Using a PIKE to Catch a Bigger PIKE! 

good to see there are RU-vid People, who care about the fish and handle them like they deserve, maybe this skinny guys grows to a Monster! well done!

Been binge watching him from when he first started videoing and man he’s quality 💯

Another great upload Chris, thanks. I've been using small pike as deadbaits since around 1986, when we saved euthanased pike from a trout river in N Ireland. They catch some mighty fine fish! Your last fish certainly looked heavier than 11lbs!!!!

Right now I walk across two feet of Georgian Bay ice to get my pike . Your shows help get me through the rest of winter until I can cast again ! Thanks Muchacho keep your hook in the water .

Inspirational vid Chris, both on fish method as well as care for the pike, regards from Belgium going to try freelining myself as well

I just ordered a savage gear 3d pike to throw around. Thanks for showing us those circle hooks so much better. Cheers

I Like the way the first big pike hung around for a second or two when you put him back, as if he was saying....Fanks for spraying me wounds mate :O)

Great Session! Like the way you freelined the bait and observed what was going on.

Congrats on 50k subs, dude! Well deserved.. love your content 💪🎣

Pike fishing is so interesting , I have gone for about 7 sessions (all day ) trying to catch a pike with dead bait and a float we planked a few times but we have just caught out first golf pike about 9-10 pound , this is all because me and my brother watch your vids . Keep it up

Nice catch mate👍🍻 I like your choice of bait. Big bait= big fish. I canoed and fished a Municipal drainage ditch emptying from a large wetland prairie marsh in central Manitoba Canada during mid summer. We saw a large number of big pike but only caught many small 12-24" pike (we call them hammer handles) that strangely, upon hitting would all immediately head straight to the banks. I found out why further up at the control gate where you could see 36"-45"+ fish by the dozens streaming through the shallows, constantly. I found out that small pike were the main food supply for the lunkers and would hide out in the bank reeds to avoid their elders. Number 1 bait for catching the lunkers turned out to be 12-18" pike. They wouldn't even touch large pike lures and bucktails. A local gent I met laughed at my amazement & said this is nothing, he claimed during spring spawn you could walk across the ditch😅. I fear he wasn't exaggerating, I kid you not, it was worthy of a mini-documentary on nature, let alone fishing. The variety and sheer number of birds ducks geese & hawks alone was worth the trip. I went back a couple years later and it was typical prairie dry weather cycle, completely bone dry. Apparently this little known and even less fished marsh is a major but erratic pike breeding area for the Assiniboine River. It's many square miles of marshy maze & very easy to get lost in as channels change drastically with fluctuating water levels & plant growth. Now that GPS is more accurate and reliable, I hope to go back and canoe the marsh before I'm no longer able, & remember to bring a camera along...

as much as im a sea fisherman, this fishing is really interesting to watch.

Bin watching you for a wile now you smash the editing n got confidence in front of camera that's what i find hard Haha guna sub mate

Great vid, you make it look so easy. Thanks for sharing 🖒🖒🖒

Gosh I love fishing with dead bait. It makes me feel like it's even more effective than live bait! Caught my pb Zander (maybe 3-4kg) on one. And some pike of course.

You are a real pro pike hunter! Awesome vid. Cheerse mate and tight lines! 🤝

Quality fish ! well done. Your videos are always great

You're a legend man. Love these videos 😉

Great video! You make it look so easy!

Love how you look after the fish.

The Ginger fisherman and Carl and Alex.. my favourite fishing channels👍

What a pretty fish. Has to be my second favourite type of fish after carp! They are awsome

Cool vid mate, especially the way you take care of your catch, excellent 🙂

What's going on Ginger Fisherman! New subscribers here! Those were some Nice Pike you caught with that Pike bait you rigged up! That's what I'm talkin about! Great video man! Keep on getting down!

Fair play Chris, some nice fish there buddy 👍

This is the best catch and release I've ever seen.

I’m trying this asap. Awesome!

Great video and fish you have caught Chris!

