Pike, snow and photoperiod

[Anderoo]

it has caused uproar on another forum

 

I'll bet!

 

Nice fish Den, hope you get your monster...

[Dick Dastardly]

What was the point of your post ESSOXWARRIOR?

[poledark]

Well, still no monster, but got the 15 again and 4 others, all but one of these were doubles and all different fish from yesterdays. They all put up a scrap, so def more active, and all with nice full tummies I know there is a 17 and a 19 and a 20 living close by......................

 

Den

[Andy Macfarlane]

Well, still no monster, but got the 15 again and 4 others, all but one of these were doubles and all different fish from yesterdays. They all put up a scrap, so def more active, and all with nice full tummies I know there is a 17 and a 19 and a 20 living close by......................

 

Den

 

Hi Den, so what's your thoughts on my photoperiod theory then? You're another piker whose luck seems to have changed for the better in recent outings.

 

.....Regards.....Andy.....

[poledark]

You are probably spot on Andy ....but could just be "time of the year" which amounts to the same thing really.

 

I have always found that things slow up a bit in December, and then pick up as they start to feed up and make eggs.

 

I shall probably give it a miss after the end of Feb..not to fond of fishing for heavily pregnant fish, I have been quite vociferous in the past in favour of a close season for pike. They are very vulnerable when carrying a lot of spawn. Most of this weeks fish are "quite fat"

 

 

Den

[Neil G]

Sounds like your really making hay Den, I'm glad someone is lol

 

As they say though, the best things come to those that wait...reckon I'm going to bag a 30 on the fly in the spring at Chew lol

[poledark]

Neil, when I trout fished Bough Beech some years ago, I hooked a huge pike on a big white "fly". It moved slowly off away from the dam, I shed the anchor and it towed me for a while. The bailiff came out in another boat to help, but then the knot sliipped and the fish was gone. Not long after, they allowed pike fishing and they were getting a few 40+.

 

I still wonder

 

Den

[Grandma]

Pike are normally pretty easy to catch if the conditions are steady, they're also well adapted to thrive in cold water conditions.

 

If there's a sudden change in conditions, it will either encourage them to feed, typically before the event, or put them off feeding.

 

I think what you're seeing now is the fish coming back onto regular feeding now the cold conditions have stabilised.

 

Or it might be the full moon.

 

Or the photoperiod.