Big Perch Engulf Live Baits Underwater (w/Circle Hooks) 

Get well soon.... Love your videos also

All the best Bill,love your videos as well 👍👍

Get well soon... I love your videos. Very informative and relaxing to watch

Get well soon bill

Get well soon bill, I love your fishing vids on the embankment

Thanks matey. And the bbc have actually used some of my under water footage in the past and national geographic

Thanks mate. The clarity of the pike one isnt quite as good due to heavy rain but you can see the way the hook takes hold as they pull away

Thanks Steve!

Thanks Chris! I like to think that when they put their dorsal fin up to take a pray fish its to make themselfs look bigger and scare off any competition for the bait. The pike video shiuld be up in a weeknor two

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@@troutfishingbavaria2407 Republic of Ireland

Happy to let the fishery boards fall short of their duties to protect yr waters with EE's pilfering fishing, yet yr happy to abide by their rules... Just crack on with it lad.

Beautiful underwater.... Pictures..... 3x wauw..... Love it......

I'd say most of the time they're either curious and follow the hooked fish hoping to capitalise on any chance of food or they're completely indifferent. I do sometimes wonder whether it's the fish returning to the pack that spooks them off or whether it's just that the shoal followed the hooked fish while you were playing it?

@@DjDolHaus86 Certainly they seemed indifferent - definitely certainly not spooked - when a fish is hooked and clearly appears( to us humans} to be agitated. Would be interesting to have some hard evidence of whether a fish returning to the pack does actually spook the pack or whether they remain indifferent . Any chance of providing some camera evidence of this 'Ginger Fisherman'???!!

They don't seem bothered at all but I do wonder about them returning to the shoal and spooking their mates! On a local river I've heard so many anglers claim that it spoils the swim when fish returned. I've not retained fish for a very long time so what would the options be? Great videos. Great talking points!

@@anthonylong6403 It would certainly be interesting to watch whether the behaviour of the remaining pack changes when the captured member returns. I doubt you'd get clear cut behaviour as this is rare amongst fish but it'd be interesting to see if the old advice of retaining captures until you've picked off a few holds any water. My personal observations suggest that perch packs are an uneasy truce at the best of times. They don't work together for food, every hunt is a competition between individuals. When attacking a shoal of fish the chaos caused by multiple fish hitting the same target makes it easier for the individuals to pick off bait fish, they're not working together to herd the shoal or coordinate strikes. If an individual fish within a pack of perch falls behind in the growth race then it is likely to be cannibalised, there is no love loss, just a case of being too big for your mates to think about eating you. I feel that there must be an element of herd defence to hanging out in packs (ie. multiple sets of eyes looking out for predators) and there will be threat signalling as a result but whether they actually communicate fear/stress remains unclear.

@@DjDolHaus86 Some clearly experienced and intelligent anglers points being made here chaps! I have no doubt whatever that the primary instinct for fish of most, possibly all, species to remain together in tight or loose shoals is to assist in spotting predators and alerting the shoal to the possible danger. There are many examples of this sort of behaviour in other parts of the animal kingdom of course - think meercats or gazelles as a couple of prime examples! We are commonly told that returning a captured fish to the water immediately after capture is unwise, the implication being the returned fish will somehow communicate the risk and danger to their mates! I cant personally rationalise that - fish have minute brains, most of which must surely be dedicated to survival, food and breeding. Beyond that, I think we all too often assume fish have other 'rational thinking' abilities , but then, what do I know!!

@@TheMan-it7pxnot really. It's how big bait company's figure stuff out. Don't see people trolling them after doing months of tests to bring equipment out that basically does the same as the last stuff and trys to just make revenue. Not to mention all the eastern europeans decimating our waters for food. Grow up

@@TheMan-it7px precisely, conflation of logically set out criticism with trolling💪🥰♥️

@@whatnow3134 that’s one issue, the moral aspect stands or falls on its own merits. Necessity is the test of a principle. If we don’t need to live bait, but do it anyway, then to me, that is immoral. If there were no alternatives then fine, but there are. Yes some waters have been hit hard by eastern european poaching, including every water that I fish. That fact is irrelevant as to whether live baiting is right or wrong. If anything, how can we as responsible anglers, tell others not to kill fish, when we are killing for our sport. Sorry, your arguments do not withstand scrutiny.

@@seeitpickitbinit2510 whats the differesnce in killing fish for using as deadbait or live baiting when the pike perch and other species eat fish alive or dead. NONE. My argument has alot of merit. Same as live baiting when sea fishing. It's a tactic people use all over the world. We just have to accept different tactics and opinions from different people. If people don't like live baiting don't watch the videos. Go watch kittens playing with string

@@whatnow3134 I don’t know about you, but for me, tethering an animal to await a gruesome fate, is fundamentally against every instinctive moral bone in my body. A fish caught for dead bait, had at least some chance of survival. The clue is in the name sport, livebaiting appears to me to be as unsporting as it’s possible to be. We do not ‘have to accept’ anything, on the contrary, I would say if you have a principle, then it’s the opposite, we are compelled to not accept. I think people can see which argument has the merit just fine. As I said, but I will repeat for you, it is not about not watching it if we don’t agree. We don’t agree, hence morally it is cowardice to not challenge something you see as wrong. Next time you see an immoral act, I wonder if you will be consistent and just not watch it and let it happen. You may be ok with that hypocrisy, I and many in this comment section are not. Thanks for the kittens ad hominem, classy🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤣🤣🤣♥️

@@TheMan-it7px well that fish would suffer anyway if it was eaten by a predator so your point has no logic and fish don't feel pain as we do FACT! so if it is legal to live bait then there is no agreement and if you don't like it then don't watch it and don't leave nasty comments ruining the videos for others. Sit down shut up and scroll on!

@@TheMan-it7px ha ha ha ha your such a vegan 🤣🤣🤣 I don't argue with vegans because due to the lack of meat proteins in their causes stupidity FACT!

@@TheMan-it7px only a vegan would say that

@@TheMan-it7px only a vegan would say that

@@051287gaz true

Ive had a similar experience today mate. Went to the tackle shop to buy deads for tomorrows session only to find its closed due to the owner having covid. But theres too much weed pushing through to lure fish....

I stopped using store bait. If cast nets are allowed where you are go for it. It's a good excuse to spend twice the time out fishing

any, it’s pretty much irrelevant what tackle you use, as Perch don’t grow that big, maybe 5lbs max in most waters. I’ve had 4lb Perch on a pen rod, amazing fun, but you get my point, the fish don’t know what tackle you’ve got. As long as it’s strong enough, long enough to counter ant snags and the drag is smooth and not jerky, it’ll do fine. Perch on a centrepin and a 13ft match rod is extremely enjoyable, but you’ll do better to spend your time finding the fish and experimenting with baits. Preferably not live baiting.