Memorial Day Office Closure
Colorado Parks and Wildlife offices will be closed for the state holiday, Monday, May 25. To honor military members for their service CPW offers active duty military and veteran benefits to enjoy fishing, hunting and state parks.
Northern Pike have a long body with dorsal fin near tail. Head is long and flattened in front. Dark green back. Light green sides with bean-shaped light spots.
Northern Pike are a serious piscivore — meaning they eat other fish. Unlike fish built for roving around and migrating, pike have their fins loaded toward their back end. This gives them explosive power from a standstill when they whip their tail. The ambush prey (like whitefish or juvenile salmon or longnose suckers) in an explosion from a bed of weeds or from behind a submerged log.
