It’s not much of a secret that I don’t really like pike. Nothing personal, it’s just that I find the whole process of trying to catch something with more teeth than brain cells all a bit clumsy, crude and, more often than not, painful. There’s too much metal and blood for my liking. Then, of course, there are the anglers ...
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- 14 May 2010
The decision made by the committee of the BAA to ban livebaiting is one of the most serious matters to arise in angling politics in the last decade, in my opinion. There is no more natural means of catching fish than by using livebaits. Our very sport, coarse fishing, bears its name under the meaning of coarse beingnatural: we fish ...
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- 26 March 2010
The second-biggest zander of all time has been banked this week at a weight of 20lb 2oz. The mighty fish, which falls just 1lb 3oz short of the British record, was taken by Martin Jauncey from the River Severn during a day afloat with fellow predator enthusiast Chris Fowles. It fell to a trotted roach livebait and came on Martin’s ...
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- 23 February 2010
As far as fossilised remains show, pike has been around longer than all other freshwater species in the British Isles, showing that it is not only the ultimate predator, but also the ultimate survivor. A pike's large, powerful tail propels it forward at impressive speed. A pike will catch its prey fish more often than not, however, due to its poor timing ...
PREDATOR fishing ace Mike Green capped ‘his best ever season’ in stunning fashion by banking three pike over 20lb on three different methods from three different venues, over the space of just three days! It is the second time since December that Northants-based Mike has achieved the remarkable feat. This time round he began his memorable weekend at local venue ...
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- 17 April 2008
This is an absolutely deadly rig to use when pike fishing in a breeze. It can be used with dead or livebaits and can catch pike well out of casting range, and also catch pike from areas of lakes that are otherwise inaccessible to bank anglers. The best float to use is a Fox Drifter Float - they are perfect ...
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- 11 December 2007
