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MuskyMulisha |
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My personal biggest.
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| Larry Ramsell |
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| Gunther Amman managed this 47.3 also in Austria. I hope the picture fits. Attachments ---------------- Austria 47.3 pounds 001.jpg (314KB - 503 downloads) | |||
| Larry Ramsell |
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| Musky Mulisha that is a beauty!! Especially for a N. American Pike. Our next Euro Pike weighed 47.52-pounds and was caught by Volkmar Zell in Austria. Attachments ---------------- 47.52 from Austria 001.jpg (72KB - 400 downloads) | |||
| Larry Ramsell |
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| This 46.97-pound beauty was captured by Mike Meister from a German lake in 2003. He was using a 10" dead trout in 87 feet of water when he made this catch! Attachments ---------------- 46.97 Germany 001.jpg (60KB - 448 downloads) | |||
| Larry Ramsell |
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| Another fat dandy at 46.2-pounds, this one was caught by Beat Jungo from Switzerland. Attachments ---------------- 46.2 Switzerland 001.jpg (55KB - 590 downloads) | |||
| Larry Ramsell |
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| You might have noticed, that we have been inching towards the 50-pound mark. We are finally get there! The first one weighed 52.04-pounds and was caught by Uwe Schwirten from a German reservoir. It was 55.12-inches long! Attachments ---------------- 52.04 pounds Germany 001.jpg (66KB - 520 downloads) | |||
| Larry Ramsell |
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Oops, found a 47-4 that I missed. It was a new Swiss record at the time. Sorry I don't have the angler's name.
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| Larry Ramsell |
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| Durn files, here is another missed upper 40-pounder. It was a 48-6 caught by H. Plattner from West Germany. Attachments ---------------- 48-6 West Germany 001.jpg (176KB - 446 downloads) | |||
| Larry Ramsell |
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Back to the 50's with Helmut Firzinger's 50-12 from Austria.
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| Larry Ramsell |
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| Now comes Djula Kralik with a 57-pound 9 1/4-ounce West German Pike. Attachments ---------------- 53-9.25 West Germany 001.jpg (319KB - 412 downloads) | |||
| Larry Ramsell |
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| Recently Italy has been in the giant pike limelight. Here is one from there that was reported to be over 50-pounds. Attachments ---------------- over 50 pounds Italy 001.jpg (60KB - 617 downloads) | |||
| Larry Ramsell |
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| Gotta love those big bellies! Austria put out yet another giant with this 51.2-pound spottie by Mr. Ladwig. Attachments ---------------- 51.2 Austria 001.jpg (18KB - 388 downloads) | |||
| Larry Ramsell |
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| This 55.2-pound beast was found dead in Germany by Mr. Schmid. Attachments ---------------- 55.2 Germany 001.jpg (28KB - 393 downloads) | |||
| Larry Ramsell |
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| And bigger we go...This 57-5 1/4 dandy was caught by M. Ubeleis in Austria in 1980. Attachments ---------------- 57-5 Austria 001.jpg (138KB - 395 downloads) | |||
| Larry Ramsell |
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| Slightly bigger was this 1988 German Pike that weighed 57.4-pounds, caught by a Mr. Dietz. Attachments ---------------- 57.4 Germany 001.jpg (23KB - 362 downloads) | |||
| Larry Ramsell |
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| Here is another 55 1/2-incher I missed that weighed 45-pounds. It was caught in Switzerland. Attachments ---------------- 45 pound Swiss pike 001.jpg (236KB - 398 downloads) | |||
| Brozz88 |
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| Larry Ramsell |
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| This Czech Pike came in at almost 51-pounds. Attachments ---------------- 50-13 Czech pike 001.jpg (145KB - 395 downloads) | |||
| lennyg3 |
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| muskyrat |
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| Larry Ramsell |
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| A gentleman named Fehmi Varli captured not one, but two giants from the Baltic Sea. They weighed 53 and 58-pounds!! Attachments ---------------- 53 pounds Baltic Sea 001.jpg (95KB - 402 downloads) 58 pounds Baltic Sea 001.jpg (140KB - 421 downloads) | |||
| Jimbo |
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Posts: 222 | Larry Have you seen this one before or know anything about? Attachments ---------------- gator1.jpg (22KB - 390 downloads) | ||
| Larry Ramsell |
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| Before we leave the 50-pounders for the Land of Real Monsters, we'll close out with three shots of the current World Angling record. It was caught by Lothar Louis. It was 53.5-inches long and had a girth of 29-inches. It weighed 55-pounds 1 3/4-ounces! Attachments ---------------- WR Pike 1 001.jpg (164KB - 801 downloads) WR pike 2 001.jpg (94KB - 379 downloads) WR pike 3 001.jpg (161KB - 545 downloads) | |||
| Larry Ramsell |
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| Now into fantasy land...60-pounders. However, I must tell you that NONE of these giants were caught by angling! This first one is a 62 1/2-pound behemouth that was 57 1/2-inches long. It was brought forth by "The Louie Spray" of Europe! Jorg Notzli submitted this fish as a world record and it was accepted...for a time, until it was learned that he regularly bought big pike from commercial fishermen and entered them in contests!! Sound familiar? This took place in 1979. Edited by Larry Ramsell 3/11/2014 2:04 PM
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| Larry Ramsell |
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| Next to last is a reported 64-pound Pike that was found dead in Austria in 1990. According to The Pike Ferret, the fish was actually 63 1/2-pounds and 58-inches long and had a girth that exceeded 31-inches. It died full of spawn, apparently unable to discharge its eggs. It will take over the #2 spot on Jan's list. Edited by Larry Ramsell 3/11/2014 2:07 PM
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| Larry Ramsell |
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| And last but certainly not least, is quite possibly the largest Esox that has ever been weighed. Pictures from Jan Eggers and a bit of info from Andreas Mangold: The fish was taken on March 10th, 1983 in a gill net. The Giant Pike was full of spawn and weighed a colossal 67-pounds 3 3/4-ounces and is in the number one spot on Jan Eggers big Pike list that contains over 750 Pike over 40-pounds, taken by any means throughout the world. Like all of us, he likes tales of 70, 80 or 90-pound Pike, but as I with muskies, he feels it is more important to concentrate more on those Pike that are more representative of true Pike potential growth. From Andreas we learned of the spawn and the fact that this fish was only 12-years old!! It obtained this massive growth in a 180 yard by 180 yard pond that contained all the food necessary for this growth. The owner of the pond wanted this fish out of his pond because it was eating all the grebes, ducks and coots that visited the pond! Well, this is it for Pike. Some day soon we'll do "Esox Oddities"...Larry Attachments ---------------- 67.3 German pike 001.jpg (134KB - 418 downloads) 67-3 again 001.jpg (153KB - 422 downloads) 67.3 tub 001.jpg (165KB - 384 downloads) 67-3 on ground 001.jpg (201KB - 358 downloads) | |||
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| lennyg3 |
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| Larry Ramsell |
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