awesome video i got a 32 lb pike from the bridge not long ago on orange lures,try em out and tell me what u catch!

Massive respect for your perseverance...Have you tried hair rigging the hook off the tail ? Hooking them through the flesh obscures the hook and limits its freedom to get purchase. Clip the baits tail, and attach through a piercing in the root of the tail using a pellet band for example, pulled tight and thinned before passing through.There are various other options for attaching to the hair to experiment with, dependant on bait and distance. Give it a whirl ! Use smaller baits to increase your hook ups.Bigger baits will only catch bigger fish, generally, as the fish needs to have the bait fully in its mouth to work as intended, unlike trebles... Hope the suggestion helps you on your journey to find a safer way of fishing for pike.Stay away from trebles and old fishermen now...

Very unlucky with that one that slipped away, things happen tho 😊

I admire your perseverance! I would go nuts after so many blanks. I have been using circle hooks for about 3 years now and I will never go back to trebles. Unhooking is a breeze.

Great video as always was there any boats coming through the bridge or is water level to high still

Hi Charlie, Wheres best place to park to fish at Wroxham.

Nice video. Not massively productive for wroxham but still some nice fish

Maggot weather lads, maybe breadpunch...

This happened me when unhooking my PB 💔🤣. The estimated weight goes up in my head everytime I dare to think about it 🤣

Brilliant release 😅😅

use them 2 years now.. makes unhooking so much easier. much better for the fish

Seems to be alot of big rudd emerging my father caught one of a similar size recently

Nice video mate! I love seeing people advocate for proper fish safety and care when fishing for them. I only just started deadbaiting for pike and never had a deep hooked fish untill now. But I think i'm going to switch over to circle hooks since they definetly seem safer for the pike. Tight lines!

Well in buddy on the esox you have had and I know it's been hard going .I myself are not keen on the books you used as I found it hard to land the pike they all seemed to get of the single hooks maybe that's just me but I will be sticking to my trebles.. Good luck next time...

Targeting the scissor is such a bad idea circle hooks were never designed for catch and release they cause more damage than trebles especially to the scissor

Since I was interjuiced to them , I'd never use trebles again well done lad.

You’d have landed that second fish with trebles I reckon

where you fishing mate looks good

You are soo right and no one in their right mind who respects their prey should be using trebles hooks, they should have been outlawed with the gaff. They are nothing more than barbaric and totally unnecessary and spell the demise of more Pike than anything else.

Good video, I must try single hooks next time I go out .

Go Cj

Definitly gonna try this method next time im out for pike. Great video and a couple of nice fish.

Hi CJ- I have recently changed my rigs and no longer use trebles. I think nowadays (albeit) fully acceptable to use trebles seem barbaric to me and I no longer fear deep hooking. I too fish your local venue- recently came across your vids. Biggest out of our local for me is 15lb quest this year to find a higher double. I caught a 9lb last week. Hope to see you out there 👍

For what it's worth, since I started nipping the barb down this year, I have not lost a single fish...

This is very helpful, thanks!

We all av days like that

Careful with those fish. Chucking them about like that will injure them badly.

I think the first one had legs.

Bit of oil needed on that landing net son 😊👍

Where abouts is this 😂

Great to bump into you both, good luck with your fishing this winter 😊

Some nice fish for you both there eh lads,tite lines

At Horning today, the river is absolutely solid with roach and skimmers. Had a 13lb Pike that had a nasty wound on its flank, it looked like an Otter attack.

We were in Wroxham last week staying at Peninsula Cottages and i remember see Phil Spinks! Cracking week fishing. Tight lines.

You should invite simon a bloke in the woods on a fishing trip , he could us a little help catching fish..

Great video CJ and a good net of fish

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Nice video buddy, just curious is this club water?

All ready over 2.1views as a shit ass pike handling no wonder 😮

Bro now you will have dusty potatoes 😂

That was by far the best pike release I ever saw. The pike knew where to go to the water and didn't bother about pictures and weighting.

Nice stuff. If you do a lot of piking consider getting a rubberised mesh net. Hooks can still get caught but usually they bounce off or are easier to remove. A lot of people get the Savage Gear ones. They are fine. I have the BFT XL Monster net and they are sturdier. But any brand will do. Abu and Fox etc. do them too.

Nice one good. Best of luck with your pike season Have you tryed circle hooks ? I switched over to them few years ago save getting trebbles stuck in the net. Looks a great place to fish. Keep up the good work👍

your fish care is horrible no wonder our pike is at an all time low awful angeling right there

Nice video fella ,hopefully you'll get that twenty.

Ah, this is my local haunt! I fished under the bridge further up from the Weir on the Thet as a teenager some 20 years ago and had some great fish- some big Eels and remember a large pike following one of my Roaches in… I’ve been fishing it again recently and I’m lucky if I get a bite. Was there a couple of weeks ago when an otter swam by underwater and that was that. It’s great rediscovering again and I’ll definitely give Bridgham a go again!

Awhh I wish my grandad was still alive to go fishing with. He's the reason I'm a fisherman my dad was never into the outdoors. Cherish every moment with your family. Great video too

hi its harry green

Get it back quick or your grandad will eat it lol

GOAT