Jeezus christ I've never heard of any pike APPROACHING 56'' in north america ever.. muskies, yeah maybe one or two every year pop up in issues of Muskies Inc's newsletter, but pike are so slow growing.

I fish a lake called "Manitou" (with the north and south often referred to as "Upper Manitou" or "Lower Manitou"), any idea if Manitoulin anywhere near there? I've gotta assume that the name is Ojibwe or some other native american language in origin.