Unveiling the Legends: The World's Biggest Pike Ever Caught

08/07/2023 | Lucky Lures

Het In the realm of angling and freshwater fishing, few creatures are as revered and sought after as the mighty pike. Known for their formidable size, predatory instincts, and breathtaking battles, these apex predators have captured the imagination of anglers worldwide. With their elongated bodies, sharp teeth, and lightning-fast strikes, pike have become legends in the fishing world, inspiring tales of epic encounters and record-breaking catches.

NEW OFFICIAL Dutch Record Pike

Dutch record weight: 23 KG

Length: 138 cm

Angler: Siegfried Schön

Date of capture: October 12, 2019

World Record Pike Claimed At Over 58 Lb!

Location: Czech Republic.

Angler: Lukas Matejka

Length: 133 cm

Weight: 26.7 kg (58 lb 14 oz)

Date of capture: 2019

Bait: unknown

Bulgarian Giant

Location: Bulgaria

Angler: PETAR FILIPOV

Length: 140 cm

Weight: 25.3 kg

Date of capture: 2019

Bait: unknown

OFFICIAL World Record Pike

World record weight: 55 lb. 1 oz. (25 kg.)

Location: Greffern Lake, West Germany

Angler: Lothar Louis

Date of capture: October 16, 1986

Bait: cast spoon

Time of battle: 40 minutes

Previous record: 46 lb. 2 oz., Peter Dubuc

North American Record Pike

World record weight: 46 lb. 2 oz.

Location: Sacandaga Lake, New York

Angler: Peter Dubuc

Date of capture: September 15, 1940

Bait: unknown

Time of battle: unknown

Avid angler Peter Dubuc caught the current North American Record back in 1940 while pike fishing in New York’s Sacandaga Lake. Unfortunately there are no known pictures of this record pike, and Peter didn’t have this monster pike stuffed either. He said he did not want to pay the taxidermist $52.50 to have the 52.5 inch long fish mounted.

Canadian record pike

This is probably the biggest northern pike ever caught in Manitoba (Canada). And they ate the evidence. The estimated 70-inch fish was caught in Cedar Lake by a resident of Easterville, a small aboriginal community about 100 kilometers southeast of The Pas. The Manitoba record for northern pike is 42.42 pounds, set in 1977. The Cedar Lake catch is estimated to have weighed more than 50 pounds.

from the 23 March 1999 Calgary Sun

French Record Pike

World record weight: 43 lb. and when measured its length was 1.37m (53.9 in)

Location: Lake Pareloup, France

Angler: Philippe Coste

Date of capture: May 2009

Italian record Pike

Weight: 55 lb / 24.90 kg

Location: Lake Maggiore

Angler: Carlo Aimonetti

Date of capture: Unknown

Massive French Pike

Length: 137 cm

Location: France

Weight: unknown

Angler: Sylvain Legendre

Date of capture: 2012

Massive Dutch Pike

Length: 124 cm

Location: Netherlands

Weight: 21 KG

Angler: Ruud van der Velden

Date of capture: 2009

Massive Dutch Pike

Length: 130 cm

Location: Netherlands

Weight: 21 KG

Angler: Dick van Hattem

Date of capture: Februari 2008

Massive Amur Pike

Length: Unknown

Location:Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Angler: Vasily Petrov

Date of capture: Unknown

Massive Polish Pike

Length: Unknown

Location:Poland

Weight: 63.14 lbs/28.64 kg

Angler: Unknown

Date of capture: Unknown

Massive Italian Pikes

Weight: 24 kg

Angler: Maurizio Rossini

Date of capture: Unknown

Dutch monster pike

Size: 127 CM / 42.9 POUNDS

Location: Holland

Angler: Ewout Blom

Date of capture: 2004

UK record PIKE

Length: Unknown

Weight: 46 lb 13 oz

Location: Llandegfedd Reservoir, Wales

Angler: Roy Lewis.

Date of capture: October 1992

German record pike

This could be considered the World Record Northern Pike caught from an abandoned stone quarry in Germany in 1983. It was caught by Arno Wilhelm and measured 57" and weighed 67 lbs. 4 oz..