Pike or Stripes

[Finaddict]

Muskie and Pike are cool ... they call the Muskie the fish of a thousand casts ... I fished for the hybrid tiger muskies with a guide on a lake in Northern New Jersey, we might have caught one all day, but it was exciting all the same ... would like to head north up into Canada for some of that action ...

... but always prefer stripers as they can give you more action for your money and when you are perched on a rock out in the water and fighting a nice fish, it's exciting ... to me far more exciting than a pike or muskie ...

[fishbones]

Originally Posted by Finaddict

Muskie and Pike are cool ... they call the Muskie the fish of a thousand casts ...

I call the Muskie the Barracuda of fresh water. I caught one on a shiner when I was a kid fishing for largemouth bass in Vermont. I went to take the hook out and saw those teeth. I ended up cutting the line. It was the biggest freshwater fish I ever caught, but I didn't get a chance to weigh it because I just wanted to get it's mouth away from me. A guy fishing next to me was pretty impressed that I caught it and identified it for me.
I gave up all freshwater fishing when I caught my first big Striper. Nothing in fresh water can compare to catching big Stripers, and I just prefer being at the surf or out on the ocean.