31lb River Pike - 20 Year Quest
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- Опубліковано 27 лис 2024
- After 20 years of trying to catch a River Pike over 30lb that magical moment finally came!!! An epic finale to the River Season Pike Fishing.
A session i will never forget.
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What a series. What a session. What a phenomenal fish, stunning condition. The channel has to explode now. Thank you for sharing this mile stone.
Thanks pal
Took me 6 years to catch a >10lb canal Zander and I must admit I shed a tear when I caught one 😢. What a fish 👍 and the others in the series well deserved, effort = reward
I’m sat here grinning so chuffed for you. What an absolutely stunning pike. Hopefully it doesn’t take another 20 years to catch a 40 😂😂.
Thanks for bringing all of us along on your sessions. Your production is first rate you deserve to have a hell of a lot more subscribers.
I started watching you this season. I even commented, saying,'Yet to see this bloke catch a fish'
Well, I'll eat humble pie. Well done, mate.
THAT BROUGHT A BIG SMILE TO MY FACE ,,absolutely class pike season u had and a well deserved 30lber,,U and Big Scobie deserve all the luck and success yous get,,u put in the hours and reap the rewards,,,cant wait to watch u both next season ,,,well done ma man 👏👏👏
Congrats, on your lifetime achievement!!! Phenomenal catch! I was shaking and tearing up with you…every moment. Now that you achieved that goal, GO GET THAT 40, lad!!!
Mate you seriously know how to make a fishing film. This is straight out the top drawer!! Well bloody done!!! 👍
Fair play mate, you thoroughly deserved that. Those blanks and the wettest winter I can remember have tested all of us, and you just kept going, putting in the time and suffering for your art, and what a result! You've had some amazing fish the last few trips. Enjoy that buzz!
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Lee, you couldn't script it any better. I don't Pike fish but really enjoy watching you go about it and the passion is there for all to see. Really enjoyed this end of season series, massive congratulations and respect.
Got say, as a match angler this channel has certainly captured me. Not what you might expect a match angler to watch but after watching a couple of your quests, I was hooked by your passion for the sport! It’s not luck at all, you have put so much time into catching what you have, and more importantly found where these big fish are. Truly well deserved and thank you for sharing. That last pike… wow. I am speechless so can fully understand how you must be feeling. Well done mate 🙏
Lee ,the wait was worthwhile for you and all of us who follow you ,your passion and dedication are second to none and you inspire us all to achieve our fishing goals ,what a magnificent pike to cap off a magnificent season ,all the very best on your next quest ,tight lines and thank you .
This is what make fishing such amazing sport! These moments will never be forgotten 🐊
Fishing footage at its best. Drama, emotion, and realization all packed into 16 minutes of film. Absolutely quality from start to finish. Congratulations.
Thankyou
Lee - I am probably just as speechless as you!
Been following your adventures for quite some time now - you'd already had an amazing season before this behemoth arrived - no-one deserves it more than you. The hours, the sessions - you are one dedicated man and the fruits of those labours are here for us all to see.
No need to apologise on how you feel when you don't know what to say - it happens to us all when that which we catch is the fish of our dreams.
Remember catching a 2lb 2 oz Roach on the River Lea whilst fishing for Livebait - I can't tell you how much I was shaking when she went on the scales - I believe from my friend who was with me at the time stated I was just talking gibberish. These times are what we, as anglers, live for - every time the float goes under, the bite alarm goes off, the quivertip pulls round - we never know what's attached until we land them.
Well done Lee - if anyone can get a 40lber, it's you😁
Thanks mate
Wow, what a way to end it, some fab fish and that last one deserves all the congratulations you get, an absolute clonker. A huge well done to you and thanks for sharing these sessions with us.
Congrats on completing your quest and pb, the video brought a big smile on my face. You just never know what is beneath the surface, well done and the best from Belgium
Lee congratulations and what a pike, I fill that i have been on this journey with you over the last two year getting this magical 30lb watching all the pike video when posted, you are a great ambassador for pike fishing and showing people the right way.
