An early start saw me on the river by about 8.15am. The river was low, slow and clear – the weather cold, bright and about minus 4 degrees – I must be crackers.
My original intentions were to have a search about on a few swims to see if i could catch any roach or chub using bread flake and liquidised bread. By the time Phil-K turned up at about 9.30 I still hadn’t even got a bite.
Phil had brought his spinning gear with him, so i let him have a few casts through my swim to see if there were pike lurking (pike seem to enjoy a good lurk) in the vicinity. He enjoyed the same amount of luck that i did.
As we both had only a limited amount of time for fishing today we decided to head off towards the city centre to a length of river which we know always holds a few pike. I had my spinning gear in the back of the car so it wasn’t necessary to take any detours on our way into town.
I tackled up with a bright orange Big S plug and used a very slow retrieve. I was lucky enough to connect with this beauty of a pike on my third cast.
It wasn’t long before Phil had to pack up, and i only managed another half hour before receiving my summons.
This fish weighed 9 1/4 lbs and is my best ever Pike on a lure. I always enjoy pike fishing and catching this one has fired me up a little – I feel a trip to The Quays coming on!
manchester fishing Irwell Ribble Trout
Well done Mike.It was a great fish to catch on a lure and you played it like an expert.
It looks like you are in for a good year.I hope i am there when your next big fish bites.
that fish looks familiar… is it one of them plastic ones I stash down there?
Hi Nick – being a City fan you should know all about pvc inflatables 🙂
I hope your talking about bananas & not dolls!
Hello Mike, very nice pike! Fortunatly you can fish another spices during th winter. The only thing I can do during winter time is to ty flies.
Regards.
Beautiful fish.
Knowing this has been caught in my neighbourhood has inspired me to go and buy some kit. So …as of this weekend just gone, I have my first piking road and lure gear in 15 years 🙂
Maybe see you out there haha