Dan Jones got off to a great start on the pike front this year whilst fishing a Welsh reservoir, and its clear to see why as he recently landed this lovely 30lb 8oz croc on a jerkbait.
He told us “I was about halfway through the retrieve when the lure was hit, but I couldn’t really tell what was on the end. As the fish neared the boat, it suddenly started stripping line and dived under us! We didn’t have the net set up yet, and so the lad I was fishing with frantically put it together!
As I cranked the fish to the surface and saw a huge pike hooked lightly in the scissors, my legs went to jelly. I said, ‘I think we’ve only got one chance to net it’, and thankfully it went in at the first attempt… the hooks came out whilst it was resting!”
Well done Dan!