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Nice one Jake, well done mate. How's the youngun?, is he still buzzing over his recent captures.....

welsh piker wrote:

symonh2000 wrote:Fished part of the Thames today, never even saw a fish let alone caught one despite trying deads as well as lures.  

Don't worry Fella, it happens to us all:D , But when you do catch, you soon forget those bad days:D  

Cheers mate, it was the first time I have fished the Thames this year.

Will probably visit one of the many gravel pits in the area next as I seem to have more sucess on those in the winter.

kevo wrote:Nice one Jake, well done mate. How's the youngun?, is he still buzzing over his recent captures.....

hi kev yes he still buzzing mate.we have just got back from a morning on our local canal we didn't no if there was any pike in it but we do now.
I had one at first light this morn first cast so when ive got more time ill give it a proper go

You seem to be hooking into a few lately mate, keep at it.......

kevo wrote:You seem to be hooking into a few lately mate, keep at it.......

Having a good season so far Kev, best thing is seeing the boy take an interest and be honest its nice have a bit of company and learn the lad, best part is seeing his face wen he lands a pike, awesome feeling

My eldest son likes his piking. He used to be big on carp and told him why don't you try for the pike, he was adamant he wouldn't but I took him out one day and the carping went out the window, he loves it. Took my other son and managed to get him his first pike of 12lb then a 15.9 but then he got a taste for the girls, fags and cheap plonk and he's a bit of a boy racer so never been fishing for quite a while. But like you say Jake, the look on their face when they bank a nice fish is one for the photo album.......

Here's a few pics that piketastic asked me to post for him  
 
Piketastic with a  low double

 
New member pikehunter20 with a nice 18lb 4oz  

 
pikehunter20 with a nice 14lb 12oz

 
And last but not least     Piketastics 74 year old uncle blasts them away with a 19lb 4oz

 
 
some very nice fish there lads     
 
Adie

well done guys    

loving the uncles pic with the big girl there
she looks bigger than 19lb well done uncle
hears my tinkler from this morning on the canal my 1st canal pike
not the best of pics was taken from my antique phone at 1st light

Nice pike mate and well done on your first canal pike     

adie1200 wrote:Nice pike mate and well done on your first canal pike     

never fished for them in the canal adie to be honest I couldn't believe it went this one took
me and the boy just looked at each other in pure shock he even chuckled which made me chuckle
you had to be there ,wat with the resident no it all passing comment as he walked his dog and the distraught women jogger

silkmen wrote:

adie1200 wrote:Nice pike mate and well done on your first canal pike     

never fished for them in the canal adie to be honest I couldn't believe it went this one took
me and the boy just looked at each other in pure shock he even chuckled which made me chuckle
you had to be there ,wat with the resident no it all passing comment as he walked his dog and the distraught women jogger

Know how you feel lol get a lot of walkers on a canal I fish    

Canals have a habit of throwing some big pike up from even the most barren looking parts   

adie1200 wrote:

silkmen wrote:

adie1200 wrote:Nice pike mate and well done on your first canal pike     

never fished for them in the canal adie to be honest I couldn't believe it went this one took
me and the boy just looked at each other in pure shock he even chuckled which made me chuckle
you had to be there ,wat with the resident no it all passing comment as he walked his dog and the distraught women jogger

Know how you feel lol get a lot of walkers on a canal I fish    

Canals have a habit of throwing some big pike up from even the most barren looking parts   

I shall defo be giving it another go adie just going to go a bit lighter on tackle next time as I took the hole lot with me today and it became a bit of a burden when moving pegs and stuff. next time just my bag my net and one rod so I can cover more ground,got to be werth another go knowing there in there

Look forward to the pics mate    

some nice looking fish there,, they're all good uns aren't they  

Nice looking fish and congrats on your first canal pike Jake. Well done to all....... Another good thing about canals is they don't all close when the rivers do.....

kevo wrote:Nice looking fish and congrats on your first canal pike Jake. Well done to all....... Another good thing about canals is they don't all close when the rivers do.....

had my first twenty out of a canal will try to dig out photo a bit younger then pal no grey hair at all lol

what differance from 2 weeks ago the pike are quite larhargic coming in a lot slower and shying off a good 4 ft behind the lures

went on the deads for a frustrating ,twitchy bite ,bumping fish off all day long type a day ended up with 2 fish lost about 6 fish bumped off one of them was a heavy fish never seen it stopped deep peeling line off very fast ha ho

Don't do lure fishing myself but know what your saying mate. Rivers can be and usually are hard work the colder it gets. Sounds like you had a bloody frustrating session there stubbo.....
Your set up is identical to mine, only I use bank sticks rather than pod.....

some times when the ground freezes hard its just quicker to use a pod less bankside disturbance as well

As you know almost all my piking is done on rivers and a pod would be no use to me mate, but still waters are a different kettle of fish (excuse the pun)....

hi guys its guess the weight time   for some reason I don't know why i left my scales at home don't ask   haha, im thinking this could be on the twenty mark what you reckon?

looks a twenty pal well in pal

caught on popped up perch dead bait in twenty foot of water