Anyone ever catch a pike like this?

[Agronomist_at_IA]

[panfishpounder00]

i've seen some pretty light colored pike before, but dang!, thats light! were you fishing a deep water basin? i ask because, most fish that hang in structure will show coloration, like rocks for example will show a really dark coloration, weeds will do the same , but no quite as dark. only conclusion i can come up with is that you were in deep water and this fish has been there for a while perhaps chasing tulibee.

[MuleShack]

Never thru the kitchen sink hole...

[panfishpounder00]

ahh yes! thats it! this is one of those russian pike, that act like a chameleon and blend in with the enviromental surroundings! ...... j/k! i still go with my above post

[Agronomist_at_IA]

ahh yes! thats it! this is one of those russian pike, that act like a chameleon and blend in with the enviromental surroundings! ...... j/k! i still go with my above post

The lake I caught it in only gets to 14 foot max, and is only 1200 acres. I'm not sure but someone said something about a silver pike. Anyone ever heard of one?

[panfishpounder00]

mmm. cant say that i have. odd.

[niterydr]

I've heard of them. They are typically silver/blueish in color no spots like the "regular" northern's have.

As far as I know, it is considered a mutation, not a special species. Apparently the record is 18lbs 14oz out of Disapointment Lake

[JIvers]

I've heard of them. They are typically silver/blueish in color no spots like the "regular" northern's have.

As far as I know, it is considered a mutation, not a special species. Apparently the record is 18lbs 14oz out of Disapointment Lake

Yup. The silver pike is not a separate species: it is a recessive genetic trait within the Northern Pike population like red hair in humans. It is sometimes called the "silver phase", which is kind of misleading.

Whether this fish is a silver pike I don't know, as I have never seen one.

[Ed Carlson]

Maybe....It's a Christmas Pike?

[paceman]

Looks like a silver pike to me.

[Esox_Magnum]

It's a silver pike, I catch several a year.

[ec30_06]

I caught one like that on mile lacs last year

[CANOPY SAM]

Any chance this was a musky?

[DonBo]

From Wikipedia:

Quote:

Silver pike, sometimes called silver muskellunge, lack the rows of spots and appear silver, white, or silvery-blue in color.

[smg04]

Yup. The silver pike is not a separate species: it is a recessive genetic trait within the Northern Pike population like red hair in humans. It is sometimes called the "silver phase", which is kind of misleading.

HAHA, you caught the Ginger Kid of the fish world. . . .

[H2O Milfoil]

Looks like you've been fishing in Cabela's aquarium!

[CrappieNight]

After all, you did catch it in Iowa.... Just sayin'

[My_Key]

Silver body, green on the back, looks like a little white on the tail tip........... I'd say you caught the ever elusive walleye-pike. You know, the kind they charge an arm and leg for at restaraunts.

[mnhunter79]

Caught this on the MN river, also got one like this on the mississippi.WEIRD!

[52#FLATHEAD]

It's a silver pike.