RW, If the picture doesn't post, just delete.

Here is how it happend.  Caught the 10 pounder,  the monster grabbed it and wouldn't let go.  Not me in the picture.  A co-workers brother sent him these of his friend.  Big fish is 44#

lol...i've seen those two pics a million times

ME TOO! ;D

How many times are people going to post these?   :-/

sorry guys, but I've never seen these pics.  That thing is huge!

 I'll add another "sorry" with RLR, my first time too. Being from south of the Mason Dixon Line, the only thing we have that might come close to something like that is an alligator gar. If I'm not mistaken they are pretty much always caught in nets. When I was a little kid fishing with my Father, they had one stuffed on the wall at the bait shop we always stopped at. It was at least half again as big as me.

 Looking at those pics. made me realize why there is such a shortage of swimming instructors up in your neck of the woods ;D

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That pike was caught in northern germany!

Yep, seen those pics.  But this one is new as far as I know.

estimated 50 pounds from Italy... released alive

Maybe we're concentrating on the wrong species.