Hello from Northern Ontario. I’m enjoying an early morning coffee and watching your pike video. My parents lived for a short time in England. They left and moved to a small town called Wawa. Pike was king in the area and we grew up fishing and eating pike. I don’t think you can beat a good sized bobber/ float to fish for pike. The bite is quickly signaled by the float and doesn’t seem to bother the pike. There is also much less hardware attached to the line. A wire leader with a single or treble hook and a float. Also less you have to carry to your spots. One year an American angler graciously showed me the proper way to fillet and debone a pike in just a few steps after I was butchering it with the idiotic 5 cut technique. It was fast easy and left the fillet boneless! Our family enjoyed fresh fried pike suppers and it was staple for us in those days. Pike are very cooperative unlike many other fish. I still to day at 69 fish for pike with a red and white bobber! Great show. Oh and I make my own leaders using nylon coated steel wire that I twist and melt so there is less hardware the pike can see. I add a single hook using a uni knot that allows me to slide the hook up and down the wire leader to adjust for different size bait. It works awesome! Once again an American pike angler showed me the technique. Here’s a video we made showing how to make the leader. instagram.com/reel/C3-brCSL-lv/?igsh=dXd1ejNhZHR6MDc=

Your videos are just unbelievable....I could watch these all day,and not bother going fishing ever again!!!!!

This absolute gold mate! Chris, you're a beast my man 😁 40 years of assumptions, discussions and bro science about weight for deadbaiting, the big goldfish question -they might be better underneath a little bubble float as 3-5" live baits, apparently 🤷🏻‍♂️😬, but the visual data you provide for bite indication is the biggest thing for me. Pick your rod out the rests at the slightest indication folks. No, not every indication will result in a fish on the bank, but it will elimate most deep hooking and will ultimately put more fish on the bank. Share this with your pike fishing mates ffs, they'll thank you for it!

Superb underwater footage. Love your work! Thanks for sharing.

Love the underwater footage. So interesting when you actually can see a pike go in the S-form and strike lightning fast. Good job Chris 😃

Hi Chris, great inspiration for a newbie like me, fishing for 60 years now and I want to get in to predator fishing, pike, perch etc watching your videos and I think they are amazing, great and motivational. They should give you a shot on TV, it will be a hit for fisherman of all abilities. Cheers.

Great underwater footage.Great to see how the pike react to different baits.

Very Cool! Watching the Pike look the goldfish up and down, studying it.

Great video as always mate. Can't tell you how much I appreciate the time and effort that goes into filming underwater

Awesome video. The footage was incredible. It's great that you explained your setup. Looking forward to seeing future videos using the underwater camera.

Thankyou for another video that simply explains how to do it !

Thx Chris really enjoyable watch 👍👍

Absolutely brilliant video. Thanks so much much for all the effort it must take to share these amazing videos, and for sharing your knowledge with us all. Brilliant. 👍👍👍👍👍👍

Most fascinating pike behaviour filming I think given the nature of this species and the way they are fished for we need this very good footage. That first pike was indeed the same as the fish that took the roach. Same split in tail. ...

Another great video Chris , a real insight into how these pike take a bait , I must say I'm not convinced with these bite indicators when ledgering, float ledgering for me is the best way IMO . Keep the content going !

Great video as always mate. Can't tell you how much I appreciate the time and effort that goes into filming underwater. My biggest takeaway from this video is the important is using ledger stems with a heavy lead. Getting that solid hold in the bottom with a big lead and the line popped up with a 360 swivel ring with a ledger stem to keep it away from snags and allowing for completely line freedom.

As always great underwater footage, really enjoying them and learning pike behaviour!

Fascinating.. Thanks for doing what you do 🙏

Great video Chris good to see the reaction of the pike and rod indication !!! Many times ive had a few beeps on the alarm and waited for the run and nothing happened ! Next time im going to strike it for sure !!!!

Really interesting watching the reaction from take to alarm great video Chris 👍👍. I rarely use Instagram but I've logged in and liked videos up to August last year 😊 every little helps 😂

Love these underwater footage vids, well done bud

Very educational on Pike feeding behaviour thanks another superb video. 👍

Pinning the pray to the river bed by ambushing from above increasing the pikes chance of catching it. They are super impressive ambush predators. Thanks Chris for vids

Fantastic video Chris superb footage and well explained I’d love to see more videos like this Thumbs up 👍🏼

Bloody brilliant !!!

Great video, good to see how the drop off reacts to the take. Great footage. Going to switch to balsa sticks having seen how they pop up the bait.

Great vid as always. I live in Ireland and Trout season has started. I don't know when it starts in England but whenever it does you should try using a light setup and trotting a worm. Really fun way of catching them and also effective. You can catch all types of size with that method.

