Best part of the video was hearing that your little lad is doing so well. I am so chuffed for you all. ❤️❤️❤️ Respect to you too for taking about mental health.🫡👏 Your videos, and others, are my escape at present. So a massive THANK YOU for that.👍👍 Beautiful sunrise, a few fish, and a quiet, relaxing day on the beach. Hopefully,🤞, I'll be getting out soon. Again, thank you. All the very best to you and the family.🙏🙏 Take care and stay safe.😷🙊
Thanks Ian ❤️ Glad to hear you're enjoying the videos mate. Hopefully you can get out fishing again soon 🤞🏼 Yeah it was a great morning, perfect tonic for a busy week. Call me greedy, but would still have liked a lump of a cod 🤣
Good to hear Jack is doing well mate. What a fantastic thing you’re doing talking about Mental health I myself have struggled and still do and I know how important it is to talk. Because of family circumstances I haven’t got out fishing much the last couple of years so you guys on UA-cam are a Godsend ... keep up the good work stay safe and tight lines 👍🎣🎣
Thanks Stephen! Like I say, I'm in no way qualified, but what I do know is we need to normalise having a wobble. Everyone suffers at some point to some extent. Glad the videos help 👌🏽
Great video and glad that your son is doing well. Mental health is so important to us all. Before I retired, I had a pressured job and my way of reliving the pressure was also to go fishing, albeit carp fishing. Being outside in the fresh air really helps, as does speaking with a trusted friend or partner. Well done in raising this issue, fella and continued tight lines. 👏👏👏
Really great to hear your lads doing well❤️ I suffered in the darkness of depression for years and I felt I couldn't talk about, an you hit nail square on the button, we are our own worst enemy us men. If I'd of just talked sooner I'd gotten help years sooner! My heart goes out to ya brother it takes a real man to talk about his true feelings ESPECIALLY PUBLICLY LIKE YOU ARE!!! I for 1 love what your doing and I'm certain your gonna smash being a boss father, my fondest memories with my lad growing up was taking him fishing we go all over the show, he's 18 now and he's my best friend we do everything together! You've got it all to come really proud of you🙏❤️
Thanks Andy! If me opening up and talking about stuff helps others talk about it too, then that's more than worth it! I can't wait to be able to take Jack fishing 👌🏽
So pleased your little one is doing well. It is so important if your going through a bad patch to talk to someone and tell them how your feeling, I had to have counselling for a family tragedy a good few years ago now and it really helped me get over it, fishing is a great way to relax and decompress it is my pressure valve. Great vid as always mate and tight lines for your next adventure.
Like I say David, I'm in no way qualified! I've had counselling in the past, but blokes are still too stubborn to admit they need help. So I'll take just getting blokes talking to a mate 👍🏼
First of all many thanks for yet another enjoyable video and well done on catching. Love your videos because you are just a normal bloke so to speak and I would say you have the same sense of humour as I do and you say it how it is. As far as mental health goes men especially men of my age 50+ were brought up to deal with things totally wrong. Keep things bottled up, never open up and talk about things that bother you and actually ask for help. I went through a very bad patch about 6 years ago which I wont go into too much so long story short. My Daughter passed away at 23 years old and around 4 months later my Mother passed suddenly. I went a bit off the rails and started drinking and taking days off work and due to stress my irritable bowel syndrome which I already had came back with a vengeance due to stress. Had more time off work and dropped down to a 4 day week and ended up going to hospital for a camera down my throat and then at a later date up the other end. I was still drinking, not eating or sleeping very well and my Mrs sat me down and begged me to go to the Doctors and just tell him exactly how I felt and what was going on. He suggested antidepressants with a sedative to help me sleep and I was not up for it at all. Big man asking for help and not the done thing but best thing I ever did. Took them for around 12 months and it eased my IBS but also things that would normally bother me I took with a pinch of salt and I ended up getting back to my normal self. I wasn't drinking, I was sleeping, going back to the gym and eating a healthy diet and came off the tablets when the time was right. All I can say is if anyone out there have any problems is don't bottle it up, talk to someone about it as a problem shared is a problem halved. Sorry for such a long comment and there is more to the story but it's the short version. I'm not saying take antidepressants but it's what helped me but more important talking about it. Back to your video, it looked a beautiful morning but very cold and was it my eyes or where there people surfing? Take care buddy and I'm glad to hear your son is doing well, family is important and one day he will be beside you on that beach and probably catching more than you lol.
Thanks for sharing, Anthony. Sorry for your loss, but I'm glad you're doing better pal! Like you say, what works for one, might not work for the other. But everyone goes through struggles, we just need to get comfortable with sharing when we do!
