The Pikers Pit

Another article added to the Pike Pool.

A great little tale this time from forum regular Jason Skilton about his first zander trip with predator specialist Mark Phillips. Read it here:

http://thepikepool.blogspot.com/2011/10 ... ilton.html

Stizostedion lucioperca is the correct latin chris

Another good read

Nice story Jason.

Many years ago my mate Marc and myself were fishing the little Ouse for Pike.

When we got chatting to another angler, and Zander came up in the conversation.

Neither of us had caught one, and as the Pike had gone off the feed the other angler

pointed us in the direction of Hilgay bridge.

He said we would be sure to catch one there.

So of we went to find what I believe from memory was the relief channel.

We put out a couple of rods each and proceded to catch 10 Zander (5 each)

That is the extent of my Zander fishing and I have no desire to catch another one.

Another good read from Jason. Thats x 5 now. Its the first thing i look for on the forum now, hoping there's another Pike Pool article to upload, make a cuppa and have a read

rob

That's a nice little tale and another positive indictment of this forum and it's members.

(Good stuff face)

Donky123 wrote:

Stizostedion lucioperca is the correct latin chris

I'm sure Jason will be grateful for your input. Me personally, I call em Zeds.

Good to hear there's still people reading and enjoying the PP stuff. I agree with you all, a nice little story from Jason and a tick in old Yoda's good egg chart.

phil.c wrote:

Nice story Jason.

Many years ago my mate Marc and myself were fishing the little Ouse for Pike.

When we got chatting to another angler, and Zander came up in the conversation.

Neither of us had caught one, and as the Pike had gone off the feed the other angler

pointed us in the direction of Hilgay bridge.

He said we would be sure to catch one there.

So of we went to find what I believe from memory was the relief channel.

We put out a couple of rods each and proceded to catch 10 Zander (5 each)

That is the extent of my Zander fishing and I have no desire to catch another one.

Did you not enjoy the experience then Phil?

Although I seem to find increasingly less time to fish for Zeds with each season I can think of few more rewarding sights than the sparkling greens and golds of a nice zander caught in the beam of a head-torch in the folds of your landing net. A truly striking fish!

ChristopherH wrote:

phil.c wrote:

Nice story Jason.

Many years ago my mate Marc and myself were fishing the little Ouse for Pike.

When we got chatting to another angler, and Zander came up in the conversation.

Neither of us had caught one, and as the Pike had gone off the feed the other angler

pointed us in the direction of Hilgay bridge.

He said we would be sure to catch one there.

So of we went to find what I believe from memory was the relief channel.

We put out a couple of rods each and proceded to catch 10 Zander (5 each)

That is the extent of my Zander fishing and I have no desire to catch another one.

Did you not enjoy the experience then Phil?

Although I seem to find increasingly less time to fish for Zeds with each season I can think of few more rewarding sights than the sparkling greens and golds of a nice zander caught in the beam of a head-torch in the folds of your landing net. A truly striking fish!

Chris I enjoyed it on the day.

And the fact that I actually got to see and handle one for the first time.

But to be honest as a target fish they don't float my boat.

phil.c wrote:

ChristopherH wrote:

phil.c wrote:

Nice story Jason.

Many years ago my mate Marc and myself were fishing the little Ouse for Pike.

When we got chatting to another angler, and Zander came up in the conversation.

Neither of us had caught one, and as the Pike had gone off the feed the other angler

pointed us in the direction of Hilgay bridge.

He said we would be sure to catch one there.

So of we went to find what I believe from memory was the relief channel.

We put out a couple of rods each and proceded to catch 10 Zander (5 each)

That is the extent of my Zander fishing and I have no desire to catch another one.

Did you not enjoy the experience then Phil?

Although I seem to find increasingly less time to fish for Zeds with each season I can think of few more rewarding sights than the sparkling greens and golds of a nice zander caught in the beam of a head-torch in the folds of your landing net. A truly striking fish!

Chris I enjoyed it on the day.

And the fact that I actually got to see and handle one for the first time.

But to be honest as a target fish they don't float my boat.

