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Question,
Is a Northern Pike still a northern if its grey and shinny shinny purple???
I caught this strangr Pike on the Mississippi system. The Pike was Grey with white and the Shinny purple(like rainbow trout shinny) and then a darker grey on the top of the body. Yes, it is a pike....100% Let me know if ANYONE can answer this question!!! Thanks All
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The last time I ever saw a Pike with a purplish haze was in Britain. They refer to them there as Grass Pike. They didn't get as big as your garden variety Northern either.
I caught one as a kid, and put it in the Irish neighbours goldfish pond. Hey, she said it was ok. Two weeks later, no more goldfish... Who knew?
I actually always catch a few on opening day. I fish near a place that has rapids for walleye and often catch these purplelish pike. They just seem to lose their colors or so. And there is a big difference between blue walleye and these pikes that Slushpuppy mentioned.
Pike have a variety of color patterns as do other species of fish. I've caught them anywhere from black/green to gold /green to purple/white and the standard green/white.Smallmouth bass will range from green/black to brown/gold and almost total black color. Muskie have a brown/black brown/gold green/gold and a silver color variation. I undestand that the reason for this is differences in the environment of the water body to distinct population genetics.
Fishhit
Yes. yes, yes... the purple pike. I too have been fortunate enough to see one caught. Just last year a friend and I were fishing in Clute @ Floods Landing on the Abitibi River outside of Cochrane. He did catch one of these colourful snot rockets.
And, two weekends back another friend caught a blue walleye on the mighty Moose River. He did not know they existed until that day. Beauty.
....neet looking fish the next time we will take a photo 
The last time I ever saw a Pike with a purplish haze was in Britain. They refer to them there as Grass Pike. They didn't get as big as your garden variety Northern either.
Hey, she said it was ok. Two weeks later, no more goldfish... Who knew?
