This session we head down the river in search of some BIG river pike. At least that was the aim. I had planned to visit the areas where I'd had big pike in the past with the hopes of possibly catching a real river monster! I was using big baits only on the extra heavy casting setup. The plan started to fall apart the moment I tried to find the big fish swims..... Anyways I still ended up catching a load of pike, so stay tuned!
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I have to comment as I think a few of you might mention it. I dropped my rod and reel in at the start of the session and got silt inside it hence the horrible squeeking. Its been cleaned out and lubed up now ready for some smooth silent jerking 🤣
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Silence is pretty important when jerking on the bank
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It was a bit crusty
Squeaaaaaaky😂
The EA chopped All the trees& bushes away from my local river&all the canals,this needs to be addressed cos all the fish,birds&wildlife are now none existant...it's the boaters who complain about them but we pay to fish those waters&are like second choice always.. disgraceful.. Ozzy
They have done it in my area as well 🧐
Same here in the north west.
I live on a boat on a river, nor the canal. The E.A have to sometimes cut the trees due to the path being a public highway. This makes them liable if a tree falls on some one on any part of the path. Also liable if a tree falls and a boat is hit. Its just about litigation people. U r right, that some boaters complain but its mostly they are liable. Hope this helps. Bless
@@uselesspilgrim8597 yeah I can understand that. Unfortunately the lengths they have gone to local to me is hard to justify. Any foliage has now been eradicated, not just problematic areas. It seems like they have not understood cutting back and have instead made them disappear. It’s a shame.
Same here in the southwest! I thought something was up this year. On a narrow shallow canal you can’t sneak anywhere, you can forget sneaking down the bank if you see one as you’re now this giant figure rather than in between the reeds.
Pros over here at Snagged Bro! 😁😁😁 😉
Hopefully it wont be too long before we can organize that head to head 💪
I can see what's coming lol..fish off...lmao
The EA cut away lots of the tree and reeds cover on my local river and it’s ruined the fishing, however they never seemed arsed to remove the bikes, scaffold poles, trollies, tyres, bins etc!!! 🤦♂️
My local lake in Norfolk has had 30% of its trees cut down in the last few months. Some had ash die back but the rest were cut for logs and chippings. The site now is a complete mess and has lost all the charm it had as a small quiet country lake. The owners know but have put money first and anglers last.
Always enjoy your vids and understand how frustrating it can be when targeting fish and habitat has been removed. Plus educating others. Class act, keep up the good work! 👍🎣
Really enjoy your videos, you are razor sharp catching these Pike brilliant skill set.
I was literally just thinking ‘i wish chris would upload some content’ 3 mins later…. Here we are 😂😂
Another Lovely video Chris. Keep um coming.
Great content love the brag of the snag bros haha 😄 looking forward to the next one.
Fair play for checking that dead pike over, you're clearly a proper fisherman,good man. Tight lines 👍
Yet another top quality upload! Truly appreciated
Great upload Chris 👍
Nice that you gave the circle a little nuge life moves on peace n thank you
Anyone wondering if the EA are purposely removing trees to stop fallen ones snagging in fences etc and backing the rivers up. Why is it these bodies seem to be against fish and fishing these days rather than doing things for it and us here in the UK? Great fishing once again Chris. Some lovely pike there against the odds.
Great video as always Chris, good tip on the weights which I will try next time I am predator fishing. Owe you a big thanks after last weekend's session, used your freelining tip about having an extra shot 8 inches up from main to keep the line down and avoid spooking nervy fish, took 3 chub out from a local small stream - 3lb 4oz, 4lb and then an absolute beast of a PB at 6lb 8oz that went like a train. Water is under 3ft deep and as you say in this video the holding points are key, overhanging branches on the far bank that the EA have yet to destroy so plenty of cover.
Great session, mate. You had them dialed in.
Great video as always!
great vid mate. tree trimming happened on a stretch of my local river was also gutted but they didn't do too good a job so its as good as grown back now win
When I was a young lad the National Rivers Authority as was built their offices on top of the only pond near to home that we used to find Great Crested Newts. They also cleared the bank of the local stream of all the over hanging vegetation and as a result my local kingfishers left. Very frustrating when the People who are meant to be looking after the environment screw it up so badly.
Because their idea of looking after the environment is ruining it anyway one way or another, for better or worse
That was another great session on that river Chris. Anything on a day like that Is welcome. Some really nice ones there. As for the dead one, I have come across quite a few In my time, and one was way over 20lb's. As for Tom and Sean, they don't get as many, because they fail to Hook up with them, as you did here. Keep 'Em Coming.