Fair enough mate.

its going well chris, wil read that later cool pic you have there do alot of pikeling myself

Morning All.....Cheers for the comments lads.......and many thanks to Mark Philips for taking me out to one of his old swims for a zed session .....hope to get many more in

........and Mark I would love to have ago at the vertical jigging with you sometime;)

enjoyable read again, good work Jason

Another good read Chris, well done Jason, i love a bit of zed chasing

Great article Jason/Chris im quite lucky to be right next to the Fens but its nice to hear from somebody else's point of view who does not have it on the doorstep good read buddy

Donky123 wrote:

Stizostedion lucioperca is the correct latin chris

Stizostedion lucioperca........think so.....

Nice read there Jason well done.

Can somebody please email me when this revolutionary stuff that we were promised will arrive please.

Considering that we were supposed to be getting something that was supposedly better than PnP personally I am pretty underwhelmed.

merlin wrote:

Can somebody please email me when this revolutionary stuff that we were promised will arrive please.

Considering that we were supposed to be getting something that was supposedly better than PnP personally I am pretty underwhelmed.

Mark, What would you like to see then?????

merlin wrote:

Can somebody please email me when this revolutionary stuff that we were promised will arrive please.

Considering that we were supposed to be getting something that was supposedly better than PnP personally I am pretty underwhelmed.

Pretty much on Par with your writing Mark....

I see the photo of your Irish 24 pounder appeared in P&P again...

It's about time you as an angling (said loosely ) writer should start catching something.

Good read Jason, I enjoyed it

Jason Skilton PAC wrote:

merlin wrote:

Can somebody please email me when this revolutionary stuff that we were promised will arrive please.

Considering that we were supposed to be getting something that was supposedly better than PnP personally I am pretty underwhelmed.

Mark, What would you like to see then?????

Well without wishing to offend anyone most of what has appeared on the PP so far quite rightly wouldnt have got near a published magazine in a million years or shouldnt have. Chris's paste article and Lumby;s piece being the exceptions.

Without wishing to offend because I believe its your first go Jason your piece whilst ok on a blog or diary is lacking a lot if detail which the Ed should be asking you for. as an example, you mention that you switched to roach, but neglected to say if it was live or dead, believe it or not people are bothered and do want to know.

Also there are still numerous spelling mistakes or bad english present.

merlin wrote:

Jason Skilton PAC wrote:

merlin wrote:

Can somebody please email me when this revolutionary stuff that we were promised will arrive please.

Considering that we were supposed to be getting something that was supposedly better than PnP personally I am pretty underwhelmed.

Mark, What would you like to see then?????

Well without wishing to offend anyone most of what has appeared on the PP so far quite rightly wouldnt have got near a published magazine in a million years or shouldnt have. Chris's paste article and Lumby;s piece being the exceptions.

Without wishing to offend because I believe its your first go Jason your piece whilst ok on a blog or diary is lacking a lot if detail which the Ed should be asking you for. as an example, you mention that you switched to roach, but neglected to say if it was live or dead, believe it or not people are bothered and do want to know.

Also there are still numerous spelling mistakes or bad english present.

Wrap up Mark, these are nice storys, written by anglers for anglers, which is what the people want (believe it or not).

So don't start up with your little digs at this new project, I think Chris and his writters are doing a fine job.

merlin wrote:

Jason Skilton PAC wrote:

merlin wrote:

Can somebody please email me when this revolutionary stuff that we were promised will arrive please.

Considering that we were supposed to be getting something that was supposedly better than PnP personally I am pretty underwhelmed.

Mark, What would you like to see then?????

Well without wishing to offend anyone most of what has appeared on the PP so far quite rightly wouldnt have got near a published magazine in a million years or shouldnt have. Chris's paste article and Lumby;s piece being the exceptions.

Without wishing to offend because I believe its your first go Jason your piece whilst ok on a blog or diary is lacking a lot if detail which the Ed should be asking you for. as an example, you mention that you switched to roach, but neglected to say if it was live or dead, believe it or not people are bothered and do want to know.

Also there are still numerous spelling mistakes or bad english present.

