Hello again Andy,
I went out on my local canal this morning for pike, getting a bait in the water by 10.15 am. Twenty minutes later I was into my biggest canal pike of about ten pounds, as they are mostly very small jacks around here. Then an hour later I moved up a bit then caught another pike of around 4 pounds. Then I had a dropped run an hour later. All of this happened within the time frame myself and Derek spoke of. From then on about nothing at all for the duration up to about 2.30ish. The weather was changeable too, wind coming from the east, some warm sun when it was clear, then when the cloud came over it went very cold quickly. No rain though thankfully. Another thing to take into consideration this time of year is the amount of leaves floating and semi submerged in the water, which can cause problems with presentation,and I suppose affect you chance of a hook up too.
Chris.