Many men are fledging fishing, some of them spend all their free time On the shore with fishing rod. Such an avid fishermen more than once was made to catch a large fish, many such a trophy captured in the photo, among them there is a fish affecting their sizes. Fishing love in all countries of the world and about the biggest copies there are legends. There are official data made to the Guinness Book of Records, the sizes of such a catch are surprised even former fishermen.
There are many stories and legends about the biggest copies in the world. For example, one of them says that in Germany, fishermen managed to catch a giant pike weighing in 140kg and 5.7 meters long. The age of fish was also installed - 270 years, such data was allegedly confirmed by the ring, which was put on it in 1230 by order of the Emperor Friedrich second. The monster's skeleton was placed in one of the museums of Mannheim and there for a long time stood there, but after years, scientists decided to verify the authenticity of the exhibit. They conducted research, and it turned out that the skeleton was collected from several large pucks, so such a story is invented.
Despite similar fictions huge pikes exist, they are among the record holderswhich are listed in the list of the largest in the world. This species can reach large sizes and live a few decades.
It is known that this kind of fish grows very quickly, but much depends on the habitat, the food that the predator eats. Interesting the fact that males are longer than females, but lighter by weight and in the moderate climate of individuals develop faster than in the northern regions. Single freshwater fish that is ahead of the pike in the growth - som. The growth of the pike at the very beginning of intensively goes long, but reaching about 70 cm, begins to add in width.
American monster
Most people are interested in facts, not fiction and is quite officially established that the greatest pike lives in North America, only she is not quite ordinary pike, but her subspecies. Maskinong is very similar to the familiar to us, but it is distinguished by large sizes and endurance, longer lives. Pike-monster managed to catch back in 1660, the size of the fish was in length exactly 2 meters, and the weight was 75kg, but since it was a long time ago, the photo of the biggest pike could not do. Modern predators who are no longer so large there, so we will weigh 25-45kg, which is also impressive.
Maskinong belongs to the Schue family, but is characterized by larger sizes, the length of the body of this species can be 5-6 times longer than the body of a conventional pike. Despite their large sizes, they are found in shallow rivers and lakes, choosing free areas with vegetation for a permanent habitat.
Reliable facts of ulov giant individuals
- In 1930, the fact was officially registered the fact of Claw's catch, weighing 35 kgFish caught on Lake Ilmen. According to the unofficial data of fishermen, many of them were fortunate enough to catch and larger specimens, fearing to make noise, did not advertise their catch, but simply took it with themselves, silent the size of the trophy, but there are facts of catch when the weight reached 45 kg.
- On the River of St. Lawrence in New York, it was possible to catch a person whose weight was 32 kgMaskinong had to get with the help of a boat.
- Pike was caught in Sortavala weighing 49 kgShe was caught using a little shouting, weighing 5 kg.
- There is a case when a predator was caught, weighing 56 kgThis happened in the northern places on Lake Uldda.
- There are quite a few facts of the street Shchuk in Lake Ladoga or in Ukraine, which also differed by gigantic sizes. According to officially registered data, the oldest pike in the world has lived only 33 years,
- Nowadays, unique specimens were also caught, for example, in the Netherlands caught pike, 120 cm long, and in just 10 minutes. The rare copy was caught, measured, made photos and immediately let go on the will.
- In 2011, a pike was caught in Canada, 118 cm longBut soon the record was beaten by a fisherman on the St. Lawrence River, he managed to get a special size of 130 cm. There are photos made by fishermen, where the biggest instances in the world are presented.
The biggest pikes: PhotoFacts
Some features of catching predators
Many fishermen know that pike has powerful teeth, so equipment and all the gear should be very durable and reliable. Considering this fact, fishermen often use a wire leash on fishing, it is usually put between bait and fishing line to predatory Fish I could not have a snack or break it.
And a few more advice and tricks from fishermen:
The most trophy places of catching this predator - Lake Lake or Ilmen in Russia, as well as in Neman and Dvina, in the waters of Irtysh and Volga. Often you can meet this type of fish in Ontario and Michigan, on the River of St. Lawrence. In the European part, fishing on the pike has always been popular because it is found from Scandinavia countries to Italy.
