The Domesday Book of Mammoth Pike
Rigs and Tackles
With Hugh Falkus Freshwater Fishing
799. ITO SH691.P6
Foreword
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Letter in the Fishing Gazette, 2 January 1897
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The Author's Biggest Pike
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Alan McQueen's Pike
230 Weight: 35 lb Place: Lough Beg, Ireland
From the Angler’s Mail, 28 January 1976
Stanley Wright's Pike
228 Weight: 35 lb Length: 44^ in. Place: Horsey Mere, England
Stanley Wright's Pike
Frank Wright's Pike
228 Weight: 35 lb Length: 444 in- Place: Horsey Mere, England
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227 Weight: 35 lb Place: Lake Mentieth, Scotland Captor: Charles Cowan Date: May 1965
226 Weight: 35 lb Length: 49 in. Place: Lough Derg, Ireland Captor: James Minogue Date: May 1961
Reg Pownall's Pike
225 Weight: 35 lb Length: 47 in. Girth: 24 in. Place: Martham Broad, England
From tiie Angling Times, 3 March 1961
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224 Weight: 35 lb Length: 45i in. Place: Windermere, England Captor: Freshwater Biological Association Date: February 1960
James Howard's Pike
223 Weight: 35 lb Place: River Barrow, Ireland
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222 Weight: 35 lb Place: Staines Reservoir, England Captor: S. Cannel Date: November 1938
221 Weight: 35 lb Place: Loch Ken, Scotland Captor: Fishery Association Date: June 1935
Patrick Byrne's Pike
From the Fishing Gazette, 14 May 1927, p. 475
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J. W. Gilmore's Pike
From the Fishing Gazette, 19 June 1926, p. 551
Pat Burke's Pike
218 Weight: 35 lb Place: Lough Mask, Ireland
From the Fishing Gazette, 19 June 1926, p. 551 Report on big Irish pike
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Michael Moylett's Pike
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Holmes Leigh's Pike
A Large Mj0sa Lake Pike
213 Weight: 351b Place: Mj0sa Lake, Norway
212 Weight: 35 lb Length: 45^ in. Place: Lough Derg, Ireland
H. Conway Bel field’s Pike
From the Field, 19 July 1902, p. 117
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210 Weight: 35 lb Place: Grasmere, England Captor: Mr Griffin Date: 1900
209 Weight: 35 lb Length: 47 in. Girth: 24 in. Place: Lough Conn, Ireland
From the Fishing Gazette, 11 June 1898
Mr Roberts's Pike
208 Weight: 35 lb Place: Lough Conn, Ireland
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A. E.Conway's Pike
207 Weight: 35 lb Place: Mullaghmore Lake, Ireland
From tiie Fishing Gazette, 16 January 1897, p. 50
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Alfred Newsome's Pike
Alfred Jardine’s Shardeloes Pike
From the Fishing Gazette, 14 January 1911
Part of a letter published in the Fishing Gazette, 27 January 1900
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Staverton Mathews's Pike
203 Weight: 35 lb Place: Shropshire, England Date: 1812
The Calf-killed Pike
202 Weight: 35 lb Place: River Blackwater, Ireland
From the Rev. W. B. Daniel’s Rural Sports (1801)
Mr Bowlker's Pike
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Karl An (tree’s Pike
200 Weight: 35£ lb Place: Tullynasiddagh
199 Weight: 35£ lb Place: Templehouse Lake, Ireland Captor: A. Klein Henz Date: February 1975
Borje Larsson's Pike
198 Weight: 35^ lb Place: Vombsjon, Sweden
The Templehouse Duck-eating Pike
197 Weight: 35£ lb Length: 48 in. Place: Templehouse Lake, Ireland
From the Field, 26 August 1916, p. 325
N. Crawford's Pike
196 Weight: 35i lb Length: 47i in. Depth: 22^ in. Place: Lough Creeve, Ireland
Ed MulheriVs Pike
A. Jackson's Pike
From Angling, March/April 1949
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Alfred Jardi lie's Maidstone Pike
