Really enjoyed this, love your respect, your gentle way. Loe to know the largest salmon caught here. I m not an angler more an all round woodsman. Thinking be good to get on camera. Heading to the Camel in next weeks, otter searching. Thanks for the film.
Thanks yes Ireland would be great. But these videos are back a decade or more. Like many rivers rules and poor government management has left us with poor runs of fish and rules that just spoil the point of fishing. Such as barbless single hooks. Can't keep any on the camel. Fowey River you can keep one a year. And there is still a hatchery but numbers of fish are dropping including seatrout I think we've seen the best days. . Most clubs here do day or week tickets. Always a chance.
I've never understood why people catch and release trout or salmon? when they are the right size to eat. I think carp fishing is pointless. I only fish to eat and love to smoke my fish too. So am i right in thinking i can catch and eat any trout over 18cm on the camel? Thankyou
0:20 don't know if these fish were or still are released after the stripping but holding a salmon from its tail like that causes spinal nerve damage to the fish, leading to partial paralysis and usually death later on, even if the fish appears to swim away fine. Otherwise great work given the sorry state of Cornwall's salmon population.
Catch and release does work. Atlantic Salmon Reserve study found 100% survival from 50 fly caught salmon. Some were caught several times. Inland Fisheries Ireland study found 98% fly caught survival rate and 70% lure caught survival rate. This was on all types of hooks.
Have just joined BAA & now looking forward to my first ever salmon & sea trout. Had some very pretty brownies last week for my first opening bat. Nice vids & thank you for sharing! 👍🍻
@@fishfingers007 Thank uou. Am still watching your fascinating vids, especially the amazing hatchery vids. If these were made 5 years ago, perhaps I may one day catch one of your released fish. 👍🍻
@@chrislock208 BAA have water on the fowey and broodstock are required as from tomorrow. So you could donate a fish yourself to. As we don't run a camel hatchery anymore. Or keep one fresh fish for the table. Camel is return only.
@@fishfingers007 Haha of course, provided I catch my first salmon but I thought all salmon must be returned immediately as per the 2019 5 year bye law?🤔
Yes shame the shrimp is banned,its going the same way here north east england,shrimp.prawn seems to be frowned upon by fluff chuckers yet they still name their best flees after shrimp ! ally shrimp red shrimp river Ure Hazel shrimp etc
@@davidquinn7144 E/A - SEPA Swamp needs draining big time along with the atlantic masonic salmon trust and the english corrupt to death angling come poltical trrust..... they recon salmon numbers are down haha not in the north east we seein g a huge increase in numbers and a 100% recovery rate on some of thye further down the coast Yorkshire rivers in fact all of them everything that runs to humber from the trent and yorks ouse-thats oine shit load of rivers.... humber must be seeing somehwere between 100k-150k fish pass then choose between the rivers trent and ouse-ouse haveing many many massive rivers that go to all corners of england.... catch and release catch and keep is my motto.im a fisherman not angler but i choose sel;ectivly what i keep lots go back ie black dirty fish- Tartan Crocs
@@skunkhead2007 I can assure you mate not all fish are returned up here the gentry still take fish my mates are gillies there told to shut up with small tips
@@davidquinn7144 Tyne & Wear & Tees an Yorks esk no C&R how ever a few yrs back the yorkshire laws were updated so C&R on everything that runs into the humber which as i said via the ouse/ure is a hell of a lot of rivers theys more run to the ouse than they is between humber and tweed ...now yrs back ouse/ure odd times wharfe were only rivers to get fish ure which is the ouse further up wensleydale got runs if they was big water in the humber o get the fish past the poollution,so spring and back end runs unless big rain in the summer...so basically they wasnt even a run that was classed as sustainable on the ure...the rest nof the rivers were so polluted not just bottom tidal reaches were talking over 100 clicks from the humber...so leed wel inland its river in the 80s and lesser 90s was so polluted the only fish was eeels..now all get salmon some rivers that run to hyumber get better oithers dont some are stocked with private run hatchery fish from wait for it lords land in wensleydale -- same lord yrs back i was on his land in the 80s lamping rabbits not far from aysgarth falls ....as seen in movie robin hood rpince of thieves anyways we got caught off the keeper and local booby was there to greeet us in the middle of his field well it was the 80s and i carried a gaff every where abu zoom spin rod and a cardinal 66x reel armed set up ready to go with a taddy onm the end a snatch that how it was back then the keeper went nutz when he seen the gaf and started to accuse us off al sorts saying we was after the fish !!! what fish lol ure only gets odd ones well he explained that all the fish belong to the lord and he is allowed to net them oh is that right lmfao he told the worng person as i knew and still do know the laws inside out later we found where he kept his trammel nets and liberated them back to @freedom:-) some yrs late the then NRA watched froddle dub but didnt get a hit a capture most liekly cos they consulted the castle first - tip off
Hi Mark.... been watching all your youtubes mate and they are great. Brings back a lot of memories and recognise several places well. I caught a lot of fish over the years and some days I miss it a lot. I I RU-vid all my pigeon shooting and picking up days myself. Hope your well Gary Jago
Hi the rod is one of my local tackle shop hand build. As all my rods are hade built by Roger lashbrook in bodmin. They are mostly built on the old normark blanks and would recommend them. He's in the phone book Rogers tackle
I’m assuming that’s Bodmin road by the rail bridge. Always looks a tempting spot, only ever caught one sea trout never caught a salmon on the Fowey or the Camel. Camel appears to have nothing in it. I love the videos though, great tips and advice.
fishfingers007 what lures do You use? I’m always using flying c’s only really get any luck in Lostwithiel.. I notice you fish later in the year as well? What months do you recommend? Obviously the rules have changed now but I’m looking at heading down later in the year
@@carne374 I use flying c also but mainly rapalas 5cm seatrout in low water 7cm in bigger water. 9cm for salmon October onward for salmon spin slower rapala. CD countdown
Hi for high water I like the cd9 in plain old black n silver. Always delivers for me, as for hooks I've not really found one I like or is strong enough, as this was my first outing and these were new rules for 2018, I cut 2 points off my treble and debarbed the single
Wiggleys hi its at kents meadow on the river Camel. But the environment agency have a ban on keeping sslmon as spawning has been poor. But a great way to catch salmon without damaging them as most are lip hooked
fishfingers007 brilliant thanks. Yes catch and release is all we are looking for. When we want to start fishing for dinner we were thinking of doing boat trip from padstow. :) Thanks
The late paul elliot..done some great work on the hatchery front..privaliged to have met and fished his water...caught one of my largest seatrout of 10lb 12oz at wainsford which is mounted in the wainsford rod room(and it was a fin clipped fish on capture...would love it on my wall..
