Richard Harvey

Hi, I think these are two seperate Pike that have been carried hanging on that string, the smaller Pike was put on the string first then the larger pike was added. This means the head of the smaller pike was forced up under the gill plate by the weight of the larger pike and held in place by the sharp gill rackers, then the days 'catch' was layed on the deck for a photo before taking them home for the pan,you can see the shape of the gill plate covering the smaller pikes head. Thats my opinion anyway ! A good photo anyway:) Richard

Hi, I think these are two seperate Pike that have been carried hanging on that string, the smaller Pike was put on the string first then the larger pike was added. This means the head of the smaller pike was forced up under the gill plate by the weight of the larger pike and held in place by the sharp gill rackers, then the days 'catch' was layed on the deck for a photo before taking them home for the pan,you can see the shape of the gill plate covering the smaller pikes head. Thats my opinion anyway ! A good photo anyway:) Richard

Hi Mk, I 'Spin' for Pike etc most of the time and use 50lb power=pro braid which i tie straight on to my wire trace. I have had no problems that would require the use of a mono shock leader, just set your clutch to give line around the same as you would for your say 14lb mono,keep a slight angle in your rod (=not pointing straight at the spinner on retrieve )and just lift rod and bend into a fish instead of giving a big hard strike that is often required to set hooks with mono due to it's strech fator. I haven't used lower B.S.braid for spinning but some do,as long as you follow the above you should be O.K. but the only problem i can think that you may have is that if you use lower B.S. braid and you use larger/heavier lures/plugs then there is a chance of snapping off if you go for a big long cast and put a lot of power into the cast. If you are only going to be using 'Spinners' then 15-20lb b.S braid may do, i know some of the others here like Steve Burke use lighter braid for Perch spinning and they may add to this. Hope this helps a bit, Regards ,Richard [ 01 April 2002, 03:15 PM: Message edited by: Richard Harvey ]

Hi Mk, I 'Spin' for Pike etc most of the time and use 50lb power=pro braid which i tie straight on to my wire trace. I have had no problems that would require the use of a mono shock leader, just set your clutch to give line around the same as you would for your say 14lb mono,keep a slight angle in your rod (=not pointing straight at the spinner on retrieve )and just lift rod and bend into a fish instead of giving a big hard strike that is often required to set hooks with mono due to it's strech fator. I haven't used lower B.S.braid for spinning but some do,as long as you follow the above you should be O.K. but the only problem i can think that you may have is that if you use lower B.S. braid and you use larger/heavier lures/plugs then there is a chance of snapping off if you go for a big long cast and put a lot of power into the cast. If you are only going to be using 'Spinners' then 15-20lb b.S braid may do, i know some of the others here like Steve Burke use lighter braid for Perch spinning and they may add to this. Hope this helps a bit, Regards ,Richard [ 01 April 2002, 03:15 PM: Message edited by: Richard Harvey ]