That dig was hilarious. Jellybro' :D
I saw recently how some people still believe that the pike will dissolve a hook in its stomach 😞, its good to see that you are educating people on how to unhook Pike, really enjoy your videos by the way.
I once caught a pike with the remains of a treble and trace being passed through its rear . The treble only had the main stem left and no parts from the hook points or barbs . I managed to pull it out including the trace remains. It swam away OK.
if it's gut hooked, I'd think it would be better to cut than to try and remove it
Agree , the remaining part of the trace probably had been in the Pike for a while. Was pleased to be able to remove the last part .
Hooks decay by themselves in any moderately wet or humid area mate. My esox treble I had to cut as it went into just under my eyelid dissolved completely in 15days.
It's spinner trebles and cheap tackle hooks that don't dissolve they rust out takes ages kills the fish. Put decent trebles on your lures lads and if you lose one or if the fish picks up a lost lure or deadbait it won't even know it will take 3 week at most to pass out even with multiplle trebles. There's books from the 80s showing the damage older trebles did to pike guts and the intestines seemed to take even the old ones till they rotted out and the fish got rid of it. There's pike that swallowed steel toecap boots and got found with just the steel bit inside them with the two thick folded over bits the laces go through😂 fish lived a full life with a steelie In its gut. Then we've got the monster Scottish pike that got found with bird skeletons attached to their backs when a large Eagle or Falcon has grabbed it and stuck the talons in and the pike has been too powerful so showed it who's boss and drowned the thing. Pike are robust as it gets the stress thing is if you put them in other places against their will they don't like it at all.
Gutting what the EA have done there Chris, I remember Dom showing us a section of river completely devoid of all previous trees. Fair play to you sticking it out 👍. Mate, treat your reel to some lubricant 😂 had me wincing 😂😂😂. Some nice fish caught there 👍
Your videos really help me !! thankyou
8:16 balls of steel mate 🤣🤣
Wow, amazing brother. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Some fine healthy pike been caught. Savage fishing👊
Pike are my favourite fish to catch! I just got a Rapala Shadow Rap and am excited to use it!
Enjoy your content as always! I like how pure and genuine you are! Credit to angling! I would say here in Norfolk it’s been a really tough season for me and fellow anglers alike. We have an issue with poaching- those who unfortunately rinse the places dry. Used to be night and day different growing up! Now lucky to get one out. Banks are littered with rubbish too! Beautiful place- just abused. That’s one element and lots of otters. Has anyone else had similar issues? Are rivers are just not patrolled like they used to be!
Eastern Europeans and otters have plummeted the fish stocks
Set and long lines been found on the Thames last 2 yrs.
Great video!!!
What a shame about all those tree’s😢 In a world where we’re meant to be protecting and helping nature - it seems we’re going in the opposite direction!
What is worse is that we are paying them to do it. That bit of tree vandalism probably cost ten rod licences. They take everything out of the river that might slow down the flow and then wonder why towns downstream suffer from flash flooding. They should block the flow so that floodwater goes onto the fields.
You need to do this or everything dies. You need to do a complete knock back every once In a while for these places to look as nice as they do. Wildlife doesn't care it simply moves downstream or upstream, people moan about the wildlife, most of these species have been on the planet longer than we have yet people think they roll over and die because a chainsaw and mower have went by. Really? Nah, do some research, the only reason these places aren't in a state of total decay is because we know when to do a full knock-back and even the timescale will be based on previous data collected on algae and wildlife diseases etc.. plus you all know what out councils and waterway bodies are like they don't want to have to phone the mower guy till they get reports in that it's "overdue" I know it sucks to see a freshly knocked back bit that looked lovely in bloom but truly guys in the long run were doing the right thing. I'm a Geologist now used to be a boat builder and I've been a Fisherman my entire life.
@@oldbloke135 read my other comment on this thread. This needs done mate it just does. It's my job now to deal with anyone taking the pish up here in Scotland that even bothers doing a wreckless job.. but this isn't a wreckless job mate it's what needs to be done and if you don't do it the place will decay rapidly. Walkways near canals & rivers and even some areas of out lochs need the full trim back every so often. I need to deal with Lomond as well as another 4 huge waterways in the Trossachs and its for the better. Sometimes they will do it because of algae alerts or wildlife diseases and they need to be done if you don't deal with them as a priority you've not done your job correctly. The data shows that these things cause rapid destruction for everything in the area that's not made of stone and can affect huge areas if left to spread. It sucks having to see it I don't like that part myself.. but just so you know its for the better.
