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does this mean we should start useing mashed tater balls for bait
Maybe all these pike with no teeth were 315ers.
You are correct sir. If there was a prize, you would win.
I fish for Northerns regularly and have never seen a toothless pike at any time of the year. That is a myth. All the literature I have ever read has never mentioned a thing about tooth loss. There teeth mall fall out a few here and there but are replaced all the time. But if someone can prove me wrong I will be glad to tip my cap.
if anyone has ever seen a pike skull with all the meat off of it you would realize all the recurved teeth are part of the skull there it wouldn't seem very possible that they would loose them. if you think you have seen a toothless pike put your hand in its mouth let him clamp down and then give your hand a swift pull. the blood will tell you pike always have plenty of teeth.
Posted by: darkhousefisherInsert Quote7 out of 10 pike I caught last year at South Sandstone in MT, had the small teeth in the front of their mouths but absolutely no large teeth from the sides of their mouths, that is not a myth. At Castlerock lake, 150 miles away, all the pike I caught had all their teeth. Just my $.02.
My favorite thread of the year is back - I once caught a Pike wearing dentures
I once caught a pike with one tooth, but it had a blender with it and the fish asked me to grind up the shiner for him so he could eat it. I think he told me he had gingivitis. True storey.
We should get the big hotdogs as bait topic/debate goin for the season
Another all time favorite, good thinking Hood.They'll probably work considering they're softer and the pike have no teeth.
In my experience, in mid February to March, the northern get real hesitant in taking bait and eating it like earlier in winter. If you do catch one at that time the teeth on the roof of their mouth are gone or are red and inflamed. Just my experience.
how could they be gone??? they are part of the skull