There is a bright side to the story. As I was working a 4 day week we started to get into debt and falling behind with the bills for around 6 months. Then out of the blue we had a phone call which I thought was a wind up but it wasn't. We had won £30.000 on the Postcode Lottery I kid you not. We cleared all the bills and with some of the money left over I bought a flat pack log cabin 20ft x 13ft. Took a few weeks to build it but it's now a games room where I can go and relax. I have a pool table, 55" tv with sky, lager on draught. I wish you could see it as it looks very high end with a bar and everything, double glazing and patio doors. I have the large cardboard cheque with £30.000 on it framed behind the bar. Someone up there if you believe in that sort of thing was looking out for me lol
Nice codling. So that's what they look like 😆 Looks a lovely bit of coastline too and always good tonget out and just watch nature do it's thing with the sunrise. Went out chasing them myself today and ended up with the biggest bite ever from a 3 bearded rockling 😳. Also had a dab, so not the codling or Ray I was hoping for. But had one of the greatest sunsets ever. Colours were unbelievable and very, very good for the soul. Microphone worked great by the way.👍
I've had some cracking bites from rockling funnily enough, especially on light gear! Glad you managed to get back out again, even if there were no specimen fish to be had!
My eldest son was born premature. Spent time in an incubator and then on an Ohio. The sound of the beeping monitors in the paediatric ICU is still a strong memory 20+ years later! Anyway our lad is now 23, about 6ft 4, a riding instructor and just took up scuba diving. I know the road is long but you are doing everyone a service with your struggle honesty. Best wishes to you and btw those opening sequences were mouth watering. Take care.
Thanks Andrew! It's only when you start talking about it, that you realise premature babies are much more common than you know. Glad to hear your lad is doing well, sounds like he's living a great lifestyle!
Good to hear your wee fellas doing well. Have watched a few of your videos now, shown a couple to my old man, he's 84 now and was born in Hull evacuated to outside Hedon and spent most of his youth around there. He used to fish round Paull and the Hull docks only for eels. His uncle George was a mad keen fisherman used to get out down Spurn point, my dad can remember some of the cod used to appear monstrous to him as a kid. Those waves look like pond ripples compared to the surf I fish in🤣🤣 🤣
🤣 tales of old are great aren't they, I don't think we will see stocks recover to what they were in our lives 😔 The waves don't come out well at all in the footage, I bet there was still a 4ft swell on, but not the worst I've fished in either 😅
Nice to see you back at it mate . Glad to hear Jack is doing great and progressing well. I've never suffered personally with mental health problems, but i did lose my dad to mental health about 26 yrs ago now, so well done for getting it out there while doing a spot of fishing. Tight lines. 👍
All your new kit worked a treat,absolute crap at the moment in South Wales on the Bristol Channel,let’s hope things start to get better for you and your nipper,forget about regular schedules for a few more years 😊
Cheers Andrew! Bad news on the channel, I was thinking that would be my next destination. Think I've fished the holderness to death this winter. I'll keep an eye on the catch reports
Great video and so glad to hear the young man is doing well. 👍👍Im not sure why but always feels relaxing and calming at mappelton. No idea why. Just feels right for me. Oh yes the get down is brilliant 👍👍tight lines till next time 🎣🎣
Another great video, some superb scenery, thanks for posting. Thanks also for highlighting the mental health angle. It’s so easy to get lost in a busy world and personally, going fishing gives me a chance to breathe and refocus again. Tight lines.
Another fantastic video Also nice to hear you mention about men's mental health you keep your chin up and I personally i want to thank you for the past 6 months as I have been fighting a horrible illness cancer which made my mental health pretty bad and just watching your fishing videos have really helped my mind so thanks Tight lines mate Rosco
Well done mate another good video, and massive respect for bringing up the mental health... takes some doing that. Great to hear the little one is on the up too. Take care and hope you had a good night session.
Loving this video mate and glad to see you highlighting men’s mental health!! I’ve recently been using my fishing trips to clear the negative thoughts and actually reassessing what’s in my control and what isn’t!! Also it’s great to hear that’s things are looking better for little man too👍🏼👍🏼
@@theawfulangler I completely agree, even when the weather is not on our side, it’s still a great way to clear any negative thoughts we may have and any worries that are out of our control. You’re a true inspiration to watch, you keep it real and you still do what you do best even when life isn’t on our side! Tight lines mate and keep them coming!!
@@theawfulangler 🤣 yeah if anything that helps drumming out the negativeness 😉🤣 and I couldn’t agree more there, I stopped the drinking scene nearly two years ago when my little one was born and never looked back since 👍🏼
Thanks for sharing your story, Scott. Love that mantra, and it's true sometimes as selfish as it seems you need to look after yourself first, then you're able to look after those around you. Glad you're doing well though, the battles never over, but just don't give up!
Another great video. Wonderful to hear your little un is doing well. Looking forward to the next instalment, you're getting a bit closer to my neck of the woods
Cheers mate. I was scoping out a trip up towards holy island or eyemouth. But the 4hr drive I think it needs to be a long weekend, or I need to find a couple spots I can fish all states of the tide to make it worthwhile.
Great video as always. I’m exactly the same when deciding we’re to fish I’m even debating we’re to go whilst I’m asleep. Keep the great content coming 🎣🎣
@@theawfulangler I fished Hornsea south but had every intention of fishing Aldbrough but changed my mind at the last minute as I always do. Will be down shortly for some ready for the Euros
Great stuff, I get bad anxiety associated with a long illness, one thing that sticks with me is that no matter what your mind is telling you, to everyone else you are just another face and they likely have much more important things on their minds to care what you are doing, if that makes sense haha. A COD! Nice one, still infested with whiting on Anglesey, and they got even smaller, I mostly just wander around with a lure rod and feathers, had 12 mackerel and 2 herring this afternoon.
