Nice fish mate not sure what you thought was wrong with the lure rig you pulled out the trace was too short but was probably a brought trace from a tackle shop I see these things for sale in almost all small local tackle dealers and the tackle dealer should be stopped iselling them but there’s absolutely nothing wrong with open jig head not everybody fishes a weed less setup I often fish Ned’s and they are open i also fish big jig heads on large softbaits my traces are titanium single strand but the open hook is fine
The rig I pulled out was wrong for several reasons. 1. The trace was too heavy for the rig….not balanced. If I was Perch fishing & I thought Pike would take the lure I would use a thin wire trace & no swivel. I would attach it via an Albright knot to a leader. This then would make the whole system balanced & not clonky looking. It would fish far more efficiently. 2. Why use a trace when targeting Perch. There are very few Pike in this stretch. Over the years they have been taken…sadly. 3. The exposed hook was only ever going to get snagged. This water is festooned with willow branches, shopping trolleys, tree roots etc etc Hopefully you can see how I would approach such a situation. Thank you taking the time to comment 🙏
@@FenlandFishingTV yes I get that but was not un safe just a rig for a numpty lol I wish everybody used rigs like that more for me to catch lol I’ve been on the canal today everybody was blanking me and my 11 year old son bagged up lol all because they fish the wrong way love it
@@FenlandFishingTV as I said tackle shop trace them cheap things should be outlawed why do people use them because they know no better I use 18 inch trace for pike I’ve had 20s swallow magnum dawgs to the guts almost and that’s a 12 inch lure so them little plugs people throw around can quite easily be swallowed trace and all did look short that one obviously I can only see what you showed perhaps as you have a following you should do video about them poor traces from local tackle shops some of those aren’t even 8 inch long joke they sell them
Nice video nice fish yea the Zander seem to have gone of the boil here too I don’t think the fluctuating temperatures are helping
That’s the beauty of our sport…always trying to solve little puzzles….thank you for your comment 🙏
Awesome angling
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Keep an eye on them swans, they come round quick.
😂😂 that surely can never happen again 🤷🏻♂️😂
Cracking fish mate. Shame the Zeds didn't want to play for you.
🙏🙏 Z’s are being elusive in fenland for me this season 🤷🏻♂️😳
That’s Peter the perch he lives outside mine lol
Can you feed him pls…might make a 4 if he grows a bit more 😂😂
@@FenlandFishingTV I feed him prawns caught him several times
Nice fish mate not sure what you thought was wrong with the lure rig you pulled out the trace was too short but was probably a brought trace from a tackle shop I see these things for sale in almost all small local tackle dealers and the tackle dealer should be stopped iselling them but there’s absolutely nothing wrong with open jig head not everybody fishes a weed less setup I often fish Ned’s and they are open i also fish big jig heads on large softbaits my traces are titanium single strand but the open hook is fine
The rig I pulled out was wrong for several reasons.
1. The trace was too heavy for the rig….not balanced.
If I was Perch fishing & I thought Pike would take the lure I would use a thin wire trace & no swivel. I would attach it via an Albright knot to a leader. This then would make the whole system balanced & not clonky looking. It would fish far more efficiently.
2. Why use a trace when targeting Perch. There are very few Pike in this stretch. Over the years they have been taken…sadly.
3. The exposed hook was only ever going to get snagged. This water is festooned with willow branches, shopping trolleys, tree roots etc etc
Hopefully you can see how I would approach such a situation.
Thank you taking the time to comment 🙏
@@FenlandFishingTV yes I get that but was not un safe just a rig for a numpty lol I wish everybody used rigs like that more for me to catch lol
I’ve been on the canal today everybody was blanking me and my 11 year old son bagged up lol all because they fish the wrong way love it
@@Drift-fpvit was unsafe the trace was a piece of crap….not good angling all round
@@FenlandFishingTV as I said tackle shop trace them cheap things should be outlawed why do people use them because they know no better
I use 18 inch trace for pike I’ve had 20s swallow magnum dawgs to the guts almost and that’s a 12 inch lure so them little plugs people throw around can quite easily be swallowed trace and all did look short that one obviously I can only see what you showed perhaps as you have a following you should do video about them poor traces from local tackle shops some of those aren’t even 8 inch long joke they sell them
@@Drift-fpv good idea…Iet me think about that one. 👍🏼🙏