Big pike caught. The fisherman set a new record

Post Falls resident Timothy Hicks caught his fish in Lake Pend Oreille.

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game officially confirmed that the angler who gained local fame set a new record in mid-June this year.

How long was the pike? It’s worth reading these details

The common pike (Esox lucius), a member of the Esocidae family, was 49.76 inches (126.4 centimeters) long.

This is impressive – just like Robert Glover’s feat, which we also reported recently. A Morgantown resident caught a sunny bass (Lepomis gibbosus) in early August. The fish from the Centrarchidae family must have been swimming in Cheat Lake for a long time – and it still does so, because afterward it returned to its natural habitat (the same happened with Hicks’ pike).

The trout measured 9.76 inches (24.79 centimeters) and weighed only 0.75 pounds (0.34 kilograms), which is very light (at least to a layman).

A blacklist that US anglers prefer to forget exists

And here are the records that were set a long, long time ago. And yet no one has been able to catch a larger specimen so far.

Instructions – fish name, weight and angler, year and place:

Flathead Catfish (Pylodictis olivaris) – 66 lb 6 oz (30.11 kg) – Michael Wherley (Fayetteville) – 2023 – Susquehanna River, Lancaster County.

Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu) – 3.86 kg – Robert Steelman (Havertown resident) – 1997 – Scotts Run Lake, Berks County.

Black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus) – 4 lb 3 oz (1.90 kg) – Richard Pino (Covington) – 2000 – Hammond Lake, Tioga County.

Red-eye bass (Ambloplites rupestris) – 1.42 kg – David Weber (Lake City resident) – 1971 – Elk Creek, Erie County.

Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) – 35 lb 3 oz (15.96 kg) – Austin Roth (Bowmanstown) – 1991 – Lehigh Canal, Northampton County.