I agree Daz everyone has their own stuff going on, it doesn't mean they don't care though. Glad there are still mackerel around. I'm split between Anglesey and the channel for my next trip. I don't think either have been fishing particularly well though 🤔
@@theawfulangler Anglesey is pretty shite atm, that's why im mackerel fishing. Yes few rays, huss and congers if you like that sort of thing but it will get better so I'd wait.
@@theawfulangler haha indeed, I was out a couple hours this aft just fishing half a fresh mackerel on a 6/0 to avoid them, got 1 thornie and nothing else apart from mackerel on spinning rod, Bliss! Take care 👍.
Glad your little baby is doing well fella, god bless you and your family mate! I love the mental health awareness you speak about as I'm going through a real rough time myself, very rough =(
Thanks buddy!! Hope you're keeping well mate. Get plenty of fresh air, greens and blues they call it. And write down your thoughts. Anything I can do to tell give me a shout ✌🏽
@The Awful Angler Thank you brother, I don't have Instagram but next time you reply I'll give you my email then delete it quickly because it's good to talk to people like yourself who don't judge, I've been close to rope before =(
Hey up fella , great to watch another interesting vid . I had a walk down Spurn again yesterday ( no not fishing , photography ! ) fantastic light and clouds but ohhhhhhhhhh so f.......g windy . Anyway , while your playing about with your audio to camera stuff , just thought I'd mention some great content on the subject done by Mark Kerton on his UA-cam vlogs . In some of his later landscape stuff he tries out some great mic to camera gear that works as he moves away and towards his vlogging cam . Just thought it worth a look .
Managed to get out today too, not so good for my mental health as I failed to check if there was a match on the river before leaving the house. Got to river and nowhere to fish, found a spot which looked ok till I sat down and the back legs of my chair disappeared into the mud. Second cast got snagged on the bottom and snapped my trace. Gave up and came home and cleaned the cars, so the afternoon wasn't completely wasted. Nice video. Great scenery for you
Sorry Neil, but I had to chuckle at that 🤣 we've all had that session where we would have been better staying in bed! I've got one to edit up that I'll put out this weekend, maybe I'll let you have a chuckle at that!
glad to hear the wee man is doing well. i may visit that beach this year, it looks like a nice spot to throw a few leads into the sea.... but first trip this year is Mablethorpe on the 4th of feb....
It's a nice beach mate, popular though so be sure to get there early. What's Mablethorpe like to fish? Not sure I've ever fished there, maybe as a kid.
@@theawfulangler mablethorpe is good if you avoid the main beach, I tend to stay up by sea view car park, you get a few dog walkers there that like to walk into your line instead of going around, but it's mostly empty this time of year. Huttoft car terrace is another favourite of mine and Anderby Creek... Some folks like to fish Sutton and sandylands beaches, but they are too busy for my liking. I like the big flat openness of mablethorpe, some cracking cod have come out, flatties and occasionally bass turn up, and rays sometimes make an appearance. I found that squid and cart and black lug do best on the sandy flat Lincolnshire coast.
@@theawfulangler I know bugger all about microphones but whatever it was doing, it really worked. I always enjoy every one of your videos . . . but with this mike and chest GoPro, you have seriously raised the bar!
@@theawfulangler I prefer the chest . . . even when things get lively, you still get to see the beach and hopefully the fish . . . when it goes nuts and the camera is on your head, then we tend to just see the sky moving around fast!
Glad to hear that your son is doing well and that a gruff northern bloke like you can be open and and honest about mental health issues. Please keep up the good work on that front. Regarding the new gear, the microphone is a great improvement. The chest mounted GoPro however is a big step backwards for these reasons: * The frame is obscured by big hands and reel so the viewer can’t see what’s happening when you’re reeling in. * The viewer can’t necessarily see what you’re looking at and often talking about - eg bites on the rod tips and what you were doing whilst pulling the leads out of the rocks. * Viewing proceedings from a lower perspective gives a poorer view of what’s happening in the water. * The most natural view point is at eye level for this sort of vicarious experience. This is only provided by a head cam perspective. When I found your channel, I thought it was ‘awfully’ good for the reason that you used a head cam. So I really hope you revert back to the head cam; particularly as you provide some really good steady video by not swinging your head about. Really appreciate your videos and thanks for all the effort that goes into producing them.
Thanks John, hopefully a few more will feel like they can follow suit. Thanks for the feedback on the gopro. I do think the chest mount has its place. But don't worry, I won't be ditching the head mount altogether. I've got some playing around to do between now and summer 👍🏼
Fantastic video, great to see that your lad is making progress and your taking so openly about men’s mental health. I find being out in the fresh air and being by the sea so cathartic and provides a reset on life. Have you done much fishing down by Fraisthorpe beach?
Thanks Gavin! Definitely recommend getting out in nature, by far the best tonic. I haven't fished Fraisthorpe before mate no. Is that the one that the farm charges to park at? Think I went once on a whim, and it was rammed, so I turned around and went elsewhere.
@@theawfulangler yes that’s the one it’s far less busy this time of year, they’ll still charge to park by the beach. If you walk in the direction of skipsea there’s some really good unfished beach.