Really great footage Always enjoy watching your videos keep them coming tight lines 🎣👌

Love your videos and sheer enthusiasm for all types of fishing. A couple of comments on the set-up in terms of bite indication. Ideally the drop off should be set up directly under the reel spool so that the tension is such that even a short pull on the line will see the indicator drop off or drop back if the lead comes towards the rod. The swaying on the indicator that is seen in the footage is due to the position of the drop off clip on the bank stick, you might have put it where you did as the clip was too big for the extending part of the bankstick, and I would generally be on the rod instantly to stop a deep hooked fish if I saw this movement. Strangely enough you only generally see this when using braid as the stretch in mono means that this is not seen and can result in a deep hooked fish. In terms of the lead size I tend to think that heavier is better as the line can pull through the run ring without the lead moving and adding resistance, assuming that the drop off releases easily and quickly. However, in terms of pike being sensitive to resistance I have found in my experience that they will quite happily drag a big lead, it's a resistance change that is likely to make them drop the bait. When I say a resistance change I mean something like the drop off not releasing, the line snagging or fishing with a close bail arm etc. Keep up the great work.

Great video Great skills in all off it filming fishing and editing and what ever else iv missed out on Wicked video 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😁✌️

Great video's! I'm new to pike fishing and find your content really useful / entertaining! Keep it up 👌👌👌

Just so u know u got some Polish fans too! Great videos.. some amazing underwater shoots

Thank you Chris, alwaysso helpful :)

I really enjoy the underwater shots. More please.

Fantastic video! Really fascinating footage

Absolutely brilliant photographer 😅

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Been a carp angler since a kid the whole scene has change so much I hate it. I started lure fishing going wiv minimum stuff it’s refreshed me I thought I’d given up on fishing for last few years but now I can’t wait. Love watching you it’s inspiring. Obviously I want more lure fishing lol and a big perch that’s wat I’m aiming for now

Great videos as ever and love the underwater shots 👍📷

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Wow this is really outstanding footage of pike I fish them here in ND so very awesome To check This out

G'day Chris, awesome underwater footage. 👍🏼👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

These videos are spectacular. Keep it up

Chris nice filming. Having done a lot of sea fishing, I have often wondered if a light breakaway grapnel could be used in conjunction with a running ledger, to set the hook. When I went Piking I used Sprats for dead bait, and sometimes Rapella Plugs.

Lots fancy gear for pike! In northern Manitoba our Cree guides used fishing line wrapped around a coke bottle with a spoon lure and thats it!

I don't fish for pike zander or perch but love these videos. Think I might take it up after decades.

Please do some more fly fishing or trout fishing!! Some beautiful spots in wales especially the upland llyn’s + you can spin at many of them. Would make an awesome vid. Love your videos!

Your videos are always wicked Chris!! I don’t regularly comment but always like, I always take something away from your vids! My favourite fishing channel 🎣 ….Smithy

Love your video's keep up the good work

Another great video Wondering what your set up is with camera I'm going to give it a go with gopro ??

Clever stuff there thanks top man.

Great video Chris. You have demonstrated why deep hooking can be a problem. The fish does not always move off immediately. Have you read anything by Jens Bursell? He has developed 'Release rigs' for lures and dead baits to improve hook ups and reduce deep hooking. I have been looking at beach casting rigs lately and they too have a deep hooking problem with some species. Their answer is the 'dongle rig' which is a sort hair rig system for predatory fish. I wonder if a dongle rig style set up would work for Pike too. I suppose the 'kebab rig' is the nearest freshwater equivalent.

when a place has pike. This is possible. good show, mate!

Great video. Do you think you got a better run on a 4oz lead as the pike was not able to drag it as easy as the 1.5oz?

Awsome video always find it interestin underwater stuff🐊🎣

Cool video and an eye opener regarding bite indication!

Great video, what underwater camera do you recommend guys please ? I'm looking to get one Thanks

thanks to your vides ive got my MOJO back for pike fishing, was out at my local canal yesterday (17/3/24) and caught my 1st pike in about 10 years ( it was only 2lb) so thank you

Love These videos you make I love watching how the Pike react to different baitfish. Can I ask how you make your single double hook traces please

Just wondering if the 'grabbing and letting go' is to trigger a reaction, or that it's actually tasting similar to the gasping they sometimes do close the bait. Could they be deterred by the 'taste' of the tackle or our handling of the bait?

