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Pike Records
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
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
Irish Record (Lake)**
As recognised by the Irish Specimen Fish Committee.
39lb 3oz
Michael Egan
Lough Key
Shannon Region
1993
Irish Record (River)**
As recognised by the Irish Specimen Fish Committee.
42lb
Captor
Venue
Region

1964
United States Record 46lbs 2oz
Peter Dubuc
Sacandaga Reservoir
New York State
1940
IGFA World Record 55lbs 1oz
Lothar Louis
Grefern See Lake
Germany
1986
 

*Many 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.

**Numerous pike larger than these officially recognised Irish records have been well documented as having been fairly caught by anglers. Larger fish still have been netted, shot or found dead!

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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