dobber1978 Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 Are these real?? I have never caught anything even close to this size Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccmtcanada Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 I've seen these pics before...there was nothing about them that tells me that they are fake. A quick image search on Google shows lots of monster pike about this size..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfish1965 Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 The first is from Holland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Colaneri Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 I believe the one with Dude holding the pike is very real. In fact, wasn't it caught in Sweden? I don't think it's a North American fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Colaneri Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 Ya beat me to it Rick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeds Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 Seen the first pic plenty before but that second pic is pretty wild. Hard to get any kind of sense of scale though....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunkerbasshunter Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 yeah i have seen those pics plenty of times. I did also hear they were real but the first one was from europe. huge fish though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 As others have stated it's a Netherlands/Holland Pike. Picture is right out of, I believe, In- Fisherman and same guy/fish is in Winter edition of Esox Angler. Not sure who/where the second picture is from but it has floated around OFC for years. The email going around with both pictures in it though claims they are Ontario Fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douG Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 Ask me! Ask me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 Doug..who's picture is the hungry Pike? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Clemens Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 (edited) Seen these before too ... Somewhere in Northern Europe. If I saw something like that coming up, I wouldn't need to go to the bathroom for a week. Hmmm ... ONFC get together over in Europe for a pike tourney ? Edited February 27, 2007 by Rich Clemens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GbayGiant Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 (edited) Anyone have that picture of the Native fellow that caught that monstruos pike that would have been a world record but he fed his family with it ? the picture has his whole family holding the fish in the newspaper. I'll keep looking for it, having trouble finding it, it was a canadian fish, think Alberta. Edited February 27, 2007 by GbayGiant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyk Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 I have seen that picutre with the guy and his family holding the pike. I think it was from manitoba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 hey GBayGiant i've got that picture saved in my home computer ... however i'm not on that comp right now so when i get the chance i'll post it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GbayGiant Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 when i get the chance i'll post it up Cool , ya I thought Alberta but I think your right it was Manitoba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucktail Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 (edited) Yep it was Manitoba. Those Euro pike are insane! 5 weeks till I get my mount back, will post the pic Edited February 28, 2007 by bucktail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mepps Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 (edited) Its gotta be pretty close to the 55lb world record... heres the Manitoba monster... Edited February 28, 2007 by mepps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northhunter Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 I've seen both pics before - they aren't related. The first is from someplace over in Europe, but there's an email going around with both pics saying the fish is Canadian. I don't know where the 2nd pic is from but saw it for the first time about 3yrs ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master of Bait Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 Wow! Yet another fat euro-pike. Seems to me like there's a lot of bigger versions of our warm water species over there. The pike seem much bulkier, the perch are bigger all 'round and the zander are larger than our walleye on average. Any thoughts on the reason for this? My guess is some combination of genetics, prolonged growing season and possibly forage? Either way, whenever I get over there, I'm packin' my rod... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GbayGiant Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 (edited) That's the one I was thinking of Mepps, what a beast, haven't seen that top one before but it's monstrous too. Looks like it just pooped a 20lbs fish with that loose skin though. Edited February 28, 2007 by GbayGiant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 was just going to post it up right now ... huge fish indeed ... i would be happy with one 2/3 that size haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tybo Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 (edited) Well either way, that smaller pike is screwed! Very cool pic! As Wayne said, the first Pike is on the cover of the Winter edition of ESOX Angler Magazine. Joey Edit: Dang, posted under Tybo Again!! Edited February 28, 2007 by Tybo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman27 Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 Could you imagine hookin a hog like that,stuff dreams are made of!!!! Bassman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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