pike

noun, 1. a large voracious freshwater fish, Esox lucius, with a long narrow snout and sharp teeth, 2. any other fish of the family Esocidae (COD); see also muskie, pickerel

“You can sell pike now, legally. Didn’t used to be able to. And you get about forty cents a pound for pike.”

“Today there’s hardly any fish, and that has to do with pollution. It has nothing to do with us shooting the pike.”

“Are pike good for the meat to eat?”
“Pike? Oh yeah. Filet them. You don’t want the little fellows. Always take a seven or eight pound and filet it.”

“We used to shoot pike in the springtime, put them on the table. It’s totally illegal, but … I guess we looked upon it, it was our privilege to do so.”
“And it was better than salt pork.”