Interesting Facts
Esox lucius
are fascinating organisms and one thing that is interesting
about them is that though they can live to be 30 years old in
the wild but only live 6 years in captivity max because they will not
accept artificial food. Something else interesting about pike is
that they will continue to eat even when they have a full
stomach and at times will chock themselves to death by trying to
eat too many fish. Something that is amazing about these animals
is how well they can blend into several different environments.
On one of my fishing trips, I found myself fishing in a cove
that was all sand and looking into the crystal clear water, I
remember asking my dad what might all these logs would be doing
here, then my lure went by one and it attached it. That log wound
up being a 36 inch northern.
The Esox lucius is an interesting species but before
I found out all of the information on them, I liked them just
because I am an angler. The reason for making this
web page on the pike is because I have gone on several trips just to
fish for them and have to say that they are one of the best fish
to go after with a medium rod and a lot of spare lures. I
figured since I liked fishing for them so much it might be good
to learn more about them, since that could lead to knowing their
behavior better which will give me an advantage fishing for
them.
If you are an angler and want to have some fun fishing
and catching some monster fish I suggest you look for pike and
its close relative the musky.
Website created Spring 2008 by Brian Haslag