Forgot to mention that if you take a look at WSF they have a rod building section on there with some of the best rod builders in the country. They will do it exactly as you want it and in record time and it will look as good as new if not better. You can also have a look at some of the photos on there of the rods they have done to get an idea of the quality of their work.
My boy was premature tiny he was he's doing great now top lawyer and and nearly 30 now , life is tough but you seem like a chap who can deal with it just remember we all have wobbles
Nice one, not a blank so that’s always a bonus, why do people insist on setting up right next to you, happens all the time, 10 miles of empty beach and boom some dipstick sets up and usually can’t cast straight so it’s right over your lines , 💩heads 😂, 👍👍🤠
Your about an age where these things comes to many folk I've had a nervous breakdown spent many weeks in that special hospital which wasn't bad at all eye opening experience met some great people all having similar experience from life and yes one or two truly broken folk depression seems to be something the power's that be like us living in they certainly ain't helping anyone but themselves at the moment mind it's making for a great many like minded sorts LOL be well
Stresses of life get us all in different ways. I know some salt of the earth type who you'd never realise what they're dealing with. Just goes to show, be nice to folk, you don't know what they're battling.
I don't want people with qualifications if I can help it , just sound friends who don't mind having a laugh but also don't run a mile or go quiet when I need them during a depression spell.
My boy was premature tiny he was he's doing great now top lawyer and and nearly 30 now , life is tough but you seem like a chap who can deal with it just remember we all have wobbles
My boy was premature tiny he was he's doing great now top lawyer and and nearly 30 now , life is tough but you seem like a chap who can deal with it just remember we all have wobbles
Cheers Steve, that's it mate, life's hard, it's normal to struggle at times. Just hope that I can get people to open up about it rather than bottle it all up
Best part of the video was hearing that your little lad is doing so well. I am so chuffed for you all. ❤️❤️❤️
Respect to you too for taking about mental health.🫡👏 Your videos, and others, are my escape at present. So a massive THANK YOU for that.👍👍
Beautiful sunrise, a few fish, and a quiet, relaxing day on the beach. Hopefully,🤞, I'll be getting out soon.
Again, thank you. All the very best to you and the family.🙏🙏
Take care and stay safe.😷🙊
Thanks Ian ❤️
Glad to hear you're enjoying the videos mate. Hopefully you can get out fishing again soon 🤞🏼
Yeah it was a great morning, perfect tonic for a busy week. Call me greedy, but would still have liked a lump of a cod 🤣
Great advice kudos to you for highlighting and destigmatising the topic of men's mental health 👏 👍
Not a problem mate, everyone suffers ✌🏽
Excellent news regarding little Jack... He will be fishing with his dad in next to no time 🙂 Another BIG 👍s up from me.
Thanks Nick! You never know, this summer might see a session featuring dogs and a baby 🤞🏼
Good to hear Jack is doing well mate. What a fantastic thing you’re doing talking about Mental health I myself have struggled and still do and I know how important it is to talk. Because of family circumstances I haven’t got out fishing much the last couple of years so you guys on UA-cam are a Godsend ... keep up the good work stay safe and tight lines 👍🎣🎣
Thanks Stephen!
Like I say, I'm in no way qualified, but what I do know is we need to normalise having a wobble. Everyone suffers at some point to some extent.
Glad the videos help 👌🏽
Great video and glad that your son is doing well. Mental health is so important to us all. Before I retired, I had a pressured job and my way of reliving the pressure was also to go fishing, albeit carp fishing. Being outside in the fresh air really helps, as does speaking with a trusted friend or partner. Well done in raising this issue, fella and continued tight lines. 👏👏👏
Thank John. People cope in different ways, I just hope I can help one or 2 people feel that they can talk to someone about it
Really great to hear your lads doing well❤️ I suffered in the darkness of depression for years and I felt I couldn't talk about, an you hit nail square on the button, we are our own worst enemy us men. If I'd of just talked sooner I'd gotten help years sooner! My heart goes out to ya brother it takes a real man to talk about his true feelings ESPECIALLY PUBLICLY LIKE YOU ARE!!! I for 1 love what your doing and I'm certain your gonna smash being a boss father, my fondest memories with my lad growing up was taking him fishing we go all over the show, he's 18 now and he's my best friend we do everything together! You've got it all to come really proud of you🙏❤️
Thanks Andy! If me opening up and talking about stuff helps others talk about it too, then that's more than worth it!
I can't wait to be able to take Jack fishing 👌🏽
@@theawfulangler good man❤️👍
So pleased your little one is doing well. It is so important if your going through a bad patch to talk to someone and tell them how your feeling, I had to have counselling for a family tragedy a good few years ago now and it really helped me get over it, fishing is a great way to relax and decompress it is my pressure valve. Great vid as always mate and tight lines for your next adventure.
