This Wild Canal Only Has BIG FISH!

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  • Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
  • It's that time of year when the pike are spawning and we start to look towards bait fishing for other species. This time I was looking for my first tench of the year! It's usually too cold this time of year for them, but with a bout of mild weather my hopes were up, rods set and fingers crossed that we'd get some big fish on the bank!
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  • @matthewwood8501
    @matthewwood8501 10 місяців тому +70

    There’s one thing I’d change about your videos!! Make the longer 😂😂 could watch all day

    • @adamhousden6349
      @adamhousden6349 10 місяців тому +3

      I said the same a few weeks ago,
      No canals anywhere near me, got pits and a shallow Cray and otter infested section of the Suffolk stour

    • @NicholasWright-e4j
      @NicholasWright-e4j 10 місяців тому +2

      Get out there mate 😊

    • @jacksnaith9903
      @jacksnaith9903 10 місяців тому +1

      Love it

    • @ElijahBarber-b5g
      @ElijahBarber-b5g 10 місяців тому +1

      Same

    • @jacksnaith9903
      @jacksnaith9903 10 місяців тому

      Agreed

  • @dansp91
    @dansp91 10 місяців тому +3

    As an American I love watching your videos to see all the interesting species you fish. Only fish we seem to have in common are perch and pike. But our perch generally don't get anywhere as big as the ones you get! Your vids are so fun and relaxing to enjoy.

  • @davidmorgan5312
    @davidmorgan5312 10 місяців тому +3

    Chris, I think you should go back and show Tom and Sean how easy it is to fish a canal. I could be wrong, but Tom needs some tuition, as he still hasn't caught from his garden peg. great vid.

    • @alvinbowen999
      @alvinbowen999 9 місяців тому

      I think you are correct he deffo not having any luck with the swans

  • @Martyn-NFFC
    @Martyn-NFFC 10 місяців тому +23

    Great production, love the float shots, music suited too. The Ginger John Wilson, well done Chris.

    • @monsterhunter191
      @monsterhunter191 10 місяців тому +1

      He's such a gentleman. Love watching his days out fishing ❤

    • @fingersTitan
      @fingersTitan 10 місяців тому +1

      100%. The fish care, reading the patterns for the fish, the presentation, music and himself give off a John Wilson vibe.
      We have TV companies burning money up the spout on trash shows when we could have low cost wholesome fishing shows presented by a few of the YT streamers. Fishing with Carl is another great channel.
      Stephen Hendry is doing better YT content than the BBC or ITV and trying to give the snooker players a personallity we don't normally get to see. Hendry, like Chris, is a top bloke.

  • @mattlenton2012
    @mattlenton2012 10 місяців тому +22

    30 yrs ago...youd have had your own TV series, I swear it.the Internet killed all that,such a shame. You've got some talent lad,I give you that.keep it up young fella.

    • @Porkypies6m
      @Porkypies6m 10 місяців тому +3

      remember Angling Today with Terry Thomas and a young Chris Tarrant plus Out of Town with Jack Hargreaves..this was in the 70s

    • @imraduin
      @imraduin 10 місяців тому +6

      TV series are outdated, it's not the way people consume media now a days. UA-cam and similar reaches more people than the networks do.

    • @mattlenton2012
      @mattlenton2012 10 місяців тому +1

      @imraduin but they had something....nostalgia. today any fool can make videos,even talentless people. My point....ginger fisherman would have stood out in an era of talented anglers/presenters.

    • @Bobby12many
      @Bobby12many 10 місяців тому +1

      @@imraduin indeed. I reckon TGF gets more viewers per installment than Roland Martin or Bill Dance could have dreamed of back in the day

    • @Bobby12many
      @Bobby12many 10 місяців тому

      @@mattlenton2012 He still does. Plenty of talented YT personalities making fishing content - TGF still stands apart

  • @cliffdixon6422
    @cliffdixon6422 10 місяців тому +2

    Absolutely love Tench, next to Barbel they are my favourite species. Great to see it's not just me these days fishing 'old school' with the float. Lily pads, bubbles, those powerful runs - What's not to like?

