05-30-2005, 01:56 PM 
		
	
	
  This is a tiger muskie
 One color variation of regular muskie
Another muskie color variation
 Northern Pike
[cool][#0000ff]After checking out that picture more carefully, I am of the opinion that the fish is not a muskie at all, but just a large European pike. Pike are native to several European countries and they grow big over there. Records for different countries are usually over 50 pounds.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There are some truly huge European members of fish families we also know in the USA. The taimen and huchen are trout that exceed 100 pounds. Zander are walleyes that routinely exceed 20 to 30 pounds. There are also big nasty catfish called wels cats, that once reached 600 pounds but are now rare over 200.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Pictures of wels cats periodically surface on the internet represented as big flatheads taken by noodling in Oklahoma or Tennesee. Here is one of many pictures available on the Internet.[/#0000ff]
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![[Image: wels-catfish.jpg]](http://www.thejump.net/id/wels-catfish.jpg)
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