Anybody Catching part one

Well done Andy it was bitter cold here today as well I would say fishing in the snow but fishing usually means catching fish
So we have been thrashing the water today with some crazy notion of bagging a pike or two  
Nice in the snow though I may add   can't say I'm not trying lol I think this cold snap as put then off a little either that or there's none left to catch where I'm trying   oh well I'll keep trying

Well done Andy.

Quite literally everything is frozen here. Well it is if you head north of the central belt anyway! It's been a cold November. Average for our neck of the woods is 6 frosts for the month and we've had at least 16.

I forgot to say I didn't completely blank lol I did have a very small stickleback foul hooked on a deadbait that I was wobbling   would have got a photo but I don't think it would have shown up In the pic

They all count Adie lol, size isnt that important☺ My lough was frozen in the margins too J, struggled very badly with 8 dropped takes and managed a very bad 2 and 3 lb jack. Roll on Feb where they feed hard☺

lowdouble wrote:They all count Adie lol,     size isnt that important☺     My lough was frozen in the margins too J,    struggled very badly with 8 dropped takes and managed a very bad 2 and 3 lb    jack.    Roll on Feb where they feed hard☺

This is really my first winter targeting pike and it's not been especially good. The ice is a challenge and the delicacy of the takes irritating. Over the 3.5 days on four deadbait rods, I found that I had a better hook up rate on a large single hook than on trebles. Just one size 2/0 with a smallish bait (rainbow trout fillet seemed most effective). With the hook almost completely debarbed, unhooking is a doddle.

Hi all,i had put all my fishing away in the shed as i was getting really down about it all not catching anything,hope you are all having better luck.
Tomorrow (sunday) i am going to a quarry i have found,no permits required,it is reported that there are some decent pike in there as well as other fish.
So they are saying it is under fished,so i will take my light rod as well to mess about with,i need some luck on my side.

Saved us the blank

Guest wrote:Hi all,i had put all my fishing away in the shed as i was getting really down about it all not catching anything,hope you are all having better luck.
Tomorrow (sunday) i am going to a quarry i have found,no permits required,it is reported that there are some decent pike in there as well as other fish.
So they are saying it is under fished,so i will take my light rod as well to mess about with,i need some luck on my side.

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-CrAiG- wrote:



Saved us the blank

was hard going today nothing all day just rain we never took a brolly so both got wet through and cold.then just as the light was fading we had a double hook up to save a blank.

Well done both of you   two well earned pike that makes the day worthwhile

It is hard going at the moment you are doing well catching anything. I have just got back from 3 days in Scotland I had 8 runs caught 4 fish
3 jack and this one at 13.8.

psion wrote:

It is hard going at the moment you are doing well catching anything. I have just got back from 3 days in Scotland I had 8 runs caught 4 fish
3 jack and this one at 13.8.

Well in psion
It's slow this end but we are still getting the odd run or 2

Well lads the waters freezing and the fish seem lethargic. I am struggling on deads both static and drifter fished. Well my mate had a day trolling large lures and i laughed a little to myself lol. 18 pike and 14 doubles to 21lb 4oz. What the hell do I know about Pike

lowdouble wrote:Well lads the waters freezing and the fish seem lethargic.   I am struggling on deads both static and drifter fished.   Well my mate had a day trolling large lures and i laughed a little to myself lol.   18 pike and 14 doubles to 21lb 4oz.    What the hell do I know about Pike

there still taking lures even when you think its too cold
my last trip out produced 3 to deadbaits and 3 to lures .....near the surface too so still active , the temps are set to rise by wednesday and then drop by the end of the week......so this might bring them on breifly

Back on a club water today for a short session, same peg as I fished a few weeks previously when I had 10 fish with the same tactics as previously. It turned out to be not as prolific this time with only 3 runs, resulting in 3 Jacks, the best going just short of 8Lbs, the others around 5Lbs. All 3 fish were heavily covered in Leeches as if they are laying up at the moment.

I packed up at 13:00hrs as I had things to do at home but the weather was already on the turn, with the wind increasing to a point where I couldn't get the required distance to the drop off in the swim. Sounds like the weather this weekend will be challenging to say the least.

David Wynne wrote:Back on a club water today for a short session, same peg as I fished a few weeks previously when I had 10 fish with the same tactics as previously. It turned out to be not as prolific this time with only 3 runs, resulting in 3 Jacks, the best going just short of 8Lbs, the others around 5Lbs. All 3 fish were heavily covered in Leeches as if they are laying up at the moment.

I packed up at 13:00hrs as I had things to do at home but the weather was already on the turn, with the wind increasing to a point where I couldn't get the required distance to the drop off in the swim. Sounds like the weather this weekend will be challenging to say the least.

hi dave
the weather here in cheshire looks good for weekend maybe a cold front and very light winds minus 1 or 2.....just right ..bad at the moment though..

Well I had one today and lost one that was a double but the one I did get was only a baby of about 3-4lb lol but its broke my run of blanks  my mate had one at 8.5lb as well but this one had teeth marks across it flank on both side and by the width of them it was a big old pike that did it   it was ok thought and swan away strongly I think I will be back here again soon
                                                                        

well in Adie, always nice to break a bad spell

No idea when I'll next get out. I can't imagine that the loch I fish is anything other than frozen as they've had a minus 3 frost overnight and it freezes at the drop of a hat. And we've now got sub zero temperatures forecast ad infinitum, so I think I'll need to take up ice fishing!

In order to fill the (caused by winter) fishing shaped hole in my life, I've been buying kit that I won't need until next year. I've got a set of rods and reels for a German catfish and sturgeon fishing trip next year that I want to test out with the pike. Penn Squadron Braid 20-30lb boat rods, which I actually think would be marvelous for better sized pike. 8ft 4", soft enough in the top third but obviously heavier than most pike rods in the butt. Half price at £30 too

adie1200 wrote:Well I had one today and lost one that was a double but the one I did get was only a baby of about 3-4lb lol but its broke my run of blanks  my mate had one at 8.5lb as well but this one had teeth marks across it flank on both side and by the width of them it was a big old pike that did it   it was ok thought and swan away strongly I think I will be back here again soon
                                                                        

well in pal your up and running

Well done Adie, your on a roll Everything stopped over here, snow and ice everywhere. Its the least i have fished in years and am slowly going mental

lowdouble wrote:Well done Adie,  your on a roll       Everything stopped over here,  snow and ice everywhere.  Its the least i have fished in years and am slowly going mental

temp are dropping here now pal and hail blasting down as i type this message , time to put another log on the woodburner me thinks.....

We were out braving the weather yesterday. Once again a Jack saved me from a blank. My mate Jeff did better with a 15.8 and a Jack.

well done to anybody getting out and doing a bit , no chance for me this weekend too busy trying to deliver kerosene and diesel around the snowy mountains of North Wales ,

mal wynne wrote:well done to anybody getting out and doing a bit , no chance for me this weekend too busy trying to deliver kerosene and diesel around the snowy mountains of North Wales ,

heard wales has had really heavy snow , the a55 was closed for a wile according to reports