brad

wicked.....dont happen often

sounds a good bait m8....ill keep an eye on e bay then....good luck

i bought a new 5 season bulldog bag last week for £45 brilliant bit of kit.it comes with another bag to slip over the summer one and rated down to minnus 20

sorry strider ive not heard that one...one problem with that is all those knots in your line can't do it any good strengh wise,one resonable fish and that will break....good ole PVA bag will do the job

that is one strange looking fish...it looks like a common-orfe....

hi all...myself and a friend were experimenting last year with various baits and i had a 18lb on a childs milk bottle sweet and my m8 had a very good run on garlic we also had a few on rosey apple sweets :cool:

i make you right m8...i was the only person on a 2acre lake the other day when some woman and her two snoty kids started feeding the ducks and swans not six foot away from me.....amazing

thats a nice looking fish mate..well done!

cheers essex..i havent fished holyfields for ages.ive been targeting the big common from aquatels in basildon for months now...it came out on saturday.to a bloke two swims down at 31lb!!!!

nice fish essex,im from your area myself..was it a day ticket water?

ill have to look in to that mate cheers

silly bait black is an excellent choice.

ive been havin it off on maple 8s at the momment.that and terry hearns the source are doing the biz in essex!!!

one of my local waters the carp are very weary of fresh baits,i always get best results from washed out boillies...basicly the longer the better .

i got 10k of 16m boillie,50 popups,pot of glug and 5k matching pellet for £99 post free from the bait company,they advertise in carp talk every week

mate.i had 10k deliverd last week,i went for the weekend and had 11 fish to 19lb with the best looking mirror at 15lb ive ever seen...my two mates i went with had 3 fish between them..luck or not i love them

valid point poledark,it could be a free for all!on a lot of waters round here we always have problems with poaching.and its mainly kids..

top man

you lucky man 1st fish over a 20lb.i know people who have waited a long time for a fish like that.what did you catch it on?

peter ive been looking at the pike anglers club page again,very usefull information thanks....

i was telling koi carp about vitalin the other day im glad youve picked up on it.its such a versatile feed its ideal in any situation,as youve heard stick some in a blender and then throw in a couple of un~blended handfulls so youve got diffrent sized pieces,add what flavour you like and anything else,i.e hemp corn...its excellent stuff...

not at all trevor...i would suggest finding out as much as you can about the water firt.what species are in there and to what size.secondly what you want to target.you can then start to sort your tactics out. :cool:

belive me the pikes welfare will be of paramount importance to me.i think its best if i go a few times with my friend,ive been fishing for 15 years and had carp & cats to over 30lb,,but as you say they are not pike.what i might do aswell is have a look round a few local waters,just watch a few people for a little while..gather as much info as i can.

as i said my first session will be with an exsperianced angler whos fished for pike for years.i think once ive cought one ill be alright,ive been shown how to hold one correctly.this is all new to me ive been a stubborn carp man for 15years...ive been told a 30lb pike is not like a 30lb carp!!!!

i may sound silly please forgive me,but would a large pike go for a small lure.ive always seen on t.v that the big fish go for live or dead baits or very large lures