10lb bass, 25 years ago in heavy surf. I remember every minute of the fight like it was yesterday. Love your channel by the way . This week I have caught a cuckoo wrasse and a nice conger boat fishing off hope cove and two garfish and a mackerel floatfishing in the teign. Just eaten my first garfish. it was lovely !!!
I watch a lot of fishing channels and time and time again I keep coming back to TAF. Simply put, it’s the best advice on UA-cam for British fishing!! Keep the good content coming!!
Have loved watching your channel. As a boy I fished many of the beaches you show in your shows but after living abroad for 20 odd years I'm just getting back into UK beach fishing. I'm never going to be a match fisherman but love the fact that you show you don't need mega expensive kit to enjoy a day/night on the beach and can catch fish.
Throughly enjoyable! One of life's little pleasures is a hot cup of tea on a cold beach while fishing. Please keep up the beach fishing videos this winter I love them ty
Graeme, been watching your video's for over a year now. Thankyou for the tips, the laughs,the straight forward no nonsense approach to our great sport.you have inspired me on many occasions and I feel have become a great friend although you do not know me !! All the best 👍
Even as an experienced carp, sea angler both on shore & aboard my kayak I think your channel is great regardless of experience. This particular upload had me in stitches. Keep up the good work and you can get a piezo ignition version of the gas cooker. No lighters needed Graham 🤗
Great video Greame. I also had a blank today on my local lake but it was just nice being out there with good company. As you say a blank isn't the end of the world. Even on a blank I still learn things
I love your channel I'm 10 years old and I have had alot of tips off you your the best I've been subscribed from early times of your channel an I love it and I'm following you on all social media I share your videos all the time as always love your videos
I've been binge watching all your videos Graeme and they're great. I love your natural style and humour and the way you keep it reel (see what I did there?). Keep it up!
So glad i found your channel, started fishing fifty odd years ago,now getting back into it.Your videos are so helpful ,feel like i need to do a lot of catching up, have subbed you,cheers lads..
Had the worst blank of my life tonight, caught nothing lost loads of tackle,and fell on my arse down a bank in mud! UA-cam works in strange ways having this as the first recommened video I see when I opened up the app after getting home 😂
Spam, on tackle and line scavenged from the shore , attached to a rod fashioned from a stick, with a float made from a soda bottle cap and found foam stuffed inside. (freshwater) But I think I'm fine with this too. '-) Loving your show, NEVER miss an episode. Fish-On, brother!
Don't feel too bad.... I drove down from Yorkshire to meet my son and go fishing and we blanked on that very same beach! I also encountered around 30 of those swimmers near Clarence Pier on another trip down to see him....
This changes everything! being the world's best looking fisherman sometimes comes up blank too, at leased we all know your human now grae and not some other worldly fishing machine ;) haha, better luck next time mate love your videos.
Another thoroughly enjoyable video. I think you are right to put it up with a blank. Nothing more disheartening to a beginner than thinking they are the only ones blanking.
those clip down flapper rigs are a pain in it. lol I've always called it sea cabbage because my grandma always did. I believe it's the roots you can eat but I wouldn't ; -) some of us blank more than others. great video GP
Good video . I was fishing for bass a lot this year as normal and I fill it's important for new sea anglers to know that you don't got to spend a lot of money on a set up . I use a £30 rod and reel the only thing I don't cheap out on is line and hooks. I was fishing my usual bass spot in Portsmouth and the was two ppl fishing with every name and top equipment you could name hitting the bait 150yards . I come along put my cheap rod and bait about 15yards and I could hear the comments to each other that I didint know what I was doing . 10 minutes in 7lb bass 20 minutes in 5lb bass 40 minutes in 8lb bass . My point is when you are learning read and study fish how they feed what areas they like and then turn up early at low tide to see the sea bed and look were you want your line . Expensive rods don't catch you fish experience and understanding how fish feed and hunt will
Absolutely love your vids Graham! You are a true gent and a legend! I would personally use a fire steel as a back up to a lighter. Fire steel works when wet...like my wife...😊
Ha the same thing happened to me yesterday at Hearn bay, had a guy swimming along close to the shore toeing a buoy, had to shout out to him otherwise he would have got tangled.
