My Best Pike day Ever

These photos were taken on 7 June 1999 at the Wide Hole on the Macclesfield Canal. This was my best days Pike fishing.The Pike in these photos was my best Pike to date, it weighed 16Lbs.

Everything I tried on this day worked, I had 7 Pike in total, in 4 hours, if only every Fishing day was like this, but then again if it was this easy, as it was on this day, we'd soon get bored!

If any member of Warrington Anglers is reading this, you must give the Wide Hole a try,it must be one of the best water's on the Warrington Anglers card.

During the summer it's full of Bream,and on one occasion, I witnessed a mass Carp breading, I've never seen anything like it, the water was like a washing machine the Carp were churning it up so much.

There's a good number of Pike, mostly Jacks with the odd double figure one thrown in for good measure!

The best thing about this section of the Canal is, because of the subsidence that caused the Wide Hole there is NO boat disturbance.

Starting Fishing Young

This is a photo of Owen and me on one of Owen's first fishing trips, he's just over 12 months old,the photo was taken at the Wide Hole on the Macclesfield Canal in 1999.

He's had a few Pike since this was taken!

Found Some Old Pike photos From 1999

Just found some old Pike photos taken in 1999. The quality of picture isn't brilliant as I had to scan them first as they were taken in pre Digital Camera days. Most of the were taken at the Wide Hole on the Macclesfield Canal and a couple on the River Tame that runs through Stockport

None of the fish we what you could call large, but they were great fun to catch,as this was at the start of me catching Pike they we all something special to me!

My Favourite On Line Fishing Shop has closed

Bennett's of Sheffield seem to have ceased trading, it's a pity they were a first class supplier. Over the years I've bought lots of equipment from them, their service was always first class, I suppose it's a sign of the times we 'live in'.

Nothing Happening on the Bridgewater Canal

Had a couple of hours on the Bridgewater Canal yesterday casting Spoons for Pike not surprisingly we didn't catch.We saw a Kestrel hunting but very little else. The Countryside is right in the middle of it's winter slumber and so is most of the wildlife.

We saw some nice boats moored up by Lloyd's Bridge. I thinK we'll have to wait till March before things come back to life. It was nice just to be out for a couple of hours, just the two of us.

Bridgewater Canal This Saturday

It looks like the ice has gone from the Bridgewater Canal so Owen and myself are going to chuck a few spoons about on Saturday,don't suppose we'll catch but it'll be nice to get out for the first time in ages.
The water should be very clear as no boats have been moving, so the spoons should be visible!
We'll give it a try around Oughtrington down towards Lymm, we've have a bit of sucess there in the past but not as early in the year as this!

Sea Fishing In Cornwall August 2010

Had an short trip on my brothers boat in Porth Gaven, Cornwall, back in the summer. Fished for Mackerel and we landed a few. Owen and Richard came out with us, both of them caught.

It was good to fish from a boat again, it's many years since I last fished from a boat.