Hard work there Simon. I had a late run 24-25lb Tyne fish last season, I'm 58 and it took me 1hr 15 to net it. Unhooked it and it swam off straightaway. Started fishing again and thought "I actually don't want to catch another" So I packed up and went home. Epic battle and an epic fish, well done !
This is the size of my biggest Salmon 24.5lbs i Lost it one day, i was using my 15ft double handed rod and it snapped my leader after 20 minutes, next day I was fishing for Sea trout in the 9ft rod with a 6lb leader and I caught the 24.5lb Salmon 45 min fight as it was the lighter gear! Got my leader and fly back from the day before lol Thanks for sharing great video
Catch and release seems to be working on the river in recent seasons. Well done. Haven't seen a fish of that quality coming out of there since the early '70's
So nice to see a video showing the rod and rot tip in action. Most fishing videos only show the reel and hands reeling and the rod does not the most important part of fighting a fish.
After seeing this comment I swear I was sitting on my own in ABSOLUTE hysterics laughing at the thoughts of anyone just hearing this !!!! The panting lol 5:45 to 5:51 The climax lol 😂😂 at 6:44 That's all I'm telling you! HE'S BIG, the fuckin back on him 😂 9:39 Your not massive but your big enough😅😂 😂 9:47 The purrrr !! 😂😅 10:55 You Fuckin Whopper...I'LL BATE YA ! COME UP ! COME UP FOR ME LOL 11:00 OHHH LOVELY YA BOY YA...You'll get a fuckin rest and let me get a rest !!! . Seriously ! Well if I didnt know there was someone fishing ! 😂....I'm thinking u need a rest after all that panting 😂 Well I'm swear I havnt laughed as much in a long time !!! 😂❤ Brilliant Oh and Congrats on the fish !!!! HE WAS BIG TO BE SURE !
@@Simonc262Ah Simon ! I never laughed so much ! As I pictured what neighbours would be thinking if they heard you without seeing you !!!! 😂 but on a more serious note ! Fair play to you ! That takes some doin .... Fair play 🙌! He was huge.....did u get photos?? I hope so 😊😊
Woah! Excellent! Congratulations and well done! Not easy on your own, loved the sound effects from yourself....think that you were more exhausted than the amazing fish!
Brilliant fish, many congrats. Good to see Britsh made Bruce and Walker rod being put to good use. I do, however, hate to see someone struggling to get a net ready whilst they have a fish on, as it is so easy to lose fish when this happens. I wish they still made the extra large Whitlock salmon fold over net with extending handle, as fold overs are far easier to deploy.
Well done catching the fish of a lifetime and getting it all on film! I was wondering if you actually felt the take or if you just started stripping line at the same time as the fish took the fly? From our viewers' perspective it looks like it was a soft sneaky take which probably went unnoticed until you began to strip. Congrats!!
That is the most calm and nice 24 pounder i have ever seen in my life, it did absolutely nothing what so ever, just dropped with the current a few times without a single run. Did you pour sedatives in the water before you started fishing?
@@Simonc262 I live in Norway and i have landed 2997 Atlantic salmon with the largest at 54.6 pounds and trust me when i say you cant hold a 24 pounder if it wants to run. It didnt even try to run and as i said it did absolutely nothing.... Extremely calm and nice fish indeed.
2997 Wow,thats almost 300 fish a year for 10 years or 100 fish a year for 30 years. 54.6lb wow .I must start counting my fish.Theres a thing called a clutch on my reel when you tighten it it makesit harder for the fish to make that clicking noise when he runs.You should try get a reel with one of them.
@@Simonc262 You are forgetting something, an Atlantic is a fair bit stronger than the baltic and if that fish WANTED to run there would be NOTHING, you could do. I am 6'3 and 220 pounds and i dont play with the fish but there is a HUGE diff between a fish that turns and give it the beans and a fish angling a little on the current and letting the current take it some meters downstream like that one did. I have seen 15 pounders flatten a 16 feet 12 rod stripping 200 meter of line in one single run many times and you cant stop them. Not going to happen. I have also landed a 32 pounder in 3 min so it all depends on how the fish behave and if you hook an angry one that just turn and burn downstream i promose you it wont care about your heavy gear for baltics for ONE sec. I doubt it beats a 16 feet 12 weight anyway..
