Looks like a rare silver pike. Basically an albino pike. Genetic mutation that lacks melanin. Cool catch hopefully you released it so it can get bigger and be caught again.
No-Mall3461 on
I dont know if related, but perch sometimes in winter will also loose their stripes in deeper and cloudier chanels. Since fish can change their appearance a bit (all of my aquariumfish do this depending on the background) I would guess this might be a strategy for visual hunting fish during winter time, if their is no vegetation giving their stripes only downsides.
Rammipallero on
Looks like one that eats around the deeper open water. They can have insane variation in coloring and if one ends up feeding in the open water for vendace or similar open water small fish, they can become almost silver in color.
Only thing I think is weird is that this is reather small for one doing that. Usually the ones hitting the open water are big cungus.
infoseaker13 on
Is it possibly a young musky? Maby it’s just angle but it’s upper mouth looks a bit different too.
Talonsoldat on
It’s a silver pike, depends on your location but generally it’s a rare genetic mutation, they are more common in some parts of Iowa, still a very uncommon catch, would be cool to get a mount made of it.
True_Entertainment40 on
Genetic mutation of your typical pike, it’s called the silver pike. It happens about 1/:10,000 fish on average. There are some lakes around United States and Europe where it is more common but still rare!
JustCallMe-Satan on
He identifies as a salmon, please respect this
Jokes aside, pike have massive coloration differences based on genetics, environment and food sources. It’s possible that theres some genetic mutation or deficiency at play here, but i would guess that it’s just a matter of happenstance that a specimen with a predisposition towards silvery coloration, lives in an environment that enhanced the effect.
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Looks like a rare silver pike. Basically an albino pike. Genetic mutation that lacks melanin. Cool catch hopefully you released it so it can get bigger and be caught again.
I dont know if related, but perch sometimes in winter will also loose their stripes in deeper and cloudier chanels. Since fish can change their appearance a bit (all of my aquariumfish do this depending on the background) I would guess this might be a strategy for visual hunting fish during winter time, if their is no vegetation giving their stripes only downsides.
Looks like one that eats around the deeper open water. They can have insane variation in coloring and if one ends up feeding in the open water for vendace or similar open water small fish, they can become almost silver in color.
Only thing I think is weird is that this is reather small for one doing that. Usually the ones hitting the open water are big cungus.
Is it possibly a young musky? Maby it’s just angle but it’s upper mouth looks a bit different too.
It’s a silver pike, depends on your location but generally it’s a rare genetic mutation, they are more common in some parts of Iowa, still a very uncommon catch, would be cool to get a mount made of it.
Genetic mutation of your typical pike, it’s called the silver pike. It happens about 1/:10,000 fish on average. There are some lakes around United States and Europe where it is more common but still rare!
He identifies as a salmon, please respect this
Jokes aside, pike have massive coloration differences based on genetics, environment and food sources. It’s possible that theres some genetic mutation or deficiency at play here, but i would guess that it’s just a matter of happenstance that a specimen with a predisposition towards silvery coloration, lives in an environment that enhanced the effect.