Tony Dunne has already had a season to remember on the waters of Ireland, having landed nine fish over 20lb topped by this 32lb 10oz specimen.   The biggest of the fish he’d landed prior to the ‘thirty’ weighed 29lb 10oz and was a PB at the time, with all… Read more

After weeks of trying to catch a pike from a difficult Scottish trout water, Steven Paterson’s efforts were rewarded when he landed this fish of 30lb 8oz. He’s been fishing the venue twice a week since it opened to predator anglers in October, with this fish believed to be the… Read more

It’s fair to say that reports of big pike are dominated by reservoir fish these days, but there are still some huge fish elsewhere, as Joe Hindley proved with this 30lb 11oz specimen, caught from a Lancashire syndicate water. He’s recently got back into lure fishing after a decade of… Read more

On a memorable trip to the Norfolk Broads, Paul Croft banked this immense pike of 37lb 4oz, alongside others of 29lb 2oz and 23lb 14oz. He had the fish from his boat on a warm, sunny day, where there was hardly a ripple on the water. Fishing sardines on a… Read more

Over recent years, fly fishing for pike has certainly shot through the roof in popularity, and it’s easy to see why, when fish like this 34lb beast can be caught on the tactic. It was landed my Martyn Cattermole from Chew Valley Lake – the nation’s premier venue for the… Read more

Although Freddies usually fishes Lake Windermere, he fancied a change, so headed to a loch in the south of Scotland last month. He certainly made the right decision, after landing this pike of 32lb. It was his first time on the venue, so he spent a while looking for drop-offs… Read more