My first pike

[8shot 191]

Had a trip to glasson dock armed with some herring and writhin a couple of hours I bagged myself my first pike. 

I called over another fisherman and he shown me the correct way to handle the fish for unhooking. (Beer owned)?

Unfortunately I don't have any scales so I don't no the weight altho I'm pretty certain it's over double figures. . 

Anyway guys thanks for looking and enjoy the pic. 

[forest of dean redneck 11,543]

Well it's bigger than a jack pike so well done.

[Scotty1980 2]

Great catch buddy,  well done. 

[C.green 3,229]

Nice one he looks like hes living well ??

[toby63 1,236]

12 hours ago, 8shot said:

Had a trip to glasson dock armed with some herring and writhin a couple of hours I bagged myself my first pike. 

I called over another fisherman and he shown me the correct way to handle the fish for unhooking. (Beer owned)?

Unfortunately I don't have any scales so I don't no the weight altho I'm pretty certain it's over double figures. . 

Anyway guys thanks for looking and enjoy the pic. 

was you fishing the mouth of the canal 

[8shot 191]

11 hours ago, toby63 said:

was you fishing the mouth of the canal 

Indeed I was mate.. was going to head there tomorrow bit not sure if it will be iced over. 

[toby63 1,236]

41 minutes ago, 8shot said:

Indeed I was mate.. was going to head there tomorrow bit not sure if it will be iced over. 

do you fish it often

[8shot 191]

32 minutes ago, toby63 said:

do you fish it often

That was my first time bud. ?

[toby63 1,236]

42 minutes ago, 8shot said:

That was my first time bud. ?

ok i used to fish it alot . i you cast to the right of that slipway on oposite side at the mouth of canal or if that big boat there get your rods tight to it .lamprey is a good bait on there. also big jerkbaits do well . just a few pointers for you .i aint fished it for a while . average depth is about 15ft and around 10 near mouth of canal

Edited December 11, 2017 by toby63

[8shot 191]

5 minutes ago, toby63 said:

ok i used to fish it alot . i you cast to the right of that slipway on oposite side at the mouth of canal or if that big boat there get your rods tight to it .lamprey is a good bait on there. also big jerkbaits do well . just a few pointers for you .i aint fished it for a while . average depth is about 15ft and around 10 near mouth of canal

Good man thanks for the advice.. I was fishing the right hand side of the slipway and popped a herring right in front of a converted life boat.. . A lad called Keith who was there with his dad helped me out.. also chatting his old man said I could go ferreting with him as have no land up here at all. 

[delswal 3,819]

On 11/12/2017 at 13:09, 8shot said:

Good man thanks for the advice.. I was fishing the right hand side of the slipway and popped a herring right in front of a converted life boat.. . A lad called Keith who was there with his dad helped me out.. also chatting his old man said I could go ferreting with him as have no land up here at all. 

Can't be bad, got your first pike and a decent one at that, and an invite for ferreting, guess you were using the right bait eh 

 

Tidy job well done 

[polonose00 21]

epic first pike!!!!!!

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Guessed weight at 12_13 lb mate .might get the bug for pike now then ?

[neil r 1,844]

On 11/12/2017 at 07:38, toby63 said:

was you fishing the mouth of the canal 

When I used to fish there I used to put one rod across to the boats on the other side and drop one straight down off the rod top on a sunken float paternoster rigged big herring right at the corner of the canal/basin . Had pike to 20 from there and loads of other doubles but strangely only ever had one jack 

[tatsblisters 9,508]

Looks in good condition great to know theirs some left in some canals as they have took a battering in the south Yorkshire navigation canal near me from Eastern Europeans.