@@aBeardintheWild interesting, have seen seals hundreds of times but never eating anything. They probably behave more naturally without a diver in the water though!

@@jackmetcalfe8542 possibly, one was at Rhosneigr. Fishing off the rocks, seal surfaced and had a ray in it's mouth. Sat there and ate it then disappeared.

@@charlesneilson1518 It’s an amazing sport!

@@mtadave6702 😂 100%, Anglesey is full of people who whinge about everything all the time, stuck in the 1980’s when there were no Bass left

@@LousOutdoorOdyssey underrated area, getting decent vis is hard, but there is some great hunting

@@KTMSparky wear an 8mm wetsuit as I get cold fast, most guys in Wales wear a 7/5mm Mask I don’t think matters much for shallow diving, most important thing is the correct weighting

​@@jackmetcalfe8542 awesome mate need to look into this looks good fun.

@@Chronically_Outdoors Thanks! Hope you enjoy the next video

@@johntaylor3448 the marks I’m at have almost never seen line anglers, who all seem to fish off piers casting onto barren sand There’s a few quite professional looking guys in boats hitting the reefs but not many!

@@albertomartignani9970 it’s good, just shot an 8lb bass this evening, vis often poor but there’s loads of big fish

Glad to learn it ! I' ll be in Holyhead since August 8th to 20th ! Even my area in Italy is good for bass (you can watch some of my videos...)

@@albertomartignani9970 heard Spearfishing in the Mediterranean is quite hard with not many fish?

@@jackmetcalfe8542 It depends by the area but, yes, in general less fish than in Atlantic, unless you have a boat, you live in a good area like Corsica or Sardinia and are able to dive very deep...

@@HomeSickAlienJayman glad you enjoyed it! Definitely helps with shore tactics seeing how fish behave underwater, especially the differences in how the bass are moving at different tide states

@@kotechfilms9130 thank you! Hope you enjoy the next one as well

@@nicknixon2859 thank you!

@@Madmicksoutdooractivities good to hear you enjoyed it!

@@garyclements2178 people were complaining about one I shot in another video saying it was too big haha

@@jackmetcalfe8542 never too big mate, they must have been jealous mate 🤙🏽

@@Mikejolly2807 smaller fish I think are best grilled/baked whole, bigger fish cut into thin steaks and pan fried, lots of spices :) Used to date a Jamaican girl and her mum was an amazing cook, did so many good fish recipes

@@xl250mon5 can keep 2 fish of 42cm or larger. They really prefer the kelp, but most line anglers cast off piers onto barren ground, anyone who floatfished livebaits off a boat would catch so many

Should we not be preserving bass, a species that has been under threat. With rod and line we can at least return the fish. I appreciate you may be allowed to take fish but that doesn't mean you should be. I am certainly not in principle against taking fish for the pot by the way.

Should we not be preserving bass, a species that has been under threat. With rod and line we can at least return the fish. I appreciate you may be allowed to take fish but that doesn't mean you should be. I am certainly not in principle against taking fish for the pot by the way.

@@mattwright2964 that is definitely a valid point. I think both line fishing and Spearfishing take so much skill that recreational anglers will never catch enough to threaten populations As we all know the issue is commercial fishing, the most wasteful food production industry ever developed

​@@jackmetcalfe8542 thanks, while I agree in part that we have limited impact, I rarely take fish nowadays especially bass and obviously salmon. I fish rod and line. I would take pollack and very occasionally trout. I'm not against commercial fishing of viable stocks if its small scale local inshore fishing but large scale commercial fishing is an abomination.

@@cammuir2454 and plenty of B roll to put people onto the wrong marks when they try to copy me 😂

@@williamharris9529 Thank you! We will have to get another fly fishing day planned soon

@@Coast2CoastFishing-jg1px hope you find more fish that I did!! Can’t say I’m in a rush to go back, the area was cool but didn’t see many shootable fish

@jackmetcalfe8542 all around the head is great fishing, bass do tend to be caught further out,

@@Coast2CoastFishing-jg1px well I got in again yesterday and absolutely mobbed by seals. Up to 5 visible at once underwater. Barely saw a fish!

@jackmetcalfe8542 well if tge seals are there so are the fish.

@@Coast2CoastFishing-jg1px do you spear? I think means fish are in the general area, but once the seals are active the fish vanish Speared off Bardsey island and literally didn’t see a single fish for the first 2 hours, just hundreds of seals!

