roadkill Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 A few of us want to go pike fishing this Sunday , Where is a good hot spot for pike in or around the Midlands Cheers Roadkill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 Try contacting the big trout reservoirs, some of them open their doors to pike fishermen this time of year and there are some monsters in there as they get left alone for the rest of the year and have a diet of sick and injured trout to get big and fat on http://www.rutlandwater.net/fishing/pikefishing.doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPARKIE Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 most of the places ive picked ya need a season ticket 4 but ive had a few pike from melbourne pool.and the river derwent nr borrowash...dunno if there anyhelp both day ticket waters.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocket Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 HI IT MAY BE A BIT OF FURTHER THAN YOU WANT TO TRAVEL BUT IV'E BEEN TO THE WITHAM AT SOUTHREY OVER HALF A DOZEN TIMES AND NEVER BLANKED. NO ONE EVER COMES FOR THE DAY TICKET MONEY, ITS NEXT TO A PUB AND PARKING ON THE RIVER BANK. WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT. GOOD LUCK AND LET US KNOW WHERE YOU GO AND HOW YOU GET ON CHEERS CROCKET Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old rooster Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 The midlands AWA Trout resrvoirs are all still open for Pike fishing, some awesome potential if you have the gear to fish the right methods. Check out the link below maybe ? Anybody fancy a boat partner for a midweek session drop me a line (no pun intended) ;-))) http://www.anglianwaterleisure.co.uk/ Whoops, just checked it out and it looks like boat fishing finished end of November, you can bank fish for Pike at Pitsford until the end of December by the look of it. Given how mild it is it could be worth travelling light with a lure rod and some hefty lures. Deepish divers around the Cliffs, Gorse Bank and Brixworth Bay areas worth a try, might be worth a few casts of the point of Bog Bay. Salmo Perch, Sliders, big silver spoons, Zoota Sprogs, and Bulldawgs all worth a go, might be tempted to have a day myself if the mild weather holds. Been a bit of colour in the water recently due to heavy rain. Could be worth trying some shallow lures if the trout are up near the surface fry bashing. Haven't seen this activity much this season around the bank, perhaps the low water levels are partly to blame ? Most of the fry seem to have been congregated in the main bowl of the reservoir and some good fish have come from the middle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbruno Posted December 15, 2006 Report Share Posted December 15, 2006 you fellas should come to Canada the fishing here is well probably the best in the world 8lb pike is common size Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 you fellas should come to Canada the fishing here is well probably the best in the world 8lb pike is common size Norfolk broads in England the double figures are common and into the 30s are caught most days too. I saw a 15 year old lad take a nice health 37lb one from the back of the Broom boat yard I wouldn't mind so much but he was only tackled up for 10 mins and i had been there for 3 hours i got a 9lb and a 16lb and this jammy litle so n so hooks straight into the big ones LG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyb Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Like LG, Norfolk Fens would be on my list. Depending if you want to travel that far ? Plenty of good pike and Zander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 you fellas should come to Canada the fishing here is well probably the best in the world 8lb pike is common size Norfolk broads in England the double figures are common and into the 30s are caught most days too. I saw a 15 year old lad take a nice health 37lb one from the back of the Broom boat yard I wouldn't mind so much but he was only tackled up for 10 mins and i had been there for 3 hours i got a 9lb and a 16lb and this jammy litle so n so hooks straight into the big ones LG The piking is really good on the broads at he moment. You would have been talking about brooms at Brundall presumably? We had a salt water surge a few weeks back that put a lot of fish in jeopardy and killed a few. Thankfully it was minor and the broads is on top form. The northern broads and rivers have been fishing very well for pike, especially around wroxham and horning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerico Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 you fellas should come to Canada the fishing here is well probably the best in the world 8lb pike is common size 8lb, I would'nt even bother taking it out the water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 I saw a 15 year old lad take a nice health 37lb one from the back of the Broom boat yard I wouldn't mind so much but he was only tackled up for 10 mins and i had been there for 3 hours i got a 9lb and a 16lb and this jammy litle so n so hooks straight into the big ones LG, He either got very lucky, or he knows the layout under the water. I have never fished the drains but I have seen them many times and they are so featureless I wouldn't know where to start, so like most people I would take pot luck. A complete novice friend of mine hooked into a 19lb pike within seconds, litteraly, of tackling up a few years ago. I placed him where I knew there was a possibilty of a fish, just looking at the flow of water below a weir. The 2 blokes that had been there all night freezing their nuts off and caught SFA weren't very impressed but they had just 'chucked and chanced' a lump of mackrel, and not thought it through properly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the pelt man Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 you fellas should come to Canada the fishing here is well probably the best in the world 8lb pike is common size 8lb, I would'nt even bother taking it out the water Jerico how would you go about removing the hook/s PELTMAN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Yes I have had a similar problem with hook removal. No forceps or disgorger to hand. If I could upload a video off my phone to here of me wrestling with a pike and then having to hold its mouth open with a bike pump so I could remove the hooks safely before releasing it then the World would be a funnier place. But I can't. FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 I think PM meant "if you don't land him, how do you remove the