leeds chimp Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 (edited) Had a cheeky day off last week so decided to dust the rods down and get on the river as not been out since late November... Ended up going on the Yare at Postwick...got there about 8am and was an old boy already fishing....had a little chat and not had a touch at all on the feeder or trotting a float through since day break so he was packing up ...thought would give it a go and see what happens... as could not be bothered to go elsewhere..... Started off with two feeders..one into the middle of the river and the other a little bit closer....mix of groundbait and maggots in the feeder and double maggot on the hook....both rods set and and relax....then got bored as not a touch or sucked maggot in nearly 30 mins so decided to set the pike rod up and chuck a deadbait out on a simple float set up as not keen on ledgered ..just personal choice.... even the dog was quiet.... set it up with a sardine and just chucked it in the margins while i rolled a cig..... literally a couple of mins later watching the feeder tips and out of the corner of my (good :lol: ) eye saw the float move a little...thought it was just the flow...watched it a bit more and very slowly it started to move away and under...hit it right away (rather lose the fish that risk deep hooking) after a very slow fight...only took line 3 times and in the net she went... not the best pic as was on my own... Just over 18lb so not bad at all.....ended up staying a couple more hours but no more and absolutely nothing on the feeder which was a big surprise for the venue as its normally a very good spot for winter roach and skimmers... but come the summer will be out on the boat as its just about ready now as bought as a bit of a project Edited February 25, 2015 by leeds chimp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Well done, looks a nice clean fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Nice fish, It used to surprise me how most of the larger pike just used to come straight in or fight very little compared to the smaller ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Nice report and well done. U. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 I see the river police went by, keeping an eye on you I reckon. Rat dawg looks quiet. It's nice spot down there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeds chimp Posted February 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 I see the river police went by, keeping an eye on you I reckon. Rat dawg looks quiet. It's nice spot down there. that was he only quiet time really...we renamed him ASBO now... off to Horning tomorrow to give it a go there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Well done chimp , not a bad fish at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deny essex Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 I've boat fished the Yare a couple of times , had some pike but none near that size, nice fish well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POPPY-72 Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 well done nice fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Nice fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reggiegun Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Nice pike. Reminds me of the first decent pike my lad caught when he was younger, he cried for me to help reel it in, but I left him to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaxiDriver Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Nice fish that, Nice little boat But.... Didn't you get the back half of the trailer ...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billytheghillie Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 <script pagespeed_no_defer="">//=d.offsetWidth&&0>=d.offsetHeight)a=!1;else{c=d.getBoundingClientRect();var f=document.body;a=c.top+("pageYOffset"in window?window.pageYOffset:(document.documentElement||f.parentNode||f).scrollTop);c=c.left+("pageXOffset"in window?window.pageXOffset:(document.documentElement||f.parentNode||f).scrollLeft);f=a.toString()+","+c;b.b.hasOwnProperty(f)?a=!1:(b.b[f]=!0,a=a<=b.e.height&&c<=b.e.width)}a&&(b.a.push(e),b.d[e]=!0)};p.prototype.checkImageForCriticality=function(b){b.getBoundingClientRect&&q(this,b)};h("pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality",function(b){n.checkImageForCriticality(b)});h("pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkCriticalImages",function(){r(n)});var r=function(b){b.b={};for(var d=["IMG","INPUT"],a=[],c=0;c=a.length+e.length&&(a+=e)}b.g&&(e="&rd="+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(s())),131072>=a.length+e.length&&(a+=e),d=!0);t=a;if(d){c=b.f;b=b.h;var f;if(window.XMLHttpRequest)f=new XMLHttpRequest;else if(window.ActiveXObject)try{f=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP")}catch(k){try{f=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")}catch(u){}}f&&(f.open("POST",c+(-1==c.indexOf("?")?"?":"&")+"url="+encodeURIComponent(b)),f.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded"),f.send(a))}}},s=function(){var b={},d=document.getElementsByTagName("IMG");if(0==d.length)return{};var a=d[0];if(!("naturalWidth"in a&&"naturalHeight"in a))return{};for(var c=0;a=d[c];++c){var e=a.getAttribute("pagespeed_url_hash");e&&(!(e in b)&&0=b[e].k&&a.height>=b[e].j)&&(b[e]={rw:a.width,rh:a.height,ow:a.naturalWidth,oh:a.naturalHeight})}return b},t="";h("pagespeed.CriticalImages.getBeaconData",function(){return t});h("pagespeed.CriticalImages.Run",function(b,d,a,c,e,f){var k=new p(b,d,a,e,f);n=k;c&&m(function(){window.setTimeout(function(){r(k)},0)})});})();pagespeed.CriticalImages.Run('/mod_pagespeed_beacon','http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/index.php?s=2296a6e99f1ec91233eb3caaae1739a4&app=forums&module=ajax§ion=topics&do=quote&t=306489&p=2765945&md5check=16edf8287c64379d840512a49bc5a2bd&isRte=1,l8PuqRhht8,true,false,vIREZFykDb8'); //]]></script>&&0 Nice pike. Reminds me of the first decent pike my lad caught when he was younger, he cried for me to help reel it in, but I left him to it. Is that a young Ed Sheeran? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy bingo Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 nice catch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat_jay Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Unhooking mat....matt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeside1000 Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Leeds, you should try the boat yards at Wroxham or Stalham, the bait fish move in there in the winter, under the boats where they are protected from sudden temperature changes, the pike follow them in, there is always loads around, I used to live on a boat in Richardsons at Stalham and always had a line out when home, nice fish and a nice spot,at least your dog looks comfy, now forget the fishing, where are those pigeons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 (edited) Is that a young Ed Sheeran? That made me laugh Edited February 26, 2015 by rimfire4969 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeds chimp Posted February 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Leeds, you should try the boat yards at Wroxham or Stalham, the bait fish move in there in the winter, under the boats where they are protected from sudden temperature changes, the pike follow them in, there is always loads around, I used to live on a boat in Richardsons at Stalham and always had a line out when home, nice fish and a nice spot,at least your dog looks comfy, now forget the fishing, where are those pigeons? Use to fish quite a few of the boatyards in wroxham but with companies moving on and people retiring not so much now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Nice fish. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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