The Rapley Pike
A Glaslough Pike
Wilfried Wegner's Pike
189 Weight: 36 lb Place: Lough Kinale, Ireland
James Earley's Pike
188 Weight: 36 lb Length: 47^ in. Girth: 23^ in. Place: Lough Allen, Ireland
W. H. C. Blake's Pike
187 Weight: 36 lb Length: 50 in. Place: Cloon Lough, Ireland
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The Welshes Dam Pike
186 Weight: 36 lb Place: Old Bedford River, England
185 Weight: 36 lb Place: River Yare, England Captor: Mr Halliday Date: 1939
Mr Teacher's Pike
184 Weight: 36 lb Length: 48 in. Girth: 36 in. Place: Lough Mask, Ireland
Miss Warren's Pike
183 Weight: 36 lb Place: Lough Mask, Ireland
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C.Tinnelly’s Pike
A. Mohrie's Pike
From the Fishing Gazette, April 1923
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J. Birch's Pike
The Dublin Museum Pike
Captain Peacock's Pike
Frank Thorns's Pike
J. O'Reilly's Pike
169 Weight: 36£ lb Place: Lough Mask, Ireland
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Hans Schultz's Pike
Tom the Pole's Pike
Colonel Atherton's Pike
Colonel Allix’s Pike
164 Weight: 36^ lb Place: Lough Mask, Ireland
From the Field, 5 October 1901
From the Field, 10 August 1901
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The Electric Light Man's Pike
163 Weight: 36^ lb Place: River Barrow, Ireland
From the Field, 17 February 1894
162 Weight: 36£ lb Length: 54 in. Place: Broads, r\r Yarmouth, England Date: 1873
The Swallow Lake Pike
From the Fishing Gazette, 7 August 1926, p. 168
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John Killen's Pike
158 Weight: 37 lb Length: 54 in. Girth: 21 in. Place: Glaslough, Ireland
From the Angling Times, 11 February 1966
From the Angling Times, 18 February 1966
Letter from John Killen
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Major Booth's Pike
155 Weight: 37 lb Length: 46 in. Girth: 26 in. Place: River Wye, England
From the Field, 7 May 1910
Illustration in the Field, vol. 117 (1911) p. 43
J. E. Cockburn’s Pike
From the Field, 15 September 1894, p. 431
From the Field, 29 September 1894
From the Field, 6 October 1894
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William Duffy's Pike
152 Weight: 37 lb Place: Bethels Pond, England Date: 1866
Lord Gainsborough's Pike
151 Weight: 37^ lb Length: 49 in. Girth: 28 in. Place: Exton Park Lake, England
From the Rev. W. B. Daniel’s Rural Sports (1801)
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150 Weight: 37^ lb Length: 47 in. Girth: 19i in. Place: Lough Mask, Ireland Captor: J. O'Reilly Date: September 1962
Clifford Warwick's Pike
149 Weight: 37^ lb Length: 49 in. Girth: 24J in. Place: River Avon, Hants., England
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148 Weight: 37£ lb Place: Lough Conn, Ireland Captor: John Loftus Date: July 1920
147 Weight: 37£ lb Place: Reservoir nr Longborough, England Captor: Captain Barns Date: 1908
Peter Fahy's Pike
146 Weight: 37J lb Length: 49 in. Girth: 27 in. Place: Lough Corrib, Ireland
Richard Arabin's Pike
145 Weight: 37^ lb Place: Stour River, Dorset, England
From the Fishing Gazette, 20 November 1898
The Burlington Pool Pike
144 Weight: 37s lb Length: 46 in. Girth: 25^ in. Place: Burlington Pool, England
From the Angling Times, 29 April 1966
Tom Tiernan's Pike
J. R. J.’s Pike
142 Weight: 37| lb Place: Private lake, Warks., England
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138 Weight: 38 lb Place: Cong River, Ireland
137 Weight: 38 lb Length: 49^ in. Place: Lough Ree, Ireland
Captain Yarde's Pike
Church’s letter to the author, dated 28 December 1975
A letter in the Angler’s News, dated 21 June 1941
121
Anthony Canney’s Pike
H. Mumford-Smith’s Pike
