east anglia pike (help)
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Chris Bishop
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People don't tend to be too venue-specific these days.
If it helps the Broads and their rivers all hold pike, most are free fishing and you can find out where to hire boats etc in John Wilson's Where To Fish in Norfolk and Suffolk.
If it helps the Broads and their rivers all hold pike, most are free fishing and you can find out where to hire boats etc in John Wilson's Where To Fish in Norfolk and Suffolk.
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Chris Bishop
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Broads are very different, I'd get a copy of John Wilson's book - around ?6 - as it will pay for itself several times over if you've never been down here before.
Dicky (Angling Trust PAC)
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David,
I went to the Broads for the first time for a day out last February and had a glorious blank. It is a spectacularly beautiful place away from the touristy areas. I was privileged to see marsh harriers...superb!
I bought the Wilson book before I went and, as Chris says, it is very good. I didn't catch but my mate had a beautiful pb of 16lb.
I went to the Broads for the first time for a day out last February and had a glorious blank. It is a spectacularly beautiful place away from the touristy areas. I was privileged to see marsh harriers...superb!
I bought the Wilson book before I went and, as Chris says, it is very good. I didn't catch but my mate had a beautiful pb of 16lb.
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Chris Bishop
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It's not the rods, most of the non-landlocked broads and the rivers have massive boat traffic in the summer and static bait fishing is virtually impossible during daylight.
Most summer pikers on the Broads lure fish for short sessions early morning or evening.
There's limited access to a lot of places from the bank so you really need a boat.
The price of hire craft goes up in the summer, so it can get pretty pricy.
Most summer pikers on the Broads lure fish for short sessions early morning or evening.
There's limited access to a lot of places from the bank so you really need a boat.
The price of hire craft goes up in the summer, so it can get pretty pricy.
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Chris Bishop
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Winter is far better, great place to fish as ****y says.
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Chris Bishop
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My local tackle shop did sell it, not sure if there are any left but let me know if you have problems and I might be able to find one.
Dicky (Angling Trust PAC)
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This one looks a bit closer, near Ipswich?
http://www.anglianwaterleisure.co.uk/index.php?sectionid=104&parentid=51
http://www.anglianwaterleisure.co.uk/index.php?sectionid=104&parentid=51
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Try Abberton Reservoir or Ardleigh Reservoir (dependant on ticket arrangements nowadays).
Both much closer to Clacton (Ardleigh 25mins)
You could give Alton Water a bash, though the piking's not what it used to be (near Ipswich)
Both much closer to Clacton (Ardleigh 25mins)
You could give Alton Water a bash, though the piking's not what it used to be (near Ipswich)