Northern Pike
Illinois Fishing
Sep 21, 2023 20:07:16 #
My dad always called a Northern Pike a Northern so I do as well. Am I the only one? What do you call it? Northern, Pike, or Northern Pike? Slime dog is not an acceptable answer. 
Sep 21, 2023 20:29:44 #
mistred64 wrote:
My dad always called a Northern Pike a Northern so I do as well. Am I the only one? What do you call it? Northern, Pike, or Northern Pike? Slime dog is not an acceptable answer.
I call them Pike Ed, since there is no Southern, Eastern or Western Pike. (Also the S.D. name).
Sep 21, 2023 20:42:37 #
Fredfish wrote:
I call them Pike Ed, since there is no Southern, Eastern or Western Pike. (Also the S.D. name).
Pike seems to be the most common. You're right Fred, where else are Pike? Maybe west? I do know they are in Alaska. Very NW?
Sep 21, 2023 20:58:07 #
mistred64 wrote:
My dad always called a Northern Pike a Northern so I do as well. Am I the only one? What do you call it? Northern, Pike, or Northern Pike? Slime dog is not an acceptable answer.
My dad also called them “northerns”, so that’s what I call them, too.
Sep 21, 2023 21:06:58 #
mistred64 wrote:
Pike seems to be the most common. You're right Fred, where else are Pike? Maybe west? I do know they are in Alaska. Very NW?
In the early days of Clinton Lake, here in Lawrence, northerns were stocked there, but the water was not
deep/cold enough to sustain them. We caught a bunch of them one spring, once we found out it was necessary to use steel leaders or much heavier line than 6# test. They are a blast to catch on crappie gear!
Sep 21, 2023 21:42:42 #
mistred64 wrote:
Pike seems to be the most common. You're right Fred, where else are Pike? Maybe west? I do know they are in Alaska. Very NW?
Whoops, I stand corrected.
Sep 21, 2023 22:34:17 #
Fredfish wrote:
Whoops, I stand corrected.
Hey now!😳🤣
Sep 21, 2023 23:33:38 #
Fredfish wrote:
Whoops, I stand corrected.
The Southerns are also referred to as BUBBAS.
Sep 22, 2023 00:38:17 #
billmoody315
Loc: Downers Grove,Illinois
Oh Randy you guys cheat.... my local lake the record so far is 38 inch Northern Pike on 6 lb fluorocarbon....as we want to catch trout stocked or walleye or bass or crappie or big minnow eating bluegills.If game to try this challenge then i recommend a rear drag spinning reel and an ugly stick rod that really bends double and never broke one yet.And for those SOFT mouth Flathead catfish you don't need steel leaders anyway....good fishing to you and tight lines to you.
Sep 22, 2023 07:09:24 #
Sep 22, 2023 09:12:59 #
mistred64 wrote:
We have them out here. They’ve always been Northerns to me.Pike seems to be the most common. You're right Fred, where else are Pike? Maybe west? I do know they are in Alaska. Very NW?
Sep 22, 2023 10:08:38 #
bapabear
Loc: Blaine, Washington
mistred64 wrote:
My dad always called a Northern Pike a Northern so I do as well. Am I the only one? What do you call it? Northern, Pike, or Northern Pike? Slime dog is not an acceptable answer.
I have used all three. I go to Northern Pike if the listener is confused. Why don't just use that all the time? Your guess is as good as mine.
Sep 22, 2023 12:06:11 #
ShortorderCook62
Loc: Grand Junction, Colorado
Fredfish wrote:
Whoops, I stand corrected.
How do we know the tooth brush was invented by a redneck (southerner). If a yankee invented it, it would be called a teeth brush!
Sep 22, 2023 14:16:50 #
ShortorderCook62 wrote:
How do we know the tooth brush was invented by a redneck (southerner). If a yankee invented it, it would be called a teeth brush!
Sep 22, 2023 14:26:05 #
Smokey2
Loc: San Diego
We always called them Nothern in MN, now my brother calls the small ones Hammer Handles.
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