Like I say David, I'm in no way qualified! I've had counselling in the past, but blokes are still too stubborn to admit they need help. So I'll take just getting blokes talking to a mate 👍🏼
First of all many thanks for yet another enjoyable video and well done on catching. Love your videos because you are just a normal bloke so to speak and I would say you have the same sense of humour as I do and you say it how it is. As far as mental health goes men especially men of my age 50+ were brought up to deal with things totally wrong. Keep things bottled up, never open up and talk about things that bother you and actually ask for help. I went through a very bad patch about 6 years ago which I wont go into too much so long story short. My Daughter passed away at 23 years old and around 4 months later my Mother passed suddenly. I went a bit off the rails and started drinking and taking days off work and due to stress my irritable bowel syndrome which I already had came back with a vengeance due to stress. Had more time off work and dropped down to a 4 day week and ended up going to hospital for a camera down my throat and then at a later date up the other end. I was still drinking, not eating or sleeping very well and my Mrs sat me down and begged me to go to the Doctors and just tell him exactly how I felt and what was going on. He suggested antidepressants with a sedative to help me sleep and I was not up for it at all. Big man asking for help and not the done thing but best thing I ever did. Took them for around 12 months and it eased my IBS but also things that would normally bother me I took with a pinch of salt and I ended up getting back to my normal self. I wasn't drinking, I was sleeping, going back to the gym and eating a healthy diet and came off the tablets when the time was right. All I can say is if anyone out there have any problems is don't bottle it up, talk to someone about it as a problem shared is a problem halved. Sorry for such a long comment and there is more to the story but it's the short version. I'm not saying take antidepressants but it's what helped me but more important talking about it. Back to your video, it looked a beautiful morning but very cold and was it my eyes or where there people surfing? Take care buddy and I'm glad to hear your son is doing well, family is important and one day he will be beside you on that beach and probably catching more than you lol.
Thanks for sharing, Anthony. Sorry for your loss, but I'm glad you're doing better pal!
Like you say, what works for one, might not work for the other. But everyone goes through struggles, we just need to get comfortable with sharing when we do!
There is a bright side to the story. As I was working a 4 day week we started to get into debt and falling behind with the bills for around 6 months. Then out of the blue we had a phone call which I thought was a wind up but it wasn't. We had won £30.000 on the Postcode Lottery I kid you not. We cleared all the bills and with some of the money left over I bought a flat pack log cabin 20ft x 13ft. Took a few weeks to build it but it's now a games room where I can go and relax. I have a pool table, 55" tv with sky, lager on draught. I wish you could see it as it looks very high end with a bar and everything, double glazing and patio doors. I have the large cardboard cheque with £30.000 on it framed behind the bar. Someone up there if you believe in that sort of thing was looking out for me lol
Nice codling. So that's what they look like 😆
Looks a lovely bit of coastline too and always good tonget out and just watch nature do it's thing with the sunrise.
Went out chasing them myself today and ended up with the biggest bite ever from a 3 bearded rockling 😳. Also had a dab, so not the codling or Ray I was hoping for. But had one of the greatest sunsets ever. Colours were unbelievable and very, very good for the soul.
Microphone worked great by the way.👍
I've had some cracking bites from rockling funnily enough, especially on light gear! Glad you managed to get back out again, even if there were no specimen fish to be had!
My eldest son was born premature. Spent time in an incubator and then on an Ohio. The sound of the beeping monitors in the paediatric ICU is still a strong memory 20+ years later! Anyway our lad is now 23, about 6ft 4, a riding instructor and just took up scuba diving. I know the road is long but you are doing everyone a service with your struggle honesty. Best wishes to you and btw those opening sequences were mouth watering. Take care.
Thanks Andrew! It's only when you start talking about it, that you realise premature babies are much more common than you know. Glad to hear your lad is doing well, sounds like he's living a great lifestyle!
Good to hear your wee fellas doing well. Have watched a few of your videos now, shown a couple to my old man, he's 84 now and was born in Hull evacuated to outside Hedon and spent most of his youth around there. He used to fish round Paull and the Hull docks only for eels. His uncle George was a mad keen fisherman used to get out down Spurn point, my dad can remember some of the cod used to appear monstrous to him as a kid. Those waves look like pond ripples compared to the surf I fish in🤣🤣 🤣
🤣 tales of old are great aren't they, I don't think we will see stocks recover to what they were in our lives 😔
The waves don't come out well at all in the footage, I bet there was still a 4ft swell on, but not the worst I've fished in either 😅
I like your channel and I like you very much. I’m sending you best wishes and blessings in 2023.
Thanks Lawrence, appreciate the love 👍🏼
Nice to see you back at it mate . Glad to hear Jack is doing great and progressing well. I've never suffered personally with mental health problems, but i did lose my dad to mental health about 26 yrs ago now, so well done for getting it out there while doing a spot of fishing. Tight lines. 👍
Cheers Gareth! 👍🏼
A very thought provoking video and some great advice. Very enjoyable fishing video. Keep up the sterling work. Regards to the family
Thanks Bob 👍🏼
Glad you're son is doing well,big respect ❤️❤️
Thanks Kevin 💙
All your new kit worked a treat,absolute crap at the moment in South Wales on the Bristol Channel,let’s hope things start to get better for you and your nipper,forget about regular schedules for a few more years 😊
Cheers Andrew!
Bad news on the channel, I was thinking that would be my next destination. Think I've fished the holderness to death this winter. I'll keep an eye on the catch reports
Audio was great! Glad to hear the little 'un is doing well, and very wise words.
