Picking out the bigger Pike
-
- Stickleback
- Posts: 9
- Joined: Sat Oct 10 2015 12:36
- Location: Enfield
Picking out the bigger Pike
Can it be as simple as chucking out a larger bait or is it about finding those sneaky little locations that prey would never suspect a thing. Will you still get them next to the shallower snaggy areas when the water temperature really starts to drop?
- dave-newman
- Chub
- Posts: 1083
- Joined: Wed May 29 2013 05:00
- Location: East Side....
Re: Picking out the bigger Pike
All about location......
-
- Zander
- Posts: 9951
- Joined: Tue Nov 06 2012 06:00
- Location: Cambs
Re: Picking out the bigger Pike
And vac packed tench
Cheers Alan
Cheers Alan
"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity" Seneca, some Roman chap.
- dave-newman
- Chub
- Posts: 1083
- Joined: Wed May 29 2013 05:00
- Location: East Side....
Re: Picking out the bigger Pike
cookiesdaughtersdad wrote:oooooooooo very naughty to a certain few match angler mates i have , but where do i get some?And vac packed tench
Cheers Alan
-
- Stickleback
- Posts: 9
- Joined: Sat Oct 10 2015 12:36
- Location: Enfield
Re: Picking out the bigger Pike
Funnily enough the lakes have plenty of tench in them. Can you actually get tench dead baits anywhere?
- Andrew
- Bailiff
- Posts: 15496
- Joined: Wed Nov 02 2011 05:00
Re: Picking out the bigger Pike
I know it was on here a while ago the same thing was discussed, im still not convinced (entirely) that bigger baits equals bigger pike. been talking to a couple of oldies about 20 plussers taking wee black buzzer flies, oxo cubed size chunks of dead bait, and sticklebacks
put it past their face and if they want it they will have it regardless of size imo.
put it past their face and if they want it they will have it regardless of size imo.
-
- Zander
- Posts: 9951
- Joined: Tue Nov 06 2012 06:00
- Location: Cambs
Re: Picking out the bigger Pike
smudger wrote:Im not sure and I bet they would be expensive but the reference to tench as many on here will know is down to the "possibility" that someone pushed a tench down a pikes throat to make it weigh more and so they "picked out the bigger pike"Funnily enough the lakes have plenty of tench in them. Can you actually get tench dead baits anywhere?
(now you know face)
Cheers Alan
"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity" Seneca, some Roman chap.
-
- Gudgeon
- Posts: 68
- Joined: Mon Nov 16 2015 20:20
Re: Picking out the bigger Pike
Know wonder you can never catch small tench under a pound
Often found the good Pike waters hold good stocks of tench,
Regards Bluedog
Often found the good Pike waters hold good stocks of tench,
Regards Bluedog
- Fenlandesox
- Jack Pike
- Posts: 314
- Joined: Thu Jul 30 2015 05:59
Re: Picking out the bigger Pike
the rule of thumb is deads produce bigger pike. i would keep on trucking and play the numbers game if you are allready catching. some waters only produce small pike remember. i would have one rod with a very large bait and one with a regular of live bait if i was really keen for a big one. normally around uk spring time (end of season) i go for my pb card and only fish big whole baits in the hope for a bigger fish. when its getting colder i just fish for anything pike wise. oh, and try bottom fished baits if you are not allready doing so. the internet would have you believe big fish are the norm but its not. my p.b. is 25.2 (fen drain fish) and have only had around 3 20+ excluding that one in almost 20 years and i consider myself lucky and am happy with that result in times where a sub 30 is a bit lame. maybe this weekend? good luck....
-
- Stickleback
- Posts: 9
- Joined: Sat Oct 10 2015 12:36
- Location: Enfield
Re: Picking out the bigger Pike
Fenlandesox wrote:When you say fish on the bottom do you mean literally flat on the bottom or close and slightly popped up. When you fish flat on the bottom is bite indication different on the buzzers.the rule of thumb is deads produce bigger pike. i would keep on trucking and play the numbers game if you are allready catching. some waters only produce small pike remember. i would have one rod with a very large bait and one with a regular of live bait if i was really keen for a big one. normally around uk spring time (end of season) i go for my pb card and only fish big whole baits in the hope for a bigger fish. when its getting colder i just fish for anything pike wise. oh, and try bottom fished baits if you are not allready doing so. the internet would have you believe big fish are the norm but its not. my p.b. is 25.2 (fen drain fish) and have only had around 3 20+ excluding that one in almost 20 years and i consider myself lucky and am happy with that result in times where a sub 30 is a bit lame. maybe this weekend? good luck....
-
- Gudgeon
- Posts: 65
- Joined: Sun Dec 01 2013 14:40
Re: Picking out the bigger Pike
Its all about the right water. If they aint in there you wont catch them simple
-
- Barbel
- Posts: 4856
- Joined: Sat Oct 22 2011 05:00
- Location: central jockland
Re: Picking out the bigger Pike
Big baits can help but a smallish pike will still have a go at things almost it's own size.. when you get bigger pike on large baits, it's often because you fish that large bait in an area you suspect large pike will be! So location would be the important thing, chances are the large pike would have still taken a smaller bait fished in the same spot.
'Politicians. Don't vote, it just encourages them. The desire to be a politician should bar you from life from ever being one' Billy Connoly
-
- Roach
- Posts: 141
- Joined: Thu Dec 22 2011 06:00
- Location: Suffolk
Re: Picking out the bigger Pike
it depends on location and time of year...I've had a number of 20's on tiny smelt towards the tail of the season...some waters its a big mackerel tail that does the job..