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Pike – A New PB for Christian

By FishingMagic 11/01/2012 11:50:00

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The business end of Christian's new PB pike The business end of Christian's new PB pike

FishingMagic regular Christian Barker, aka ‘The Chav Professor’ has upped his personal best pike, but in a quite extraordinary manner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Knowing Christian he will almost certainly tell the full tale of this fish in a future feature but for now we are delighted to bring first hand news of the Prof’s capture as he reported it:


A big Gipping croc with a taste for cheese...“I couldn’t help but chuckle! I landed this new PB pike from the River Gipping the other night and on cheese paste of all things!


It was weighed accurately by a former PAC Essex area rep, and good friend, Eddie Barrett who lives in the village and he kindly came out and took the photos. It weighed 21lb exactly after deducting the net and came from the same stretch I took a 19lb 4oz pike last season (caught by design on herring dead bait). It is definitely a different fish to the previous one as the markings are significantly different and the '19' had a piece of its gill cover missing.

 
It was caught fair and square in the jaw and the line caught across its mouth and under the gill plate on the opposite side. I do fish heavy for chub when upstreaming as you get a better 'drop back' effect - so 12lb line and a size 2 hook certainly helped but I admit that it was jammy to get it in as the line was badly scored.

 
I have had five pike after dark this season, but mostly they strike at a moving bait. To my knowledge I have never heard of anyone lure fishing for pike at night - Mark Barrett would perhaps know? But this is a good angle for investigation!”

 







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Comments (11 posted):

beerweasel on 11/01/2012 12:33:15
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Congrats Chav, that's a cracker. I fished the Gipping at Sproughton in the seventies, didn't catch anything that big. :w
barbelboi on 11/01/2012 14:42:49
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Nice one Christian, just the easy part now - you need a chub on herring to even up the score;) Jerry
Lord Paul of Sheffield on 11/01/2012 15:36:16
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well done sir
dangermouse on 11/01/2012 15:42:13
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Lovely fish Chav, congrats. :w
chav professor on 11/01/2012 21:44:11
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Is it too much to ask for a new Chub PB????:D Got to catch the fish gods when they are in the mood!
cg74 on 11/01/2012 22:20:40
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Accidental catures don't count.... A cracker, well done Christian.
Morespiders on 11/01/2012 22:58:54
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So wheres you FM hat Christian?:D:D
laguna on 11/01/2012 23:05:00
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That cheese paste must have been the size of a golf ball on a size 2 mate :eek: With all these 'accidental pike captures', I'd certainly consider using braid or a wire trace in future!!! :D A cracking fish Christian by any standard, regardless of target or design, well done mate.
dangermouse on 11/01/2012 23:05:22
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Is it too much to ask for a new Chub PB????:D Got to catch the fish gods when they are in the mood! Hehe, a new PB, a fantastic story and the glass is still half empty :D
chav professor on 12/01/2012 06:47:04
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So wheres you FM hat Christian?:D:D I'm breaking it in gently....... Hats are funny things, and its got to feel lucky. The FM hat is a super summer stalking hat! Trust me, it is a treasured piece of fishing equipment:)
Morespiders on 12/01/2012 15:48:11
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Ok Christian, so long as you havent e-bayed it, theres one going for £110 on there at the moment


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