Beach Fishing For Beginners - Winter Shore Fishing 2021 

- I am working through editing several shore videos covering the basic aspects of shore fishing for anglers wishing to get into our sport. Does anyone have any suggestions for info to cover? 👍🏻🎣

I've watched a few people making videos about our hobby. I keep coming back to yours as you are much, much better to follow. Thanks so much.

Excellent informative film.just the sound of the surf and the rod tips brings back many fond memories

I’m just starting shore angling from years on the lakes!. This is just what I need TY John. Frank 🐟🦅

The sound of those waves is making me really want to go fishing. It's nice and cold too, perfect for the cod. Damn the lockdown!

Hiya from Scotland. I do appreciate your passion and you are a good pedagogue even for a Frenchy like me living in wild Alba. Thanks

The best fishing videos on you tube john keep em coming

Mate love your vids you are a natural, no nonsense and no ego, great vids mate keep it up

What is more fun than sitting on a freezing cold beach fishing and listening to the sound of the waves? 👍🏻🎣

Looking at the fishing lines disappearing into the darkness and roar of a night time sea, evokes my memories of the beautiful muse and peacefulness you get at night. I do miss the flickering light of the oil lamps and gas lamps though. Fantastic video yet again, thanks!!

That hand warmer/charger looks a great bit of kit ❄️❄️👍👍

If you look to the west and go back in time about sixty or so years you would see my parents and I surf fishing at the end of Island Beach State Park, NJ. We were freezing our arses off as you are now.

Cheers for that, only been fishing for about - 6 months after watching loads of these vids during the last lockdown, managed a couple trips a week ever since, absolutely love it. Caused a stir with a few seasoned anglers on the beach as my very first fish caught was a 5 and a half pound smoothy from Slapton. Can't wait to get out again.

thanks for another great video .... full of information without being preachy

Excellent DogFish Unhooking Tips There - Spot On!!!! - 👍

This video is so full of helpful information John, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised!! The hand warmer/power bank thing would have been handy for me yesterday as I done a couple of hours on my local estuary & at dusk my fingers felt like I had frost bite even with gloves on!! A very handy item & one I didn't even knew existed, also the ID between pouting & poor cod is helpful for someone like me because poor cod in my part of the world are non existent so I have nothing to compare them with. I too prefer the flood not just at night time but in most situations, in my part of the world, for me at least I've found over the years that it outfishes the ebb, especially in my estuaries where the ebb is like a raging torrent. The noise of the surf crashing on the sand is also like music to my ears, this background noise is what hooked me onto Fisho's (Billy Bantock) videos years ago when I first started watching fishing on RU-vid. One last thing, when you was breathing out in the cold air it looked like you was vaping!! Great vid as usual John, can't wait for more like this!

Wish I had found your instructional vids earlier than I did. They are brilliant John. Well done again. Now I realise I was making basic mistakes & making life difficult for myself. Sold my boat recently due to it constantly being vandalised on the club hard. Now have a couple of dedicated fishing kayaks & trailer where they live at home on my drive. Miss the boat sometimes but I do enjoy my kayaking & its cheaper than boat owning ha!! 😬👍🍻

Well done John, great advice, great viewing as always. Keep um coming if you can. You've just made my evening. CHEERS.

Best stuff on utube...no other compares.

Just spent the last 1.5hrs watching various sea fishing videos and learnt very little, this video however, I have learnt so much. Very informative and easy to follow. Keep up the great work 👍

For people like me that can't fish, videos like these are superb. Starting with the waves crashing on the beach, the cold which you demonstrated and that feeling of being alone are a major part of the enjoyment. (I was always told if you go sea fishing, dress as if its going to be 10 degrees colder than you think it will be you can always remove clothing if you are too warm). Anyway its like being there for me. The tips were superb and great tip on deep hooked dogfish (I know there not your favourite but those eyes are beautiful) as always you take great care of your fish from catching to release. For someone who will never own a boat these shore fishing videos are great.

Least you wer out doing it for the team John all the very best stay safe and give my love to the family 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🏻👍🏻

excellent video of showing you how to stay safe with lots of useful tips brilliant

I so miss that sound of the waves breaking on the shore!

Another great video, I beach fish off the Suffolk coast spending many a freezing cold night waiting for now very allusive Cod only to be plagued by small whiting, no matter how big the hook they’ll always take the bait!

Love the sound of the waves on the shore... night fishing is actually very tranquil. And depending on the time of the year, the sea life that comes up on the tides...

