| #1  10-15-2011, 07:33 AM | |||
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| 1st day out piking in about 6 years! well, as the title says, i went out on my first piking trip in many years, chosen location Fiddleford mill, Sturminster newton, river Stour. cloudy day with some rain in the air and we arrived at dawn. a smallish weir with lush vegetation and slow flow. 4 rods out between 2 anglers, 2 on bottom dead baits and 2 on float dead baits. between us we had 5 or 6 runs but they only resulted with 1 fish on the bank. i lost a PB pike on float fished roach which screamed off at high speed taking line from my reel (dam knot gave way! pah!). anyways, here's the pick of me with my pike:  __________________ www.riverswayonline.co.uk     |
| #2 10-15-2011, 07:51 AM | ||||
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| Re: 1st day out piking in about 6 years! nice one  dave __________________ www.exmouthsaa.co.uk 24 beers in a case and 24 hours in a day simples You won't know unless you go :D...and if you do go!! please let us know :D as thats how the forum thrives |
| #3 10-15-2011, 08:17 AM | ||||
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| Re: 1st day out piking in about 6 years! Cracking fish Andy ,shame about the one that got away ,but theres always next time  __________________ Mike.. Take nothing but pictures, Leave nothing but footprints, Kill nothing but time Mike`s Fishing Photo Gallery |
| #4 10-15-2011, 08:21 AM | ||||
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| Re: 1st day out piking in about 6 years! great pike,shame about the one that leged it but theres always next time??  Andy __________________ Im worried that if i die my misses will sell my fishing gear for the price i said i paid for it!!!! |
| #6 10-21-2011, 08:15 AM | ||||
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| Re: 1st day out piking in about 6 years! Gratz mate I fished that stretch a month or so ago, no pike but a 2.5lb perch and my first eel at 4.5lb so chuffed anyawy!! Definately gonna fish it again when the weather cools down a little, some big fish to be had there!! __________________ Species for 2011: Pike, Perch, Chub, Roach, Silver Eel, Thorn Back Ray. |
| #8 10-21-2011, 11:23 AM | |||
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| Re: 1st day out piking in about 6 years! Quote:
i've been a keen angler for 23 years, and have also used the same 5 1/1 turn blood knots throughout. just unlucky me thinks. __________________ www.riverswayonline.co.uk |
| #9 10-21-2011, 11:47 AM | ||||
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| Re: 1st day out piking in about 6 years! have you ever tried a grinner? That's a knot that is much less prone to slipping than a simple blood. Good luck anyway :) |
| #10 10-21-2011, 01:08 PM | ||||
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| Re: 1st day out piking in about 6 years! Nice report, and picture. shame about the lost PB, bad luck. Like Bungz said try the Grinner knot (Richard Walker named it after his sons knickname 'Grinner'), not only is it a safer knot but it doesn't put so much stress on the line at the knot, and after a little practice is just as simple to tie. Best of luck next time, at least you had a nice pike anyway __________________ My Web Site (The Average Coarse Angler) Happiness is Fish Shaped (It used to be woman shaped but the wifes getting on a bit now) |
