Blood,pike and tears

After the last few weeks blanking on the canal I finally caught
a couple

I started the morning with my favourite plug a Shakespeare midi big s roach
I've caught more pike on this plug than any other  



Which I ended up losing under this bridge



So I thought i'd give a weighted shad ago it's a Berkley Powerbait Ripple Shad



And it didn't disappoint
This little jack pike nailed it





While I was unhooking it the little sod bit me



Once the bleeding had stopped I moved on to another stretch and on me 3rd cast
I caught this little fella  






That was the last pike of my 3hr session so 2 pike and 1 plug lost and a sore finger  

Great read stevo
Good pics and a video too
Hope your finger isn't to sore

Glad it didn't stop you typing!

Great camo on that first Pike's snout!

Well done, a couple of nice Pike there.

Well done Steve that finger looked a bit tender, best hold them by the tail next time. It probably thought it was that roach plug you lost under the bridge.

Live baiting with your fingers?
Well done mate

Well done mate great report

Well done Steve those little ripple shads are great had many a pike on those in the past

Thanks chaps my finger is sore but i'll live

I was impressed with that ripple shad and I wasn't catching
the bottom half as much as I was doing with the plug
and them 2 pike wanted it.

How deep is the canal

Logger wrote:

How deep is the canal

Up the side's is a 2ft deep ledge then it drop's off
to around 4- 5 ft in the main channel I've caught
a lot of pike sat on top of this ledge.

Only just noticed but the first pike look's like
it's dead but it was returned alive it wasn't
the best looking pike I've ever caught though

stevo wrote:

Only just noticed but the first pike look's like
it's dead but it was returned alive it wasn't
the best looking pike I've ever caught though

I bet the Pike is telling his mates exactly the same thing

Can you get finger shaped plugs???

You`re getting good at catching them Pike Stevo, just need handling lessons now

Logger wrote:

stevo wrote:

Only just noticed but the first pike look's like
it's dead but it was returned alive it wasn't
the best looking pike I've ever caught though

I bet the Pike is telling his mates exactly the same thing