Your comment about making sure you open the tin before heating it up Graeme. It reminded me of a fishing trip with my friends, we were all sat around a fire at night (it was quite cold) I was layed near the fire on my sleeping bag when all of a sudden there was a mighty BANG!! Sparks shot everywhere infact it blew the fire out and I was covered from head to toe in tomatoe soup (I can hear you all laughing but this was NOT funny) One of my friends had purposely placed the unopened tin in the fire hoping for the effects that I had received. I'll never trust my friends again!!
I'm going to a new lake on Sunday and I don't know what I should fish with flour or wait it's a small lake packed with carp would do you recommend I should use
I have had my best ever year with breadflake...maybe because I've used it a lot. I absolutely cratered the river yesterday with half a bucketful and got a great day with Chub to 5lbs. Film on the way.
Stokes bay / Gilkicker. Lol I blanked there recently too lol. Great spot though. Will be back on it soon. Had the stupid swimmers in mass too. Gilkicker point off to your left a spell.. looks better.
Apparently the army trick to heating up tins is to put a dent in the side of the can then heat it up until the dent pops out then open at arms length. Don't know if it's safe and if it works with those pull lid tins. It might turn into a spagetti hand granade!
Why you were jeans , I'm sure you said jeans are a no no when boat fishing due to the cotton holding the cold air ? Always where long John's & tight skin tops , makes a big difference
Had myself a 4lb2oz bass on a whole joey mackerel 20yards out up past the camp from ferry bridge carpark sunday night just gone,worth the walk but still no codling showing.
Gilkicker one of my local marks it's better fished over night on any tide but can chuck big bass up on ruff nights and cod to of your lucky bud but still a good vid
hey guys just a question of curiosity how does rod licence/fishing licence actually work in the uk? Wanting to river fish and beach fish in South Wales but not wanting to face hefty fines, any advice??
ClearShotGaming you can get a day rod licence for about £4 and you will need a day ticket to fish rivers. They cost roughly £10 for pike/trout/roach etc ... a lot more for salmon. What river are you planning to fish I am from South Wales.
ClearShotGaming you need a rod licence to fish any venue really and it's better off that you get one to avoid a fine, you can get one online for a fairly low cost and it's free if your under 16. You don't need any additional licence to fish most beaches but you may need a ticket or a licence to fish a river (you can find this out online).
Saul Smart river Ely Cardiff Bay side, and I have heard good reviews of the bay itself too! Brilliant and what would be the long term solution for like bi-weekly fishing?
ClearShotGaming it's meant to be good for pike there. Heard of some monsters being caught. Dead baiting is meant to be the way foreword. I have used lures on a small deep stretch close to the marina but never had any luck. But never spent a lot of time there. Just the odd 10 mins coming in from boat fishing in the channel. There are only certain stretches you can fish close to the marina I think you get a day ticket from the leisure centre for that area.
I love this channel, and I have for years; and I don't want to sound like a jerk, at all, and I get that using a GoPro makes it much easier to get footage, but sometimes the really warped video and sound (maybe just the mic or something in post, idk) bug me. Some times it doesn't, but some times it really does. Still, keep it up Graeme/guys, always watch you guys' content. :)
Mike's going to give me another of his GoPros,the old version I use is on its last legs so hopefully it will improve.I just get tired of lugging the big camera case and metal tripod around.
No,not been down for some time.I am going to make the effort to run down to Dungeness though,they always seem to get the early shore Cod run down there.I reckon another couple of weeks. I used to fish there/Folkestone/Sandgate area a fair bit in the winter years ago and reckoned springs in November and early December after a blow were Cod times. Night fishing.Hope this year is better than last for numbers of shore Cod.
yeah sounds good to me. i agree with Dungeness, best place i think around here for cod. dont know why, maybe warmer water from the power station or something. iv been having trouble catching much for the past year or two so iv moved onto the local lakes and been doing well with that. But im hoping in the new year to get something of the beaches around langley point, pevensey area.
