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Post by BUDGIE on Oct 23, 2004 19:14:21 GMT
A younger Budgie and Andrew afloat on Loch Awe,Scotland -  |
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Post by Andrew Burgess on Oct 23, 2004 23:00:03 GMT
Ahhhggggg, What have you done Budgie  I wish to remain anonymous ;D ;D |
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Post by dace on Oct 23, 2004 23:04:42 GMT
Layed back and cool. ;D Beards and classy hats. Did you catch anything that day.  |
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Post by Andrew Burgess on Oct 23, 2004 23:06:28 GMT
Errrrr No  I can't remember |
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Post by Andrew Burgess on Oct 24, 2004 13:56:27 GMT
Some early pictures of me at the start of my piking career in 1991 on a private gravel pit.   |
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Post by BUDGIE on Oct 24, 2004 14:54:12 GMT
As you can see Andrew wasnt sure wether to model him self on me or Eddie Turner so he struck a compromise! ;D |
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Post by BUDGIE on Oct 24, 2004 15:07:52 GMT
I remember that day well mate.We just used my four rods and took turns with the runs! Back then the water in question produced loads of fish in a day (20 odd being quite common) just that they wernt too big.The only biggy was the old 24 that I had caught several times on various methods and baits! I will post a pic.Several years later the pit was flooded by the sea and most of the pike were killed Sad but the drastic thinning down of the pike did result in some good fish eventually being produced.I think the best was a fish I took at 32 but cant be sure.The same fish came out the next season at a lower weight of just over 30 and had a horrendous cut on its back due possibly to an outboard propeller.The real damage was that the captor put it in the press and the water was subsequently hammered.
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Post by BUDGIE on Oct 24, 2004 15:26:09 GMT
As promised.I caught this fish 4 trimes over the space of three winters and know of her comming out a further 3 times! a remarkable thing with pike as they dont handle being caught regular very well.All who caught her handled her well and with the minimum of time and fuss on the bank.She became like an old friend to me during that campaign on a very windswept and unfriendly water.Never saw her again after the sea flooded the pit but hope she survived.  |
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Post by Andrew Burgess on Oct 24, 2004 16:43:26 GMT
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Post by vickory on Oct 24, 2004 18:45:49 GMT
Great looking fish  Shame about the captor.  only joking Andrew nice fish. What method did you use to catch them.  |
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Post by Andrew Burgess on Oct 28, 2004 18:35:40 GMT
Vickory that is Budgie in the last picture, not me! I wish it was me ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D But mind you we did both look the same in the early years but we now have grown more older, wiser and bigger! ;D |
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Post by dace on Oct 29, 2004 16:56:06 GMT
Great looking pike Budgie. trout shame the pit got flooded with sea water. globwhore my best pike is only about 6 or 7lb . Will have to come with you lads next time you go piking.   |
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Shame about the captor. 
