A lovely morning predator fishing on the staffs/Worcestershire canal and then stour

A cooler 14 degrees start on the staffs/Worcestershire canal today. Instantly catching a pencil pike but 20 minutes later a boat put a swift end to that stretch. Unfortunately I also managed to snap the tip on my rod too 🤦🏻‍♂️. After a quick bodge repair I then traveled to a much higher stretch of the stour and had few fish out in immaculate condition. Once deep into the vegetation it felt more like 26 degrees than 14 and I was ringing wet with sweat. At this stage I called it and headed home.

[@andrewellison1203]

Another lovely brilliant video so enjoyed watching mate 💯🐬😌👍

[@BlackCountryPiker]

Fantastic Andrew, glad you liked it 👍

[@chrisanddavesguitarjourney1378]

Great watch in your break time .. this fella is so down to earth and has fun .. spot on Steve 👌😁

[@BlackCountryPiker]

Thank you so much Chris 👍 glad you enjoyed the watch

[@chrisanddavesguitarjourney1378]

@@BlackCountryPiker it was pukka mate

[@pagey5323]

Great upload , it looks like they fight well on the light gear and great fun 🎣😎

[@BlackCountryPiker]

Cheers matey, they definitely do! 👍

[@jmpikefishing3363]

Nice session mate some little beautys there great markings well in 🎣

[@BlackCountryPiker]

Cheers Jamie 👍

[@alexpage7292]

Great vid! I used to fish the Stour with my dad years ago, some big Pike in that river!

[@BlackCountryPiker]

Thanks Alex, it can be a right pig finding them but all in great nick that I’ve come across so far 👍

[@ianbourne9970]

Another great video Steve 'urbanisation 📹 👏 👍 🤣' tight lines bud 😎 purchase some muck boots to combat the wet grass

[@BlackCountryPiker]

Cheers Ian 👍 I had brought some dirt boots at £60 and they leaked first time using them 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@leeroberts2134]

Another really good video, I always look forward to seeing your videos. I wish you would put more out there, but never mind. This October I will be giving it a go myself with the pike, and thank you again 👍👍👍👍

[@BlackCountryPiker]

That’s very kind Lee, thank you 👍 Good luck when you go

[@andrewellison1203]

@@BlackCountryPiker Te Tell you something your videos are absolutely amazing I love to get home from work and Watch them mate👍💯❤

[@BlackCountryPiker]

Thanks Andrew, I’m glad you like them matey 👍

[@DanGoesFishing]

Some great aggressive strikes here! Great vid! 👍

[@BlackCountryPiker]

Cheers Dan 👍

[@willstewart9669]

Hey up,first watch Great stuff mate I can,t go fishing anymore I used to but my health won,t let me so it's really cool to find people like u it helps a lot thanks dude take care....

[@BlackCountryPiker]

Oh blimey Will, sorry to read that. Really glad my videos help in some way 👍

[@willstewart9669]

@@BlackCountryPiker more than u know mate,take it easy....

[@Noname-dd6ly]

This was a really successful outing I really enjoyed watching you have fun! Always a good spirit at the water's edge and simplicity, you deserve more subscribers! Hats off to you Steve!

[@BlackCountryPiker]

That’s very kind of you to say, thank you very much 👍

[@ivanfojan8859]

Hi mate. Truly fantastic video. I'm gonna try lure pike fishing for the first time ever, this year. I'm a Stourbridge lad (62 now, I loved your Stourbridge Canal pike video) but I live in the Forest of Dean. I'm gonna give Gloucester canal a try (it's supposed to be pretty good) and will give the Stourbridge cut a go, next time I'm up visiting. These videos are exactly what I'm looking for and will, hopefully, show me the way to go! Subscribed :) P.S. I can remember fishing the Stewpony when I was in my early teens and the Stour was horribly polluted. It's lovely to see it looking so good and with plenty of fish :)

[@BlackCountryPiker]

Hi Ivan, that’s great to hear and thanks for subscribing. Getting back in to it at 62, that’s awesome good on you. I have heard of the canal but never fished it. As for the pony, there’s some great sport to be had. The stour there is way better than it used to be but still getting highly dumped in

[@james.chester.3568]

Thanks Steve, action packed 👍 tight lines

[@BlackCountryPiker]

Thanks James 👍

[@smiffywildlife]

What a gem of an upload Steve 👌 total respect for not disclosing where you were at the expense of upsetting the local guys✅ thank you for the entertainment as always. Phil.

[@BlackCountryPiker]

Thanks Phil, I think in some cases discretion is best all round 👍

[@smiffywildlife]

Black Country Piker couldn't agree more 👍

[@ivanfojan8859]

@@BlackCountryPiker Discovering a stretch is half the fun :)

[@iamrathercool12121]

Right where I live. Great video

[@BlackCountryPiker]

Nice, thank you 😊

[@paulnolan4324]

You deserve more views, some high quality fishing right there

[@BlackCountryPiker]

Ahh cheers Paul, that’s very kind 👍

[@stuartday3232]

Nice to see you out bagging so to speak. Keep meaning to try the Staffs/Worcs in and around Kiddy (I'm a Percher) but never quite make it so thanks for the tip about getting there pre-boat movement. 👍

[@BlackCountryPiker]

As long as it’s not tea bagging 😂😂, yeah the canal right down to stourport seems to have good perch sport. Unfortunately at the moment, I’m led to believe that there’s a big issue in stourport with oxygen levels and dead fish. The CRT have had to put aeration devices out and boaters have been turning their engines over to produce more oxygen in the water

[@stuartday3232]

@@BlackCountryPiker I prefer coffee to tea 🤣. Wow, I'd have thought the locks themselves would have provided a fair bit of aeration? But good to hear ye olde CRT are trying to do something about it.