You should have come down to Weymouth Graeme and caught yourself some Cuttlefish and Squid, I caught a 2lb 2oz Squid the other day it's about the biggest I've ever seen caught from a pier, it was about two and a half feet long
I could do with some cuttlefish,the best Cod bait of last winter..I may have to take a run down there. I hear the Cuttle are scarce up in the Eastern Wight area.
I was LRF fishing on the Stone pier in Weymouth and every mini species I caught this old lady that had sat down beside me asked if it was a Gudgeon, she looked crestfallen when I said Gudgeon are a fresh water fish
Don't know the area I'm afraid .Try and find a local Sea Fishing club or contact the local tackle shop.They should be able to steer you in the right direction.
God yre funny.id love to go on a fishing session with you!it would have to be on a less busy beach or one with a toilet close by or id piss myself!ive caught plenty of big smutts up to 10lb off beach but im yet to have a goodnight viena"piow"one take my whole rod.keep it up Graeme yre priceless mate
Well me and my mates at school years ago use to call a hairy beaver a FANNY lol it does look like 1 so maybe that woman was saying it looked like her hairy beaver LOL
Burnt lips..extremely hot at the bottom of tin..Moustache almost combusted when I got down that far !...Note to self..don't forget the saucepan next time.
i’m all for size regulations, but trawlers have no size limits, the industry doesn’t make any sense. they throw away fish cause they it’s wrong license. trawlers cause more damage than us sea fishermen. it’s much harder now to catch a bass than let’s say 20 years ago
This one is for all the Beach Fishermen out there! What's your best catch from the shore?
6lb bass years ago ,more luck than skill as was feathering for mackerel lol
10lb bass, 25 years ago in heavy surf. I remember every minute of the fight like it was yesterday. Love your channel by the way . This week I have caught a cuckoo wrasse and a nice conger boat fishing off hope cove and two garfish and a mackerel floatfishing in the teign. Just eaten my first garfish. it was lovely !!!
100 lb. Bull shark last year in Galveston, Texas.
2lb dog fish but loving sea fishing this year keep dem tips coming..
12lb undulate ray at eastney beach
I watch a lot of fishing channels and time and time again I keep coming back to TAF. Simply put, it’s the best advice on UA-cam for British fishing!! Keep the good content coming!!
By far the best fishing channel on UA-cam! Really appreciate all the content you guys put up! Thanks!
Have loved watching your channel. As a boy I fished many of the beaches you show in your shows but after living abroad for 20 odd years I'm just getting back into UK beach fishing. I'm never going to be a match fisherman but love the fact that you show you don't need mega expensive kit to enjoy a day/night on the beach and can catch fish.
Like a Hitchcock film those birds moving close . Another brilliant video young man. Stay safe
Throughly enjoyable! One of life's little pleasures is a hot cup of tea on a cold beach while fishing. Please keep up the beach fishing videos this winter I love them ty
Graeme, been watching your video's for over a year now. Thankyou for the tips, the laughs,the straight forward no nonsense approach to our great sport.you have inspired me on many occasions and I feel have become a great friend although you do not know me !! All the best 👍
Please make more beach fishing videos, I love watching this and as a beginner angler. Would love more tips and tricks like this. You guys are awesome!
Very entertaining and knowledgeable Graeme keep up the good work. As a beginner I'm learning from you
Even as an experienced carp, sea angler both on shore & aboard my kayak I think your channel is great regardless of experience. This particular upload had me in stitches. Keep up the good work and you can get a piezo ignition version of the gas cooker. No lighters needed Graham 🤗
Great video Greame. I also had a blank today on my local lake but it was just nice being out there with good company. As you say a blank isn't the end of the world. Even on a blank I still learn things
I love your channel I'm 10 years old and I have had alot of tips off you your the best I've been subscribed from early times of your channel an I love it and I'm following you on all social media I share your videos all the time as always love your videos
I've been binge watching all your videos Graeme and they're great. I love your natural style and humour and the way you keep it reel (see what I did there?).
Keep it up!
So glad i found your channel, started fishing fifty odd years ago,now getting back into it.Your videos are so helpful ,feel like i need to do a lot of catching up, have subbed you,cheers lads..
So I'm not the only one that draws a blank. I enjoy your channel Thank you.
