Video of p.b pike capture

Towards the end of last September I finally beat my pike personal best whilst livebaiting for perch. My previous best had stood for over 3 years, so I was very pleased when I finally beat it. Just as pleasing was recording the capture on my GoPro camera, the video quality is HD (if you enable HD on YouTube) but the sound isn't the best quality as I had the full waterproof case on.

Anyway I thought I'd share the video -

Link to the original blog post - http://northeastpiker.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/an-unexpected-personal-best.html

I didn't manage to fish on Thursday as Lindsey was ill so I spent the day with her instead. I'm aiming to get on the bank on Tuesday and hoping that the river conditions are kind so I can target the pike.

I had some good news this week, the club that controls a still water I fish has removed the close season, this will allow me to target the eels and tench as soon as the water warms up, instead of waiting for June, very happy.

Angling Trust membership / Short video

I've been planning to join the Angling Trust for a while but I always seem to forget. I finally got around to joining last month and have decided to setup a direct debit so my membership will automatically renew.

With fishing being under constant pressure from many sources; illegal fishing, invasive species, and predation to name a few, I strongly believe that anglers need a 'voice'. The Angling Trust provides that voice and also provides its members with many other benefits.

For less than the price of a pint of beer (or maggots!) a month it has to be worth joining to help safeguard the future of angling ?

Arrived today - Angling Trust membership pack

 Video

Towards the end of a recent stick float session bites had started to dry up so I had a play with my camera.



The footage isn't great (but neither is the camera) and the perch was only small, but it's my first attempt at catching a fish for the camera so it will do for now. After seeing some excellent footage on other blogs I'm tempted to get a GoPro and try to get some pike footage over the winter.....