its big for a trout…not so much for a northern pike.
for example, a few pages back on this thread I posted pics of a 39" pike I caught out of round lake that I let go. My dad has a 39" on the wall he caught out of saratoga when I was little ice fishing. 39" is big, but they get bigger and until I catch the “once in a lifetime fish” of that size (pike and tiger muskie) I will keep letting them go.
I also have a 20" 6lb large mouth on the wall that I caught out of a pong when I was little…and here today I caught one much bigger that I released. I hesitated on letting him go but I am dead set on landing a wall mount tiger muskie this year.