The moment i see an angler with left hand reel, he automatically gets my respect and additional sanity points
It is just weird that so many baitcasting reels are right hand wind and yet the majority of anglers are right handed and obviously want to hold the rod in their right hand.
Very informative video never dissapoint
Top skills my friend, proof if it was ever needed that practice makes perfect. I have pike fished every winter for half a century now but have frankly never developed your pike handling skills, partly because of always using forceps and gloves. Now finally I realise using bare hands unhooking them can be faster and with more feel less damaging too, just not for the novice. Big up doing it locally too. Little tip for a product review for you, the latest black purpose made snapper unhooking cradle. Not what you think. A bit like the Korum pop up barbel cradle which folds in half and has a carry handle and has become an instant hit for the river angler. The mat forms the carry sleeve for the pop up frame. Long and thin with a built in clear measure for the length of big perch, Zander, chub and Jack Pike. Long and thin, it’s the perfect easy carry mini mat suited perfectly for a lot of the fun fishing you do.All for just over a tenner in these cash strapped times. Weighs next to nothing, packs down very small so perfect for your biking. And genuinely, because I tried, you can put the whole thing up from scratch single handed whilst playing a fish. Ideal for when it’s all hard surfaces around a lock approach and the like. Bought mine from Future Angling just south of Newark. Bit of a trek for you to get there, straight up the A46 fully dualled so easy travel though, but I highly recommend the effort. I have never seen a tackle shop better stocked for the lure angler. You will be like a kid in a sweet shop I can tell you.
I almost can't stand watching your vids as it seems 9/10 sessions I have are a blank and you just have a casual 4 or 5 pike of a morning like it's no big deal! Uber jealous!
man the teeth and hand I thought you lost some blood haha. once I seen a guy catch a muskie and my uncle offered him a clamp to keep mouth open. he laughed at my uncle and we walked about 12 steps hear screaming and he lost all the skin off top of his hand lol. sad to see about the trees and its a never ending thing for me here in Canada near Toronto. but great fishing and video! looking forward to more, thanks for sharing!
Such a shame to see all that cover disappear and the dead pike. I had one take my lure quite deep the other day and there was a bit of blood from the gills but after carefully unhooking and resting, it swam off to fight another day. Great video as always.
@CastAirLead If you think pike fishing’s harmful, why are you watching and commenting on a pike fishing video?
I think some lures and slim wobblers are even more difficult to take off than jig rigs. I try to train myself with "food fish" but a energetic fish might destroy your fingers.
Had my river PB pike on the sick flanker perch. 108cm 19.6
I'm going to try tying the wieght on my hookring next time, good tip, not sure why i have thought of that when rigging.
Your so lucky to get to go fishing and don’t have to worry about freezing It’s -40 C with the wind here in southern Saskatchewan canada 🇨🇦 Thanks for sharing
Another prairie viewer, southern Manitoba here,
@@berteastman3883 Nice to see international viewers here. Unfortunately, I'm from Manchester UK so not international lol.
Great video.
Chris. Super glue. Fix your chewed-up jigs. We have Locktite in Sweden, perfekt for the job. Thanks for all videos. Love you dearly.
great footage x
Guess you didn't notice that your line was twisted rond the middle of the rod at the beginning of the video I was like 😯 keep up the good work love your videos
That was my face when I was editing it 😂
Great video as always squeaky
I have to admit with the title and the thumnail i thought something had happened while you was fishing which resulted in a pike dying. Sorry to say it but im glad you had a disappointing discovery of no trees and that the disaster wasn't what i was expecting lol. Great video as usual dude always love your videos.
Nice video Chris!
Jeez Chris, get some Mend-It for those battered SP’s. I’d need therapy chucking them away 😂. Nice vid buddy
Been thinking about trying one of those reels. Is that a left or right handed ?
Love your videos gingerfishingman
Love how much passion you have for the pike. I pull the ones from out the canal and check the ones on the bank. Unfortunately, all the ones I've checked this year 4 pike to about 7lb and some big carp 20lb plus found three of them this year already. Seems to be the otter doing the rounds. Seen a micro pike in the edge the other day about the size of my finger made me smile amoust all the madness.
I fished in a river in south Scotland for many years that was alive with huge fish, chub, pike, perch, trout, salmon and had a healthy population of otters. Zero problems at all. So many of the so called experts blame otters , when its humans that are the only real problem ... Bad angling , habitat destruction and pollution. Tight lines
Well, the canal I fish you can definitely see it's otters and we have a really big problem with them on the tidal and the canal. I know bad angling plays apart, but not what I've seen. Half eaten fish is definitely otter damage. Even took a swan the other week. The real problem for me is that the carp I fish for in the canal are the last of the original stock, and the otters are working their way, though. I wonder if the public seen one eating a Swan if they would still think there cute 🙄
@@adamaplon8388 Otters are a native mammal to the UK. Carp are not a native fish . Let nature balance itself . If otters kill swans, then give me evidence.
