This was one of the first proper films I ever made when I was starting my career as a filmmaker and got to work with some great people on this including Matt Hayes who very kindly agreed to appear in it.
As a kid, i was led to believe eels travelled over land as well. I'm not sure how true this is . I've never had much luck unhooking eels, so try to avoid catching them
A lovely watch Jack, I haven’t heard of a spined Loach before. As a kid on the staffs/Worcestershire canal you’d catch stone Loach all day long. Sadly not the case anymore but never a spined Loach. As for the Zander I think they should be given the pass now. I know of a few venues “canal” that have a fantastic variety of species and seem to live well mixed together. I think Matt said it best with survival of the fittest. Oh, and what a guest to have in your channel, Matt Hayes 👌
I remember zander decimating the fish in the Oxford canal. Severn-Trent tried eradication, failed and gave up ..and, as Matt said, the native fish population recovered to some degree. This is classic non-native species ....the population will explode and then fall, or they simply fail to thrive and die out. Zander are in British waterways to stay.
Done we get old quick hehe( talking about myself ) Spined loach! The books said they don’t live in my parts and when I found a local population in a river I’d fished all my childhood , then at my mid teens , it was like striking gold , better than and fish id caught on a rod there ! A fish id only seen in books !
I think you should take a visit to rodley nature reserve in leeds open weds and weekends they breed harvest mice as well as having dragonfly ponds dipping ponds its a great little nature reserve and am sure you would love it jack
There really is no point eradicating zander as Matt said roach stocks are at a high. Signals and mink especially do more damage in a few weeks than Zander have done in the near 200 years they have been here
I once met a fish who told me his most important secret. Then he told me that if i ever told anyone that fish can talk, he would find me and slap me across the face repeatedly with his fins. I don't care though, i'm not afraid of that fish.
This is basically readdressing the balance after years of electro fishing to remove pike and perch from the ecosystem. It was always a bad idea and never sat right with me . Even from being a young angler on the Itchen in the 80’s.
Attenborough is only down the road from me ( long eaton) and I ❤ the trent. But the barbel population around me (Sawley to beeston) seems to be in decline over the past few years you don't see any under double figures being caught compared to 10y ago it's making me think the barbel cycle is coming to a end and a new species is going to have a population boom
10:30 When I was a kid they were popular in Poland I've read and I've heard that people use to eat them and they are delicious, obviously bigger ones, but they don't grow big. The same "family2 of fish but different species :D They are great bite for catfish and other species. Now they are FULLY protected by the law and very rare to find them .... Sory it's in Polish 😄 ua-cam.com/video/b8jIQgmhaO4/v-deo.html
There's too many rules and regulations on where you can and can't fish on both rivers and lakes. Many rivers don't have easy access for parking and you want to go for a days fishing on a river or some lakes and it "Club members only" you can fish that stretch but not this stretch etc......
eastern European people catching n keeping them that's big problem that no-one going to say incase they r called racist,there was great spot to fishing off the rocks into the sea near me n they destroyed it now u can't catch a cold there
All wildlife/nature reserves need to be managed holistically, complex natural ecosystems need to be managed as a "whole" not in a traditional reductionist way. Even national parks with farms and communities need more inclusive management, by changing the way in which domestic livestock are grazed for example, in a high density herd instead of "hefted" to maintain a patchwork of different stages of native plant growth, allowing close grazed patches for ground nesting birds, and mature plants for hares and seed for grey partridge etc. controlled access to natural water can be used to manipulate shorelnes and shallow water formore habitat diversity for aquatic life.
Bioblitz. Does anyone out there remember how we used to call it "total habitat destruction" for invertebrate surveys? Think hard, you're well into your 60s now :)
This was one of the first proper films I ever made when I was starting my career as a filmmaker and got to work with some great people on this including Matt Hayes who very kindly agreed to appear in it.
When did you film this?
@ 2014
Thank you for sharing it here on YT ❤
Wow what a great and interesting film. Please do more , great to watch.❤
Getting the kids out there and discovering wildlife…….vitally important for the future of nature and their mindset. Carry on the superb work Jack.
I Miss early morning matt Hayes shows before work ..made me late many times
I grew up on them!
That took me back to my childhood - thank you Matt Hayes
Really interesting. Loved the spined loach, a stunning litte fish.
@@edstevens701 they are epic little fish
22:26 I eat Zander whenever I see it available in restaurants abroad; it is my favourite fish to eat.
I've had it in berlin wasn't bad
@ pike-perch
Pikeperch, zander - from clean, deep water is as tasty as see bass if not better.
Great fish.
Try it.
Absolutely first class video. Watched this with my little one and now she wants to save all the eels!
Matt Hayes is a LEGEND! 🙌🎣 His videos helped me to improve my fishing!
@@deividas_kimontas he’s lovely was great of him to do this when I was first starting out
Thanks for the film. You've restored my faith in UA-cam humanity.
@@Robin-pe1se no problem!
Really good film, Jack, great work.
Also that roach looked very depressed at 11:32 😂
Ha yes it wasn't thrilled but was ok!
Matt Hayes, a national treasure.
hes a legend
Great to see the old masters in action. What a legend this guy is!!
he's lovely really helpful chap
Brilliant video very informative!!
thanks glad you liked it!
Fantastic film…well done chap ❤️👌👏👏👏
appreciate it cheers
loved the video.with people like you fish and wildlife do have a future.keep up the great work.
Brilliant documentary! Well done for making the effort.
