This week we're spending the day on a waterway in Gloucestershire in search of a creature that has spawned a thousand myths and monster stories – we're hoping to meet the mighty pike, Britain's largest predatory freshwater fish.

Angler and TV presenter Will Millard is joined by the Plodcast team of Fergus and Jack – and later Annabel – to see if they can get close to one of these beautiful and extraordinary creatures.

Plus we discuss the ethics of fishing – is it cruel?

Listen on for a truly extraordinarily tense end to this season of Plodcasts.

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240. In search of the water wolf - the mighty pike - with TV presenter Will Millard