The largest pikes sometimes they can reach the height of an adult. They mainly inhabit the fresh waters of Eurasia and North America. Fish are much more common in coastal regions with abundant vegetation.
Every fisherman seeks to catch the largest fish possible, and pike is no exception in this matter. Today, the most modern types of equipment are used to help increase the chance of catching large fish.
In addition to spoons, pikes are often caught with live or dead bait. At the same time, in spring, summer, autumn and winter, fishermen use completely different methods of fishing. This is due to the fact that, depending on the season, the fish changes its "place of residence".
This article will present the official cases of catching the largest pike in history. By the way, pay attention to other articles from the "The most in the world" section.
The largest pike
Few people know the fact that the heaviest pike was caught in 1497.
The pike was about 270 years old. The fishermen came to this conclusion, relying on the data on the ring, which was put on the fish in 1230 by order of Frederick 2.
The length of the largest and oldest pike reached 5.7 m, with a weight of 140 kg. According to legend, her scales were completely white, since by that time she had lost the corresponding pigment.
The pike skeleton was donated to a museum in Germany. However, modern experts have established that it consisted of the vertebrae of different species of pike, which indicated that it was fake.
It is curious that scientists are skeptical that the pike could live such a long life, since the maximum age of the fish does not exceed 25-30 years.
Interesting facts about the largest pikes
- The very first officially registered large pike in the Russian Federation was caught in 1930. Its weight was 35 kg.
- In 1957, American fishermen caught a Muskinong weighing 32 kg in the St. Lawrence River (New York).
- The largest common pike was also caught by American fishermen. In 1940, they recovered a 25-kg fish from the water, which was recognized as the largest common pike in history.
- A record has been preserved in the archives, according to which in the 17th century a fish 9 m long and weighing 2 tons was caught in the waters of the Volga. Scientists are skeptical about the document, believing that such a copy simply could not exist.
- The female pike is capable of laying from 17,000 to 215,000 eggs.