All the best 👍
This has been the best series of fishing footage I’ve seen this winter season bar none and topped by a fairy tale ending! Absolutely buzzing for you mate! Well done, well deserved!
This got me emotional! Fantastic skills, work, endurance, tenacity, and ability to come back from failure, time and time again . Well done!! Some people will never understand the reasons. The goal doesn't matter, that is for you to choose, it could be money for some greedy people it could be boxing, it could be science. The point is, you did your best, improving with each failed season, and carried on until you did what others will never do! The sound in your voice appreciating that fish is what life it self is all about, that is the peak and actually living the dream. Money can never buy you that feeling. Well done!!!!!
Congratulations pal, you deserve the pb with the hours you put in, brilliant cliffhanger to finish yesterday’s video 👏👏
Thanks glyn
What a bloody magical fish! Well done, chap. You’ve put in the effort and can rightly reap the rewards. What a great series of videos…I’ve watched them all and this is a fabulous culmination. Well done, again and if you ever do get that 40! 😮 👏👏👏
Made up for you Lee, a stunning capture. This series of pike videos has been up there with some of the best I’ve watched. Fantastic work👍
Many congratulations mate!!!! It’s been over 20 years since I had my one and only 30lbder……. Still remember it like it was yesterday!!!! (16ft drain at Chatteris).
Your vids brought it all back!!!!
Well done and well deserved mate 👏👏👏👏
Made up that you got your fish of a lifetime, I’ve really enjoyed watching your films and picking up tips along the way. I’ve said it before, it’s great to see the care you have when landing and releasing your pike.
Brilliant stuff
Chuffed for you Lee! What a fantastic conclusion to a mega season.
I've thoroughly enjoyed what you've been putting out for the last year or so, and I wish you all the best for the future pal.
Keep smashing it!
Absolutely brilliant mate. Have seriously enjoyed watching your season. Congrats and bring on the 40 quest 🎣🐊
Well done lad. Been fishing for 4 years and on the hunt for a 20 Ib pike, could never imagine catching a pike of that size. After 20 years of ur life looking for that fish u definitely deserve it.
I am overjoyed for you.
What really captured me was the amount of care and love you show towards the fish. it made me really happy.
so that the anglers of the future can see that it is one thing to catch a big and beautiful fish, but also to treat it with respect and care. is at least as important.
Nice one Lee, well happy for you and well deserved. Fantastic angling and perseverance. Looking forward on watching the 40lbs journey .
I’ve been waiting for this vid, congratulations mate, 30lb is still on my dream list but I feel just as excited for you. Well done and huge thank you for the videos and reigniting my passion from my John Wilson days!!!
Finally we get to see the beast. What a fish. Fair play man well deserved. What a great run of videos from you as always. An insane season for you. Good luck with the next new challenge of the 40lb. 👍🎣🔥
Many, many congratulations Lee. If anyone deserved to catch a 30 plus, it was you mate for all the effort you have put in this season. A fantastic series with a truly magnificent fish to finish with. I am not a pike angler, but this series has had me well and truly hooked. Brilliant mate, made up for you, and I look forward to seeing you back on the bank with a new target very soon.
Amazing videos Lee, The passion you have I can feel in your films😊 And the end put a smile on my face from ear to ear😊 Please like and share this guy....
Your fortitude after 3 blank days was certainly well paid..what a fish..what a season..well done fella ..😊
Lolol my god Lee I watch every video and I am absolutely over the moon for you .honest angling honest angler and very very very well done on ur 30+ and what an amazing season .
I’m just going to say this how it comes..
I’ve just watched the build up to this video with all the 20s you had in them sessions, this one is currently on my TV, so I’m yet to see this part.
I came across your video while looking for a Barbel video and I’m now actually hooked to your content.
I’ve watched fishing videos since I was a kid and you are absolutely up there with them legends like John Wilson, Matt Hayes, etc well for me anyway your videos are better. The music, the camera views, how you conduct yourself is absolutely brilliant.