131 Weight: 38 lb Place: Lough Derg, Ireland
From the Fishing Gazette, 18 March 1911
129 Weight: 38 lb Length: 48 in. Place: Lough Mask, Ireland
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126 Weight: 38 lb Length: 47 in. Girth: 26 in. Place: Lough Derg, Ireland
From the Field, 24 February 1877
From the Field, 10 March 1877
125 Weight: 38 lb Place: Lough Nafooey, Ireland
From the Field, 2 November 1895, p. 729
Brendan Hardiman’s Pike
124 Weight: 38£ lb Length: 46 in. Girth: 26 in. Place: Lower Lough Corrib, Ireland
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123 Weight: 38^ lb Place: Abberton Reservoir, England Captor: P. Emmings Date: December 1969
Lennart Safstrom’s Pike
121 Weight: 38^ lb Place: Lough Ramor, Ireland
Michael O'Malley's Pike
Lord Montagu's Pike
119 Weight: 38J lb Place: Hatchett's Lake, England
From the Fishing Gazette, 20 October 1923
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From the Field, 5 October 1901, p. 553
Mick Leonard's Pike
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A Lough Mask Netted Pike
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John Sutton's Pike
P. F. M illar s Pike
Letter from William Millar, dated 25 February 1978
Sir Patrick Man soil's Pike
Shainus Hogan's Pike
110 Weight: 39 lb Length: 50^ in. Place: Lough Derg, Ireland
From the Field, 24 June 1911, p. 241
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The Parton Station Pike
109 Weight: 39 lb Place: Loch Ken, Scotland
The Westmere Pike
108 Weight: 39 lb 3 oz Place: Westmere, England
G.E. Parrott's Pike
107 Weight: 39 lb 7 oz Length:49in. Girth:25in. Place: Stour River, Dorset, England
From the Field, 27 March 1909
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From the Angler’s News, 27 March 1909
152
From the Fishing Gazette, 31 December 1898
The Billingsgate Pike
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103 Weight: 40 lb Place: Lough Conn, Ireland Captor: Mr Clarke Date: June 1936
102 Weight: 40 lb Place: Lough Erne, Ireland Captor: J. H. Thompson Date: 1922
The Flyf ishers Club Pike
101 Weight: 40 lb Length: 49^ in. Girth: 26 in. Place: Lough Conn, Ireland
The Lake Runn Pike
From the Fishing Gazette, 18 March 1911
99 Weight: 40 lb Place: River Inn, Austria Date: April 1909
John Cannon's Pike
98 Weight: 40 lb Place: Lough Derg, Ireland
From the Field, 14 April 1909
97 Weight: 40 lb Place: Carrick on Shannon, Ireland Captor William Shanney Date: c. 1896
95 Weight: 40 lb Place: Ireland Date: c. 1888
The Olive's Pike
94 Weight: 40 lb Place: Lough Derg, Ireland
From the Field, 28 April 1877
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John Young’s Pike
Colonel Fitzgerald’s Pike
92 Weight: 40 lb Place: Upton House Pond, Edgehill, England
The Totteridge Pond Pike
91 Weight: 40 lb Length: 42 in. Girth: 24 in. Place: Totteridge Pond, England
From the Rev. W. B. Daniel’s Rural Sports (1801)
Peter Hancock's Pike
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Jan Herman Berg's Pike
89 Weight: 40£ lb Place: Norway
Kurt Vogel's Pike
From Galloway News, 24 March 1972
Mr Ballintine's Biggest Pike
87 Weight: 4O5 lb Length: 50 in. Girth: 27^ in. Place: Lough Arrow, Ireland
From the Fishing Gazette, 19 May 1900, p. 378
86 Weight: 41 lb Place: Lough Mask, Ireland Captor: Inland Fisheries Trust Date: March 1963
Paddy O'Toole's Pike
85 Weight: 41 lb Place: Lough Ennell, Ireland
Patrick Hand's Pike
84 Weight: 41 lb Length: 43 in. Place: Lough Muckno, Ireland
Letter to F. B. from Hugh Gough, Cavan, January 1977
83 Weight: 41 lb Place: Lough Conn, Ireland Captor: P. Cawley Date: March 1938
82 Weight: 415 lb Place: Lough Ree, Ireland Captor: Jack McNally Date: September 1951
Letter from Joseph Allen, 20 George Street, Bedworth, Warks.
