Got my Abitibi pike mount back. Caught last April through the ice on a 28 inch St Croix Mojo Ice ultralight rod, 6 lb test, no leader. 1/4 oz jig head tipped with a pinhead minnow. 38.5 inches and 16 lbs. Was hemming and hawing about getting a mount made but the unique lack of markings and the pale grey/pink/blue color sealed the deal. Only pike i have ever seen like this:



Day of:



Will be hung up at the cottage somewhere.

What lake? Very Nice.

Lake Abitibi

Wow, really nice!

and great fish!

... Nice fish

Noice

Beautiful. I really enjoy unique fish. Congratulations.

Stellar !!

Very cool

super awesome...wowzer, never seen an albino pike!

I did some research and apparently it is a genetic mutation that affects about 1 in 500 pike. Pike with the mutation are referred to as either silver or blue pike - not Ghost - that was just what i thought i would call it due to it being so pale.

Apparently though pike with the mutation over 10 lbs are exceedingly rare. Only data i could find tracked silver pike numbers on a chain of 5 lakes where there is a breeding population with the mutation in Minnesota from 1946 to 1989. In that 43 years they recorded about 1000 pike with the mutation and out of those the largest was 12 lbs. So my 16 lb specimen is almost unheard of for a pike with the mutation. Happy i got a mount made as apparently it is a fairly unique beast.