Shore Fishing UK - Flounder and Bass Fishing in an Estuary | The Fish Locker
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- Shore fishing for Bass and Flounder is a British winter tradition. Finding some sheltered shore fishing in winter can really keep the love for angling alive during the dark and rainy months. Here I fish a new shore mark in an estuary targeting Flounder and Bass. I explain the rigs and baits I use and show how to unhook a deep hooked flatfish.
Here are links to some of the tackle I used in this video. I hope it helps.
Penn Tidal XR 420 - bit.ly/3ENL2EC
Penn Rival 7000LC Surfpack - bit.ly/3C2FqXG
Braid - Powerpro - bit.ly/3bBNfIi
Floating Beads - bit.ly/38JhfA4
Flouro - Trilene - bit.ly/3inoAJb
Golds Tripod - bit.ly/2XGolPz
Rig winders - bit.ly/3srVRrg
Aberdeen Hooks - bit.ly/3qz2zLM
Seat Box/Tackle Box - bit.ly/3RDAbDF
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This goes back to the basics of what I have said about fishing. Learn your watercraft and learn from every session. You will catch more fish. 👍🏻🎣
Hi John , I’m Dan from Redruth . Quick question, what estuary are u fishing at? I’d love to take my daughter there to give her first fishing session.
Thanks dan
@@danieldaniel43 - Hi Dan, I cannot reveal the locations of our videos I’m afraid. Not only could this be dangerous but also, by making these marks public online knowledge would ruin them. I hope you understand.
I understand that John , guess I was being cheeky for asking!! Great vid tho 👍
In the least can you let us know about the Mark. How many miles from the mouth of the river are you. Do you find estuary fishing most productive at certain times of year or states of tide. I fish the Tyne a bit here and there and have never been able to put my finger on best strategies. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers John
@@TheRealColt - No I can’t. Like I said, I cannot give away the locations.
Fishing the old car tomorrow, will start fishing at least once a week again as a mental health medicine, works like a charm, and I love the sound of the waves and the smell of pier.
Been studying so much, came to the conclusion that I'll only buy the rod and line and the rest I'll make handmade, and I'm so excited for it
I make most of my rigs too. It might be worth buying 1 of each rigs and then you have a template. Send me a PM to the Fishlocker Fb if you want a chat about rods/reels etc.
Absolutely beautiful technique for a deep hooked fish 👍Good on you for the care and respect you treat your fish with.
I hope it helps other folks out. It can be upsetting to deep hook a fish you wish to return.
@@TheFishLocker ive seen a idiot hack into the small flounder to get his hook out i went mental, as my wife will say im like a mobile tackle shop with spare bits i carry. Others who would fish on the jetty would come to me for a hook or some thing else. All he would off had to do was ask for a hook or even ask to use my hook disgorger
@@TheFishLocker Is that the penn tidal xr 225g rod your using there?
Brilliant the way you were able to unhook that flounder that had taken the hook awkwardly.
I hope the demonstration helps people unhooking deep hooked fish in the future.
Many thanks again John say hello to everyone stay safe and take care.
Thanks Keith. Best wishes bud. 👍🏻
John, A Sunday with Our Maker & a Video from you - no matter the theme or location - Is the very best part of my week.
It's like spending time with a dear ole friend, welcoming & charmingly calm & serene.. Just the best - Sending my love to your beautiful family
Thank you Suzy and we wish you and your family good healthy and happiness. Take care and have a blessed day. 😊💙
Sir may I compliment you on your conservation ideas, unhooking fish and the big plastic buckets , so that they can recover. I’ve subscribed so that I can learn more from your experience . I only seashore fish when on holiday from midlands and tend to fish Norfolk and Sussex coasts, so thank you for your time& effort in passing on your knowledge.
Thank you sir, I am glad that you enjoyed the video and hope you find the information shared useful to your fishing. 😊👍🏻
I do look forward to Sunday evenings !
