| #1  01-25-2006, 01:50 PM | ||||
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 Parental pressure, pike and points As the missus is still away any fishing I do at moment is very short sessions whilst son is at school (for 2 poxy hours, another long story) of if able too be done on a trip out in pm Woke this morning to lovely crisp frosty scene and decided today was the day for pike!! Well after chatting to guy in tackle shop this morning, got excellent reports on Exeter canal (swans nest area)so decided that was the place to go Collected boy from school and persuaded him we were going for a walk/trip out and not watching star wars for 20th time this week  So took my poor car off roading and found the canal, what a lovely site and you can park right beside,   So got my son to help me decide what lure too use (a small purple/blue rattler from trago mills) and started plugging away RESULT !!!!!  5th or 6th cast get this 3-4lb jack pike (my first ever!!!) caught about 4 feet from the bank and came in like a wet sack!!. Not sure who was more shocked me or the fish  Unhooked easy enough then the fun started as it decided too eat landing net(not fun to unhook from jaws of fish) and then got lure tangled in net, anyway it was returned safely too fight another day No more fish but I know I’ll be back as great fun and more importantly son enjoyed himself as well( although not sure if his handfuls off gravel groundbait helped) __________________ 24 beers in a case and 24 hours in a day , Game on www.exmouthsaa.co.uk I have the body of a God, Pity its Buddha :-0     |
| #2 01-25-2006, 03:42 PM | ||||
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| Re: Parental pressure, pike and points Well done Dave...your first Pike mate great  |
| #4 01-28-2006, 06:51 PM | ||||
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| Re: Parental pressure, pike and points Well done. I am after my first pike for over 25 years. |
| #5 01-28-2006, 11:02 PM | ||||
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| Re: Parental pressure, pike and points nice one dave __________________ obsessed is a word used by the lazy to describe the dedicated .. species hunt team winner 2005 and 2006..with old smoothy.. |
| #6 01-30-2006, 10:13 PM | |||
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| Re: Parental pressure, pike and points way to go pingu nice catch and that canal looks the bollocks too (you sure there is no zander in it looks just right for em ). its a real bind when that happens seems to take for ever to free your hooks but once again welldone to ya did your son enjoy it too ?? tightlines baitmaster  |