Lovely stuff, well done. Keep it up!
cheers glad you liked it
Lovely of Matt to lend a hand in this project
@@speckledjim_ sure was
My precious pigeon!
Can't wait for this and seeing one of my heroes too .
I watched all his programmes growing up so was delighted when he agreed to be in this film I made 10 years ago when I first started out. lovely chap
Lovely work. Thank you 🙏
@@AlistairLeith thanks!
Great video - cheers
Great to see Matt. I'd like to see more of him these days. Fantastic attitude to angling.
He's doing another rod race so should see more of him
@Chasingscalesspecieshunt best news I've had in a while. His shows got me started as a boy! The all round approach to fishing is a good way.
This video is fantastic, so interesting. Please do more.
Stunning film buddy
Brilliant filming and great content !
A fantastic video without a doubt 🎣👍🏼 top Zander facts from mat
Let em go
Let them grow
👊🏼
Matt Hayes is a legend.
Brilliant really enjoyed that 👍👍
thanks for watching!
As a kid, i was led to believe eels travelled over land as well. I'm not sure how true this is . I've never had much luck unhooking eels, so try to avoid catching them
I have been catching rowan in Scotland for years i a few different places great video
@@neilandrew961 ah Nice im yet to see a adult one
A lovely watch Jack, I haven’t heard of a spined Loach before. As a kid on the staffs/Worcestershire canal you’d catch stone Loach all day long. Sadly not the case anymore but never a spined Loach. As for the Zander I think they should be given the pass now. I know of a few venues “canal” that have a fantastic variety of species and seem to live well mixed together. I think Matt said it best with survival of the fittest. Oh, and what a guest to have in your channel, Matt Hayes 👌
I remember zander decimating the fish in the Oxford canal. Severn-Trent tried eradication, failed and gave up ..and, as Matt said, the native fish population recovered to some degree. This is classic non-native species ....the population will explode and then fall, or they simply fail to thrive and die out. Zander are in British waterways to stay.
Dudes dropping the kerbal space program menu music... I approve 😂
Done we get old quick hehe( talking about myself )
Spined loach! The books said they don’t live in my parts and when I found a local population in a river I’d fished all my childhood , then at my mid teens , it was like striking gold , better than and fish id caught on a rod there ! A fish id only seen in books !
Great video jack 👍
Great vid cheers 👍👍
I think you should take a visit to rodley nature reserve in leeds open weds and weekends they breed harvest mice as well as having dragonfly ponds dipping ponds its a great little nature reserve and am sure you would love it jack
Very good 🇬🇧
There really is no point eradicating zander as Matt said roach stocks are at a high. Signals and mink especially do more damage in a few weeks than Zander have done in the near 200 years they have been here
I once met a fish who told me his most important secret. Then he told me that if i ever told anyone that fish can talk, he would find me and slap me across the face repeatedly with his fins.
I don't care though, i'm not afraid of that fish.
I myself also put back most zander so good on you to show sensible lawbreaking on UA-cam.
Pemandangan yang sangat indah dengan sungai yang dipenuhi ikan
We used to see thousands of eels in the river wear haven't seen any in years now.we used to catch monsters.
Ledgend
Nice! Are you going to the BFFI again next year?
hoping to be there!
This is basically readdressing the balance after years of electro fishing to remove pike and perch from the ecosystem. It was always a bad idea and never sat right with me . Even from being a young angler on the Itchen in the 80’s.
pond with a window , good idea
Attenborough is only down the road from me ( long eaton) and I ❤ the trent. But the barbel population around me (Sawley to beeston) seems to be in decline over the past few years you don't see any under double figures being caught compared to 10y ago it's making me think the barbel cycle is coming to a end and a new species is going to have a population boom
Oh Zander here in Denmark we eat em as good as Haddock when fried 🥂😋
I have a video of spiny loach from a still water
10:30 When I was a kid they were popular in Poland I've read and I've heard that people use to eat them and they are delicious, obviously bigger ones, but they don't grow big. The same "family2 of fish but different species :D They are great bite for catfish and other species. Now they are FULLY protected by the law and very rare to find them ....
Sory it's in Polish 😄
ua-cam.com/video/b8jIQgmhaO4/v-deo.html
😻😻😻😻😻
There's too many rules and regulations on where you can and can't fish on both rivers and lakes. Many rivers don't have easy access for parking and you want to go for a days fishing on a river or some lakes and it "Club members only" you can fish that stretch but not this stretch etc......
eastern European people catching n keeping them that's big problem that no-one going to say incase they r called racist,there was great spot to fishing off the rocks into the sea near me n they destroyed it now u can't catch a cold there
All wildlife/nature reserves need to be managed holistically, complex natural ecosystems need to be managed as a "whole" not in a traditional reductionist way. Even national parks with farms and communities need more inclusive management, by changing the way in which domestic livestock are grazed for example, in a high density herd instead of "hefted" to maintain a patchwork of different stages of native plant growth, allowing close grazed patches for ground nesting birds, and mature plants for hares and seed for grey partridge etc. controlled access to natural water can be used to manipulate shorelnes and shallow water formore habitat diversity for aquatic life.
Ah Matt Hayes, the dry hand fish handler...every fish he catches dies within a week
Please explain why!
Just stating something that a normie may not understand is not helping much.
Bioblitz. Does anyone out there remember how we used to call it "total habitat destruction" for invertebrate surveys? Think hard, you're well into your 60s now :)