Learn To Pike Fish - Predator Fishing Quickbite 

Thank you Alan, I really appreciate kind, positive comments like this. The audience on RU-vid can be a tough one at times 😉 Regards Phil,

@@AnglingDirectTV Have been piking for well over 50 years now and seen a lot of water under the bridge so to speak, good solid information here for newcomers to piking.

Good luck, Definitely some great pike fishing around Wales 👌

Hello Mrsmog, Glad you enjoyed the video 😊 We would advise waiting until cooler weather until you target pike. Pike are very fragile fish and catching them in the summer when oxygen levels are low and water temperatures are high can often end in fatalities. For more info click the link below from the Pike Anglers Club ⬇️ pacgb.com/fishing-for-pike/summer-piking-guide/

Thank you Philip!

Thank you, glad you liked the video. Good luck with your fishing too. Phil,

Thanks Tim, glad you liked the video 😊

Hello Paul, The rucksack is a Gardner Specialist rucksack. www.anglingdirect.co.uk/gardner-specialist-rucksack?queryID=96a394e9b8f4b1f53e2ceefd7d4cf4a7&objectID=52908&indexName=live_ad_uk_products Now the landing net is a bit more complicated 😆, it's a home made net of sorts. The mesh is a rubber fox mesh, the arms are from an Advanta 42 inch net, the pole is from prologic, the spreader block is also Advanta, and finally it has a trakker net float. The advanta PS folding rubber net is as close as you can get without being creative like me. regards Phil,

Hi, The rucksack was a Gardner rucksack, and a Drennan specialist Quiver. I've had both these items several seasons and they are still going stong, despite me probably over loading the rucksack at times 🤭 www.anglingdirect.co.uk/gardner-specialist-rucksack?queryID=c1cbedfe7808bba242e257f8e734c2f9&objectID=52908&indexName=live_ad_uk_products www.anglingdirect.co.uk/drennan-specialist-2-fishing-rod-compact-quiver?queryID=170b20ad6b5de58c87838249f0478218&objectID=64830&indexName=live_ad_uk_products Regards Phil,

Thank you Kev, Regards Phil,

Hi William, The shape/style of float depends on the type of river and strength of the flow. Fishing the floats slightly over depth in a river still gives perfect bite indication. The current will ensure the line is tight from the bait to the float. Whether the float is laying flat or slightly cocked will make no different to the bite detection. Hope this answers your question? Phil

Perfect thanks for clearing that up. 👍

Generally it's frowned upon to use salt water bait fish in fresh water, because it can carry parasites between the waters 🙂

Yes Ant, they would be fine.

Morning Aaron, The Ninja rod and reel will be fine 👌, 30lb braid would be best for the 3000 size reel and more than strong enough for casting small to medium lures. Good luck with your fishing Regards Phil,

​@AnglingDirectTV thanks for the tip and reply Phil 👍

I use the weights used in the video. 15g ones work well with a 25g rated sliding float. If your going bigger with float then the 25g option works well

Hi Julie, the size size of the weight and float depends on the size of the river and flow. The main purpose of the weight it to anchor the dead bait still on the river bed. The float doesn't need to sit upright. Hope this helps Phil,

It is confusing because, if he is fishing on the bottom as he seems to be, the whole set up is flawed. You try using his set up with any sort of flow, the float would pull under or the weight would lift and get dragged along. The only way he gets away with it is because that river is millpond still with almost zero flow. Most people would use an inline sliding float (i use 56g seatech pro eva ones) with enough lead to hold bottom (usually 3oz+) on run ring. And that's only fishing the slacks. The float shown is best for suspending a bait up in the water (in this case the weight would be a bit less than the float, say 20g for a 25g float as the bait itself weighs almost nothing when in the water).

@@simonspencer397 Phil’s set up holds still perfectly in slower flowing rivers such as the one fished in this video. But you are correct in saying a slightly different set is needed on faster flowing rivers. We have already filmed a Quick bite video showing how to set up a float for faster rivers and it will be posted on youtube on January 16th. Like Phil said in the video, if he covered every aspect of pike fishing the video would be 2 hours long.

Totally agree Simon, So long as the braid is tough enough having a softer through action rod can make the fishing even more enjoyable. Like you said it's getting increasingly more difficult to find rods like that now. Regards Phil,

@@AnglingDirectTV great video Phil,enjoy all your vids. You always look super organized

Hi Melvin, My net is something I made myself. I might have to got into mass production as I often get asked about it. 😁 Regards Phil,

Hi Ian, I tend to use an up trace more when using live baits. Especially when using a paternoster. The reason for an up trace with a live bait is because the bait can swim upwards towards the float, if the bait swims up too high a pike could get mouth full of braid when hitting the bait. I hope this makes sense? Regards Phil,

The cold spell was particularly tricky but this milder weather is helping! 😜

I'm not English and I catch them every weekend. All go back to water. I hard to find them when you rubbish angler

Definatly still good fishing to be had if you look hard enough David.

Thank you Gavin, I look forward to seeing your results. Good luck, Phil