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Matt Albert
8:52 - 9:23
"Typically, the larger a pike is, the more willing, the more often they'll use more open water with less cover, because once they get to be in the 10-pound, 30-inch size range, they're pretty safe from other predators. Smaller pike tend to stick closer to the shoreline and in heavier cover."
“Typically, the larger a pike is, the more willing, the more often they'll use more open water with less cover, because once they get to be in the 10-pound, 30-inch size range, they're pretty safe from other predators. Smaller pike tend to stick closer to the shoreline and in heavier cover.”
- Speaker
- Matt Albert
- Timestamp
- 8:52 – 9:23
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- July 1, 2026
From the transcript
Typically, the larger a pike is, the more willing, the more often they'll use more open water with less cover, because once they get to be in the 10-pound, 30-inch size range, they're pretty safe from other predators. Smaller pike tend to stick closer to the shoreline and in heavier cover. It's not only they have more predators from birds or mammals, but also other pike will happily eat them as well. Oh, got one!