Pink Northern Pike

[paddy]

Can anyone clarify something for me. Last season I caught a nice Northern
in the Battle River here in Alberta. What I found odd was the fact that it
was colored a light Pink. I was advised that this colorization was due to
the fish consuming large quantities of crayfish. Can anyone confirm this?

Paddy

[Lloyd]

It sounds like it may be possible. Northern Pike will also become white from
the lack of sun. I've caught a almost white Pike a Siebert Lake and it was due
to the fish being in the deep water far too long.

Lloyd

[Hyn_Dry]

This theory makes sense, the pink flamingo is pink due to the amount of shrimp
that it eats. I even heard that the flamingo turn white if it is deprived of
shrimp.

Hyn_Dry

[Peter D]

It's possible. There's a lake in SK that holds Pike that have a deep
orange-red flesh, smaler ones anyway. If you examine their stomachs,
you'll find they have been gorging themselves on freshwater shrimp.
And I mean 'gorging'. I've opened up a 4lber that had a gut chock full
of thousands of them. AS the season progresses, they flesh goes back
th the usual off-white/cream colour. I;ve neve rlooked closely, but I
suppose their outside colour also changes slightly as well.
HTH
--
Peter D

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[Andrew meikle]

When fishing the Muskrat River with my brother, we caught Pike that were
blue around their heads and on their sides.... Never seen blue Pike
before. I don't know if they were relating to their suroundings or if it
was due to pollution, but we were not about to eat them anytime soon.

Tight Lines = More Fish...

-Andrew
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<--------------------l Andrew Meikle l-------------------->
<-----------------------l Ch...@freenet.carleton.ca l----------------------->
And then one day you find, ten years have got behind you, no one told
you when to run, you missed the starting gun --Pink Floyd

[Peter D]

There is a "Blue Pike". I don't think it is a seperate species, but it
might be -- that is, I think it's an "Esox" but not sure which one. I
do know it is rare, so I'm glad you didn't eat them. :-)
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Peter D

Andrew meikle wrote in message <8cg2iv$89t$1...@freenet9.carleton.ca>...

[Andrew meikle]

Isn't the Blue Pike really a Pickeral? The ones though that my brother
and I were catching were Northern Pike... That's what was strange about it.

Tight Lines = More fish...

-Andrew

[Peter D]

Yeah, I think it might be. Brain's too tired and fuzzy right now to
think. :-)
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Peter D

Andrew meikle wrote in message <8cg958$hu7$1...@freenet9.carleton.ca>...

[Art Horn]

Isn't Pickerel another name for Walleye?

[Andrew meikle]

Art Horn (art_...@yahoo.com) writes:
> Isn't Pickerel another name for Walleye?
>
>

Actually it's a big misconception among most anglers in Ontario and
Quebec anyway. a Pickerel is a smaller version of a Pike, and Walleye is
just that-a Walleye. believe it or not I just found out last year. I
was talking with a friend and his buddy, and we were talking about Walleye
fishing, when the subject came up. Anyway my friends buddy told us that a
pickerel was a smaller version of a Pike. I didn't believe it until we
brought out the encyclopedia and to my amazement he was right. It
showed a picture,(a Pike) and was detailed in it's description of the fish. So
there you have it a Pickerel isn't a Walleye at all, otherwise I would
still be calling them Pickerel in stead of Walleye, since I grew up knowing
them (Walleye) as Pickerel.

Tight Lines = More fish = Happy Camper :)

[Kristin Sundin]

Oh My God!!! Isnt this the truth. I have been thinking Pickeral and
Walleye are the same fish. Now you have me wondering what I have been
eating all these years Pickeral or Walleye and which one is it that I really
do like. Is it Walleye or Pickeral. I cud have eaten Pickeral and thought
it was Walleye and eaten Walleye thinking it was Pickeral. Im really
confused now. LOL So tell me Andrew do you know which one tastes the best?
I hope they both taste the same then it would be less confusing LOL
And I always thought Pike was a Jack Fish. LOL
Kristin
krackedk...@col.ca

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[Andrew meikle]

"Kristin Sundin" (krackedk...@col.ca) writes:
> Oh My God!!! Isnt this the truth. I have been thinking Pickeral and
> Walleye are the same fish. Now you have me wondering what I have been
> eating all these years Pickeral or Walleye and which one is it that I really
> do like. Is it Walleye or Pickeral. I cud have eaten Pickeral and thought
> it was Walleye and eaten Walleye thinking it was Pickeral. Im really
> confused now. LOL So tell me Andrew do you know which one tastes the best?
> I hope they both taste the same then it would be less confusing LOL
> And I always thought Pike was a Jack Fish. LOL
> Kristin
> krackedk...@col.ca

Hehe, well Kristin it's very easy. Ones a Pike(or a close factsimuly,
and the other isn't :) BTW IMHO Walleye are the best, or at least one of
the best fresh water tasting fish out there.
take care...

[Art Horn]

WOW! Look what I stirred up!

In NW Ontario, they call walleye "pickerel" and northern pike "jacks"

What difference does it make?

Here fishy fishy!

[Peter D]

"Jacks" = common name for the "smaller" Pike.
Why? Males (up to 10lb, typical 2-5lb) are small in comparison to
females (up to 75lb, typical 6-25lb)

Anyway, they're both "Esox".

Esox americanus is called "Pickerel" in the US South, and places like
Ontario seem to have adopted those terms interchangeably -- presumably
'cos of the influence of the US tourists.
Here's a link to a Florida site:
http://fcn.state.fl.us/gfc/fishing/Fishes/pickerels.html
Scroll down for the info on "Chain pickerel" -- which I call a
"chain/bar pike"

If you do a search on Dejanews for me as author and pickerel (or
pickeral) and or pike int he subject, I 'm pretty sure you'll find
some links to pictures of all teh differnet variations of musky, pike,
pickerel, and perch and the various cross-breeds.
--
Peter D

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[Andrew meikle]

Art Horn (art_...@yahoo.com) writes:
> WOW! Look what I stirred up!
>
> In NW Ontario, they call walleye "pickerel" and northern pike "jacks"
>
> What difference does it make?
>
> Here fishy fishy!

interesting... I lived in Yellow Knife when I was younger, And they
called Northern Pike-Northern Jacks or just Jack... As a matter of fact I
started calling them Pike when I moved back to Ottawa. Pike is my all time
Favorite fish to catch, just cause I remember catching them so vividly
with my Father and Brothers when I was just a young lad... And the memories
are etched im my mind like my first girlfriend, or even more importantly my
first sons birth. I guess we all have a strong conection when it comes to
fishing, these are just the important ones I remember. Thanks for bringing
back those memories! it's good to remember them once again...

-Andrew
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<--------* Andrew Meikle *-------->
*** Ch...@freenet.carleton.ca ***
"A bad day fishing is better then a good day at work"
Tight Lines = More Fish = Happy Camper!

[Jeff]

Kristin Sundin wrote:
>
> Oh My God!!! Isnt this the truth. I have been thinking Pickeral and
> Walleye are the same fish.

Walleye and Sauger are members of the Perch family.

I think Andrew mentioned that Pickeral are members of the Pike family
and are found in the eastern part of Canada.

Jeff

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