Caught a beautiful pike this weekend. It was a bright green and gold scales when the light hit it. It was so awesome looking. None of the others looked like this one. I never seen one so pretty. It was 26 inches.
Cannot remember Lastime I enjoyed a vid so much , absolutely loved every minute , brilliant . We only have “ northerns “ here in Scotland / uk . But absolutely fascinating none the less . New subscriber here also .
Great video! I particularly liked the shots of their different habitats. Kind of like eating sherbet between courses at a banquet. Cleared the palate to be ready to look at the specifics of the next species.
In my youth i remember catching pike with silver sides and a jet black backs . I imagine these were silver pike i remember they gave a ferocious fight compared to the normal pike.
Still watching the video, but I'm trying to ID a fish based on memory. Thought it was a pike back then but I'm getting back into fishing and the memory of the event sticks in my mind. I've found however that pike don't seem to have the same teeth I remember. Same body type, think it was kinda silverish but the main thing was I was reeling my line back in with no bite, got the lure back to me about a foot and some change over the water when suddenly a slender long fish dove up out of the water and snatched the lure with what I remember to be 4 very long curves teeth like mammalian canine teeth, top 2 were probably 2 inches little under and the bottom 2 were shorter, then the rest of the mouth had a line of tinier same shaped teeth lining the jaw. I can't find anything with the same tooth structure, muskies looked similar and sounds like they pull aggressive stunts like this, but even those teeth don't match what I remember. Ik my memory might be skewed a bit over the years but the teeth were the first thing I saw coming up out of the water I'm pretty sure they're how I remember them to be
These are the best videos I've found on North American fish, I love that you are focusing on rough fish and other neglected species. Looking forward to a video on Walleye and their allies and maybe even bowfin/gar? Keep up the great work!
Much appreciated, J H S! I like the idea to get some videos done on walleye, bowfin, and gar. I'll put it on the list! (It is a big list right now...) Cheers!
I wonder why Pike in Europe grow so much larger than in North America? I remember watching River Monsters where Jeremy Wade was looking for the giant Northern Pike from Ireland and Scotland. Sadly, it seems that those ultra giant genetics have gone extinct within the UK it seems😔.
A genetic component would play a role in the size difference. Though, Eurasia has fewer predatory species of inland fishes than in North America; that means less competition for food. Climatic differences like photoperiod and water conditions can also allow for differences in growth patterns.
Yeah, that's a good idea. I'll put it on my list. The best feature I know of is that the shadow bass will usually have 15-18 scale rows across the breast from pectoral fin to pectoral fin while the rock bass has 21-25. Other than that, it's pretty hard to tell 'em apart.
Hey I know this isn’t sunfish video but I’m currently breeding sunfishes and I have a mature male green sunfish only reason i know this is because he turns vertical and dose that thing they do on the gravel with his tail. So I went out fishing and caught another green sunfish, then I realize that how would I know if that isn’t a female green sunfish. So I searched pictures wouldn’t show me nothing so I thought that it would be perfect if you had time for educational video telling us how to tell difference of male and female of sunfishes but it could just be green sunfish. it’s just suggesting by one your fans, but only do it if you have any left over free time.
Hey Kam King, so I literally just wrote up a little explanation on this on another comment. It's just super difficult to tell male/female green sunfish apart. It is a great idea for a video and I should explain why it is so difficult! Thanks for the idea. But here's what I told another viewer: -Green sunfish are one of the most difficult to ID because there is very little difference in appearance between males and females. Really, at that size, you'd have to dissect the fish and look at the gonads, of which, I'm sure you don't want to do. What you can do is wait a bit longer until it is larger. Usually around 2-3 inches green sunfish reach sexual maturity. If you have the water temp and light cycle right to mimic the breeding season conditions, the specimen will either develop eggs (female) or sperm (male). And you can easily see which it is by very gently squeezing the abdomen and seeing what comes out of the urogenital opening. Milt or sperm just looks like white milk and any eggs look like small orangish balls. I put some images of bluegill urogenital openings, eggs, and sperm on my site. www.koaw.org/bluegill Good luck!-
I'll probably create more hybrid ID content in future videos and/or at koaw.org. Cheers!
Caught a beautiful pike this weekend. It was a bright green and gold scales when the light hit it. It was so awesome looking. None of the others looked like this one. I never seen one so pretty. It was 26 inches.
Cannot remember Lastime I enjoyed a vid so much , absolutely loved every minute , brilliant . We only have “ northerns “ here in Scotland / uk . But absolutely fascinating none the less . New subscriber here also .
Appreciate that! Yeah, you've got the big pike out there. Glad you enjoyed this one.
I've spent a lot of time fishing for grass pickerel in western Pa. An awesome and overlooked species on ultralight tackle.
