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| May have shown before? a huge Pike caught in France.
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| Supposed to be around 23kg / 50lb but some think he`s holding the fish a certain way to look bigger  |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | I heard it was caught on Rainy Lake. hehehe  :) |
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| Nice fish. |
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Location: Latitude 41.3016 Longitude 88.6160 | it kills me when guys say Pike fishing in WI and MN is good, I don't see any Pike like that in the states. Easy 50lbs |
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Location: Smith Creek | No one doubts European pike are bigger than ours, but there's a good chance this angler is French Canadian, which means he's only 3 to 4 feet tall. |
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| i know for fact that my cousins, uncles, brothers, sister in laws, husbands, nephew caught it in rainy lake on a shadillac.
seriously, that thing is gianormous! |
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Location: Michigan | I am moving... Incredible fish with mountains in the backdrop... THat is one of the pretiest Euro pike I have seen. Thanks for sharing... |
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Location: MN | Makes a guy wonder if the big fish in bad pics are that big? |
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Location: Elgin, IL | Still a very, very nice pike. That's thick. I love big pike. Thanks for posting it.
I don't think I'd put my face that close to it either. |
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| Great photo..Thanks for sharing!
Edited by IAJustin 11/5/2009 12:01 PM
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Location: McGuire AFB, NJ | I don't give a flying hoot how he's holding it! Thats a #*^@ big fish, heck of a back drop as well. I'm sick and tired of hearing people B&M about "shotty pics"! You can obviously see he is struggling to hold that thing up and I think most would! Great fish |
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Location: Kildeer, IL | Why would you talk bad about that picture? Nobody claimed length, weight, girth, etc.. Someone simply posted a picture of a fish that is big.
And the fish's beak is in the light. It doesn't reflect as much light because of the angle. The person's face has the sun bouncing straight back at the camera. The fish's head is angled away from the camera, so the light reflects away from the camera. |
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Location: The desert | setme31 - 11/5/2009 2:29 PM
Why would you talk bad about that picture? Nobody claimed length, weight, girth, etc.. Someone simply posted a picture of a fish that is big.
I believe "Holy Smokes!" were my exact words. |
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Location: musky waters of SE, WI | It doesnt seem like he was fishing for pike, more like bass fishing or somethin with the small rods on the side of the boat.
That thing is huge!! |
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | Yup that's in Europe, the steering wheel is on the right. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | PIKEMASTER - 11/5/2009 8:48 AM
it kills me when guys say Pike fishing in WI and MN is good, I don't see any Pike like that in the states. Easy 50lbs
you are the pikemaster |
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Location: The desert | jonnysled - 11/5/2009 4:06 PM
PIKEMASTER - 11/5/2009 8:48 AM
it kills me when guys say Pike fishing in WI and MN is good, I don't see any Pike like that in the states. Easy 50lbs
you are the pikemaster
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Location: Brookfield, WI | Flambeauski - 11/5/2009 9:09 AM
No one doubts European pike are bigger than ours, but there's a good chance this angler is French Canadian, which means he's only 3 to 4 feet tall.
You sir, could be my friend. Get ready for some angry PMs.
I do believe that angler is Jean Van de Velde. The bravest Frenchman who ever lived.
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| hi guys,
that's the full story (in english) the angler release for our small italian pike fanatics community, the angler is a friend of another member of the site.
http://pikefirst.forumfree.net/?t=41298561&st=15#entry338762832
Like you, we'd like to appreciate the full size of the fish in a better picture, but the angler is mainly a bass guy, it was fishing solo, and he did his best to safely return that beast in the water as soon as possible, and I think that's enough to respect him.
And quite franky, the last time I check on my measuring tape, 54" was a monster of a pike.
ciao
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Location: Oregon | Huge pike..........looks like it was out of the water awhile, kinda dry. Hope it lived.
RM |
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| Another shot
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Location: The desert | With that background, it could have been a 20 incher and it'd still be cool. |
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Location: Brookfield, WI | It's skin looks a lot like the skin the aliens keep hidden under cloned human skin in the new hit ABC series, "V". They're not friendly, believe me. Reptiles rarely are.
Kevin |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | According to the angler who caught the fish, it was successfully released and was 54" long. Good enough for me! Thanks for posting the images, it's a true giant. |
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Location: oswego, il | WE WHOA MISURE! |
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| Holy Crap that thing is huge. Don't leave little children unattended. |
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Location: Michigan | DaveG - 11/5/2009 6:21 PM
Another shot
That is just simply one of the coolest fishing photos I have seen... The coloration is just amazing. Love the pike... Honestly didn't know one could catch trophies like that in a setting like that... I need an overseas work assignment... |
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Location: Kronenwetter, WI | Holy cripes! That's NUTS!!!! |
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Location: Wishin I Was Fishin' | I want to try a fish pic like the first one.....nice angle and shows the width and coloration very well...maybe a trip to Europe with the wife wouldn't be soooo bad after all. |
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