That powerbank on your pocket...you are geanius 😊thank you

Love the beach fishing vids. Hope to get out fishing again soon once lockdown finishes.

Nice vid I have never been beach fishing at night might have to try it! Love the wave sound too!😄😄🐟🐟

Brilliant video john, its great seeing you out on the shore 👍🥶 some excellent tips for beginners.🎣🎣

Great video. I'm just returned to beach fishing after many years and what I learnt was not to fish after a storm. The bottom was so churned up that every cast I gathered masses of weed, that was dragging on my line and making the fishing a bad experience.

Brilliant. Tempting out those older guys that haven't braved a beach at night for a while. Some of us are possibly more comfortable with some wild browns, early on a spring morning. That includes me too mostly, but did take my twelve year old out spearfishing in Fowey a few times when I couldn't feel my limbs for a hour later... Worth every needle stinging split second. And then some.

Really enjoy your videos. I have only just got into sea fishing, now lockdown lol. You really do get across and show how to do it rather than just show "how good you are" like some others. Well done

It was nice to see a night time fish, love the atmospheric wave sounds, wonderful

hello pal , i just wanted to say thanku , i stumbled across your videos recently and love them , i appreciate we are all going through a tough time at the moment and hope you and your family are well and all your viewers , things ain’t good but when i watch your videos until the early hours they don’t half pick me up , love the passion , the enthusiasm and everything lol , just james makes me smile , don’t ever stop , not even for a skylark behind you ! be safe x

Great info for someone like me who doesn't know how to set up a line thanks 👍

Makes my day to see a new post from The Fish Locker

Quality tips and advice from start to finish, great stuff as always. All the best to the fish locker family.

Hello mate, good to see you and good to see your clip. ❤️ from Iran 🇮🇷 to you and every one

Thanks for letting me hang on the beach with ya. The waves sounded beautiful. God Bless and Be safe.

That is some big surf John. Wow

Another great educational video John. I appreciate your efforts. Please keep them coming & stay safe

Absolutely loving the beginners tips on shore fishing. Thanks man

so different fishing out there... man.. beautiful.. thanks for making these

As a newbie to shore fishing I found this video excellent and really informative. Thank you John!

Another ace video, learn a snippet everytime I watch. Thank you.

Absolute spot on advice especially a base camp above or near to the high watermark

Thank you for the video John. Our weather here in Oklahoma changes so drastically from day to day it's nothing to go out one day and it's 60°f and the next day it's in the mid 30°f range. In the winter I take clothes with me when I go fishing because it could be done to 25°f when I decide to go home. Good fishing and stay safe my friend.

Nice video and thanks for teaching us about fishing. You have great type of energy John!

Grief! That looks beyond cold 🥶. Bravo sir 👍🏻

Top Bloke and great vid yet again inspired me to buy my new Penn surfcaster and get back out there

Another fantastic video! Thanks. Really liked the content. I sometimes get confused by what rig and bait to use and when. Thanks for keeping the channel updated with good videos 👍

I was impressed with the deep hook release method you use. I normally use a metal scissor to grab the hook and because your holding the scissor it can on occasion mess the fish up more than I'd like to especially with smaller fish. The bucket of water was also a great tip even just to keep your hands clean. Thanks for the tips. Great show

Nice to see you back on the beach John, really enjoyed, thank you. Happy New Year to you and your family.

Looking forward to the upcoming tips, helps novices like myself a massive amount. Great video 👍

Great tip re the timing. I have never applied any monitoring to it. Good suggestion.

Another great video to start the year with

Great Tube yet again. Thanks for the info. Happy New Year to you and your family. All the best for 2021.

Wonderful video John very informative Thank you.

Oh man, went beach fishing recently. Threw my 'big fish rig' out and got some interesting pulls, but whatever it was didn't get on the hook proper, so annoying! Caught a couple of mullet though, so that made my day.

Great video and I'm looking forward to the next. My local beach is very shallow so moving is a must. Only thing I would say is that I keep my bait in a plastic tub especially during the day because when busy at the water I've lost it before not only to gulls but dogs too and I worry about hooks.

