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I love going fishing with you in your boat John, thanks mate

The best fishing video I’ve seen for a long time.Thanks so much

Same thing happened to me, typically on the day I took out a boat load of family members! I tilted the main engine and got back to the harbour with the 5hp aux. Took a bit longer but it was a fine day. Great channel!

Amazing the variety of Colours in the Ballan yet all from the same spot, fascinating !

If all else fails call for help never be too proud. Great video John.

Cracking video just a shame other people on boats show disrespect to others by going too fast too close, I get annoyed when boats come steaming past your fishing area, and that's when I'm on the rocks, at least you show common sense and respect from your boat, keep up the good videos

Ive just started watching. Im in america and i do alot of freshwater fishing but i still enjoy watching anf learning different strategies.

Your videos are so watchable, your such an nice bloke and family man. Really enjoy your videos👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

Great film. I love catching the wrasse on LRF gear great fun fighting them feels like tuna!!

Hi I love fishing I learn a lot from you

Another great video, love the Wrasse. As for the steering going, always better when something like that happens at the end of the day rather than the beginning, easier to laugh off when you've already caught a few!

You are patience personified! And so good natured. Pleasure to watch you deal with the goofballs in life.

Another great video John! Those wrasse are beautiful fish, the pollack are great as well! Glad you got back safe and sound! Tight lines pal can't wait for the next one! 🎣🎣🎣🎣👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍

Another great video John. You ooze confidence and experience and I particularly like the way you deliver your angling knowledge. No patronising tone Nice mate. Glad you made it back without too much drama. Stay safe!

Great video and plenty of hints and tips for the beginner.

Calm as a good seaman should be. Well done John. Loved the fishing with you.

Really do enjoy the video's nothing on the TV . Brilliant keep them coming

Another cracking video, thank you. Good to see you keeping both your cool and sense of humour when it comes to 'Sod's Law' situations at sea and inconsiderate boatmen!

Hi mate, Great job. It's clear you know what your doing on your Boat. Many people get into difficulties through lack of knowledge. First class Seamanship. Steve in Fife.

Great video again👍👍👍

Nice wrasse n ya got a nice few whopper pollock too fair play Bro another great video

Memories of lovely weather and lovely fishing looking forward to a trip to the south west next summer when we can travel again. Missed my Devon trip so this is just the tonic I needed.

Those Pollock would have been swimming in some grease. Lol

As always another excellent video, stunning colours on that cuckoo 🎣

Seen a boat hook lashed to the outboard. To make a tiller. Liked the rope used to make a pulley starring system.

Wow! Those fish are so beautiful, almost like they belong in a tropical clime. And what weird teeth they have. You're an amazing fisherman, don't know how you do it.

thats a smashing pollock!

Great adventure. I learned a good amount from this. Positive attitude took you home. Well done.

Great video! Always a silver lining, some great tips on how to catch awesome pollack and steer a wounded boat without panicking, many thanks!

Stunning fish, colours were amazing... Glad you got back safe, thanks John.

I do love Wrasse, such a pretty fish. You had some lovely Pollack too John, I'm just sorry you had the trouble of a broken steering cable, a real shame that it ruined your day. Thank you for another excellent, informative video.

may day may day lol

Just came across your channel today. Great pleasure to watch. Always nice to come across someone who both enjoys what they are doing, and enjoys imparting their knowledge and experience to others. Thanks for brightening up my day!!

Hi Buddy. Great Video. Good Fishing and excellent Seamanship. It's really worth other budding fishermen watching this for the great job you did when your steerage broke. I think you should do a safety at sea video in the future for the novice boat fishermen who are in need of good common sense instruction. Well done John !!!

I just watched this video, and I must say your calm confidence in the boat is impressive. Like you said, don't panic. My father grew up in a small fishing community, and he was the same, If anything went wrong when out on the sea, he stayed calm and collected. During the years we experienced some engine failures. And one time the boat even sprung a serious leak. But it went well in the end, because he stayed calm and did what had to be done. That may be the most important lesson for people out on the sea, and thanks to you many more now knows it.

Got your money's worth out of that Launce. :-) I can't get out fishing at the moment, but your video is an excellent substitute. Cheers.

Really enjoyable video. Really liked the advice about taking your time when bringing Wrasse up and unhooking tips, I think theres a real shortage of good fish care advice out there 👍 I'm sure the boat advice following your spot of bother will be valuable to many too. And great fishing of course! 🎣

As always a great post.Hope you got her fixed.I use a 5hp auxilary on my Warrior which has got me out of trouble when the water separator filter failed on the main engine.I changed to the cartridge type without further problems.I like the way you fixed the situation by jury rigging the outboard with rope.

