I Had to Fish Dead Bait in This Wild Forgotten Pond 

Me - I went out to fish yesterday but came straight back as I'd forgotten where the forgotten pond was.....

Trolleys 😂

I go on My Bike to, You don't much to catch big.

I wonder if he ever blanks!!

I love VMC hooks! 👍

yeah i agree but he does spend a lot of time reviewing the spots nearby that are not controlled by anyone. but i toatally agree withn you all the pike ponds near me are all controlled and i want to catch pike but im not allowed to :(

@@lewisgan1197 All waters belong to the riparian land owner and at the very least you have to get their permission to fish them. Thanks for replying.

The trees were removed by the national grid as they were affecting the power lines 👍

@@The_ginger_fisherman thanks for telling me.

Defo not a forgotten pond. To well looked after

I always put mine back but had an instance back in the 1980's where I was fishing a local stream and the Pike rarely go above 5lb - I caught an absolute donkey at 11lb but because I was using a small bait it had wolfed it down before my normal 10 count to strike. I damaged the fish removing the hooks so decided it was more humane to put it out of it's misery, whacked it a couple of times with my bankstick and put it in a bag behind my tackle box. When I got home, I presented it to my Dad (I was a teenager then) and said 'here is dinner for tonight'. Being somebody who grew up in the 30's, my father knew how to gut a fish so started to wash it down in the kitchen sink (We had one of those old square deep porcelain ones). 'It's still alive, it's eye just moved' he said to me. 'No chance' I laughed. As he continued to wash it, the water revived it some more and the Pike lunged - I had never seen my father move so fast, he was back across the kitchen so fast Usain Bolt wouldn't have caught him! Quickly despatched for the second time, we ate well that night - As you say, Pike are very boney but if you take care the taste more than makes up for it

@@cliffdixon6422 LOL, great story.

Whoever done it has made a right mess of it and left it all in the water🤯

@@catalickconverta6823 Thats good for the fish though. dead wood in water gives food and cover

@@FelixFiske its not good for the fish when it all rots it just fills the pond with gasses and makes black slop that smells like rotten eggs and gives something for that nasty green pond weed to hold onto and suspend itself in thick clumps oxygen killer

@@FelixFiske agreed, more accessible spots but the fish still feel comfortable with cover etc… but would be nice if it remains a hidden gem for a few anglers rather than many

​@@catalickconverta6823 Yea if theres too much and the lake has problems with algae blooms more nutrition is probably pretty bad. Where I live that is usually not a big problem and it's pretty common to dump pine trees in the water to help predatory fish like perch. I read an article that suggested that the massive storm we had here in Sweden in 2005 that caused massive amount of trees to fall down in to lakes and rivers may have significantly increased fish production for a few years after that

Mostly very small roach and Rudd I believe. While out in the tube I did see large shoals of fish all a few inches. Might have to give it a go with the waggler in summer to se exactly what's in there

And I’d wager the forgotten lake pikes are probably feeding on species that thrive without the human interruptions, like frogs/toads/birds and even rodents

National grid

Likely left the drop as cover for the fish.

it's in Yorkshire somewhere. Most of the pike in Northamptonshire have been taken for food over the past few years.

@@SteeeveO it’s the same in the midlands, Eastern Europeans have eaten then all

@@lesbaty8919 as soon as the logistics warehouses sprang up, the HMO's appeared in every street, the EU's appeared & the pike were always going to be in trouble...... How common it is to find barbecues by the canal or river, & several empty cans of Tyskie.

Where bouts in Northampton do you fish bro I'm from Northamptonshire fished all around there all my life till few years back wen I moved away

@@n1ch0l5 i have moved 4 years ago aswell. But before that Sixfields there is 2 lakes good for pikes. Or billing aquadrom river nene.

Yes there are plenty of such places in my country, although perch only is more common. A biologist here wrote of a small lake with only pike that had very low levels of oxygen so only the upper level of the water column had enough oxygen for fish to survive. The result was loads of tiny pike no longer than perhaps 10 to 20cm but they still managed to survive. If I remember correctly they lived of insects and fish fry like small trout

hope that's a joke.

@@SteeeveO Could be from across the pond or mainland europe.

Poached in milk with parsley, lemon and other herbs. Think that's it, the missus does it.

@@ollyjackson8733 Poaching Pike is illegal, no ? ....

@@SteeeveO pike is delicious, firm white flesh, you can use same recipes you use for cod.

Why would you want to risk a snap and leaving hooks in a fish and line all over the place? That's noddy fishing.

Definitely better to potentially kill a fish just so you can have a bit more fun and hsow off for catching on lighter gear 🤡

He's got heavy braid on it won't tangle the hooks will bend out before he loses the hooks in the fish