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Ron 'The Hat' Clay AMIMechE (SA) MIFE (SA) (ACA)
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Although I would never call myself an expert pike angler, I have always heldthe species in a certain amount of awe. I also love to read accountsof monsters that bite the noses off drinking horses, take cygnets off the surface and grip the thighs of full grown men who are swimming in the lake, taking them to their doom!
Of course many of these tales are totally untrue. We had a lake near me when I was a youngster that held a leviathan called Jake. It was supposed to be 100 years old and weigh over 100 lbs. Many anglers claimed to have hooked this gigantic pike and the stories of epic battles were told in local hostelries for several years.
But just howlarge can a pike reach?
The fabled Loch Ken monster was supposed to reach 72lbs. Then there was the legendary Endrick fish from Loch Lomond, the skull of which was accurately measured by Fred Buller and **** Walker.
Are there real monsters swimming about in some of our waters that will never be caught? What about our reservoirs such as Rutland or Grafham? And what about the Scottish and Irish lakes.
Perhaps one day a fortunate angler will catch one of these giants. It would be the stuff of dreams.
What do you think?
Of course many of these tales are totally untrue. We had a lake near me when I was a youngster that held a leviathan called Jake. It was supposed to be 100 years old and weigh over 100 lbs. Many anglers claimed to have hooked this gigantic pike and the stories of epic battles were told in local hostelries for several years.
But just howlarge can a pike reach?
The fabled Loch Ken monster was supposed to reach 72lbs. Then there was the legendary Endrick fish from Loch Lomond, the skull of which was accurately measured by Fred Buller and **** Walker.
Are there real monsters swimming about in some of our waters that will never be caught? What about our reservoirs such as Rutland or Grafham? And what about the Scottish and Irish lakes.
Perhaps one day a fortunate angler will catch one of these giants. It would be the stuff of dreams.
What do you think?