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What are Northern Pike like with Bass and bullheads?

Started by Guest_catfish_hunter_* , May 15 2007 11:30 PM

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#1 Guest_catfish_hunter_*

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Posted 15 May 2007 - 11:30 PM

Can a pike coexist with a bass, bullheads, and some other fish or will it bully, maim, and destroy everything like a mini Godzilla?
I ask due to the high population of Northern pike for the taking in a nearby lake called Hayden Lake. They are so cool :cool:

#2 Guest_edbihary_*

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Posted 16 May 2007 - 12:19 PM

As a guess, northern pikes and muskies I would expect to be similar to smaller pikes (pickerels) in that regard. Pickerels are totally peaceful toward anything they don't regard as food. I would expect that when it is young and small a northern pike would ignore a bass, but as it grows, it will grow much bigger than the bass, and will eventually regard the bass as food. Just a guess.

#3 Guest_smbass_*

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Posted 16 May 2007 - 01:09 PM

Your guess is exactly correct I have kept some small pike before and they completely ignored other fish that were too small to consider food items. I'd be more concerned about the bass doing damage to the Pike if they were similar sized because the bass is more likely to be territorial.

#4 Guest_chad55_*

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Posted 16 May 2007 - 01:59 PM

DON'T DO IT! I lost a beautiful redfin pickerel due to this combo.

Chad

#5 Guest_catfish_hunter_*

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Posted 16 May 2007 - 06:11 PM

Ah, Chad, that sucks! Is it that pretty pickerel you have as your current avatar? Anyways, no, the pike would be about 12 inches long, the bass is 8 inches. I guess proceed with caution?

#6 Guest_Zephead4747_*

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Posted 16 May 2007 - 06:13 PM

If you want a bass/pike combo I'd go with a grass/redfin with a rockbass imo

With lots of room so the pickerel doesn't get picked on too much.

even then.....

#7 Guest_chad55_*

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Posted 16 May 2007 - 08:35 PM

Ah, Chad, that sucks! Is it that pretty pickerel you have as your current avatar? Anyways, no, the pike would be about 12 inches long, the bass is 8 inches. I guess proceed with caution?

No thank god it's not that bad boy. I love that pickerel IDK what I would do if I lost him. It was my first pickerel that I lost... Just ask around a couple people know the sob story lol. But I still wouldn't do it bass are way too agressive.

Chad