166
£ J. Mannion’s Pike
80 Weight: 41 i lb Place: Lough Rodgers, Ireland
Robert Cardwell's Pike
79 Weight: 41 ^ lb Place: Lough Nacrilly, Ireland
Mervyn Watkins's Pike
78 Weight: 42 lb Length: 50^ in. Girth: 24 in. Place: River Barrow, Ireland
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John Garvin’s Second Biggest Pike
77 Weight: 42 lb Length: 47^ in. Girth: 26^ in. Place: Lough Conn, Ireland
From the Field, 15 July 1944
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76 Weight: 42 lb Place: Loughrea, Ireland Captor: M. Coyne Date: August 1936
75 Weight: 42 lb Place: Ballyvarey River, Ireland Captor: J. Devaney Date: April 1936
74 Weight: 42 lb Place: Lough Corrib, Ireland Captor: G. Lyons Date: March 1918
73 Weight: 42 lb Length: 48 in. Girth: 30 in. Place: Lough Derg, Ireland
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From the Field, 9 April 1910
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John Bourne's Pike
72 Weight: 42 lb Length: 48£ in. Girth: 25i in. Place: Lough Arrow, Ireland
From the Angler’s News, 13 March 1909
From the Fishing Gazette, 10 December 1910
172
From the Fishing Gazette, 9 December 1911
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71 Weight: 42 lb Place: Lough Corrib, Ireland Date: 1905
70 Weight: 42 lb Length: 47 in. Girth: 25 in. Place: Wroxham Broad, England
From the Angling Times, 12 June 1959
Postscript from the Angler’s Mail,
11 February 1976
Letter from Jim Knight to Bill Giles,
3 May 1977
The Herdsman's Pike
69 Weight: 42 lb Place: River Nore, Ireland
The Second Biggest Whittlesea Pike
68 Weight: 42 lb Place: Whittlesea Mere, England
The Munden Hall Pike
67 Weight: 42 lb Length: 42 in. Girth: 33 in. Place: Munden Hall, Fleet, England
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Patsy Burrell's Pike
66 Weight: 42 lb 5 oz Place: Loughrea, Ireland
65 Weight: 42^ lb Length: 52| in. Place: Lough Corrib, Ireland Captor: Inland Fisheries Trust Date: March 1978
64 Weight: 42^ lb Place: Lough Mask, Ireland Captor: W. Carney Date: July 1932
The Deene Park Lake Pike
63 Weight: 42% lb Length: 47^ in. Place: Deene Park Lake, England
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Thrane Nilsson's Pike
62 Weight: 42 lb 1oz Place: Kopenhamn, Denmark
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C. Driscoll's Pike
Mrs McManus's Pike
From the Fishing Gazette, 12 June 1926
J. J. Doyle's Pike
59 Weight: 43 lb Place: Lowfield Lake, Ireland
Danny Goldrick's Pike
58 Weight: 43J lb Place: Lough Corrib, Ireland
John Walsh's Pike
57 Weight: 44 lb Place: Lough Carra, Ireland
From the Fishing Gazette, 9 July 1938, p. 69
TbrModin’s Pike
Peter Lydon's Pike
From the Angling Times, 28 May 1965
189
54 Weight: 45 lb Length: 48^ in. Girth: 26 in. Place: Lough Conn, Ireland Captor: Inland Fisheries Trust Date: Spring 1957
