2 for the price of 1 - Bargain Autumn fishing!
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2023
- Well it's been almost a month since I was last out fishing. The honest reality is, I have been suffering with my mental health a little recently, so I lost the appetite to get out fishing. But I'm back, not quite with a bang, more of a slow fizzle, but I'm back.
This episode see's me out once again on the river mersey. Its a little early for me to be targeting the Cod, but with few options with he weather and tides, it was the best of a bad bunch. With fishing on the Mersey slow, I headed over to Mostyn in North Wales for the low tide to try and right some wrongs there too.
It feels great to be back out by the water, with fish on the bank. If you take one thing from this video, please PLEASE, try your best to get outside. I know for some that's harder than others. But it's honestly the best thing I can do for my mental health. Alongside that, talk to someone, even if you're not in a bad place, they might be. The biggest thing for me is trying to normalise mental health, particularly mens mental health, so I want to encourage you all to open up a little and talk to each other.
Look after each other, take care, and tight lines
Alex! - Розваги
There's something special about this channel. Great fishing content, none of the clickbait or exiteable babbling, really important honest and frank mental health notes. Well done mate. ❤
Really appreciate comments like this. Thank you so much ❤️
@@theawfulangler No, thank YOU mate. ❤
100% agree.
Big friendly bloke, honest bloke, no annoying expletives continually being used and especially that one that boils my piss, 'insane'! Too much overuse of that word in my opinion.
@@geoffcaptaincpaige1167 Agreed.
@@geoffcaptaincpaige1167 I second that, carnage is another one 🤦
There’s definitely been a huge increase in positive conversions around men’s mental health recently. I really enjoy watching your channel also a huge believer in talking and addressing stuff early on before you lose the ability to speak on stuff and the negative thought cycle kicks in. For me sea fishing is like non hippy meditation! Thanks again mate take it easy .
Agree with everything you said mate 👌🏽
I'm going through a bad time at moment .multiple foot problems for over a Yr. Including plantar fasciitis. And a sprained ankle with possible operation needed . Can't stand needles and bottled a injection other day on my pf foot. Other than that I'm still breathing . Can't muster up the drive to grimsby yet , maybe in 2 week . Depression and anxiety hell at moment .
Sorry to hear that, Stevie mate. Keep talking to the professionals, mate, they deal with it day in and day out. I'm sure they will find a fix that works for you. Have you mentioned to them the toll it's taking on your mental health?
Steven I've been suffering from planter facatis for few years now. The first time it came to my right heel. Eventually the doctor referred me for a cortisone shot and to be honest it proved to be a miracle cure and the pain vanished completely within 2 weeks . However then the same pain returned in my left heel after a year. Eventually I went for another cortisone shot this time in the left heel. It hasn't worked this time the way it did for the first when administered in my right heel. Howe the pain has gone down about 50 percent. I have also seen a very good video on UA-cam from this American guy sometimes ago. He was suffering from chronic planter faciatis and got completely cured. What he show in the video was before going to bed he used to deep massage between the lower calf muscle and above the achillies tendon on the affected foot
@@mumtazzafar5696 cheers pal . That's quite a message . Much appreciated. Unfortunately the the guy doing the injection took too long talking about it before hand and it put fear of god in me and I walked out basically . Can't do injection , sorry . It doesn't always work . But works for many .
@@theawfulangler I'm on a low dose of citalopram at moment and have been for 20yrs of around 10mg . I'm on 2.5mg for last 6yrs and hoping to stay at this dose . But may have to increase it a little if I can't handle it .
@@mumtazzafar5696 have u still got pf
Down at Calshot today. 1 bream, 1 flatty, and a tiny schooly. Love your channel. Especially what you say about mental health.
Members part or on the beach with us peasants?
That's a good mixed bag that Mark 👍🏼 just got to support each other, we all struggle at some point
@SandrasSpicySpanishSalami Peasants corner! Actually along the front by the slipway and carpark. Blanked for 2 hours then went mad for 15 mins!
@@markhayward3017 Better than nothing mate! 👍
🤣🤣🤣🤣i just taken a swig of coffee just as the Peter Kay gag came on and i nearly choked. Brilliant bit of editing. Another great video
Cheers Mel! Have to get out somewhere soon mate 👍🏼
Hit the nail on the head with the mental health fella! Well done!
Cheers matey!
Its hard when the old black dog gets a hold of you ,glad your back out need to start again fishing myself take care
It's the best form of therapy in my eyes mate, can't beat it!
