We Thought It Was Small! It Was the Biggest Of The Year! Canal Beast! + Big Announcement 

Having more kids just means more fishing buddies later! I have 9 kids and I'm never alone on the water! When I'm old and grey I know they'll drag me out there too!

It started as 4lb pike and grew into 16lb! 😅😍🐊 Cracking session Chris and massive congratulations on the new born baby! ❤

Massive congratulations to you and the good lady on the birth of Cove. I hope all goes well for his future.

Congratulations dude and other half! Great fishing related name 👍🏻 Much more subtle than my boy Shimano

Congratulations to you both on the birth of your lovely new baby boy. Good luck and best wishes. Pete

Congratulations on the birth of your son another fisherman in the making good luck fella

Great vid mate! 🎣🎣🎣 Good health to your wife and new baby!👶🏻

Hey man, love your content. Congratulations on the birth of the baby, wishing mum and baby a quick recovery

Congratulations on the birth of your son; awesome news. And yet another cracking session and vid…really informative and entertaining; keep up the excellent work 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Congrats on your happy news,not a bad session to celebrate with, best wishes to all,much love

Congratulations to you and your good lady on the new arrival. Another great video.

As always a fantastic video Chris your fish care and advice is top notch I've always done the same as you strike straight away and never had any casualties been pike fishing almost 4 decades That was a cracking canal pike well done and a big congrats on your new arrival bless u 👏👏👏👏👍

Congratulations to you both on the birth of Cove.

Hello Chris First of all, congratulations on the birth of your son and it's nice to hear that everyone is doing well. Then we'll see a new RU-vidr in a few years. I hope that you still find the time despite everything and continue to make such great videos to make for us. Greetings from S-H (Germany)

I'm a pike angler who's in his sixties who has been pike fishing since i was about 12, i have around 100 'twenties' under my belt... I praise you enormously for striking straight away and avoiding deep hooked fish.

Congratulations Chris and your partner ❤ great session and a beauty of a pike, good to see you and Dom out together. Bet Dom loves your Trainers 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. All the best from down under mate.👍

Cove…a happy landing 👶👍🚀

Wow, massive congratulations on the new born Chris I hope all goes well 👍

Congratulations! Good luck to Mum and baby🎉

Nice comment regarding gut hooked pike! They will often just set the hook themselves on a spoon or lure that is being actively fished, but when you bait fish, you are very right especially there! Set the hook right away! I did find a lure that, even when trolled, the pike took it quite deep. It was by Storm and was a 3” soft perch pattern. It has one large hook in the body. I fished that barbless, regardless that they could have barbs where I live, and it was still taken deep, no matter how fast I trolled it. Not gut hooked , but it would get into the gills. It was a deadly lure, in many ways, but I stopped using it. I increased to 4” but same problems. I was paying close attention and often it was just a quite hit and the fish were on. We don’t have quite as many big pike like you do and our rivers are quite different here in Alberta Canada, so we can’t fish right across the river,,, generally,,, ha ha. I primarily lake fish for northern pike vs river fishing. I often just troll so I can cover more water. The numbers on pike here are so far down that most lakes & rivers have a zero keep limit on them!! Never thought I would ever see that happen in my lifetime. I’m double your age so enjoy that fishing while you can and I hope you never run into the issues that have appeared here. Nice 16 pounder!!! Eh!

Congratulations mate - great news, glad to see you getting some fish on the bank!

Great video as always mate! And congratulations on the birth of your new son! Our little man was two months early and there were some hard times, but you wouldn’t think he was prem to look at him now. Hope you’re all doing well.

Congrats fella, glad to hear mum an baby are doing well, will keep the wee fella in my thoughts an prayers.

Many congratulations to you and your family, God bless you all

Congratulations on the new addition to your family!

Congratulations to you both glad mum and baby are doing well all the best Loving the fishing clips proper urban angling 👍

Huge congratulations, all the best for mum and little one 🥰 another great vid as always

Great video! Congratulations on the new arrival! I agree 100% with your opinion on deep hooking pike

Congratulations to you and yours pal. Glad mom an boy are doing well 👍🤘

Congratulations on the baby. Hope their mum and the baby get home safely and are both doing well.👍❤️❤️❤️

Congratulations to you both!

Congratulations to you , and your wife . Hope all is well You have a new fishing buddy Oh yeah nice mud sharks 🦈??

Congrats on the new baby,glad it went well.

Fishing Season finished 3 days ago 15/3/2023 as I write. Congratulations on the newborn Chris. Your time Is going to be quite tight for the next month or so. So bring on the 16th of June, so We can get out there again. Thanks for sharing.

Congratulations to you both. Good luck!

Congratulations you the Daddy ..good luck to you and all the family good health and happiness always !❤

Absolutely brilliant news, just in time for Mother's Day too. Really chuffed for all three of you👍😷👍

Congratulations on the new baby. Hope everyone is fit and healthy. Can't believe she let you go fishing!!!!!

Congratulations Chris ❤. Luv all the vids and can’t wait to see what the future holds

Awwww, dude, congrats on the birth of Cove, much love to you, the missus, and the new addition! Missed ya, Chris, glad it was good tidings that kept you away, positivity ftw!!!

Lovely news, congratulations to your lady and yourself. I look forward to you teaching your son to fish in 6 or so years time. It is a great reward.

Congrats. Nothing better than teaching a child to fish.

Congratulations on your new 'seven pounder' family addition. Now the fun starts!

