nice fish.sucks he had to be killed.
Awesome fish Bro whether kept or released, congratulations! They're not extinct or endangered! Mike
why is that? there are plenty more that size out there. sometimes taking the big ones out of the food chain is a good thing.
actually a big northern like that does more to the ecosystem then you can imagine. That is a breeding machine."If you want to improve a pike fishery, immediately put the 36"+ fish back. In fact don't even take them out of the water. Keep and eat any 24-30" fish. It's called Selective Harvest, and works well with pike populations. The bigger fish cannibalize the smaller pike. Remove or kill a big fish, and there's nothing to keep the smaller fish in check, and you get a ton of obnoxious hammer handles. "I am just biased I guess. With the replica mounts they do today that look better then a skin mount and last longer I just dont understand keeping it.