Generally, the big-pike scene on trout waters is dominated by fish from Chew Valley Lake, but Rutland Water also holds a few specimens, as Dan Brackley found when he landed this fish of 30lb exactly alongside another of 29lb 12oz. Fishing the Lure Anglers Society Predator Cup match, Dan set… Read more

When most anglers catch their first pike, it’s generally a small ‘jack’, but when Dave Owen landed his first esox, it took the form of this 30lb 7oz beast! He was fishing Trawsfynydd Lake – a large water in Snowdonia, North Wales – that’s known to hold some large predators…. Read more

As the seasons turn, Adam Riches often spends time targeting predators before the rivers have had a good flush through, and lately he’s been targeting pike on a Midlands venue. Fishing a legered smelt to a drop off around 60 yards out, he’d landed a few smaller fish early in… Read more

This season, Jamie Ryan and a friend planned to target some of Ireland’s legendary pike waters, and on one of their first trips, Jamie landed this specimen of 32lb 4oz. Having set off early with two rods each, a bucket of lures and some energy drinks, the pair headed for… Read more

To start his pike season, Gary Mills headed to a trout lough in the south of Ireland, where he hoped to get his campaign off to a good start. He certainly did that when, on the second day of his trip whilst fishing from a boat, he hooked and landed… Read more

Having caught fish all over the world on the fly, Alan Ferguson started targeting pike on the tactic around two years ago.. ..with his efforts recently culminating in this 38lb fish. It was caught from Blagdon Lake near Bristol, where they recently opened for eight days of pike fishing for… Read more