Nice work John. Loads of dangerous eejits have boats unfortunately but the south East has most of them. That male cuckoo is stunning, cracking days fishing again! I miss having a boat so I’ll be buying one for next year now we are bored with charters and they’re too expensive at that 👌✊

Happy ending! Beautiful day of fishing! I like to fish for wrasse species over here, Tautog! Man they fight hard, like a diesel locomotive and you get them up and its only a few pounds! Use hard crabs too!

Another cracking video John! Some great advice as well. Superb 👍

Another cracking video mate

Sun shining and good fishing, and one sand eel, brilliant, tight lines sir

Thank you for being conscious of the effects of decompression on the fish you catch. I've noticed that a lot of american fisherman youtubers will drop a fish back down that's got clear signs of decompression as soon as they reel it up and get footage of it

Just came across your channel been binge watching for nearly a week. Great watching

GREAT KEEP IT UP

Just come across you yesterday. Watched half a dozen already. Absolutely brilliant and so well delivered, many thanks. And yes there are many selfish twats that produce wash without thinking.

Well done John. I hope the problem wasn't too serious. (Great day's fishing btw!! ;-) )

Fantastic video from my favourite fishing channel. 🎣🌞🍦

Hope u got back safe mate,great video again,some cracking colours on the fish,take care....

That was some awesome fishing.. I've only fished the ocean once and caught a nice salmon. But you man, are awesome to watch.. New here on your channel but will be here for a long time... Oh yea.. Hope your trip in was ok..Jim

Cracking videos! Great to watch. On the holderness coast our species are usualy cod whiting bass and smoothhounds...the odd Ray. Would love to see you catch some specimen Gurnard.

Your first class John love watching your videos Love wrasse fishing 🎣 lo e your rigs just need to practice my nots a little more. Much love from Dublin 🇮🇪 take care pal

John, this has to stop! You can't keep making these videos where you catch loads. I sat for 4 hours on the estuary on Thursday for 1 dog from my yak. That wind was a bugger, and I couldn't find that Huss you set free. Keep them coming squire. :-)

Your videos are always great, unlucky on the steering but looks like you had a great day fishing!! Hope you get the boat sorted out without to much effort/cost

Great stuff, really enjoyed this. Sort of stuff I do near Plymouth, unfortunately, the Salmon farms have been paying top cash for thousands of wrasse to be trapped and sent up to Scotland as cleaner fish. Good sensible advice at the end.

Nice man, never had any luck catching Sandell on sabinki's down Brighton.Been trying small joey's but no luck so far, will give the inline lead rig a go tho! Nice mate

I've heard a bell toll I love your videos so much knowledge John I would love too go sea fishing with you

Love your vids man. Good skills getting back

Great video's and very informative, is also nice to see someone who cares for the fish he is catching, one thing I would love to see in your video's are shots of the depth/fish finder to see the lay of the bottom you are fishing over, it would make an already great video evdn better.

Keep up the good work well done! Try get in few plaice videos over the summer if you can.

As always, fantastic video. I had similar situation just as we set to come out, luckily we've been 3 in the boat and we had no further issues. Alone I'd have been lost 😁

That iridescent blue and red wrasse was wild.

The end part reminded me of dinghy sailing drills including sailing without a rudder. Can imagine a bit of a hike out over the side would create some steering even with a motor. Great video, always enjoy seeing them.

Great watch again mate

What a great video really nice fish and released which is always nice to see, Just think if mankind cleaned the seas of all the chemicals and plastic what we night mind; great to hear the different techniques used.

I was expecting a great white attack!!! 😂

Hi John as you know I am a big recent fan, so I am working my way back through your back catologue, just found this video, and have one comment, when I have had to limp back in due to a problem, which has happened to me a couple times over 30 years, I have always put a PAN call out to the Coastguard, and just asked them to monitor my progress, it just means :1 they check that you have got back, and 2 if something else goes wrong they know about you and have an idea where you are etc,

hope you made it home thanks for the video

That was really interesting, not that I would go shark fishing..good sized herring is about my limit hahah. The dolphins where beautiful...

