Oh, my house still pretty much looks like it does in the picture of the first blog entry. I hope that in the coming summer I'll have time and energy to continue renovating - and if so, then I'll sure post pictures of the process.

I didn't measure the weight of the pike, but I'd guess it was something like 750g. Worth a day's meal =) It is usually so that the younger pikes are the first to gather at spawning places, and the older ones come later on. The season will be on for ten days or so.