THIS is the time of year when pike spawn. They usually travel considerable distances to do so, moving into very shallow water. The males and females travel separately, as the females are much larger and have cannibalistic tendencies. Pike have a huge range throughout the northern hemisphere and their size has been well researched and documented, in particular by an Englishman called Fred Buller. Remarkably, the largest specimens seem to have come from Ireland. The reason is probably that most of the large pike records date from the 19th or early 20th centuries…
Irish Examiner, 17/02/14. Read the full article ‘When huge pike ruled our rivers‘.
