I Can't Believe I Caught This Beast at The Last Minute! Biggest of The Year!?

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This session I hit the canal in search of a big fat canal perch to end the prime predator season. I decided to use jerkbaits as the weather is warming up and these predators become more active. The session started off slow, but after a change of location the bites started to come thick and fast with pike after pike slamming into my hard baits. Although this was great fun it wasn't the big perch action I'd be hoping for. After the storm hit a change of location was in order. Would I have time to find a big one?
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@stevemaynard9003 Год назад

That perch was killed by an otter. I used to own a fishery and lost several big carp, with similar injuries, caused by otters. Otters are on every waterway in England now.

@The_ginger_fisherman Год назад

Definitely not an otter buddy. I'm 90% sure it was a mink

@stupat3 Год назад

I remember in the 60,s. In Scotland,there were thousands escaped from the mink fur farms.

@differentfins Год назад

Here in Canada otters are super common, they can literally clean out a fishing hole. We have mink as well, cute little animals. I have a photo of a mink smelling my feet because there was fish slime on my shoes. Then it went over to my net and grabbed it with its teeth and pulled. The net fell on top of him and it was trapped for a few seconds. So funny.

@CW-wm7up Год назад

What fishery did u own

@stevemaynard9003 Год назад

@@CW-wm7up I owned and developed Ashmead Fishery in Somerset for 20 years, where the first 50 lbs carp in the south west was caught. After that I sold to a friend Mark Walsingham, who sold it to the Carp Society about a year ago. I caught a lot of mink in the early days, but otters took over in later years and the seventeen acres had to be fenced to prevent fish been killed by them.

@gtingaming716 Год назад

What a stunning Perch!!! Well done mate!! I wonder how old a warrior fish like that would be.

@thedeeprot Год назад

👍👍👍

@whysoserious5854 Год назад

You're everywhere bro

@theabandonedhunter3604 Год назад

What a Perch, awesome catch 🎣

@mad_max_fishing Год назад

Would you be open to making a video about how to work/retrieve different types of lures?

@skateboardingjesus4006 Год назад

That dead perch very likely got hit by a heron, but had just enough strength and weight to get away, sans it's gills. I've watched the herons at the end of my garden do something very similar. With small fish they'll spear any part of the body, but with larger specimens they nearly always go for the head area.

@johndyer9232 Год назад

In the US otter do that. I would have never thought of heron, but that makes sense.

@jimballantine4408 Год назад

No way a heron would nibble a fish's gills. Whatever it was it was a mammal. That's shows the fish are in plentiful supply. (Good!). The predator can nibble the juice y bits and not all the risky boney bits which they would do if food were short. Imagine being at an all you can eat buffet. You don't bother with the messy tricky boney bits do you?

@skateboardingjesus4006 Год назад

@@jimballantine4408 What on Earth are you rambling on about? Nobody said anything about nibbling. I've personally seen exactly what herons can do, on a very regular basis, given I have two resident at the bottom of my garden and watch them every day. This isn't definitive proof, just very high probability. And saying "whatever it was it was a mammal" is a contradiction in terms.

@danhall3200 Год назад

That perch 😍 I'm still a few ounces short of my dream 3... I'd say most likely a mink. they'll have been breeding/mating and anything partially eaten is usually the sign of a meal being interrupted by another mink, one not looking for food.

@Codeagles1 Год назад

Really learnt a lot from your videos thank you for sharing

@liamscully2647 Год назад

He did well to run in the rain without snagging on everythin in his vicinity that happens to me when I even walk a little too fast

@johndyer9232 Год назад

That perch looks like otter, but since you don’t have them there I’d go with the mink.

@krisbayford9321 Год назад

Looks like mink to me mate

@differentfins Год назад

"Run Forrest" 😂, I would love to feel some rain. April 4th and we are still buried in snow, another 25cm of snow falling the next 2 days. So depressing! (In Canada by the way)

@chopperhehehe Год назад

Cracking days fishing and what an ending .Big perch 👏👏👏 👍👍👍😜🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦕🦄😁🤞✌️👍

@james.chester.3568 Год назад

Nice perch Chris and that first pike was a good en too loving the content

@cliffdixon6422 Год назад

Nicely done Chris! Cracking Perch, we have a few that size in a local river near me in West London, would be happy to put you on them if you are ever down in 'the smoke'

@differentfins Год назад

Cheers from Canada! I am actually eating some perch for lunch right now while watching this. Our perch dont quite get as big as the European variety but they taste great!

@raydwane9294 Год назад

Lovely perch Chris and another brilliant video,well done buddy👏

@pieduckman Год назад

Great video, as always. lovely catch

@derekmay8679 Год назад

Can never get over just how ferocious little jack pike are lol...They seem to enjoy eating things bigger than them lol...Nature is a truly unique thing... I'd say mink that nibbled that perch.

