PR Pike 5/31/15

[Chrisper4694]

it's a wild animal, you can't always control it. anyway i'd say if it does get in the mud or dirt by accident...do not wipe it off...i'd think that would make it worse wiping it off would take the mucus off with the dirt/mud. I think you did the right thing and just let it go asap. I've caught pike with severed gills hanging out of them released them and then caught what i'm pretty sure were the same ones (same injuries) later in the season...they are survivors.

we do our best to release the fish we don't want to eat unharmed, but lets not forget we are hunting them down and jamming a hook into their faces....