| As
a fish which legend would have it can grow to over ninety pounds, verifying the
claimed weights for pike caught, even in living memory, is fraught with difficulties.
The fish listed here reflect both official records which have met the criteria
of the accepting bodies concerned, and fish which anglers accept as the largest
to have been caught.
British Record*
The
British Record Fish Committee accepts this to be the largest pike caught on rod
and line in the UK.
How
to claim a British record. | 46lb 13oz Roy
Lewis
Llandegfedd Reservoir
Wales
1992 Photograph
courtesy of Angling Times | | Scottish Record
This
fish heads the Scottish Record Fish List as the largest pike caught on rod and
line in Scotland.
How to claim a Scottish record. | 47lb 11oz
Tommy Morgan
Loch Lomond
Scotland
1945 |
| | | | United States Record | 46lbs 2oz
Peter Dubuc
Sacandaga Reservoir
New York State
1940 |
| IGFA All Tackle World Record IGFA | 55lbs 1oz
Lothar Louis
Lake
of Grefeern
Germany
16th October 1986 | |
|
*Some
UK pike anglers refuse to accept the Lewis pike as the British record, prefering
to believe Morgan's fish to be the true holder of that title. |
| Largest Known Pike
This
pike is believed to be the largest genuinely recorded specimen - although it was
not caught by fair angling. | 30.5kg (67.1lb)
Netted
Dannstadt Gravel Pit
Germany
1983 |
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