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Old 04-12-2008, 10:46 AM
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Default Nicknames For Northern Pike

Always hear slang names for Northern Pike, just wondering how many different names are out there. Here are a few I've heard:

Johnnies
Snot Rockets
Jacks (of course)
Headbanger
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Old 04-12-2008, 10:58 AM
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Swamp sharks or slough sharks
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Old 04-12-2008, 11:00 AM
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Always hear slang names for Northern Pike, just wondering how many different names are out there. Here are a few I've heard:

Johnnies
Snot Rockets
Jacks (of course)
Headbanger
Water wolf
Slough shark
hammer handles ( small ones!)
'gators ( big ones)
%$@@!
I REALLY like "snot rockets"! Never heard that one before
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Old 04-12-2008, 12:20 PM
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Slimers
Pigs
Depth Dragons
Santa (because of all the lures they steal, their mouth jingles)
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Old 04-12-2008, 12:24 PM
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sloughie
slimy

keep a strain on er.
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Old 04-12-2008, 12:40 PM
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Sewer Trout
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Old 04-12-2008, 12:44 PM
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Sewer Trout
Thats just flat out disrespecting a fine fish
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Old 04-12-2008, 12:51 PM
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snakes
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Old 04-12-2008, 01:14 PM
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prarie sharks.
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Old 04-12-2008, 02:44 PM
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Sewer Trout


we call Burbot..... Sewage.



for pike, unless its a hog, we call them "aww crap, not another one"
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Old 04-12-2008, 04:51 PM
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Swamp Donkeys
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Old 04-12-2008, 05:03 PM
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omg i cant belive everyone missed the most common one JACKFISH
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Old 04-12-2008, 05:11 PM
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Swamp Donkeys
Moose?
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Old 04-12-2008, 05:32 PM
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Here's what I always call them!
Ukrainian Mermaids!
My Wife is Ukrainian, she usually smacks me one when I call them that !
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Old 04-12-2008, 06:11 PM
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Esox.. .
SquawFish.
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Old 04-12-2008, 07:00 PM
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the small ones i like to call "slime sticks"

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