Many of the glacial lakes of northern Illinois provide now, or once provided, this kind of habitat. Northern Pikes are found in sluggish streams and shallow, weedy places in lakes & reservoires as well as in cold, clear, rocky waters. Seeberger was slow trolling a live sucker minnow in Lake Bellaire, Michigan on October 13, 2012, when the muskie hit. Find property records, vital records, inmate and court records, professional and business licenses, contractor licenses and much more. Pike County, Illinois Public Records Directory - Quickly find public record sources in the largest human edited public record directory. They are typical of brackish and fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere (i.e. Backwater lakes and sloughs off of the rivers of many areas in northern Illinois present attractive areas to the northern pike as well. The long, green body has yellow spots on the sides. The fins are rounded, and all except the pectoral fins have dark spots. • Current state records • What does your license pay for? Smallmouth Bass. Habitat: Northern pike prefer larger-sized, shallow, weedy lakes with fairly clear water. NORTHERN PIKE (lL) 26 lb./15 oz. The eyes are yellow. Scales are present on the cheek and half of the gill cover. State Record. The average weight is two pounds. Whatever else you think about Illinois in 2020, the fishing was on fire! Reproduction of the Northern Pike starts right after the ice melts from the lakes and streams. Expert Tip. The New York State record for a northern pike is held by Peter Dubuc who caught a 46-pound, 2 ounce lunker in 1940 in the Great Sacandaga Reservoir. Here are the updated Illinois state records that caught our eye. The northern pike's average life span is eight to 10 years. holarctic in distribution). The northern pike (Esox lucius) is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus Esox (the pikes). Printed by the Authority of the State of Illinois • DNR-ORC-20-0052 • 300M • 02/20 • IOCI 20-0254 1. Joe Seeberger needed nearly two hours to land a 26.31-kilogram (58 pound, 0 ounces) musky — only 9 pounds off the All-Tackle record — that earned him the 4-kilogram (8 pound) line class record. Pike caught through the years: 1936 he caught 36 pounder best of the year in NY, in 1937 a 32 pound 10 ounce , in 1938 a 35 pound 6 ounces, set no records in 1939, 1940 he caught the world record pike and tied the Largemouth Bass record in NY, in 1941 a 33 ¼ pound pike and none of these were mounted. Big lures with lots of flash entice feeding northerns. 9/15/40 Sacandaga Rsvr., NY ... records are updated once a year when the new edition of the nFWFHoF is published. Several Illinois state fishing records have fallen over the past 12 months and could see several more fall in the next 12. Details. 11/9/89 Strip Mine Lake KANKAKEE (NA) 46 lb./2 oz. It’s length was not reported. However, they can reach beyond 40 inches and up to 20 lbs. 25 pounds, 5 ounces - West Okoboji Lake, Dickinson County, February 1977 - Allen Forsberg, Albert City, Iowa. It may attain a maximum length of 53 inches. Matthew Swanson of Woodbury holds the state record for northern pike, with this 45 1/4 inch monster. Northern Pike can be relatively large in size with average lengths of 16 - 22 inches and weights of 2 - 5 lbs.