The first in a series of pike videos that will be available to view over the coming weeks, this one being aimed at the angler looking to target the species for the first time, or those that have just started or simply want to make sure that they are doing everything correctly.
Topics covered here are choose of venue, best times of the day to get those extra bites but more importantly when starting out topics such as bite indication, unhooking and equipment needed.
Its my most informative video to date, covering not the easiest of topics but its certainly full of advice and tips that will set you on your way.
Tight lines, be lucky and please remember to subscribe, give the video the thumbs up and leave a comment and I will do my best to reply.
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Good morning Duncan, your videos are great and full of information, and some of us although the Pike is a predator fish, its also one fish that's not great out of water, so we'll done mate, great job, and all the best.
Great little intro video for novices and more experienced alike there Duncan. Look forward to the rest of the series. Pity to hear about Baitbox and the Smelt shortage too. Interesting bobbins too, as we've all evolved methods over the years. Nice little haul of Halloween Pike though, some lovely looking ones there, even if Grandma is lurking out there somewhere 🙂
Great video Duncan. I look forward to the rest of the series.
Good video, looking forward to the next one, just a question as a newbie to Pike fishing with deadbaits, im confident with fish handling and unhooking as I catch plenty of small pike whilst lure fishing for perch, do you fish with the bailer open when ledgering deadbaits?
Bail arm not bailer
Duncan great video 😊
This is so great, thank you Duncan for sharing this. And going into detail like you do is so helpful. Looking forward for the popping-up bait video.. All the best 🙂
Very good Duncan a great tutorial mate,I have a rig bucket from a few years ago with traces made up,I am going to start fishing again and was wondering will them traces be ok,they look ok not twisted or rusted.
I caught a pike on 8lb monno
Very useful video Duncan. Well done!
Ref your comment regarding Morrisons… in recent weeks most Morrison fish counters have decreased in size, often now sharing space with the also smaller butchery section, and now stock less produce. Even worse if you look at the Morrisons corporate site it indicates that they are moving to close the counters altogether and move the fish products to the chiller section as packaged pre-filleted produce!! 😭😭😭🤬
Smelt …. go to Cyprus, visit the Iceland store and big bags of smelt in their freezers! No cost effective though for the weekly shop!! ☹️☹️
Bleeding hands… another ESSENTIAL piece of equipment IMHO is a styptic pencil. Saves many blood stained hankies and towels. Cuts/scratches are minor but due to anti-coag they bleed/seep for a long time….
Great video! I can't wait and try out these tips! Looking forward to the follow ups, thanks!
Very good video to get people involved in pike fishing and to show them that pike are lovely fish to get hooked into great shame about biatbox. Look forward to the next one.👍🎣
caught my first pike today dead baiting thanks for the info Duncan
yes,dont be afraid from pike,but always remember abaut 700 pike teeth!When i looking on my hand,i remember my PB!
Any links to buy the mini legders,class vid
Excellent video, good solid advice. One thing though, go with an experienced pike anglers who know what they are doing.
It's the piking season -only 6 months of the year -so I needed some dead baits from Angling direct….."Sorry none in stock "maybe" we'll have some next week our other local branch doesn't have any either.Following week "Sorry still none in stock."
Thank you Duncan for these pike tutorials, really clear and helpful explanation.
I’ve caught jacks with lures but I’ve never tried dead baiting, this has given me confidence to have go 👌