OT - Huge Northern Pike

KirkD · Post by **KirkD** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 6:53 am

The pike in the photos below was caught on the Winnipeg River, by Seven Sisters, in Manitoba - 55lbs-56 inches. Manitoba is the province where I grew up (and caught Pike ad nauseum) in central Canada.

The fellow in the photos below, caught a 36" Pike. As he was reeling it in, a 56" Pike came up and clamped its jaws on it. He brought them both in on the same net.

Looks like live bait works the best for big Pike. Once, I saw one larger than this ... about 6 feet long, near the mouth of a river not far from our farm but it ignored my lure. Several pike have been netted in the 90+ pound range.

WCF3030 · Post by **WCF3030** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:30 am

WOW!
JustWOW!!!

The biggest pike I've caught was 39" I can't imagine one that size.

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:45 am

And people periodically go swimming in that water and occassionally go missing. Hmm, wonder why that is.

That is a monster.

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 9:27 am

WOW! I wonder if that species is further northeast, in NE Quebec, where my son hopes to get in some fishing during his week of Caribou hunting the Leaf River/George River area.

Post by **Old Savage** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:00 am

YO !!!!!!!!

Post by **Hobie** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:50 am

Any documented cases of pike taking humans? Children perhaps?

GANJIRO · Post by **GANJIRO** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 12:35 pm

They always remind me of a duckbill Barracuda about as scary as as the 'cudas in these parts.

Any good to eat?

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 1:18 pm

KirkD,
Is the guy in the two pics holding the same fish? Or is he holding the small on in the first pic and the big one in the second pic?

Ganjiro,
My wife says Pike is excellent eating. I however have never eaten it, so I can't say.

Personally for bait I think I'd use some of the neighborhood children. At least then they'd be of some use.

Joe

KirkD · Post by **KirkD** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 2:00 pm

Same fish. A 36" Pike is much smaller than that (my own record is a 36" Pike and it was much smaller than that. They are very good to eat and I've eaten countless Pike.

Post by **Old Savage** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 2:25 pm

We had pickerel in NJ. Great to eat. Smaller cousin of the pike. World record is 9 lb.

Old Time Hunter · Post by **Old Time Hunter** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 2:32 pm

Ok Kirk, now tell the truth....he threw it back in so it could grow to full size, right?

Nice pics!

DerekR · Post by **DerekR** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 2:50 pm

Biggest Pike I've ever seen. We go to the Quetico Provential Park most summers for fishing and camping. We catch a lot of Pike, but most are under 30inches. I was once soloing in a canoe down the Maligne River trailing a stringer with several smallmouth on it when a large Pike attacked my stringer. I was able to pull him to the surface and I punched him as hard as I could with my paddle tip. He never let go and tore a smallmouth free. Those things are aggressive!

Mike D. · Post by **Mike D.** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 3:37 pm

Pike have become established by illegal planting in a local Sierra lake, much to the detriment of all native fish. The lake will be poisoned in Oct to kill all fish and hopefully eradicate the Northerns. Hopefully, it will work this time.

cubrock · Post by **cubrock** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 3:49 pm

That is truly Musky sized!

Post by **Old Savage** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:35 pm

I would rather have Northerns than trout.

don Tomás · Post by **don Tomás** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 4:38 pm

WOW!

Where's that thread about what caliber to use on alligators...
Tom

RIHMFIRE · Post by **RIHMFIRE** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 5:10 pm

What a lunker

Backwoods · Post by **Backwoods** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 5:47 pm

AWESOME

Dave

OT - Huge Northern Pike

OT - Huge Northern Pike

That is the biggest Northern I've ever seen

THATS AWESOME