Interesting video again. That first big one looked like she had been a bigger fish, judging by the size of her head anyway, maybe had lost a bit of weight and condition due to that old mouth injury, but certainly looking better now. Thanks for sharing your session and keep up the good work. Cheers

Another great vid Chris of a pretty great session. A couple of doubles in one day is always worthy. And when that first one packs on weight for spawning in Feb/March I'm pretty sure you're right. She'll be 20 or close. Go get her then mate.😉

Almost had a heart attack when your bag tipped over thought for sure that was going in the drink 😂 great video my friend *and reflexes* 😂

Top vid that. You have some great waters where you are. Here in Manchester, there are a few decent waters but no real decent rivers. The river Irwell behind my house has a few but they are well spread out. Always enjoy your vids, keep it up.

The way you take care of these fish is awesome

Hello fisherman, not only are you a good fisherman but a good man as well, I watched your video when you took care of the pike that you caught, and you helped this fish with some sort of spray which i thought was great helping this good looking pike, a proper good thing to do, keep up your fishing videos. Brother Carl away

Great session and Great catches live the videos dude !!!! the dead pike was awesome !!!!!!

great video Chris, keep up the good work.

Lovely video again. Please don't stop with this videos

You deserve more followers💪🏻

Thanks for the show :)) very good

Nice pikes. Small detail: your chest camera aims to low. Maybe an idea to aim a little higher ?

Another great video thank you 😊

Another good video Chris 👍👍. You never strike when using Circle hooks, just tighten down . I had a right bollocking off a skipper whilst Tope fishing, we'd been out for a few hours and had nothing, I got a good run and in the excitement I struck, only to pull the bait from its mouth. Haven't done it since 🙈🙈🙈👍👍

awesome fishing as always those pike were top notch.

Beautiful, big and fighting Pikes :) I like it

Hey love your videos some days ago I got subscribed...GOD BLESS YOU SIR SIR !

Small pike are a favourite food for large pike! They keep the numbers of small pike down, which is better for the other species in the river (or lake).

i can't stop watching this video :))

You should keep doing stuff like this and especially filming it, your good at it!

Brilliant vid again Ginge I gotta say I really like the look of those circle hooks and the fact that they inflict less damage on the pike. Can you tell me what glasses you use please mate. Great channel keep em rollin.

G'day from Australia, great video, SUBSCRIBED! :)

Great video Chris 👍

Good session Chris learning loads you pretending to lick mackerel reminds me of many a drunken Saturday night😂😂😂😂😂

It seems like going to fish market. Such a density of fishes I've never seen before. I envy you. Nice channel. Keep going!

We have Chain Pickerel where I live in MD USA. They’re related to Pike but much smaller. That looks like a blast!! You’ve inspired me to get my fishing gear out again. To much bad stuff on the news.

I don't understand the thumbs down, I'm guessing it's because you used a PIke, not sure if they still do, but bait companies use to farm small jack pike as specialist baits back in the late 90's, I remember a company up north selling them frozen packed in 2's....if you find a dead jack, no point in wasting it, use it, circle of life and all that, its one of the best baits there is for catch large pike... I have, like Chris used every bait you can think of, from rats, dead pigeons, I even caught pike on raw sausages years ago! nice one Chris!!!

Skvělé video,sleduji uz dlouho a super.✌

Your my favourite fishing RU-vidr

Très jolie démonstration , mon ami ! Tu as de la chance d'avoir une rivière aussi riche en brochet !! Bravo superbe démonstration de pêche.

I remember catching a 4lb pike and as i got it near the bank a huge pike that looked about 30lb plus grabbed it and made a huge swirl and took it right out, i couldn't stop it, was like a train, spent about 3/4 of an hour playing it, then it dived with the pike so deep and snapped my line, was amazed. I just caught a 27lb one that morning, that felt like a 40lb do'er. I then caught another jack about 3 and half and used as bait, had to throw it out as couldn't cast with that weight. Big pike are ruthless haha.

That second Pike was awesome. Hopefully i catch something this weekend!

