paulstoke1975 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 im not into fishing but if anyone is passing through the staircase lock at ertruia museum take a look a the fish with the severed head at the bottom lock on the overflow weir, i think its a pike it must be a metre long, it looks like moby dick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigste Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 I am not a fisherman but I thought catches had to be put back. Having said that, Pike are fish eaters I yhink so if it was that big it probably ate half the stock, no wonder someone chopped it's head off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 I am not a fisherman but I thought catches had to be put back. Having said that, Pike are fish eaters I yhink so if it was that big it probably ate half the stock, no wonder someone chopped it's head off. One of the things that I learned from CWDF is that a pike's favourite food is smaller pike. The big pike need to be thrown back in so that they control the numbers of the smaller pike. If this isn't done you get a medium sized pike population explosion which eats all the other fish in the river/canal. This will carry on until a particularly feisty medium pike manages to gain the upper hand (fin?) and becomes the top pike eating all the others. At least I think that I learned that correctly. Doubtless someone will appear and put me right soon. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
by'eck Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Isn't nature wonderful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murflynn Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 I am not a fisherman but I thought catches had to be put back. err ....... it's in a museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nb Innisfree Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Stupid boy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haggis Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 err ....... it's in a museum. Don't think so :-) . On the weir near the museum, I think haggis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 What one of these? (in the days when I used to pike fish). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BD3Bill Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 I am not a fisherman but I thought catches had to be put back. Having said that, Pike are fish eaters I yhink so if it was that big it probably ate half the stock, no wonder someone chopped it's head off. Maybe it was someone's Propellor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murflynn Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Don't think so :-) . On the weir near the museum, I think haggis it escaped from the museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 What one of these? (in the days when I used to pike fish). I caught one like that when I was about 12. Until then the biggest fish I'd caught was about a 1lb trout. Scared me witless! The pike, not he trout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W+T Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 What one of these? (in the days when I used to pike fish). That is what is drawing me to Windermere for the first season when i get the boot going, some darn big crocks in there. Thats a beaut you got there kida. Dead bait ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 That is what is drawing me to Windermere for the first season when i get the boot going, some darn big crocks in there. Thats a beaut you got there kida. Dead bait ? Yes fresh whole herring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W+T Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Yes fresh whole herring MMmmm tatsy. I got 1/2kg of sprat from Tesco last week, breaded some for my self and going wobbling next week with the rest i hope on the Bolton-Bury canal. full of Jacks but fun, some darn big perch if your lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloggy Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 That is what is drawing me to Windermere for the first season when i get the boot going, some darn big crocks in there. Thats a beaut you got there kida. Dead bait ? Try Rydal water. There used to be some monsters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulstoke1975 Posted February 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 yep one of those, i took a picture of it but no idea how to upload it ? and just to clear things up No it wasnt in the museum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulstoke1975 Posted February 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 http://s446.photobucket.com/user/ocs400/media/IMG_0082_zpsx05hmo0e.jpg.html think this link may work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackman Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 There was a pike killed recently near our mooring at Beeston Lock just off the Trent. I didn't see it whole, just the head after something (rats?) ate the rest, but was told it was a similar size to the OP's. The head alone was pretty impressive! Apparently when first spotted there was a big chunk out of it, just behind the head, and the theory was that a boat prop had hit it. I wondered whether it might actually have been bitten by an otter. Who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W+T Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 http://s446.photobucket.com/user/ocs400/media/IMG_0082_zpsx05hmo0e.jpg.html think this link may work? you know, that is a sad sight to see, such a shame to am amazing fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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