Great video again john really was brass monkey weather wasn't it .That pulley rig you were right it did work on a weir one of my boys used it only lost two leads caught three chub and small barbel no tackle lost great tip john you all keep safe tight lines

Wow - fantastic video. Thank you. Thumbs up!!

thanks john for fulfilling your promise to do a night beach video that you said you would do a few months back in the summer . nice one . love beach fishing up here on the east coast . mappleton was always my fav place , spurn point a close second when you could virtually drive down the road to nearly the point . ps my brother les won the 1999 diawa beach open with a cod on his very last cast on spurn road . think he got about 2 grand and some diawa gear for winning it.

Hi John, many thanks for taking us down to the beach🙂 looks very cold 🥶. Also thanks for the tips. Great idea to have baited traces ready to go even before you have unhooked your catch. You are a life line for many of us in this mess we are in. You make the break for us Happy New Year. Ian👍

Great video mate I really like dark nights fishing fishes better when it's dark I always find coming in keep up the great work

The way you lace the hook threw the bait is genius! Definitely going to try that technique on channel cats this summer! You won't have bait stripping. And you can leave the hook as proud as you like. I usually prebait my extra rods with cut bait. To keep the bait from drying out. Take a ziploc bag and put it around your bait and leader. Zip it shut. When l need a new baited rod. Take the ziploc bag off....Cast

Happy New year John, all the best to you and your family. Keep making those videos

Thanks for yet another great video

What a great video about beach fishing. Maybe I’ll just have to buckle up and go fish from the shoreline now, it might get cold but I never know. The temperature here has not been stable at all, so I’ll just have to see the day. But now it’s time to look over the reels and lines😬 all the best, have a good one mate👍

Great vid with some great tips.keep up the great work👍👍

Thanks for another great video, I have just purchased my 1st every beach casting rod and going to get into this. Your videos are very good and you explain what your doing and what's involved very clear and great info for learning , many thanks.

Another very good video, looking forward to more. One extra tip for beginners is that you dont need to spend huge amounts of money on tackle, but whatever you get, its good to clean everything in freshwater afterwards and be very careful to keep sand away from reels!

Nice vid as usual.I can't take the cold any more.I've had my days of fishing in the cold and wet.Nice to watch from the armchair.🐻🤗👍🐟🐠🦈

Well done John, thanks.

Thanks for the video John another excellent one mate love to all the family 🛥👍

I wish we had Mark's like yours up here on river humber John. All the best stay safe

Hi John, just been watching with my grandson, Ned, your Q and A LIVE MARCH 2021, I understand how busy you are but I asked the question '' what do you think of the PULLEY DROP DOWN RIG? ''for my grandsons point of view''. as I mentioned, I apreciate how busy you are but I would like a reply from your good self for him , you are his hero. All the best to you and your family, please take care

Great videos these, just starting out sea fishing,thanks.

good video mate never feels like a fishing video now without a dogfish in the mix haha

Your videos have helped me so much with my first few shore fishing trips. Keep them coming please :)

Great to see my favorite fisherman is back doing what he does best. A happy new year to you and your family my friend. 👍🍺

Fantastic video and great advice

Thanks I needed this, very informative.

Great vid mate. Really enjoyed it. Made me miss beach fishing so much feels like I haven't been for ever. Wish I lived by the sea. Tight lines bud 🎣 🎣🎣

Great video and a mid-week treat for us all. That looked so cold I had to get my hand warmer out by proxy 😆🤣. Keep safe 🙏

Very informative and helpful; but oh so cold, even just looking! P

Cheers John just bought myself a full beach casting setup so these are a great help be nice to see some smooth hound from the beach in the better weather.👍🏻 also i second that hand warmer ive got the same one is a belter

Cheers for another great video 👍

Loving these videos, keep em coming Shippers

Great catches, cheers for the tips for the dogfish, I’ve been attacked by the tail enough times 😂

Great little tip, on De-Hooking 👍🏻

Was waiting for the enthusiastic comment about the dogfish hehe

Great video great tips thank you 👍🏻👍🏻

You are a brave man to fish those temperatures John. I used to but not these days. I must be getting older as I'm none the wiser! 👍🏻

Happy new year mate really helpful I learned lots of little tricks cheers

Thank you for sharing a great vid John

you can pick up some good cheap heated waist coats on ebay run by power packs very light ideal for fishing or any outdoor pursuits in the cold different heat settings, when u order always go 2 sizes bigger for comfort

Great video! Love learning from your posts.. very informative... you are brave to go out in that cold brrrrr. I am so use to Florida warmth but we do get some cold days in the 30’s during the winter months.... thanks for the posts ! Cheers!!!

happy new year mate .Another good one ✔✔✔✔✔