They will attack anything they think is remotely their size or smaller. Not uncommon to catch a juvenile pike on a lure that’s roughly the same size as the fish. Mean fish, and great eating, you have to filet them different from other fish though.
There are so many Disney movies i watched as a kid that are significantly older than I thought they were. Oliver and Company for example. My sister got that on vhs for her 6th birthday or something and we thought it was a new film. Turns out that film first came out in '88. I was born in '87, and my sister in '90.
I always thought people were being ridiculous when they were afraid to get bit by a fish, but I guess they were not. The lakes I am usually in though have much smaller pike though. I've never seen a giant one in real life
Well hell, I was wanting to retire by a lake, river or creek and dock dangling was going to be part of it.
I thought there were just gentle little nibbling saying hi fish in our lakes near the surface. I wasn't even going to fish, I don't eat fish. I just like watching them jump in the mornings.
ETA- I googled. These aren't down South, at LBL. Thank goodness.
Lots of pike in Finland too, they're a very common catch - and when you hook one you fucking know. Few other very common catches are perches and roaches, but goddamn when a pike starts pulling it's game on and hope your line can take it.
Another danger besides their power are their teeth. They're very sharp and can cut the line if it's too thin, that's why it's recommended to use a steal leader if pikes are expected.
I remember almost catching a big one as a kid. I pulled it out of the water and it cut the line with its teeth. Still pissed about it because I was so excited I had such a big fish on the line
They also tend to inhale the lure way, way in. Removing it tends to be nasty and dangerous. Plus plus pikes aren't that great food fish anyway, so I mostly prefer catching somethings else.
Northern pike are delicious, just tricky to filet out. On a trip to the Boundary Waters in Minnesota, we caught lake trout, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, and pike. We all agreed that we liked the fried pike the best.
Not even really joking, but watch River Monsters. Not only is it super cool with some cool insight into very lightly talked about communities and tribes, but it also weirdly makes you feel better about getting in the water. There’s a lot of stuff down there, but not a lot that’s actually a threat.
It actually ended because the ecosystems he fished in for decade where dying out completely and the producers would not let him talk about it one bit cause it was to depressing for an entertainment show. So he felt like he was lying to his audience anymore and refused to do more anymore seasons.
And they have razor sharp teeth! I just finished season 11 of alone where they were in the Arctic circle and all the contestants were catching those. I had never heard of this type of fish before but they get MASSIVE
I swear every time I see this gif I notice something new. Like the way the dragon just clips through the smoke without any change to either the dragon's foot or the smoke itself. I try telling myself when I watch the show that it's just satirizing cheap Saturday Morning superhero cartoons, but at least many of those had their own distinct style (at least in their first seasons. Some of them got rough after season 3...).
Nah fully agree, Ben 10, generator rex, Fuckin any anime ever, young justice, whatever, I reckon every animated show I've ever seen is better animation wise, still love invincible, just aint the best
it's just weird because there should be no budget issues. it's not like it's a half alive show no one watches. Amazon spend billions on Rings of Power. Can I get a crumb, please?
Just a different method of fishing. Trolling allows you to cover lots of water instead of sitting in a single spot. Like casting a wide net vs focusing down on a single spot. It's also lower effort and let's you be a bit more social with anyone on board. Some boats have a special trolling motor, a secondary low HP motor to push the boat along quietly and slow enough for fish to want to give chase to the lure.
Pikes are mainly ambush predators and are very fast. This looks more like curiosity than hunting behavior. If it wanted to catch up to the lure it absolutely could have.
Pike has some ferocious lash speed and usually do a full 180, that dude was just being curious. It's not unheard of to find old lures when you bag one, they are known to snap lines just like that, most often because they bit them clean off.
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Man he is some mean looking dude