What Do Pike Eat?

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Northern pike are apex predators. Here are some of their favorite foods!

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The most common fish pike feed on include white suckers, yellow perch, shad, shiners, ciscoes, lake herring, bluegill, and crappie.

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Bigger pike can also eat bigger fish like bass, walleye, trout, and carp. 

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Interesting Fact Cannibalism is relatively common among both grown and juvenile pike.

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Grown northern pike can eat 1.5 to 3 times their own body weight per year.

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