THIRTY-pound pike from the Trent are rare, but James Wainwright hit the jackpot on an early-morning trip with this 33lb 6oz fish.
The Leicestershire-based rod float-legered a popped-up pollan deadbait into a slack off the main flow.
“As I set the hooks the water boiled on the surface before all hell broke loose,” he said.
“After a 15-minute battle she was netted on the third time of asking.”
James Wainwright and his 33lb 6oz River Trent pike
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