There's always a bigger fish

[Further North]

 

[T-Billy]

35" musky with fresh wounds from being T boned by a bigger fish.

[Bird]

The speed of attack, wow.

[Skunkmaster-k]

He never saw it coming. 

[Way north bass guy]

Gord Pyzer ( writer from northern Ontario), wrote an article not too long ago about getting on a giant pike pattern where they were concentrating on sand flats and beaches, and the big fish were pretty much solely hunting smaller pike in the 18-24” range. Said it was a fantastic way to catch the largest pike in the system. I’ve seen many smaller pike that are tore all to heck, some of that was from spawning but I’m certain lots were from exactly like this video. 

[gim]

On 4/7/2022 at 6:58 PM, Way north bass guy said:

and the big fish were pretty much solely hunting smaller pike in the 18-24” range. Said it was a fantastic way to catch the largest pike in the system. I’ve seen many smaller pike that are tore all to heck

That’s actually a big reason why we have such a pike problem here in Minnesota. There’s not enough big ones left to help control the small ones…because the big ones EAT the small ones!

 

I wish people would release all the pike over about 26 inches and keep some of the small ones, it would be extremely beneficial to the ecosystem.

[LrgmouthShad]

That is freaking awesome

[Further North]

On 4/7/2022 at 5:56 PM, T-Billy said:

35" musky with fresh wounds from being T boned by a bigger fish.

I have a picture somewhere of a pike in that same size range with v-shaped bite marks on both sides, just behind the gills.

The measurement, inside to inside, was just a hair shy of 9"

We fished that same bay a lot that week...

 

On 4/7/2022 at 6:16 PM, Bird said:

The speed of attack, wow.

If you've ever been able to watch an esox set up for an attack, it's cooler than heck.

They'll go into an "S" shape just be for launching, and then they launch...it's stupid fast...

On 4/7/2022 at 8:06 PM, gimruis said:

That’s actually a big reason why we have such a pike problem here in Minnesota. There’s not enough big ones left to help control the small ones…because the big ones EAT the small ones!

 

I people would release all the pike over about 26 inches and keep some of the small ones, it would be extremely beneficial to the ecosystem.

I agree 100%