Here is a honest 48" pike that weight 23#12oz post spawn Shannon caught
http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showthread.php?t=255424
My Pike was 47 inches with a 26 inch girth at 32#5oz Mar 1 1985
sat with David Anderson in 1985 when he received his trophy from AFGA ..after they decided that he should of took Alberta as a kid in 1984 awards
The other Pike picture in this post has my cane and foot in it on Mar 11 or 12 2006 by Gerald T from Hinton n World Record for North American Ice fishing
David