I went fishing on the Bristol Avon on Sunday, was havign a decent day trotting and doing a bit of feeder fishing.
Went a bit slow mid afternoon, but then on my maggot feeder with a bunch of red and white maggots on I had a wrap around bite, that I assumed could only be one fish, the Barbel I have been trying for so far all season!
I was however very wrong, and I was gutted a a 6lb jack pike came to the surface.
Did the pike mean to eat my bunch of maggots, it was hooked fair and square in the scissors? Will pike eat any baits or is this a pretty uncommon occurrence? Did it just try and eat some silver fish that were around the feeder and get hooked by accident?
I guess I cant be too upset at it not being a Barbel as it is my first pike but obviously not quite the same as I was not fishing for it. So next time you get a wrap around bite beware things might not be as they first appear!
Any thoughts greatly received!
A confused river angler.
Went a bit slow mid afternoon, but then on my maggot feeder with a bunch of red and white maggots on I had a wrap around bite, that I assumed could only be one fish, the Barbel I have been trying for so far all season!
I was however very wrong, and I was gutted a a 6lb jack pike came to the surface.
Did the pike mean to eat my bunch of maggots, it was hooked fair and square in the scissors? Will pike eat any baits or is this a pretty uncommon occurrence? Did it just try and eat some silver fish that were around the feeder and get hooked by accident?
I guess I cant be too upset at it not being a Barbel as it is my first pike but obviously not quite the same as I was not fishing for it. So next time you get a wrap around bite beware things might not be as they first appear!
Any thoughts greatly received!
A confused river angler.