Hints & Tips on Pike Fishing

Following on from a previous post I thought it might be quite useful to put any tips on Pike fishing in one thread.
The ones I've managed to collect up to now are:

1. Use paper clips as a weak link for connecting your leads
2. Use any left over bait from your fishing trips to make chum. Chop up and freeze for next time then mix with groundbait.
3. Blast frozen Sardines are cheaper at Sainsburys (£2 for a bag) Found in the freezer section.
4. When reeling in your deadbait to recast; don't do this quickly. Sink and draw on the retrieve. You might get a take!
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Please feel free to add to the list if you have any more.

dont be to haisty to throw away your lamprey. works a treat when old.
i've caught on it refrozen 5/6 times. well i'm scottish

greg wrote:dont be to haisty to throw away your lamprey. works a treat when old.
i've caught on it refrozen 5/6 times. well i'm scottish

yhe that works for me aswell Greg
erm.... spinning a section hooked onto a meppes 4 or vibrax thats a good one for the morning!

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1. Use paper clips as a weak link for connecting your leads
2. Use any left over bait from your fishing trips to make chum. Chop up and freeze for next time then mix with groundbait.
3. Blast frozen Sardines are cheaper at Sainsburys (£2 for a bag) Found in the freezer section.
4. When reeling in your deadbait to recast; don't do this quickly. Sink and draw on the retrieve. You might get a take!
5. Some baits can be refrozen and used time and time again. e.g. lamprey
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When you have had a dead bait on get some predator plus and pore in with bait then refreeze then next time you take it out voila red smelt or whatever and it work,s

kell wrote:When you have had a dead bait on get some predator plus and pore in with bait then refreeze then next time you take it out voila red smelt or whatever and it work,s

you forgot to say it stinks realy bad.

UPDATED:

1. Use paper clips as a weak link for connecting your leads.
2. Use any left over bait from your fishing trips to make chum. Chop up and freeze for next time then mix with groundbait.
3. Blast frozen Sardines are cheaper at Sainsburys (£2 for a bag) Found in the freezer section.
4. When reeling in your deadbait to recast; don't do this quickly. Sink and draw on the retrieve. You might get a take!
5. Some baits can be refrozen and used time and time again. e.g. lamprey.
6. To enhance your bait; pour 'Predator Plus' onto the bait and pop it in freezer; the additive will then be drawn into the bait.
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greg wrote:

kell wrote:When you have had a dead bait on get some predator plus and pore in with bait then refreeze then next time you take it out voila red smelt or whatever and it work,s

you forgot to say it stinks realy bad.

And you look like you've just murdered someone when it gets on your hands
That said i use a lot of the stuff and really rate it...good in that chum mix too

I used this a lot a couple of years ago but a lot of folk on here reckoned it wasn`t much good, said it worked better for Perch than Pike, I like it anyway, anyway, i`m changing the subject. Carry on. lol.

grahambrooke wrote:I used this a lot a couple of years ago but a lot of folk on here reckoned it wasn`t much good, said it worked better for Perch than Pike, I like it anyway, anyway, i`m changing the subject. Carry on. lol.

Its a fair point mate - try a little red roach or gudgeon under a loafer and the perch love it

you forgot to say it stinks realy bad.[/quote]

Our lass tells me that but i just think she is just been over sensetive he he he

Anyone tried this stuff for removing odours.
It's like an everlasting soap and is even meant to remove the smell of fish!!

did steve french no get one of them for crimbo..............

kell wrote:you forgot to say it stinks realy bad.

Our lass tells me that but i just think she is just been over sensetive he he he[/quote]

never mind our kind o bait, try squid. stinkin

nightwatchman wrote:Anyone tried this stuff for removing odours.
It's like an everlasting soap and is even meant to remove the smell of fish!!

I did get one, well similar for Christmas and amazingly it does work