Coastal Foraging at Night - Lobsters, Crabs, Conger with awesome UV footage | The Fish Locker 

Where do I start with this John? firstly I can't believe 14 people have given this a thumbs down, what are they watching? why someone would click on this video & give it a thumbs down is way beyond me. I must admit that when the video began I was a bit worried about you walking over the slippery seaweed at night but the results of the video made me realise the reasoning behind this, the U.V light was a revelation, I knew that could be done with scorpions on land but not with anemones, another factoid learnt, tick!! I've never seen anything like that blue seaweed before, thanks for highlighting that!! Also like you said, I haven't seen a greater pipefish in many a year, the last one I saw was at Southend Pier when I was a teenager!! The only other UK RU-vid video where I've seen a snake pipefish was one of Colin garret's videos off of Chesil Beach but this is probably another UK first from the shore on video, I didn't even know they could be found on the shore!! Really, really impressed with this one John & I haven't even mentioned the other fish, crabs & lobster. Who needs an aquarium when you have this on your doorstep, impressive stuff for sure!!

The respect that you show these creatures are really commendable. Other channels show such disregard for them. I'm glad RU-vid recommended this video.

So not only is Mrs lobster about to peel, she's also had her nails done. Mr lobster will be very pleased.

The only positive side to lockdown is coming across your channel and I'm loving it and the bairn is watching it too , result 👍

Wow, incredible footage. Puts a completely different perspective on marine life. Looking forward to the end of this lockdown and seeing more vids with your wife and Lad. Take care as always John.

You`ve exceeded even your own standards with that one John, really interesting seeing things at night like that. It`s a truly `alien` world, fantastic mate!

Yay! Even more coastal foraging - I appriciate the little safety tips at the start too!

Amazing footage - I've completed well over 5000 scuba dives in just about every country in world, including over 100 dives under the ice. A majority of my divesxhave been in the UK - night dives, are without a doubt my favourite kind of dives, the whole food chain comes out to feed, you see creatures that you never see on a day dive. Shining your torch, enabling all the boring shades of grey to become beautiful bright colours. Never used a UV light. What amazing footage you created. Just when I thought you've reached a pinnacle, you pull this out of the bag... bravo.

I feel like I'm on an adventure watching these videos. I love them all because you're so chill and informative. I love the UV light you brought along!

Your videos are so relaxing! Our schools have been shut down for the year so we’ve been watching your videos for weeks. Thanks from a pair of siblings from NJ, USA

This man has the eyes of an eagle! Fishlocker: see that there? Me: no what does your elf eyes see? Fishlocker: that there is decorator crab. Me: where the hell is this crab your talking about!?

I love it that you catch creatures and talk about them like you do. Thank you so much. Another interesting video.

I absolutely love the under water education ❤Thanks so much Fish Locker

15:30 when he called the fish “very chunky” I completely lost my cool laughing, really made my day. Love your channel, it really makes my day to see that you uploaded, love from New Jersey, hope you and your family are doing well

I've been having terrible insomnia when I found this video - it is so beautiful and fascinating and it will help acquaint myself with this night world where I find myself these days. Thank you!

Absolutely fascinating John. Thank you - and my thanks to the Subscriber who tipped you off re using an UV light! Mine will go with me now!!

I fail to understand how 87 people have a problem with rave foraging and conservation. I was sending this video to people within the first two minutes. Black light turns on jaw drops. Absolutely radio active green! That rainbow seaweed was also wounderfuly insane! 🍄🦄🧚So much fun to watch and super informative. But that goes for everything else you post honestly haha 🙌

I'm absolutley delighted that you threw that lobster back. Well done, mate.

you've got BALLS sticking your hand into a crevice especially with a crab I would be terrified!!!! love ur videos so much

Wow... the UV light is amazing! I felt like I was looking at an aquarium! Lovely!

You would never believe the colours on our coastline unless we had people to show us all in the UK, great job John

Hello from a landlocked state in the U.S.! I enjoyed the Pipefish and Decorator Crab in this video! Such a variation between the two Pipefish species! Absolutely gorgeous! I can’t tell you enough how enjoyable these videos have been for me! They are very informative and absolutely fascinating. Not to mention how much I adore your sweet son and wife! I respect your love for wildlife so much. Flipping back over rocks, putting things back, and letting certain crabs and lobsters go even if the are in size at times! You are never greedy! I hope you will have another video uploaded soon! I can’t get enough! I do hope you do another rock pool soon!

