Looking forward to doing some pike fishing this winter. I always lure fish for them and this year fancy trying some dead baiting. Any tips on rigs and bait etc would be appreciated. I will be using buzzers so not worried about Floats etc.
Tight lines 👍
Tight lines 👍
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Yep I agree, I always hit them as soon as I can.
Keep it nice and simple then. I just saw a rig online that Mick Brown uses, it looks like a hell style rig and quite simple.
Thanks dude 👍
Yep I agree, I always hit them as soon as I can.
Keep it nice and simple then. I just saw a rig online that Mick Brown uses, it looks like a hell style rig and quite simple.
Thanks dude 👍
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If there was one thing I'd advise, is to learn how to use a drift float.So underated and underused.I have used it to great effect on the big Irish loughs.It allows you to cover so much more water than static deadait fishing.No need to worry about what way you mount your bait,head down is fine,and casts a lot better.Nothing better than seeing the vane dissapear at 100 odd yards.A decent pair of binoculars is handy
If there was one thing I'd advise, is to learn how to use a drift float.So underated and underused.I have used it to great effect on the big Irish loughs.It allows you to cover so much more water than static deadait fishing.No need to worry about what way you mount your bait,head down is fine,and casts a lot better.Nothing better than seeing the vane dissapear at 100 odd yards.A decent pair of binoculars is handy
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I live right on a canal here in Devon and have only fished the canal, Somerset drains and a couple small venues around the area.
Don't need to cast very far but will check that rig out. 👍. Going for a pb this winter as I broke my carp pb a couple months ago.
I live right on a canal here in Devon and have only fished the canal, Somerset drains and a couple small venues around the area.
Don't need to cast very far but will check that rig out. 👍. Going for a pb this winter as I broke my carp pb a couple months ago.
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Sister site pike forum uk. Use semi barbed trebles i.e only one of hook barbed these go into the bait. upper treble in tail root bottom treble no more than half way down the bait to help avoid deep hooking. Hit runs as soon as possible lost pike better than a dead one.
One last thing if you do deep hook a pike slow steady hard pull will extract t he gut allowing you unhook or cut hook at the bend. The gut will retract never cut the line
Sister site pike forum uk. Use semi barbed trebles i.e only one of hook barbed these go into the bait. upper treble in tail root bottom treble no more than half way down the bait to help avoid deep hooking. Hit runs as soon as possible lost pike better than a dead one.
One last thing if you do deep hook a pike slow steady hard pull will extract t he gut allowing you unhook or cut hook at the bend. The gut will retract never cut the line
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Personally I only use Delks when Pike fishing as no line movement is req to get a indication. When I used Fox alarms years ago I always fished with a float 'laying on' and on a run rig, so any nibble got magnified by the float and was pretty noticeable. I think in all the years I've probably struck more Pike without any indication from a alarm than I have with a bleep, by a big margin (because I had non vibe alarms for longer than I had those with it). The Solar bite floats still sometimes come up on EBay, another handy cross over from Carp fishing when not using a Pike float.
Personally I only use Delks when Pike fishing as no line movement is req to get a indication. When I used Fox alarms years ago I always fished with a float 'laying on' and on a run rig, so any nibble got magnified by the float and was pretty noticeable. I think in all the years I've probably struck more Pike without any indication from a alarm than I have with a bleep, by a big margin (because I had non vibe alarms for longer than I had those with it). The Solar bite floats still sometimes come up on EBay, another handy cross over from Carp fishing when not using a Pike float.
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Yes, I love them, can't wait till Christmas! The best move you will ever make is changing from lures to dead baits. These were all caught, with many others from the river Thames, on dead baits. The one on the mat is 32lb8oz, caught by my friend. That monster, would chew five Chew 40lbers for breakfast, bitch slap them, the poor young things. Try pre baiting for them first a few days before. It works really well.
Bait wise, best advice I can give is go to Waitrose. Every shop that has a wet fish counter sells them, just not on the counter, you need to ask. They keep them in freezers out the back. 1kg bags of frozen sardines. Blast frozen, you get around a dozen in a bag for approximately £4.50. These are always excellent quality, never anything else.
Sardines are a lovely bait, oily and wash out in freezing cold water.
WHITE BOAT ALERT Bivvywrecker lol.
Yes, I love them, can't wait till Christmas! The best move you will ever make is changing from lures to dead baits. These were all caught, with many others from the river Thames, on dead baits. The one on the mat is 32lb8oz, caught by my friend. That monster, would chew five Chew 40lbers for breakfast, bitch slap them, the poor young things. Try pre baiting for them first a few days before. It works really well.
Bait wise, best advice I can give is go to Waitrose. Every shop that has a wet fish counter sells them, just not on the counter, you need to ask. They keep them in freezers out the back. 1kg bags of frozen sardines. Blast frozen, you get around a dozen in a bag for approximately £4.50. These are always excellent quality, never anything else.
Sardines are a lovely bait, oily and wash out in freezing cold water.
WHITE BOAT ALERT Bivvywrecker lol.
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Some belters mate, when are the carp pics going up
Some belters mate, when are the carp pics going up
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They are not, nothing current anyway. I'm a pike fisherman now you see mate 
They are not, nothing current anyway. I'm a pike fisherman now you see mate
Lovely fish there PJ, do you ever use smelt? I remember they were a good pike bait at one time.
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Thank you mate. My name is Mark, it's a long story .
Never personally, I love sardines. I pre bait with them, so I like to use them on the hook. My friend who caught the 32lb8oz is a real pike guru. He caught that on a mackerel. I like mackerel too, but prefer sardines for connivence. I prefer bigger baits, I want to catch lumps. That's what I always think anyway mate. My friend Gary Peet brought smelt, he had a 15lber, and I had a 26lb10oz that day on sardines. Who knows, but when it's not broke, there's no need to fix it is always my thoughts.
Thank you mate. My name is Mark, it's a long story
.Never personally, I love sardines. I pre bait with them, so I like to use them on the hook. My friend who caught the 32lb8oz is a real pike guru. He caught that on a mackerel. I like mackerel too, but prefer sardines for connivence. I prefer bigger baits, I want to catch lumps. That's what I always think anyway mate. My friend Gary Peet brought smelt, he had a 15lber, and I had a 26lb10oz that day on sardines. Who knows, but when it's not broke, there's no need to fix it is always my thoughts.
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Happy pike fishing mate
Happy pike fishing mate
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Thanks Mark
The name Gary Peet sounds familiar too
Thanks Mark
The name Gary Peet sounds familiar too
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Thanks mate. I'm going carp fishing at 12pm really, either tonight or tomorrow. I get people who find out where I'm fishing these days though, and it gets busier as they want to catch them to. So, don't tell them. I'm a pike fisherman now, between me and you. Even when they think I caught them recently, it was a month before in reality. Gotta play the game. I don't have long now.
Thanks mate. I'm going carp fishing at 12pm really, either tonight or tomorrow. I get people who find out where I'm fishing these days though, and it gets busier as they want to catch them to. So, don't tell them. I'm a pike fisherman now, between me and you. Even when they think I caught them recently, it was a month before in reality. Gotta play the game. I don't have long now.
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He owns the Tackle Box in Dartford with his brother. Loves his pike fishing, goes to Chew a lot. I love winding him up, and telling him they are not 'proper'
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He owns the Tackle Box in Dartford with his brother. Loves his pike fishing, goes to Chew a lot. I love winding him up, and telling him they are not 'proper'
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