First ever pike

I recently went fishing for pike at sweethope lochs in Northumberland and finally caught my prize after a rather fruitless couple of previous visits. Previously I had focused on spinning as much water as possible, this time however, with thanks to two more seasoned pike anglers, I decided to dead bait on both rods. This produced the goods!! I must really thank my new found friends for helping me get my two fish! Always listen to advice of people who have more expirence than you; it might just land you a fish!!

Well done, what size was they

Well I say pike...technically they were just jacks 4lb and 3lb but they were beasts to me lol!!

Well done mate    plenty more will follow I'm sure    

well done hammy, You have the buzz now   

Well done Hammy, 2 pike from anywhere at the moment ( while we are having this horrible weather ) is a winner, there will be a lot of pikers blanking up and down the country. So well done and keep it up !!!  

well done m8,,, all pike are good pike regardless of the size. keep at it and big girls will follow   
and of course you're dead right. i've been pike fishing for 30 years and still listen and learn from other pikers. the day you stop learning is the day you die   

Well done m8.  

The start of a passion! Glad the bug has bit

Hammyfish wrote:Well I say pike...technically they were just jacks 4lb and 3lb but they were beasts to me lol!!

Nothing wrong with that, my first was 2lb 12, after my 9th blank today I would be more than happy to catch anything

plumb68 wrote:

Hammyfish wrote:Well I say pike...technically they were just jacks 4lb and 3lb but they were beasts to me lol!!

Nothing wrong with that, my first was 2lb 12, after my 9th blank today I would be more than happy to catch anything

Cheers mate, really booted my confidence, starting to get frustrated but now I'm positive I'm going to stick at it and try and find a big girl and get more expirence   

Congratulations on your first pike hammy, well done........

ooooh I feel the force is strong in this young Pike angler.....

matt859 wrote:ooooh I feel the force is strong in this young Pike angler.....

To rights Matt can't wait to hit the venue again this weekend (weather permitting)   

Hammyfish wrote:

matt859 wrote:ooooh I feel the force is strong in this young Pike angler.....

To rights Matt can't wait to hit the venue again this weekend (weather permitting)   

your not a fair weather pike fishermen are you .we are real men on here hammy....  apart from catchyfishi123 anyway  

stubbo wrote:

Hammyfish wrote:

matt859 wrote:ooooh I feel the force is strong in this young Pike angler.....

To rights Matt can't wait to hit the venue again this weekend (weather permitting)   

your not a fair weather pike fishermen are you .we are real men on here hammy....  apart from catchyfishi123 anyway  

No no don't worry stubbo I was more concerned about the lake not being flooded or even worse frozen!!  I go out in all water as long as I can wet a line   

Hammyfish wrote:

stubbo wrote:

Hammyfish wrote:

matt859 wrote:ooooh I feel the force is strong in this young Pike angler.....

To rights Matt can't wait to hit the venue again this weekend (weather permitting)   

your not a fair weather pike fishermen are you .we are real men on here hammy....  apart from catchyfishi123 anyway  

No no don't worry stubbo I was more concerned about the lake not being flooded or even worse frozen!!  I go out in all water as long as I can wet a line   

good lad   

Hammyfish wrote:

stubbo wrote:

Hammyfish wrote:

matt859 wrote:ooooh I feel the force is strong in this young Pike angler.....

To rights Matt can't wait to hit the venue again this weekend (weather permitting)   

your not a fair weather pike fishermen are you .we are real men on here hammy....  apart from catchyfishi123 anyway  

No no don't worry stubbo I was more concerned about the lake not being flooded or even worse frozen!!  I go out in all water as long as I can wet a line   

well in hammy