Musky Lures
Pike – Learn the Facts That Can Help you Catch the Trophies
This voracious and carnivorous fish lives in freshwaters on the Northern Hemisphere. Northern Pike (Esox lucius) is also known by its folk name of “Water Wolf”. Pikes grow as large as 150 cm in size and 25 kg in weight (1′ to over 4′, and weigh 50 pounds), although larger sizes have been reported, particularly in the Great Lakes area, making people believe in a misidentification or folk tale.
The color of Northern Pikes is olive shading into whitish or yellowish on belly, with spots on their body and some dark ones on the fins. Pikes have large pores on their head and lower jaw. This characteristic make Northern Pike a close relative to Muskellunge, similar-looking, but Northern Pike have light markings on their dark body backgrounds and less than 6 sensory pores on the underside of their jaw.
Usually found in cold, clear, rocky waters, lakes and streams, Northern Pike are usually hidden waiting for their prey, which are caught sideways with their sharp teeth. Pikes eat mainly fish and ducklings, although they are also cannibals, part of their nature, which serves in maintaining the Northern Pike population.
Some anglers have photographed Northern Pikes eating other pikes of a similar size, but also leeches and insects, because they are well known for their tremendously voracious appetite. Northern Pikes are some of the biggest freshwater fish that anglers like to catch due to the challenge involved while facing their aerial acrobatics and explosive hits.
Fishing for pike is an exciting sport in North America, where anglers usually do not eat the catch, but northern pike is usually filleted for the purpose of European cuisine, particularly popular in many German dishes. There are references traced back as far as the Romans, depicting pikes served at festivities.
In America, Northern Pike lives in northern New England, Eastern New York, Minnesota and the Ohio Valley, the Great Lakes basin and also the surrounding states of Nebraska and Missouri. Toward the north, pikes are also found in Alaska and Canada, except, British Columbia, were they appear rarely.
Northern Pike breed with Muskie to produce the Muskellunge subspecies known as Tiger Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy immaculatus), and there is also a mutation of Northern pike known as the Silver Pike, silvery-blue or silver in color, often referred to as Silver Muskellunge, occurring in scattered populations, lacking the rows of spots.
The name of Northern Pike was given to this specie after its North American habitat resembling the pole-weapon known as pike. This fish is also known as Common Pike, Snake, Great Northern Pike, American Pike, Jackfish, Great Lakes Pike, Grass Pike, and Pickerel.
There is a website that has great information on most species of freshwater fish. It has details that pertain to each species of fish such as habitat, spawning, eating habits, the best lures and baits and more, the website is called: Fishing Stringer, and can be found at this url:
http://www.fishingstringer.com
By Robert W. Benjamin
Copyright © 2007
You may publish this article in your ezine, newsletter on your web site as long as it is reprinted in its entirety and without modification except for formatting needs or grammar corrections.
About the Author
Robert W. Benjamin has been in the software business on the internet for over 5 years, and has been producing low-cost software for the past 25+ years. He first released products on the AMIGA and C64 computer systems in the late 1970’s-80’s.
