Pet Northern Pike

Jim has managed to attract three small northern pike by the dock.   He calls them his pets now because they come when he throws dead minnows in the water.  Its pretty amazing when one of them goes after the minnow.  They will shoot out of the water like a shark to chomp down on the poor minnow.  We sell live bait and have to keep the minnow tank clean so the dead ones now go to feed the pike.  The pike are too little to keep so no one tries to catch them.  The kids and even the adults enjoy watching the pike stalk the minnow and then POW snatch it.  I tried to get a picture of him before the water erupts.  He's in the top picture by the letters reflecting in the water. 

The cold snap is over for now and its finally summer again.  Thank goodness although the fishing still hasn't gotten back to what was.  The bass fishing is pretty good and we both have caught nice bass.