[@BlackCountryPiker]

@@stuartday3232 they do have a bad reputation but do do some good work

[@philipmurray5493]

Nice one Steve 👍

[@BlackCountryPiker]

Thanks Philip 👍

[@riverblanker6616]

Same thing happened with my tronix rockfish lrf rod (twice!) with the tip! Still using it without the very tip...some nice fish there. - itching to get out!

[@BlackCountryPiker]

Nightmare isn’t it 😂😂 thanks, hope you get out soon 👍

[@brandonnicholls9968]

What net do you use mate?

[@james.chester.3568]

Savage gear , extra large , I've got one, can recommend it great for resting the fish in

[@BlackCountryPiker]

What James said 😂😂 Good nets for the money, my next will be a BFT one though. Stronger handle when extended 👍

[@billiedavis3942]

Love to see you fish tewkesbury Canal I can’t seem to catch any at the moment

[@BlackCountryPiker]

I’ve only ever seen the river at Tewksbury, is it club water or day ticket? I’ve been meaning to fish the river at Tewksbury

[@billiedavis3942]

@@BlackCountryPiker it is a club you can get a ticket from Bankside tackle

[@BlackCountryPiker]

@@billiedavis3942 I’ll have to have a dabble 👍

[@billiedavis3942]

@@BlackCountryPiker please do then I can see where you go and I get try I have just got some jig flys I have never seen them before I watched your channel love the videos keep up the good filming 👌🏻👍🏻

[@BlackCountryPiker]

@@billiedavis3942 thank you very much Billie 👍

[@danieluk22]

Windy willows 🤣👊🏻

[@m.ccanham2742]

Great video as always. Out of interest - do you crush the barbs on your jig flies?

[@BlackCountryPiker]

Cheers, I actual never did. Something I was going to do but the amount I’m loosing I guess I do g need too 😂

[@m.ccanham2742]

@@BlackCountryPiker I know that feeling! 😵‍💫 I’m new to jig flies for pike and have learnt some cracking stuff from your channel. Cheers… Roughly what casting weight rods do you recommend using?

[@BlackCountryPiker]

@@m.ccanham2742 I’m currently using a 15-45g. The bigger Jigflies I Chuck hold a fair whack of water

[@Sakogreywolf]

Great fishing how can I get one of them flies?

[@BlackCountryPiker]

Are you on Instagram?

[@Sakogreywolf]

@@BlackCountryPiker yes

[@BlackCountryPiker]

instagram.com/predator_punk_89? instagram.com/f.4.pflies4? instagram.com/pred_flies? instagram.com/mscustomflies?

[@Sakogreywolf]

@@BlackCountryPiker thanks

[@benfarley507]

I'm new to predator lure fishing how do you find out who owns what water ?

[@BlackCountryPiker]

The easiest way is to pop in or call the local tackle shop to the venue. Otherwise contact the CRT who normally know, [e-mail] or 0303 040 4040

[@riverhuntersuk7387]

Haha i had 1 there yesterday about 6,7 lbs.

[@BlackCountryPiker]

Nice one 👍

[@riverhuntersuk7387]

@@BlackCountryPiker Cheers mate, I was actually going for chub with a micro lure. Saw the pike pop his head out by the reeds. So wacked a trace on and a bigger lure. He wacked it 2nd cast. Lovely jubbly. Nice little spot that.

[@bezimienny_andzej6425]

Beautiful pikes out of beautiful rivers. How I wish in my country people and government actually cared about fishes and rivers. Instead rivers get straightened, riverbeds get covered in concrete, fish populations - eradicated. And even when the local authorities do not actively try to destroy all water fauna - there are always anglers who "fish for food", as a result there are barely any pikes bigger than "minimum size" of 50cm, anything that grows above 48cm gets caught and bashed with a club. It's a problem with the society that is egoistic and doesn't respect nature and also - anglers don't care about fun of angling, just food, food food. Goddamn man-monkeys :/ Greetings from Poland.

[@BlackCountryPiker]

Hello there 👍 That sounds awful in any respect! I am so sorry you have to put up with such atrocious ways.

[@bezimienny_andzej6425]

@@BlackCountryPiker At least I can always make myself feel better watching you catch some really nice fish :) I've switched to 2-10g rod, so even 50cm pike feels like a big catch, I guess there's always some way to cope as long, as there is anything left in the water. I have a few spots with nice fish left, but it's mostly perch (BTW I can absolutely recommend catching perch using 3g - de facto 4g - trout area rod, it's insanely fun).

[@BlackCountryPiker]

@@bezimienny_andzej6425 sounds awesome

[@ianbourne9970]

Speak to Jon Sykes about the top section of your rod

[@BlackCountryPiker]

Mat from Korum thinks their spares department will have them but if not I’ll get in contact 👍