2 years ago, maybe it would be wise to harvest any NP we catch?


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NP are notorious for trying to eat walleye while angler's are reeling in smaller WE. I would not be stocking 8"-12" WE in ponds with NP unless my wallet was thick. I don't even like stocking 5"-8" WE in with bigger LMB. Ample weed cover in a pond will help increase the chances stocker WE surviving. Problem is, WE stay very slender bodied and easy to swallow until WE are 16"-18" long. The other part of the problem is NP have a big mouth and long stomach. NP are nature's machines designed to eat slender bodied fish including other NP.

Stick- are you guy's catching any of those 50 walleye stocked two years ago? They should be 12"-15" maybe 16" by now.

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Had one almost out of the hole, it looked like a 15-16 incher. Fat. Only saw one so far this winter.


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