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.