Great video, I’ve been the same, can’t get the motivation to go fishing, wife says I should. Finally get out, chilled, calm, enjoyed it, I would recommend
Never regret a fishing session, but getting there is a chore at times. Stick at it mate. Think I have the bug back now though
Great video....I'd agree that whiting are lovely to eat. Keep putting out the footage and keep fishing.....tight lines
Cheers Sean 🎣
Keep up your great content Alex,just have to keep plugging away mate 💪🎣🐟
Cheers mate 👍🏼
That's life but keep on going will come good soon cheers for the video Clive
100% Clive, you have to take the rough with the smooth. Just some peoples rough is more than others
Hi Alex, your a credit to sea fishing very honest guy who enjoys fishing and helping others keep it going mate and look after yourself. Best regards Dave from the wirral.
Very kind of you Dave, thanks mate 👍🏼
Eazy alex you ok pal, good to see ya bk out . Good luck with ya rugby match. All the best from GRIMSBY.
Cheers Carl. Good win in the bag, but still feeling the effects 😅
Thanks for that Alex. I was wondering where you were! Take care.
Been up to this and that Nicola, but back at it now 😁
great video yet again mate shame about the conditions i can fish in owt rain snow freezing temperatures but i hate wind 😂well done for sticking out and getting out fishing take care pal 🎣👍
Yeah wind just screws with everything!! Big bait and 7oz lead, 100yd cast, soon becomes a very aggressive 40yds 🤣
God bless us all. Not a lot tobe happy with at the moment ,except you can go fishing whenever you want . That’s something. Good viewing.
There's still a lot to be grateful for, sometimes you just need to look a little harder
Another great video Alex, always look forward to getting a notification about a new post from you.
For me, my fishing keeps me sane, gives me a chance to switch off, recharge and to try and put life into perspective. It’s so important to acknowledge that life is not always easy and can be a struggle at times but that’s where the fishing helps along with great videos like yours! Take care!
Couldn't agree more, Bill. Sometimes, it's hard to see the wood for the trees. That's where fishing helps me. It let's me get out of the forest for a minute and regroup.
Real life. Just excellent.
Cheers 🎣
Mate your videos are brilliant keep the chin up happens to me from time to time especially in the winter I’m dreading it all the best 👍
Thanks mate, it means a lot. Its easy at this time of year mate, just be conscious of your thoughts and keep talking to those around you
Brave man venturing to Lancashire
I've fished in a lot worse places haha
Great words, thank you
Thanks David
Great video again mate shame the bigger fish didn't want to play but you didn't blank 🎣👍
Thanks Ian
Fished your first mark in March with no joy. Spoke to a local who said it fishes extremley well November to February, so will be heading that way soon.Being in your area I always end up on the east coast
I fished it last winter with decent results. Still waiting on a hard cold snap to bring in the decent cod though.
I usually default to the east coast, but the mersey has been good to me this summer. Hoping it carries it on through winter too.
Understand 100% what you mean as in same boat myself. But don't given in mate. I enjoy watching your videos great content. I am 1/4 mile from good fishing. But hardly go there. Hopefully after couple weeks on Chesil in get me going. Keep the videos coming Alex cheers.
No plans to give anything up Stephen! Hopefully you get the bug back soon mate and there's a few fish with your name on them 🎣
Got the t- shirt with the head thing and was in a really dark place, I was told to read about a prisoner of war, Viktor Frankl and I started reading and practising Stoicism one man in particular was Marcus Aurelius. Still have my up and down day's but overall, I'm doing OK. Keep ya chin up Alex you'll come through it.
I'm a very stoic person myself. It bugs Sarah that I can make reasoned and sound decisions even under immense pressure. Its what got me in to the job I do today. I just think the constant pressure at the minute has wore me down a little, but like I say, I'm getting my ar$e back in gear now.
10/10 for effort Alex, can’t fault your dedication.
Thanks for sharing fella.
Cheers Ritchie 👍🏼
Brilliant vid Alex, know how you feel, car been packed for fishing 3 weeks , even bought bait at Barmouth last Sat, looked at the sea and couldn't be bothered , 🙄 horrid feeling like that. ,I'll try nxt weekend lol , glad you feeling that u coming out the right side. Chin up m8 , tight lines
Same to you, John. Chin up and hopefully you wet a line soon.
Really enjoy the videos the one with little man made me smile. got a lot going on at the moment even though i live 400 yards from Southend beach cant bring myself to go. so i go with you in spirit keep them coming stay safe all of you.