Pikes in cooking
In some countries, pike is appreciated by cooks, her meat love and prepare various dishes, in others they consider this fish very bony and dry. Most often it makes cutlets, stuffing, fry. Shchuchny caviar is a delicacy, it has an easily absorbed protein, so for a long time it is considered a classic dish in the national Russian cuisine.
Fishing is not just fishery, it is a real sport, for some - a favorite thing of life. Avoid fishermen can spend hours with a fishing rod or spinning, hunting for large prey. And after pride, to demonstrate its trophies - Sazan in 14 kg, 6-kilogram in Nalima, a huge perpetrator of 13 kg or catfish monster in 70 kg!
Naturally, the fisherman wants to keep the memory of his luck for a long time. Recorted catch is imprinted in a photo or video as proof of their own skills and agility. Fish scarecrow, dried head or lean the huge fishe fin, confirming the size of the catch, are also often present in the collections of fishermen.
In the article, we will tell about what the biggest pike in the world came to the hook.
Pike weighing 140 kg - True or legend?
In the cathedral of the German city Mannheim, a very interesting exhibit is kept - a gigantic skeleton of pussy with a length of 5.7 meters. Visitors say that in 1230, the Roman Emperor Friedrich II was fishing near the port of Heilmbronne on Lake Beckingen, which belongs to the Neckar River basin (territory of modern Germany). He caught a little pike and in research purposes put on her fins his gold ring with the date engraved on it: "1230 year." After 267 years, this fishery caught. It was possible to pull it out only with the help of a non-node, since with a length of almost 6 meters it weighed 140 kg! The legend states that the caught pike was all gray, that is, her scales were absolutely white, because because of the old age there was no melanin at all.
A huge fish was eaten, and her skeleton was transferred to the cathedral of the city of Mannheim, where it is stored since 1497 to this day as proof of the truthfulness of history.
However, there were skeptics, ready to debunk a beautiful legend:
- german historian Lorenz Okean examined the life and adventures of Friedrich second and came to the conclusion that in 1230, the Roman emperor lived in Italy, beyond which he did not go beyond that year, and therefore physically could not fish on Lake Beckkin;
- researchers-naturalists after careful analysis said that the skeleton of pikes is a skillful falsification. But it is complicated from separate vertebrae 5 different pucks;
- biologists stated that Pike was physiologically capable of living for so long. The average age of the predator is 25 years old, and the oldest pike, which was officially registered, had an age of 33 years.
These skeptical statements have a lot of very convincing countertime in favor of the fact that the big pike still existed.
Another interesting story
According to another version, the largest pike in history was caught in 1794 in one of the royal ponds. In her gowns found a gold ring with engraving about the fact that the fish was Ocoltsev Boris Godunov, the Russian king from 1598 to 1605. Pike length almost 2 meters weighed 60 kg, her age, judging by the ring, was about 190 years.
Unfortunately, this fact, except for a written record, has no other confirmation.
Records confirmed by documented
It is reliably known that the largest pike was caught in Russia in Lake Ilmen in the Novgorod region in 1930. Its weight was 35 kg, and the length is 1.9 meters. These data are officially confirmed. In addition, there is a real photo on which this monster is captured.
Second place belongs to the United States. In 1957, the American caught in the River of St. Lawrence (New York) Pike Maskinong weighing 32 kg.
The photo is proudly holding the prey another American fisherman Mark Carlson, who smiled at December 4, 2013, and he caught a gigantic pike with a length of 132 cm and weighing 27 kg. He literally breathes in the head of the fisherman-American Matt Fordon, who got a trophy pike with a length of 130 cm and weighing 26 kg.
The honorable fifth place ranked 25 kg. She was already found dead on the banks of the Chervell River, which flows on Oxfordshire - county in the south of Great Britain. Nakhodka was first discovered by a local farmer Peter Monet. The young man admits that at first he had the idea of \u200b\u200bdead deer, only going closer, he realized that he had a huge pike in front of him. Previously, Piter is such large fish They did not meet, and he was not a joke. Skull, in which experts counted almost 700 sharp, like a razor, teeth, the farmer gave the local museum.
It is safe to assert that today Oxfordshire Pike is the largest in the UK. And all because since 1979, in this country, all major chicks are taken into account in more than 14 kg in a special cadastral book.