New to your channel, great to watch a proper sport fishing person,the way you treat the fish and catch and realize is the way all ppl who fish should act,sickins me when I see Dead fish mutalated on the bank,these ppl are just wrong and warped,best of Irish luck fishing in the Future ☘️🇮🇪

12:51. All I have to say. 🤣

Pike fight best during the late summer. Taking spinners and plugs with great enthusiasm. Winter pike fishing is by comparison a dire affair. Fish when the fish are feeding!!!

i tell you what you must have the greatest eyes in the universe to see fish in that detail from that far ////

Enjoyed that one Ginge the content was great.

Just ordered some circle hooks Chris. I'll let you know how I get on. A couple of lovely ladies you had there.

Once read an article many years ago by TV personality Chris Tarrant. Don't remember the exact details but he recalled having once caught quite a large pike in an Irish lake trolling with a 3lbs jack

damn dude that was a decent day with them Water Wolves

Back in '64, several obnoxious Michigan woodchucks who all claimed to be gamblers named Earl enjoying a four day combination sightseeing tour of Hamtramck and re-enactment of the Peloponnesian Wars encased me in concrete and killed me. I sure miss fishing.

The most important parts of fishing are to respect the fish and their treatment as much as possible in fishing context and respect the waterways, clean up after yourself and remove any waste/rubbish you find from previous idiots! I always check over fish I catch, remove any parasites and treat any wounds and ALWAYS take home any rubbish/ discarded tackle I find. If all of us fishermen do this we’ll have healthy fish stock and healthy waters ! Like your videos 👍

This Sounds Like FRIENDLY FIRE

Love this content ❤️

Very nice and a great Session

Beautiful color

Outstanding fishing. Subbed!

12:51 was horrible, but I laughed quite a bit.

What a legend!!!! Awesome 🙌 absolute it counts

whatever pike sizes not bad to, beautiful fishes

Hi. Great video as always. I guess you spend quite a bit of time in chest waders with much of your underwater filming. Can I ask which brand you have and are they PVC or neoprene? If pvc, do you suffer from condensation build up inside? Thanks

Amazing! That second pike dint wanna leave ya after u took care of its old wound.....

Now that's what we call here in the States a honey hole. wow I wish I had me a place nearby I could catch pike like that, great catch and video. 👍

Awesome channel , love your videos, I am going to fish my local river this weekend , and it’s going to be my first time pike fishing, I have experience catching many other species back in South Africa but this will be my first attempt for pike, I have learnt a lot watching your videos, I would like to know what size circle hooks you recommend and what braid are you using? Keep up the great work !

Hi, very new to predator fishing so found a few of your videos really helpful! Would you be able to give me a breakdown on what equipment you use? Also would you use a different rod for spinning compared to dead baiting?

Thats a massive pike. Wow congrats. Ive yet to catch one. 32 years old. Walleye my biggest was 4 inch baby thats it. Ive always wanted to catch a monster pike

I can’t fault u Brilliant Another great 👍 vid

I'm allmost this one, you caught some nice pike mate, overhere the pike is on holiday i guess 🤔

lovely footage well done sir

Nice video! Here in Holland people would complain if you would use pike as bait.

Love the vid

Wow that was awesome! Hitting a river for the first time on Sunday

Great looking pike

The people who dislike this video catch trophy size sticks. Great day of fishing bud I enjoyed watching it awesome catch

What waders are ya wearing? they look good. Great video.

I love how much care you take for those beautiful creatures. What spray is that?

Nice pike good to see a healthy pike fishery sadly all my local waters have drastically declined due mainly to cormorants

Loved the fishing. If I may suggest once channel gets bigger have a another camera to see you fishing

Liked and subscribed. Great video thanks for sharing.

Hey man nice video. Just a bit of RU-vid amusement, if you turn on the c captions from 9.30 onwards you get applauds as you lift the fish out of the water.

nice video it was really good and entertaining to watch!

Great video. I'm gonna give pike fishing a go in a month or so. I've never done it and will probably try spinning. Personally, I'd never use a livebait, I just don't like the idea of it. I also would never use a course deadbait either, I never kill any fish. I'd buy sea fish from the local Mozzers to try deadbaiting. Anyway, these vids are great and certainly fill me with the hope that I might be able to break my pike duck :)