hook" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckytrigger Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 You shouldnt even attempt to pike fish unless you are equipped and able to deal with them imho. I always used to carry three different sized pairs of forceps,wire cutters and a good sized unhooking mat. Old esox deserves as much respect as any carp.. They are real easy to unhook with practice. I also always used a 'proper' pike landing net the type with tougher mesh than the carp variety as ive seen many needless injuries inflicted on pike by inexperienced anglers, mainly people who land fish with 'flying' trebles which often become entangled in the soft mesh of 'carp' mesh and rip out of the pikes mouth causing injuries. I often used to hand land pike whenever possible if a flying treble was present but i definatley wouldnt reccommend this to novice anglers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the pelt man Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Pin are we the only people on the same wave length It's just like apbuild and Kip270 in the TV SHOCK post i did in Sporting Pictures http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/ind...=all&st=125 PELTMAN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 I think PM meant "if you don't land him, how do you remove the hook" Pin We usually use a SINGLE hook when Pike fishing (Dead baiting) as i really don't like Trebles IF they get caught in the gullet. I use a LARGE single hook through a dead bait mouth then through the back and tied to the hook with a tad twine. The Moment the float goes i strike and it has done great! When the fish gets to the side i simply grip the hook shank with the Long nose pliers or Forceps and twist up and over and the fish just drops off and in MOST cases i don't need to remove it from the water. Less stress for us both ALL my Rapalla - Mean etc lures had the BARBS nipped off also not only does it aid in removing the trebles from the fish but ALSO stops you getting them snagged in the landing net if you use it. LG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerico Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Same as above, Barbed trebles are more trouble than they are worth both for the fish and for me, not only do I get them stuck in the net but also in my jacket and bags. If I am fishing where I can get to the water via a slope and the pike is hooked nicely in the lips then I chin the pike and slip the lure out, obviously if it can't be done my net and unhooking mat are already set up. I only fish for pike using lures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 This pike was unexpected and I'm suprised I managed to land it as I wasn't using a trace. I had waded in under a bridge and was fishing for chub with bread. A bleak took the bait and as I was reeling it in and about to lift it out the water a pike took the fish. My pike handling stuff was half a mile further round the bank with my Dad. The hook was only in the corner of the mouth so when my friend held the pikes mouth open and held it still the barbless hook came out quite easily. FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 I caught a jack on a 3 metre whip whilst landing a small dace back in the summer. No net, no pliers, no forceps, line of about 2lb breaking strain - I have never been so glad to see line bitten through Getting back to how do you unhook (and I got the joke) we only use single hooks when boat fishing so the pike if it isn't a monster can be unhooked without leaving the water or even being touched. We just use long nose pliers to twist the hook out. The pike then lay there not knowing what to do, before realising they are free and darting off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigden Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 Last winter whilst fishing for bream, roach or perch with a worm on a 16's hook and probably 3 lb line , I watched my tip slowly move round, so I struck and then thought that I was stuck on the bottom. Then it took off moving sideways and then the pike did a tail walk. I took my time and got it in. I had to shout three lads next to me to get their net and land it and unhook it for me as I wasn't expecting to get a pike. It was about five pounds. The lads were all deadbaiting and did'nt manage to hook a fish all session and I got a bonus pike. It all took place on Anglezarke resevoir near Bolton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 I also find cutting one of the hook legs off to create Double hooks instead of trebles works quite well also i cut the leg that sits flush on the lure body leaving the 2 which are angled down to do their work. I also do a spot of fishing in Dumfries and Galloway on a small lake with a lodge on it. They have been more Jacks than Pike though the largest there was around 8lb but my Friand caught a double figure there. LG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffolk shooter Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 I fished the Three Rivers nr Beccles on a dropping tide just below the Lock and got a nice 21lb female. Tried theYare but didn't think using 6Oz grip leads againest the rising/falling tide was conducive to good coarse fishing. Broom Pits is good too. Lily/Lady Broad is nice. Eelsfoot... Wavney River is good too. Suffolk Water Park is good for fish, but not cheap. Fritton Decoy Lake if you can persude the boat owner to get up early enough for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red_stag88 Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 Try Patsull Park, in W.Mids. You will need to hire a boat to fish lures, so the total cost is about 20 rats. Plenty of doubles in there. The office will sell you trout live baits too. You could try chasewater if you want to pick your way around the syringes. Get some waders on and you will catch aload of jacks around the dams. There are a few snags around the far dam. Sq burts, sandras and jerkbaits have worked well for me in the summer. If you get bored - give the canal basin a go as that tends to produce. I once foul hooked a 12lb pike on a float rod and 6lb line on the broads - that was interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 Hey there red_stag88, nice to see you posting again. Are we still banned on the School's PC's, or have you broken the code ? I fished Patshulls Park lake for a month, back in the early 70's (by private invitation) and caught some large carp (up to 25lb). There are certainly large pike in the lake, we caught fish up to 20lb and that was before any trout were put in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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