  • @tariqaslam1853
    @tariqaslam1853 10 місяців тому +5

    1.41 BRO THAT FINGER MOVEMENT WAS RAPIDO. GREAT VID THANK YOU.

    • @edwragg2751
      @edwragg2751 10 місяців тому

      🤣🤣 I think it's sped up mate, don't know how you noticed that

  • @richardjeal6902
    @richardjeal6902 10 місяців тому +3

    All beautifully filmed capturing the atmosphere of the early morning bye the river/canal . The mist on the water and the wildlife that you can encounter and some really nice fish. Loved it.

  • @chriselson7413
    @chriselson7413 10 місяців тому +4

    Is that snagged bro's garden peg 😂😅

  • @simonw8tube
    @simonw8tube 10 місяців тому +8

    Perch belly's are full of spawn at this time of year. They lay nets of eggs over structure underwater. Amazing to see.

  • @clappedknees1776
    @clappedknees1776 10 місяців тому +1

    The way the float went for the perch was a float angler's dream.

  • @ToCatchAPredatoryFish
    @ToCatchAPredatoryFish 10 місяців тому +1

    Fooking hell, you could have gone bowling with that perch! 😂 Great video as always gingy! Some really lovely camera work in this one

  • @deividas_kimontas
    @deividas_kimontas 10 місяців тому +3

    Canal fishing always throws surprises! 🔥 Great fishing Chris! 🎣

  • @GH-xr3eh
    @GH-xr3eh 10 місяців тому +1

    Beautiful start to the video with the bird songs, spring is awesome. Some good information for us all to take to the banks with us. Yet again another great video, Chris.

  • @brentdransfield3219
    @brentdransfield3219 10 місяців тому +1

    I'm normally a predator fisherman,but I have to say this vid was stunning, cinematography spot on,loved it 👌

  • @theabandonedhunter3604
    @theabandonedhunter3604 10 місяців тому +2

    Cracking video Chris and some great catches there 🎣 caught a good size Carp last week picked it up and it weighed nothing, spawning.

  • @djjudgev
    @djjudgev 10 місяців тому

    Another great session Chris and footage well captured. Some cracking canal specimens there. Thank you

  • @frogfoot6218
    @frogfoot6218 10 місяців тому +1

    chris....❤ your vids the last few months .... So much i have got myself a lure/spin travel rod n real ect.....just enough to fit behind drivers seat ( only room a bloke is given when going on holl 😂 ) and will be fishing the river tay in 2 weeks time with a wee dram in-between 👌👍

  • @glennpeters7384
    @glennpeters7384 10 місяців тому +1

    Wow a tench on the canal. Unbelievable. What a beast the perch was. Whereabouts are you fishing on the canal? Looks really nice

  • @agfishinginireland9182
    @agfishinginireland9182 10 місяців тому +1

    The tench are well on the feed in ireland already due to such a mild winter. Usually we have to wait till late May before we start bagging up. Different story trying to catch a tench in cold water. Never doubt your ability .

  • @elgar104
    @elgar104 10 місяців тому +1

    Thank you Chris. Lovely work.

  • @thegrumpyblenny
    @thegrumpyblenny 10 місяців тому +3

    I do hope that was filmed on the snagbro 's pros only canal stretch!?

  • @mickwalsh8136
    @mickwalsh8136 10 місяців тому +1

    Absolute class as usual chris,think that perch was a hybrid,crossed with a puffer fish lol

    • @Tass...
      @Tass... 10 місяців тому

      It was spawn laiden and should have been put straight back.

  • @keithleivers4061
    @keithleivers4061 10 місяців тому +7

    My dreams come true ginger tench on the canal tinca tinca thanks chris 😊

  • @needham831
    @needham831 10 місяців тому +1

    Well done Chris! First Tinca of the season covered in red spawning spots. I'm sure you'll be into a few more as the weather improves. Great to see you simple float fish too. 👍🎣

  • @SteeeveO
    @SteeeveO 10 місяців тому +3

    Those Yorkshire canals are head & shoulders above the one near me in Northants. Seldom see fish of this size reported.

  • @PBUCKY1969
    @PBUCKY1969 10 місяців тому

    What a crackin day Chris - great fun to watch! I think that perch was about to spawn and the tench had just been spawning too - all the red marks and skinny mid section.

