Coastal Foraging and Rockpooling - Lobsters, Crabs and Sea Creatures with cookup | The Fish Locker 

Finally the weather gods have allowed some proper shoreline foraging. I hope you enjoyed the video and have a wonderful day. 😊💙🦞

"If you ever lift a rock up, make sure you put it back this is what gives the creatures shelter"

36 years of experience....yet you selflessly give out bit by bit through your videos, making learning foraging fun & engaging. A great teacher, you are, John. Much respect!

James is such a precious little lad! Seeing you two together always makes me smile! Keep doing what your doing boys, some brilliant videos! 🦞❤️

It would be easy to say “oh no, not another foraging video” but there is always something new to learn, your explanation about the lobsters was so interesting, one day I’ll get to taste one!

Young Fish Locker: "I don't like wild garlic!" Mr Fish Locker: "You've never tried wild garlic! You can only tell whether you like it or not, when you've actually tried it." I love these types of conversations with my kids as well. Thank you for sharing your day out on the rocks and that precious moment making fire and sharing lobster together with your son.

In a world that is sometimes real crap it’s nice to see such a wonderful video of how beautiful life can be. Thanks John great video as always.

That's what I love about these videos: they aren't just one thing, over and over. They're part cooking show, part fishing show, part NOVA/National Geographic show, part tourism show and part "slice of life" show. Great job as always.

Grest to see James getting interested in eating the fish shellfish great stuff he is a special little chap and I'm so pleased he is tucking in to that prime lobster

Lovely watch of a good father building memories with his son.

I love so much how you learn James to appreciate grown ups food. No pressure. You will not be dissapointed!

The beauty of this is that you have forever sealed this time with you and your son. Hopefully one day, when he's a dad himself, He can look back at these videos and Smile. I think it's absolutely beautiful. Good on ya friend.

I love watching you with your son...such touching moments!! He's grown so much sine your earlier vids. Also Love how your responsible with the environment while Foraging all while educating rest of us!! Your son will have great love and respect for ocean and ocean life when he's older.

James looks more like MiniLocker every time :D Wish I had your energy to go rockhopping like I did when I was 8 :D

What coincidence. My son is a James. Yes thoroughly enjoyed foraging and having a fire. The photo memories are super. Abalone, muscles and periwinkles. I blinked and now he turns 21yo. Thankyou for this adventure. Now I’m craving fish. 🇦🇺

I have two young boys, and its a pleasure to watch a father and his son spending time together; teaching, learning, watching reactions, and enjoying that period of life together.

Can't believe how much James has grown just since I've been following your channel! Great video, always enjoy learning about the vast array of life on the coast there.

I feel like spring is just around the corner seeing this mate,new growth, longer days,big tides and new life starting to emerge. Spring is my favourite season. However it changes from year to year.thanks John lad 👍🐟🌿🍄

Better than most animal documentaries and stuff you find honestly. 10/10

You are an exceptional Father John. I am so impressed. Enough now buttering you up and to mention that lobster. What a beauty. It looked so good.

Always love watching a great forage and seeing James enjoy himself!

James is growing up so fast now... He will be doing his own coastal foraging vids soon. Thanks for the upload John.

Your relationship with your son is So heart warming 💓

Your a great dad Fish Locker. You are building great memories for your son James. When life gets tough James will have a web of happy memories to[ fall into that will cushion the tough times. My dad did the same in California. I remember searching the coastline for stone crabs, Lobsters and Abalone. Such great memories my dad gave me. You are doing a great job Fish Locker. You will be paid back 10 fold when you see your confident son James grow up and do the same with your grandson. Well do! CB in North Carolina USA

Oooh, I hope there’s lots of good weather ahead. I love seeing these videos so much. I don’t live anywhere near a sea, I wouldn’t get any hands on experience doing this. It’s almost kind of magical seeing a critter flash by the camera and get told what I’m seeing. Thanks for sharing your passion, teaching about how to forage conservatively, and giving James an amazing exposure to the natural world at his fingertips. Love to your family, John!

Love these vids. Always a treat to watch, especially the beach cookups that follow!

