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Old 03-01-2008, 09:34 AM
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how much does a 33 inch northern pike weigh. I was wondering because we caught one yesterday that was that long but i forgot the scale
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Old 03-01-2008, 09:59 AM
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Need to know the girth - river and lake pike are like walleyes in that they can be dramatically lighter or heavier at the same length.
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Old 03-01-2008, 10:01 AM
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it was very fat like it just ate something like a small whitefish
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Old 03-01-2008, 10:19 AM
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Sounds like a spawning hen...Congrats on the nice C&R pike! Dont bother with weights on these C&R fish. Lengths work best anyways for telling the size of a fish you caught. If you hang these guys from a scale vertically, you can do severe internal damage to them as well as cause spinal injuries.

keep a strain on er.
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My guess is 11.0 lbs.
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Old 03-01-2008, 12:11 PM
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If you hang these guys from a scale vertically, you can do severe internal damage to them as well as cause spinal injuries
I would just like to know how we know this,, I have seen this statement made before but I am not sure how anyone came to this decision.. Is it another one of those just cause statements..


I think fish are a lot tougher than people give them credit,, they go through a lot of rough stuff in the wild,, ever seen Pike running northern creeks and Beaver damns in the spring you would be amazed at what they live through...
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Old 03-01-2008, 08:55 PM
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how much does a 33 inch northern pike weigh. I was wondering because we caught one yesterday that was that long but i forgot the scale
caught a 29' feb. 23 -- kept him so gill weighed him at 6lbs . it was a male - no eggs -- his belly was empty . he was big girthed. so i would guestimate your's around 8-9 lbs. if you had jaw spreaders and scale you would do little harm to the fish with a quick release.
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