You go through your technique’s, where you fish, your thought process, and I’m actually blown away.
You are going places and it’s honestly the best content I’ve saw in 35 years of watching shows. I truly hope your channel goes viral.
Keep them coming 💪🏼👌🏼
Thankyou 🙏
Fair play too you for sharing your epic quest with us this season. Easily say to you that your content. Is better than most out there. Keep them coming and stay humble. Im sure we would have watched you over the past 20 years as well, with videos that good.
i love that after all that time looking for the 30 , you go well thats done upwards this is what makes great anglers , always trying to better
Seriously well done mate, I had tears in my eyes watching that, I watched you for a while booked on syndicate’s and blanking. And now my words can’t express how happy I am for this capture for you. 🎉
Absolutely amazing, I've been glued to this series. Well done. And thank you👌
Well done Lee as a past pike angler for 14 years I know what it means and felt a bit emotional myself at the end. Well done it is a massive angling achievement
I started watching these videos last year & became obsessed with trying to catch the Water Wolf....In the last 11 months, I have caught 200 pike, but only 1 has been over 30in mind U this area is new to them so size will come in time. Thanks for giving me the itch...🎣 & awsome footage
Congratulation on an amazing fish. True story, as kids we mainly fished for carp in the summer and only occasionally fished for Pike in the winter. We were fishing a small lake one day when we caught a 30lb pike. That was 40 years ago and I still remember it as if it was yesterday.
Massive congratulations! You really deserved that fish, what a beauty. Great video, the voice over really makes it epic.
Well done on the last day of the season. All your effort over a long season in horrible weather is finally rewarded. Top angling.
Not even gonna lie, i welled up at the end😢 Top top angling and dedication, your success this season has been elite, literally elite as in show me another Pike angler thats done what youve done this season. You deserve that 31 and all the plaudits that come with it. I tip my hat to you sir 👏🏼 Wish you all the best in the future
Lee, you won another Subscriber with that catch. I just started watching your videos regularly a month ago. Well done my Friend! Your reaction was Priceless! I really appreciate how you handle a fish before you release it. Another year of good living and you will be chasing a 40 lb Pike!
Congratulations man. What a fish from the river.. My pb was caught 23 years ago, sh to was over the thirthu, so I can appreciated your excitement, and sometimes frustration. You have just raised your own bar so much higher, so I hope you are not waiting another 23 years like I am😊😊😊. Well done. Regards Jack from Ireland
What an amazing achievement. I shared your dream of a river 30 when i fished the Fens but it just did not happen, so to see how emotional you were to catch that was brilliant. 🙏👏🎣
I almost cried when you put this beautiful creature back where it belongs! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🔥
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Here is the season finale i was waiting for like 2 weeks from shorts ...great job Lee, the edit looks extra this time too...i was kind of in doubts after that 28 pounder and only one day remaining, but this was indeed the chery on top as are your videos before going to bed...i am glad your endurance was rewarded, happy days
Well done mate, I am absolutely made up for you. I still hold a pb of 24lb 15oz I had that when I was 19 years old now almost 46 . I do wish I caught it when I was older as I would definitely of appreciated it more. I have had a good season this year with loads and loads of upper dubbels but no 20lb ers, maybe next year. Congratulations again pal you have had an unreal season. 👏👏👏👏
Absolutely incredible Lee! Brilliant season! Effort = rewards. You have ABSOLUTLY smashed it! 🐊🎣
This is what fishing is al about. The timing was just right. What a beautiful, stunning fish! Can't wait to see you catch a forty. That will be something else you know:-)
So pleased to see your much deserved success. That result was immense. What a stunning fish. We are so lucky to live where we do. What makes it all so rare is the threats to our fish stocks from the combination of predation and neat sewage releases. Fish that size are arguably rarer than ever before. Well done, much respect.😮
Ahh brilliant mate, watching from Western Australia. Was back home in Ireland for the last 8 month's for family commitments and i have to say your video content got me mad into the pike fishing and sparked a love for it. Well done mate ,well done 🙌🎣
Congratulations buddy. I had proper smile on my face watching that. So very well deserved. Time, dedication through blank after blank earlier on season. To finish the last few weeks on massive high and to end it in last few hours with a true fish of a lifetime. Well done, and pushes me to keep going to get my first 20lb next season 😊
Just shows you all them years and all the time and effort paid off I couldn't imagine how happy you was when holding up that fish your vids have taught me allot it's time to put the lures away and dead bait on the rivers next season
Well done mate what a fantastic series of videos deservedly crowned with that fantastic fully deserved pike. Those of us who sit on the banks for many hours in glorious solitude know exactly how that capture felt and most of us aspire to be to feel those special moments. I have only been focussed on pike fishing for a couple of seasons and my PB is 15lbs. Armed with what I have learned from your approach I am aiming for my first 20 from October 2024 and your video make me believe with hard work it is achieveable. My preparation in selecting rivers and swims has already started !
