Elchapo

Smashing offer mate and that's some decent fish the 1st perch is a belter , spent a lot of time working up near Cardiff but never thought about taking a rod with me

Appreciate it mate will defo sort a day or two out

Any decent places for pike on day ticket up your way mate was thinking getting a bnb or travle lodge over xmass break for 2 days

Cheers mate ...yea he is litter sod eats me out house and home, was looking for a Jr rod for him for while ended up just getting him same rod as me and he's loving it at min , except for when he gets a pike on bank won't go near it lol

Nice one @Daniel cain braved the weather yesterday with my lad managed bag a decent pike , not massive but put up a decent fight

Why have a hawk with a problem when training your own hawk having it flying the way you want is so much better/ easier.. Like the saying goes .. A good hawk eats just as much as a cnut ....or a good hawk eats just as much as a bad hawk ...not sure Wich one it is now

Pillow biter

I'd say other two hens

These are a good bait they flot kn the top they have a slight spade/bill on the front so when u cast out slowly tighten your line and quick jerk left or right sends the lure about 6/8 inch under the water but the water shoots over its head causing a stream and a popping noise under water , ...definitely worth having in the tub mate

They look perfect tho for drop offs , if you could cast your line along the edge the drop off and reel in fast 2 or 3 short spins to set the depth and then a real slow steady you'd catch some stuff with them little ones

Plugs ... or poppers (that's what therr called ) stay on the top I use alot of them in heavy lily pad area the ones you have there the bigger the clear spade on the front ( looks like a duck beak ) the further down they will swim , if you want poppers the have a round scooped face like the lure has its mouth open and no clear spade , I learnt the hard ways when I baught a beautifull looking lure cast it reeled it and snagged it after 30 mins I got it back looked at pack and it said deep dice to 3 meters lol

Each to there own but me personally if an oasis song comes on the radio while in the car I'd wind the window down and listen to the sound of my wheel bareing than listen to that shit

Them baitcaster easy use or better off with normal reel first ?

Anyone recommend a budget rod and reel for pike fishing on the canal for my lad , he's only 8 so thinking one them small 5ft rods that see on YouTube for jack pikes , we went the other day caught a couple ( by insane luck ) on a big old Carp rod with a tiny lure , don't want spend a fortune as it mite be a fad with him and die out after acouole month, if he stick to it I'll get him something decent , cheers

Ive seen loads big pussies in the uk , just never filmed them