With either formula, the fish caught by Jason and Sandra would be a new world record, using the estimate of 64 inches in length, which is equal to Sandra's height. He lured a specimen claimed to … The new record – and we’re under oath here – was nothing short of colossal. The current IGFA all-tackle world record muskie was caught by Cal Johnson on July 24, 1949 at Lake Court Oreilles near Hayward, Wis. It beats the previous IGFA official World record pike set by Lothar Luis, in October 1986. That pike did." Lothar caught a 25 kg (55 lb 1 oz) specimen on a spoon at Lake of Greffern, in Germany. Early this year that World record pike was beaten by Bulgarian Petar Filipov. Harper Walleye has been Reinstated as the World Record. Because walleye are freshwater fish, walleye records are only registered for freshwater catches. It weighed in at 3,052,000 pounds and measured a stunning 3,744 inches in length. The man (in the photos above), was fishing and caught a 36″ Pike. I honestly believe it was 60 inches long. Normally, world fishing records are broken by onces or maybe a couple of pounds. 10 of the Biggest World-Record Muskies Ever Caught Few gamefish inspire quite as much awe as the muskellunge—the toothy, elusive trophy hailed as the fish of 10,000 casts . Arctic Char: Snail Lake / Fort Whyte Ponds 2010 / 1994 : 71.12 / 28.00: Arctic Grayling: Wolf Lake: 1991: 58.42/23.00: Black Crappie: South Cross Lake But due to a technicality, the old walleye record of 25 pounds will stand. The current IGFA record is 90 cm and was set three months prior by Stan Nabozny in the United Kingdom’s Avon River. The IGFA maintains the World Records for all species of game fish. The fish was over 6lb heavier than the UK rod-caught record pike. Never before has a fish eclipsed an old record by nearly double. In 1960, Mabry Harper claimed to have caught a 25-pound Walleye in Old Hickory Lake, Tennessee. No freshwater fish in the world could break that line on a straight run. The fish weighed 67 pounds, 8 ounces. Measuring 118 cm, Hatton’s monster pike qualifies for the potential new IGFA All-Tackle Length record. Species Location Year cm/in. He caught it on Turtle Lake . Like most old records, all he needed was a fishing buddy to confirm the record … Johnson reports, "Using a generally accepted formula for estimating a pike -- length in inches cubed, divided by 3,500 -- if the fish was 60 inches long, it … This is a new record Northern Pike in Canada .. You can search all IGFA World Records for freshwater and saltwater fishes in All-TackleLine Class, All-Tackle Length for male, female and junior anglers. For reference, this 48 1/2-inch tiger muskie with a 28 1/2-inch girth weighed an estimated 49 pounds. Check this thing out.. In the waning days of 1942, an avid fisherman by the name of Louis Spray forfeited his 1940 world record musky title, together with all bragging rights. From its scale readings, we think the fish was 10 to 11 years old. That just tells me the guys at the IGFA smoke a lot of crack. As he was reeling it in, a 56″ – 55 lb Pike tried to eat it. The last picture is unreal. He landed them both in the same net.