Wednesday 9 October 2019

Storm Pike


I couldn’t wait for a gap in the weather so I broke out the rain-suit and went anyway - to the ponds! I lost a pike about 5lb second cast, and I don’t know how many hundreds of casts later I saw a big pike swirl in the edge - I didn’t need a second invitation - she didn’t need a second invitation to hit the lure...

Even though I hooked her a couple of foot from the bank she shot out to the middle of the pond and plodded about - then she made a right fight of it and really didn’t want to go in the net. Cracking pike, 18lb 3oz, with plenty of room to fill out. Delighted - a stillwater PB as well as a lure caught PB pike - a brilliant start to the campaign.

And I think I know what’s happened to all the jack-pike in the pond!

14 comments:

  1. All that effort rewarded by a proper “big girl” top marks mate, a lot of effort has gone into that capture! Plus that rain was brutal, I hope the pants didn’t stick to the wall !

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    1. Cheers James. It was 17 months between spotting her and slipping the net under her, I dread to think how many hours or how many casts with those lures!

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    1. I hope so... And something a bit bigger!

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  3. Haha enable third part cookies!

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    1. Really, that was all that I needed to do to comment - I downloaded a new browser (Chrome)!!

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    2. I read that you needed to do it on safari? So looked at my chrome settings and it was the same fix

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    3. Still can’t get it to work in Safari, but Chrome does the job.

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  4. Nice fish Brian! Keeping an eye on the wye at the moment - hopefully have a go on there soon.

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    1. Really looking forward to The Wye this year, would love a trip back before Christmas, time permitting. Let me know how you get on.

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  5. Me too! Got a few weeks booked over Christmas to get some decent trips in, river permitting. I shall do!

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    1. Let’s just hope we don’t have the traditional Christmas floods this year!

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