Many things I enjoy about your videos ............. the bond your son has with you is inspiring, you can see how proud he is of you. These moments have reaffirmed to me what is important in life and in a family. You are an inspiration. more MEN should be learning from father figures like yourself. And ive noticed as well you take time to reply to every comment on your videos. Genuine Northen character. Blessings from the west coast of Alba 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

This man looks like a tour guide I can trust my life with

I love respect and admire how much you love and admire and respect the ocean and all living things. I love how you know so much about what each plant and fish and shell is. I don't think enough of us take the time to fully appreciate how amazing our world is. Thank you for sharing your corner of it with us 💕

it's great to see how far James has come with eating lobster. when I first started watching your channel, he didn't like it. great video!

james is so grown up and he has such good manners

People like you are blessings for the fishing community. These videos educate people to how behave in nature, enjoy the nature and fish while keep it clean and unharmed. Very sad to see some videos that promote bad habits, like leaving tag ends, cig butts and plastics around or leaving fish with hook in it mouth. Well done John

What a great video John and delighted to see James enjoying himself with his dad. I wish more parents had more time for their children. Something he will never forget in later life. Your have to watch that James doesn’t get to like the lobster too much, you won’t get a look in !!! Your knowledge of the coast line is so informative and the way you present it makes it so interesting. Thanks John and keep up the good work.

Love how patient you are with James thank you for another wonderful video

The teachings you teach your son are priceless I fish and hunt with all of my kiddos and gold pan

James is growing up so quick. I remember a time when he wouldn't touch seafood! He's a fine young lad for sure, just like his dad.

A very enjoyable video, I could almost taste the lobster! James is a lucky boy spending this wonderful time with Dad... plus learning along the way. When I was a kid, my cousin would come to my house and we would go looking for yabbies in the local creek. Only narrow in most places, the yabbies would be under the rock ledge along the waters edge, we had cubes of meat supplied by our Grandmother, tied to a long string, you just had to sit it out! Worked every time, my uncle would do the cooking but if we had a female with eggs, we had to take it back... Our uncles would go to local saltwater creek and always came home with crabs and sometimes huge lobsters, like yours but about twice the size, mostly bright blue. That was 60 years ago and it seems like yesterday! 🦘

Sir your a proper father for always including you family and teaching your son the proper man way of life for anyone and anywhere.. cheers sir and much respect from here across the pond.

Spent my youth with my dad like this. Now I have an 18 month old and I cannot wait to emulate it with him. These videos are great for warming the soul. Thankyou John.

I remember back in the day when James would always refuse the lobster, he’s grown up so much! 😭🥰

It's so adorable seeing you and your son enjoying the day together like this. I remember when I first started watching he couldn't eat shellfish at all but loved to find the crab shells with you and your wife. It's awesome to see how much more involved he's become in the foraging and how much he's learned. Keep up the awesome videos and prayers for the best for you and yours from the US!

That little crisp moment for James was perfect timing. Great job Dad!!!

You’re a great father. Thanks for sharing your passion!

I have missed y'all and makes me want to eat lobster and crabs That looked so delicious James is a very sweet little guy. Thank you for bringing us along.

So good to see some more foraging and rockpooling. Always love to see these!

I watch your videos not only because I'm jealous of the foraging you get to do, but you are so informative too!

What an amazing father you are! Your little guy is so cute and respectful! What an awesome/ fun thing to teach your kids!

Love your coastal foraging videos mate!

That's lovely, a father in son day out. You are a fantastic father. Showing him all about the wild life which is amazing. I've learned so much on your channel its unbelievable. My son is only coming up for 2 years old so when he's a little bigger I can show my son what I've learned on this channel 💙 you your wife and son are amazing 👪❤ Oh an I a little suspicion that it was hula hoops in your pocket 🤣❤

What a special video of a father who loves his son and is teaching him such valuable lessons. Well done John

I love watching you interact with James. From someone whose own father hasn't been present in more than 20 years, he'll appreciate you more than you'll ever know.

Nothing better than a foraging video!! Thanks for sharing. ❤🦀

I'm always eagerly waiting for uploads from you, so I'm extremely excited for the better weather. I love watching you forage for food, I'd love to do so but I live far from a coast in Mississippi. Glad I get to experience this at least through you!

Lovely times spent with your son. I still remember times spent with my son and he is 32 . Yes it is the simple things in life that are well remembered. Still spending times with him today and now a special bonus of grand children. Now that is a life well spent. Thanks for the grand video. You didn't know it but I think I was sitting on the rocks behind you. Just like I was there.Hehe.

My dad passed with cancer. An this reminds me of spending time with him at the local dam

Loving your videos! Such a lovely way to share your knowledge with the world and include your family too!

Wow. Just Absolutely Beautiful little sea creatures!! I would LOVE to be there, foraging and exploring!! Such beauty everywhere you look!! 💙💙💙

Wow, he is so knowledgeable! And look at all that life everywhere! If I were just walking around out there, I would only see water and rocks with some weeds. But this shows so much I had no idea was even there. That lobster was amazing. Love how you teach your son everything.

Finally !! Someone who agrees with my opinion of the perfect amount of marshmallow toasting !!