Giant pikes weighing 20-21 kg are found, although it is very rare, in the average latitudes of Russia, the northern part of Europe, in Canada and water bodies in the north of the United States. A little more often fishermen come across large pikes weighing 10-15 kg, and catch a predator weighing 5-6 kg under the power and novice fisherman.
Pike, like fishing fish, is valued low, because the meat is lean and very bony. Catching a predator has mostly sports interest, because it requires skill, dexterity and some experience.
On the shores of Lake Heivord, Wisconsin, USA built museum under open sky. It occupies 2.5 hectares, consists of 7 buildings with a total area of \u200b\u200b2300 m. The complex is called the "Fisherman Temple". More than 50,000 exhibits concerning fishing are presented here - from rarities to modern accessories.
The main decoration of the complex is the statue of a giant Pike-Maskilonga, built in 1976. It has a length of 44 meters and a height of a 5-storey house. In her open tooth pasta, there is an observation deck, which at the same time accommodates 20 visitors, and inside all sorts fishing gear.
Pike (Northern Pike, Esox Lucius) is one of the most famous varieties of predatory freshwater fish. According to the Book of Records IGFA, for some reason, the largest pike in the world is found in Western Europe, but not in Russia and Canada, who are almost the best countries for trophy fishing. Below lists some of the most impressive instances of this fish that have ever been caught.
Pike (Northern Pike, ESOX Lucius) is one of the most famous varieties of predatory freshwater fish
Despite the efforts of thousands of professional hunters for pike all over the world, which have ultra-modern gear and bait, Lothar Louis still remains an absolute record holder, because it owns the trophy of the most serious sizes. About 30 years ago, he caught Ginfire fish in the German Lake, the maximum weight of which was recorded - it was 25 kg.
This significant event was accomplished on October 16, 1986. It is curious that Louis did not plan to catch a pike that day. According to his own admission, he hunted mainly on carp and roach, hoping on a large catch of small and medium-sized fish. He did not suspect at all that the largest predator will be in his trophies list.
Despite the efforts of thousands of professional hunters for pike worldwide, Lyur Louis still remains an absolute record holder Nevertheless, Louis, like most fishermen, was an optimist. Every morning, going to fishing, he took a rough and strong tackle with him, able to withstand a major predator, and caught her fish. For its optimism, he was rewarded only on the 3rd day after the start of the fishing session. A record pike grabbed the bait, and Louis entered an unequal battle with the largest fish of his whole life. The production of such huge sizes was impossible to take a bug or pickup, and Lotar did not have anything else, except to try to grab her for the gills and pull out.
In an interview after fishing, Louis admitted that he was very excited and did not even feel how he hurt his hands. The sketch of the skeleton is designed in such a way that it is very difficult to break the toothy jaws.
Even a predator of medium sizes can cause a person quite serious injuries, but the desperate fisherman decided to risk, and the oldest pike fell to his feet.
Gallery: Large pikes (25 photos)
The world's largest caught fish (video)
Other records
The second place in the Table of Records belongs to the Swedish fisherman Ake Nilsson. His gigantic mining pulled 21 kg. The historical event occurred on January 29, 1989, when the fisherman was melted down the Lodd River, located in Sweden. The pike took it on the gloss, after which Nilsson is cold-blooded "led" fish for 15-20 minutes. Over the years after the event, disputes are being conducted true weight Fishes, since the photo it seems that its weight cannot reach 21 kg. But, given that the length of the trophy was 1 m 30 cm, such weight seems quite likely.
Strong frosts and abundant snowfalls could not interfere with the Swiss fisherman of Jacomo Pinotti to go fishing on December 10, 1990, when he left his house in Ascona to amal in the nearby lake Maggiore. He purposefully hunted for large prey and used as bait a very large livery. This approach was effective, and the bait was attacked by fish weighing 19 kg. It took a lot of time (about 1.5 hours), after which the giant pike surrendered to the mercy of the winner.
Blendish fisherman Benny Petersson caught a trophy, weighing 17 kg, in the Swedish Lake Ostutymer. This event occurred on November 20, 1993. Petersson caught with a small single boat and used silver glitter. After a tense battle, which lasted about 10 minutes, Benny managed to immerse the fish into the boat and hurried to the shore to docume his catch.