@@johnman559 Anglesey. Most of the Llyn Bass are deeper, Anglesey usually in 1-2m

I was spearing around Porth Dafach on the weekend. I missed a lovely bass, and it actually reared back at me, fins,spikes and eyes flaring in anger! It was quite the reaction and I wasn't expecting that at all! Caught lots of plaice instead - Viz about 10 metres!!

@@edwinprice-oo5my could you please learn how to spell correctly before commenting

@@andjjones9728 I generally don’t use a float. However in areas with boat traffic I do recommend taking one Having a longer float line means the float (and line) will be well away from you when ascending, if diving in 5m I find having 10-12m of float line out works best

@@georgeworsley2601 you’ll have it cracked soon. My first season I shot 4 Bass in 20ish sessions, barely even saw them, nowadays see dozens every time I’m out Time in the water will hone your hunting strategies

@@keithowen7331 you’re clearly a local given that you’re still texting as people did before smartphones were invented 😂

@@jackmetcalfe8542 Why kill the wrasse though? They aren't good eating at all.

@@nospoon4799 I’ve personally never shot one, they seem like pet fish underwater and I think it’s unsporting Some southern europeans say they’re good eating so perhaps we just don’t know how to prepare then well here

@@jackmetcalfe8542 I mean if you're hungry and have enough garlic you can eat anything. It's just bland. I'd rather have a Mackerel or something.

Can't stand U2 either, they're a shit band

@@AlexWilkinson307 I’m in an 8mm suit (6’1 and 83kg) with 12kg of lead in this video However usually I wear a 7/5mm suit with 7kg

@@jackmetcalfe8542 thanks dude!

Basically the knee has collapsed almost at random twice, both during sparring (boxing) Have limped to marks on crutches and it’s been absolutely fine Spearfishing, the compression of the wetsuit seems to help a lot How was the rehab after your first surgery?

An understandable choice, interestingly this particular fish didn’t appear anywhere near as big as it was, and the smaller one had much better meat

@@jackmetcalfe8542 8lb is a rare bass these days. In America they use size slots. Return the large and small fish makes a healthy fishery long term.

@@nospoon4799 shooting larger fish is extremely difficult - most spearfishermen will never get a fish like this, they’re so skittish. Spearing really doesn’t present any threat to fish populations, it’s simply too difficult and too conditions dependent Interestingly I thought this fish was around the 5lb mark when I saw it, judging size underwater is extremely hard

@@jackmetcalfe8542 Sure, I get that. Big ones are very rare around that area though. Even at 8lbs it is only just getting into being a productive breeder. Still a small bass. You are definitely not the problem with the bass fishery. The locals will blame you so they don't have to deal with the people they know who do illegal netting, their neighbours. 🤣 I have no objections to taking fish for the table. I do it myself. Mackerel more than bass though. Wrasse are just rank no matter how you cook them they have no flavour. Weird texture.

@@nospoon4799 have you come across any gill netting? I’ve only seen it once, at Nefyn, was full of dogfish which I cut free. But never seen it anywhere else

Usually I dive alone. Am comfortable spearing to around 20 meters however in the areas I dive virtually all the fish are in 1-10m Have freedived much deeper than that so it’s about only doing what you’re very confident with

Hopefully will be at some point, have heard big things about that area

Spearfishing completely changed how I approach line fishing, have been a lot more successful since seeing how fish behave underwater

It was busy years ago when the outflow was still operational.

Glad you enjoyed the video. What I would say is that the marks I give away on RU-vid are average at best Did you see a lot of fish in this video? If tourists flood to an area where they saw two average Bass get shot in a video then that’s just a dumb thing to do 😂

@@jackmetcalfe8542 Enjoyed it thoroughly mate, thanks for that. Many people never get to see underwater footage like that. To be honest most people can go years without catching a Bass, there's more to it than turning up and chucking a bait out haha. It was a lot better for Bass when Wylfa was operational but like you said, it's not a prime location anymore. Keep up the vids. 😃

I believe they are getting the go ahead to start building a new reactor on that site in the future.

@@stubeard7981 a few people have angrily messaged me about giving the mark away but I couldn’t honestly recommend it - the vis wasn’t great, it’s awkward to get to and there just weren’t many fish

Some good ground in that area, loads of seals so it must hold fish

Good to hear, hope you enjoy the next videos