Angler brought to tears by dream pike catch

LEE Wilson shed tears of joy when he banked his first 30lb-plus pike after a 20-minute battle. 

Lee Wilson and his 33lb 2oz pike

The angler, from Dumfries and Galloway, struck into the 33lb 2oz pike on his local loch when his mackerel hookbait was engulfed from a deep spot 50yds from the bank.

Lee said:

“When I looked down at what I’d caught, the tears started coming as I realised I’d had my first ‘thirty’ after six years.”

This huge pike brought the captor to tears