as some of you know,i have permition to fish one of the finest trout rivers for pike in the country but dont as all pike must be removed no matter what the weight and 20lb plus fish are caught every year.
i was speaking to the river keeper yesterday who took his boss down who had never caught pike before.
walking the bank,he saw something beneath a over hang,the water is gin clear and at first it looked like a submerged root but looking a good pike holding feature he put a bait(eel section) in the area,left it a few seconds then gave it a twitch,"WHACK",the root hit it and hard so he handed