Esox ID
 

Caught this little guy earlier this year in the Passaic and was wondering if anyone knew which species it was. I'm pretty sure it's some sort of Muskie. Either a stocker tiger or a juvenile pure. Some other people say its a small pike. I don't think it's a pike tho. Any thoughts?http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/...7/0feb6533.jpg[/IMG]

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Small Pike. I had one Saturday morning that looked EXACTLY like this guy. I'll try to get a picture up.

Beautiful fish though. Love the stripes towards his tail.

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Looks like a tiger musky to me...

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Its a Pike.......

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that's a tough one.

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Ya I guess it could be a pike. It's tOugh to tell when they are small but I was thinkin it had a Muskie looking head. Anyone know what kind of condition the Passaic is in?

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Looks like a pike. It's easy to confuse the different members of the esox family when they are young. Pike have bars when they are juveniles that break up into spots as they age. Sometimes the bar patterns will remain (usually dots arranged in bars) even after the fish reaches over 30". I've seen these confused with pike/pickerel hybrids and tiger muskie a bunch of times on the Internet.

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Low, slow, and warm. I use the USGS water tables to scope out the river conditions. They have stations set up all along the river, but here is the Two Bridges one http://waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/uv?01389005

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100% Pike

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great link skunk, for some reason when I plug in millington and chatham I only get two available parameters. any ideas?

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nj/nwis/uv...cd=00065,00060