My first fish of 2012
A very skinny Pike..much thinner it would be an eel
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why is it so discoloured, probably has its throat stitched with a treble, its way too skinny

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I caught it out of a small brook no more than a couple of feet wide.
2 foot deep in most places.
Throat was clear imo its probably outgrown its environment.
The spot I was fishing I doubt any one else would even ventue on to it.
it must have got washed out of the dam 2 miles upstream.....

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that wud explain it, looks alomost emaciated.

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Is there any baitfish in there for it to feed on?

Used to be... not in any numbers these days I might go back and catch it again if I am lucky and re locate it.....

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Legally you shouldn't but it may be kinder on the little chap to put him somewhere full of prey fish, he'd be like a kid in a sweet shop

Or lunch for a larger Pike

I know it's illegal, but I think I'd be tempted to give the little fella a lift too.

looks like I am not the only one who catches skinny pike

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A couple more from today the bigger of the two came from the same brook the Jack from a cannal..

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