In first place is Thomas Pettersen
12580 g (27.7 lbs) & 120 cm (47.2 inches).
Second place is Thomas Monsen
11700 g (25.8 lbs) & 118 cm (46.5 inches).
Third place is Deer
10980 g (24.2 lbs) & 115 cm (45.3 inches).
Here's three pictures of some very nice pike that were taken in Germany. These fish were all caught on my soft plastic baits.
A few photos of some big pike that were taken on my Big Boy swimbaits recently.





Here's a photo of my friend Ben with a BIG musky he got recently. This fish was the largest of 18 fish that he boated in 6 trips. Of that 18 fish 11 were over 40" and one day resulted in 4 fish boated. This fish was taken on a 6" Ben-E-Bait. He, by the way, is the Ben in Ben-E-Bait. Although he rarely makes baits anymore, his lures are still highly regarded as some of the best available and are snapped up very quickly when one comes up for sale. I feel very fortunate to have several of his finely crafted baits in my collection. While I don't use them much nowadays as I consider them collectors items and I'm afraid I'd damage one or worse, lose it.