I discovered your channel back in November, searching "pike fishing" looking for something to add to my own fishing. Alls i can say is absolutely remarkable, and im absolutely over the moon for you, genuinely. Good angler, excellent channel, absolutely remarkable fish. Props to you mate...very very well done 👏
Just seen this ....all of those silent hours have payed off. Congratulations....total magic mate....and at the end of the season...you deserve this mate!
Fantastic 😊! Well done. I’m not an angler but have had a fascination with pike for years. Delighted you’ve caught your PB. I’ve really enjoyed the journey.
Beautiful fish. A just reward for all that effort during an unbelievably wet winter. Well done!
What an absolute beauty! Big congrats from Denmark. My biggest to date is 11.6 kg. Can’t believe you crossed that magical 30 pound mark! So happy for you. Really brought a big smile to my face.
Thankyou
Well deserved Lee, it’s been a pleasure watching your pike fishing over the winter 🫡🐊
She's an absolute gift, what a stunning fish! Massive respect for your persistance, amazing! 👍
I have had to put all fishing on hold the last few years as two small children arrived, your videos have really made a difference as they are real fishing and I have definitely taken on board some top tactics for when I start up piking again next year. I live 25 minutes from Chew, can’t wait to see you fish my local water. It’s brutal but I have a feeling you will catch though, do your research and I’m sure you will be in for a chance. Outstanding results this year, well done!
Fish of a lifetime buddy...makes it all worth while...thank you for sharing this experience. What a absolute beautiful creature..👊🏻
Cheers mate
What a season you have had, its insane but all down to the hard work and skills you have, I've learnt so much from watching your channel!
I am so very excited for you. Congratulations on your catch. Inspirational video and I am glad you shared with all of us your moment you deserved. Cheers and keep the passion and faith. That forty pounder is waiting for you!
Well done mate - great content as always - and well deserved - I've loved following you recent adventures, thanks for sharing!
Thanks mate
Cracking end to a magnificent season you’ve had bud thanks for sharing it with us 😁🐊💪🏻
I’m a Lincolnshire lad, grew up spinning on the fens with my father, had some cracking times (I’m now 30) and the years went by the fish slowly seemed to go down in numbers. Keep meaning to get back into it more so now !
Unreal mate your relentless persistence shows the real angler it’s not all PBs and rainbows there’s a lot of blanks, disappointment and graft sessions which make the dream session a beautiful memory. Well done buddy I hope your channel now booms. Looking forward to the 40….from a UK river though????
Cheers mate, the 40s gonna be a deep resovoiurs mate
Waugh!!! Fun-Tastic!!!! and thanks for letting it go!!! the small fish would not appreciate but ..... Lucky man!
I really like your emotion a non angler would never understand that but you have spent your whole angeling life in pursuit of her .
Proof that a great deal of hard work is required to pull off the fish of a lifetime. Very much looking forward to seeing the forthcoming chase for the forty.
Massive congratulations mate!! Well deserved the planets aligned for u!! Great videos loved watching them. Good luck in your quest for the 40!!