Professional fishermen in Europe is well aware that the pike is also found in salted waters. Swede Krister Mattsson won mining weight of 15 kg in the Baltic Sea on September 19, 1998. It is known that the fisherman sailed onto the boat and used a superficial squeeze wobbler. It took more than an hour before Mattsson managed to completely drain fish into the boat.
On June 19, 2010, the Italian Fisherman Paolo Paciarini rented a boat with his father for catching a predator on Lake Annon, which is not far from the city of Leko. The key is huge fishing. The tackle was equipped with a leash from the wire, and this suggests that Paolo was ready for such developments. But he still could not believe that these specimens were found in this lake. The fight against Pike continued for about 10 minutes. Her weight was 16 kg.
German Fisherman Stefan Gokkely managed to catch one of the longest chicks in history on October 1, 2013 on one of the reservoirs in the Netherlands. Its length was 1 m 20 cm, but it had to fight with it only 10 minutes. It is curious that Gokkel let go of fish after measured and photographed it. Such actions are characterized by fishermen in Europe, which in their majority do not welcome the catch freshwater fish. For comparison: in Russia, only a few spinningists release mining of solid sizes.
The largest pike (video)
About catching this predatory freshwater fish, real legends go. And every self-respecting fisherman, regardless of the fishing experience, dreams of catching not just a pinch, and very big pike! Waited " gold fish"- The embodiment of fishing good luck and the most desirable trophy can really achieve the striking sizes.
The legends who came to us from the Middle Ages tell about the pike of a long-life, which weighed 140 kilograms and reached a length of five and a half meters. It was possible to pull it ashore only with the help of a non-agency. And it happened in 1497. Whether in fact a predator of such sizes is not known, but the number of people who wish to catch a toothast monster and did not diminish before this day.
What do the facts say?
If you leave beautiful legends alone and apply exclusively to the facts, you can find out that gigantic pikes really managed to get on the hook.
Since 1979, the largest caught chip is being taken into account in the UK. This time can be considered the official end of the era of unconfirmed legends about pikes. But, alas, the records of the English cadastral book are not particularly impressive. The weight of Ryne is fixed a little more than 14 kilograms.
Russian official record was delivered in 1930. it pike at 34 kilograms, vented in Lake Ilmen. Since those times, black and white photography has been preserved confirming this truly giant catch. Pike held three men immediately! Unfortunately, now there is no accurate accounting of large chicks. But the fishermen of Russia and the CIS countries periodically learn copies, as they say up to 45 kilograms. And fishing books argue that there are pikes in length even to one and a half meters and with a weight of up to 65 kilograms.
Records
International Association of Sports Fisheries installed in 2011 new system To enroll the records, according to which the victory is determined only along the length of the fish. This is done in order to preserve the life of the record holder. The catch is quickly released into the water. For weighing, we would have to take advantage of special weights, the delivery of which is usually delayed, and the pike dies.
In 2013 (December 2), American fisherman Matt Forddon It was possible to catch a pike length of hundred and thirty centimeters. It happened on the river of St. Lawrence. Rybak sent data on the catch in the Association mentioned above, hoping that they had a new world record.
Literally two days Mark Carlson, The holder of the current world record from Illinois, also managed boast a new achievement - pike breed Maskinong in a length of one hundred thirty two centimeters (approximate weight of 27 kg). He patiently burned out tord predator About 15 minutes. Pike caught on TROLING and after the measurement is safely released into the river.
Forddon filed documents first and his record was approved by the Association. Then the same procedure passed the Karlson documents.
The difference between records of just 2 centimeters allowed Mark Carlson to keep the palm of championship. Mark caught his last trophy pike in 2011, during fishing on the Ottawa River. Her length was one hundred and twenty-eight centimeters.
Successful winter fishing on a large pike
Where is the trophy pike?
- The largest pikes of Russialake in Ladoga Lake and Lake Ilmen. Here favorable places for the growth and development of these predators - there is no natural enemy, the taper.
- Pikes are found in the half-writers of the Neman and Dvina rivers. Many of them in the basins of Ob, Irtysh and the Lower Volga.