@whitetroutchannel Год назад

this is the price of modern society rejecting the proper way of the countryside, be it mink, otters or seals these apex predators have little fear of men because hunting has been banned and all but ceased they can eat fish stocks with little harrassment and ill not even start on cormorant damage, this is the future and unless we all unite and do something we can look forward to targeting sticklebacks because thatll be alls that left to catch

@paulharris6886 Год назад

Otter Chris. Same problem in my area. They’re everywhere now and love to feast on the gills

@Zwiri199 Год назад

Best Regards from F'n'F Family Lincoln U.K

@aaronrushton1 Год назад

Hi mate long time watcher of your vids. Ive recently found a little urban canal rhat is very shallow, mostly less than 1m deep. It has very few pike but i can see them cruising sometimes. Ive had a few follows but the fish are very spooky. I know you really specialise in this kind of fishing, how do you sightcast pike without spooking them and what lures do you recommend?

@newadventures4035 Год назад

Hi Chris I recently came across your videos and now can stop watching them. I'm looking to get in to lure fishing. Can I please ask what is the law with regards to barbed hooks on uk canals and rivers. Kind regards Chris

@jakewilliams4714 Год назад

I recently bought a spinning rod 20-50g , does that mean I can only use lures that are maximum 50grams in weight? Not to sure about this

@delgoldthorpe4005 Год назад

Beautiful fish mate ,really nice to see someone , you know, actually weigh it too :) That dead fish with the gills eaten....Otter for sure! Seen them do that exact same thing numerous times with numerous fish species....eat the gills and head and leave the whole rest of the fish. Great vid.

@gymbruh1824 Год назад

My red letter pike day was in side ways rain and strong winds,, they love it

@joshuadenness5920 Год назад

What should be stronger, trace or mainline? Just new to pike fishing.

@ramboj7924 Год назад

who does c&r with trebles, swap them out for single barbless hooks. supposed to be a youtube fishing channel?

@richthequick1651 Год назад

I’m from Canada huge fan we have jumbo yellow perch what type of is that in your video

@justinsteel6360 Год назад

Great perch. Shame lure anglers leave snagged plastic lures about though.

@JunglistSolJah84 Год назад

Think the Ginger needs to make or invest in a Lure Retriever! Or use split ring with lower breaking than mainline and leader, then youll only be losing hook and split ring.

@jammersalaw421 Год назад

You carnt beat a big perch though theres something kinda special about them i think propper old warriors they just look the part great content as always laddy 👍🏻

@ibraheemali9541 Год назад

nice content subscribed after watching lure vs bait challenge with fish with carl

@Caleb_Mercea Год назад

I wish I had a river near my place where I could catch pike non-stop!

@MrMatt30987 Год назад

Do you not rest pike when releasing to the canal? Or is that done in your net off camera? (The bigger ones like the second)

@OnTheBait Год назад

Does the canals not have a closed season? Thought all water ways shut for spawning until June 15th?

@andypowell7983 Год назад

Your right mate, mink are wasteful killers 😢😢😢

@deividas_kimontas Год назад

It's kinda pike day! 😅🤘 Great job on managing that 3lb perch Chris! 💥✊

@Catonkey1 Год назад

I've definitely read of rodent-esque animals eating just fish heads/gils. Can't imagine a bird predator has the dexterity to pick apart specific bits of a fish and would just swallow whole.

@stephenhollinrake916 Год назад

Definitely otters,, they do this with barbel,, a mink would pull tho whole fish out and eat its head first, tend to have a stash, ,, ive found piles of toads with just brains eaten on a few occasions,, these were stoats .

@oldsmugglerflyfishing Год назад

That was a beast!

@Deekm69 Год назад

Could it have been those pesky american crayfish?

@adamsmith3996 Год назад

We'll trade ya for your Rudd. Carp. And gobies.

@corylaw4727 Год назад

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿your a legend

@Dannny1067 Год назад

that release shot of the 3lbs perch is epic. Especially with showing that sick tattoo on your wrist

@darrenrodd. Год назад

Great days fishing 🎣 👍

@ZachRussell.W Год назад

Hey Chriss, I’ve been seriously like fishing regularly for about 18 months. I can never catch puke on jerkbaits or any hard baits, I catch good numbers 2-3 per session and some nice perch too but only on soft baits. Any hard bait suggestions ?

@SabrinaPinchbeck-th4ej Год назад

I always lose lures in trees. Probably mink.👹

@tanyano9 Год назад

Which bullet jerk..? 10cm or 13cm..?

@65LB Год назад

Stunning fish! Gravid female?