@@Simonc262 Thank you , well maybe its like brand new as i cast it maybe 5 times an gave up but maybe i should try it with your set up and give it another chance ,you can give me your contact details if i decide too
I just can't understand how you don't prepare your landing net beforehand. I see this in so many YT videos. This is simply the elementary school of fishing. Still, good video. I liked.
@Pete_Gribs A ludicrous obsession with getting a photo of a fish, which was already on video. I'd be very surprised if it survived that ordeal. Just really painful to watch, i'm afraid 🤷♂️
@andrewmaccallum2367 absolutely, I am a carp angler and I'm obsessed with fishcare. Trust me, that fish would have been knocked around a lot worse on its trip upriver to mate.
nice fish couldn't make out the make of your reel what kind is it my fave is the hardy silex but I really like the sound and look of your reel as well. are you guys ever allowed to keep a salmon from the river??
@@Simonc262 thanks is it old and where is it made if you don't mind I really like it want to find out more cause I want 1 I'm on Vancouver Island B.C. Canada if you find yourself here anytime and want to fish for are salmon and steelhead you are more then welcome.
I just can't understand how you don't prepare your landing net beforehand. I see this in so many YT videos. This is simply the elementary school of fishing. Still, good video. I liked.
Hard work there Simon. I had a late run 24-25lb Tyne fish last season, I'm 58 and it took me 1hr 15 to net it. Unhooked it and it swam off straightaway. Started fishing again and thought "I actually don't want to catch another" So I packed up and went home. Epic battle and an epic fish, well done !
Thank you for releasing this king of the river 👍
Well done Simon - that's some fish. Great video - good to see big springers back in the Boyne.
Thanks 👍
This is the size of my biggest Salmon 24.5lbs i Lost it one day, i was using my 15ft double handed rod and it snapped my leader after 20 minutes, next day I was fishing for Sea trout in the 9ft rod with a 6lb leader and I caught the 24.5lb Salmon 45 min fight as it was the lighter gear! Got my leader and fly back from the day before lol Thanks for sharing great video
Whoa..that deluxe Salmon, SD reel is listed at 6.800 $.
Fish of a lifetime Simon ! Congratulations , class angling and then released . Well Done !
Absolute beauty of a fish. Well done 👏. The running commentary was priceless and I would have been just the same.
The tangled net d crak up myself 😂😂😊
Learned about a new fish today and where the soap Irish Springs comes from lol thanks for the video.
Nice fookin’ fish there, Simon!!
Thanks we are lucky to still have some of these fish
It's a sadly, very rare sight now.
Marvellous commentary, I dont know what weight he is but he's fecking big, cracking fish well done fella
6:21 Agreed, great commentary…and the ‘phone a friend’ twist made it even better
Outstanding video and what a absolute belter of a springer well done !!!
Spring run salmon usually called springers
Catch and release seems to be working on the river in recent seasons. Well done. Haven't seen a fish of that quality coming out of there since the early '70's
So nice to see a video showing the rod and rot tip in action. Most fishing videos only show the reel and hands reeling and the rod does not the most important part of fighting a fish.
Glad you enjoyed it
Fantastic fish Simon, top man, a Blackcastle beauty, some river for the big ones!!
Thought it was much more expensive. Great video6 and great catch. All the Best 😊😊
Had to turn the volume down or my neighbours would think I'm sitting watching porn with all that heavy breathing going on 😂😂😂
Not the 1st to say that 🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
After seeing this comment I swear I was sitting on my own in ABSOLUTE hysterics laughing at the thoughts of anyone just hearing this !!!! The panting lol 5:45 to 5:51 The climax lol 😂😂 at 6:44 That's all I'm telling you! HE'S BIG, the fuckin back on him 😂 9:39 Your not massive but your big enough😅😂 😂 9:47 The purrrr !! 😂😅 10:55 You Fuckin Whopper...I'LL BATE YA ! COME UP ! COME UP FOR ME LOL
11:00 OHHH LOVELY YA BOY YA...You'll get a fuckin rest and let me get a rest !!! .
Seriously ! Well if I didnt know there was someone fishing ! 😂....I'm thinking u need a rest after all that panting 😂
Well I'm swear I havnt laughed as much in a long time !!! 😂❤ Brilliant
Oh and Congrats on the fish !!!! HE WAS BIG TO BE SURE !
