I haven't been fishing for years!!! Never did catch a pike
Caught perch, chubb, roach, barbel and a fair few others. And had my fish stolen by pikes a few times. They snapped my line though!!
I never caught any bigguns as it's only in a small river at the bottom of my parents house. Don't need a liscence for it there . There are some huuuuuger pike tho, and a good big family of carp. Otherwise they're all tiddlers!!