2025 CSSC Pike Angling Championship

The 2025 CSSC National Pike Angling Championship match was supposed to take place on Thursday 6th November 2025 at Patshull Park Fishery, Pattingham, Wolverhampton. However the fishery has been sold and anyone with future bookings were not told about it. The fishery now plans a two year redevelopement.

Dave Gardner only found out a few days before the event and managed to find another venue not too far away, unfortunately they did not have the CSSC required public liability insurance so this years event was cancelled.

Six of us decided to go anyway as accommodation had been prepaid for. We fishing Wergs Hall fishery 09:30 - 16:00 and not one pike was landed. Someone lost a fish at the net and missed another bite whilst one other person missed three takes. The water was very pretty but only had a maximum depth of five feet and accomodated sixteen pegs. The weather was kind to us and a big bonus was a cafe on site.

I was draw on a supposedly good peg where double figure pike had been caught a few days before but all I had all day were carp throwing themselves out of the water.

Dave Gardner is currently looking for suggestions for a venue for next year, assuming CSSC allow this event to continue.

Report Jim North