Safe in the knowledge that Bev would be perfectly happy to mooch around in her "jim-jams" until I got home, it was an early morning drive across to the marsh for my second Pike session of the new season. Two baits positioned before 07.00 hrs, it was a joy to be on the bank just to witness the sun rise above the Eastern horizon.
I had only allowed myself three hours, so it was a major bonus when, at 08.40 hrs, a "Back-biter" burst into song as a Pike picked up my Herring tail section (dyed Yellow and flavoured with mixed fish oils). A fairly mundane tustle resulted in a nicely marked Pike, of 15 lbs 15 oz, visiting the bank. A fish which I first caught in 2019, thus testament to the catch and release ethos and everything which the PAC strives to promote in these, Carp dominated, times
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| 22nd November 2023 - 15 lbs 15 oz |
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| 10th February 2019 - 12 lbs 7 oz |
I am currently in the process of cobbling together a post based upon Jim Gibbinson's 1983 Pike chapter in his wonderful "Modern Specimen Hunting". With forty years to think about it, surely I'll have some opinions worth sharing? Don't hold your breathe, it will appear at some point in the future.
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