Mr.Slickfish
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Humpback Pike
I wouldn't usually post a pic of a fish of this size. It was probably only 22-23". Something smashed my buzzbait creating a good splash in the water. I can usually tell what kind of fish I have on by the way it fights. First I thought bass, then pike, then I'm not sure. I've got a herky jerky fight on my hands that I can't identify. Got the fish to the peir...and had this little weirdo. I released it to get a "what the hell?" out of the next angler. Whattya think...birth defect?....had it's back broken at one time? Any ideas? Mind you the fish is flat on the peir..not squirming. 
I don't always snag fish, but when I do... I choose Little Cleos I'm the best looking smartest snagging poacher alive...
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Mountian Man
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RE: Humpback Pike
2009/10/02 19:50:26
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Birth defect, carp get that also...
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Mr.Slickfish
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RE: Humpback Pike
2009/10/02 19:54:54
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Let me ask this then....should I have kept it?...Take it out of the genetic chain? Will the fish it reproduces look that way?
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RE: Humpback Pike
2009/10/02 19:55:47
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Enjoy Life, Be Happy, Go Fish - Often! "God has blessed America - may He continue to do so, even though we are not worthy of it". Author..... Wally Cat
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RE: Humpback Pike
2009/10/02 20:00:06
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Let me ask this then....should I have kept it?...Take it out of the genetic chain? Will the fish it reproduces look that way?
Well unless you were hungry  ...It'd be a very remote chance if it actually spawned that it would pass on that defect, a higher chance but not by that much IMO.
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RE: Humpback Pike
2009/10/02 20:05:07
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RE: Humpback Pike
2009/10/02 21:10:52
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Pike/Pink Salmon hybrid?
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Mr.Slickfish
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RE: Humpback Pike
2009/10/02 21:23:31
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Ya know....It always happens to me. If there is one ugly, messed up, defective, crossbreed fish....in any drink I fish..I'll whack it. I love that though. I dig ugly.
Now that I read that you could insert woman for fish in the above statement...It'd still be true.
Not that there's anything the matter with either.
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RE: Humpback Pike
2009/10/02 21:34:45
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Now that I read that you could insert duud for fish in the above statement...It'd still be true.
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RE: Humpback Pike
2009/10/02 21:39:49
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brokeback pike...ironic that you caught it...for real J. thats pretty weird.
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RE: Humpback Pike
2009/10/02 21:46:10
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I don't always snag fish, but when I do... I choose Little Cleos I'm the best looking smartest snagging poacher alive...
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RE: Humpback Pike
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RE: Humpback Pike
2009/10/02 22:30:35
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What's the hype again? Its a bowfin.. Look how it flopped on the ground!!
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RE: Humpback Pike
2009/10/02 22:36:51
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looks like a boomerang, comes with easy grip tail
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RE: Humpback Pike
2009/10/02 22:38:26
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ORIGINAL: 2Bonthewater
looks like a boomerang, comes with easy grip tail
LOL. Did he swim right back to you after the release?
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RE: Humpback Pike
2009/10/02 22:58:16
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ORIGINAL: Mr.Slickfish
What's the hype again? Its a bowfin.. Look how it flopped on the ground!!
actually it does'nt look anything like a bowfin. it's most likely a birth defect. No need to kill it. nature surely can handle itself. The fish most likely will not breed. however, I have seen pictures of huge trophy sized fish with the same defect. so, this fish may thrive and become a trophy and maybe, just maybe........... you will catch him again 
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RE: Humpback Pike
2009/10/02 23:04:09
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sTelHed yR ****, fFPa iZ ryTe iS a bOfINn yU cN teL bYe hOWe iT laYz oN tHe GroWNd tRusT Me bOwfInN  MuNcHR
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RE: Humpback Pike
2009/10/02 23:04:46
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ORIGINAL: Mr.Slickfish
Ya know....It always happens to me. If there is one ugly, messed up, defective, crossbreed fish....in any drink I fish..I'll whack it. I love that though. I dig ugly.
Now that I read that you could insert woman for fish in the above statement...It'd still be true.
Not that there's anything the matter with either.
You're right - you always seems to catch the monsters (fish). Is that where I think it is (just a yes or no)? I thought it looked like a boomerang too! Man, I hope I can get up there this weekend sometime... Maybe Sunday. Nice fish, duUDe!!
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RE: Humpback Pike
2009/10/02 23:27:43
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Slick, I caught a musky very very similar to the pike you caught. I had it posted on the southwest board but can't seem to find the thread. 
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RE: Humpback Pike
2009/10/02 23:39:52
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Wierd man, just wierd! 
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RE: Humpback Pike
2009/10/03 12:04:12
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SRfly....wow nice fish! Thanks for postin'. Steelfillet...The bowfin thing is a joke from past threads. I hope i do catch him again..unique fight out of him. Harry....yes.
I don't always snag fish, but when I do... I choose Little Cleos I'm the best looking smartest snagging poacher alive...
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RE: Humpback Pike
2009/10/03 13:34:58
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ORIGINAL: anadromous
Past injury from avian threat perhaps??? Talons did some damage at an early age??? Dunno...
I'll agree with that.
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RE: Humpback Pike
2009/10/03 19:34:33
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ORIGINAL: Mountian Man
Birth defect, carp get that also...
i saw a carp like that today me and carpin05 were paylakin it today and he caught one that had the humpback
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RE: Humpback Pike
2009/10/03 19:54:31
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ORIGINAL: Mountian Man
Birth defect, carp get that also...
i saw a carp like that today me and carpin05 were paylakin it today and he caught one that had the humpback
Which one Seghi's?
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RE: Humpback Pike
2009/10/03 20:00:00
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nah sandy lake home of the big ones
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RE: Humpback Pike
2009/10/03 21:38:56
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This is a pic of a "humpback" carp I whacked this spring..I knew it looked a little weird, but didn't really think about it till I whacked the pike. 
I don't always snag fish, but when I do... I choose Little Cleos I'm the best looking smartest snagging poacher alive...
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RE: Humpback Pike
2009/10/03 21:42:10
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Slick write a rap about humpback fish LOL
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Mr.Slickfish
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RE: Humpback Pike
2009/10/03 21:51:01
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boom ssss boom boom sssss Where's my snare?...I can't here my snare in my headphones... I'll save my raps for the offseason.
I don't always snag fish, but when I do... I choose Little Cleos I'm the best looking smartest snagging poacher alive...
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RE: Humpback Pike
2009/10/03 23:03:08
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Thank godness.lol!!! 
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RE: Humpback Pike
2009/10/04 10:35:57
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that humpback pike is one of three things: - birth defect - injury sustained while fry/young - photoshop there is no pike that looks that way normally.. sorry
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