Registered: 22/04/02
Posts: 517
Loc: Walthamstow, London
After reading about a 34lb pike in Angler Mail coming out of a nearby fishery I decided have a look and came close to doing a Nige Williams.
On my second session, 100 meters up the bank, someone had it on a small rubber shad, first cast. It weighed 31lb. Last weekend, on my third session I struggled to get a swim and had no chance.
Most people fishing for pike where using carp indicators. Bobbins and baitrunners ! I think that’s bad angling.
Any thought’s on the ultimate low resistance rigs for spooky pike ? I would appreciate brainstorming a few ideas to help with my hunt.
#325845 - 15/01/0812:19 AMRe: 34lb pike,baitrunners and bobbins
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Filthy_AnimalFilthy_Animal
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Registered: 03/09/03
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Loc: Polar bear country
As long as resistance is constant I don't think it matters really, although these days I only use the baitrunner function on rivers or when fishing free roving lives, both using floats of course.
Decent run rings and a heavy ish lead combined with tight line, rod pointed directly at the bait with a drop off indicator set correctly (touching the spool) so that as soon as a fish takes the bait it drops off leaving no resistance is the best I've found.
#326205 - 19/01/0809:10 AMRe: 34lb pike,baitrunners and bobbins
[Re: Filthy_Animal]
lancj1lancj1
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my own indicators consist of Table Tennis balls, a gardner line clip(the ajustable rubber band type)in one end, a looped length of amnesia out the other side to connect to the rest...painted fluro red.
Needs to be at the spool to indicate drop backs. I never use buzzers for piking after an experience many years ago at Lochmaben were the only indication I got from three pike, on the trot, was line twitching. Well hooked too.
The marketed pike bobbins are all s4ite
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#326989 - 29/01/0809:19 PMRe: 34lb pike,baitrunners and bobbins
[Re: karpkisser]
Filthy_AnimalFilthy_Animal
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Registered: 03/09/03
Posts: 1418
Loc: Polar bear country
You can bet everyone will be horded around where it last came out. Seen it happen on local waters, one in particular where a whole stretch of bank was full of divvy pikers after the one 30. Needless to say they all blanked yet people at the opposite quiet end of the lake had several fish each.
Unfortunately it sounds like this 30 is going to be hounded to death like.