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I was out fishing last Monday for some crappies at one of my favorite lakes, using my 5' St. Croix Premier UL rod with 2 lb. test line. Coupled with a tiny Pfluger President spinning reel, this little set-up is nice for throwing very tiny lures. Well, I managed to hook into a couple pike that day. The largest was at 26", which put up one heck of a fight. Later in the day, I hooked into a 20", which wasn't too bad either. When I brought this 20" pike back to the boat, I noticed something was following it. It was a big ol' musky, all scarred up in many places, eyeing up the little pike about 2 feet behind it. It sat there watching while the pike was boatside, so I decided it would make an interesting picture. So, while crouched down getting my camera, you can probably guess what happened. It was only on for a few seconds, but when it hit, I nearly soiled myself! For some reason, the line stood the test, but the little rod was toast. While reeling in, I noticed I still had the pike on... at least most of it. I got this picture while it was still in the water:

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Something ominous is still visible in the picture!

Not wanting to go though it again (could be considered illegal to use a pike as bait!), I hauled the pike in. I took a couple other pictures of the fish after landing it. The muskie actually bit though the last 1/3rd of the pike and it had two gashes from either side of the jaw:

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The pike was actually still fairly lively but personally, I don't think the pike will live very long.

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