This afternoon I had a couple of hours to spare, and as it was wonderful weather I thought I'd have another go at lure fishing the canal - my second time of doing so, read about the first below.
I was hoping for a personal best perch, pike, or maybe even a first zander.
Over a couple of hours, I hooked two fish, one came off but was quite small and felt like a perch. The other take resulted in a nice jack pike of about 3 pounds.
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| 3 pound jack pike |
I wasn't expecting a great deal today, I spent a lot of time playing with different techniques to make the lure behave in different ways.
The lure I have been catching pike on is a rubber artificial baby pike lure, with a jerky retrieving method.
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| Baby pike lure |
Today was great for improving lure retrieval techniques and for improving casting accuracy. Hopefully next time I can catch an even bigger specimen, there are pike rumoured to reach 20 pounds in the area! A zander is my main species target now, as I have until June before moving back to Middlesbrough, and they don't get that far north.
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