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Offline Do-it Rep

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Spring Silver
« on: 03/08/21 09:17 UTC »
I snuck out with a buddy Saturday morning to a local river for a few hours to get our first open water pops of the year.  You could not have had a more perfect early spring morning.  The turkeys were hammering up a storm and every duck swan and goose you could imagine was flying the river.  It felt good to knock the dust off the long rods. We landed a handful of walleyes but the catch of the day was this rare Silver Pike caught just 10 minutes from Do-it Corp.  This is the first silver I've ever seen or heard of from our area.  The photo doesn't show it but the fish was solid silver and had a bright blueish purple hue/highlight to it.  It was one of the coolest fish I've ever seen.



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Offline olsarge

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Re: Spring Silver
« Reply #1 on: 03/08/21 10:50 UTC »
Congrats!  That is a nice pike.  I have to admit though I was expecting to see a steelhead or coho.
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Offline Shaunm81

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Re: Spring Silver
« Reply #2 on: 03/08/21 11:00 UTC »
Wow congrats  on that pike definitely awesome.   It looks like some really good fishing out your way.
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Offline ctom

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Re: Spring Silver
« Reply #3 on: 03/08/21 11:10 UTC »
I can see the purple and blue coming out of it. Nice catch, beautiful fish. Was that the Cedar? Or Straight maybe?
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Re: Spring Silver
« Reply #4 on: 03/08/21 12:06 UTC »
Tom, Cedar River between the Corp and Waverly.  Pretty stretch of water.  It was about as low as I've ever seen it in the Spring on Saturday. 
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Offline Fatman

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Re: Spring Silver
« Reply #5 on: 03/08/21 13:04 UTC »
Very Nice!!
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Offline basscatlildave

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Re: Spring Silver
« Reply #6 on: 03/08/21 13:36 UTC »
Oh yea. Great catch.
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Offline Lines

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Re: Spring Silver
« Reply #7 on: 03/08/21 14:02 UTC »
👍....cool....👍
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Re: Spring Silver
« Reply #8 on: 03/08/21 15:32 UTC »
Awesome day of fun.
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Re: Spring Silver
« Reply #9 on: 03/08/21 16:03 UTC »
Awesome catch!  Congratulations.
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Offline Muskygary

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Re: Spring Silver
« Reply #10 on: 03/08/21 17:00 UTC »
Very nice. Thanks for posting that picture!
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Offline efishnc

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Re: Spring Silver
« Reply #11 on: 03/08/21 21:35 UTC »
As many pike as I've caught, I've only seen pictures of silver (also called blue) specimens... and now again, another picture... but it's definitely cool that you were there to get  the pictures so that it's not just another fish story.
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Offline Mike J

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Re: Spring Silver
« Reply #12 on: 03/08/21 21:40 UTC »
Thats pretty cool Kyle. There have been a bunch showing up in the cedar the last few years. Im not sure where they come from but ive fished it for 20 years and 2 years ago was the 1st time I seen one.  Here's one from a couple falls ago. 
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Re: Spring Silver
« Reply #13 on: 03/08/21 21:55 UTC »
👍….cool....again....👍
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Re: Spring Silver
« Reply #14 on: 03/09/21 08:22 UTC »
Quote from: Mike J on 03/08/21 21:40 UTC
Thats pretty cool Kyle. There have been a bunch showing up in the cedar the last few years. Im not sure where they come from but ive fished it for 20 years and 2 years ago was the 1st time I seen one.  Here's one from a couple falls ago.

That is so awesome!  They are such a cool fish.  I'm glad to see there is a population around!

Quote from: efishnc on 03/08/21 21:35 UTC
As many pike as I've caught, I've only seen pictures of silver (also called blue) specimens... and now again, another picture... but it's definitely cool that you were there to get  the pictures so that it's not just another fish story.

I definitely understand the "blue" - the blue highlights on the fish which do not show well in the photo were incredible.
« Last Edit: 03/09/21 08:25 UTC by Kyle »
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