The fly is becoming an increasingly popular tactic for targeting pike, and it’s easy to see why when specimens like this 31lb 6oz fish are falling to the tactic! It was caught by Alex Mason from Blagdon Lake in bright and calm conditions. Alex used a relatively small fly, around… Read more

The Norfolk Broads have been in exceptional form for big pike over recent years, and whilst many of the biggest fish are kept quiet, one angler reported a memorable spell of fishing at the end of the season. George Papp banked this specimen of 34lb 8oz alongside another of 26lb… Read more

It’s been a great season for the pike anglers of Scotland, with numerous good fish reported from the nation’s wild waters this winter. Cammy Mackenzie is the latest to get in on the action, landing this fish of 32lb 5oz. It picked up his herring deadbait just as he was… Read more

Just two minutes after moving his smelt hookbait next to a tree in the margins, Alix Hepworth was rewarded with this 31lb 8oz PB pike. He was fishing a 100-acre midlands stillwater (a non-trout water) and, on the bright and calm day, felt he was looking at a blank. But… Read more

A new record has been set at the iconic Chew Valley Lake, after Ben Humber banked this 39lb 3oz pike – the biggest fish ever caught from the venue on a lure. He was fishing with his dad, Chris Miles, when the fish hit a 12cm Salmo Slider lure in… Read more

The wild waters of Scotland have a legendary reputation for monster pike, and Raymond Gavin proved exactly why when he landed this fish of 34lb. He’s been targeting pike since October and recently embarked on an early morning session with his friend, Adam. The pair were fishing by sunrise and,… Read more