My biggest Pike!!

[clarki]

Caught and released this big girl in late January. my personal best pike... I didn't weigh or measure her. I've heard "she's pushing 40 inches" to "she's 45 for sure" and "about 18 Lbs" up to "30 for sure"... I hate to open up a can of worms lol but I thought I'd put it out there to a greater audience and see what range of length/weight you all think she might be??

for reference I am 6'2" tall and weigh 255 Lbs. I drilled a double hole with my 8 inch auger. hole is visible bottom right

[double gun]

First off, it's a beautiful pike.

And I mean this with no disrespect, but I personally don't see anywhere near 30lbs of fish there. My guess would be closer to 20. But without measurements it's really hard to give an accurate guess.

[DiabeticKripple]

I'd say mid 20's. My 16lber was way skinner and 37" long

[trigger7mm]

Beautiful pike, and great pics. I would say she is pushing 19-20 lbs. Neat to see the bald prairie in the background.

[RavYak]

I would say pushing 40 inches and 20 lbs.

[RavYak]

It takes one heck of a fish to weigh 30 lbs. Either has to be over 40 inches and a slob or pushing 4 ft and healthy.

This is my best one, caught it this summer and it was 44 inches, 22 lbs.

[yoteblaster]

20-25 lbs. Awesome healthy looking pike. Excellent photos as well

[sns2]

Originally Posted by RavYak

I would say pushing 40 inches and 20 lbs.

I would agree with RY^^^^

Regardless, that is a whopper of a fish. Thanks for sharing.

[Sooner]

Beauty fish, congrats. My non educated guess was gonna be 20 to 25lbs.


Question, do those southern reservoir lakes drop off fast or are the big ones cruising shallows? Seems most big pike pics are close to the shore.

[pikergolf]

Very nice fish, congrats!

[anthony5]

Originally Posted by Sooner

Beauty fish, congrats. My non educated guess was gonna be 20 to 25lbs.


Question, do those southern reservoir lakes drop off fast or are the big ones cruising shallows? Seems most big pike pics are close to the shore.

This time of year big ones are usually caught between 6 &12 feet, usually but not always. Depending on the reservoir and area being fished you can go from 8 to 30 feet deep in a 20 foot span, and some places 8 feet to 30 feet deep in a 1/4 to 1/2 mile, depends on the reservoir.

[rem338win]

I'd say 22lbs give or take and 38". It's a beautiful pike for sure.

I can guess where you got that having fished in that spot a time or two. Don't tell anyone and keep up the catch and release on those slobs!

[58thecat]

Originally Posted by RavYak

I would say pushing 40 inches and 20 lbs.

45" and 30lbs we fish therefore we stretch the truth....nice fish either way.

[PerchBuster]

26 lbs, 43-1/2" would be my guess. Whatever she is she is a real beauty!! Way to go on landing your new PB! Real clean nice looking specimen there

[neilsledder]

I know some fishermen would say 50"+ and 35#'s lol. I would say most are on the mark around the 20# mark. Great fish!


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[does it ALL outdoors]

X20 on 20lbs. Close enough.. Great catch, congrats that's a beauty

[muzzy]

39-40 inches 18-19 lbs

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[QUOTE=clarki;3485916]Caught and released this big girl in late January. my personal best pike... I didn't weigh or measure her. I've heard "she's pushing 40 inches" to "she's 45 for sure" and "about 18 Lbs" up to "30 for sure"... I hate to open up a can of worms lol but I thought I'd put it out there to a greater audience and see what range of length/weight you all think she might be??

for reference I am 6'2" tall and weigh 255 Lbs. I drilled a double hole with my 8 inch auger. hole is visible bottom right QUOTE]

If you look at photo one, which is fairly square to the camera, you can clearly see your 4 left hand fingers. Measure them in the photo and on your hand that will give you scale. Then measure the fish down the center line and multipley this by the scale. I got a fish of 92-95 cm or 36-37.4 inches. So would be around 17 lbs.

You of course could do a more accurate measurement and come up with something even closer.

GREAT FISH by the way.

[Mitchthefisher]

Wicked catch and congrats on beating your PB!

[Zuludog]

Great fish. Congrats!!

Always tough to tell in pictures but it's way closer to 20 than 30. A 30 lb pike is a truly big fish and it shows in the length and thickness, even in pictures.

Here is a 29lb pike that I put someone on last summer. It was almost 50" long and over 20" around. I didn't get a good length on it as I wanted to get it back into the water quickly. For refernece the guy holding it is around 6'2" but skinny.