Pike are a tasty treat though. The wife got into one last weekend that I believe was a pike. Never got it to the boat before it broke the line but, managed to take 2/3 of the line off her reel in the process. We'll be back at Canyon Ferry this weekend, hitting it again.
Those Northerns are good eating Big Fin, once you get the hang of removing the Y bones it becomes quite easy. We spear them from our darkhouse in the winter here in North Dakota. Good eats