Anybody Catching

mwillis551 wrote:


Biggest of all the fish I caught on Saturday. 10b 13oz.
Must of had 25-30 runs and only managed to get 13 to the bank.
Dunno what I was doing wrong

Was waiting 5 seconds and then striking...
Any tips...? lol

is it a trout water by any chance

stubbo wrote:worth checking pal  found out mine where 3lb out   considering I had weighed pike on them to 28lb   27lb    25lb    hay ho     probably had 2....... 30lb fish in the past and was not aware  ........storey of my life  that fish of your looks about 12lb ish pal

Awh thats a sickner
I'll have to get them checked asap.

and no, its not a trout water, its free to fish
why did you think that? lol

why were you waiting 5 seconds? Have you by any chance read some old articles about waiting for the pilot float to go under before you strike lol.

Try striking earlier.

Just had the one jack today. How did Mr Edwards get on.

Another blank today (not even a run). Conditions were perfect S/W wind overcast with a bit of chop on, only thing I can think is the reservoirs just thawed and the colder water going through the water columns put them off.

Fabulous weather yesterday for a bit of slow float trolling, 8 takes 7 landed to 16lb 4oz. No photos sorry as self takes are too hard in the small boat.

Had one fish yesterday, 12-13lb or so. Nothing at all today.

Where you boat or bank fishing

Boat

Landed an incredible 17 fish today and this beauty to cap it off at 24lb 5oz. If every day was as good as today it wouldnt be special. You need days like this to forget about the blanks

that's a great days fishing Lowdouble, don't get many of them in a lifetime.
been out myself today, first time in a while, managed two small ones largest being 8lb 8oz,  
I'm pleased with this as my last two outings produced nowt

lowdouble wrote:Landed an incredible 17 fish today and this beauty to cap it off at 24lb 5oz.  If every day was as good as today it wouldnt be special.  You need days like this to forget about the blanks  

that's a really good day pal cracking fish well in

lowdouble wrote:Landed an incredible 17 fish today and this beauty to cap it off at 24lb 5oz.  If every day was as good as today it wouldnt be special.  You need days like this to forget about the blanks  

Never had a day like that lol. Congrats mate.

You lads have some truly wonderful sessions capped off with some fantastic fish. My meagre return from approximately 15 sessions is 3 fish banked, biggest 10lb 2oz, and two fish that spat the hooks, I feel I must be doing something wrong! Keep the pics coming they are fantastic to see,
cheers , Leon

Hi Leon

you and me both fella. In the real world anglers like us put in many many bank hours for little return. I don't have a bait boat, I don't have a private venue crammed full of Pike and I haven't got a 200 horsepower dingy with echo sounder to get me on the fish lol.

14 fish yesterday, biggest was 8lb 13oz.
and as last time, missed plenty of runs

ah well cant complain about 14 on the bank

went out today and managed 4 fish, pick of the bunch was this one at 16lb 14oz

Was this caught in the angling trust pike fishing gaz

Nice fish Mad bad, well done pal.

They really are on the Munch in Feb. getting ready for spawning time. Thats a great conditioned fish Mad Bad. well done everyone.

Well done Gaz that's a belter mate

And well done to all the others as well there's some nice pike coming out lately I really must get out there and see if I can bag one

50th fish of the season for me saturday.....7.11 and a 12.7 (50) nothing special, but no blank like the other 2 lads did on my lake who was with me....

nickcarpy wrote:Was this caught in the angling trust pike fishing gaz

dont know where that is bud sent you a pm

Out tomorrow popping over to Yorkshire am a guest on a syndicate water.

All these pike being caught is making me jealous! I am determined to get my target fish though, (14lb), only thing is, I feel like I am running out of time, I have been after a pike over 14 for three years now, fishing beginning of November til beginning of March, but as I catch very few pike, (average about six all winter), I feel I may have to wait a while yet. What are peoples opinions on fishing for them earlier/later than the traditional pike fishing season?