1st Kayak Pike of 2014

[SkillfulAngler908]

Nice fish man. How was the river? Seemed pretty high just looking at the USGS site.

[stevejordan]

nice fatty!

[Eskimo]

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Great fish Skunk. I didn't realize you could sex pike.

It's still too cold for me to get out on the water. I'll probably hold out until we get a daytime high of at least the 60's.

Be careful out there. Hypothermia sets in very quickly when someone falls into this ice-cold water.



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[Skunk City]

Originally Posted by Eskimo

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Great fish Skunk. I didn't realize you could sex pike.

It's still too cold for me to get out on the water. I'll probably hold out until we get a daytime high of at least the 60's.



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This time of year is fairly easy. The females are always very fat and oftentimes, longer than the males. After the spawning period, your guess is as good as mine lol.

[Eskimo]

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I did a Google and search and found that there are slight differences in the urogenital areas of male and female pike. I guess you can differentiate the sexes throughout the year if you want to study the pike's junk with a magnifying glass.

http://books.google.com/books?id=l9Z...rphism&f=false

[Skunk City]

Originally Posted by gwl2oneida

Nice fish Rob! Anyone know why they don't stock them in monksville? It seems like that north side would be good habitat from why I understand of pike.

There is a picture floating around of a guy holding a low 30" Pike near the standing timber at Monksville from the early/mid 90's.

[Skunk City]

Originally Posted by AndyS

NICE pike ! Don't feel like the Passaic is the only place to get pike, Spruce Run off the shoreline in April can be great.
You got the Millstone and Pompton rivers also.
Budd Lake, Cranberry Lake, Farrington Lake, and Pompton Lake just to name a few also.

Who said these were from the Passaic?