Great informative video as usual ,
Cheers John 👍🏴
I’m glad you enjoy the videos mate. 😊👍🏻
Top unhooking tip, there’s always something to learn. Thanks john
I hope it helps folks out. 👍🏻🎣
Thyda Cooking TV brought me here. Chills from Minnesota with a lot of snow and very cold!
I don’t mind how people find us, just that they enjoy their time with us. 😊
Thanks 👍
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cracking video, love a spot of estuary fishing.
me and my grandad used to drift the river teign in south devon, using spoons for flounder with great success.
I have had my eye on a spot up there for a while. 😉👍🏻
Brilliant video John. Had a problem with YT and I lost all my subscriptions. After three days of searching I have finally got the all back! I’m busy catching up with what I have missed.!!! Thanks for explaining that the flat fish are hybridising, nice to know why some have orange spots but are not plaice! Nice to be able to identify what species that you caught!.Always an interesting video from your good self. Take care and be safe mate. Graham🐟🐟🐟🦀🎣🎣🎣🎣
Glad to have you back with us Graham. 😊👍🏻🎣
Thanks a million John. Some great tips and a fantastic video. They were some really good flounder
It is my pleasure Colin. I hope the video helps folks out. 😊👍🏻
I love your show always good and no harsh words take care of your son keeping him protected from bad people is good your a real father Lemay Nelson
There is a time and a place for adult language and I want our content to be suitable for all of the family.
Great video. Nice to see a healthy population of small bass
The bass population around Cornwall is doing well.
Just seen the coming together of two epic channels, Fish Locker and Cadoha. Brilliant👍
I had a great day with Dom. What a lovely family they are. 😊
The Penn XR420 was the first rod I bought for sea fishing, a great purchase and works great for me.
Happy Sunday! I got my coffee ☕☕☕
Happy Sunday.
You work more gentle than a surgeon 😷
This is one of your best videos yet. There is always fish to find even in uncomfortable places
Just using a bit of basic watercraft will usually put you on the fish. 😊👍🏻
Amazing looking Estuary Like the way you unhook the Flounder great idea
Thank you Gordon, it’s so simple and yet really effective. 👍🏻
Great little fishing videos, genuine bloke
Simply sharing what I love doing. 😊👍🏻
Another quality video John. Love your passion and care! You've inspired me to move to Devon and start fishing all year round, so next week I'll be giving flat fishing a go with some pre-bought flattie rigs for now :D
Brilliant. Good luck Paul and let us know how you get on. 😊👍🏻🎣
I dont go sea fishing, but I still enjoy your videos as zI always seem to learn something! I loved the bit about unhooking deep hooked fish and the explanation that went with it. Respect for the fish caught is important to me and the care you take, even when continually being pestered by small bass is impressive. Well done!
I enjoy all fishing, and have lived by the coast most of my life so sea fishing has always been my mainstay. I am glad you enjoyed the video. 😊👍🏻
I do like the calm and competent way you go about fishing, no shouting,no swearing,not hype up and and a true respect of the fish,
This is my go to fishing channel,
Well done John,
All the best for you and your family in 2022,
And I'm not blowing smoke up your ####👍👍👍
Thank you Michael, I feel the same way. No hooping and hollering. No drama and B/S, just simple and honest. It’s what I like to see and how I like to live. Take care and have a great day. 😊👍🏻
great vid/thanks. Heading out to my local estuary soon - never fished there before so all good tips. Cheer mate.
I hope the tips help. 👍🏻
Great job keeping that Flounder from serious hook injury.
I hope the demo helps folks to improve their fish care.
Brilliant, I got a 420 with hybrid tip 300gr casting weight for fishing the coast here in Spain great design 👍🎣
Lovely rods aren’t they. 😊👍🏻
@@TheFishLocker and really do allow for a good cast 😉
Hey John another nice and educational video nice fishing thanks for the video
My pleasure Willem. 😊
Excellent fishing tips on everything, Top Man. I got get me Sonik 13ft back out, now Game shooting is coming to an end.
I have a pair of them myself.
