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Originally Posted by The Spank
Just curious the origin of the term "Jackfish" for referring to Northern Pike? I have never heard the term used anywhere else in Canada except Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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'Merican tourists used to come to Canada to fish for great northerns. We just called them jacks and threw most of them back. Always called them jacks in Manitoba. What we call Pickerel is properly known as Walleyed Pike, but don't know if anyone in Canada uses that term?
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