I found you when youtube recommended you to me. I can't stop watching. I find it incredibly relaxing at the end of the day to drink my ginger tea and watch you forage. You're knowledge of the critters is remarkable and your genuine compassion for the creatures is heartwarming. Every time you dig a little hole to return a too-small scallop and cover it with seaweed my heart smiles. I'm a wee bit jealous. My daughter is a couple years older then your son and I wish she had such a place to explore. It's made me seriously question my current lifestyle. Thank you for your videos.

john V notching the lobster and throwing it back was a truly wholesome moment and it made me smile, also i had kept hearing and seeing V notches, but this is the first i saw it being done

Thanks for looking after the future stocks more fishermen should vnotch berried females

Barely anything stops you... absolutely incredible!

Brilliant, thank you John. UV light is pretty awesome and you can see why UV, Fluorescent, Day glow lures and beads make a difference.

I live in Iowa USA and I am really enjoying watching your coastal foraging! Being over 1000 miles away from any ocean, I find your episodes wonderful and educational and through your camera I get to see things I would never see even when visiting the coastline! You are a wonderful teacher and truly care about the environment! Lovely family and best wishes for your son’s continued health.

Feels wonderful to "step out" into the dark waters even when I am still in home lockdown. I love how quiet everything is, and every small sound and splash is magnified. Great video!

Me and the homies chillin in the pool: "Hey man was gud, nm man just filtering this water cuh." Divine being: "SO WEE GONNA PUT HIM IN THE BOUCKET" Me and the homies chillin in the pool: "ascends"

The UV light was really neat! I loved the anemones. Good idea to pay the lobster for her time as a model for you. 😊 V notches for the win! I found it interesting how the pipe fish faces resembled seahorse faces. Thank you for another wonderful video!

What a fantastic journey!Such beautiful colors!Thank you for sharing the beauty!

PERFECTLY AMAZING!!!! This was a genius idea. Because there are "nocturnal creatures" at the shore we never see in daylight. Also, the colorful difference of plantlife revealed in UV was purely magical. I'm SOOOO GLAD you decided to make & post this extremely interesting video. More-so, I sincerely congratulate you for notching her tail & giving her the opportunity for a full, harmless life. I truly LOVE lobster...BUT...I would have done exactly as you did. Some need to be "seed" for our children. "ALL" the best to you & your family, Ben

Another brilliant video. Shows that conservation is an extremely important part of what you do. A good deed indeed, well done mate.

Loved the education, loved the UV light, loved the Lobster V-notch save!

Among the best of your top five vids. Very close to Gods secrets. Thank you.

Would you do a Q&A one day? Would love to hear all about how you got into this and your journey, stories etc :)

Roses are red Lobsters are blue I really enjoyed this So I say, thank you. 😁👏🏼🌊🦀🐟 Edit: the anemones under UV light stole the show, mate. 😁

oh wow another costal foraging vid. thank you for the great work man.i really enjoy watching this at home while the community quarantine is still going. stay safe man

It's a good job you explained all about the lobster and breeding time, V notching and size. If I had found it I might well have taken it, but knowing this now I definitely wouldn't. I don't think I would be sticking my hand in a lobsters hideout either!

Now that's what I was talking about, see small changes in video makes big changes. Nice one in night time. UV light make the difference, nice one mate.keep it up.

That is a beautiful thing to look at how the Aquatic life lites up with the UV light.

Why would anyone thumbs down! John you are the Bellamy of the sea. Typical northern, calm down calm down.....love it. Roll on fishing John.

Just rewatched again. My 8 year daughter loved it. We really enjoy watching your channel!

I actually don't even know how you noticed that decorator crab

Hi :) brilliant colour's, think's i will be buying one. :) its so good to see the sea. cheers sir tight lines

Honestly, the amount you care to protect the species of our local waterers. I only wish commercial fishermen could understand and do the same to preserve our heritage. Thank you mr fls

Everything is so beautiful at night! Thank you for this adventure sir!

after watching this video , I feel myself like a schoolboy after Biology lesson ! ! ! Well done John ! ! !

john when all this over im going to drive down to you and shake your hand mate . great video john . take care chap

Well done John, and thank you, i live in the south west near the coast and adore my environment and have been learning from it all my life, having you teach and advise us in the way you do with your extensive knowledge from your obvious qualifications and experience as a fisheries officer is very refreshing. I have to echo the points Shore fishing Essex has stated by being astonished at anyone who would have any negative connotation to what you have shared with us all, especially after slipping and sliding around seaweed and other hazards in the pitch darkness to bring this to us all, the colours were beautiful and your knowledge refreshing, even to a country boy who has been walking the coastline swimming, snorkeling, surfing and loving every inch of our country for 57 years, and can only wish for you, calmness and stillness and an understanding that these souls are a little lost, and what you have shared is exactly what they need to re connect..... not just with nature and her systems but with humanity, with an open heart and open mind. way

Absolutely amazing things you showed us... at night and with a UV light. The info on protecting that lovely female lobster by notching was awesome... and thank you for caring for her and the generations by her to come.

