03-12-2003, 05:53 AM
[shocked] Im not sure how to tell how old they are, but they (the state of Minn ) are doing a study on pike on Lake Of The Woods here !, By tagging them and fisherman turning in the tags when caught, they determined a 20 # pike is around 25 yrs old !( In this lake ). But to tell a fish by length, girth, etc, will not work up here anyway !. The fish here could be 2 # in one lake, and a same age fish in another lake could be 4 # . It all depends on the feed , the depth of a lake, if its in any water system that flows . All of these depends on the growth of a fish. For example, a walleye that has smelt for forage, will be larger than a fish in the same year class, of fish that has suckers for its forage. A walleye in a warmer state will grow faster than one thats froze over 5 months of the year ! . The growth will be slower in colder water. Just my 2 cents worth!
Flagmanonice----------- remember, keep the eaters, not the breeders !!!!!!
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Flagmanonice----------- remember, keep the eaters, not the breeders !!!!!!
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