Tactical Pike Fishing

Mike Ladle has directed and carried out research for the world-renowned Freshwater Biological Association and has a first class honours degree and a doctorate in marine biology. A lifelong, fanatical, all-round angler, pike fishing is one of Mike's main passions. It is often said that 'to catch fish you have to think like a fish' and there can be few people who understand pike better than Mike. Resident - Dorset Jerome Masters is a fishery scientist with the Environment Agency. He spent four years researching the intimate details of the pike's life to obtain his phD. In the course of his research, Jerome progressed from being a novice to an experienced pike angler. Resident - Leeds