Piking... 19th February 2011, First blank (just)
My fishing mate, Mark called me and said that we should go Piking, especially with all the cold weather... So I couldn't refuse. We picked a weekend and decided to tackle one of the many drains in the Fens around Cambridgshire. Chosen methods were dead baiting and spinning. Having never caught a Pike I was a little apprehensive about landind one, but we went armed with a glove and long forceps just incase... when you see the pictures of the Pike, you'll wonder why I was nervous!!! We needed dead bait, so off to Peterborough market and a small Spanish fish stall... half a dozen sprats later and 70p lighter we set off for Ramsey Drain. Plan of attack was to spin and cover as much as of the drain as possible. Mark scored first with this little jack pike. You can see that the weather wasn't the best, but hey, we were out fishing, thats what counts! Walking a bit further down the drain I switch lures to a small S and I'm loosing confidence, mainly as I'v