reddi8 Posted September 9, 2005 Report Share Posted September 9, 2005 sitting in the boat I watched a homing pigeon swoop down for water then rested on the boat & took a second swoop when I pike leapt to try & catch it. i never believed the stories before about pike taking ducks until i saw this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted September 9, 2005 Report Share Posted September 9, 2005 Pike were responsable for taking all but one duckling last year at the local marina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHutch Posted September 9, 2005 Report Share Posted September 9, 2005 Pike were responsable for taking all but one duckling last year at the local marina. Thats crasy! - What do the pike want with a pidgeon or duckling? Surely the cant actually eat them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaggle Posted September 9, 2005 Report Share Posted September 9, 2005 Thats crasy! - What do the pike want with a pidgeon or duckling? Surely the cant actually eat them? 30242[/snapback] without touching the sides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted September 9, 2005 Report Share Posted September 9, 2005 If you think it's impossible for a Pike to eat a duckling etc.. Take a look at this.. www.salecruisingclub.co.uk/downloads/snake.pps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nichimyo Posted September 12, 2005 Report Share Posted September 12, 2005 Sure, but pike don't have dislocatable jaws! Snakes do... I don't know whether it's true about pike and ducklings... I have however seen one well-authenticated photograph of a pike which made the attempt and died for its "sins". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernie Posted September 12, 2005 Report Share Posted September 12, 2005 A pike can definitely demolish a small duckling with no problems at all. We saw it happen fairly recently. Mum was swimming with 10 and suddenly one disappeared, quickly dragged down by a huge pike never to be seen again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanalWalker Posted September 12, 2005 Report Share Posted September 12, 2005 Lots of dead pike on the Leeds-Liverpool, I dont think the fishermen like the competition... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted September 12, 2005 Report Share Posted September 12, 2005 I might try that... Duck on a hook... see what I catch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddi8 Posted September 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 John has a fishing licence & with his grandson he fished the Leeds Liverpool canal near Crooke & caught a 12 lb pike which I cleaned & cooked. It was only after we were told he faced a £1000 fine for doing that. It seems the angling clubs put pike in the canal to clear any diseased fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 So you didn't just eat a Pike which has been swimming around in over 200 years of bucket and chucket, you also ate diseased fish too! Eugh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Bustens Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 In the 70s we had a trout lake that was full of pike , to get rid of some i us to take a empty lemonade bottle and fasten 2' of fishing line with baited hook on it, we did 20 or 30 a night ,then take them to the upwind side and let them go, next morning we collected 10/20 pike and sold them to a local restaurant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 Richard, Sounds a bit like Jaws! You normally only see Pike floating belly up. The course fishermen seem to get 'rid' of them because of the competition. When I was younger, I fished in a popular lake. Everytime I caught a fish and tried to land it, this young Jack Pike used to grab the fish and snap my line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaggle Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 first day out on me boat and my lad got his first pike,slow speed lure out the back. he couldnt care about how the boat was going,the pike stole the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 I did that off the back of my Uncles boat years ago. Although it was only a Jack Pike, and a few pound, it was the first Pike I caught. Good to know what your Son thinks of the boat, eh Gaggle? lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfastlad Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 Pike cooked correctly taste very good they must be placed in salt water overnight and when cut into steaks they are a very clean white fish no fish worms as in sea fish like cod,when i was a boy i used to be taken to the river Whitham at Bardney,where we caught several pike every visit and i loved eating pike from a young age, do not be mislead that the population are dwindling far from it they are thriving thanks to the lack of pike fishermen, but as the price of cod rises pike will become a regular on many a good menu you watch i promise you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesd Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 it's well proven fact that if you kill the large pike in any particular fishery then the water becomes over run with small jack pike (which are a nuisance). Large pike predate on their smaller offspring and help reduce overall numbers and increase average size (which is good !) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaggle Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 been out for 10 days and have done great fishing for pike, trolling behind the boat with lures has caught every time. 3 to six pounds in weight but the BIG ONE has yet to be tempted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Saunders Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 been out for 10 days and have done great fishing for pike, trolling behind the boat with lures has caught every time.3 to six pounds in weight but the BIG ONE has yet to be tempted. Four to eight pounds is, I believe, a good weight if you intend to cook/eat it. Carp can make a good meal and Perch if you can catch some big enough. I would appreciate some recipes and advice on catching and cooking crayfish would be very welcome. The rather boring recipé section would be much enlivened by methods for obtaining and using wildlife and other food-for-free. Menu: Nettle Soup Crayfish in Garlic Butter or Grilled Pike Steak (marinated in Sloe Gin) Mallard á l'orange or Roasted Wild Goose Melangé of seasonal wild fruits Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 i couldnt eat a pike if you paid me or a carp for that matter shane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackrose Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 (edited) i couldnt eat a pike if you paid me or a carp for that mattershane I took home a 5lb pike I caught when I was a kid. Although the meat is tasty it has far too many bones to really enjoy it. I'd only do it again if I was Ray Mears. When I was on the Thames in Reading recently I took a break from fitting out and leant out the sidehatch overlooking the river. The sun was behind me casting a shadow of the boat over the water. As I looked down into the clear water I was amazed to see a big pike just floating there, moving slowly to counter the current. It couldn't see me because it was in shadow and it gradually moved toward the surface until it was almost within arms reach. Then suddenly like a flash it was gone! Menu: Nettle Soup Crayfish in Garlic Butter or Grilled Pike Steak (marinated in Sloe Gin) Mallard á l'orange or Roasted Wild Goose Melangé of seasonal wild fruits This has come up before and I don't think you're allowed to take ducks or geese. Although perhaps with everyone feeding them and the pest proportions reached in some places this could be part of the solution? Swan pie anyone? I'm not really sure if crayfish from the canals would be fit for consumption. Rivers and live pounds ok, but the silt and mud that these creatures live in on some canals can be quite putrid. Edited February 26, 2007 by blackrose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin1325 Posted October 20, 2007 Report Share Posted October 20, 2007 hi its a well known fact that pike taste a bit like cotton wool after being used they really do uuuuuuhhhk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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