45" pike!

[cantcatchacold]

Levon your too nice of a guy to be pike fishing lol. However that's one monster ! I also like that you can truely see the size in the pic, not holding it out.

[tweedwolfscream]

Pretty sure that's a muskellunge fish. Not a pike fish. Surprised I'm the only one to notice. And I'm not much of a fisherman. Wow.

WayneGretzky99, I'm not an expert either, but here's how even fishing newbies like you and me can tell it's a pike, not a muskie:
#1 - light spots on dark background. Muskies have dark spots on light, or in some cases stripes instead of spots.
#2 - the tail. Both pike and muskies have forked tails but a muskie's tail has pointy tips while a pike's tail has rounded tips.

The number of pores under the chin might be the most reliable feature for ID but the ones I said are how you can tell from LeavonP's picture.

LeavonP, awesome catch. Without giving away your lake can you tell us what general area it's from? I'm guessing Muskoka from the conversation on the thread?

[Bonkers]

Stevie Wonder could tell that it's a Pike not a Muskie.

[Pondo]

Stevie Wonder could tell that it's a Pike not a Muskie.

Hahaha! Indeed.

Very nice gator dude!

[FSHN 247]

Stick to hockey #99.

FSHN 247
Jay

[Bonkers]

you got 99 problems and Identifying fish is one lol

[86robinson]

Holy chit Levon that's one beauty PIKE fella, good job! Those are definitely the ones that make the blood pump, hardly ever forget the fight with ones of that calibre

[STYKKER]

I am soooo jealous,nice catch bro...that things got girth for sure..

[bonez26]

Thats awesome dude! Still looking for one of that caliber for myself...lol

[moemoe]

nice fattie, the only similarity that thing has to a muskie is the measurements!