Northern pike

I caught this pike in western Wi today. Does anyone know what the deal is with the patterning. I have never seen one quite like it.

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Have no idea, but that is the freakin coolest patterning I may have ever seen on a pike. Nice catch!!

That’s sick!

Must be a cross breed. Very cool looking fish, thanks for sharing! !

it almost looks like a grass pickerel to me,however a tiger muskie which is a cross between a northern pike and a musky can have patterns close to that.

I looked into it and I guess people are calling them striped northern pike. I still don’t know what causes the stripes or how common it is. I watched an episode of uncut angling and they catch one similar to the patterning on my fish. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9cv2gVIDsUY

Thanks for the info.

Very cool

Awsome fish. Would make a nice mount.

There are three northern pike color phases spotted, silver and striped. What you have there is a striped pike and it is also the rarest if the three. Here’s a link to an article written about Spirit Lake in Iowa. http://kwqc.com/2016/04/04/rare-striped-northern-pike-caught-in-iowa/

Wow. thats sweet looking

Gotta admit, pretty cool looking Pike. I’ve never seen one quite like that!