Thanks Leon 👍🏼
Best wishes for your fishing and Little Jack
Thanks Jason
Great video and so glad to hear the young man is doing well. 👍👍Im not sure why but always feels relaxing and calming at mappelton. No idea why. Just feels right for me. Oh yes the get down is brilliant 👍👍tight lines till next time 🎣🎣
Cheers Gaz! Yeah, it's a nice venue mate. Loads better than scrambling up to ya wottsits in muds down a cliff face
Glad to hear the family is doing well. Best wishes. Nice one. 👍
Cheers Mat!
Another great video, some superb scenery, thanks for posting. Thanks also for highlighting the mental health angle. It’s so easy to get lost in a busy world and personally, going fishing gives me a chance to breathe and refocus again. Tight lines.
Thanks Bill!
You're right. Sometimes it can creep up on you. It's good to get some space and clear the air a bit 👍🏼
Hi mate what a cracking sunrise ,duz work wonders for the old mind. All the best from GRIMSBY.
Sure does Carl, hope you're keeping OK pal?
Great to see you back out and on it buddy. Living the dream and an inspiration to us all
Cheers pal!
Mate really enjoy your videos, your one liners really crack me up, tight lines mate.👍👍
Glad to hear it Graham, means a lot 👌🏽
Another fantastic video
Also nice to hear you mention about men's mental health you keep your chin up and I personally i want to thank you for the past 6 months as I have been fighting a horrible illness cancer which made my mental health pretty bad and just watching your fishing videos have really helped my mind so thanks
Tight lines mate
Rosco
Thanks Rosco, glad the videos are helping! Keep up the fight mate, you got this!! 💪🏽
Cheers mate 👍
Well done mate another good video, and massive respect for bringing up the mental health... takes some doing that. Great to hear the little one is on the up too.
Take care and hope you had a good night session.
Cheers, Paul!
It shouldn't take some to talk about it. Hopefully, we can change that if we all talk a bit more 👍🏼
Loving this video mate and glad to see you highlighting men’s mental health!! I’ve recently been using my fishing trips to clear the negative thoughts and actually reassessing what’s in my control and what isn’t!!
Also it’s great to hear that’s things are looking better for little man too👍🏼👍🏼
Cheers Luke! Getting out and away is a great way to clear your head, or at least have the space to deal with your thoughts! Keep it up mate 👍🏼
@@theawfulangler I completely agree, even when the weather is not on our side, it’s still a great way to clear any negative thoughts we may have and any worries that are out of our control. You’re a true inspiration to watch, you keep it real and you still do what you do best even when life isn’t on our side!
Tight lines mate and keep them coming!!
There's nothing like getting the thoughts beaten out of your head by storm force wind and rain. Still better than drowning your sorrows in the pub 😅
@@theawfulangler 🤣 yeah if anything that helps drumming out the negativeness 😉🤣 and I couldn’t agree more there, I stopped the drinking scene nearly two years ago when my little one was born and never looked back since 👍🏼
I still drink, but only socially, it doesn't solve any problems.
Another sweet video,
Chest mounted go-pro shots are cool
Loving your approach👌👍
Thanks for sharing your story, Scott.
Love that mantra, and it's true sometimes as selfish as it seems you need to look after yourself first, then you're able to look after those around you.
Glad you're doing well though, the battles never over, but just don't give up!
Another great video. Wonderful to hear your little un is doing well. Looking forward to the next instalment, you're getting a bit closer to my neck of the woods
Cheers mate. I was scoping out a trip up towards holy island or eyemouth. But the 4hr drive I think it needs to be a long weekend, or I need to find a couple spots I can fish all states of the tide to make it worthwhile.
Glad things are working out for you guys. Keep up the great work 💪🐟🎣
Cheers Kevin!
Great video as always. I’m exactly the same when deciding we’re to fish I’m even debating we’re to go whilst I’m asleep. Keep the great content coming 🎣🎣
I fished Withernsea last weekend. Didn't even intend on going there but changed my mind over and over and that was the result haha
@@theawfulangler I fished Hornsea south but had every intention of fishing Aldbrough but changed my mind at the last minute as I always do. Will be down shortly for some ready for the Euros
Brilliant video love seeing the holderness coastline.
Thanks mate
Nice video! Well done on the codling 👍
Cheers buddy!
Great stuff, I get bad anxiety associated with a long illness, one thing that sticks with me is that no matter what your mind is telling you, to everyone else you are just another face and they likely have much more important things on their minds to care what you are doing, if that makes sense haha.
A COD! Nice one, still infested with whiting on Anglesey, and they got even smaller, I mostly just wander around with a lure rod and feathers, had 12 mackerel and 2 herring this afternoon.
I agree Daz everyone has their own stuff going on, it doesn't mean they don't care though.
Glad there are still mackerel around. I'm split between Anglesey and the channel for my next trip. I don't think either have been fishing particularly well though 🤔
@@theawfulangler Anglesey is pretty shite atm, that's why im mackerel fishing. Yes few rays, huss and congers if you like that sort of thing but it will get better so I'd wait.
If its better than bloody whiting Daz, I'll take it 🤣
@@theawfulangler haha indeed, I was out a couple hours this aft just fishing half a fresh mackerel on a 6/0 to avoid them, got 1 thornie and nothing else apart from mackerel on spinning rod, Bliss! Take care 👍.