Thanks Robert. Sorry to hear you're not your best at the minute, happens to us all though. How about just a walk to the beach, start small, then maybe talk to someone who's already fishing and build up that way. But I completely understand, some days, just getting out of bed is a win.
I haven't missed much that evening then Alex mate haha fished the same mark on sunday afternoon tide and crabs were out in force big time.. beat the blank with couple of whiting. I ll give u shout when fishing picks up i recon another couple of weeks, forecast showing ground frost this week so it wont be long now, tight lines bud
Yeah not much at all mate. I got to brunswick just as security were locking up too 🤣
I might venture back up this week. I was going to head south, but the easterly winds are looking like they will put a stop to that
Hi Alex to great venues put into 1 video absolutely brilliant looking forward to the next one
Cheers Mark. I'm sat looking at tides and weather while watching the rugby. Where we go next who knows
Nice vid mate fished the high at Vale Park further up the river on the later tide that day.dogs and whiting were destroying the rag.1 tiny codling.but that wind was a bit rough.see you on the bank someday sstl
Cheers leigh! I went over to brunswick that evening, but the wind was enough to send me home 😅
Alright Alex don’t know whether you know but the cod are just starting to show in the Humber
Great video bud keep up the good work hopefully bump into you on the east coast sometimes
Yeah I've seen a few reports Rich. Not sure how much of that is smoke and mirrors ahead of the Daiwa like 😅 but I'll be headed east soon. Maybe one more Wales trip then hit the holderness hard
Hi Alex, if you do go back, that spot where the lads were on low. Or as you drive up onto the cob there is a line of rocks sticking out, in the pool on the left as you look out. Plenty of flatties and rays hang on in there. But, like you said, Mostyn is not for me😂. Might get the large ray you are chasing in that pool.
Cheers matey! That would have been much preferred spot, but got there too late. Next time ay
Great to see you out out, Alex! Good advice to talk with someone…take it easy, bud.
Thanks 👍
Not to good but you are out fishing relaxed fresh air doing something you love happy days nothing better cheers Clive
Fresh air and a wet line, there's no better tonic
Love your videos Alex. Being based in Hartlepool I fish mainly in the North East, but your vids have inspired me to look a bit further south (Holderness, the Humber) this winter and maybe next summer.
I love fishing different marks, if you can't tell 😅 seen some good reports of cod in the humber this week. Having said that, it's daiwa weekend, so that could just be smoke and mirrors 🤣
Great video,100% for effort buddy,I hope you had a good game,
It was good to be back on the pitch again, but feeling it today 😅 stiff as a board!!
Keep up the great work bud 👍
Cheers Christian!
I look forward to your video every Sunday. Cheers buddy
Cheers Neil, really appreciate comments like this mate.
2mm dia Steel Wire, cut each end a steep angle with side cutters in about 14in lengths then bend in middle for a quick and very cheap but incredibly effective baiting tool.
That's pretty much what this is, then stuffed through half an old rig winder.
Great advice mate thanks
Keep your chin up Paul!
Sound young fella👏
Cheers buddy!
Nice one Alex 👍
Cheers Daz 👍🏼
Top guy Alex. I should do the same and get the rods out more often and meet some new people, not that I’m short on friends. It’s the job I do and the pressure that drags me down. Tight lines.
Same here Colin, but fishing gets me away from it all and I can properly switch off when out by the sea!
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Nice one mate 👍🎣🎣
Cheers Stephen
You are Alex great place to fish mate easy fishing to ,never know mite meet up one day Alex, take care for now keep your chin up.
Yeah you might see me down there at some point then mate
My backyard!! Your on the better end of the jetty good muscle beds that end😊
You told me that the last time o filmed fishing the mark but at the other end...see I do listen to you guys!
@theawfulangler correct, I think when ot gets a bit colder you should try again, but like you said all the rain water flowing in does affect the river! Stay strong brother❤️
@andybowyer3602 I'll definitely be back mate. Like I say still a bit early for cod marks in my experience. But won't be long. Just today I've seen a couple cod reports from the humber...although the diawa is looming, so who knows if that's tactics or not 😅
Don't go by temperature mate, the fish don't care about temeperature.
Should have gone a bit further to my neck of the woods (Conwy Beach). Had a few Bass this evening amongst the Whiting and my first Bass double this week from the shore.
I was tempted to head there after mostyn and fish a couple of hours of the flood. The problem I have with that way, is that I'm straying into the 3hr+ drive home territory.
