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Offline Ronnie D

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Houghton pike deformity ?
« on: Jan 09, 2023, 02:03 AM »
Caught this hammer handle on a tipup on Saturday morning at Lake Houghton & noticed the same jaw deformity that was present on the same size female caught a week earlier. I thought the first one might have been from a juvenile injury , but 2 ?  Fish are both 21"
Anybody else hooked 1 ?





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Offline Doeslayer

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Re: Houghton pike deformity ?
« Reply #1 on: Jan 16, 2023, 04:34 PM »
Never seen this but ive seen some weird things before so this isn't too out if the ordinary
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Re: Houghton pike deformity ?
« Reply #2 on: Jan 16, 2023, 07:06 PM »
Wonder what role the tons of weedkiller the dump in there every year has to play in this
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Offline BLUJBURD

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Re: Houghton pike deformity ?
« Reply #3 on: Jan 17, 2023, 10:43 AM »
I'm leaning to juvenile injuries. I've also caught bass/pike that have had similar lower jaw abnormalities some with upper "cleft" lip issue from what I can only assume someone just ripping hooks out.
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