It was extremely interesting John, you are so clear & factual in your explanations & are never short of sound advice & tips to encourage & help people interested in fishing. I could 'watch your videos all day or all night, & still find them intensely interesting & very relaxing. It's the way you always present yourself but in this one, like you, I would not have really enjoyed the mud but still you caught a lot of fish & that's what counts. Regards to all, Don from South Aust.
I don’t really like getting all sloppy in mud or covered in sand. But when the fishing is good it’s not too bad.
Love Penn! I also use Okuma reels, they have some with the same feature... able to fold the handle at a push of a Butten!
That’s the first of my reels I’ve seen with that and like it. 👍🏻😬
I haven’t been able to get out for a couple of weeks, watching your excellent videos is good medicine for the cabin fever, thanks JL. 👍
I hope they’ve staved off the madness for a while longer mate. 😉
Great watch! Useful tip re the tub and unhooking. Perfect inspiration for a trip to Port Carlisle
I hope the videos are helpful to people. 👍🏻🎣
i look forward to seeing new catch and cook videos on the beach
As soon as the weather improves. 😊👍🏻
Absolutely love the shore fishing videos
Thank you very much. 😊😊
Brilliant video again. Great advice on unhooking the deep hooked flounder. Just going in the garage to have a go at making one of those tools. Thanks fishlocker
Just a simple thing but very effective. 👍🏻😊
Good technique there for unhooking flounder, they always seem to hook deep. A mate once told me bend the hook over left or right of the shank slightly to stop deep hooking, it seemed to work well. That mud though, gets everywhere.
Offsetting your hooks doesn’t avoid deep hooking but it does help increase hookups of shy biting fish.
Excellent technique and skill sharing, very generously gifted to us mere sea fishing noobs.
Will 100% be giving the estuary a go next time we are at the coast. Thank you, John.
I wish you the best of luck and be careful with the tide. 😉👍🏻
I use clipped hook-lengths on my rigs myself too incase of any deep hooked fish, that way I unclip the hook-length from the main rig body so no need to snip any hooks off & makes it better getting rest of rig out the way. Great video as ever John. I love your videos especially how easy you make it seem. Inspired me to start a tiny channel myself, 1 video atm so I expect no subs until I get millions of videos uploaded but as you suggest always learn from your sessions, life is a learning curve and fishing is too. Carry on enjoying life John it shows in your videos and I'm inspired more each time I watch.
Good luck with your channel. 😊👍🏻
@@TheFishLocker thanks so much John, I didn't expect a reply, having crazy amounts of followers as you do... you've just made a Lancashire lad very star struck. I'll just see where my channel takes me fun times ahead whatever happens. Tight lines pal. Have a great day.👍
@@FindingFishUK - I do my best to reply to everyone and every message but occasionally they get lost in the crowd. 🤷🏻♂️
@@TheFishLockeragain... just goes to show your dedication to your channel & your followers... well in pal, have a fab weekend.
happy new year and hope to se lots more of you in 2022
Let’s hope 2022 is a good fishing year. 😊
Thanks John I love watching and learning new and slightly newer ideas, as I never fished estuary's I am learning so much, keep up the good work.
Thank you, it is my pleasure. 😊
Watched all your videos and it's nice to see you treat the fish you catch with respect, seen a few videos on UA-cam lately and fish welfare leaves a lot to be desired so we'll done my friend.
I am not one to try and shame anyone, but I do hope that by showing people that there are better ways to do things, unhooking and handling etc. people will be encouraged to do things differently. Our videos the fishing is primary and the video is secondary. For some people being UA-cam famous is more important. 🤷🏻♂️
Thumbs Up John.... Del..
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I've fished for 50 years and its' still a thrill to see that tip shake or a bobber go down :D
It’s in you as an angler isn’t it. I LOVE IT!!!
I deffo need to get me gear out..been unused for 2-3 yrs..thanks for getting my intrest going again
Good luck when you get out. 😉👍🏻
Thank you for sharing your knowledge the way you do, I am learning so much. As I said once before, wish I was 50 years younger. Mud is one think I can’t handle.
