2007-12-07T09:55:00.000-08:00

We all love to see photo's of our own and others pike, the main blog was starting to get a little crowded so I decided to have a dedicated Gallery section

Photo's of all sizes of Pike very welcome indeed, hell I'll even allow non pike shots- Zander, perch etc but only preds. Scenic shots should have a pred. theme please.

Send your digi images to me full sized or we can't do them justice. If a photo will lose clarity on the blog I'll shrink it a tad.
All material shown on this blog is copyrighted to the photo owner or the P.A.C.
The Pike head sketch is copyrighted to Ian Davison the artist, further commissions welcome.
Contact Chico at thewaits@btinternet.com
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LOCAL ROGUES

"Wacker" Walker seems to have a knack of catching 22's this beaut was 22 on the nose and fell to a herring. If she wasn't special enough already the icing on the cake was the fact that she was a "Snow Queen" to boot.Proper pikie job goose!!

Photo Copyright Wacker Walker
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Tony Green making his 48 Gallery debut with a cracker of a 23.15 taken in minus 6 degree conditions, seconds after returning a good double. This lady was rather partial to Tony's smelt presented tight to a bush, he would say all the ladies like it that way.

Photo Copyright S.Blaydes.
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Chris Walsh with one of the cheeky chaps from a recent 48 fish-in at the "Conrete Bowl" taken on a crankbait.

Photo Copyright C.Walsh
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Dave McCrudden once again stikes gold with what he modestly call "a low twenty"very recently. Top stuff from one of our most prolific puller of big girls.

Photo Copyright D.McCrudden
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Jamie Kyme hits the Mighty 48 Gallery in style, non of this messing about with micro jacks but proudly showing off his first Twenty at 22.02, top piking Jamie. Lovely to see that the first 20 didn't just scrape in but got there with a few pounds to spare.

Photo Copyright J. Kyme
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Evaldas and Chris Dewhurst recently skipped along the bank in a flamboyant manner in search of smaller preds (well that is what they told me) and mini preds is what they found.

Photo Copyright C.Dewhurst.
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Sie Blaydes adds a splash of much needed colour to the blog with a pretty str1pey.

Photo Copyright S.Blaydes.
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Chico perhaps not looking quite as stunning as I was a few years back and indeed pulling a bit of a face. The truth of it is I have a bit of an errant tooth and didn't want to smile as I don't want to attract the same women as Matt Hayes, the Blaydes was trying to get me to smile though and the result wasn't great.

Photo Copyright M.Winterton

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Wacker Walker may sound like an Anti Rambler Association motto but no, in this case it's our much loved lorry driving Piker from Crowle putting in a fresh appearance. She went 21.12 or 21 3/4 or 21.75 pounds depending if you do lb's and oz's, are fractionally minded or try to metricise our wonderful imperial system. Whatever your preference she is a cracker and the two of them make a lovely photo.
One thing is for sure wherever Wacker caught her he would have found his way there without one of these new fangled SatNavs, our Wacker is pure "Old Skool" and does proper paper maps

Photo Copyright A.Walker
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Andy Starsmore on the lures, whatever next? Andy looks as if he is willing it to be bigger next time.

Photo Copyright A.Starsmore
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Steve Hood with a sweet early season pike of a tad over 25lb, a super way to start ones campaign.

Photo Copyright S.Hood.

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Sie Blaydes playing with surface lures at night again
to great effect.

Photo Copyright S.Blaydes

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Chris Dewhurst and Sie Blaydes have been out Summer luring together, one was obsessed with playing "Soldiers"as a child and always wanted a machine-gun the other didn't....can we guess which was which?

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Chris Dewhurst carrying out a little venue research for our Winter events, we are assured this will be a big 20 by then and the water will not be frozen.

Photo copyright C.Dewhurst

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GG having a dabble at night, and enticing out a nice double on the surface baits.

Photo copyright S.Blaydes.

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GG according to my N.Lincs source has been especially busy this season chasing the wrong sort of ladies in pubs, he was dragged away from them to chase big green ladies at the tail end though. My secret source* informs me that GG decided to use the biggest eel section known to man, it wouldn't have looked out of place on "Black Beauty". The bait was helicoptered into the swim and shortly after it was away, that was hit and nothing felt, so too was the 2nd.The 3rd run and the rod hooped over, a big fish broke surface and then was gone. GG was then persuaded that the ladies were keen on the Black Beauty section it but perhaps it should be trimmed to "My Little Pony" dimensions and so it was done.

25% of the original bait seen below.

The 4th run saw everything hoop over once more and almost at the seasons last gasp a 21.04 lovely on the bank, here she is going back.

I suppose the moral of the story is even though big girls may think they like a big bait they find it easier taking one a little smaller.

Photo Copyright GG

* secret source S.Blaydes.

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Wacker Walker with a sweet looking 17.10, looking lovely and plump.

Photo Copyright A.Walker.

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Wacker Walker with a two tone 22, as it was 2 tone and a 22 he gets 2 pics

Photo Copyright A.Walker

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A few of us recently popped up to Menty via Crowle so young GG and the ever youthful Wacker Walker are here with some "Fash" some of them "Troot", the Fash and Troot may not be massive...or big but we had a great time and always good to get your 1st Sctottish Fash and troot under your belt.

Wacker's 1st Menty Troot
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