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Not that I want to get any but but has anybody ever had successes with northern pike in there pond I now that they eat a lot of forage and small game fish but is there anybody that has taken the risk
Sorry if this is in the wrong spot
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Not pike, but I stocked 5 muskies in a clients pond to help eat the goldfish population. One was caught (well it was brought up to the pier and it broke off) that was over 40".
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thats a big fish to have in a pond he must of had a big pond to have 5 muskies
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We have a few NP females in our pond. They are all 40+- inches. We catch and release them on occasion. When you catch one, figure on a half hour game-on. When they die of old age, I won't replace them, but they are fun to catch while they are here. When you see one swim by it gets you heart rate up.
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that is cool so i talked to the one of the relatives of the privet pond i can fish that is 6 acres on of the kids in the family put a few 29 = inch northern in there but nobody has seen or caught any you just never hear about sombody have NP in a pond
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Got a pond with a lot of NP. Lots of BG, so they're all fat and plump, even the little guys. We speared through the ice this past year for the first time. We saw some in the 35-40 inch class, they looked like submarines coming through. We stated taking some out as we've been adding WE.
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they'll do a wonderful job of controlling crappie and bluegill populations and they're well adapted to shallow, weedy waters.
Mat Peirce 1.25 acre southeast Iowa pond LMB, BG, YP, WE, HSB, RES, BCP
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They will reproduce easily and unless you got a large pond (or a lot of plants for fish to hide) you might see once only pikes and some large specimens of other fish.
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Tiger muskie are typical sterile and would be a good option for multiple fish in a small pond - plus they look unique
Chain Pickerel usually don't grow very large (about 3lbs and 24ish) and might be a good option as well. At that size the gap is close to that of a LMB
Mat Peirce 1.25 acre southeast Iowa pond LMB, BG, YP, WE, HSB, RES, BCP
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