Sounds great! I need to move closer to the sea!!
Chest mount go pro and new microphone are great mate. Awesome video 👍🏻
Thanks Chris 👍🏼
Glad your little baby is doing well fella, god bless you and your family mate! I love the mental health awareness you speak about as I'm going through a real rough time myself, very rough =(
Thanks buddy!! Hope you're keeping well mate. Get plenty of fresh air, greens and blues they call it. And write down your thoughts.
Anything I can do to tell give me a shout ✌🏽
@The Awful Angler Thank you brother, I don't have Instagram but next time you reply I'll give you my email then delete it quickly because it's good to talk to people like yourself who don't judge, I've been close to rope before =(
Nice codling, still chasing my first ever one 👍🎣
There's normally a good final run in the second half of March mate you'll get one 👍🏼
Hey up fella , great to watch another interesting vid . I had a walk down Spurn again yesterday ( no not fishing , photography ! ) fantastic light and clouds but ohhhhhhhhhh so f.......g windy . Anyway , while your playing about with your audio to camera stuff , just thought I'd mention some great content on the subject done by Mark Kerton on his UA-cam vlogs . In some of his later landscape stuff he tries out some great mic to camera gear that works as he moves away and towards his vlogging cam . Just thought it worth a look .
Thanks pal! Unlucky on the wind, bet that made for some tricky shots.
I'll look Mark up, definitely a lot to learn with the mic etc.
Managed to get out today too, not so good for my mental health as I failed to check if there was a match on the river before leaving the house. Got to river and nowhere to fish, found a spot which looked ok till I sat down and the back legs of my chair disappeared into the mud. Second cast got snagged on the bottom and snapped my trace. Gave up and came home and cleaned the cars, so the afternoon wasn't completely wasted. Nice video. Great scenery for you
Sorry Neil, but I had to chuckle at that 🤣 we've all had that session where we would have been better staying in bed! I've got one to edit up that I'll put out this weekend, maybe I'll let you have a chuckle at that!
Hello mate, no problem with you laughing at me, it was my own fault, hopefully next time I will remember to check the club diary
If it makes ya feel better mate I couldn't get my hands on any fresh bait last weekend due to comps all over the place
I couldn't claim that, my tin of spam was absolutely fresh, I didn't realize there were that many sea angling contests
glad to hear the wee man is doing well.
i may visit that beach this year, it looks like a nice spot to throw a few leads into the sea....
but first trip this year is Mablethorpe on the 4th of feb....
It's a nice beach mate, popular though so be sure to get there early.
What's Mablethorpe like to fish? Not sure I've ever fished there, maybe as a kid.
@@theawfulangler mablethorpe is good if you avoid the main beach, I tend to stay up by sea view car park, you get a few dog walkers there that like to walk into your line instead of going around, but it's mostly empty this time of year. Huttoft car terrace is another favourite of mine and Anderby Creek... Some folks like to fish Sutton and sandylands beaches, but they are too busy for my liking. I like the big flat openness of mablethorpe, some cracking cod have come out, flatties and occasionally bass turn up, and rays sometimes make an appearance. I found that squid and cart and black lug do best on the sandy flat Lincolnshire coast.
Loved the video as always keep them coming.
Cheers Dave, doing my best mate 👍🏼
@@theawfulangler we have a caravan up at Hornsea so do a lot of fishing around there, hope to bump into you sometime. Tight lines
Superb . . . . your new microphone and the chest GoPro. It was like I was right there with you, but I didn´t feel cold! Thanks and well done.
I'm glad you like the setup. I've spent hours trying to get rid of wind noise with no real results, so hopefully, the mic can fix that 🤞🏼
@@theawfulangler I know bugger all about microphones but whatever it was doing, it really worked. I always enjoy every one of your videos . . . but with this mike and chest GoPro, you have seriously raised the bar!
Some have said they prefer the head mount gopro, but I'll keep experimenting see what works best 👍🏼
@@theawfulangler I prefer the chest . . . even when things get lively, you still get to see the beach and hopefully the fish . . . when it goes nuts and the camera is on your head, then we tend to just see the sky moving around fast!
Glad to hear Jack is doing well mate 👍
Thanks George!
Ross McKay in Scotland, Dai Llewellyn in Wales great rod builders buddy.
Thanks mate I'll look them up! 👍🏼
If you need a good rod builder look up. Richard Holgate, Meta-Lite Tackle. Good to hear your little lads doing well. Best wishes Gordon.
Cheers Gordon, I'll look him up 👍🏼
Another great video mate and well done for calling out your struggles.
Thanks Daniel mate 👍🏼
good to hear your lad is well mate, stay strong till next time stay safe
Thanks pal!
Glad to hear that your son is doing well and that a gruff northern bloke like you can be open and and honest about mental health issues. Please keep up the good work on that front.
Regarding the new gear, the microphone is a great improvement. The chest mounted GoPro however is a big step backwards for these reasons:
* The frame is obscured by big hands and reel so the viewer can’t see what’s happening when you’re reeling in.
* The viewer can’t necessarily see what you’re looking at and often talking about - eg bites on the rod tips and what you were doing whilst pulling the leads out of the rocks.