Indeed! Definitely fun on light gear. Thanks for sharing, Rhonda.
Great video! I particularly liked the shots of their different habitats. Kind of like eating sherbet between courses at a banquet. Cleared the palate to be ready to look at the specifics of the next species.
Thanks, Sarah! Interesting analogy; I like it!
Very underrated video, you deserve so much more love
Love the identification videos, especially with sunfish. I hope u can make one on the different longear variations
It's definitely on my to-do list, avian cypress! I do feel that getting into the longear sunfish complex variations is needed.
In my youth i remember catching pike with silver sides and a jet black backs . I imagine these were silver pike i remember they gave a ferocious fight compared to the normal pike.
You are very informative on fish species.Thanks for the video 👍👃
You're welcome, Jerry! Thanks much.
Still watching the video, but I'm trying to ID a fish based on memory. Thought it was a pike back then but I'm getting back into fishing and the memory of the event sticks in my mind. I've found however that pike don't seem to have the same teeth I remember. Same body type, think it was kinda silverish but the main thing was I was reeling my line back in with no bite, got the lure back to me about a foot and some change over the water when suddenly a slender long fish dove up out of the water and snatched the lure with what I remember to be 4 very long curves teeth like mammalian canine teeth, top 2 were probably 2 inches little under and the bottom 2 were shorter, then the rest of the mouth had a line of tinier same shaped teeth lining the jaw. I can't find anything with the same tooth structure, muskies looked similar and sounds like they pull aggressive stunts like this, but even those teeth don't match what I remember. Ik my memory might be skewed a bit over the years but the teeth were the first thing I saw coming up out of the water I'm pretty sure they're how I remember them to be
Hmm the pike just shown here has the shape, but not the fanglike ones in front
Great video
Thanks much, Frankie! Glad you liked this one.
Good stuff!
Thanks!
That civeche you served explains the weight loss.
=)
Great videos!
Thanks, Michael!
These are the best videos I've found on North American fish, I love that you are focusing on rough fish and other neglected species. Looking forward to a video on Walleye and their allies and maybe even bowfin/gar? Keep up the great work!
Much appreciated, J H S! I like the idea to get some videos done on walleye, bowfin, and gar. I'll put it on the list! (It is a big list right now...) Cheers!
I wonder why Pike in Europe grow so much larger than in North America? I remember watching River Monsters where Jeremy Wade was looking for the giant Northern Pike from Ireland and Scotland. Sadly, it seems that those ultra giant genetics have gone extinct within the UK it seems😔.
A genetic component would play a role in the size difference. Though, Eurasia has fewer predatory species of inland fishes than in North America; that means less competition for food. Climatic differences like photoperiod and water conditions can also allow for differences in growth patterns.
Can you do one on ambloplites I would like to know a good way to distinguish rock bass and shadow bass
Yeah, that's a good idea. I'll put it on my list. The best feature I know of is that the shadow bass will usually have 15-18 scale rows across the breast from pectoral fin to pectoral fin while the rock bass has 21-25. Other than that, it's pretty hard to tell 'em apart.
Can you do on on massachetts freshwater fish pls
If I lived in Massachusetts, maybe...but I don't! Sorry...
Hey I know this isn’t sunfish video but I’m currently breeding sunfishes and I have a mature male green sunfish only reason i know this is because he turns vertical and dose that thing they do on the gravel with his tail. So I went out fishing and caught another green sunfish, then I realize that how would I know if that isn’t a female green sunfish. So I searched pictures wouldn’t show me nothing so I thought that it would be perfect if you had time for educational video telling us how to tell difference of male and female of sunfishes but it could just be green sunfish. it’s just suggesting by one your fans, but only do it if you have any left over free time.
Hey Kam King, so I literally just wrote up a little explanation on this on another comment. It's just super difficult to tell male/female green sunfish apart. It is a great idea for a video and I should explain why it is so difficult! Thanks for the idea. But here's what I told another viewer:
-Green sunfish are one of the most difficult to ID because there is very little difference in appearance between males and females. Really, at that size, you'd have to dissect the fish and look at the gonads, of which, I'm sure you don't want to do.
What you can do is wait a bit longer until it is larger. Usually around 2-3 inches green sunfish reach sexual maturity. If you have the water temp and light cycle right to mimic the breeding season conditions, the specimen will either develop eggs (female) or sperm (male). And you can easily see which it is by very gently squeezing the abdomen and seeing what comes out of the urogenital opening. Milt or sperm just looks like white milk and any eggs look like small orangish balls.
I put some images of bluegill urogenital openings, eggs, and sperm on my site. www.koaw.org/bluegill Good luck!-
They are all Slime Darts
Noted