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Too bad about the break-offs - maybe a grim ending awaits one or both fish. I wouldn't blame your partner for your break-offs. You'll spare yourself future mishaps if you beef up your line (80 to 100 lb superbraid if you want to throw big baits) and upgrade to a round reel with a dependable drag. Th...

Trophy Muskie posed the philosophical question: "What can be good about lampreys doing this to muskies?" Richard, I don't know the answer to your question but consider this: If our value on this planet is inversely proportional to the amount grief we inflict upon big beautiful muskies, the...

Markus painted the beleaguered lamprey with too broad a brushstroke when he suggested they should be killed on sight as they are destructive aliens. Yes the sea lamprey has wrought great destruction to lake trout stocks in the Great Lakes. I won't suggest that you not kill them on sight but if you p...

Big-O Thank you for keeping me on my toes. Yes the chain pickerel is now found in upstate New York in some tributaries of Lake Ontario. Undoubtedly, Esox niger is continuing a northward march that began with the retreat of the glaciers in the region some 8, 000 years ago. You're right to anticipate ...

Hi, Nice fish. Moondog, you are correct that these are pike. The markings of northern pike are pretty variable and Big-O, you're right that one of these fish looks a little different but both are certainly pike. A more diagnostic character for chain pickerel is a bold black smudge below the eye (but...

Yes it's a long-horned beetle (family cerambycidae), not a bug. If you have a photo of the dorsal side, it might be possible to ID this specimen. As noted, these are plant-eaters but only a few of the great many species in Canada are considered pests. The larvae bore through the wood or roots of bot...

"Immediate Release" means just that. Posing with a pre-season fish out of the water is not "immediate release". Where is the gray area? I encourage Fish-Hawk to take the higher ground here and establish a firm policy of not hosting OOS photos on the site, regardless of whether or...