I wonder what this pike weighed....

[Steve Arnold]

Just found this report on a french newspaper......

Brochet géant d'1m36 : le récit de la capture !

Il y a deux mois, en juin 2022, un pêcheur suisse a capturé et relâché un brochet géant de 136 cm. Un vrai monstre ! La photo a été publiée le 23 août sur les réseaux sociaux. L'auteur de ce brochet record, Quentin Bournoud, 27 ans, nous a raconté sa partie de pêche mémorable !

www.peche-poissons.com

A pike of 1m 36 and looking quite full bodied, anyone have any weight for length scales?

 

[mikench]

A lot Steve: what a monster.

 

[terry m]

A truly magnificent creature. My estimate would be low forty.

Fish of a lifetime.

 

[Keith M]

Mona’s Scale reckons it’s roughly a little over 46lb to 48lb-ish if you convert 136cm to inches (53.5 in)

Of course this doesn’t take into consideration its girth

Keith

 

[Steve Arnold]

Mona’s Scale reckons it’s roughly a little over 46lb to 48lb-ish if you convert 136cm to inches (53.5 in)

Of course this doesn’t take into consideration its girth

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Keith

Thanks for that scale. Looking at what is a very solidly built pike, perhaps even 50 pounds is a possibility!!!

 

[Philip]

Thats a whopper.

I see some mountains in the background.

Were did he catch it from Mike ? ....you can send me a pm

 

[fishface1]

I see a power station and some kayaks…

 

[keora]

I've heard of Mona's scale but I've never seen it before. I've compared the scale with a graph of pike length against weight which I did some years ago. It was based on about twenty five pike I caught on Yorkshire rivers.

Mona's scale shows a 5lb pike has a length of about 25", and a 20 lb pike has a length of 40 lbs - and that's close to the readings I took.

I imagine a pike from fertile waters with lots of prey fish would weigh more than a pike of similar length from a less fertile water.

 

[Phil Heaton]

It's definitely a very big pike but unfortunately guides are simply that and big fish especially can vary more than smaller fish depending upon food consumed, time of year and venue. I have photo's of a 24 from Chew I caught a few years ago and to look at it now you would argue it wasn't over 20lbs, while I've had Trent pike looking well over 20lb only tipping the scales at 17lb.
It's a shame the photo's weren't a bit better, it would look magnificent held.

 

[Phil Heaton]

I took this photo of a trout water pike caught in 2011, I weighed it at 41 1/2lbs.

 

[Ray Roberts]

I took this photo of a trout water pike caught in 2011, I weighed it at 41 1/2lbs.

That one looks every ounce. A superb specimen.


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