PIKE tries to EAT MY CHUB!!

chub fishing before work
An hour on my local river before work, targeting chub on crankbaits

[@chrisdewis4116]

Nice video 👌 what rod are you using

[@theoccasionalangler6956]

I built it myself! It’s built on a fishing art nano blank 7ft 3-19g titanium torzite Fuji guide train

[@chrisdewis4116]

@@theoccasionalangler6956 thanks mate lovely look rod

[@ThisIsMyUsername01]

There is an absolute crocodile of a pike in that town stretch through there, it passed by my legs while I was wading there before and left me absolutely stunned and speechless

[@theoccasionalangler6956]

Yeah there are a few oddities… I’ve accidentally had carp and seatrout through here lure fishing

[@ThisIsMyUsername01]

@@theoccasionalangler6956 I've not been so lucky to yet! Had plenty of chub and the odd pike. One thing that baffles me, I cannot catch a perch out of that stretch no matter how hard I try on a lure!

[@theoccasionalangler6956]

@@ThisIsMyUsername01 it’s a fickle river for perch in general….. there are always a few under the road bridge…. Personally I have tried very hard for perch on the river for the past several years … apart from a few bigger ones (one 48cm on lure).. there don’t appear to be many big perch in the river

[@ThisIsMyUsername01]

@@theoccasionalangler6956 I had a fairly nice chub yesterday afternoon and a pack of 5 perch followed it as I reeled it in up on the sainsburys bridge, honestly all of them were tanks, I've never seen them that size in there and I lost focus on my chub and spent a few seconds just staring at these 5 monster perch who seemed to have the impression they were going to eat the chub, if I had to guess I would have put them well over 2lb, closer to 3lb

[@theoccasionalangler6956]

@@ThisIsMyUsername01 wow … I have fished there so long and never seen any above 1lb … which bit? (Cheeky sorry but have to ask!)