SHARK!

[Meatman24]

What should I do with one then

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[BP Swing]

I wouldnt doubt that. St Lawrence goes to the ocean and they have been know to be in freshwater from time to time. I hear shark rumors in the lake every 5-10 years it seems. More likely though is a huge musky bit that salmon in half. It happens all the time when guys are bringing in bass and walleye. 10 lbs isnt squat for a big musky to hit.

[panfisher]

Just an uneducated idea....... not to argue. Hopefully an ichthyologist of sorts with good knowledge of fish dentistry could enlighten further.....Seems that sharks, especially those species with really major shark teeth..... faces with row fulls of sharp, cutting, tearing daggers....like bull sharks....are more apt to do the "de-body-ing" often witnessed by saltwater fisherman when their catch is encountered by a hungry shark. Perhaps barracuda, with back teeth like sharks, would do similar damage. But freshwater esocidae, they look kind of like barracuda, but their pointed teeth do not look like they are made for cutting and tearing; more like sticking and poking holes. They do not have a row set-up of "knife tips" which makes biting off the most of a fleshy body easy. Seems like a pike will be able to hold onto prey at the end of the line longer until they open their mouths and let it go. As seen when a pike ambushes a fish being reeled in until it's invariably let go. You'll reel in a fish with tooth marks ripped along the sides. more like deep scratches. Not a severed body head when a shark or 'cuda attacks. Also, the strength and bite pressure a shark could apply might be better than an esox. Maybe a big headed male salmonid with its big pointy teeth can make a nice mess of a smaller catch....but not like a sharks bite.....