New member watford
Posted: Fri Jan 12 2024 16:58
Hello am newbie on site, enjoy reading and learning all the time on here, some excellent advice, love pike fishing, mainly on grand union canal, just back from a short dead bait session..blanked lol, but did have a 15 pounder Xmas eve on a small float fished dead roach which was landed by environmental agent checking my licence..perfect timing because no one believed me lol, not a big lure angler prefer lives and deads on canal and its usaly Jack's and some decent perch to over 2lb, but I'm happy with that, I'm definitely not tech savvy so will prob struggle to get pics up lol was trotting small dead roach this morning on single circle hook but nothing doing so tried half mackerel on float ledger but no takes today....
and welcome 
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so as a camden boy london hampstead heath ponds was our introduction to pike, nothing over 9lbs but we learned as kids that pike were not the monsters of the deep but very fragile fish, nan brought me my first pike books by barrie rickards and Fred buller, we learned to bin the pike gags in our handed down tackle ,and invest in forceps and pliers, to chin the pike without gloves (scrapes n scratches to this day) we only dreamed of the gravel pits and drains and countryside, then driving licences were got and piking got a lot more frustrating lol