Appears in
Professional Cooking: 10th Edition

By Wayne Gisslen

Published 2025

  • About
  • Type: Lean.
  • Varieties: Northern pike is most common in North America. Walleyed pike or walleye is not a pike but a perch.
  • Characteristics: Firm white flesh similar to perch but not as thick, and with many small bones.
  • Weight: 2 to 12 lb (900 g to 5.5 kg).