Great video as always Alex was there Tuesday evening on the slab blanked no fish for us that night but I do believe we entered the biggest dog in site in the Wirral never seen so any car in such a little car park😂😂
Hahaha! Back in my youth when looking for a 'quiet spot' that place would be ideal. Sounds like it wouldn't be so quiet though. Also sounds like I need to do a night session on the slab 👀🫣
@@theawfulangler 🤣🤣
Really enjoyable watch and listen! Thank you mate. Best wishes to you. :-)
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks David
Hi Alex.. Great video again bud.. you mentioned the weed on holderness coast.. I fished the humber last night and very little to no weed in there.. but no cod either.. just whiting and alod of crabs..
Cheers Joe. Plenty of grass in the mersey, but it was manageable. For me Cod need to be on the coast for a couple of weeks before the humber starts to fish well. November should see me back up that way.
Might see ya on there sometime then mate 👍🎣🎣
Great video Alex no blank mate,know where you're coming from mate,been low myself lately but hopefully out soon, take care for now and keep up the good work, all the best for now 👍
Keep grinding mate 🤞🏼 there's some fish with your name on
Hopefully a nice cod soon Alex I'm off to cleveleys soon mate 2nd week November.
@MrALANwolf fair few have mentioned Cleveleys...maybe I'm missing out
Hope you're taking some of them Whiting back home and stocking up the freezer.
Glad you're feeling better. Your videos always help me feel better. Hope you get that Ray soon!
I'm not Leon, purely because my dad stocked my freezer with fresh mackerel the other week 🤣
@@theawfulangler Hit a shoal of them blighters and it's a massacre. 50+ in an hour on a set of feathers is quite doable although me and my kids only managed that sort of carnage once at Bonne Nuit Pier in Jersey many moons ago!
Enjoyed the video as usual m8t
Cheers Tommy!!
Have you tried Clevedon for Cod ? Years ago , on my own at 3am , a had a bite that nearly took my rod into the sea ! 8ft drop at low tide from rocks , pitch black , grabbed it , an 11lb Cod ….. never forget it
Now that's a fish of a lifetime that. I haven't tried that far down...yet! I think this year might be a few longer trips slightly further afield. Whether that's further north or south is tbc
Great vlog as usual Alex. I have Fished there quite a few times in winter but I've never caught anything. I've even had few night sessions but to no avail. Hopefully this winter will bring few codlins for me. I fished yesterday as Seacombe ferry and one tiny whiting. Keep uploading the good work m8.
The features are definitely there to hold a few good cod. Never know what the next bait might fetch in matey, sure you will get a few this winter
@theawfulangler well hopefully it's a better year at mersey. I've already booked some time off work for this winter. You take care of yourself m8 and keep fishing. The best thing when dealing with mental health is to do what you really like to do. Of course, it helps me a lot.
Was at mostyn the other day fishing the docks, pulled out 4 thornbacks biggest being 5/6 pound and a nice place for 2lb! Very hit and miss tho….as always cracking vids, hopefully cross paths one day 👌🏻keep at it buddy
I debated the docks, but couldn't be arsed to trudge that walk to find the wind uncomfortable 🤣 where I was is only 50yds from the van
Keep going Alex, Mostyn will produce for you I was there couple of weeks back rays and place ,off to the mersey beginning of November fingers crossed (codling)
I'm too stubborn to admit defeat Ian 🤣 any and all tips on conditions welcome though 😅
Great video as always pal 👍
I fished Brunswick on the Saturday. Had a couple of rays and lost the biggest bass I've ever seen in my life at the bottom of the wall 😭
Bad luck m8 I heard about that on Sunday, did you not have a drop net? I had 1 at 7lb 3 at Brunswick a few years ago bloody good fight, caught mine at the first hour of the flood.
@@paulthompson6607 nope, no drop net 🤦♂️
Bloody el bad luck that mate. I went to brinswick, but got there just as security was locking up, so I called it quits and headed home!
@@theawfulangler were there some guys fishing? My buddy was parked in his camper there. When I set up in the morning there was loads of bits of kit left lying around. Got a new bait needle, lead and head torch 🤣
@@FishAmaniac was it about in the middle opposite the solicitors?
Top effort mate , long day for not a lot of a reward, ( fish wise ) but the personal rewards are priceless,, bad luck at mostyn again too, there are fish in there somewhere, I’ve caught them 😂,, the codling should show up there soon too, it’s mad how you’re not getting the rays or congers though , ( although the rays can be tricky ) try a smaller high tide , right down by the ship 6.5/7 meter tide are fishable 👍👍🤠
That's autumn fishing for you, Col. Well, that's autumn fishing in my experience should I say 🤣
I did scout the ship end out before setting up and kept an eye on it as the tide fell, so know the lay of the land down there now too for the next trip 👍🏼
@@theawfulangler nice one,, I’ll be getting down there myself again soon, Stacey still wants to catch a ray, they keep hiding from her though 😂👍👍🤠
You can assure her, she's not the only one they're hiding from 🤣
Great video, 100% agree whiting more tasty than cod.