53 Weight: 45 lb Place: Lough Leane, Ireland Captor: P. Cruise Date: 1956
Bernard Browne's Pike
52 Weight: 45i lb Length: 49 in.
Girth: 22^ in. Place: Lough Conn, Ireland
Marian Palawczyk's Pike
50 Weight: 46 lb Length: 52 in. Place: Rozstepniewo Lake, Poland
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Mick Horan's Netted Mask Pike
Two River Inn Pike
From the Field, 10 April 1909
C. £ Giffard's Pike
47 Weight: 46 lb Length: 51 in. Place: Chillington Pool, England
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46 Weight: 46£ lb Place: Sacandaga Reservoir, New York, USA Captor: Peter Dubuc Date: September 1940
45 Weight: 46 lb 13 oz Length: 55s in. Place: Lake Vannsjo, Norway
44 Weight: 47 lb Length: 48^ in. Girth: 26 in. Place: Summer Castle Lake, England
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Cai Burewall's Pike
Tommy Morgan's Record Pike
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A Lough Mask Netted Pike
G. O'Sullivan's Pike
40 Weight: 48 lb Length: 52i in. Girth: 25 in. Place: Lough Corrib, Ireland
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39 Weight: 48 lb Place: River Camlin, Ireland Captor: J. Delmer Date: 1910
Edward McDonagh's Pike
38 Weight: 48 lb Place: Lough Corrib, Ireland
From the Field, 6 May 1905, p. 745
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The Furnace Pond Pike
37 Weight: 48 lb Place: Furnace Pond, England
The Baltic Pike
George Loof's Pike
Colonel Thornton's Pike
33 Weight: 49 lb 14 oz Length: 54 in. Place: Loch Alva, Scotland
207
The Duke of Newcastle's Pike
32 Weight: 50 lb Place: Private English lake
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Roy Tait’s Pike
31 Weight: 50 lb oz Length: 57| in. Place: Lake Tyrifjorden, Norway
30 Weight: 50J lb Length: 50 in. Place: Lough Mask, Ireland Captor: Inland Fisheries Trust Date: March 1966
The Record Spanish Pike
29 Weight: 51 lb oz Place: Buendia Marshes, Guadalajara, Spain
From a Spanish newspaper, c. 1974
28 Weight: 51 f lb Length: 49 in. Place: River Drau, Austria Captor: Albert Schmidt Date: Sept. 1974
Thomas Kenny's Pike
27 Weight: 52 lb Length: 51 in. Girth: 33 in. Place: Lough Macnean, Ireland
From the Fishing Gazette, 30 July 1898, quoted in the Fishing Gazette, 8 May 1920, p. 378
From the Fishing Gazette, 30 July 1898
212
From the Impartial Recorder
213
The Great Pike of Whittlesea Mere
26 Weight: 52 lb Length: 55 in. Place: Whittlesea Mere, England
From the Fishing Gazette, 1 April 1911
From J. Wentworth Day’s A History of the Fens
25 Weight: 52 \lb Length: 54 in. Girth: 23£ in. Place: Sieversschen Lake, Germany
The Finnish Record Pike
John Garvin's Record Pike
From the Fishing Gazette, 20 November 1920, p. 339
Extract from the Fishing Gazette, 27 November 1920
218
Letter from John Garvin in the Fishing Gazette, 18 December 1920
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224
From a letter in the Fishing Gazette, 5 May 1900
From the Fishing Gazette, 12 May 1900
226
Constable O’Connor’s letter to Alex Woods
From the Fishing Gazette, 19 May 1900
21 Weight: 53 lb Place: Lough Mask, Ireland
The Polish Record Pike
Patrick Kenny's Pike
18 Weight: 53 lb 11 oz Length: 53f in. Girth: 29^ in. Place: Lough Sheelin, Ireland
From the Field, 7 September 1901
From the Field, 21 October 1901
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James Landrigan's Pike
William Vogan’s Pike
16 Weight: 56 lb Length: 60 in. Place: Lough Drum, Ireland
From the Belfast Evening Telegraph, 24 April 1894
From the Field, 12 May 1894
233
From the Fishing Gazette, 14 September 1929
235
14 Weight: (60 lb) Length: 53£ in. Place: Dowdeswell Reservoir, England
240
From the Field, 14 April 1894
241
From the Fishing Gazette, 19 May 1900
From the Field, 16 June 1894
From the Field, 23 June 1894
The Royal Irish Constabulary Pike
12 Weight: 63 lb Place: Lough Conn, Ireland
From the Fishing Gazette, 12 May 1900
243
Jonnie Kane's Pike
From the Fishing Gazette, 18 June 1898
245
Fred Johnston's Pike
10 Weight: 65 lb Length: 55 in. Place: Lower Lough Erne, Ireland
From the Field, 14 June 1890
246
Howill Considine's Pike
9 Weight: 65 lb Place: Lough Derg, Ireland
Letter in the Field, 20 January 1877
Owen Owen's Pike
The Endrick Pike
John Murray's Pike
5 Weight: 72 lb Place: Loch Ken, Scotland
From Sporting Magazine, July 1798
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254
From H. Cholmondeley-PenneU’s The Book of The Pike (1865)
From the Fishing Gazette, 31 December 1898
259
The Russian Record Pike
4 Weight: 77 lb 3 oz Place: Lake liman, USSR
The Meelick Lock Pike
The Marquis's Pike
From W. H. Maxwell’s Wild Sport of the West (1832)
267
Late entries
Willard Terry's Pike
Robert Hendry's Pike
Harry Bed's Pike
Appendix 1
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Appendix 2
Appendix 3
A memoir by the late Edward C. Alston
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