* Viewing proceedings from a lower perspective gives a poorer view of what’s happening in the water.
* The most natural view point is at eye level for this sort of vicarious experience. This is only provided by a head cam perspective.
When I found your channel, I thought it was ‘awfully’ good for the reason that you used a head cam. So I really hope you revert back to the head cam; particularly as you provide some really good steady video by not swinging your head about.
Really appreciate your videos and thanks for all the effort that goes into producing them.
Thanks John, hopefully a few more will feel like they can follow suit.
Thanks for the feedback on the gopro. I do think the chest mount has its place. But don't worry, I won't be ditching the head mount altogether. I've got some playing around to do between now and summer 👍🏼
Fantastic video, great to see that your lad is making progress and your taking so openly about men’s mental health. I find being out in the fresh air and being by the sea so cathartic and provides a reset on life. Have you done much fishing down by Fraisthorpe beach?
Thanks Gavin! Definitely recommend getting out in nature, by far the best tonic.
I haven't fished Fraisthorpe before mate no. Is that the one that the farm charges to park at? Think I went once on a whim, and it was rammed, so I turned around and went elsewhere.
@@theawfulangler yes that’s the one it’s far less busy this time of year, they’ll still charge to park by the beach. If you walk in the direction of skipsea there’s some really good unfished beach.
I might check it out then, mate. Probably not in summer, though 🤣 I'll be finding the remote beaches
Forgot to mention that if you take a look at WSF they have a rod building section on there with some of the best rod builders in the country. They will do it exactly as you want it and in record time and it will look as good as new if not better. You can also have a look at some of the photos on there of the rods they have done to get an idea of the quality of their work.
I'll look it up, thanks mate!
Thanks for the wise words
No problem Ron 👍🏼
Great advice mate.
Thanks mate 👍🏼
Great video wise comments
Thanks Tony
My boy was premature tiny he was he's doing great now top lawyer and and nearly 30 now , life is tough but you seem like a chap who can deal with it just remember we all have wobbles
Glad he's doing well mate 👍🏼
@@theawfulangler got 3 boys and proud of them all ,as you will be as you watch your little one grow up 🙂
Proud, and no doubt jealous when they're out fishing me!
Glad he's better stay strong. Did you know there are left and right handed flat fish
Thanks Robert! I did not know that 😳
@@theawfulangler depends on which side they lay on when they change from round to flat
I wonder how they decide 🤔
Glad the babies ok m8 if u ever want to fish north wales prestatyn give me a shout go for bass off the beach
Cheers Gary! Yeah I'm split between Anglesey and the channel for the next trip, so I'll let you know if I choose Wales 👍🏼
Dai Llewellyn rod builder in south wales mate. Best around
Cheers Scott
Hi mate you want to ask vern of vern sea fishing if he could sort your rod he has shown some rebuilds on you tube and his work is fantastic.
Thanks, Ian. I'll look for those. I've watched some of his fishing videos, but haven't seen any rod build ones.
Very gd vid, 👏 👌
Thanks John!
Wonderful
Thanks mate 👍🏼
Nice one, not a blank so that’s always a bonus, why do people insist on setting up right next to you, happens all the time, 10 miles of empty beach and boom some dipstick sets up and usually can’t cast straight so it’s right over your lines , 💩heads 😂, 👍👍🤠
It was a busy morning and I passed more people heading down as I was leaving. Not my idea of pleasant fishing, I'd rather not see a soul 🤣
@@theawfulangler try Prestatyn in summer 😂😂
🤣 can't wait!!
@@theawfulangler see you there, I’ll be the one telling everyone to fook off 😂👍👍🤠
🤣🤣🤣 I'll bring me white flag!!
Your about an age where these things comes to many folk I've had a nervous breakdown spent many weeks in that special hospital which wasn't bad at all eye opening experience met some great people all having similar experience from life and yes one or two truly broken folk depression seems to be something the power's that be like us living in they certainly ain't helping anyone but themselves at the moment mind it's making for a great many like minded sorts LOL be well
Stresses of life get us all in different ways. I know some salt of the earth type who you'd never realise what they're dealing with. Just goes to show, be nice to folk, you don't know what they're battling.
Glad the little tiddler is doing well i am my own worst enemy always over analizing things
Cheers mate! Write it down and read it back, honestly you will realise how much 💩 you're chatting 😂
I don't want people with qualifications if I can help it , just sound friends who don't mind having a laugh but also don't run a mile or go quiet when I need them during a depression spell.
I went and saw someone last year Stevie, wasn't the best, but it did spur me on to find the answers for myself. Good friends are a great asset.
Good stuff, normalise talking about it 👍
That's it David 👍🏼
My boy was premature tiny he was he's doing great now top lawyer and and nearly 30 now , life is tough but you seem like a chap who can deal with it just remember we all have wobbles
Glad to hear he's doing well mate 👍🏼
My boy was premature tiny he was he's doing great now top lawyer and and nearly 30 now , life is tough but you seem like a chap who can deal with it just remember we all have wobbles
Cheers Steve, that's it mate, life's hard, it's normal to struggle at times. Just hope that I can get people to open up about it rather than bottle it all up