Anybody Catching

perhaps an old fish? like us they maybe slow down and don't hunt as well when they get old. eat enough to survive mabe but don't thrive? certainly looks healthy enough

We braved the weather and the superstition of Friday the 13th my mate had two jacks I missed one so blanked.

been out today again

good god 3 days on the trot , thats good for me ...

had a strange day today  , having lost a big fish on the same peg thought I would give it a go again as the peg was free
set up 2 deadbait rods  hard on the bottom  trout and tail end of mackerel  ...fished.  well beyond the ledge.
which resulted with not a sniff on these rods....


the previous day I tried a bit of dropp shotting for the first time , with a few good bites and a
couple of small perch , so not to bad to start with. so decided to set a rod up for catching a decent perch
20lb braid  10lb wire trace and a size 4 hook  link ledgered for sensitivity  , fished a very small roach probably about 1 and a half inch so really tiny.
just before I cast this out I thought to myself I bet a big pike takes this .

it bloody did fifteen minute later and straight in to bloody ledge snag   ... could not do a thing with this fish could not even turn it ..

then turned my attension to dropp shotting again and got bitten off twice ... obviously pike but was after a decent perch  

quite  a eventful day but sadly no fish to show for it
any advice to how to fish a peg with a steeply shelving ledge  about 15 to 20 foot out would be helpful ... it a difficult one this as you have to get the fish over this   and big fish too ......help

psion wrote:Maybe it was the picture but the fish looked in good condition it just had big head. This water as a lot of prey fish and has produced a thirty in the past. I am out again tomorrow.

normal sized head more like , slim body like I say who knows what causes it

Another soaking, and another blank.....when is this weather going to turn......it was a day of heavy rain, wind, should have stayed in bed,, I must be mad.... Just so much water everywhere.... Think i'l leave it till it turns colder....I can cope with the colder weather....

Just started the downpour here , I've managed to sort a trip out tomorrow . I agree Welsh piker , the rain is horrible ...... I don't mind it though when I am under the shelter , it's when you are setting up in it that can really spoil the whole day ,  hope it's not raining at 5 in morning .
I am itching - haven't been able to get for a couple of weeks .

piketastic wrote:Just started the downpour here , I've managed to sort a trip out tomorrow . I agree Welsh piker , the rain his horrible ...... I don't mind it though when I am under the shelter , it's when you are setting up in it that can really spoil the whole day , hope it's not raining at 5 in morning .
I am itching - haven't been able to get for a couple of weeks .

Good luck for tomorrow .... It has, and still is lashing down,here,,, I'm down the tools till it's colder....

After a long time trying different venues I think I've finally found the kind of place I've been looking for, it seems to have a good head of pike and prey fish and doesn't get hammered, my first outing last weekend resulted in not a sniff, while my uncle who was about 25 yards down the bank had 4 to 16lb 9oz. Second visit this morning my uncle had 1 about 8lb and I upped my pb by 2oz to bang on 12 lb. Reports of a 28 coming out 2 weeks ago and every other fish being a double! Sounds great, I shall be putting some time in here til March,
Tight lines to all, Leon

My float rig above post and this is my leger rig, and the post above the float rig is my pb from this morning!
Sorry for all the posts but just learnt how to post pics from my phone!

leondodd wrote:

My float rig above post and this is my leger rig, and the post above the float rig is my pb from this morning!
Sorry for all the posts but just learnt how to post pics from my phone!

cant make out how your float is fixed ....does you line pass through it pal

well done bud you deserve it. stubbo think the line does go through float, can see it coming out the top.

Well done pal . Keep nudging it up !

MAD BAD ANGLER wrote:well done bud you deserve it. stubbo think the line does go through float, can see it coming out the top.

ahh yes my eyeballs need sorting pal

but no weight below float .......or are my eyes playing up again

We done m8
Keep at it

Well done bud told you you would be into them soon :-) well done on your PB more to follow soon I hope
Your float rig has it got a up trace on it ? from the snap tackle to the float ? if not it might be worth having on as the pike sometimes come up from below and can take your line in their mouth and bite you off

had this last knockings

still cant get into the big girls.

one of my mates came with us today and had a 23lb fish to the left of me ha ho[img][/img]

I wont be inviting him again

know that feeling stubbo only he caught a 32lb fish from under my nose

Hi all, no weight under the float until the bait goes on, as different baits require different weights,I usually fish this a couple of foot off the bottom with lives or deads as the leger rig is on the bottom and I like to have baits at different depths unless one starts producing more than the other then I can swap them to both fish the same

leondodd wrote:

well done on your new Pb. as piketastic says keep nudging it up,
I caught my pb 21lb 4 oz in my first pike season.... 27 bloody years ago
came close to it twice last year but just cant seem to top it.
Keep  at it pal, glad your into them now.

Well in my neck of the woods the forecasted deluge didn't come , just a bit of wind today and a bit of rain . Had a trip out with MBA and managed 2 runs , I caught the first😀 and lost the 2nd 😟.  Great chance to catch up with each other Gary , cheers.
Anyway , When it rains it pours ....... I landed a 20 pound 2 ounce pike .  Thanks Gary for the pics and thanks Adie for uploading

Well done on yet another 20 Craig its a belter mate I'm struggling to get a double as yet
I'm sure they will come I just need to get out a bit more often

Just got home from a 3 day session.didn't catch a fish my wife lost a good fish I lost or missed two runs..met stubbo nice chap he is...still had a great time and iam back out tmoz I need end this blank run iam on and the wife is determined catch her first pike aswell.

Unlucky Jake pal, I know you lost a couple of good uns , but at least you know they are there, you can be sure you will have one of em out soon . Adie , " yet another 20 " ? I've had 5 now ever . In 40 years of piking . Thank you though mate .