  • @tonycamplin8607
    @tonycamplin8607 10 місяців тому

    Another enjoyable video, the best bits were the closeups of your float and watching the bites. I still can not get used to being able to fish cannals and lakes in what would have historically been the closed season. That gravid perch was a classic example of why you shouldn't fish then.

  • @fetus2280
    @fetus2280 10 місяців тому +1

    I am so jealous mate. Ive got another week or so till I can get out to fish. Then itll be Monster Carp and Channel Cats. I cant wait.. Im living vicariously through you right now. Nice catches you got there. Cheers.

  • @evacox-fm7ze
    @evacox-fm7ze 9 місяців тому

    When I fished canals as a boy in the Midlands the water was never clear like the fantastic canal you fish - I’m in Sweden now and guess what- the canals here are muddy! I’m so jealous🙂

  • @callummclauchlin2322
    @callummclauchlin2322 10 місяців тому +1

    Great video wish the canals where like this in Scotland.

  • @trevorcornes1056
    @trevorcornes1056 10 місяців тому +1

    Lovely chilling watch Chris.some nice fish too.

  • @OVTraveller
    @OVTraveller 10 місяців тому +1

    Hi GF, high time you come to Australia to give you a chance to exercise your undoubted catching skills to land: freshwater Murray Cod weighing anything up to 40 pound, carp measuring 75 centimetres plus, which are genuinely carnivorous and will take a fly. We have any number of your admirers who as fishing experts and fishing video producers would love to show you a few challenges!

  • @jiltedjohn9294
    @jiltedjohn9294 10 місяців тому +1

    Always good to see your vids Chris

  • @DrCrunkMusic
    @DrCrunkMusic 10 місяців тому +1

    You are very good at this UA-cam stuff gingerman 👊

  • @lewiswilko9004
    @lewiswilko9004 10 місяців тому

    Mad, I rarely watch UA-cam and do all my watching in big bursts, you’ve grown by 80k subs! And the content is better than ever! Awesome work Chris!

  • @I-Smelt-Pike
    @I-Smelt-Pike 10 місяців тому +1

    Great job buddy 🎣🐟👍🏻you caught a perch puffer fish 🎣🐟amazing video as always 👍🏻someone please give this man he’s own tv program🎣🐟👍🏻

  • @GeteP
    @GeteP 10 місяців тому +1

    Looked really old, that first tinca, dude. Lovely video, as per!
    Pete 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @GIBBO4182
    @GIBBO4182 10 місяців тому +8

    Feels strange watching you float fish!

  • @chucklesuk
    @chucklesuk 10 місяців тому

    I enjoyed this video thanks mate. Love seeing Tench.

  • @morgan1985uk
    @morgan1985uk 10 місяців тому +1

    Love their teddy bear eyes and paintbrush tail as my grandad used to say!

  • @joshgreaves274
    @joshgreaves274 10 місяців тому

    I’ve never done canal or river fishing but you make me want to have ago bro great session happy fishing bro 👊

  • @karlwatkins2331
    @karlwatkins2331 10 місяців тому

    Got to love a tench chris I fish a canal most of the time in sommerset and the place is full of them they go to 7 or 8lb and they are great sport on the feeder rod 🎣👊💯

  • @AdamsAnglingTv
    @AdamsAnglingTv 10 місяців тому

    awsome video Chris. nice fish for canal🎣

  • @paulhayes7257
    @paulhayes7257 10 місяців тому +1

    loved the video i think canal and river fishing is slowy a dieing art now because of commercial fisheries

  • @jordanL7-4
    @jordanL7-4 10 місяців тому

    Never get bored of watching your videos best fisherman on UA-cam love your vids mate!❤

  • @windrush101
    @windrush101 10 місяців тому

    Brilliant video as usual Chris!!

  • @cassian7862
    @cassian7862 10 місяців тому

    wish there were canals in my area, right now im just stuck to my local pond. love the videos though theyre amazing! just wish they were longer haha

  • @rysrys5213
    @rysrys5213 10 місяців тому

    Great episode 😊

  • @seanfraustus
    @seanfraustus 10 місяців тому +2

    You're Killin' It

  • @rowancrafts
    @rowancrafts 10 місяців тому +3

    Could the perch be full of spawn making it so big? It is the spawning season (close season on rivers) for a reason.

