(non-BW-related) i havent been able to get out fishing much-(job-legs/knees) but the kids(my son Dan-adam-george) have been out often in my boat, and keeping the freezer stocked. but they havent been able to hook into a quality pike. before we went out today i joked around and told the kids i'll have to show them what a quality pike looks like. BOOM ;) CPR 34"

That is the shock man? I like the cut of your jib, if you don't mind me saying so. Nice slimer. Nice smile too. Nicely played !

Very nice pike Shock

Good story Shock. Alway fun when you can say "let me show you how its done......and it actually happens!"

Nice Jack you got there Shock! Thanks for sharing!

I've never seen one with more beautiful markings. Thanks for the CPR and great to see your smile!

You gotta love it when you can talk some smack and then back it up. Nice looking fish!

That's about as pretty as a pike gets, right there. Good job.

quote missmolly: "I've never seen one with more beautiful markings. Thanks for the CPR and great to see your smile!"

Yeah, the markings struck me too. Is a northern that looks like that any type of noted sub-species?

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quote missmolly: "I've never seen one with more beautiful markings. Thanks for the CPR and great to see your smile!"

Yeah, the markings struck me too. Is a northern that looks like that any type of noted sub-species?"

no sub species , some what average looking pike for lake waconia. some pike will have a purpleish type hue, more on the face. minnesota(dnr) use to have a silverphase pike record but has been removed now for a decade or so. the removed record was out of disappointment lake.

quote missmolly: "I've never seen one with more beautiful markings. Thanks for the CPR and great to see your smile!"

thanks miss molly , your the best , as i've got older and have caught some quality pike in my life it's hard for me to put a pike over #8 under the knife , and boneless pike is great table fare...... still waiting for your next campfire story ;)

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quote missmolly: "I've never seen one with more beautiful markings. Thanks for the CPR and great to see your smile!"

thanks miss molly , your the best , as i've got older and have caught some quality pike in my life it's hard for me to put a pike over #8 under the knife , and boneless pike is great ;-table fare...... still waiting for your next campfire story ;)"

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quote missmolly: "I've never seen one with more beautiful markings. Thanks for the CPR and great to see your smile!"

Yeah, the markings struck me too. Is a northern that looks like that any type of noted sub-species?"

no sub species , some what average looking pike for lake waconia. some pike will have a purpleish type hue, more on the face. minnesota(dnr) use to have a silverphase pike record but has been removed now for a decade or so. the removed record was out of disappointment lake."

Thanks, shock. Did you weigh this 34" northern of yours? Looks similar in size to the 33" Jordon Lake pike I caught on last year's BWCA trip. We never weighed that fish but guessed the weight based on length and girth to be about 10.5 #'s.

^^^ pike are funny with actual weight vs length. this one we did do a very quick weigh and came up #7, taped her and released. i thought my scale might have been off with a quick weigh but the more i thought about it,,it wasnt as thick as this 1 i caught last fall(same lure mepps musky killer longer orange blade and black) and this was #9 CPR