I’m not a fan of it. 🤣
Thanks for this video John! I always love how you treat the fish 🐠
I think how someone treats the natural world says as much about the person.
*These videos are great. Informative, to the point, warm but not unnecessarily joke-y. Fantastic.*
Thank you for the kind assessment. I don’t like all the showy B/S clowning for the camera type videos some folks seem to do. I just want simple and honest - so that’s what I make. 😊
@@TheFishLocker Best UK Fishing Channel by far.
I've said it before and I'll probably say it again, I really think that John is the Bob Ross of the fishing world.
What i like about your video,s you explain every thing , well done on a great video.
I am simply sharing what I know and love doing in the hope it helps folks out. 😊
wow for a minute when i seen this vid i thought it was bear grylles goes fishing. Love the foraging vids you do, good to eat whats around when fishing overnight
I look forward to some fishing/camping videos with our family in the summer.
Just want to say thanks, watched a few of your flounder videos and change the hook size down to 6, added float beads and attractor beads and when out once on high tide and once on low tide and had 10 flounder over the two sessions all but 3 of them well over the limit size and very tasty. No eels, no crabs stealing my bait. Massive improvement on my normal efforts and al down to watching your videos so I will be back :-) keep up the good work and thanks for sharing.
I always learn something watching your videos..
Then I have done my job properly. 😉👍🏻
Like and enjoy 🍀👍🍀
Greetings from Germany to everyone stay healthy and fit for fishing 🎣
Petri heil. 👍🏻🎣
Well done on unhooking the flounder John. Good to see the care you take. What a lovely fish!
Thanks Richard. 👍🏻🐟
Happy new year John and family. Keep bringing the amazing videos and knowledge. God bless you
I will do my best. 😊👍🏻
Brilliant tip for unhooking flats,thank you!! Really enjoy fishing for flounder and turbot and unhooking them is always difficult even with barbless hooks. Much appreciated
My pleasure Marc, I hope the videos help folks out. 😊
Oh meant to add your unhooking deep swallowed hooks technique, (flounder), was also a great help, now they can go back undamaged when they are undersize.
Love your channel, so informative. I grew up fishing for flounder in NYC, we used spearing (common U.S. bait fish) with a 4 inch strip of squid on top, with a slit on the bottom to make it look like a tail fluttering in the water. Thanks for the brilliant content.
I am very keen to fish for Fluke and Flounder at some point. Yours get HUGE!!
John, I am grateful for new content. Your videos are winter therapy for me. You’re the best! I am moving to the coast of North Carolina, USA next month and can’t wait to put some of your tips to work! Bless you and your family.
I will be really interested to see what species you catch over there. 😊👍🏻🎣
@@TheFishLocker I'll be sure to let you know, John. Lots of Blue Crab there. You can use pots or use the tried and true method of throwing out a fish head on a piece of string in the marsh...they'll hang on until you get a net under them. I did that growing up there and can't wait to catch, clean and cook!
Great session, good to see some young fish coming through
Very good sign isn’t it. 😊👍🏻
Finally, after a hectic house move I managed to catch up with your videos. I'd been toying with some long forceps to turn the line through the gills and remove deep hooks the same way you do, but after seen you using the "hook tool" I'm going to definitely adopt the idea (hope you don't mind John :) ). It seems to be a much more friendly way to unhook deep set hooks and less stressful for the fish. Thanks for another great video and some great tips John.
Whichever method you find works best for you my friend. Good luck and tight lines. 😊👍🏻
Thank you once again for your time and effort in delivering another great video from the shore , can relate to the mud thing mate, was at a mark on Bristol Channel last week, up to my shins in river silt , but the cod were biting so take the ruff with the smooth I guess , take care 👍🏼👍🏼
I fished a mark up there once. Was like fishing in treacle. 🤷🏻♂️
Evening John, love your channel you’ve got me back into fishing after 18 years of not picking up a rod. Used to course fish when I lived in Yorkshire, now I am in the highlands so very steep learning curve on sea lochs. Loosing quite a bit of gear, it’s very snaggy . Anyhow just wanted to say thank you, and keep this first class channel going it’s one of the best on UA-cam mate. Jonny
Good on you Johnny for sticking at it. Yes mate it can be a very steep learning curve especially when you're in a spot like the highlands. I've got a video going up tomorrow from up your way. 😉
Cheers John, oh can’t wait to watch that, just away to fish kinlochleven pier now I be watching it when I get back mate.. cheers pal 👍🏼👍🏼
The 1st flounder you caught in the 2nd venue was left sided compared to the other ones, fascinating fish...
