Bridgewater Canal Frozen Again

Took a trip down to the Bridgewater Canal today hoping to have a try for the Pike. When we arrived we found the canal was frozen over again, so a wasted trip! See the video below it was shot at Lloyds Bridge about a mile before Lymm.
The Ice was breaking up, so it might be fishable by the weekend.

Have You Ever Seen Smaller Pike!

These must be the smallest Pike I've caught to date! These three Pike were caught in the River Shannor in Ireland, using trolled surface Lures. The biggest one must have weighed at the most one and half pounds. It was a very wet day in July 2007, we were fishing close to Clondra,

County Longford. I caught Five Pike in total, all as big as these, My Brother Adam was in the boat,he did'nt get a bite.

This is Adam with a better Pike, he caught a few months later from the Shannon

Try Again on the Bridgewater for Pike in the next couple of Days, Hand Permitting

Just read Franks Weekly article in the Warrington Guardian, in it, he mentions a member had a cracking session in Lymm and landed some Pike after he saw them scattering scholes of small fish.
I have a theory as why Lymm is such a good area for Pike during the cold months, I reckon as it's a village, and sheltered on both sides of the canal, the water is slightly warmer, and there are lots of moored boats, as it's winter the boats don't move, therefor the warmer water attracts the prey fish and the stationary boats give the Pike a good hiding place. But of course that could be (and probably is) a load of rubbish
The only problem is I've broken my hand again! so I'm not sure if I could cope with a monster (I should be so lucky) I might try over the weekend or early next week, I'll have to see how the hand goes.

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'.