Catching Bream From Bristol Docks
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- Опубліковано 24 лип 2024
- We join Craig Edmunds for a look at the unique fishing on offer in Bristol City Docks. The Browning backed ace explains how he tackles the unique fishing challenges that the venue presents, while putting together a tidy net for the camera...
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I fished the "point" and the basin for years as a kid (70's/80's) and I only ever had one tench (the basin with my back to the general). I thought it was rare in itself but it was also only 3/4 inches and you don't often see juvenile tench being caught !
We used to catch tiny "dabs" and beautiful silver bream as well.
In the summer hemp and tares were really popular and some stunning roach were caught on the tares.
Baits have changed so now
(I think have of them are designed to catch the angler) !
PS. The most common technique was the sliding float and I have some great memories of watching lift bites develope on the fantastic driftbeater floats with the black and white stems ! (Bought from stenners tackle st John's lane).
PSS. the Bristol City dock license was £1.50 for the year !
Used to go to white Acres around Easter time in the late 80’s and meet up with the Bristol lads, A great crowd that would keep you at the bar all night and tell us Worcestershire lads, tails about drop nets and head light to catch proper big fish and bags of them. Looks like it’s come round again and anglers spilling the beans, or letting the cat out of the bag. 👍👏👏🍻🍻🍻
What a brilliant and original location. Fine video that has made me want a go.
One issue. When does a skimmer become a bream? I am old school. A skimmer cannot be bigger than approximately 1.5lb. A two and a half pounder is definitely a bream.
And for anyone who wants to tell me I'm wrong, you will unaware that I am very old. WE (my generation and older) wrote the rules. Old folk, not you young whippersnappers who can only fish a managed hole in the ground. Proper anglers. Men. Who catch bream. The older generation knows that a two and a half pounder is most definitely a bream.
Well, that should put the cat amongst the pigeons. Most young uns are not robust enough to admit they are wrong and all respect for history and tradition, (and respect for old gits like me,) has gone out of the window.
So there you go, ..... tell me I'm wrong. It won’t make you correct but you will do it anyway.
I was talking to an old fishing friend of mine down a stayth on the Norfolk broads about this only yesterday we would agree with you we put a bream being a fish of about 1.5lb + colouring up taking on it's adults bronze. Why folk from up north are still calling a fully coloured bream of 2/3 lb + a skimmer is beyond us UNLESS these people are regularly catching 6lb + bream like a on a good skimmer session so a 3lb fish would look like skimmers and i don't believe that now LOL. Happy new year
ive always been told skimmers are different species...there def are more thna 1 species of bream..The ones in those docks are huge though , like 8 pounds, but still very silver
@@TheTimbo07 there's two speeches of bream. The common bream Abramis brama top weight in the region of 20lb. AND the silver or white bream Blicca bjoerkna the silver bream record is of about 1.5lb. I could go on to find exact weights but so can you. The fish being caught in this vid are bream Abramis brama. Skimmer are no thing MORE than juvenile bream this is where the people who call bream skimmers are doing nothing more than bad education of young and new anglers
What a great video, something different, well done! 👍
Great video. I was catching Bream and Tench in the docks 40 years ago and no one would believe me at the time . lol
I’ve fished it the last 4 years and never had a tench. Don’t think they like the salty water
@@trugman1 Not sure if you can fish there now but on the opposite bank to Avon Street between Temple Way and the Valentine Bridge is where I used to fish.
What a great place to fish, but that height would have me going dizzy!!
Fished here 1993 while working near Severn Beach building the approach roads to the 2nd Severn Crossing, loved it.
GREAT vid Craig, natural water fishing, some anglers would really struggle to catch like that at this time of the year on £10 a day commercials.
Well done fella.
Fantastic 👍🏻
Grate place to fish. Can only fish areas that are lower to water, as I am absolutely terrified of heights, just watching you fish makes me feel giddy 😅. What's it like by the old light house boat, have you ever fished around there?
That pole angle 🤣🤝
Great session Craig, where is the nearest place to park ?
Awesome, just shows....fish to be caught🎣🎣 Bit of a H&S and logistical nightmare though 🤣
the bream in there are huge
Where did you fish & what's the nearest parking & how much is it ?
I'd like to know too
The nearest parking would be the muddock bike shops car park and the spot is up river slightly form the car park. There’s a bridge about 2 minutes walk from the car park which has a dock on one side where he was fishing.
So £30 for a days fishing? bit too expensive for me but would love to have a go at it.
Did he not say it was free?
@@ratastewie91 I was talking about the cost of the bait he used.
@@brianwelbourne9896 I see
Missing a trick not using pellets in the docks.