Incredible aren’t they.
Some great advice and demos as usual...fish were small compared to out in boat...but interesting...the whiting come all the way up to Woolwich...in !London in great shoals....
They don’t have to be big to be worth catching. 😉👍🏻
Thank you for highlighting good hook removal techniques. Hook extraction tools should be in every anglers tackle box. Best wishes.
It’s a very simple method for something that I know a lot of anglers have difficulty with. I hope the video helps. 😊👍🏻
Tackle Tart! (I'm only jealous because all my effort is focused on moving to Devon/Somerset and when I get settled will be upgrading my tackle too). I love these estuary videos and hope in the near future to be copying your techniques for myself. Great upload, glad you went through the unhooking of flounder with a much clearer demonstration. Nicely filmed thanks for posting.
Like I said it’s difficult to film some things solo, but I hope it works. Good luck with the move and hope you get fishing soon mate. 👍🏻
Awesome stuff!, this really is great fun to watch. Reminds me so much of my local taw and torridge River systems 👍🎣
That is an area I have had my eye on for a while. 😉
I used to fish the Estuary at the back of RAF Chivenor when I was stationed there, do you know the place.
If u ever come up this way I can help you out with marks and tactics, its my go to area to fish. I know Chivenor very well!
Another great nights viewing John. Informative and enjoyable, cheers👏
Glad you enjoyed it Stephen. 😊👍🏻
love these shore fishing vids john and seeing the bites is a bonus too . keep em coming pal . still nearly always learn something new from every one of these . brilliant
Thanks David. It isn’t always possible to show the rod tips for one reason or another but I’m glad the video works. 👍🏻
Love the unhooking method John. Brilliant. Great video as always. 😃🐬💥
Simple and yet really effective. 👍🏻🎣
11:00 that's some neat little trick
I hope it helps folks out and saves a few fish. 👍🏻🐟
Thanks for sharing
My pleasure
Really interesting video. Love the look of your new rod and reel.
Thanks John.
So far it’s been really good. 😊👍🏻
Great unhooking technique, when done carefully it's a great way of unhooking flatties. I used to see scores of palm sized flat fish dead under Bournemouth pier when spearfishing as many anglers just wiggle the hook out with a high risk of puncturing the heart in flat fish. Circle hooks can reduce the risk of a deep hook, but I find your bite to hook up ratio drops.
Spot on Danny. Circle hooks for flatfish just are not as effective. And I have seen so so many people deep hook flatfish and either panic and cut it off or kill the fish in an attempt to disgorge it. Hopefully this will help.
Busy little session John, tight lines
Great to be kept busy isn’t it. 😉👍🏻
wonderful video, have a lovley rest of your day/ week, and your wish of goodluck worked! two good sized dogfish 😆
Thank you very much. 😊
your respect for the fish you catch is second to none..and it shows.
happy new year to you and your family.
love your videos , keep up the great work.
