u guys are mentioning record size fish so i am glad ur catching record size pike all the time. just about all state record like i said are 40-50inches. do u catch state record bass all the time no the bass that are caught are usuall half or less then the size of the record and same holds true for pike. no i can also go get a link to show u normal pike but i shouldnt have to cause u can look it up yourself
a northern pike in a 300g tank?
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did you look at the scientific publication I posted. It doesn't seem like you did. You find me a credible piece of literature that says the average Northern Pike grows to 20"!!!!
Why can't peole admit when they are wrong?!?!?!?
Why can't peole admit when they are wrong?!?!?!?
this is a statement made in minnesota were large pike are.Northern pike reached an average length of 24.7 inches at age 5. 5 yrs in a lake for them to reach 24 inches so its going to take a heck of alot longer in a tank for it to achieve that same size even if it can in a tank. so buddy if u really want a nortern pike u go get one and maybe someday like 7-10 yrs from now u may have to make a decision on what to do with it
did you read the article I posted??????? 
Maybe you are right maybe those record pike are 50 years old
Maybe you are right maybe those record pike are 50 years old
where is this statement you speak of. Is it backed by credible reearch and published in a scientific journal?
You might also want to consider that fish in a lake don't have as much food available as one does in a tank. They don't grow and feed heavily year round. We should keep our water cleaner than a lake so they should grow much faster in a tank. Possibly larger if given the space.
no i didnt read it all cause as soon as i seen studies were done in the great lakes then i quit reading cause they probabley to have better results in the great lakes. man anyone reading this thread can go search pike sizes and jump from site to site and see what there growth rate is. U ALSO SAID PIKE EASILY REACH 40 50 INCHES but they do not. it is very uncommon to find a pike over 40 inches just run through a bunch of sites they all pretty much have the same conclusions on growth
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hey i would think the same thing about our tank water should be cleaner then lake water but out of ****s and giggles when we went to the beach last year on presque isle i took one of my test strips and nitrates and nitrates were completely white at 0. surprised me as well.
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