@fishgilman5854 Год назад

Normally otters are the predators that only eat the gills they are known for it

@philiptheman892 Год назад

Really nice perch mate, good stuff 👍👍

@santinomichalewicz268 Год назад

Hey bro what time is vest to target pikes on local canals ?

@julianjahrer4660 Год назад

Probably someone just cut the gills out

@kevinfisher7142 Год назад

Its got to be a otter mate, thats one hell of a big perch well done.

@mattford2496 Год назад

I’d say it was a mink that are that perch’s gills

@BeardMeetsBeers Год назад

What a session Chris! 👏 Although now I'm secretly jealous that I'm not on the bank with the last few hours of sun

@mrskint55 Год назад

What a nice session you had well done.

@TheBudgie29 Год назад

Amazing Perch to end the season with Chris.

@backupintheday9710 Год назад

Quality Fish in great condition.

@davidcox9674 Год назад

42cm. Pinching the tail like that is cheating 🤨

@paulmarsden4039 Год назад

You always using a trace or just a leader

@wayneflint6836 Год назад

Was going to say otter then u said there wasn't any

@r4p1d68 Год назад

When are you next doing a carp video?

@RickGally-sc1qu Год назад

Otters eat the gills liver and heart then leave the rest

@fishypie Год назад

summer pike fight like the clappers

@roundy6669 Год назад

Did you find out whate had eaten that Pearce

@AJ.Angling Год назад

is canal different to the river season?

@jonnyt2727-no-diddy-haney Год назад

Probably some sort of crayfish

@stewartevans9753 Год назад

Thanks for that! What a monster Perch

@oldgold5848 Год назад

Otter or mink would do that to a fish

@andrewbaron8713 Год назад

I would go with it being a mink.

@lukerengoku8078 Год назад

What area are the canals you fish?

@TeijoOjanen Год назад

Snygg abborre. Bra jobbat.👍👍👍

@TessTickles00 Год назад

Mate, you are the best UK lure fisherman on RU-vid.

@yilmazuncu1 Год назад

what a beautifull fishing day . Well done.

@johnfrench9608 Год назад

That's an Otter done that to the Perch.

@AndyJackson-bg9hs Год назад

Nice fish! 😮 great angling as always!

@DomFishingUK Год назад

mink pal, all the vital organs are just behind the head on most fish including perch and pike.

@james.chester.3568 Год назад

Hey dom , when are you gunna drop anymore fishing vids on YT

@bikerslovecurvessr9609 Год назад

Hi Chris beautiful perch fella. Can I ask a question about glasses. What do you use and then the lense colour. What’s the difference between dark or yellow I’m guessing weather ? Thanks and keep the vids coming 👍🏻

@George-of8ib Год назад

When you’re fishing for perch what trace do you use? If it’s fluorocarbon what diameter do you use? I tend to use wire just incase I hook any pike and I’m sure I’m deterring the perch because of this.

@christopherproctor3886 Год назад

What a huge perch nice one 😂

@tonycamplin8607 Год назад

A great session with those pike, in all my 75 years of fishing I've never seen so many pike caught in such a short time. I can't get used to plugs being called crank baits, when did their name change? Also a nice bonus perch.

@petercalthorpe7966 Год назад

G'day Chris , absolute awesome Pike and Perch welldone mate . Good Olde uk weather , you should buy a pack a mac and keep it in your back pack. Great session again, all the best form down under mate. 👍🏼👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@silasestlander Год назад

Aren't there any laws against targeting pike while in spawn? In Denmark where im from, its illegal to target them from april 16th until may 1st every year.

@adambeddis7334 Год назад

It’s mink deffo

@trevorcornes1056 Год назад

Some nice pike Chris but that perch was something special. Nice one 👍 . I Think that was a mink that had that perch ☹️

@simonw8tube Год назад

Lovely perch. An otter or mink will eat the gills and soft tissues of a fish and leave the rest. They like the livers.

@richardgordon7477 Год назад

Chris what's your pb perch Anyway ?? From that water ??

@ChrisH-pf6ny Год назад

Are you allowed to fish the canals in the off season?

@Lunatix246 Год назад

Yes, they count as still water.

@andymurray515 Год назад

Depends on the authority. Some canal stretches still have a closed season, but you can fish most of them.

@connorlewis5486 Год назад

What set up is that cause I’m after a perch set up hit 20+ pike but don’t really fish for perch but they look fun

@williammallender8391 Год назад

well done -good video

@jiridolezel413 Год назад

I wish I had such lovely places for fishing in here... Generally, it is really hard to catch pike, perch in my area.

@oskariperala1933 Год назад

You're such a positive and versatile when it comes to your fishing techniques. I'm just wondering: do you ever take fish for food or are you just catch and release? Greetings from Finland! Is there any waters that holds zander?