I hope by showing people how I choose to behave, others may do it too. 😊👍🏻
Cheers for the video,quality watching as always,me n my daughter are going on a fossiling holiday in charmouth Dorset,,& if were lucky abit of mackerel fishing of lymeregis.fingers crossed.🦞🍽🦐🍻
Good luck. 😊
Cod are off the beach at Charmouth at the moment
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Who's a happy Teddy, except for the lovely estuary mud 😎
The mud wasn’t that bad. I’ve been to worse marks. 😉
Finally after what seems a lifetime caught 2 cod off Hebburn marina (Tyne) thanks for the inspiration, advice through your videos really helped all the best marra stay safe 👌 😃
Fantastic stuff mate. Well done. 👍🏻🎣
Some incredible tips. Thanks 👍
I hope the video helps folks out. 😊🎣
Great video John, the tool you devised for getting the hooks out of the flounders is brilliant! I'll definitely make and use one of those in the future. 👍🎣
Simple and yet really effective. 👍🏻
Hi mate.. Happy new year to you and your family. May you have many tight-lines this new year coming. Would you be videoing more catch and cooking on the shore-lines and coast?. I love Whiting it is like a poor mans Cod but very tasty if cook right as with other fish.. Regards Mick...
Hi Mick, we will be recording more catch and cooks but anything outdoor requires good conditions. Which we don’t have right now 👍🏻
Just discovered your channel, marvellous videos, please keep up the outstanding stuff 👏
Thank you and welcome to our channel. 😊👍🏻
I learn something from every video you put out.
Last video I saw those "foam reels" with your tackle wound around it when you opend the tacklebox. Thought that was a gorgeous idea!
This video I couldn't help but notice how much you pay attention to your setup (always checking back at the rods.) You could see it was the fish that was important and the camera is just also there.
I also love how much patience you have with the bites. I, being an amateur, tries to set the hook every time the rod slightly vibrates. I guess I will have to change that.
Love your channel. Happy new year and may your channel *way more* than just double this year.
God bless.
That is one of the hardest things to develop in fishing. Is how to sit on your hands when you get an “interest” bite. Learning what different bites indicate. Some are just a fish finding and exploring the bait. Others are “FISH ON”!!! That’s a difficult thing to learn. 😊👍🏻
Great to see your a brilliant all round fisherman John.
I wouldn’t say that mate. I am enthusiastic - and that’s what counts right? 🤷🏻♂️🤣
Very interesting. I never knew hybridisation was too that extent. 👍
Like I’ve said, don’t quote me on the exact figure as I now think it was the other way round. 40% not 60%. But it was higher than I thought when I read it.
Great tip with the unhooking. Might try something similar with pike if it works. I always have a tool like that for popping up deadbait. Make it out of bike spokes. Never thought to use it for unhooking .cheers and great video
I must confess I’ve always used bent nosed long forceps for Pike. But if you find a better way I’m glad to hear it. 😊👍🏻
@@TheFishLocker yeah so do I but if its deep hooked I might try to turn the hook up the gills and then take it out with forceps. Won't work in every situation but if it works on 1 fish I'd be happy. I Don't normally deep hook them anyway
Great, videos John. Well explained and demonstrated on how, to turn and get hook out of flat fish.
Could have, done with that last, week. Had a nice flounder too and plenty whiting.
I hope the demo helps folks out. 😊👍🏻🎣
John, you're like my son. Typical engineer. Ooooooooo, thats clever/cool/interesting I'll get it. That 2nd flattie you released really showed their amazingly camouflage 😁
Incredible how much their colouration can vary isn’t it. 😊👍🏻
Enjoyed that John. The slow retrieve method works well for plaice too.
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Well John I really don’t think anyone like that mud 😂😂 what a good video plenty of fish thanks for that John take care stay safe tight lines
Thanks Liz and have a lovely day. 😊👍🏻
We have a few similar spots around my area similar to where you're now, I'm still just trying to pick up tips, thought you'd be using a rag lug combo but the lug does the job, noticed your flounder came mainly on yellow n green beads I always get told red n black but I'll change it I'll put one on one set up and opposite on another see what happens 😉
I alternate colours and use what I think will work. 👍🏻
Great video learning loads , Nice to see the respect for the fish ✊
Thank you Bruce and I'm glad that you're finding the videos helpful. 😊
Looks nice
Thank you.
Great video and nice location 👍 I was thinking of buying the green Penn rod but ended up with the blue, lovely rods to use.
Great rods.
Nice catch The Fish Locker 👍👏👌
Thank you. 😊👍🏻
@@TheFishLocker you're welcome 😉.