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great looking fish pal, well done on your first 20.

NICE FAT FISH PAL WELL DONE
WE HAVE ALL BEEN THERE PAL WITH THE MULTIPLE TRACES IN THE THROAT
YOU HAVE DONE WHAT ALL OF USE WOULD HAVE DONE , WHICH IS THERE BEST AT THE TIME.

REGARDS
STUBBO

Leon, that is a beauty ! It will be hard to stop smiling for a while mate. As for the welfare, it sounds as if it's gone back in better nick than when it came out mate , so we'll done on that too !
Enjoy the moment !!!!

I met up with Rozzo today and he kindly proceeded in giving me a lesson in catching, just like MBA did last week and a couple of my mates did the week before that!

Hopefully I will be into some next time !

Thanks to you all, it's been a long hard slog, but, it seems I have finally found some decent pike fishing! Can't wait to get out again! Still buzzing, still smiling!
Tight lines to all!

well done mate, thats a fat fish for this time of year. dont worry too much about the traces my first 20 also had a trace in its throat, manages to cut it up and she went back ok. a month later my mate had same fish 12oz heavier:D

best fish so far this year at 15lb 9oz. self take at 1.00am thats why its a poor pic

well done leondodd told you you would get there lol and you certainly have well done on your PB mate its a belter

MAD BAD ANGLER wrote:best fish so far this year at 15lb 9oz. self take at 1.00am thats why its a poor pic

Nice one Gaz
I've yet to have my first day out should be out one day this week with Kell so I might have some blank pics for you

Well done Gaz, you are into them right from the start of the season again!

well done leon, cracking fish, fat as butter too.
Rock hard day yesterday, pissing rain early on set the tone, very few fish to the predator boats, one jack, one trout and one zed reported, one take from our boat near the south tower.My mate thought he had snagged the bottom until it moved of slow and heavy, rod bent over fully pulling for 3 or 4 mins without a turn on the handle the hook pulls.
Two gutted anglers left in total silence.

well done leon that fish is a stunner

Unlucky Shaun , could have been owt couldn't it ? It's best not to think about it I reckon ! 😳

Had a lovely day out today with Deano and Ju, I think we had 8 runs for 4 fish between us. A red letter spell first hour with a 19 , a 17.06 and a 16.14 . AWESOME . Then rounded off with a scraper double this afternoon. Don't know when I can get out again, but can't wait !
Mine


Dean

Well done. Thats a good days fishing.

piketastic wrote:Had a lovely day out today with Deano and Ju, I think we had 8 runs for 4 fish between us. A red letter spell first hour with a 19 , a 17.06 and a 16.14 . AWESOME . Then rounded off with a scraper double this afternoon. Don't know when I can get out again, but can't wait !

that first hour was truly awesome mate,, thanks again for asking me along and for your help today

well done guys

That's a good days fishing, well done guys

Thanks lads. The 19 was a donkey ! One of the best looking pike I have ever seen. I will try and get a couple of pics up in next day or 2.

Fantastic fishing Craig and the boys☺ theres some big girls feeding at the moment isnt there. I am out thursday and friday so hopefully we need pictures

well done lads cracking session. im out for short one after work, trying to avoid a 5th blank

Photos uploaded for you Craig two nice looking pike well done you and Dean

Another shortish session this morning resulted in a fish about 12lb on the bank. Happy days!!!
Still after some advice/suggestions, I've had 10 runs in my last two sessions, but only landed 3 fish! To me this seems like a poor hook up rate! Do I just need sharper hooks? Thought mine were sharp, I've been using Drennan, super specialist, but now I think I need to change to something else???
Also what are people views on titanium wire for traces?

leondodd wrote:Another shortish session this morning resulted in a fish about 12lb on the bank. Happy days!!!
Still after some advice/suggestions, I've had 10 runs in my last two sessions, but only landed 3 fish! To me this seems like a poor hook up rate! Do I just need sharper hooks? Thought mine were sharp, I've been using Drennan, super specialist, but now I think I need to change to something else???
Also what are people views on titanium wire for traces?

hi m8
i doubt if its your hooks, perhaps the pike in your fishery are tentative biters (sometimes pike just pluck the baits with the very front of their mouths)
try just letting the runs develop for just a little bit longer,, its hard to say without being there and seeing how the ones you catch are hooked but it sounds as though you may be pulling the bait from them before they have chance to turn it. it's a fine line but try giving them just a few more seconds before striking. i may be wrong but i suspect you are sitting on your rods and striking at the first indication,, which is mostly the right thing to do, but in this instance i would try a couple of times just leaving it ten seconds before striking and see if things improve

Two great looking pike there Craig, well done lads.
Hi Leondodd, I had the same trouble late on last season, I agree with Rozzo, just left it a few seconds longer than usual and started hooking them, but found they were small jacks no more than 5lb and all hooked in the front of the mouth.
Hope this helps.

I went to a pike match last Saturday........it was on sunday😐