Many congratulations on your new baby, Cove. All the very best to all 3 of you ❤

Congratulations on the baby, nice one. Your Mrs sounds like a trooper

What great to hear about your son Chris! I just heard this saturday that i become a dad of a son to 🤩 nice catch by the way, i follow you for a while and like your content 🔥

Congrats Chris! My son was a 2lb 3oz, 31 week preemie. Spent 34 days in the NICU before he came home. Dude turns 12 in a few weeks. Crazy how fast time flies by. Scary stuff to go through for sure, but you'll do great. Best wishes to you and the family!

Good lad. Congratulations to you both for the birth of Cove. Keep up the good work 👍👍

Just for conversation, in the mid 60s when I started fishing the "experts " advice was the pike picked up the bait you let it swim away until it stopped to turn the bait so it was head first then as it moved away you set the hook, I prefer your method. And congratulations to you and mum on the birth of the baby.

HI Chris. really pleased about the news that mom and baby are in good health. And missed your vids. what a monster. well done

Congratulations on the birth of your new baby mate ANOTHER ANGLER IS BORN❤

Massive congratulations to you and the good lady. What a fish!

My son was about that weight and 32week born, and everything is ok, he is 10 now and goes fishing with me. Good luck and congrats!!!!

Congratulations Chris...on the family addition and as always an amazing video of Pike captures! 16½lb'er from anywhere is awesome but even more so from a river/canal.

Congratulations on THE NEW BABY 👶 👏 🎉. 🍾🍾 I hope ur going 2 get him into fishing when he is older. 🎣🎣

Nothing more important than family, congratulations !

Superb pike n even better news for you and your family. All the best n keep them pike fighting.

Congratulations on your new born baby . Keep up the good work fishing

Congratulations 🎉. Couldn't of picked a better name. Cove = small bay hollow place in coastal rocks in Scotland best of luck to you all 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎣🎣

My daughter was born at 28 weeks at 2lb 9 so I no it can be traumatic experience but glad to hear both mum and baby are doing well 😊

Congratulations on the birth of your son 👏 hope mother & baby are both doing fine 😃 And another great vid thx chris 😉

Congratulations on the new bundle of joy and another cracking watch

Well done on having your new baby boy Chris. And the pike fishing was Excellent too .

Congratulations Chris. All the best for you and your family.

Congratulations on the birth of your son! I do wonder, do you say to your Mrs your off out fishing, or your off to work? 😂 cracking video 💪

Congratulations on the new arrival, and it's nice to see you back on the bank again

Congrats on the baby Chris, cracking pike as well that 👏

Welcome to the world little man congrats to you and mum !!! Nothing beats a Saturday afternoon Zoot and a ginger fisherman vid

Congratulations 🎉 all the best in the future. Looking forward to the next vid... 🎣🎣🎣

Congratulations on the birth of your son and another cracking video too

Congratulations my friend. You and the family are in my prayers that remains well.

Congratulations on the birth of your new baby Chris, and like you I have always struck my pike fishing as soon as it takes the bait and I have never had a deep hooked fish to this date in over 40 years of piking

Congratulations Chris on your new arrival. And also on the session. Enjoy all your videos. Keep up the great work...😊😊😊😊

I spoke too soon, I got my fix 😁 nice one Chris 👌 I'm glad coves well and the missus is alright bro! I welcome my little boy into the world in a few weeks, can't wait to take him fishing ❤

Congratulations on the Birth of your baby boy Chris glad mother and baby are doing well ❤

Congratulations Chris health and happiness to the family!

Followed you for a long time, many congratulations to you and your girlfriend on the birth of your son Cove. Keep up with the great videos, never boring.

Great video Chris and a massive congratulations on the birth of your son .

Big congrats to you both! Hope mother & baby are doing well! Nice session with the big pile!

Congratulations on the new arrival, wishing him a speeding return home pal.

Congratulations!!! Happy to hear gf and son are well 👍❤️

Congratulations Chris to both you and your good lady on the birth of Cove. What a stonking special Canal fish that was and great advice on the early striking too. All the best to you & your Family.

Congratulations to you both on your new arrival,hope mum and baby are doing well. Welldone on the 16lb pike,another fantastic ,entertaining and instructional video.

Congratulations to you both on the birth of your son, wish you all the best. Now get yer arse back on the bank to skip them nappy changes.

Congratulations to both of you Chris!!

Huge congratulations on the birth of your new son and many thanks for all of your videos! As I no-longer live in UK, I do miss my English freshwater fishing, particularly pike and perch, so I enjoy seeing you regularly do battle with a range of species ... many of them weighing more than your new son 😁. Keep up the great work Chris.

well done fella,my daughter was the same size,she"s 15 now

Great tip on deep hooking Pike !! Don't delay and strike ASAP

Congrats Chris to you and your lady

Huge congratulations dude. Wishing you and your family all the very best. Chuffed for you and your wife 👍🏼👶🎣👌🏼

Yes Sensei Ginger. Congratulations and love to your family!

Congratulations Chris and your partner. Hoping that all goes well for the two of you. 🥰🥰

Was just about to report you missing, great news on the new baby. Especially as mum and son doing great.

congrats on the baby and i wish you all the best with your family...happy days 💓

Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Baby 🎉

I think there are two different schools of piking.... I was always taught that some pike wont always immediately swallow a deadbait. Especially if the bait is particularly a large one. They pick it up, swim with it and attempt to rotate it so they can swallow it easier. Ive had pike pick up a bait, swim with it a while then drop it and never touch it again. Either it felt the hooks or maybe there was something more tastier floating by that they couldnt miss. In any case, Id rather lose a fish then having to deal with an issue of deep hooking. Less stress for everybody.

Congratulations to you both! 🎉

Congratulations Chris, wonderful news! Another great video and a stunning pike.

Congratulations on the birth of your baby. Great video...

Gratulation is Chris, wish you and your family all the best .