  • @Impulse5596
    @Impulse5596 10 місяців тому +1

    The new Jack Hargreaves. Your content could expand to include fishing and other country activities.

  • @Deekm69
    @Deekm69 10 місяців тому +2

    I think Ginger is the grandson of the great Rex Hunt

  • @scottkelly1607
    @scottkelly1607 10 місяців тому

    John Wilson reborn, your smashing it mate. your content is A1, keep them coming pal. 👏

  • @patriotnick2801
    @patriotnick2801 10 місяців тому +2

    On a Monday what a pleasant surprise!

  • @lostintransit5822
    @lostintransit5822 10 місяців тому +1

    Can’t be pros only canal then😂

  • @sullacicero2610
    @sullacicero2610 10 місяців тому +1

    That is a gangsta tench.

  • @nycwolf
    @nycwolf 10 місяців тому +1

    Very beautiful this video 👀🧠🎣👀🧠👏

  • @fisherman5517
    @fisherman5517 10 місяців тому

    if some people were more careful when landing there fish the fins would not get damaged as a number of fish in this video , great vid though ,keep em comeing.

  • @andrewswift9202
    @andrewswift9202 10 місяців тому

    Cracking fish , keep em coming mate 👍

  • @phiilyphil8900
    @phiilyphil8900 10 місяців тому

    Some lovely healthy looking fish that bream looked like it has been on steroids 👌🎣as always awesome angling brother 😎 🎣👍👌🍻🐐♥

  • @stewartevans9753
    @stewartevans9753 10 місяців тому +1

    Great vid as always 😊

  • @heykevwhatyouup2
    @heykevwhatyouup2 10 місяців тому

    Used to catch tench in the gravel pits at st Ives cambs also just south of the lock under the bypass holds some good bream and Chubb

  • @joelfildes5544
    @joelfildes5544 10 місяців тому +3

    I’ve caught a few Ninch,they’re just a bit smaller than a Tench…cheers !

    • @GIBBO4182
      @GIBBO4182 10 місяців тому +2

      Such a Dad joke! 😂😂😂

    • @joelfildes5544
      @joelfildes5544 10 місяців тому +1

      @@GIBBO4182 I got worse…ha,ha…my main go-to when anyone asks me if ive caught owt ?!

    • @GIBBO4182
      @GIBBO4182 10 місяців тому +3

      @@joelfildes5544 don’t tell me…
      “have you caught anything?”
      “A cold” 🤣🤣

  • @tadhghayden7601
    @tadhghayden7601 10 місяців тому

    Three nice fish...man that was one gravid pumpkin of a perch...

  • @Flow_State1991
    @Flow_State1991 10 місяців тому +1

    Well done mate. Decent seseion

  • @danielmartin9352
    @danielmartin9352 10 місяців тому +1

    Them muntjack are getting about

  • @jameswhittaker9553
    @jameswhittaker9553 10 місяців тому

    Great fishing mate! Just wondering when I should start targeting perch on microjigs in my local canal?

  • @spencerbeadles7641
    @spencerbeadles7641 10 місяців тому +1

    I caught my first tench ever yesterday, only my first one because I don't target them and where I usually fish doesn't hold them

  • @tbonesteak4961
    @tbonesteak4961 10 місяців тому +1

    Homer Simson perch 😅

  • @conorbillett6456
    @conorbillett6456 9 місяців тому

    8:30 I get told that a fair bit also 🤣🤣🤣

  • @Fishing_channel835
    @Fishing_channel835 10 місяців тому

    Great content again

  • @danielthompson7846
    @danielthompson7846 10 місяців тому

    Love your videos Chris . Can you still fish canals out of season ?

  • @grahamwindram9772
    @grahamwindram9772 10 місяців тому

    Excellent video, music reminds me of Jack Hargreaves " Out of town" maybe a video on the theme of Turk's pond

  • @alextheangler_adventures
    @alextheangler_adventures 10 місяців тому +1

    legend

  • @bigmoncrief6071
    @bigmoncrief6071 10 місяців тому +1

    Chris, was that tench healthy? That red rash looked a bit like Spring viremia, although i think that disease was eradicated from the UK some time ago. I remember seeing pics of it in the Angling press (in carp, but it affects all Cyprinids). There was a red rash just like that. Or maybe it's the fish's natural colour?

