There's been no keeping Lyn Baker out of the news since she landed a fantastic 39lbs 8oz pike at a PAC event on Menteith.
The 32-year-old Geordie lass joined the PAC three months before catching the biggest pike ever caught by a female angler.
National newspapers, regional TV and the BBC all featured the story, bringing unprecedented media interest in the club.
This week's Angler's Mail features the story and she's earned herself its weekly Fox Award for the fish of the week.
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About the PAC
The Pike Anglers' Club of Great Britain was formed in 1977 as a direct result of changing attitudes toward pike. For far too long pike had been regarded by fishery owners and some anglers as vermin, to be killed and removed at all costs. Since it's inception, the PAC has done much to drastically change this mistaken attitude and pike are now widely regarded as a positive element in the natural balance of any fishery.
Pike fishing has without doubt become one of the most specialised branches of coarse fishing. Not least in the methods of handling, unhooking and safe return of the fish once caught.
The PAC works continually for the benefit of all pike and pike anglers, we seek only to further the opportunities for pike fishing, whilst preserving all that pike fishing is all about.
We strive to protect pike from persecution by those who do not understand, or choose to ignore, the facts about the important role the pike plays in the balance of nature. We also work to promote pike conservation through safe practice by anglers.
Pike fishing has without doubt become one of the most specialised branches of coarse fishing. Not least in the methods of handling, unhooking and safe return of the fish once caught.
The PAC works continually for the benefit of all pike and pike anglers, we seek only to further the opportunities for pike fishing, whilst preserving all that pike fishing is all about.
We strive to protect pike from persecution by those who do not understand, or choose to ignore, the facts about the important role the pike plays in the balance of nature. We also work to promote pike conservation through safe practice by anglers.
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- US experts in bid to boost predator stocks
- Win a boat draw nears 100 entries
- Lincoln PAC's AGM and Raffle on Monday
- Poor pike season on the Hampshire Avon
- More news from Chris and Sue in Belize
- Discovery TV pulls plug on fishing
- Northern Ireland meeting - corrected date
- Mick Brown tops the bill for Piking 2007
- Massive carp caught on a lure
- Lock up your terriers - pike on the prowl..!
- Slow wasn't the word at Hook's Marsh
- Northern Ireland hosts PAC secretary
- More Chew thirties in local paper report
- New membership high after NEC
- PAC website gets 40,000 visits a month
- Ewout's monster pike was no mystery
- 50lbs-plus pike caught in Italy
- Pikers gather for final PAC event of the season
- April's Pike and Predators is out
- Deadline nears for PAC30 book
- PAC takes Mail to task over Andy Little
- Cold water is the key for big pike
- £2bn Thames tunnel will cut pollution
- Our Lyn scoops Anglers Mail Fox award
- Storm tide surge spares Yare
- Legal bid to overturn lakes speed limit
- Storm tides fear for Norfolk's River Yare
- Pike Angler of the Year heads west
- Thanks to everyone who helped at the NEC
- Warmest winter ever, US boffins say
- Membership surging to record levels
- Fens are most at risk from climate change
- Broads boaters face MOT-style tests
- BBC reports on cased pike
- PAC wins support at Go Fishing show
- Don't miss ET at Dartford meeting
- The future of angling?
- Dog eating pike was "urban myth"
- Catch Derek MacDonald at Cambs PAC meet
- Media interest in club "unprecedented"
- Lady of the Lake - Newcastle Journal
- Government rejects canoeists' calls
- Lyn Baker's 39lbs 8oz fish - picture
- James's Lines on Pike in print
- New member Lyn lands 39 on Menteith
- Wide ranging debate at Cambridge meeting
- PAC TV
- Livebaiting is banned in Scotland
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