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The northern in the picture is not 56 in. long. I have caught northern 45 in. and lots of 42 in. in Canada. The 45 in. I got weight 25 lbs. and all of my fish were released. The one in the picture is still a nice fish though.

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I have to agree as to the size of the fish in the picture. I have a 49 1/2" Northern on my wall that wieghed 31# 4oz, The Northern in the picture doesn't come anywheres near the size of the one I caught.
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Well, to tell you the truth, I am not gonna let ur negative feedback bother me. I will say this, and thats that I was there, my brother was there, and my son was there. It was 56" long. So I am sorry u feel the way u do. I have other pics as well that would show that 56 is 56, and not any other.......Brian

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Sorry Brian, I wish it was as big as you say but by the looks of the photo theres no possible way it could be that long. If you sent more photos, like you stated in your post, we could get a better idea of the size. It is a nice Fish.
Ron

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In a less then perfect measuring tool for comparison of a photo fish I came up with this.

A baseball hat bills width is 6.5" if flat on a table, curled on a head it is 6 " wide, on average +/-. I checked 10 hats and they ran all about 6" wide at the base of the bill with a slight curl.

Using an overlay of the fish and allowing 6" for a long non fanned out tail past the picture cut off and I came up with 48-50" +/- 1".

Whatever guys, that is a guess, it is a heck of a nice pike and I am pleased Brian_S chose to (CPR) such a gorgeous fish.

We all have guestimated fish, it is not easy to do at times and is seldom dead on once we see the photo's latter on.

So, let’s not all blow a gasket over this deal, it may come back and haunt you some day too.

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