INDIANANGLER

I hope you guys don't ming me posting my first fishing trip of the year.

Tackle used:
Fox Elite Jigging rod, 6'6'', 15-5grm casting weight
Shimano Technium 5000 spinning reel
20lb Fireline


Yo-Zuri Mag Popper 28grms
Blue Fox Bucktail spinner 22grms
Twin tail grub on a 7-10grm jig head

Ordinarily I take a huge collection of lures, I only took 3 lures with me because I didn't have much hope of catching anything. The canal had been frozen of last week and I was just really going out to stretch my legs. With just 3 lures I thought I'd spend more time fishing instead of chopping and changing like I normally do!


One day I'll walk to Liverpool.


Nothing under the railway bridge.


Nothing by the entrance to the marina.


I think the frog got run over by a cyclist. "Match the hatch" as they say!


Half a mile up the canal I caught this modest little pike on the jig, an old lady took the photo for me, then I let the pike go.

Afterwards I walked up to Kirkstall Abbey which is one of Britain's best preserved abbeys, Kirkstall Abbey was founded in 1152 by a party of Cistercian monks from Fountains Abbey. In 1534 it was closed down in the ‘Dissolution of Religious Houses’ ordered by Henry VIII. The monks were pensioned-off, the roofs stripped of lead and some buildings converted for agricultural use.





Thanks for looking,
YB

Nice winter fish.
Have you tried using a side planer for fishing lures on the canal ?
I need to build myself a new one because my original got busted; but a planer or a proper U/L outfit (for the perch) are my favorite winter canal methods for lures.

Hi Ken, I've got a lovely little ultra light rod that I got in Japan. 6ft casting 0.8-4grms.

I've never seen a side planer before, how does it work?

Nice writeup and lovely location. The Pike is really nice. Keep it up and post all the trips.

Regards and tight line.

Ali.

pike is popular in russia and there abouts. not a table fish in the uk as far as i know

Pike is good eating but there is quite a lot of meat wasted when the "Y bones" are filleted out. I've only ever taken the occasional fish that had a poor chance of survival though because the UK is a crowded place with a lot of anglers and regular removal of fish would very quickly lead to there being no fish left to catch.
For the record, mine was cut into goujons, dipped in egg and coated in breadcrumbs before being deep fried and served with tatare sauce.

I never knew a 'side planer' existed and one could use this setup from the shore, now i know thanks to Ken, Ken please do provide the plan on how to make one, I would like to try this in a river I would like to target fish which all seem to be under a few over hanging trees in opposite side which is unapproachable.

yes its a nice fish YB and it looks kinda chilly... do they observe a closed season on that stretch? i know on a lot of canals they dont have a close season... im glad you released it...my biggest was on the idle it was 12lbs .. i had a friend who always took his pike home and boiled the meat off the bone then mixed the meat with mashed potato and made fishcakes which were then fried... but i never contributed so i never tasted...lol... he was a proper yorkshire boy... take care...doug