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Well it is pike time again, so its resurrect an old thread This mornings view and the result of a day's pike fishing. 15lb (and a bit) last gasp fish came as the sun set and took a headless joey mackeral on the pike float.

Better than most. Proper Job Pop Ups are better (imo).

Rock hard banks, struggled to get a bankstick in at all. Mind you we aren't tackle tarts like carp anglers, not even matching rods...

Actually it's not strictly true that the fish's mouth issues are caused by anglers... a member of our family has a large Koi pool and he got some fish from a local fish farm for the pool as fingerlings, they have never seen a hook in their lives, but a couple of them have deformed mouths... it's a genetic thing caused by selective breeding for size and growth rates... using a small gene pool often throws up mutations and this is why you'll often see young fish with deformed mouths.... yes I do agree that bad unhooking, using overgunned rods, too large or too small a hook, and overstriking can cause damage... but it's not always the case

They are going to have to break down at some point or they will just rot on the bottom 4 days will be the top end of how long it should last IMO unless you go down the preservative route

My limited experience of fluoro line is that it attracts detritus and sediment and looks awful, needs regular wiping, then attracts it again and so on. TBH it looks so bad I've stayed on Mono ever since.