Pike-Time - first day targeting pike on The Wye, sunrise to sunset. And I think it's going to be tough; I've seen a lot of otters over the summer and although the pike population does seem to be increasing overall on the river I wonder how many are still in the sections I'm fishing?
I expect a few blanks - so I was delighted when my float bobbed and slid under. A jack to start the season - not a big fish - but a pike is a pike and I love 'em! A lot of miles covered over the rest of the day but that was the only action - more to follow I hope...
I had the camera set up for dogfish in the dark and didn't check the photo until I had release the pike - at least it wasn't a thirty :-)
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Hopefully many more to come Brian !! Look forward to your future catch reports
ReplyDeleteHopefully many more - I’ll stick at it!
DeleteA pike is a pike and hard earned by the sound of it.
ReplyDeleteThink they are all going to be hard earned this season - don’t think they are there in anyway near the numbers they used to be.
DeleteIt's a start mate and fingers crossed the Wye continues to fine down and we get a few frosts and concentrate the Bleak. I have a good feeling you will find a few!
ReplyDeleteJust so long as the floods are few and far between - but I don’t fancy my chances of that - I’ll get them when I can…
DeleteJust need a few weeks of steady weather at a time, I don't think floods occasionally are a bad thing because it'll gather everything up again, which will turn make your life a little easier. But you are right, I want plenty of time out for Dace, Pike, Grayling etc and I need rivers within their banks for that!
DeleteSo long as it’s not months of flood at a time! But I think it’s supposed to be a wet winter :-(
DeleteGood start Brian
ReplyDeleteCheers, every trip that returns a pike is a result - chipping away at my target.
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