chew valley

the bat wrote:I agree,everyman to his own,i,ve fished chew,loch fad,and many places in Scotland,ireland and wales but caught my pb of 34lb in Cheshire many yrs ago,20 mins from home!  

love to see that photo pal any chance..............  

I,l see if I can get my son to put it on for me,caught 25yrs ago when I,d just started piking,also had 2 20,s that season and numerous doubles.it was due to the exceptional venue and not my fishing skills I must add! not had a season like it and never will,but I am on chew next week!  

the bat wrote:I,l see if I can get my son to put it on for me,caught 25yrs ago when I,d just started piking,also had 2 20,s that season and numerous doubles.it was due to the exceptional venue and not my fishing skills I must add! not had a season like it and never will,but I am on chew next week!  

good luck on chew pal  

cheer  s mate,terrible weather at chew this week,boats were,nt even let out on Monday due to dangerous winds.been 3 30,s out though,biggest 38lb I think,few 20,s too but lots of blanks.not heard any news from today only that the weather is terrible

For those of you that's not heard about it Chews pike record has been broken   
Click on link below to find out more   

>>>>>    Chew new pike record  <<<<<

That's a big belly!
How do you get tickets for chew then? Can you just give them a ring and that's it or is it pretty hard to get a space?

tomthepiker wrote:That's a big belly!
How do you get tickets for chew then? Can you just give them a ring and that's it or is it pretty hard to get a space?

you mite want try booking on for next year mate its all fully booked up now..will that fish be full of eggs aswell as food now ??????????

could well have spawn in it at this time of year,if it eats a trout or jack could beat the record on Monday when I catch her!lol  

id love to get a few days on there, just for the experience.... blank or not

I reckon that un is a record in the making. looks like it could put more weight on if you ask me,,,,,,,, Roll on for a chance at that one   

what is the currant uk record is it 46lb ?

British record 46lb 13oz, english record 46lb 11oz

MAD BAD ANGLER wrote:British record 46lb 13oz, english record 46lb 11oz

Mad bad I've seen a pic of you on the chew pictures site on google

oooh not seen that, can you post a link   

ooooppps found it     

nice fish mate what did it weigh

If it is the fish that I am thinking of Jake, it was dead on 24. ....... and its a classic story if you ever have the pleasure of Gaz telling you it  

piketastic wrote:If it is the fish that I am thinking of Jake, it was dead on 24. ....... and its a classic story if you ever have the pleasure of Gaz telling you it  

come on gaz tell the story bud  

I see that the Wykeham pike as been caught again at 45lb 11oz that's the pike that Neville been after

46lb 11oz         

Its rather bizarre really that two have been captured over that weight yet they dont have any pictures, only the one of the Fox sponsered big name.

The photos of the 46lb 11oz pike are copyright protected :-) but you can find it here >>>linky

That's if you are on about the Wykeham pike Matt     

sorry silkmen, just moved house so not had internet. craig is right, the fish was 24lb on the nose. i had 2 days on chew, first day on the boats, i had a 15lb fish and my boat partner had a 31lb 6oz fish  also saw a 38 and a 35 caught. second day was on the bank, fished from walley bank, nige williams was also there in fact netted a 27 for him. anyway 9.30am alarm sounds, shacking from head to toe i picked up the rod and pulled some line of the bait runner (always fish off the bait runner or did then), sure enough line was being taken it was a run    i turned the reel handle to disengage the baitrunner, then wound down till i felt the fish and struck as hard as i could. thats when things went wrong.
for some reason the baitrunner re engaged causing a massive birds nest round the spool, shear panick then ensued     the fish was still moving off and with out being able to give line, the rod just bent and bent. my mate just shouted at me "grab the line and pull", so thats what i did. i dropped the rod, grabbed the line and just kept pulling. luckily for me the fish didnt put up much of a fight and was soon in the net. 24lb on the dot. after a few slaps on the back, and well dones the jokes started about long lines, and it not counting as it wasnt on ROD and line. the rest of the day everyone called me THE POLE    

MAD BAD ANGLER wrote:sorry silkmen, just moved house so not had internet. craig is right, the fish was 24lb on the nose. i had 2 days on chew, first day on the boats, i had a 15lb fish and my boat partner had a 31lb 6oz fish  also saw a 38 and a 35 caught. second day was on the bank, fished from walley bank, nige williams was also there in fact netted a 27 for him. anyway 9.30am alarm sounds, shacking from head to toe i picked up the rod and pulled some line of the bait runner (always fish off the bait runner or did then), sure enough line was being taken it was a run    i turned the reel handle to disengage the baitrunner, then wound down till i felt the fish and struck as hard as i could. thats when things went wrong.
  for some reason the baitrunner re engaged causing a massive birds nest round the spool, shear panick then ensued     the fish was still moving off and with out being able to give line, the rod just bent and bent. my mate just shouted at me "grab the line and pull", so thats what i did. i dropped the rod, grabbed the line and just kept pulling. luckily for me the fish didnt put up much of a fight and was soon in the net. 24lb on the dot. after a few slaps on the back, and well dones the jokes started about long lines, and it not counting as it wasnt on ROD and line. the rest of the day everyone called me THE POLE    

that's pure bad luck and good luck rolled in one
you should change your profile name to the pole
thanks for the story mate

silkmen wrote:

MAD BAD ANGLER wrote:sorry silkmen, just moved house so not had internet. craig is right, the fish was 24lb on the nose. i had 2 days on chew, first day on the boats, i had a 15lb fish and my boat partner had a 31lb 6oz fish  also saw a 38 and a 35 caught. second day was on the bank, fished from walley bank, nige williams was also there in fact netted a 27 for him. anyway 9.30am alarm sounds, shacking from head to toe i picked up the rod and pulled some line of the bait runner (always fish off the bait runner or did then), sure enough line was being taken it was a run    i turned the reel handle to disengage the baitrunner, then wound down till i felt the fish and struck as hard as i could. thats when things went wrong.
  for some reason the baitrunner re engaged causing a massive birds nest round the spool, shear panick then ensued     the fish was still moving off and with out being able to give line, the rod just bent and bent. my mate just shouted at me "grab the line and pull", so thats what i did. i dropped the rod, grabbed the line and just kept pulling. luckily for me the fish didnt put up much of a fight and was soon in the net. 24lb on the dot. after a few slaps on the back, and well dones the jokes started about long lines, and it not counting as it wasnt on ROD and line. the rest of the day everyone called me THE POLE    

that's pure bad luck and good luck rolled in one
you should change your profile name to the pole
thanks for the story mate

great story, thanks for sharing it. and that is why i stopped using baitrunners in favour of big pit reels lol