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The fish made me do it!
Looking in the mouths of pike, the teeth seem pointy for holding prey, but they don't seem to have razor blades on the sides of their teeth; I would describe them more like pins. Am I correct in this?
I haven't examined many sets of teeth [I've only caught them by accident rather than design since I was a kid and don't keep them out of water for long], but the spacing and shape of them would suggest to me that they would not cut through line easily.
For sure they can rip things apart, but the design is not for slicing (scissor action), I've always been told that they will bite through line, and I've often lost fish from snapped line for what seemed odd reasons that I put down to pike.
The pike that I have caught have had the hook in the mouth (beyond the teeth) on light lines, but obviously, I landed them so wasn't bitten off. The fish haven't been massive (1 - 6lb) so not sure if that makes any difference?
Hoping some expert pikers (and or biologists) can shed some light on this and see if this is just a myth perpetuated by time, or I should really seek more meaningful answers to more appropriate questions
I haven't examined many sets of teeth [I've only caught them by accident rather than design since I was a kid and don't keep them out of water for long], but the spacing and shape of them would suggest to me that they would not cut through line easily.
For sure they can rip things apart, but the design is not for slicing (scissor action), I've always been told that they will bite through line, and I've often lost fish from snapped line for what seemed odd reasons that I put down to pike.
The pike that I have caught have had the hook in the mouth (beyond the teeth) on light lines, but obviously, I landed them so wasn't bitten off. The fish haven't been massive (1 - 6lb) so not sure if that makes any difference?
Hoping some expert pikers (and or biologists) can shed some light on this and see if this is just a myth perpetuated by time, or I should really seek more meaningful answers to more appropriate questions