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Absolutely central to pike conservation is the early detection of a ‘run’ or a ‘take’ and the more precise the rig you choose, therefore, the better the chances of detecting a ‘run’ before the pike swallows your bait. This always assumes, of course, that the angler is sitting close enough to the rod(s) to see…

This year I started my pike fishing on September 1st on the River Trent. I had not fished the river seriously since 1989, but news that the pike had grown a bit bigger was enough to get me down there. No not thirties, but one or two over 25lbs was a considerable improvement over the…

I cast a crab pattern dropping it quietly some two feet in front of the feeding fish. The bone moved forward. I lifted the rod tip giving some movement to the crab, the bone moved forward engulfing my crab pattern. I tightened into a good fish. For a second or two nothing moved. Suddenly the…

Articles by Chris Plumb Chris Plumb Age 41. First taken fishing at the age of three & half when I promptly fell in and have been getting wet on and off ever since. By the time I was 4 I was trusted with my own rod and reel (a 2&3/4 inch centre-pin) with which I…

If it hadn’t been such a sad and serious subject, I’d have had a good laugh over the sorry way that our Minister responsible for Britain’s fisheries, the Rt Honourable Elliott Morley , floundered when questioned on BBC 2 the other day about the North Sea cod problem and the new, limited, restrictions that have…

You ask why? Well, I know there are not many ladies that fish – but there could be! Yes, there are hundreds if not thousands of women all over the country who would like to fish, or to accompany their partners and sit and soak up the atmosphere and enjoy the beautiful surroundings on balmy…