@@Simonc262Ah Simon ! I never laughed so much ! As I pictured what neighbours would be thinking if they heard you without seeing you !!!! 😂 but on a more serious note ! Fair play to you ! That takes some doin .... Fair play 🙌! He was huge.....did u get photos?? I hope so 😊😊
What a fish, well done. Absolute bruiser 👍🎣👏
Winning the 9-minute battle. Congrats! 😀
Brilliant video, I was there with you, loved the phone call for help. Thank you for sharing it with us all.
Glad you enjoyed it
Wow that's an amazing fish. Glad to see you return it also. You sounded exhausted after that!! 😀
Thats what you call adrenaline 👌👏
That is one beautiful place 😢 quiet, alone just peaceful 👍
Amazing springer Simon, well done 👏
Epic Struggle. Marvellous stuff.
My heart was pounding, every fisherman knows that feeling.
That’s some fight, such a big powerful fish in that flow. Amazing!
Woah! Excellent! Congratulations and well done! Not easy on your own, loved the sound effects from yourself....think that you were more exhausted than the amazing fish!
D power of these fish is unbelievable
Fabulous fish, well done to catch this on your own. Imagine what you would have been thinking had you lost it😮😮
What an amazing fish, and great battle. Well done. A pleasure to watch and enjoy with you! Lovely to see the fish returning.
Wow well done.Love the unfiltered commentary 😂🎉
Well done 👏 fantastic fish ,I dip my cap to you sir.
Savage fish. Well played. Nice reel too :)
That’s an incredible catch
GREAT WORK SIMON!
Brilliant Simon well done 👍
Brilliant springer well done
Great video 🎣
An angling achievement, the drags a little bit sticky. Well done
Beautiful to watch a Spey cast
What a fish Simon! Well deserved as always!
Nice one on the dangle too👌
A belter well done 🎉
Nice fish buddy!
✌️🇨🇦
Amazing, well done
lovely stretch , do you do any guided tours ? amazing on the fly
No, sorry guiding not allowed on this water.
Stonking fish. Congratulations.
Very nice indeed! Pete 🏴
Thanks 👍
From Canada. Never heard of a springer. It sorta looks like a Brown trout we have here.
It's an Atlantic Salmon. Caught during a springtime run.
Yes, and we do have them here, Ontario, Quebec and the east coast.
What a beauty and good vid you realy know how to build up tension that was horror sometimes there you fiddling with the net and a 12kg fish on😎👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Hats off to ye brother. What had ye on the end of er?
Frodin Willie Gunn.
Amazing buddy
I was kinda thinking “springer” spaniel for a minute there! 😳😂
i love the lingo well done
Wow what an amazing specimen of a fish and full respect to you for the fish welfare and safe release 👍👍
Thank you
What river ?
Great fight 👍💪🦾
This is just brilliant ! 😂👏👏👏👌🎣👊🦈🙌 Deadly !! 😂😂 ...
which flying reel and rod you have?
@@sniperrana Saracione and 14ft B&W Shooting head rod.
Brilliant fish, many congrats. Good to see Britsh made Bruce and Walker rod being put to good use. I do, however, hate to see someone struggling to get a net ready whilst they have a fish on, as it is so easy to lose fish when this happens. I wish they still made the extra large Whitlock salmon fold over net with extending handle, as fold overs are far easier to deploy.
Great fish, but can't say I like how long it took to get it back in the water.
Well done great fish
Well done catching the fish of a lifetime and getting it all on film! I was wondering if you actually felt the take or if you just started stripping line at the same time as the fish took the fly? From our viewers' perspective it looks like it was a soft sneaky take which probably went unnoticed until you began to strip. Congrats!!
I was about to retrieve and it felt like somone pushed the rod butt. I actually thought it was my buddy.🤣🤣
I bet your Guinness was magic that evening. 🎉🇫🇷🇫🇷
What river is that
That is the most calm and nice 24 pounder i have ever seen in my life, it did absolutely nothing what so ever, just dropped with the current a few times without a single run. Did you pour sedatives in the water before you started fishing?
He wasn't let run. I was using serious heavy gear stuff I use for big Baltics.
