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
A week after news broke of the death of the 40lb-plus Boddington Reservoir pike, Steve Partner takes a look at who was responsible… Here’s a moral dilemma for you. Imagine you’re a journalist, working for the leading national fishing publication, and you receive a call from an angler who says he’s just caught a 40lb-plus pike. He gives you chapter ...
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- 13 October 2009
After Angling Times readers voted for zero fish to be removed in proposed bylaw changes, livebaiting has come under the microscope once more. Steve Partner takes a look at the ethics of the method The pike fishing community is feeling the pressure again. More than that, it’s feeling persecuted, victimised and, consequently, fairly angry with the rest of the angling ...
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- 29 September 2009