Had the worst blank of my life tonight, caught nothing lost loads of tackle,and fell on my arse down a bank in mud! UA-cam works in strange ways having this as the first recommened video I see when I opened up the app after getting home 😂
Sounds like a bad session but we all have them at some time or other. It sucks losing tackle AND not catching fish.
Nice to know even my fishing heroes blank occasionally, makes me feel a heck of a lot better after seeing that, cheers Graham
Had me in tears laughing with the crying "argh noooo lighter doesn't work... i got no teaaaaaa....." hahaha classic! love it!
Spam, on tackle and line scavenged from the shore , attached to a rod fashioned from a stick, with a float made from a soda bottle cap and found foam stuffed inside. (freshwater)
But I think I'm fine with this too. '-)
Loving your show, NEVER miss an episode.
Fish-On, brother!
You crack me up, all the best from a fisherman from Newlyn, Cornwall!
You and mike are awesome always a laugh loads of good tips on both channels 😊 btw you have always reminded me of Bruce Forsyth lol 👍
Just getting into fishing have learned a lot from you . Thanks
Yes i love this channle and all its content its always good to pick up tips 👌🐟🎣
Absoluelty love this channel you sir are a legend
Stephen Thompson I so agree
Don't feel too bad.... I drove down from Yorkshire to meet my son and go fishing and we blanked on that very same beach!
I also encountered around 30 of those swimmers near Clarence Pier on another trip down to see him....
i grew up here!!! amazing to see it on UA-cam!
This changes everything! being the world's best looking fisherman sometimes comes up blank too, at leased we all know your human now grae and not some other worldly fishing machine ;) haha, better luck next time mate love your videos.
Woohoo love the show 👍
A couple of Dover sole about six weeks ago absolutely delicious. Love you guys and love the show
Another thoroughly enjoyable video. I think you are right to put it up with a blank. Nothing more disheartening to a beginner than thinking they are the only ones blanking.
those clip down flapper rigs are a pain in it. lol
I've always called it sea cabbage because my grandma always did. I believe it's the roots you can eat but I wouldn't ; -)
some of us blank more than others. great video GP
Hi what beach was this at please. I also wanna say thanks as I have watched loads of your videos now and learned so much👍
You do make me chuckle Graham
Well done keep if going and all the best to you both
Good video . I was fishing for bass a lot this year as normal and I fill it's important for new sea anglers to know that you don't got to spend a lot of money on a set up . I use a £30 rod and reel the only thing I don't cheap out on is line and hooks. I was fishing my usual bass spot in Portsmouth and the was two ppl fishing with every name and top equipment you could name hitting the bait 150yards . I come along put my cheap rod and bait about 15yards and I could hear the comments to each other that I didint know what I was doing . 10 minutes in 7lb bass 20 minutes in 5lb bass 40 minutes in 8lb bass . My point is when you are learning read and study fish how they feed what areas they like and then turn up early at low tide to see the sea bed and look were you want your line . Expensive rods don't catch you fish experience and understanding how fish feed and hunt will
Really good video 👌👌👌 keep it up
"That Twat Swimming" lol killed me lol
More beach fishing please sir love it
really great video, nice to see you was at Stokes Bay in Gosport
Love your beach videos , i would like to see u try for a cod from the shore this winter
Great vids👍🐟
You should do a vid including cart as bait it's really good stuff. Hell of a lot of oils and juices.
You're a rock star!
Funny as!!! Love it.
Absolutely love your vids Graham! You are a true gent and a legend! I would personally use a fire steel as a back up to a lighter. Fire steel works when wet...like my wife...😊
No funny ya tit
Love to see you come up to the west coast of Scotland and try some of our fishing how about it guys???
Ha the same thing happened to me yesterday at Hearn bay, had a guy swimming along close to the shore toeing a buoy, had to shout out to him otherwise he would have got tangled.
me and the wife blanked last weekend but get to see some lovely sunrises from 3am-9am
Blanked with a full moon solent beach fishing just the other day graeme
Your comment about making sure you open the tin before heating it up Graeme. It reminded me of a fishing trip with my friends, we were all sat around a fire at night (it was quite cold) I was layed near the fire on my sleeping bag when all of a sudden there was a mighty BANG!! Sparks shot everywhere infact it blew the fire out and I was covered from head to toe in tomatoe soup (I can hear you all laughing but this was NOT funny) One of my friends had purposely placed the unopened tin in the fire hoping for the effects that I had received. I'll never trust my friends again!!
