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18 kg...139 cm. From http://www.fischundfang.de

I concure with Neo. The 21.45kg pike is very well documented (photo and a crowned scales) and is counted among Swedish pike fishers as the record to beat, however, I didn't find the photograph of that pike nor did I find the picture of the 20.7kg pike taken by Karin Franck or the 20.01kg pike taken by Anders Persson (both using crowned scales). However, here are three other pictures of pikes above 20kg. Claimed weight 26.57kg, unclear how it was caught so it was not qualified. Here are two caught and released pikes, Johnny Jensen 21.2kg and Johan Randén 20.06kg. There are currently daily reports of fantastic fishing in the archipelago of Stockholm, most of them are caught with jerkbait. These are taken the other day, 50 meters apart by two fellows who usually fish together. Both of them are taken with buster jerk and, of course, c&r. 14.56kg (32.1lb) and 16.315kg (36lb) respectively. Skitfiske, Hemi.

Concerning winter fishing in Sweden. Here in Sweden our lakes are often covered in ice from December to April, this results in us getting quite a bit of experience with ice fishing. For the past few years ice fishing for pikes has become increasingly popular. The pikes often gather just outside the bays where they are about to mate. At this point it may even be too easy to catch large pikes, often using live bait such as roach. If it is open water during the winter, it is best to use slow presentation of the bait with a halt. The largest pike taken here lately during ice fishing weight 17.6kg (38.8lb) though ten to thirteen kg (21-28lb) are common. One of the largest well documated pikes taken in Sweden was taken during January in open water, weighting in at 21.45kg (47.9lb) and was 131cm long. The polar bears here we just chase away Skitfiske Hemi

Hoppy4, I how you are not too angry with me. It was a nice pike you caught, you should be celebrated for the c&r. Forget the pikes, here is a large fish from Sweden caught a few days ago. It will most likely be accepted as a Swedish record. I believe you Brits have the species in the northern lakes. Char: 9.455kg (20.8lb)

Hello, all large enough pikes are always an interest to people dedicated to fishing. Even those who are claimed to be large, such as the one from Hoppy4. Without any doubt in my mind, that pike does not weight 20kg, far from it, as you can clearly divise from the picture. This very pike is discussed at http://www.fiskesnack.com Currently the thread has 48 replies and above 1,300 views. Not anyone of them think that it has the weight that was claimed, they believe the weight is around half of what is claimed here. The thread is called "20kg gädda". If you want to view some pictures of Swedish pikes you can visit their excellent picture gallery called "Fotoalbum", you can there click the link called "Gäddor" which will direct you to 2,604 pictures of pikes, many of them have the same size as the pike Hoppy4 showcased. By the way, the picture of the three Swedish pikes who were added to this thread, the largest one 19.9kg. All of them were catched and released just as the other twelve pikes above 15kg that were caught that year in Lödde å and for the record, the 19.9kg pike was the second largest one. Tight lines, or as we say in Sweden, skitfiske. Hemi