Good on you for saying you've been stressed,
Why is it I can deal with any size /model of crab ,, but scream and run when I see a spider in the bedroom ,,???? A crab is an armoured spider with claws!!!
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Good crisp review as always
Good job Alex
Thanks Scott
🤣🤣🤣 now there's a thought! All that armour plate slows them down, I think that's what does it. I've never been side stepped by a crab, but spiders can be slippery suckers.
Hi Alex, Sent you a bit of £ to support you, Money never solves MH issues, but i just thought it would get you a bit of Fuel or bait, so u can get out again soon. Love your videos as does my 5 year old 🙂 Take care dude.
That's far too generous of you Darren, but massively appreciated. Drop me a message on Instagram or Facebook (Alex Murrant) the least I can do is send the little'n a beanie to say thanks!
great medicine fishing.hope coddos turn up in mersey soon
Me too Mick, me too!
Hope your ok pal stick in there theres always light at the end of the tunnel, get yourself out fishing more that sorts the head out. Good you got a few fish for all that effort though take care👊 tight lines 👍
Cheers Kevin! Like I say, nothing to worry about, just honesty. Hopefully, it will encourage someone out there open up and share that they're struggling and help them out a little.
Mersey can be a pain with lots of rainwater coming down it.
Sometimes it's just about getting out in the fresh air 👍
Exactly that nick. It was tough, but I didn't blank and got outside for the day 👌🏽
No how you feel mate .suffer with same condition start walking backwards down stairs stretching your feet as you go works a treat😊
Well I've never heard that one before, but I'll give it a go! If I don't post a video for a while I'll be in A&E 🤣🤕
@@theawfulangler yes mate no how you feel .had it for years then someone said start walking down the stairs backwards. But on the way down stand on the edge of the stair tread and stretch your feet up and down worked a treat for me .oh and by the way like you're fishing vids saw the one were you fished concrete slab leatham there's a lot better places in the river than that mate 😁😉
👍next time at Mostyn,try next to the fun ship for rays
Looked down that way at low water to suss it out, so it's an option for next time
@@theawfulangler more of a 3 before and2 down mark 👍
Over high water you mean?
@@theawfulangler aye 👍so you could make a full day of it..low on the other end and high at the fun ship, spring and autumn best for the rays.
I live in high peak area so those whiting would of made the 2 hour drive. I'm the same if I'm not 100% feeling it a can't get out but then kick myself I've missed the decent tides.
Got to make a day of it when you travel like we do mate
Alex can I ask why you opted for the power tips for the 420? What's the benefit over the standard tip?
They're stiffer Richard. I wanted the option of a slightly stiffer tip for fishing rougher ground. But honestly, I only fish with the power tips now. They're still super sensitive to even the smallest knock, as you saw, but give a bit more punch in the cast.
Are you and your dad fishing the Daiwa open this year Alex???
No, not this year, Terence.
Hemp seed oil is great for depression,been on 30 years
I'll look in to it thanks John
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How are the pot holes at Mostyn, nearly removed my sump there.
They're still there, but as long as you know how to approach them I managed to get my little connect down there no bother.
If they aint there ya cant catch them😳
No fish in these seas 😅
Hello mate
Hi Neil mate
just a shame you cannot add pictures here its a new flavor of cheese puffs
Now you have my attention 🤤
As a local lad i would of picked pearch
Going again tomorrow. With the same decision to be made for low water tomorrow night 🤔
Otterspool for high by the red pump house thing perch for low still rays about they don't leave the river tbh
I was going to brunswick as was hoping the building will some shelter from the wind. I've never done much good at otterspool...
ive got a honwave sib, and need someone to go out fishing with if yer up for it ? I live in Blackburn, near preston :)
That sounds great mate. Not sure I fancy the sib at this time of year given such changeable weather. Do you get out on it much?
as much as i can, i watch the weather, and i'm pretty confident with it and feel safe at sea, been out in 18mph winds, in the rough chop and its very stable :)@@theawfulangler
got a picture for you where can i send it to
Sounds ominous 🤣 Alex murrant on Facebook is probably the easiest way matey