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Offline GrabLifeByTheGills

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Pike or musky?
« on: Dec 09, 2011, 09:16 AM »
So I finely cough sumthing worth talking about at the state lakes in Fremont but I'm not sure if it was a pike or a musky the pattern on it had vertical stripes. Can't figure out how to post the pic I took. Any help would be nice thank you
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Re: Pike or musky?
« Reply #1 on: Dec 09, 2011, 09:20 AM »
look in the help and FAQs page for how to post pics, and since it has vertical stripes I don't think its a pike, and I've never seen a musky in person to tell you its one.
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Offline Iceassin

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Re: Pike or musky?
« Reply #2 on: Dec 09, 2011, 09:29 AM »
Does this help? Musky on top.

 
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Offline NyteOwl

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Re: Pike or musky?
« Reply #3 on: Dec 09, 2011, 09:29 AM »
I know they stock Musky in one of those lakes, but can't remember which one.  How's the ice over there??  Looking for somewhere to get my fix this weekend.
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Offline GrabLifeByTheGills

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Re: Pike or musky?
« Reply #4 on: Dec 09, 2011, 09:33 AM »
That pic did help and it looks more like the one on top it was only 20inches but it put up a good fight. I was fishing lake 7-8 12foot of water about 5 1/2 inches of ice but I stayed close to the shore didn't wanna press my luck
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Offline Santo180

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Re: Pike or musky?
« Reply #5 on: Dec 09, 2011, 09:42 AM »
tiger muskey maybe?
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Offline big12hurt

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Re: Pike or musky?
« Reply #6 on: Dec 09, 2011, 04:26 PM »
they quit stocking tiger muskies they are muskys unless there is still a couple northerns in there from back in the seventys
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Offline Eastwesterner

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Re: Pike or musky?
« Reply #7 on: Dec 10, 2011, 01:41 PM »
When you see them in real life, apart from the color the thing that jumps out to me is the head.  The features on the head of a musky make it look more like a machine than a pike.
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Re: Pike or musky?
« Reply #8 on: Dec 10, 2011, 05:45 PM »
very small pike can have spots that connect to make stripes but muskies have bars, hope this helps
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Offline GrabLifeByTheGills

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Re: Pike or musky?
« Reply #9 on: Dec 14, 2011, 10:22 PM »
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Offline S.M.05

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Re: Pike or musky?
« Reply #10 on: Dec 14, 2011, 10:24 PM »
Musky.
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Offline PhishOn

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Re: Pike or musky?
« Reply #11 on: Dec 14, 2011, 10:37 PM »
MMmmmmmmmusky!!!!!
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Offline GrabLifeByTheGills

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Re: Pike or musky?
« Reply #12 on: Dec 14, 2011, 10:47 PM »
It took me for ever to figure out how to post the pic. He was just a little guy but still fun to catch. Went out expecting to catch gills and got this instead
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Offline jimyoumook

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Re: Pike or musky?
« Reply #13 on: Dec 15, 2011, 06:49 AM »
musky
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Offline BojiHawk

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Re: Pike or musky?
« Reply #14 on: Dec 15, 2011, 04:53 PM »
The underside of the jaw of a northern pike has five or fewer pores, while the underside of the jaw of a muskie has six or more pores.  This is the simplest way....since color / patterns tend to differ in lakes depending on latitude, minerals, etc.  Pickerel, Pike, musky, muskellunge...can get kind of confusing.  I was looking at pix from fall fishing at Bitter and noticed one of my "pike" was musky.  Ooops.

What lake and method did you catch the little guy on?

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Re: Pike or musky?
« Reply #15 on: Dec 15, 2011, 06:00 PM »
I was jiging a macho minnow in 12' of water on lake 17-18 (its one lake in a Y shape) when I caught it.
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Offline Hardguy

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Re: Pike or musky?
« Reply #16 on: Dec 15, 2011, 06:07 PM »
Musky for sure. We dont get many through the ice in Pa.
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Offline GrabLifeByTheGills

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Re: Pike or musky?
« Reply #17 on: Dec 15, 2011, 07:43 PM »
Im chalking this one up to pure luck
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Re: Pike or musky?
« Reply #18 on: Dec 16, 2011, 01:10 PM »
Trust me when I tell you...I would rather be lucky than good when I ice fish.
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