friday

[baldntatted]

we went fishing off 79 twards paris landing and we fishing eagle creek and i caught a nothern pike i didn't think we had em in tn got him on a silver fluke

 

[Spurhunter]

i saw some small ones inthe clear creeks around ky lake about 10 years ago. guess they moved in.

 

[baldntatted]

he was about 25 inches long. didn't have my camera on me to take pics of him im going back this weekend to see if i can catch one with a camera also

 

[Bertman]

 

[rsimms]

I bet maybe it is a chain pickerel. Both species are quite unusual in Tennessee, but pickerel more common than pike... and actually I've never heard of a "confirmed" pike in Tennessee. Look at this web page.... pictures of chain pickerel and pike both. Maybe you can tell which it was.

http://www.tnfish.org/PhotoGalleryFish_ ... allery.htm

 

[Kirk]

If you catch another one, mail it to RSimms he can identify it for you. Don't bother with dry ice or anything like that just lay it out on the bank for at least a day before you mail it.

 

[easy45]

pickerals are very common

 

[stik]

northerns were stocked in melton hill lake in the 80's. i caught one about 20 inches long shortly after the stocking.

 

[baldntatted]

I bet maybe it is a chain pickerel. Both species are quite unusual in Tennessee, but pickerel more common than pike... and actually I've never heard of a "confirmed" pike in Tennessee. Look at this web page.... pictures of chain pickerel and pike both. Maybe you can tell which it was.

http://www.tnfish.org/PhotoGalleryFish_ ... allery.htm

yeah thats what it was a chain pickerl first time i ever hooked into one here in tn. we used to catch the fire out of em in upstate ny

Thanks rsimms

 

[Spurhunter]

Thanks for correcting me also rsimms. Heck, all them yankee fish look the same to me!