Thanks for the comments Mark. I'm really pleased to know we can count you as a reader too, the audience number seems quite impressive already. I'm sure we'll all take your points onboard and strive to do better in future.

merlin wrote:

Jason Skilton PAC wrote:

merlin wrote:

Can somebody please email me when this revolutionary stuff that we were promised will arrive please.

Considering that we were supposed to be getting something that was supposedly better than PnP personally I am pretty underwhelmed.

Mark, What would you like to see then?????

Well without wishing to offend anyone most of what has appeared on the PP so far quite rightly wouldnt have got near a published magazine in a million years or shouldnt have. Chris's paste article and Lumby;s piece being the exceptions.

Without wishing to offend because I believe its your first go Jason your piece whilst ok on a blog or diary is lacking a lot if detail which the Ed should be asking you for. as an example, you mention that you switched to roach, but neglected to say if it was live or dead, believe it or not people are bothered and do want to know.

Also there are still numerous spelling mistakes or bad english present.

Which is why i dont sent aticles to be bublished Mark,no offence taken.

Pete

merlin wrote:

Jason Skilton PAC wrote:

merlin wrote:

Can somebody please email me when this revolutionary stuff that we were promised will arrive please.

Considering that we were supposed to be getting something that was supposedly better than PnP personally I am pretty underwhelmed.

Mark, What would you like to see then?????

Well without wishing to offend anyone most of what has appeared on the PP so far quite rightly wouldnt have got near a published magazine in a million years or shouldnt have. Chris's paste article and Lumby;s piece being the exceptions.

Without wishing to offend because I believe its your first go Jason your piece whilst ok on a blog or diary is lacking a lot if detail which the Ed should be asking you for. as an example, you mention that you switched to roach, but neglected to say if it was live or dead, believe it or not people are bothered and do want to know.

Also there are still numerous spelling mistakes or bad english present.

Does it not say in the second paragraph that he had plenty of roach and skimmers in the cool bag along with lamprey?



Its Lumby's piece btw, not Lumby;s piece

AndyOBrien wrote:

merlin wrote:

Jason Skilton PAC wrote:

merlin wrote:

Can somebody please email me when this revolutionary stuff that we were promised will arrive please.

Considering that we were supposed to be getting something that was supposedly better than PnP personally I am pretty underwhelmed.

Mark, What would you like to see then?????

Well without wishing to offend anyone most of what has appeared on the PP so far quite rightly wouldnt have got near a published magazine in a million years or shouldnt have. Chris's paste article and Lumby;s piece being the exceptions.

Without wishing to offend because I believe its your first go Jason your piece whilst ok on a blog or diary is lacking a lot if detail which the Ed should be asking you for. as an example, you mention that you switched to roach, but neglected to say if it was live or dead, believe it or not people are bothered and do want to know.

Also there are still numerous spelling mistakes or bad english present.

Wrap up Mark, these are nice storys, written by anglers for anglers, which is what the people want (believe it or not).

So don't start up with your little digs at this new project, I think Chris and his writters are doing a fine job.

look at the top banner Andy "Freedom of speech for all". Well I am excercising that right, if you dont like it I really couldnt give a rats a**e.

merlin wrote:

Jason Skilton PAC wrote:

merlin wrote:

Can somebody please email me when this revolutionary stuff that we were promised will arrive please.

Considering that we were supposed to be getting something that was supposedly better than PnP personally I am pretty underwhelmed.

Mark, What would you like to see then?????

Well without wishing to offend anyone most of what has appeared on the PP so far quite rightly wouldnt have got near a published magazine in a million years or shouldnt have. Chris's paste article and Lumby;s piece being the exceptions.

Without wishing to offend because I believe its your first go Jason your piece whilst ok on a blog or diary is lacking a lot if detail which the Ed should be asking you for. as an example, you mention that you switched to roach, but neglected to say if it was live or dead, believe it or not people are bothered and do want to know.

Also there are still numerous spelling mistakes or bad english present.

Mark, it really isn't my style to pick up on peoples posts like this, but it amuses me that you finish a post with numerous errors and poor punctuation by highlighting other posters errors!

thats because in posts llike this i dont give a f**k Chris, but it would be different in something serious.