ladybower res

[yorky_1 0]

Ladybower has had a "Big Fish or Nowt" reputation in the past, it would be interesting to see if more Jacks start appearing due to the pressure and subsequent demise of the Big Lasses?

 

Its good to hear that the Environment Agency are out and about checking Licences and for the Poaching numpties.

 

Good luck to the new Guy in charge.

[northern lad 2,292]

anybody on here fished it for pike,if so what size do they run to,incidentally im an avid pike fisherman but i think all year round pike fishing will ruin it atb dave

[lovearun 1]

i fished ladybower about 14 years ago when i was just learning to fly fish we spent most of the day bank fishing the bank fishing was ok but we spent the last couple of hours fishing from a boat the boat fishing was very good

[moonlighter 1,163]

Is that the one on the snake pass??

[bunny tickler 876]

theres plenty of pike to go at ,a lad i know caught 1 over 30lb never told anyone only me also theres lots of smaller fish too , the last owners used to net them spawning where the snake river runs in (nick told me ) allan needed to go he ruined the fishery , it was a waste of a great trout fishery ,the new owners are well liked good on them

[Acuspell 329]

If Ladybower gets pressured like Blithfield has over the last couple of seasons it will go the same way. Blith is just down the orad fromme and I do somme guidig on there for pike too - I fly fish for them and have done for 30 years. The constant pressure has resulted in the piking not beinng as good as it once was - better tackle and knowledge plus more people at it.

 

Ladybower hasn't had a great season. I have a ticket on there as well. Only a couple of dozen fish caught, BUT, with the new management and if the pressure is limited, then there is no reason why it shouldn't come back. I plan to have a go there this UTUMN, BUT i AM NOT FISHING FOR SUMMER PIKE That to me is just against all sense. Yes they fight hard, but they also burn up and many don't recover from the ordeal. Too many pikers when they catch a big one take a couple of minutes buggering about getting treble hooks out and then taking photographs....use one decent sized single that doesn't get swallowed, get it out, graba picture an dget her back in the water - AND spend a good 20 minutes making sure she is well before letting go.

 

What glory is there in having a nice photograph but at the cost of a dead pike- one that dies later, unseen until it washes up on the bank?

[northern lad 2,292]

whilst agreeing with acuspel on most things i dont agree with the single hook theory,you must be using very small baits,or leaving your runs a while.i have tried single and double hooks(vic bellars)over the years and i guarantee you will miss more runs with them,if somebody struggles to remove trebles they shouldnt fish for pike without an experienced angler to help/guide them yis dave

[billybaltic 308]

I am not sure about single hook's, i have alway's used treble's, but this winter gone a lot of people are saying that they are using single's with good affect, they say you you can miss a few, but they say you won't get a deep hooked fish{ i don't anyway} and more fish are hooked around the front of the mouth or in scissor's and more easily unhooked, i agree that they are probably easily unhooked, but i don't usally have a problem with unhooking, if you have the right unhooking tool's you should'nt have a problem, anyway i have plenty of time till october, before i will decide.

[northern lad 2,292]

fair play to them using singles billy,i just couldnt live with the missed runs,i hit mine immediatly,it makes me wonder how long they leave there runs to develop i even tried hair rigging deadbaits years ago i suppose the time of year affects this aswell,in summer/spring they wolf em down,in the colder months they slow down.i dont allways use two trebles,one is enough for a small bait,but i will never use singles again for pike yis dave

[Acuspell 329]

You don't leave a run to develop when fishing with fly - and a 4/0 hook for me is not large, I use 6/0 and 8/0 pike hooks from Holland, totally barbless. When a pike takes, it is hooked, I have never had a deep hooked pike fly fishing. I have watched bait fishing people fighting with the trebles caught in their net, stuck in the side of the gill cover (one in the mouth, one loose) and lure anglers with the second treble stuck in a pectoral or even in the eye - LOTS OF TIMES I HAVE SEEN THIS. It takes them an age to unhook their fish, mine are unhooked within a couple of seconds, maybe as many as 10 seconds! Only good ones coming out of the water at all, the rest unhooked in the water, just turn the hook and let the fish go away, or stabilise if tired.

 

i think you didn't read my post FULLY,or you wouldn't have mentioned letting runs develop and using small trebles. I use one single only. I lost one fish last year as a result of usinng barbless singles, when it shook its head and my drag was too tight.

[northern lad 2,292]

didnt realise you meant on the fly pal i know what your saying about trebles and nets if i have a hook outside the pikes mouth i chin it atb dave