Great video again, would love to see the underwater with a float rig. I've always thought they give better indication as any take usually gets the float bobbing at least slightly. Of course you have to be prepared to keep watching a float though, maybe a combo rig? ATB MMMD

Love your confidence to just keep getting takes on camera one after the other and not worrying about a hook up as another will be along in a bit. If that was my video it would be very short and there would be no fish 😆

Your videographic creativity and presentation is way to go Chris... Did you do a course on editing..? Too Good

Wow it really sounds like spring! Envious

Thanks for the great video. Definitely threw a curve ball at me. As I mentioned before I fish in Scotland and use 2oz weights, so as to allow a slightly bigger bait and/ or further cast (often required) without over loading the rod, (3.5lb t/c) Not sure what my next move is now. Guess that's something for next season 🤔 Cheers 👍

Fun watching

Great footage aswell m8 getting very good at sights of under water takes..

Chris please I would like you to do the same kind of infromative video with floats , thank you so much I love your work as well :)

I just got given a spool of 20lb nylon line that's 500meters and 0.148mm , I was just wondering what is it used for because it would literally take miles to fill a spool so is it like load up mainly normal mono and then add a load for fishing for course species or is it more as just a fine leader??? I've never used it and I couldn't really find out much about micro fine super strong line.

thirteen seconds! love these videos chris unfortunately not caught a single pike allllllll river season maybe next season 😒

I aren't a pike fisherman at all but this video was very insightful and interesting to watch 👍

# 5 circle hook, no lead, hold pole in hand at all times. That’s me fishing there with my tactic. Cool fishing hole though!

Stands to reason that a heavier weight will give a better bite indication, works all the time when beachcasting.

@The Ginger Fisherman, can you tell me what polarised glasses brand you are using?

Awesome footage with some awesome catches ! Do you use lures as well as real baits ? By the way you gained subscriber from Illinois , U.S.A . Stay safe !

Your followers haven't half went up good work you deserve it with your dedication to fishing 👏 well dun hope you get more a love the underwater cam can you do a trout one for me please thanks 🙏

Years ago fishing with my dad at a deep hole in the Ottawa River near Deep River Ontario, I was bringing in a decent pike that turned out to be 10lbs but it stopped coming in. Bottom was hundreds of feet so we knew it was not a snag and it almost pulled the rod out of my hands. When I got it into the boat eventually there was a row of scales all around the middle of the fish that were gone. We figured it had to be a Muskellunge hitting it. In this area 60lb muskies were not uncommon.

Have you ever tried live bait before because that’s how I caught a 22 lb pike with a live Perch and using a large float rig

Loving the underwater footage!!!! One thing I’d love to see underwater footage of is a freelined bait with drop off indicator. Direct contact with the bait rather than a pivot point of a lead???? I think it might show some surprising results????!

Thats what happened to the saved goldfish innit

Pike are mean looking feckers aren’t they? 😬.. the way he came into shot in the first seconds .. Great vid, hope you do more .. especially with perch 💪🏼

Great vid!

Very interesting setup for the bait alarm, something not used over here in the US very often. How about an in depth video on how that all works? Have you ever tried larger "circle of octopus hooks" ?

Chris, do you think that you could run through exactly how to set up the alarm and indicator? Eg bale arm on/off, how much drag, what to do with baitrunner reel..dont do much Pike fishing anymore as Im scared of deep hooked fish. Would love to start but hate the thought of hurting/injuring a Pike. Have watched previous videos of unhooking deep-hooked fish so seem confident with that, but would like to avoid it as much as possible . Cheers Chris 👍

Hello The Ginger Fisherman, I have been watching your lovely and outstanding videos for quite some time. I have caught hundreds of pike but never through the method you utilize, and I am really interested in giving it a go if not completely switching over. If you would be so kind to do a tutorial of the method utilized in this video I would really appreciate it. I'm sure it is simpler than I am making it out to be. Thanks.

Amazing video, How do you make the bait float. I saw you stick something in its mouth but wasnt sure what that was.

That looks eerily like the goldfish you "rescued" in your previous upload. Can't help but chuckle at that, i thought you would've released them again

Great video again!

Excellent vid not sure I believe your story about last weeks goldfish though 😂😂

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New to pike fishing, so a lot to learn, why do you have your drop back indicator coming from the rear bank stick, and not from the front like carp bobbins ?

Great video 👍🏻!

Get yourself out to Killarney in Ireland, to the upper lake, isolated in the mountains...the pike there are such monsters they have people filming their behaviour thinking they're some kind of Loch Ness monster. They take off after prey like a huge torpedo underwater. I've seen it while kayaking.

Love the channel great footage! Wouldn’t recommend single hooks especially to beginners as they will loose 70% of fish Obviously safety of fish is the most important thing but as long as you strike straight away it’s very very rare they will be deep hooked.

Here you go ! :D

Nice pike nice big ones and small con from Ireland 🇮🇪

Theres alot of pike in that canal !!

Do you think you could do some footage on trotting for trout, the float going under how the rig presents under water etc it’s something I find pretty tricky feel like I’m set up right but for some reason it’s not happening

They tend to arch their back before striking too!