Wow what amazing and vivid colours of the sea anemones absolutely gorgeous. Thank you for sharing 😍😊

You’re amazing! Love that it’s so easy for you to conserve a population of animals. It is really great to see someone who also cares about the animals not just eating them! This is why I love you guys! My grandpa always taught me catch and release when I was little and it’s the beat thing I know now! Also I think the dog fish needs to be your mascot 🤣🤣

I've been diving for years and even in those areas I consider well known, are completely different when night diving. Different creatures are out foraging and others are hiding. It is a totally different [but the same] world. Thanks for sharing your walk.

Great video! Thanks for sharing your walk with us!

I wish we we had beaches like this where I live, the only way to see stuff like this is by diving

that was a brilliant vid john , enjoyed this one stay safe

Another interesting video some of the colours are fantastic under uv and well done with the lobster. Looking forward to the next one 😀👍

Truly this man has the spirit of Steve Irwin. Thanks for the video John.

This has to be my favourite video yet. Night foraging looks like a whole other world!

fabulous john, something really different. well done.

Absolutely brilliant video, good call on the lobster, put a big smile on my face as much as I do like them to eat.

Absolutely love your foraging videos. Cant wait to see more.

It's like a whole different world at night and under UV light. It's awesome.

Yes! the type of content i need at 3am!

Cannot praise this channel enough

Absolutely amazing video...thank you so much for sharing!

Hi John! I wanted to let you know that my Fiancé Ben and I LOVE watching your videos. They are informative, interesting, fun, and so, so calming. Thank you so much for letting us come in your hikes with you! We love seeing what you find. Love From Philadelphia-

Absolutely unreal with the UV light. Inspiring us to go and explore our coastal area in South East Ireland just across the way from yourself. Did she just pull out by clamping on the spear or did you have to get your hand in? I'm terrified of putting my hands in there 😂. Fair play for notching and releasing her too, I was hoping you were gonna.

Thanks for entertianing us during the virus. My grandpa is well into fishing and coastal foraging so when I see him again after lockdown in the UK I can tell him the new stuff I learnt through your videos. :)

my daughter found your channel after discovering oysters on Southend-on-Sea beach , your love for the natural world is infectious , thank you for sharing

I love to watch this type of fishing, but knowing and respect our sea it’s important. Legend showing how to V notch and what it is. Keep up the good work.

I see you have retained the lucky Harpoon! A handy tool!

We've had codling that were stuffed with pipefish. The thinnest ones the same colour as kelp. The sandeel population crashed some years back, also impacted our puffins breeding success. That was when the red inshore cod seemed to shift to these brown bootlaces.

Again, many thanks. Best wishes to all, GP.

Blue Lobster: "Why are you here? I was told you guys were on lockdown. I guess that was fake news"

11:05 In a few years little James will have to decide if lugging around a bucket for his father in the middle of low tide in the cold and wet is worth getting to stay up past bed time...

Excellent video and some conservation and education thrown in. Brilliant. I agree with the other comment. How can anyone thumbs down this work?

Stunning colors and very fascinating. Thank you!

Squeezing your hand into tiny gaps like that looks like it hurts alot.

I liked the video even before watching. The other coastal foraging channels suck compared to this channel. Also, are you using that spear again that you found, as a grabbing stick? haha

Superb as always, mate, you should have your own tv show. Thanks for the video.

Thank you. Always love watching your videos

Hi whoever reads this

Hi, do you and your family enjoy sushi? I would really like to see you make a California roll or California maki off a fresh crab from the beach :) Great video, by the way, enjoyed it. Stay healthy out there!

You have such a respect for the sea and for all of its creatures which is just incredible to watch and so contagious! Thank you for sharing your passion with us, I've learnt so much from the videos and they really make me feel so peaceful - especially appreciated during this time!

Its so good to see a young man loving our oceans.

Ok, his eye sight is like super cause I can’t see anything until he pulls it out.

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many thanks for another brilliant video really enjoy these foraging vids. and the info you give is amazing . thank you.

Fascinating. Wonderful. Thank you.

The blue light was incredible. Beauty at its best at night. Thanks for sharing.

Anemones are quite stunning under the UV light! I can watch you catch crabs all day and still never be bored. It's so fun to watch that I wish I could do it myself!

As a former Conservation Officer and Boating Safety Instructor I applaud you for emphasizing safety with your personal flotation device and notification of two people who care about you of your plans. If more people did that we would have fewer fatalities.

Gorgeous! I'm always so impressed with the variety and abundance of sea life. And, I especially appreciate how thoughtfully you handle the animals and put them back.

Fantastic as usual.

As always awesome to watch thanks for uploading

One of the best videos you've posted so far! Enjoyed it a lot.

Beautiful!