- Schukary Spinning Guys also complain artificial reservoirs. Shchuk is usually found several times more than in the river before the dam build.
- Traditionally, Lake Ontario and Michigan are considered "Schuchye"As well as the River of St. Lawrence in North America. Lovers of "Hunting for Monsters" may occasionally experience their fishing good luck.
Some interesting moments: 
- The largest skinny pucks, do not look for near the islands and underwater braids. They need a comfortable depth from 5 to 10 meters.
- It is desirable to have a nearby corping and stones.
- Fish loves muddy water and quiet, deep places. What is "worse" and the place is illicitably selected for fishing, the more likely to catch a trophy pike!
- Catching deep pike can be successful not at any time of the year. In the summer she pecks weakly. And in the spring there is a ban on catching out of the boat. Autumn remains. The period from the first decrease in daily temperatures to the first serious frosts.
And in conclusion, I would like to say that our fishermen do not chase over world records, they do not need loud ranks ... However, the unlawful search for large chicks in domestic reservoirs is still continuing.
If the trophy pike is not yet caught - do not despair. You all will definitely be successful. Fisherman's happiness loves persistent fishermen. We wish you big ... very large trophies!
And you already managed to wake the biggest pike in your life? Share, please, your experience. In what places and what did you catch? What size predator did you get?
Fishing is an exciting business, and, of course, are passionate about it, mostly men. For many fishing, this is a real hobby, which they pay scheduled days of rest, and not just a lesson to spend their free time. Fishermen, who consider themselves avid, buy modern fishing equipment, use literature about fishing, ride on the lakes, rivers and fish there.
Each fisherman has its trophies, the details of which they are with undisguised pleasure are divided with their interlocutors and call their trophies records. Very often photos made on fishing are placed on Internet pages. It happens falsification, but it is much less.
Every fisherman fishing This is not only a way to rest, excellent entertainment after labor, but also whole, regular lesson Favorite difficult things, I mean, hobby. Some enthusiasts allocate a lot of time for fishing, not one, and more weeks, they go far towards adventure. Each fishing amateur cares many positive emotions and many moments to make an exclusive photograph with trophy-catch. Very often, these trips have big expenses, but the mass of fishermen visit local reservoirs and choose the deserted and quiet places for fishing. Considering the modern lifestyle of a large mass of citizens, this species active rest - Not bad discharge after difficult everyday life. Such a charge of cheerfulness, sitting at home, you will not get.
In the entire history of fishing about caught the biggest and heavy pikes go Legends. One of them says that in a thousand four hundred and ninety-seventh year, a big pike was caught by a laid, whose age was estimated in two hundred seventy years. It was possible to determine the age of fish could with the help of a ring, on her at the highest decree of the Frederick of the second - Roman emperor. Events are dated a thousand two hundred thirtieth year.
In all likelihood, the fish was caught in those days, they turned around, then they were released on the will. And so she managed to live to such a deep "fish" old age. The length of his fish body from the tip of the tail before the tip of the pike head had five meters seventy centimeters, And her weight was lingered at one hundred forty kilograms.
The narrator of this legend adds that the pike was completely white, because there was a very big age and the natural pigment completely disappeared into her scales. Further on the legend, the skeleton of the record holder was transferred to the German Museum in the city of Mannheim. But, according to other information, the skeleton pike in the museum was analyzed.
The results were contradictory, in the museum there is a fake, assembled from the spines of several pucks at once. It should be noted that at that time an officially registered age of Pike was equal to thirty-three years, and, therefore, three hundred years for pike - Age is impossible, as many think.
The next legend tells us that at the end of the nineteenth century, fishermen caught a pike with a gold ring. The inscription on the ring told that the pike was heated by order of the Russian king Boris Fedorovich. It is next that this particular screak breed by weight pulled sixty kilograms and the growth in it was from the tip of the head to the tip of the tail in the right two meters. Pike caught at the time of cleaning the royal ponds in a thousand seven hundred and ninety fourth year. The golden ring was found in fish gills.
Godunov ruled from a thousand five hundred and ninety-eighth years a thousand six hundred and fifth year. Based on this, the age of pussy approached the mark of one hundred and eighty - one hundred and ninety years. This information can be taken as a legend, since they are not officially confirmed.
