Fishingreportsnow.com 20lb Pike!?!

[basspilot]

The link is below looks like a nice fish from the picture. 20lbs though mmmmm...... i don't know about that.

http://fishingreportsnow.com/NJ_Fishing_Photos_View.cfm/PhotoID/13059

[FASTEDDIE29]

No chance that's a 20 lber!!!!! No way, no way!!!!! I'd say its 10-12 lbs, maybe!!!

[basspilot]

I agree I'd be generous to even say maybe 14 but without measurements its hard to even give it that. 20lbs though is a long shot.

[Skunk City]

I heard it was in the mid-30" range. A little overzealous with the weight estimate for sure lol. Have run into that guy on the river before, seems like a nice guy. I think he's fairly new to the Pike scene. Respectable fish nonetheless.

Wouldn't be the first Pike exaggeration we've seen though haha...

[Eskimo]

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That is a great pike, but not twenty pounds.

Most people are poor judges of weight, especially when the fish is bigger than what they usually catch. I have to roll my eyes when people tell me bout the "ten-pound bass" they caught. Any sizeable bass is a "five or six pounder".

For catch-and-release, I find the online length-weight estimators to be invaluable.

Like this one: http://fishandboat.com/images/pages/fishin1/weightlength3.pdf


Interesting website. I didn't know there wasa NJ fishing reports website.
I'm not in the market for a stick-in anchor for my kayak, but I had to spend a few minutes considering this ad for a "swivel stick anchor"
I have a swivel stick for her.

http://fishingreportsnow.com/images/product.reviews.2013/Swivel.Stick.Standing.JPG





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[FASTEDDIE29]

Wouldn't be the first Pike exaggeration we've seen though haha...[/QUOTE]


Compulsive Exaggerators!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!

[saxmatt]

That's a nice looking pike, probably 12-15lbs. Weight and length is tough to judge with pike unless you've seen a lot of them. I've seen a lot of exaggerated weights and lengths posted. The length to weight formulas don't work well either. I caught a 35" inch fish that was a hair under 16 lbs, and a saw a 39" fish that was only 10 lbs.

[AndyS]

Fishingreportsnow is the Fisherman Magazine on line. I could swear most of the info on that site comes from NJF.com :D

[GetANet]

It Said "they Were Punching Pike On The Passaic" Is That A New Way To Catch Them??? Same Reports On The Same People Every Week Gets Kinda Old After A While Imo!

[basspilot]

Honestly nothing beats the one weight estimate than when a guy told me while I was fishing the passaic below the great falls. I ask him how the catchin was going and he replies "yeah we catch a lot of carp here. I got one last week (with the most serious face) that weighed 200lbs...". I honestly had to bite my lip cause I almost lost it. I didn't know free willy was swimming around the passaic river LMAO!