Pike

I was thinking that now the weather was colder, I needed to wet a line for Pike. A mate, Karl, who I know from carp fishing mentioned that he had never been after Pike and really wanted to try, so we hooked up and went to a large complex not far from us.
Because of the light fading so fast now its November, we decided to go for a roving approach with one rod and a box of lures to cover more ground and save time.

We arrived at lunchtime and had a few casts in one of the smaller lakes, and discussed Lures and types of retrieval. No takes saw us move to the largest lake. We spent the afternoon strolling round under all the oaks trees, chucking lures and spoons along margins and into the distance, but nothing grabbed them.

After moving round to the top of the lake, we found a fantastic walkway that led around under trees over a foot of water, very reminiscent of a mangrove swamp. It was clearly made with a lot of effort and work.


We discovered a cracking swim, in a narrow inlet, with trees opposite. We spent the last of the day there trying all sorts of diff lures. No takes gave me the idea of trying for Perch instead, so I clipped on a tiny little 1inch Heddon Torpedo surface lure, that skims along just a few inches below the top. On the second cast, just feet from the bank, there was a swirl, and an angry jack pike thrashed the water in front of me.


We fished until it the light faded so much we could barely see the trees and gave in, but at least we didn't blank.
Karl had fun and seems very keen to try again. He wants a Pike!
Im sure we'll be going again soon :-)