I'm going to a new lake on Sunday and I don't know what I should fish with flour or wait it's a small lake packed with carp would do you recommend I should use
I have had my best ever year with breadflake...maybe because I've used it a lot. I absolutely cratered the river yesterday with half a bucketful and got a great day with Chub to 5lbs. Film on the way.
Awesome work even with a blank,
Stokes bay / Gilkicker. Lol I blanked there recently too lol. Great spot though. Will be back on it soon.
Had the stupid swimmers in mass too. Gilkicker point off to your left a spell.. looks better.
Yeah,first time I've been there.Quite liked the spot,and I never lost any gear.Will return when someone stocks the Whiting.
🖒😊🖒 night time..
Btw. Your videos are brilliant.
Apparently the army trick to heating up tins is to put a dent in the side of the can then heat it up until the dent pops out then open at arms length. Don't know if it's safe and if it works with those pull lid tins. It might turn into a spagetti hand granade!
Why you were jeans , I'm sure you said jeans are a no no when boat fishing due to the cotton holding the cold air ?
Always where long John's & tight skin tops , makes a big difference
lovely spot graeme where is it
Had myself a 4lb2oz bass on a whole joey mackerel 20yards out up past the camp from ferry bridge carpark sunday night just gone,worth the walk but still no codling showing.
Gilkicker one of my local marks it's better fished over night on any tide but can chuck big bass up on ruff nights and cod to of your lucky bud but still a good vid
hey guys just a question of curiosity how does rod licence/fishing licence actually work in the uk? Wanting to river fish and beach fish in South Wales but not wanting to face hefty fines, any advice??
ClearShotGaming you can get a day rod licence for about £4 and you will need a day ticket to fish rivers. They cost roughly £10 for pike/trout/roach etc ... a lot more for salmon. What river are you planning to fish I am from South Wales.
ClearShotGaming you need a rod licence to fish any venue really and it's better off that you get one to avoid a fine, you can get one online for a fairly low cost and it's free if your under 16. You don't need any additional licence to fish most beaches but you may need a ticket or a licence to fish a river (you can find this out online).
Saul Smart river Ely Cardiff Bay side, and I have heard good reviews of the bay itself too! Brilliant and what would be the long term solution for like bi-weekly fishing?
perfect im 23 so no avoiding the charges i guess :L I guess popping into a local anglers will benefit information wise too?
ClearShotGaming it's meant to be good for pike there. Heard of some monsters being caught. Dead baiting is meant to be the way foreword. I have used lures on a small deep stretch close to the marina but never had any luck. But never spent a lot of time there. Just the odd 10 mins coming in from boat fishing in the channel. There are only certain stretches you can fish close to the marina I think you get a day ticket from the leisure centre for that area.
I love this channel, and I have for years; and I don't want to sound like a jerk, at all, and I get that using a GoPro makes it much easier to get footage, but sometimes the really warped video and sound (maybe just the mic or something in post, idk) bug me. Some times it doesn't, but some times it really does. Still, keep it up Graeme/guys, always watch you guys' content. :)
Mike's going to give me another of his GoPros,the old version I use is on its last legs so hopefully it will improve.I just get tired of lugging the big camera case and metal tripod around.
And I can totally understand that, but nice to hear; looking forward to it! And like I said, keep it up, love both your channels, guys. :)
A Tope 35lb plus from Cromer Pier when I was young about 1965 I think
"I got no eyebrows now" omfg man I love ye ...
you been down my end recently, Eastbourne area?
No,not been down for some time.I am going to make the effort to run down to Dungeness though,they always seem to get the early shore Cod run down there.I reckon another couple of weeks. I used to fish there/Folkestone/Sandgate area a fair bit in the winter years ago and reckoned springs in November and early December after a blow were Cod times. Night fishing.Hope this year is better than last for numbers of shore Cod.
yeah sounds good to me. i agree with Dungeness, best place i think around here for cod. dont know why, maybe warmer water from the power station or something. iv been having trouble catching much for the past year or two so iv moved onto the local lakes and been doing well with that. But im hoping in the new year to get something of the beaches around langley point, pevensey area.