Native or not, otters have been reintroduced to my local area when they should not have been. I've seen it with my own eyes nothing but killing machines.
@@adamaplon8388 Believe what you like , but its internet based nonsense . They lived there long before a human ever walked the land . Have fun with your fishing my friend and tight lines :)
Hi Chris, well done, your enthusiasm to pull out a stinker and do an autopsy is commendable. But how do get the stench of a dead fish off your hands? I think I told you before, I last handled a dead fish in the water some 55 years ago. I can still remember the pong! Nick from York
I like the video a lot but I've got a question, can you make little vid of making that hook with that lead thing?? Thanks and greetings from the Netherlands and bless you, Pat. 👊🏼👍🏼🎣🎣🎣🇳🇱
Gonna have to start calling you 'the Ginger Pikey' the way you're hammering them pike !👍
Great vid like always would of loved to see that 13/14lber but can't catch em all and you'll have to teach Sean and Tom how to use the lure properly 🤭 oj boys if you see this
Nice video's man!
12:38 🤣 poor Sean from Snagbros 🤣🤣🤣
good video enjoyed it
Good episode mate 👍.. good to see that your production quality has gone up a lot shame you haven’t got your head around titles and the KZhead algorithm as you deserve to have many more views on a lot of your work. Did you hear that a 24lb came out the marina the other week. I saw it so I know it’s true and that it was a different fish to the one you caught out of there last year. Nice fish it was. I don’t have Facebook anymore so I don’t get to bother you with my photos of fish that I used to send to you all the time. I bet you miss them tho 😂! Was good to see you did an episode with Carl and Alex maybe you should do some more with Carl now that he’s all on his own !! Finally found your little stream in the woods 💪
Love your videos, you're enthusiasm is infectious! I wonder what part of the country you're fishing? down south we have loads of great rivers but I don't hear much about pike captures.
Where abouts down south? Some awesome river fishing for pike in places!
I remember my pb pike, 8 pounds and really long and skinny, caught her on a deadbait and when unhooking saw and end of a trace hanging out her gill's. Ended up pulling it out slowly and her esophagus came out slowly, completely stitched together with two trebbles from another dead bait rig. Carefully removed it and sent her on her way. Poor thing must've been starving, real long and thin. Always check pike over now and handle them with care. They are a beautiful fish and have a bad rep in some places.
Madman putting your hand in that mouth 🤣 , top vid mate😏
The EA are idiots. You would have thought they would have known to leave at least a few trees for cover for fish and birds. So frustrating. Some great hits though Chris. That 5 pounder in the middle really hammered the lure! Unlucky with the double mate but you will return on another day to try again.☺🎣
That river looks plenty healthy. They must have had to trim the trees for good reason. Just a word on your lures. I've been catching northern on artificials here in WIS for 60yrs. Some kind of an eye on your lure adds a lot. It could be what triggers the strike. keep it in mind sometime ... perhaps compare your catch with and without an eye on the front. I like red but seems any color works. Something about red and pike is magical. You know your fishing. I love the countryside.
They claim it exacerbates flooding. The eye thing has been known for years. Look at the use of jungle cock on salmon flies to represent eyes. Even so I was surprised myself what a difference it can make. Even just colouring the eye, when they've come off, with a contrasting marker pen makes a difference.
@@jorvikangler Youre spot on with the eye thing, ive had lures eyeless stop catching then adding them back, boom catching again like a dream. its small but significant
@@BobByran Doesn't seem to effect perch that much but for pike it certainly makes a difference.
@@jorvikangler That is also something i've noticed, perch don't care at all, they attack everything, so yes thats true.
8:10 crazy man!
Opět úžasné video a také velmi poučné.Moc rád sleduji. Díky
I know a guy who worked for EA, he quit because of the negativity and basic duty of care to what lives in & around our waterways. Love the Channel Chris
Was you biking around hallcroft on Sunday ?
The gill looks like using too heavy thick braid i have seen it in carp too or got there lure stuck in the gill and dont want to sort it so yank it out hard
Yes what a disaster of a pike fishing day, try and do better next time., in the meanwhile the rest of us fish for 10 days and end up with a 2lb Jack pike and lose £40 in lures'. that's why it is cheaper to watch you do it!
great video
Your braid was wrapped around the rod mate 🙃
Get a Daiwa reel mate 😂, good vid 👍
Just noticed the shape on the savage gear balls 😳 🤣🤣🤣
You still seemed to have a decent day even if your tree cover has been taken mate
Sad seeing old swims ruined 👎🏻, great video though as always!
