Northern Pike Info??

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Google pike research, ive read a few different reports from the fisheries department, a 4 foot pike is usually close to 20years old,i feed mine plenty, sure he can eat more but i usually feed him every 2nd or 3rd day, im not a rookie at keeping large predators although its usually saltwater i deal with, Ive had him a year and a half and hes grown under 6 inches and is very healthy, i dont really care what everyones opinion is of what i do but time after time on this site soon as someone posts a fish that could possibly get large people loose thier minds and tell them its impossible to keep and that fish grows 10 feet a year bla bla bla when they have no idea what they are talking about, but if i had a 4' arowana there wouldnt be a single problem although its a way harder fish to keep imo


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So if all pike can grow 59" does that mean I can grow to 7'6" like Yao Ming? Lol jk I wish

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i have crabs said:
Exsactly, how many 8' tall humans are walking around? Fish have genetic restrictions also mist pike never hit the 30" mark


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that's the punchline right?......oh ok, Lol.....Ha Ha ha , OMG Im just busting a gut, what a joke; once again Ill repeat EXACTLY what I said please don't take it out of context "I never said that pike get 4ft long (even though they do and can get up to 59 inches) what I said is that its common for Pike to get up to 36 inches (if fed enough in the right environment). I wanted to say something out of anger about your crabs, and a couple of other things that would probably get me banned and possible in trouble with the law......but Im going to refrain from doing that , look stating facts is awesome if you truly have any to support your claims....so far I haven't seen any (your the one who quoted the supposed fact that Pike only grow 2 inches a year after awhile, YOU need to google it and cut and paste your link) If you don't have any pictures or facts an apology would be a pretty honorable thing to do (im not holding my breath). PS I don't think your feeding your pike enough which is why hes growing so slowly....hes probably malnourished.
 
Warmouth and I have Crabs, I believe the diet had do something with the size of large northern pikes. Lakes/rivers with ciscoes, whitefishes, shads, smelts and trout will always produced the trophy-sized northern pikes. Other lakes that do not have the foragefish I mentioned, often will have smaller pikes but still capable to produce 36" ones. The stable cool water temperature is another issue for larger pikes. Larger northern pikes (over 30") do poorly in the lakes that often produce the summer kills and when the water temperature is over 78*F, they become stressed and may die. That's why you don't see many larger northern pikes in southern regions.

As for the males being smaller than the females, that's true but in reality is that females live longer than the males and have rapid growth rates than the males. Tho the males are sexually matured earlier than the females but larger males has caught few times so.....the males don't always stay smaller.
 
i have crabs said:
Exsactly, how many 8' tall humans are walking around? Fish have genetic restrictions also mist pike never hit the 30" mark


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Google "indeterminate growth". Fish (and most cold-blooded creatures) are different than humans in that their maximum size is determined primarily by environmental factors. While there is such a thing as a genetically "dwarfed" fish, it is an extremely rare occurrence.
 
Dan F said:
Google "indeterminate growth". Fish (and most cold-blooded creatures) are different than humans in that their maximum size is determined primarily by environmental factors. While there is such a thing as a genetically "dwarfed" fish, it is an extremely rare occurrence.
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To be fair, I don't think there is a true dwarf populations of northern pike has been found. As I said this before, environment, foragefish, water temperatures and fishing factors played the role on the northern pike size.
 
I don't recommend it. There was another thread somewhere about it however I cant find it. A good alternative is a pickerel.
 
Pole said:
I don't recommend it. There was another thread somewhere about it however I cant find it. A good alternative is a pickerel.
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I would love to own a Pike (I would keep him with some Colorado Pikeminnows if the law allowed me to) but I feel I would need to have at least a 600g. indoor tank possibly with a chiller; and unfortunately I cant afford that; so yeah what everyone has said about Pickeral is a good substitute, especially with Chain Pickeral being such monsters in their own right.
 
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