I Can't Believe I Captured This Pike Footage!

It's time for another underwater video! This time we started off by looking at how the pike react to a dead bait goldfish. Then we moved on to looking at how a bite alarm and drop back indicator react to the pike picking up the bait and putting that footage side by side. It makes for some real interesting viewing, so I hope you enjoy!

[alansandybulmer]

Superb underwater footage. Love your work! Thanks for sharing.

[mattlenton]

Your videos are just unbelievable....I could watch these all day, and not bother going fishing ever

[orestwitiw]

Hello from Northern Ontario. I’m enjoying an early morning coffee and watching your pike video. My parents lived for a short time in England. They left and moved to a small town called Wawa. Pike was king in the area and we grew up fishing and eating pike. I don’t think you can beat a good sized bobber/ float to fish for pike. The bite is quickly signaled by the float and doesn’t seem to bother the pike. There is also much less hardware attached to the line. A wire leader with a single or treble hook and a float. Also less you have to carry to your spots. One year an American angler graciously showed me the proper way to fillet and debone a pike in just a few steps after I was butchering it with the idiotic 5 cut technique. It was fast easy and left the fillet boneless! Our family enjoyed fresh fried pike suppers and it was staple for us in those days. Pike are very cooperative unlike many other fish. I still to day at 69 fish for pike with a red and white bobber! Great show. Oh and I make my own leaders using nylon coated steel wire that I twist and melt so there is less hardware the pike can see. I add a single hook using a uni knot that allows me to slide the hook up and down the wire leader to adjust for different size bait. It works awesome! Once again an American pike angler showed me the technique. Here’s a video we made showing how to make the leader.

[Destitute]

This absolute gold mate! Chris, you're a beast my man 😁
40 years of assumptions, discussions and bro science about weight for deadbaiting, the big goldfish question -they might be better underneath a little bubble float as 3-5" live baits, apparently 🤷🏻‍♂️😬, but the visual data you provide for bite indication is the biggest thing for me.
Pick your rod out the rests at the slightest indication folks. No, not every indication will result in a fish on the bank, but it will elimate most deep hooking and will ultimately put more fish on the bank.

Share this with your pike fishing mates ffs, they'll thank you for it!

[swhmetta]

Very Cool! Watching the Pike look the goldfish up and down, studying it.

[shinuizabusa]

Love the underwater footage. So interesting when you actually can see a pike go in the S-form and strike lightning fast. Good job Chris 😃

[waynemanning]

Lots fancy gear for pike! In northern Manitoba our Cree guides used fishing line wrapped around a coke bottle with a spoon lure and thats it!

[victory]

I always seem to find it difficult to remove the treble hooks from a pike because they swallow the bait so far down. And those teeth are very sharp !

[johnmcconnell]

Hi Chris, great inspiration for a newbie like me, fishing for 60 years now and I want to get in to predator fishing, pike, perch etc watching your videos and I think they are amazing, great and motivational. They should give you a shot on TV, it will be a hit for fisherman of all abilities. Cheers.

[Richard.]

Awesome video. The footage was incredible. It's great that you explained your setup. Looking forward to seeing future videos using the underwater camera.

[BrionnaWalter]

Great video as always mate. Can't tell you how much I appreciate the time and effort that goes into filming underwater

[JohnnysCafe_]

This underwater footage is fantastic, i can watch this over and over.

[eoinwalsh]

Great underwater footage.Great to see how the pike react to different baits.

[waynehiggs]

Love these underwater footage vids, well done bud

[rkwuggie-]

thanks to your vides ive got my MOJO back for pike fishing, was out at my local canal yesterday (17/3/24) and caught my 1st pike in about 10 years ( it was only 2lb) so thank you

[hoodmonster]

Absolutely brilliant video. Thanks so much much for all the effort it must take to share these amazing videos, and for sharing your knowledge with us all. Brilliant. 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[tadhghayden]

Most fascinating pike behaviour filming I think given the nature of this species and the way they are fished for we need this very good footage.
That first pike was indeed the same as the fish that took the roach. Same split in tail. ...

[jensunray]

Thankyou for another video that simply explains how to do it !

[GM_Outdoors]

Another belter laddie. Subbed and binge watching all your videos now as inspiration for my edits. Thank you. Also love the underwater ones, so sick to see. 💪

[mattgoodchild]

Fantastic video Chris superb footage and well explained I’d love to see more videos like this
Thumbs up 👍🏼