What do you guys think

[fisherman21]

Never seen a pike patterned like this. Pike or tiger? Caught in Lake Ontario

 

 

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[shawn393]

Definitely a tiger. Nice fish

[GAMBLER]

What ever it is Pike / Tiger, it is one wild looking fish.  Where on Lake O? 

[Gator]

Certainly looks like tigers I've caught.

[fisherman21]

What ever it is Pike / Tiger, it is one wild looking fish.  Where on Lake O? 

Toronto


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[Ronix 51]

Northern Pike with atypical patterning

[Sk8man]

Hybrid between NP and Musky?

Edited January 6, 2020 by Sk8man

[muskiedreams]

Looks very unusual. Looks like a tiger that has had it's markings remove, cut up and then sprinkled back on. But I thank Ronix 51 for his professional explanation. A DNA analysis might have been interesting.

 

 

Edited January 6, 2020 by muskiedreams

[Sk8man]

Guess I need to read more carefully before throwing my 2 cents in 

[JOE ESOX]

Pike. Cool looking pike at that...


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[tmag]

That looks like a European pike and if you look at the jacket he's wearing it would also appear to eke that out. See this photo for similar:

[Sk8man]

They are pretty magnificent "beasts" aren't they?

[tmag]

Indeed

[old man]

Looks like a European pike. Cool paint job


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[Frogger]

Ok kids, stay out of the water.......


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[Sea Nympho]

Awesome fish, thats a Tiger Musky

[Ivan]

Awesome looking fish

[Bad dog]

I would tip it over and count the pours under it chin. Pike and Muskies have a different number of pours I don't catch nice fish like that so you will have to check a fish book to find the number of each.

 

 

[BP Swing]

My guess is its a reverse cross between a female Pike and Male Musky. The reverse of a Tiger Musky. Years ago they stocked them and the were called Norlunge. Cool coloring regardless. Hope it was released.

 

 

[Sea Nympho]

There is some natural cross breeding of Pike & Musky in large river systems , like the Niagara River & the St. Lawrance. I'm guessing that awesome fish could be a natural hybrid. Either way a Gem of a fish, that I would be proud of.  Replica Mount would be cool. The fact that a lady caught that fish is cool too, because my wife & twin daughters loves to fish also.

[NPike]

The spots and coloring are typical of a pike. Like any fish slight variations exist, even seen a few with a blue background in Canada. I believe it's a very nice sized regular northern pike.