Still, the reader thinks more interesting factsthan legend. To date, the biggest pike lives in waters North America And it is called Maskinong there. This species is very similar to a simple pike. Maskinong is rushing, more than size and longer lives. French researcher Pierre Espirit Radisson Thousands of six hundred and sixth year caught the Maskinong instance weighing seventy-five kilograms and two meters long. But no photos, no skeleton has survived to this day. Currently, American pike conifers have the weight of twenty-five to forty-five kilograms, so it can very much that a copy of Pierre Espirita Radisson is not fiction at all.
Latina maskinong is called ESOX MASQUINONGY, Representatives of it from the entire family have the largest dimensions. They have a large number of similar names: tiger Musk, Masking, Maskalong other. He has the same elongated body, like a pike ratio of length to a width of approximately six. Fish ESOX MASQUINONGY divorced in rivers, streams, lakes, giving preference to shallow or small reservoirswhere the sites of bottom or coastal vegetation grow.
In England, from a thousand nine hundred and seventy-ninth year, a cadastral book is produced, as an official document, where all the actual data on large pikes are written, the catch is not questioned. It contains information about copies weighing more fourteen kilograms. In Russia, thousands of nine hundred and thirtieth year caught the biggest pike, she weighed thirty four kilograms And there is a black and white photo on which this instance is depicted.
Place catch - Lake Ilmen. In Russia and the CIS, there are cases of catching of individuals of a collapsed family fifteen weight to forty five kilograms. Such sizes are periodically caught in Lake Ladoga. There is a photo with a caught pike weighing forty-nine kilograms and a place of catching a reservoir near the city of Sortavala. The belly was used pike weighing five kilograms. It is known that in the northern Lake Ultrahli caught pike weighing fifty six kilograms.
America is located on the same latitudes as Russia, so there, too, caught the record copies of the church. In a thousand nine hundred and fifty-seventh year, Maskinong caught thirty two kilograms on the river of St. Lawrence, in the state of New York. View of fishing - from the boat. In the same state, a pike on the Sakandag reservoir weighing twenty-one kilograms was caught in the same state.
The pike ordinary or ESOX Lucius is also called Jackfish or Jack, meets in the indoor regions, it is Central Alaska, Siberia, Canada. Culinary pike does not like, she has a bony meat. Fishermen more interested in trout and other prey. Pike hunts for such fish and sometimes becomes prey. If you note the methods of catching Maskinong and Pikes, then they are common traditional. Well, the equipment should be stronger that they go to the perch.
As the pike has sharp teeth, fishermen use a wire leash so that the tackle of fishing is not overweed. The bait should be a large and its weight about twenty - thirty-five grams. Some pikes are lucky, they leave, without clinging to the hook, because they have a rather bone and solid mouth. In order for the fish tightly hooked behind the hook, you need to make fast and powerful backup. Large fish It is usually difficult to stretch out of the water without the help of the messenger or bugoric with a long handy handle. If you want to hunt for a lump, go to wild places, north. There, such a fish will catch faster than in local reservoirs.
Fishermen, going fishing, break the tents, and in America stop in campsite that serve such specialists - hunters for fish wealth. Best season "End of spring, in southern Canada - June and autumn - from the beginning of autumn and to persistent frosts, when ice closes the water surface.
In August, there is no Claw, because it is very hot and pike goes into cool places and waiting for cooling. Previously, it was believed that the predators-fish in this period were losing old teeth, but this is not confirmed.
In Europe, the pike is very popular in fisheries. She lives from the Arctic lakes of Northern Scandinavia to the Lake Italy, Northern Spain, and the Baltic Sea. Pike in northern lakes most actively behaves. The ice on them is melting only in the summer. Best Clev in Clear, Sunny Days. During the hunt, the pike is at a depth of two meters from the surface. In the south, the pike is worse. From the equipment - lightly oscillating and rotating brilliance and frisky wobbler. Attack instinct on active bait It works for Pike, even if she met her more than once.
It happened that the pike was located near the boat, but the bait took only after several casts. Bait color - important detail. On muddy water and weak lighting better Primanka Fluorescent species. In conventional water brass, silver, copper or natural shock.