    • @dm.9721
      @dm.9721 10 місяців тому +1

      Tench normally get them red marks when there getting ready to spawn

    • @bigmoncrief6071
      @bigmoncrief6071 10 місяців тому

      ​@@dm.9721 Cheers, I didn't know that.

  • @2009numan
    @2009numan 10 місяців тому +1

    what were all the red markings on that first tench ?

  • @2009numan
    @2009numan 10 місяців тому +2

    the fish always look bigger than they actually are because they are closer to the camera

  • @neilforbes1082
    @neilforbes1082 9 місяців тому

    Nice work Shrek

  • @jacksnaith9903
    @jacksnaith9903 10 місяців тому

    Love this video

  • @jmsBungz
    @jmsBungz 10 місяців тому

    I won't lie I pack my black gloves for pike& especially bream😂

  • @Marknorris6
    @Marknorris6 10 місяців тому +1

    Who wants merch cause I’d buy it ??

  • @reneangler
    @reneangler 25 днів тому

    Beautifule tench

  • @mattmaskery2898
    @mattmaskery2898 10 місяців тому +2

    Let’s go

  • @chipnroll
    @chipnroll 9 місяців тому

    i have seen a lot of people fishing canals rivers this time of year did they do away with the off season? or are these exempt? i know its spawning season but not had the weather but hopefully that perch is full of spawn

  • @AshleeMoloney-kb2kh
    @AshleeMoloney-kb2kh 9 місяців тому

    Great times early bird catches the worm

  • @johnwilson7174
    @johnwilson7174 7 місяців тому

    Nice video.If you use 3 rods, do you need more than one rod license?

  • @jerleshannara4607
    @jerleshannara4607 10 місяців тому

    I ABSOLUTELY LOVE your vids, one question I have to ask though is....HOW are you fishing a river/canal on off season??? Every water I want to fish is a no go unless it is a lake/pond and I have to pay for it!!!

    • @jerleshannara4607
      @jerleshannara4607 10 місяців тому

      BTW I'm in my early 50s and have been fishing since before I was in my teens!! And still not allowed to fish on rivers/canals without getting done by authorities!!!!

  • @catalickconverta6823
    @catalickconverta6823 10 місяців тому +1

    3:19 look at that breams eye ball looking around creepy that is

    • @leftmono1016
      @leftmono1016 10 місяців тому +1

      😂 yeah, thanks for pointing that out!

  • @andrewgalloway7344
    @andrewgalloway7344 10 місяців тому

    lovely big bream though

  • @shemybarnsley2481
    @shemybarnsley2481 10 місяців тому

    What brand of polarised glasses You use? Can You recomend some worth to buy?

  • @BoXnMMAmadness
    @BoXnMMAmadness 10 місяців тому +1

    Definitely a pregnant perch

  • @lf1176
    @lf1176 10 місяців тому

    No better fresh water fishing channel on youtube in my opion.. Also, whats the reasoning behind being able to fish canals during close season??

  • @petercopley1242
    @petercopley1242 10 місяців тому +2

    Brilliant video 😊

  • @mattandsharks
    @mattandsharks 10 місяців тому

    I've fished canals around me (Warwickshire, Worcestershire) for about 4 years. I've caught 2 small pike and a reasonable zander. That's it. I've fished for carp and tench in canals millions of times. No luck. The canals near me are always the colour of hot chocolate and there's so much boat traffic.
    I use the same methods on the river and I'm usually successful.
    So Chris and other professionals, is it me, or are the canals near me just absolute poop?

  • @TheJaymon1962
    @TheJaymon1962 10 місяців тому

    Very nice

  • @ollyjackson8733
    @ollyjackson8733 10 місяців тому

    Mate somehow it's never dawned on me I don't need a float stop both sides of the float! I fish a deep river near me and its a nightmare casting with such a deep float but obvious if it can slide down the line it's no problem!!! Thanks mate feel a right idiot now because I know that's how to do it when dead baiting.

  • @Squarehead123
    @Squarehead123 10 місяців тому +1

    Wild canal 🥴

  • @firzen0000
    @firzen0000 10 місяців тому

    Tie a string to that perch and you have a balloon 🎈🐟

  • @KHONTAEU
    @KHONTAEU 9 місяців тому

    😊😊