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Originally Posted by EZM
Red fins have nothing to do with the age of the pike. Red fins are a sign of a tough fight where the chemistry changes the amount of O2 and acid in the blood of the fish, the same way a someone exercising strenuously may get red - for precisely the same reasons.
Obviously the bigger the fish, the longer and tougher a fight may be - that's why you may associate this with a bigger (and older) pike. That pike will recover and the fins will return to a normal hue.
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Oh really! Haha I never knew that. I just always found that yeah the biggest fish get the red fins. Thanks for the clarification as to the reason.
Learn something new everyday as they say :-)