Best BIG PIKE Year Ever - 3 - 50” or better
What do you consider a big pike? Based on our experience , there are several length designations that act as benchmarks. Any pike 36 “ or bigger is certainly a big fish. The mark for trophy Master Anglers in Manitoba is 41” and that is definitely a trophy fish. When Pike hit the 44-46” length, it seems to hit another physical mark, getting heftier and wider across the back. Then there are the true monsters, the fish 46” and bigger, stretching all the way up to the mythical 50” mark. A 50” fish is truly a monstrous fish, forget the baby duck lure, get out the full-size goose decoy and add a few shark hooks. The biggest pike we ever saw was a 56” monster many years ago.
In 2008, Ganglers had our finest big pike year ever. Really big pike. Big monster pike. Our incredible fishery, the North Seal River, has quickly earned a reputation as one of Canada’s top pike fisheries. Its waters are teeming with pike of all sizes. Annually, it produces hundreds of Master Angler pike every year, and thousands of pike over 36”.
But in 2008, the North Seal did something special. It produced not one, not two, but three pike 50” and bigger. The biggest fish was a huge 53” beauty caught by Joey Dougherty at Clifton Lake. # 2 was a 52” fish taken by Mark Newell at one of the main lodge lakes. #3 was another 50” bruiser by Rob Difatta. To add to that we had a number of big upper 40” fish taken. Bruce Brevitz Sr. ‘s 49” pike from Burnie Lake. A great 48.5” trophy taken by Joe Columbo Sr. at the main lodge. Max McGowan with another 48.5. Marty Seeman, Bill Laney and John Krahnert III with 48”s, and Jim Kusar with a beastie 47”, all at the main lodge. Jerry Putnam had SEVEN pike at 47” and his friend Josh Tueber had a 47” on a fly and on his next cast, a 42” trout.
The final tally in 2008? 3 fish 50-53”, 1-49”, and 5 -48” or larger. Is there better big pike fishing in Canada? Let the results speak for themselves.
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