Scandinavian Pike Fishing At Its Best
If you love pike fishing then check out this team of Scandinavian Pike Fisherman. Unfortunately it is not in English, but you can watch them reel in monster pike after monster pike! They claim they caught 180 pike in 3 days!
Possible New Pike Fishing World Record
Here is another possible pike fishing tale. Like all fishing tales this one starts out with record proportions that if verified could make this monster pike the new world record!
This potential new world record pike that supposedly weighs in at an astonishing 63lb 14oz, and measured a whopping 61 inches (156cm) from the tip of it’s nose to the end of it’s tail! It is believed that this huge fish was taken last winter from an unidentified angler while pike fishing in an undisclosed location in Poland. (hmmm sounds a little fishy)
The pictures below were sent as part of an email that of course lacked any detail about this monster pike other than its weight and length. The pictures show two different anglers holding the so called record pike (seems a little fishy again)
In my opinion, don’t get me wrong this is a nice fish, but it is not as big as the current and verified World Record Pike that was caught on a rod and reel by angler Lothat Louis from the Lake of Grefeern, Germany while Pike Fishing on October 16, 1986.
Lothar battled this verified 55 lbs 1 oz monster pike for almost 40 minutes before finally bringing it in. Lothatar’s World Record Breaking fish shattered the previous record and current North America Pike Record holder Peter Dubuc’s 46 lb. 2 oz fish by almost 9 lbs.
The picture above is of Lothat Louis’s 55 lbs 1 oz World Record holding pike. I would have posted a picture of Peter Dubuc’s 46 lbs 2 oz previous world record pike but unfortunately there are no known pictures of it, and he reportedly ate it because he didn’t wan to pay the taxidermist the $52.50 to have it mounted.
Since we are probably telling fish tales in this post here is another one that is pretty weird. It might be true but, I will let you decide. So here it is! These two pictures below show what appears to be an overly aggressive Northern Pike taking on a Muskie that is much larger then himself!
I have seen quite a few pictures before of the aggressive pike taking on a walleye that is being reeled in or snatching up a little duckling, but this is the craziest picture that I have seen to date! Unfortunately like with most fish stories I have no background information about the fish. As usual it was just forwarded to me as pictures, but it does appear that they washed up on shore dead and this is how they found them.
Monster Pike Fishing
If you love monster pike fishing, and are looking for pictures and information on some of the worlds largest Northern Pike then your in the right place! We will start this post off with the current world record pike held by angler Lothar Louis of Greffern Lake, West Germany.
World Record Pike
World record weight: 55 lb. 1 oz. (25 kg.)
Location: Greffern Lake, West Germany
Angler: Lothar Louis
Date of capture: October 16, 1986
Bait: cast spoon
Time of battle: 40 minutes
Previous record: 46 lb. 2 oz., Peter Dubuc
North American Record Pike
World record weight: 46 lb. 2 oz.
Location: Sacandaga Lake, New York
Angler: Peter Dubuc
Date of capture: September 15, 1940
Bait: unknown
Time of battle: unknown
Avid angler Peter Dubuc caught the current North American Record back in 1940 while pike fishing in New York’s Sacandaga Lake. Unfortunately there are no known pictures of this record pike, and Peter didn’t have this monster pike stuffed either. He said he did not want to pay the taxidermist $52.50 to have the 52.5 inch long fish mounted.
French Record Pike
World record weight: 43 lb. and when measured its length was 1.37m (53.9 in)
Location: Lake Pareloup, France
Angler: Philippe Coste
Date of capture: May 2009
Bait: unknown
Time of battle: unknown
Canadian Record Pike
This is fish tale has been passed around the internet like wild fire. It is supposedly the Canadian record pike, and if true would also almost be the World Northern Pike Record. Unfortunately like most fish tales this one hasn’t been verified that I am aware of, but it is still one hell of a fish tale.
The story goes that this fellow was out northern pike fishing on Rainy Lake in Ontario an area just bordering Minnesota. He was fishing for Pike and had just caught a nice 36 inch fish, which is a good catch by any standards. As he was reeling it in this mammoth Northern Pike tried to eat his catch!
The fisherman grabbed his net and pulled both of the fish in the boat. The mammoth Pike was measured at 56 inches long and weighed 55 pounds which is apparently a new Canadian Pike Record / North American Pike Record.
Sounds a little fishy I know but check out these pictures they sure are good!
Other European Heavy Weight Pike
Big Dutch pike
Size: Estimated at 45lb-50lb
Location: Volkerak Lake, Holland, December 2005
Angler: unknown.
Italian monster
Size: Estimated at 51lb
Location: Lake Magiore, northern Italy, winter 2006
Angler: unknown
UK record
Size: 46lb 13oz
Location: Llandegfedd Reservoir, Wales, October 1992
Angler: Roy Lewis.