fish id: pike or tiger muskie

[tjc76]

need opinions, not certain

[HerringKing]

I think pike.

[tjc76]

http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/ima...uskie_tank.jpg


not sure, I think it may be a tiger

[thefishermanmechanic]

Passaic river has both, looks more like a tiger count the holes on the bottom of the jaw and that should tell you.

[tjc76]

another angle

[thefishermanmechanic]

They are little pores along the bottom of the lower jaw, a pike will have no more than five, a Muskie will have no less than six and as many as nine.

[tjc76]

thank you, I guess I will never know. I didn't look fore pores.

[saxmatt]

Definitely a juvenile pike.

[bulletbob]

Thats a tiger.. they almost always have vertical bar markings as that one does.. Pike are always spotted to some extent.. I have caught both here in NY state, and would say you caught a tiger muskie... Can't say I have ever seen a pike with those distinct vertical bars.. At least here in NY, they are always mostly spotted

[tjc76]

for what it's worth, fish was silver in color, not greenish yellow or brown. hard to tell in the pics