Pike - ESOX LUCIUS

Our pike is a fish lowland waters, rivers, lakes and ponds. According to some sources, up to 1.5 or even 2 m and 34 kg weight, but in our region has recorded specimens up to about 15 kg. Pike body is greenish with yellowish-white horizontal stripes. Elongated spindle-shaped and with a strong tail at the end. The shape of the body, it can be concluded that the pike is not a good swimmer for a long time, but attacks from ambush, from the shrubbery, branches and sunken stumps or podlokane coast. Her strong tail gives it a huge acceleration in the attack. If it fails the first attempt, in most cases give up of persecution the spoils. This should be kept in mind when you use the fraud. The pike head has a characteristic shape goose beak. Here you can find large mouth, with 700 sharp teeth. Pike catches prey from the side and it turns her head forward, and thus to swallow.

Her eyesight is perfectly developed, and mostly it relies on the hunt. It should be noted that the light needed for pike fishing, but that in clear water, she nevertheless decides to hunt at dusk, because then the other fish tend to be noticed.Food are all living beings, which is less than it can be found in the water to a depth of 2 m or on the water.

Spawn first, but in late winter, when water temperatures exceed 10 ° C, in our climate from February to April. First enters the spawning with 3-4 years of age.

In summer, pike caught in the morning and early evening, and during the day only for cloudy weather. With autumn, pike hunting period is extended to almost all day. During this period, northern pike accumulate fat for the winter. In the winter does not stop with feeding, especially during the beautiful and sunny days, when white fish starts to swim.