At last a fish graced my net!
I think today must have been my 10th or 11th attempt to try and catch a fish on a lure again.
I went out for a wander last night and found a few pike hitting shoals of fish just as the sun was going down. I had a cast about but had to leg it early as otherwise my car would have been locked in the car park for the night . Didn’t really fancy that… how gutting that was - the fish were active and i had to get the hell out of there!
Anyways so off i went at 6:30am this morning as i wanted to make sure i got back in the spot that looked so good last night. The water levels i knew were 3-4′ down … the EA were clearing a lock somewhere and nowhere else looked remotely good.
After about an hour and a half in ‘the spot’ i must have seen about 6-7 pike launching into their prey and pike/prey breaking the water… but still the lures had not produced.
I was beginning to question myself… until i bunged on a white 3″ Kopyto with a light jig head on, started to reel as slowly as possible and then BOOM at last something had found one of my lures appealing! I was in and the knees were knocking! The rod was an abu 5-15g and was doubling over - wow what a thrill on such light gear! A few moments later and the pike was in the net! Phew!!! I’d broken my duck!
I managed to catch my first fish on the new lightweight setup, meaning that i’d just i’d christened my new rod, my new reel, my net from christmas and best of all i managed to catch my first predator on a rubber lure! Previously they’d all been on spinners and spoons!
Happy days! Guess where i’m going next weekend!
Oh and shortly after a i hooked a near 3lb eel on a grub! Doesn’t get much weirder than that! 
Cheers to all the LAS members for recommending Kopyto shads and making me invest in a load of em! 
