Re: The 1st of October
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2015 9:06 am
Well said John!! Traditionally many went piking in the winter for the table because they wanted fish to eat on a Friday and due to winter storms at sea there was no guarantee of fresh fish at the fish mongers. And summer piking was unheard of because there was very little respect for pike as a sporting fish and by many was considered vermin.
Fortunately times have changed much for the better, and pike now are considered by many knowledgeable anglers to be a good sporting fish worthy of angling for in both winter, autumn and summer months. To name a few TV anglers I have seen on TV recently pike fishing during the summer to include John Wilson, John Bailey, Mick Brown and Matt Hayes. So if they think it's Ok then I feel in good company. Yet actually, nowadays I only find myself pike fishing in the summertime when I ' m trotting for roach and they snaffle the odd one. But then again, I may do more lure fishing next summer if the mood takes.
Fortunately times have changed much for the better, and pike now are considered by many knowledgeable anglers to be a good sporting fish worthy of angling for in both winter, autumn and summer months. To name a few TV anglers I have seen on TV recently pike fishing during the summer to include John Wilson, John Bailey, Mick Brown and Matt Hayes. So if they think it's Ok then I feel in good company. Yet actually, nowadays I only find myself pike fishing in the summertime when I ' m trotting for roach and they snaffle the odd one. But then again, I may do more lure fishing next summer if the mood takes.