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Jaw spreader for pike

Damn Thom, what a great video, I loved the first fight, since you where using a spinning set up and smaller lures the fight became insane, kinda like Salmon, meanwhile in other videos they use huge bait casters with big soft bates etc, even if its a huge fish the fight is just a couple of seconds, max a min.

I don’t know if it’s Uk vs us English, what is a y trace?

Great video, im from Sweden, and here we use mostly Fluo, I would say 90% of the times, the other 10% is when fishing jerkbaits or hairdbaits without a spoon/lip, there we use Ti wires. Me myself was using Fluo for more then 10 years but have recently changed, today I fish TI 60lbs wire for my Jerkbaits (or "pure hardhats without spoon") and for everything else I use a stainless steel wire 60lbs, I only use Fluo today when I want to throw a lure that maximize my recommended casting weight on the rod. Why not Fluo for me? well after 25+ years of fishing I have changed leader materials countless of times and just as a fly line and their leaders, tapering and diameter is an important factor. Casting a 1-1,5mm Fluo leader, or even thicker if you go Mono is to stiff and thick for it being comfortable, and you don't feel the rod loading as it should, when going with a SS wire or TI wire I like the thickness and flexibility more and I can feel my rod loading better meaning better connection with my bait/lure, Fluo being thick and being able to stretch is the total opposite. Another downside with fluo is simply that if it gets damaged it starts to peel off and you need to change leaders, for me I went through a spool of 50m 1,2mm Fluo during the summer, and following summer I used a total of 3 SS wires and 1 TI wire. In the end it comes to preference, this is what I discovered after all my tears fishing, the important aspect is that you choose what you like the most, one thing to note is do not always think of what "looks better for the fish" and thing of ergonomics some times as well.

Just getting in to spinning and have managed to get a W6 T&C, so what kind of breaking strain trace do I need? thanks! I should probably add that I've got 13lb braid and 8lb mono and I can't locate and lighter knottable wire trace.

What is the difference between the normal westin w3 finesse t&c and the 2nd generation version?

Hi Thom, do you think these are worth a go now for pike in Scotland? Or what do you recommend? Thanks 👍

Hi Thom, very informative video, would you still use a stinger on the 12cm Shadteez? If so, what size trebles would you use? I’m new to pike lure fishing so sorry if the questions are a bit silly

Try 5 days skunked.... stocked area, dead every morning and evening (people wise fish jump and are active just not my lure) Every lure i have every bait i have and every method i know net result i saw 3 trout over 5 days all looking but not biting.... im at a loss

Brilliant video Thom, one thing I’d like to ask though. I once had a nasty incident with wire and a very large trout that took a pike lure, it span on the wire and cut so deep it bled profusely so I had to dispatch the fish. The water I fish is a crystal clear chalk stream no deeper than 3 foot, with swathes of streamer weed to about 5-10 inches under the surface. So my preferred lures are shallow runners. Would this be a situation fluro would be preferred? Got a 50m spool of 55kg coming in the post already. Thanks

very informative video for a novice lure fisherman like myself looking to pick up some much needed tips, tricks and knowledge of experienced lure anglers. thanks a lot mate! i feel like i have a much broader understanding of the styles and techniques of fishing with different types of lures. Much appreciated Thom, keep up the videos i really enjoy your content.

Ok, You are very knowledgeable about lure fishing. And I enjoy your videos . But You are a salesman for Westin, And with the greatest respect I could purchase All the gear you recommended for a beginner at a third of the price , And the Quality would not suffer. Not an Insult, Just an observation.

As a newbie lure fisherman, it would be great if you could include the hook sizes you'd use for each of the soft baits you recommend. Great video though!

Thank you!

Very informative thank you! I really needed this

awesome stuff do you use blue fox spinners much?

great vid! ive just got a w4 streetstick 2-10 are these as good as t&c because ive heard everyone raving about them

First time buy a 10 pound pack rod reel keep rod bin tje rest buy a good small reel 2 ib line shot stick float gold hooks with line and worms and maggots set float weight to find bottom remove weight and fix hook worm maggot shot between float and hook and throw out maggots do this every 30 seconds 3 handfuls the cast a light rod worms work well no beginner should be allowed to spin fish they all lose tackle and kills fish think before you buy for every lure you lose thats a fish suffering or a bird tangeld up thease rubber lures the fish swallow them like food and they cant pass they swell up and die slow they should be organic with a 4 h underwater they desolve the hook and worm will get snaged inside fish the hook will devolve over time and will alow fish to eat and live and beginners will lose lots so yea fish till you master a cast and knowledge gained .

Is this applicable for bass fishing? Cheers!

