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Getting Started - My First Golden Rule of Pike Fishing

For some anglers pike fishing is just one more branch of angling that can be picked up when the mood, or time of year, dictates. It is then dropped again in favour of another species.

For others it has developed into a relationship that requires serious love and attention to keep it satisfied.

Read my thoughts on Getting Started and the reasons for My First Golden Rule of Pike Fishing.

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Hornsea Mere - Hornsea, East Yorkshire

Hornsea Mere offers day ticket boat and bank fishing in 467 acres of natural inland water near to the Yorkshire coast.

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P.A.C. Regions

September is the time of year when many pike anglers start dusting off their tackle in anticipation of a successful winters piking. It's also the time when the Pike Anglers Club Regional Meetings really get started. Many RO's have already been busy filling their diary for this winter.

I have put together a list of events that have been announced so far.

There is also a full list of the P.A.C. Regions to help you get in touch with your local Region so that you can meet up with fellow pike anglers to chat about your fishing and share experiences, knowledge and, hopefully, a good laugh.

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Oakland Waters - Snaith, East Yorkshire

Oakland Waters is a privately owned fishery just north of the M62 near to the small East Yorkshire town of Snaith.

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Selby Three Lakes - Selby, N.Yorks

Selby Three Lakes has for many years been one of Yorkshire's premier carp waters. It is less well known for its piking...

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Willen Lake - Milton Keynes, Bucks

The two lakes covering 150 acres known as Willen North and Willen South are the largest on the Milton Keynes AA book.

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Bradwell Lake - Milton Keynes, Bucks

Bradwell Lake is a 23 acre gravel pit flanked by the Grand Union Canal to the east, and on the west by the River Great Ouse.

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Suffolk Water Park - Ipswich, Suffolk

Suffolk Water Park offers winter pike fishing on its 25 acre 'Big Lake' on a day ticket. There are pike to over 25 pounds to tempt the pike angler and plenty of other nice pike reported in the angling press in recent years.

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What are Pike? - Andy Webster

Pike are a predatory fish found at the very top of the freshwater food chain in British and European waters.

Whether gazing over miles of natural Scottish Loch or boating on the man made Broads of Norfolk, walking along a small Yorkshire river or sailing a huge Welsh reservoir, Pike will be lurking in the shadowy depths.

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Boddington Reservoir - Daventry, Northants

Boddington Reservoir is a popular match venue stocked with carp, roach, bream, perch and tench. There are over 120 pegs on this 65 acre venue.

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Pike Cufflinks

Gift ideas for the Pike Angler.

Choosing the right gift for a pike angler can be a tricky business. If you don't know a float from drop-off indicator then perhaps you stay on safer ground.

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Ted Hughes - Pike

Pike, three inches long, perfect
Pike in all parts, green tigering the gold.
Killers from the egg: the malevolent aged grin.
They dance on the surface among the flies.

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Pike Fishing Books

If you are looking for something to read then take a look at this comprehensive, date ordered list of pike books. List compiled thanks to the Pike Anglers Club website.

The following books are explored in more detail including chapter lists and synopsis.

• Tactical Pike Fishing (2009) by Mike Ladle & Jerome Masters
• Sixty Years A Fisherman (2008) by John Wilson
• Fenland Pike (2009) by Denis Moules & Mark Barrett
• A Piker's Progression (2009) by John Watson
• PAC 30 (2007) by Phil Wakeford & Mark Barrett
• A Piker's Progress (1991) by John Watson
• In Pursuit of Predatory Fish (1986) by Neville Fickling

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