At last! Back on the beach
You should have come down to Weymouth Graeme and caught yourself some Cuttlefish and Squid, I caught a 2lb 2oz Squid the other day it's about the biggest I've ever seen caught from a pier, it was about two and a half feet long
I could do with some cuttlefish,the best Cod bait of last winter..I may have to take a run down there. I hear the Cuttle are scarce up in the Eastern Wight area.
Great Vid as usual thanks Graham and if you are looking for Cuttlefish and Squid you should come down to Boscombe Pier!
Cracking time watching a diamond geezer
Ha, Ha, Ha, the Beaver comment made me snort tea out of my nose...classic,
Hi, where was you fishing 👍
Tim Daly I believe Graeme was on the South coast near Portsmouth.
Drynet ok thank you 👍
I was LRF fishing on the Stone pier in Weymouth and every mini species I caught this old lady that had sat down beside me asked if it was a Gudgeon, she looked crestfallen when I said Gudgeon are a fresh water fish
Hi mate were is best to sea fish in portmouth
Don't know the area I'm afraid .Try and find a local Sea Fishing club or contact the local tackle shop.They should be able to steer you in the right direction.
The more realistic side of fishing 😂😂
Yes Gosport let’s go
idea 4 a challenge....
saltwater baits in freshwater and freshwater baits in saltwater.
earthworm in salt and ragworm in fresh
BUSHCRAPPING i saw you on stuart bloors channel
I've seen something about earth worms being good for dabs and other flats.
yeah probably what was i talking about? fishing for perch?
and i can imagine a wrasse would take a big earthworm
BUSHCRAPPING yea you were
ive used maggots before got a flatty and a eel
finally back on the beach 🙂
is it a harpoon fisher !!???
Have i been waiting for this video.
Where is it at please whats the post code ?
God yre funny.id love to go on a fishing session with you!it would have to be on a less busy beach or one with a toilet close by or id piss myself!ive caught plenty of big smutts up to 10lb off beach but im yet to have a goodnight viena"piow"one take my whole rod.keep it up Graeme yre priceless mate
When is next carp video
Better fishing can be had at night in freshwater as well.Full moon is a curse,darker the night the better.
Please make a vid on your boat agin
12:08 - LMAO!
smokeybarr calmest rant ever!
Haha. So true.
I fish at Chesil beach!!!
Well me and my mates at school years ago use to call a hairy beaver a FANNY lol it does look like 1 so maybe that woman was saying it looked like her hairy beaver LOL
Steven Cartwright haha we said the same at school pal it made me laugh that one haven't heard that for a long time hahaha
Top lad
Graeme, you need a warm and toasty knit hat,wool or fleece.
Where is the deep sea fishing vids😟
Go on Graeme show this old man how you get all that gear from the car to the beach AND BACK AGAIN
Sea kale but I have always been brought up calling them dungeness cabbages
How did the spaghetti-tin story ended? :)
Burnt lips..extremely hot at the bottom of tin..Moustache almost combusted when I got down that far !...Note to self..don't forget the saucepan next time.
exactly the same experience here about 30 years ago with combat rations :D
Not caught anything? Still a good day out with some rest from the world.
Clean your camera once in a while Graeme .. Its a pleasure to watch this though
600 likes good video
i’m all for size regulations, but trawlers have no size limits, the industry doesn’t make any sense. they throw away fish cause they it’s wrong license.
trawlers cause more damage than us sea fishermen. it’s much harder now to catch a bass than let’s say 20 years ago
To go sea fishing do you need a sea fishing licence
Not at present in the UK.
I felt the pain and despair with that dud lighter. An englishmans worst nightmare.
i would like to see another tournament fishing video with tony kirage
what a plank swimming near lines.
Next time go up the other way towards the fort...
Them baits where crying out for a fatty bass , man I hate them blanking times
First 20 coments
that was aqua man swimming by warning all the fish not to eat anything
Well it damn well worked that's for sure !!! I should have thrown that "Beaver weed " at him.