Brilliant Thom Ty.... It's awesome to have someone like you to do almost all of the thinking for me when I'm going through various scenarios I encounter...I instantly think Thom Hunt will have covered this somewhere and to your channel I go lol. And then once I have watched the video that covers the circumstances a couple of times everything makes perfect sense and then off I go to put it into practice. You have given me many "Oh Yeah" moments whilst watching.

what do you mean "Li ion is *very expensive* "? A 20Ah is ~200$. For the money we spend on reels, rods, lures, technology itself + the FUEL, it sounds fair.

Wheres the best places to buy westin gear in the UK?

Wha wire trace material would you recommend to use on a zander set up on UK rivers where pike are present like the lower Severn and Warwickshire Avon? Fishing with soft plastics up to 14cm

Very nive video! What is the difference between this rod and the streetstick? You can have the streetstick with the same specs as the finesse T&C

9:50 Mostly I do that except I use split shot so I can change the sink rate quicker

Hi Thom Great vid, thanks. Autumn to late October, what do you go for if you don’t use cranks at that time of year? Soft plastics? Jigs (Apologies if I missed you mention it)

My Perch setup: Westin W2 T&C 5-15g 7,1 , Daiwa TW 80 and Shimano SLX 70, Braid Daiwa X8 8 pound with Daiwa 4 pound Fluoro leader. I have some spinning gear also Ultra light and light, but thats my favourite hardware setup.

I really enjoyed watching this Thom . Out of curiosity what leader material are you using with the braid?

Hiya mate, how do I know which size jighead/hook to use for my soft baits? Thanks in advance.

Are you allowed to fish Pike in the Canals in May? I thought it was closed season.

Great information ❤

I have a question for dropshoting what hook size to use to catch any size perch because I am new to it?

This channel is so good! Just what I'm looking for.

Will this work on me local canal, I'm looking for tips to catch in the colder months - cheers mate

Get that 15cm swim out even in small canals be 🔥

I'm going to the reservoir in the end of May and this is absolute gold info! Thank you so much Thom! You're a legend!🤜🏼🤛🏼

Some great info there Thom, will be putting it into action and see how we get on 🤟🏻

Good on yer Thom! Inspiring info as always that I have faith in. The Bullteeze certainly worked for me in bright colours on very coloured water on my river. Pike to low doubles, perch and even a 41/2lb chub. Happy days 👍

You have more Westin products on display than angling direct.

will have to take a few of these on board as I want to be hitting more of those pike, mainly to show I can do it!! Great video mate

Yeah either rod would be good. 👍

Are you from The Series Hunting Fish , Thom Hunt

Thanks for the video, was looking for some advice as a new angler if possible: I started fishing local uk club ponds looking for perch, but the water is really muddy (chocolate color), i want to lure fish for the perch in here, what would you suggest for such a venue? the only other species in the ponds are rudd roach bream tench. i tried using a mepps aglia silver spinner but didn't get any bites.

Thom, Essex Angler posted a video with you fishing with him. Quick question, what waiste bag are you using? I bought the Westin W3 Leg Bag, its a life saver for my back,but it doesnt look as big as the one in the video.

ShadTeez Hollow saved my arse this weekend, two Jacks this afternoon. Perch are eluding me, haven't had one in a while :(

I want to fish 1-2g jig heads with small soft plastics targeting perch on the canal but pike & zander are present, how can I set up a wire trace after my fluorocarbon leader

Hi Tom, your RUclips channel has taught me so much and I’m now catching more Perch on each trip, thank you.👍🏻

Great as ever Thom and immediately saved to my essential lure fishing playlist. Ace 👍

Cracking video Thom , as always. … definitely know what you mean about the weather. I work outside all the time and yesterday morning was 4° and this morning was 14°. … very strange but as said that’s how it always is this time of year. Love your selection of lures that you mention and as I’ve messaged you in the past I’m not the most advanced lure angler by a longshot and only been doing it a couple of years but there’s something I tried on the canal the other day and I tried them when I went trout Fishing a couple of weeks ago just when the season started. … a lure you didn’t mention ,,, an old one at that … The humble spinner …. The ones in question I had were called a joes flies spinner ….. I just tried them the other day on the canal as they worked great for the trout. It was just to see what happened…. Well, at first I was trying to drop shot and some small rubber lures as you show your video , then I thought I will try one of them Little spinners I’ve just mentioned. …. Whether it was just a bit of luck or maybe the fish had just switched on I’m not too sure but I ended up catching a couple of small perch and 2 pike upto 7lb ,…. I know nothing impressive but I was well happy…. It was at the weekend just gone when it was quite mild and really windy so maybe that had something to do with it … who knows …. I just wanted to mention them lures as they are often forgotten about and it is a type of lure I always use in the summer and work a treat. Anyway, all the best to you and yours and look forward to seeing your next Fishing video with you on the Bank catching some fish my lad 👍😁🎣