Respect for unhooking the pike with bare hands. Each time I put my hand in a pikes mouth I ended up bleeding 😂
I had the same a few years back. There was a perch hotspot at my local free river where there was an overhanging bush and we used to catch minnows and float fish them live and get a perch a cast, with my biggest being 3lb, but losing a much bigger one once.anyway the powers that be decided to remove the whole bush, not just chop it back and since then I've no idea where the perch are, don't get perch anymore, just the occasional chub live baiting or using lures. It's quite sad really that the environmental agency are the ones who are supposed to care about wildlife and yet destroy the habitat. I once saw something completely bizarre on a club water I was a member of........ They decided to chop down an overhanging tree which had built up a raft of detritus where the branches went in the water and was a barbel, chub and carp hotspot and replace it with a pallet with drums on it to float, held in place by lovely natural looking blue rope! I don't think this was the EA's doing but was completely weird to remove something natural and replace it with something that was a complete eyesore to do the same thing.
Love the banter with the snag bros ! You can set a hook 😂😂
Haha! No can't. He blames the barbless hooks🤣
Bravo.
you have your line wrapped round the rod between the first and second eye?
Im trying to see the hooks but i cant tell, are the barbed or barbless? Never mind you answered at the end
Hi can you please let me know what size hookset you used on the Berkley Sick Flanker 20cm please . Or a link . Thanks
I pressed like straight after your tip about weight 😊
weird how so little fisherman around
Where about are you mate love the bids just wanna were the best place to head for my first pike would be thank you man
Most likely it was another angler! What a shame! 😟
Brilliant video shame about the dead pike I wish people wouldn't fish for them if there not confident in handling them or don't have the right gear to unhook them they are a beautiful fish that need a bit of respect
at 4:00 why is ur line wraped around the rod? is it on purpes?
There was a fantastic fishing spot near Moira in Leicestershire which was a cut off the Ashby canal. The EA decided to 'tidy it up' and destroyed paradise!
Amazing fishing mate, you doing some amazing videos showing us all these beautiful predators ❤️! Can you recommend me any good place to fish for pike in London? Just got my license and all my gear and wanted to catch some pike. Thank you 🙏🏻
Pike fishing in London is very hit and miss - many years ago I would have pointed you in the direction of the Regents / Hertford Union Canal - was stacked with them. Cormorant predation has vastly reduced the number of baitfish but the Pike are still there, though locating them is a problem - also some very big Perch (3lb+). Walthamstow Reservoirs has some good pike, but it's difficult - as is the River Lea. The Lea does hold pike to 20lb + - but it's one of those waters where you think you have cracked it - only to struggle the very next season. Need to put a lot of hours in and endure the blanks - but that's part and parcel of the challenge. Word of caution - if you have just got your license and gear, please attempt Pike fishing with an experienced angler who is used to dealing with them so you can see how it's done - don't go in 'blind' thinking that they are just another fish - as fearsome as they look, Pike are extremely delicate fish and I have caught Pike that have been 'butchered' by inexperienced anglers. Lot's of tutorials with regards to their care and unhooking can be found on KZhead - but I implore you to fish with someone experienced for some time so you can see how it's done.
Chris, you make it look too easy😅
QUESTION? Just found your channel for handling and unhooking pike as I’ve never caught one before, great channel I’m looking forward to catching a pike tomorrow on lures in south west Devon 😎👍 How do you film the underwater stuff, I’ve just bought a wolf camera for my channel. Do you have a camera on a stick or just holding the fish at close quarters whilst filming with spare hand? Thanks in advance Subbed 👍 Excellent vids
Snagged Bro beef. Nice. You need a match with them.
I second that..go there land not ginger land..lol
Ive just realised how similar we are in how we fish! You use the same bike i use for when i go out fishing! Carrera hellcat!
Wow coincidence?
Great upload , @snaggedbro gonna be having a word 🤣
Great video Chris! Thank you for sharing. What trace were you using? Keep ‘em coming 👍🏻
Cheers buddy. I believe its 90lb fluorocarbon
@@The_ginger_fisherman my local club insists on a wire trace, even when targeting perch if the pike are about. Which they are. Any advice?
Great production quality 👏
Hi any chance you could do some under water footage with lamprey just see wot there do with them
It says tree care on the side of their vans, but all they do is chop down trees 😂