Topic: First nothern pike (Read 1610 times)

grimlin · « **on:** September 15, 2008, 04:52:10 PM »

Caught my first northern pike @ 17-18 inches.

Went to get the camera the thing wiggled loose cutting the line with those razor sharp teeth and went right back into the water...with my lure still in his lip.

Mind you i was a little scared handling it and didn't have the greatest grip on it.

Kinda sucks no picture,but still a great day compare to the entire summer i was having.

Buzzbait · « **Reply #1 on:** September 15, 2008, 11:04:58 PM »

The thing about that pike is you have a story to remember it by now! Congrats on the 1st pike, grimlin!

Isn't a chain pickerel kin to the northern pike? If so, I usually catch one or two of those early in the year every year on a buzzbait.

grimlin · « **Reply #2 on:** September 15, 2008, 11:24:39 PM »

I believe so. They got the meanest mouth i've ever seen.

GMAN · « **Reply #3 on:** September 16, 2008, 07:19:58 AM »

Pike are alot of fun to catch. Congrats G.

San Anto JCSr. · « **Reply #4 on:** September 16, 2008, 12:07:52 PM »

grimlin: "Congrats" on your 1st Pike*

"Take Care", L8r. James,"VATO LOCO"

Just4fun · « **Reply #5 on:** October 12, 2008, 08:33:11 PM »

Nice job,..pike can be a lot of fun! Some fight like crazy and they don't stop even when you get them in the boat. And they are not nearly as spooked by boats as bass are,...they will chase stuff and nail it right next to you as you're pulling the bait out of the water sometimes!!

Carter · « **Reply #6 on:** October 12, 2008, 08:44:50 PM »

Way to go Grimlin. I've never had the opportunity to fish for pike yet but want to someday.

grimlin · « **Reply #7 on:** October 12, 2008, 10:33:40 PM »

Carter,if you ever do go for it.Like just4fun mention they are a blast to catch.

pondhopper · « **Reply #8 on:** October 13, 2008, 04:22:31 AM »

I think I would be a “little nervous” handling one also!

channelcat · « **Reply #9 on:** November 18, 2008, 06:57:18 PM »

I've had more than one chewed up hand because I'm to cheap to let them have my lure but they are fun to catch congrats.

Culln5 · « **Reply #10 on:** February 04, 2009, 06:00:55 AM »

Quote from: grimlin on September 15, 2008, 11:24:39 PM

I believe so. They got the meanest mouth i've ever seen.

How about this mouth....... Aligator gar!

baseballfatty · « **Reply #11 on:** February 04, 2009, 08:53:25 AM »

Buzzbait, where are catching those pickrel you are talking about?

JackJ · « **Reply #12 on:** February 04, 2009, 09:03:12 AM »

Baseballfatty,

I catch pickerel all the time on Lake Tuscaloosa.

The rip rap on the north side of hwy 43 bridge, and the rip rap on the north side of the Tierce Patton bridge is usually loaded with them.

It takes a really long pickerel to add up to any weight at all. Most I catch wouldn't weigh a pound.

grimlin · « **Reply #13 on:** February 04, 2009, 03:32:38 PM »

Quote from: Culln5 on February 04, 2009, 06:00:55 AM

How about this mouth....... Aligator gar!

San Anto JCSr. · « **Reply #14 on:** February 04, 2009, 03:41:47 PM »

Now that B 1 Heck of a Fish*,

Thanx 4 Sharin' "Take Care", L8r. James,"VATO LOCO"<;({})><

E_Bassfisher · « **Reply #15 on:** February 06, 2009, 09:58:50 PM »

Quote from: baseballfatty on February 04, 2009, 08:53:25 AM

Buzzbait, where are catching those pickrel you are talking about?

man, last year we were fishing at the lake in early november and i kept getting swirls in the weeds on a fluke. well, i must of set the hook 20 times before i finally hooked a fish. ends up, i had been pickerel fishing....the fish was a ~16" pickerel

there's a bunch of them in lake t!

baseballfatty · « **Reply #16 on:** February 06, 2009, 11:29:00 PM »

Wow, didn't know there were any in lake t. don't know if I've ever seen one either.

Buzzbait · « **Reply #17 on:** February 06, 2009, 11:51:29 PM »

I have only caught two of three I guess out of the lake. Pickensville is where I've caught most of them but Lock 7/8 have some too. Maybe 3lbs. is the biggest I have caught.

Buzzbait · « **Reply #18 on:** February 07, 2009, 12:03:35 AM »

here ya go bbf ....

http://www.outdooralabama.com/fishing/freshwater/fish/pikes/chain/

once you read it click on the "redfin" link on that page to read about the other specie

If you've ever caught what you believed to be a "Jack", then you've caught a chain Pickerel

E_Bassfisher · « **Reply #19 on:** February 07, 2009, 09:56:11 AM »

Quote from: baseballfatty on February 06, 2009, 11:29:00 PM

Wow, didn't know there were any in lake t. don't know if I've ever seen one either.

they seem to be real hard to hook up. so if your fishin shallow grass and getting lots of short hits, it may be pickerel.

JackJ · « **Reply #20 on:** February 07, 2009, 11:19:51 AM »

Yea "Jack", Pickerel, same thing.

What's strange to me is our pickerels in Lake T do not look like the Chain Pickerels that you see elsewhere. All I have caught have pretty much been one solid silver color, with very little markings at all. I wonder if they are some sort of sub species.

Wow Buzz a 3 lb pickerel is really big (long I should say, lol)!!

E_Bassfisher · « **Reply #21 on:** February 07, 2009, 02:21:59 PM »

that is odd. the one i caught looked just like a scaled down pike.....i'll post a pic when i find it. really beautiful fish,

JackJ · « **Reply #22 on:** February 07, 2009, 07:35:41 PM »

All the ones I catch too look like pike, but without the markings.

E_Bassfisher · « **Reply #23 on:** February 07, 2009, 08:00:34 PM »

may be different time of year? when do you catch 'em?

i have the pic at work, i'll post it monday.

JackJ · « **Reply #24 on:** February 07, 2009, 08:45:25 PM »

Cool. All throughout the year. Seems to always be around the rip rap.

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