Cheers Craig
What an absolute beat of a fish one dreams are made of. Well done. My dad just got his first 20 the other week I'm still searching let alone a 30lber.
Watched all your winter pike videos, fantastic angling and well chuffed for you catching that 30 pounder. Congrats and well deserved 👏🏻 🎣
VERY VERY WELL DONE LEE 👌👍🇬🇧😁WHAT A JOURNEY MATE.Your hard work has paid off big time it's been an awesome series.You deserve every future success buddy CONGRATULATIONS 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧😁😁😁😁😁😁
I'm genuinely made up for ya! Well done. I know exactly how you feel physically when a pb graces your net! Although not in the same league as a monster pike which is a special fish. I love my Chub fishing massively, and set out a few years ago to get a 7lber. I did, the following night the next one went 8lb 6oz (at the time it was the 10th biggest chub ever from the UK, but I chose to never reported it, as I didn't want it hunted to death!) and I too see it clearly in my minds eye the fish in the flooded river head torch shining on it, as I released it it hung there stationary for a good moment just under the surface and a big swirl & she was gone. Burnt in my memory forever... Like this will be for you!
Cheers fella
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Well done mate, i also have tried and failed for many years to catch a 30 from the river. Im absolutely made up for you buddy i really am.
Also glad they are still just about hanging in there.
Tight lines 👍👍
So well deserved, the effort you put in week in week out, fish of a lifetime, massive congratulations 👏🔥
Thanks Steve
New to your channel over the last month and absolutely made up for you, knowing how much time and long days you have put in with bleak conditions and zero action.
Cheers Matt
Been a good watch it’s good to see someone making pike vids who actually knows what he’s doing in pike angling , the weird thing is it’s been my best season in 30yrs pike angling and my first ever 30 goin 31.4 so I know this feeling you had , look forward to next pike campaign vids
Omg well I'm over the moon for you mate a thirty pound river specimen .
Is been brilliant going on this QUEST with you watching and hoping your dream comes to you.. And it has fantastic viewing . Many thanks for sharing . Our dreams are out their we have to go out and help them come true... All the very best for the future quests....
Fantastic young man , a pleasure to watch , be proud of yourself.
Watching your journey has been amazing and we all know fishing is good for your mental health…THANK YOU 👍
Another great video, you deserve that for the time and effort you’ve put in this season . Well done 👍🏻
Massive congratulations on Your first (of Many) 30+lb Pike. I have had 4 so far. With biggest being just shy of 40lb's. They are out there, just keep casting. Thanks for sharing.
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What an achievement, so happy for you. All the hard work and endless hours put in. And to finally get a pike of that stature on the last day, Great work 👊🏻
Just absolutely brilliant i'm not a pike man myself but what an absolute beauty.Congratulations on such a fantastic capture and really good fish care.👍👍👍🎣🎣🎣
I could literally feel your emotion..Congratulations on catching that amazing fish. You definitely deserved it 👍
So happy for you and what a fish! Have watched every one in the series and so glad it ended like that. Congratulations matey!!!!
What an incredible haul of big pike! Very well deserved mate thanks for sharing
Wow that is a big fat granny of a pike.
Congrats with the awesome catch.
Good luck.
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Thanks mate
A 30lb wild river pike, wow what an achievement! Well done fella.🔥👌🔥👌
Ive never seen any of your videos mate, you popped up as a suggested. But Ive never been over the moon for someone I didnt know as much as you! What an absolute Croc!!
Thanks mate
Well done Lee I’m so pleased for you I followed you through the last two seasons and they have been brilliant I’d be happy with half the amount you’ve caught but that one was the icing in the cake last day of the river season, and that massive 31 lb well done like you’ve said I’ll follow you all way to that big 40 Brilliant!!!👌
Been following your journey before Christmas after breaking my pelvis and being virtually bed bound for weeks. Well done fish of a lifetime and the cherry on top at the end get some money on the lottery