@@Simonc262 I live in Norway and i have landed 2997 Atlantic salmon with the largest at 54.6 pounds and trust me when i say you cant hold a 24 pounder if it wants to run. It didnt even try to run and as i said it did absolutely nothing.... Extremely calm and nice fish indeed.
2997 Wow,thats almost 300 fish a year for 10 years or 100 fish a year for 30 years. 54.6lb wow .I must start counting my fish.Theres a thing called a clutch on my reel when you tighten it it makesit harder for the fish to make that clicking noise when he runs.You should try get a reel with one of them.
@@Simonc262 You are forgetting something, an Atlantic is a fair bit stronger than the baltic and if that fish WANTED to run there would be NOTHING, you could do. I am 6'3 and 220 pounds and i dont play with the fish but there is a HUGE diff between a fish that turns and give it the beans and a fish angling a little on the current and letting the current take it some meters downstream like that one did. I have seen 15 pounders flatten a 16 feet 12 rod stripping 200 meter of line in one single run many times and you cant stop them. Not going to happen. I have also landed a 32 pounder in 3 min so it all depends on how the fish behave and if you hook an angry one that just turn and burn downstream i promose you it wont care about your heavy gear for baltics for ONE sec. I doubt it beats a 16 feet 12 weight anyway..
@@Simonc262 Oh yes i forgot to mention that i have been fishng salmon for 49 years.
Some fish ,thought u hooked onto jetski 😂
hi , ive had one of them rods for around 8 years an i tried a few casts with it but it was awful ,what line are you using ?
650gr Nextcast Zone 2D and 180gr 18ft guideline 4D tips rocket off that rod. B&W are way out on the line rating. Would you sell it?
@@Simonc262 Thank you , well maybe its like brand new as i cast it maybe 5 times an gave up but maybe i should try it with your set up and give it another chance ,you can give me your contact details if i decide too
Nice fish well done you can only dream of a fish like that
Wonderful!
How much for 1/2 Day on this pool ? Great catch anyway 😊
Full day €35
Which type of line are you using here?
Nextcast salarfinder 45 S1 S3
@@Simonc262 thanks 👍
Great achievement
Respect 👍
Lovely fish , wow.
Well done
beautiful salmon!
And there was me expecting you to land a spaniel. Too much guinness or was it such a battle?
This is what it's all about!! FISH ON !!! :)
Some fish
Think the net was thought about too early mate
What river where you on 😊
Hell of a Salmon. That's what we call a fighting fish. Would cost you a buck in Holland, smoked and well.
Nice fish!
I just can't understand how you don't prepare your landing net beforehand. I see this in so many YT videos. This is simply the elementary school of fishing. Still, good video. I liked.
new sub good stuff
Sometimes only one word (that word) will do!😂
What was stopping you from getting the fish onto the grass to weigh it....much less chance of damaging it.
God, what a meal
I thought a dog was gonna come out of the water...
class
Wow what a fish
cracking fish that
savage fish
Some fish
Can u do mee a favour..git mee a permit fir that river..
Nice real nice.
Very poor fish care !, letting it smash itself on rocks when there is grass 1 meter away
Ireland 🇮🇪 forever!!!!
Brilliant catch, real fish porn
That should've been eaten.
Fish handling skills = Nil 👎
I was thinking that. Few scales lost maybe, but kudos to the man for returning it.
@Pete_Gribs A ludicrous obsession with getting a photo of a fish, which was already on video.
I'd be very surprised if it survived that ordeal. Just really painful to watch, i'm afraid 🤷♂️
@andrewmaccallum2367 absolutely, I am a carp angler and I'm obsessed with fishcare. Trust me, that fish would have been knocked around a lot worse on its trip upriver to mate.
nice fish couldn't make out the make of your reel what kind is it my fave is the hardy silex but I really like the sound and look of your reel as well. are you guys ever allowed to keep a salmon from the river??
Saracione Mark IV
@@Simonc262 thanks is it old and where is it made if you don't mind I really like it want to find out more cause I want 1 I'm on Vancouver Island B.C. Canada if you find yourself here anytime and want to fish for are salmon and steelhead you are more then welcome.
@@ericluscombe3272 just google Saracione reels
Fare play to you there’s nothing like hooking a spring fish 🎣 to get your adrenaline going.
I just can't understand how you don't prepare your landing net beforehand. I see this in so many YT videos. This is simply the elementary school of fishing. Still, good video. I liked.