Can’t wait to get on my holidays to Cornwall this year, Ive been watching your videos and hoping to do lots of rock pooling x

I watch all of these videos with a drooling mouth. It is a shame i can not have any of these sea food in my country. The only thing i can get are mussels and they are a bit tiny. Not many people care about continuity of the species so they harvest the shit out of them.

I think all your videos are great, but the foraging ones are my favourite, I love having a rummage through the rocks. Thanks again John 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

The clarity of water and abundance of sea greens, plants and kelp make it look like it is tropical realm!

Enjoy these much more than boat videos

What happens to the lobster shells when they shed. Does it eventually degrade? How long does this take?

What a fine gentleman in minute 25 , saving a good portion for your loved one . Respect 🙏

What a lovely afternoon for you and James. More kiddos need a dad like you. I appreciate your consideration for the environment and you knowledge of the flora and fauna is wonderful to see. Thank you for sharing. 🦞

Nice vids as always 😊.. quick question are there good sea urchins in the coast where you're from? Ifeel like i haven't seen those in your cooking videos yet...sorry for my bad English its not my mother tongue 😅😅

Just such a pleasure to watch. Simple pleasures in life and bonding with your son.

Your videos are always educational and very enjoyable. Rock pools are like another world.

James is such a lucky guy to be born in the FISH LOCKERS family!

What a lucky man, and what a great dad. 👍🦂 What lovely memories James will have.

go on james lad good on ya for trying lobster again, good to see you out john and always nice to see a proud dad as you rightly should be!

@ 9:04 I LOL'd when that sucker fish made that loud "THUD" sound in the bucket. {0.o} Fish: "Unnngh!! holy crap man!!" 😆😂🤣

Your son is such a lucky lad to have a dad like you,massive respect to the fish locker family.🦞🦐🔥🍽🦀🦑

ThanK you John and Fish Locker Junior. The “simple things in life” are the most valuable. Always an education.

I like that we were shown not only what to look for but also how to look for it

Vids like this are a tonic in today's time.

So nice to see you spend time with James and teach him how to forage. The way the world is going he might need to know. I like to set my marshmallows on fire and quickly blow them out. Yum yum.

Love it and the bond you James have. It’s so funny how he will try something’s and then you said the wild garlic and he said I don’t like it and you told him he’s never had it. That’s just like my kid she isn’t very explorative when it comes to food. Lol thank you for sharing your explorations with your family.

I love that in 15-20 years time, we wont look back on this but mini fish locker will. And thats the most important part! You’re making memories now, not really youtube videos 👍🎣🎣

God bless you James, and fishlocker.

You are very nice person and wonderful dad, Yore wife is lucky to have you :)

The gaze you two shared at 30:10... What an absolutely genuine look of love between father and son 💕😭

Another gem from you and James. I never stop learning from your channel. Thank you.

Your boy I growing up so fast next thing you know he’ll be driving the boat fishing and taking over the show thanks for the videos

I had no idea so much sea vegetation was edible. This is good info for survival. *edit* ok at the end of the video now. This is peak level wholesome content.

This man just loves the ocean and all the nature that lives in it. Love your content man. "I don't like it... I love it!" from James was also great hahaha.

THAT MADE THIS62YR OLD GRANDFATHER CRY !! GOD BLESS YOUR FAMILY! FROM MIMS FLORIDA USA

Burn baby burn. My experience as a kid playing with fire was eventually replaced with being a wildland firefighter and doing prescribed fire on a large scale. In America there is work that allows you to play with fire but in most cases there isn't lobster around.

Yet another of your vlogs that simply have me enthralled, and make the most of James they grow up all too quickly.

Brilliant video yet again John. Great bonding time with you and young James. You and your family stay safe buddy.

My god so much love and care for his son James n the sea life .....such a gentleman. Really enjoying the videos godbless 🙏💯👍❤️🦞🦞🦞🦞

I love that you don’t just do everything in front of James, instead you get him involved and educate him! ❤

bro you're such a good teacher. thanks for taking the time to explain Cornish coastal sea life to us :)

Love seeing you and your son. You are so patient with him.

Brings back memories from when I lived in Eastbourne and went foraging up Beachy Head. Live in Australia now and don't have that sort of coastline where I live unfortunately . Thanks for the memories.

Father and son adventures together, moments he will remember long after you've gone. Special.

I never knew lobsters shedded their shells 🤦🏻‍♀️ much less ate them. I love your videos they teach me so much. I absolutely love your videos.

I just love your foraging videos, I get to learn so much. I live in the desert south west. Learning the ocean is so nice. And when James I’d there even better.. you’re a lucky man!