Good show mate

Cracking vid, thanks ! 😀

Hi I’m a young angler you have inspired me to make my own RU-vid channel

Rebuilding a 1992 50hp Evinrude to put on... if its just the steering cable that goes wrong, Ill be happy :-) Lots of fish, skills and sound advice mate.

Totally agree with you about teaching people about wash off their boats- pure ignorance .

Great colours on those wrasse. Great video

What well presented viewing, together with well explained techniques on how

You should invest in some small bells. Tie one onto the end of the pole so any time you get a bite, the bell jingles, and you don't have to keep looking around at all your poles constantly.

I always have a spare small outboard motor, even if it's just a small seagull.. It's always there if needed ...

Good vid John. It's great fishing for Pollack like that, slow jigs will also work well if you don't have any sandeels. Ps: maybe get yourself a little auxilliary 4hp and fit it to that swingdown bracket:):)

Love fishing 🎣

You are good teacher

got to the launch a couple of years ago, and found our cable had snapped , least we weren't at sea

you can pierce the swim bladder with a sewing needle.They wicked patterns on them wrasse beautiful fish.

The whole stretch of rocks there and to the right is wrasse city. Some proper shore caught pigs to be had if you can navigate the seals.

Hi John, what an eventful expedition! Lovely to see those pretty Wrasse! Some lovely Pollack too - did I detect a little hesitation with that last big one? I thought that one might be heading back to the Fish Locker Manor for tea! I would have been tempted! Shame about the steering cable but as you said, all the maintainance in the world won't prevent an occasional breakage. At least you did what you said, kept your head and got home safely, and at the end of the day, it made for another fantastic video! Have you done a video about the virtues of Mono Vs Fluoro Vs Braid? Another topic I would like to see is the best way to spool up reels for shore fishing/casting - I think with a boat reel, it's not so crucial. I bought some 20Lb braid for the reel for the new Continental beachcaster, and on the 4th cast, it went out fine, but when I reeled it in, there were 3 small 'Birds nests' about 20 yards up from the shock leader. I'm wondering whether, in an effort to get the best casting performance, I overspooled the Braid a bit! Anyway, good luck, tight lines, and many thanks!

Great video mate some nice fish there shame you broke your steering cable but things happen at least you're ok I want broke down on the way back from Withernsea with all my fishing gear on my bike since I snapped my throat cable I had to make a suicide throttle cable and ride the bike one-handed while revving but dangerous but got me home in the end Thailand's mate

Bloody hell mate, all those fish you throw back 🤕. I do let the undersised go 🐟

Friend has been fishing using a Mackerel hooked thru the back and tied to a 1 foot drop rig tied to a balloon he's been catch double figure bass which I'm going to try when I'm on holiday in a months or so time

you always do great vids mate, you should be up there with tafishing as just as good.

Some brilliant fishing mate, same the day got ruined but it could’ve been a lot worse! 2nd time out on my dinghy I ran into a few problems but managed to get back!

Thanks for another enjoyable video, mate and Glad that you got back O.K. with out having to call for help. Down here in Jersey, we usually find that when the sand eel comes back with a bite on the neck like yours did, the culprit is a cuttle fish, do you get them in your neck of the woods? They are an excellent bait for conger, rays and anything big enough to take them, just cut out the white bone and hook on. Good luck with your fishing and I eagerly await your next video.

funny story, couple weeks a go, bloke landed his 14ft boat on beach at studland dorset tide went out he called harbour control, coast guard and life boat out . complete opposite to you lol

John do you ever keep any of the Pollock or anyting I'm sure you must get tired of fish after a while but I don't get it that much so me I would just have a constant diet of fish. I love your RU-vid channel especially your forging that is my thing for sure I love it.

Get that problem with the wash from boats when out on the kayak. Have to keep one eye on the rods and one on the inconsiderate boat owners. Haven't been tipped yet, fingers crossed!

Here in the states they sell a tool that deflates the bladder on deep fish so you can let them go back down , I'm assuming that the hole heals over later,

will do what I can to get a video made for you, about the modified dyson rig, think I've rounded up a source of good enough filming equipment to capture my fingers actually doing the tying.. will see how it turns out, will let you know.. great video, btw..

Any one seen John ? lol good video mate save up for hydro steering ;-)

We has this happen once in florida on a rental boat and we had to do exactly this. The problem we has was that it snapped/jammed when the engine was fully turned to side and we tried so hard and could not straighten it out to centre it. I had to use a paddle as drag to go in a straight line and to turn right we had to make 270° left 🤣🤣🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Pleased you got home safe lad