Posted on 09/01/2015 3:13:20 PM PDT by smokingfrog
I’ve had a few startle the heck out of me due to their tendency to strike right next to the boat.
Really? I’ve often thought they were like reeling in a log. Muskies on the other hand ...
Maybe it ate a neon fish?
From the aspect that it COULD have been something serious, I thought it was a bonehead move for him to throw it back. Just MHO.
From the aspect that it COULD have been something serious, I thought it sas a bonehead move for him to throw it back. Just MHO.
LOL!
Not calling YOU a bonehead for not actually READING the ENTIRE article at the link, but.....you're a bonehead!
Sure enough, the pictures drew the attention of experts like fish and wildlife technician Jeff Goudreau, who said the answer is actually much simpler than everyone thought.
Goudreau stated that he had previously caught neon-green pike himself and believes the color is due to the fishs chromatophores. Chromatophores are pigment-containing and light-reflecting cells that give fishas well as amphibians, reptiles, and a wide array of other animalstheir color. These cells are what allow creatures like squids to change color depending on their mood, and also allow fish to adapt to their environments.
Goudreau told CBC that it is likely that Strakers pike merely spent a lot of time near green algae and took on the color as well.
They try to blend themselves into that environment to be better hunters, he said. So youll see those aquamarine colors, where the throats are very blue and dark green and stuff. Thats pretty much whats happened, with that one.
Great Slave Lake in particular holds pike of many color variations as it is the deepest lake in North America and the tenth largest in the world. Its name comes from the Slavey people, one of the Athapaskan tribes that lived near the lake and relied on it for fishing.
The last time I saw a mouth like that, it had a hook in it.
I am not the bonehead you are looking for.
Dat be Glo Zell. Bring on the Froot Loops!!
Transgendered Pike?
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