Seasonal Vacation Spots
http://www.seasonalvacationspots.com
Walk the Dog Topwater Muskie Baits – The Next Bite – Season 5
|
|
Tony Rizzo Musky Muskie Lure Big T Jerkbait 9″ Fire Tiger – Used $13.99 |
|
|
STORM MUSKY LURES (2) GIANT JOINTED THUNDERSTICKS $10.50 |
|
|
STORM MUSKY LURES GIANT JOINTED THUNDERSTICK & STORM KICKIN’ MINNOW $10.50 |
|
|
STORM MUSKY LURES GIANT SUSPENDING THUNDERSTICK & GIANT JOINTED THUNDERSTICK $10.50 |
|
|
25 Silicone Skirt Cha/Lime spinner bait bass lure musky $8.75 |
|
|
25 Silicone Skirt Cha/Pink spinner bait bass lure musky $8.75 |
|
|
25 Silicone Skirt Cha/Teal spinner bait bass lure musky $8.75 |
|
|
25 Silicone Skirt Char/Red spinner bait bass lure musky $8.75 |
|
|
LeLure Muskie Creeper – Green Scale – Musky Lure Bait – New $27.95 |
|
|
Vintage Muskie Jerk Lure $5.00 |
|
|
ITEM #001 CISCO KID MUSKY LURE PLEASE SEE ALL PICS $6.65 |
|
|
Pike & Muskie 2012 Guide In-Fisherman Terrific Destinations, New Lures $6.99 |
|
|
Musky lure $0.10 |
|
|
1 oz Spinner bait Chart/Or bass lure Pike musky fishing $4.49 |
|
|
1 oz Spinner bait Chart/Pu bass lure Pike musky fishing $4.49 |
|
|
1 oz Spinner bait Sil/Gold bass lure Pike musky fishing $4.49 |
|
|
1 oz Spinner bait Wh/ Pink bass lure Pike musky fishing $4.49 |
|
|
1 oz Spinner bait Wh/Blue bass lure Pike musky fishing $4.49 |
|
|
1 oz Spinner bait Wh/Gold bass lure Pike musky fishing $4.49 |
|
|
3 NEW 7 Inch Musky Muskie Lures Crankbait Rattle Catfish Northern Pike Yellow $9.99 |
|
|
Pete Maina’s Musky Lure Techniques Volume 3 : Proper Retrieves, Triggering, and Figure Eights … |
|
|
Lindner’s Angling Edge Modern Musky Magic DVD $8.79 MODERN MUSKY MAGIC DVD James Lindner & The Angling Edge Staff Unlock The Secrets To catching North America’s fearsome and elusive giants. From the back cover: Modern Musky Magic – Enter the brave new world of musky fishing, where savvy and efficiency turn the fish of 10,000 casts into brutes on the line. |
|
|
Lindner’s Angling Edge The Golden Age Of Musky – Musky Fishing DVD $8.79 THE GOLDEN AGE OF MUSKY DVD Al Lindner & The Angling Edge Staff analyze the “Golden Age Of Musky Fishing” From the back cover: The Golden Age Of Musky – James and Bill Lindner look at modern fishing equipment, musky lures and the status of musky fisheries today. |
|
|
Largemouth Bass Lure Logic $8.99 Pick the right lure for the right situation, spring, summer or fall. Learn how variables like cover clarity, temperature, and the feeding attitude of…… |
|
|
F Free Time by Salvatore Ferragamo – Men – Eau De Toilette Spray 3.4 oz $57.79 The creator of luxury products, Salvatore Ferragamo, launched F Free Time for men in 2011. Perfumer Olivier Polge used the spicy, woody, and musky brew to divulge the secrets of the earth and woods. The herbaceous and seasoned perfume impersonates the undaunted masculine spirit. The spicy top note of ginger dominates the fragrance with the citrus amalfi lemon. The gallant heart is made of exotic c… |
|
|
Storm 9 WildEye Trolling Lure – Green w/Black spots – Swim Shad Dual Hook $8.95 Storm 9″ WildEye Trolling Lure – Green w/Black spots – Swim Shad Dual Hook… |
|
|
Wooden 8 Topwater Walk-the-Dog Stickbait Muskie Fishing Lure – Rock Bass $4.99 Want to catch the next epic Northern Pike, Muskie, Walleye/ Pickerel, largemouth, or trophy-sized smallmouth? Then you need to get your hands on our new Cidewinder series stickbait!! We at Born-To-Fish think that stickbaits are the most fun lures to fish of any muskie-sized lure. The feeling you get when a fish bulges and swirls near a lure before actually grabbing it is simply indescribable and i… |
|
|
Barbless Double Whammy Perch Spoon $3.29 3″. 1/2 oz. Red/Black/Silver… |
|
|
Northern Pike Fishing $1.99 A quick 10 page informational source to help you catch more and bigger pike. Gives you the best pike fishing lures on the market today…. |
|
|
Collectors Encyclopedia of Creek Chub Lures and Collectibles $29.95 Over 1,100 color photographs, depicting every type of lure ever produced by the company. Other fishing collectibles are featured, as well as charts, historical pictures, and catalogs.2002 values. AUTHORBIO: Born in Garrett, Indiana, and a graduate of Garrett High School, Harold Smith grew up where the Creek Chub Bait Company was an integral part of the community. As a physician in southern Indiana… |