fortymick

brilliant advice and a joy to read your posts................are you mr crabtree!!!!! lol

George i have only joined today and as i said the lad has only just takin over the runnin of the club he will send me out my clubcard but im not sure about the other things?? will have to look into that but hopefully that will all come as well, thanks for the reply though. cheers mick

lol hello Brian gis a clue then.........just joined the wilton club but the lad who has taken over wasnt to sure of where the stretches are excatly.........was down yarm the other day and the terrible twosome had been there bivvied out all night piking now thats commitment it must have been minus 4 daytime so god only knows what it was through the night!!!!

hi all just wondering if any one knows which stretches of the river tees you can fish if your a member of this amalagamation??? cheers Mick.

thanks for your input guys Wayne i know what your sayin about finding a hotspot easier said than done sometimes though as im sure you know,im not sure whether the pike would take a live over a easy meal of a dead?? its one to ponder most pedators will pick of the injured old or dying as it saves them using energy,but as to wot appeals to a pike more i dont know, Dales there was a article in anglers mail sometime ago where Ian welch used chopped up fish in a feeder whilst piking to some good affect but even then he didnt have anyone to comprare his results too either, in my eyes anything thats gives you a chance of puttin more fish on the bank is at least worth a go. Brian replied to ya in other forum mate Cheers Mick.

Hi All Ive been out and about on the bank on my local river with mixed results,as in blanked a few days then couple of pike between 9 and 11 lb on the days inbetween,dont know what you guys think of this method ive started using with some success, instead of the lead wieght i sometimes use a feeder with maggot instead, My thinkin behind this is the maggots will attract the silvers which in turn will attract the pike,i have had results doing this but ive not actaully carried out any sort of comparison catch rate?? just be interested to here if anyone else does this,i have and do normally also spray maggots around where i think my bait is lying for the same affect but i feel using a feeder is much more accurate and gives me that little bit more confidence as i know the maggots are being dispersed more or less on top and around my dead bait,whats your views???

Well done Dave that certanley is some achievment, im wondering now you mention AM needing more variety is that why weve had three weeks of sea fishing tips using coarse gear?? or are the boys just on a seaside jolly Cheers Mick.

Cheers for that Brian i have as youve probaly guessed from another forum ive been down there a few times recently and had a few all in great condition and all returned safely still its good to know about the do in the water i gotta admit id forgot all about high force acting as a great big airetor,maybe ill meet you on the bank one day and i can pick up some tips and help from you theorys one thing but you cant beat been shown it in practice. Cheers Mick.

Theirs Also a article in this weeks anglers mail about this boat its priced at £1,692 new but thats without the motor and carry bag i would presume, gotta admit it does look like a crackin bit of kit and if i had the money i would get one maybe ill sell me caravan for one missuss would never allow it lol

completeley ignore nor my homer sinpson moment there dapper lol forgot its the titles of the new catching series dvds lol

Hi dapper what channel are those progs on?? ive missed me evening fishing since discovery shed stopped showing it every night Cheers Mick

I stand corrected i always get that fact muddled up as i was typing i was umming and arring to think was it lower or higher, still i think i got the point i was tryin to make across, next time ill stay clear of the science bit newt

Couldnt agree more with Waynes excellent advice the only thing i would add to that is to give the fish time plenty of time to recover especially at this time of year when oxygen levels in the water are higher which tends to make the pike fight harder than normal,pike me look like tough fish but in fact they are one of the most delicate fish and are easily damaged so be very careful with them when handling, i would really suggest as wayne says to go with a experienced piker, apart rom all that enjoy yourself.

I also have the first three and have been eagerly awaiting these realeses its just a shame it never got took up by any of the main tv chanels i think that the way it has been filmed would have appealled to non anglers as well just as a nice watch!! dont know if anyone has seen caught in time with Chris Yates i think it was a prequil or maybe even a sequil to passion but its also a great watch if you ever get the chance to see it .

Thanks guys really do appreciate all the info cawood is now on my list looks like a good site,also the lakes info is great,....Brian ive met Bob watson and Gino both members of pac up here and i keep meaning to attend the meetings up here are they still holding them first tue of each month at the coxhoe club?? i may well have met you on the local river im there during the season most days work permiting, thanks for the site info,i cant pm at the mo think i need to post 16 times to allow me to do this,but if you want to pm me any other places mum will be the word, cheers brian. Mick.

Hi All im new to the site so not sure if im posting this in the right area but here goes neways......Im hoping you can help me im lookin for a touring caravan/campsite within about a hours or so drive from Teesside that has a water that holds Pike ive searched the web and asked on camping forums ive found plenty that have lakes on them but most dont list what is stocked and it would cost me a small fortune to ring them all and ask so as i say im hoping some one here can point me in the right direction. Also im thinking of heading over to the lakes in a few weeks time,ive been told that ulswater holds no pike but several of the other lakes do the obvious being windermere,is it possible to fish for them from the bank as im tryin to keep costs down and dont really want to hire a boat, i know im askin for a lot of info but it really will be apprecciated. Cheers Mick.