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**JayZS** · #21 (**permalink**) 28-11-2011, 07:56

Originally Posted by Billyrivers

i did manage a jack about 4lb taken on a single hook rig that Jayzs mentioned earlier, it worked very well on a small bait

Barrie

Hooked in the scissors? I find almost all pike I hook on a single are scissor hooked.
And that really makes getting the hook out easy. I find I can often unhook jacks in the water, without even needing the net.

Billyrivers · #22 (**permalink**) 28-11-2011, 15:46

Yes Jayzs as you say hooked in the scissor's and unhooked in the water

Billyrivers · #23 (**permalink**) 29-11-2011, 15:48

Does anyone have any info about the pike fishing at New House Farm pool on the fed card, did they loose any pike in last winters big freeze

Barrie

kev1911 · #24 (**permalink**) 29-11-2011, 17:08

hi barrie,i doubt theres any pike left in there mate,most if not all the pike died in the freeze,some proper ones as well Frown

there was pics in the evening news of the pike all over the banks where someone had pulled them out and thrown them up the banks.

kev.

zac · #25 (**permalink**) 29-11-2011, 18:35

if your a novice with handling pike then i would invest in a pair of predator gloves which are very thin but will help to protect your little pinkies Big Grin

they are also thin enough so you can keep them on when fishing, got mine from local tackle shop cost about £12 i think
good luck
zac

Billyrivers · #26 (**permalink**) 30-11-2011, 21:09

Hi zac Must agree with you there mate after a nasty encounter with a pike a few years back i ended up in A&E (never ever tell them you got bitten by a fish lol every nurse and doctor in the hosp wanted to see the guy that had been bitten by a fish)
A few weeks later i was on holiday in the us and picked up a pair of the gloves you mention

Barrie

**JayZS** · #27 (**permalink**) 01-12-2011, 07:44

I bought a butcher's chain mail glove. Confidently used it with the next pike, but the long pointed teeth still managed to get through the links and draw blood!
These days I just know what I am doing, and take care, not bothering with gloves. Working so far, ( crossing my remaining fingers). ;-)

Billyrivers · #28 (**permalink**) 16-12-2011, 20:09

good pike site here

Esox World

Billyrivers · #29 (**permalink**) 17-12-2011, 14:33

I've used this method with single fly hooks as well, with great success

You Tube

**Glenn** · #30 (**permalink**) 17-12-2011, 14:38

What the hell, Sick0020