I Can't Believe This Stupid Bait Caught Soo Many Big Fish!! In The Flood 

Little story about the Thumbnail for this video. I did actually catch a pike from inside that pipe during the video, but when it came to transferring the files that clip as well as about 5 others corrupted and I lost the footage. After I caught the pike I decided this would be the thumbnail and was the only thumbnail I took this session. So even though the footage wasn't in the video we're stuck with this thumbnail. Tantalizing story 😂. So how'd you like the video?

Got to say, its so good seeing a RU-vid angler doing well thats not fixated on carp! There’s so many just hauling known fish out of over stocked lakes, its great to see some actual angling skill, water craft and verity on display in your videos. Keep it up mate 👍🏻

Have you consider laminating a 50cm marking on to your net handle? Means you would always be able to measure the fish if you wanted to and seeing you use the net to land decent sized perch, it would always be immediately to hand. Thanks for the stream of awesome videos. Takes me back to my childhood fishing these little streams, cuts and rivers.

Good session Chris. Shows how knowledgeable you are at reading the areas to fish. Glad that you stopped the bike in time otherwise I guess the base over apex video would have given us all a laugh.!

It’s incredible how you catch even when experimenting and in any conditions. Great stuff again.

Tube bait is commonly use in North West Canada, especially those mini one that pair with 1- 3g jig. It is extremely effective, and all fish like it. You shell give a try.

Not just the great fishing but no stupid music that drowns out everything top vid as usual your amazing young man👋👋👍⭐

Really common rig for smallies up here in Ontario. Sorta gone out of vouge as of late but those that know, know

Nothing stupid about tube jigs.perfect crayfish imitation. I've caught many species on them . One of the best smallmouth bass lures of all time !

Chris the stupid tube lures look brilliant,they are doing the job of catching fish really well. Amazing stuff. Some Lovely fish your catching too .

Did the first pike you caught have 1 of it's lower fins missing?

Favourite moment 4:02 with your excitement at the first chub and landing it. For an angler that catches a load of really impressive fish Chris I really enjoy how you retain that “big kid” feeling when hooking and landing fish. I’m guessing these “stupid” soft baits also have an aroma/taste? I’ve used some similar for perch here in the Netherlands and they have a salty crayfish scent - meant to be great for perch but I’m a little bit behind your catch rate I must admit! Tight lines

Congratulations on a great reward for fishing in Sub-Zero conditions. Admire your courage. Don't get much of those conditions here. That redfin perch looked spectacular. Great job, mate. MP

Opět moc úžasné video,gratulace a hlavně děkuji za inspiraci.

Do you eat these fish or just put em all back?....... I fish to eat here in NZ..... the only ones that go back are undersized fish everything else gets eaten

Evening my good sir! I’m not sure if you’re aware but Justin Hawkins just responded to one of your comments on his most recent video about Alter Bridge. I saw it as a good opportunity to plug your channel 😂 Peace and love x

Just ordered some tubes from your link, i hope it was an affiliate link! 👍 thanks agaon chris, great videos, youve really got me out of carp fishign and into small couple hours river sessions for perch and chub, still yet to find the pike! Seem to be hard to find on the river calder where i fish. Would love to know what rivers/canals you fish, they look very productive and so clear in the summer!

Just a bit of advice and cool way to fish all year round, In the rapid like area where you caught the perch at 7:30 In the video, I grab a small 5 or 6cm micro crankbait, I mainly use the rapala bx minnow or smaller, flick it out at the top of the rapids and let it flow down and let the fast water make the action for you, just don’t let the lure got too far and you’ll catch chub, perch and pike

I was fully expecting you to get into the pike. Shocked to see chub and perch hitting that tube bait so aggressively. Finally you got a pike. Best wishes for 2023.

Been watching your vids for a while now and i really enjoy them but i keep getting the same question popping up in my head and that is, how do you go on getting all the permissions to fish all of these different locations or do you only fish known free waters? Keep up the good work.

Another cracking video, wish I had a local river as prolific as that one, its full of fish, is that the same venue that you catch Barbel as well Chris?

Well done 👍👌 top Man love to see more Videos Dave thanks 👍👍 😊

Nice days fishing , cracking chub , perch . Thought you were doing a dawn french in the puddle on your bike ha ha 🤣👍

Do you have any friends who sea fish? Because if you do get them to bring you a few dead whiting for the pike I tried these a few weeks ago and wow 👌 it's a game changer

As an American, I’m offended you called it stupid. :(

Hi respeckt from Ukraine!nice fishing!where are you from?

this is not called "stupid tube" its a "flying lure" 25 years old

Гарна рибка!

looks a great lure that, some lovely chub caught too! great session! you could catch from a toilet!

Рыжий красавец 👍😀

So beautiful your place

Tubes are a fantastic classic bait here in the states! One of my stanby's. Not flashy, but very effective. Put part of an Alka-Seltzer in it and hop it on the bottom is popular.

If I was your mum I'd be telling you to buy a pair of Site nitrile/plastic gloves from B&Q for £1.50, snip the fingertips off then your hands will be warmer & you'll still have dexterity to tackle up etc. But then I'm not your mum........

in those conditions i find running a egg fly with some shot 3/4 foot up from the fly along the bottom of the slack gets the chub every time

What a great session! I miss catching Perch and Chub where I am living now! My first fish as a kid was a Perch.... Have always enjoyed catching Perch... That last one you had was a clonker! Great channel!

can i get details of where to order that bait weight hook please.

The only stupid thing in this video Chris is you trying to ride your bike over the deeper than you thought frozen puddle.😆 I'd say that stupid bait worked sublimely for you. In cold weather like that it's often quite surprising how Chub respond to an artificial bait. And they were all magnificent silvered winter fish too. That slack where you caught the smaller Perch always seems to be a banker peg for you. The Perch at the end though was absolutely magnificent. What incredible colours in the winter sunlight and what a beast. You should think about taking your scales and tape again because you have definitely caught bigger specimens earlier in the season. What a fantastic video mate. Red letter day!😀🎣

Sensible winter shoes! 👀 Bet your feet were freezing 🥶

Just found your channel mate,great stuff,i have a rainy day off work so im binge watching your great vids,I got no freshwater fishing here just salt,and i need a licience for that !,Keep up good work you lucky bugger.

I live in north central US and cracking tubes for river smallmouth is a way of life. Such an overlooked technique, but it always produces fish!

Great day out in such cold weather, interesting to catch a variety of species, very enjoyable to watch. The new book ' River Pike in Northern England' is good on flooded conditions, have you seen it?

what about luncheon meat on a float ... chub love spam

Hey. Nice episode. I've been watching you for so long that I already recognize your places. Do you ever catch the same fish twice? Greetings from Poland :)

What are the specs of that rod mate. Beautiful fish.

I think the name of the bait would also describe the fisherman in my case when I'm fishing in -6 temperatures 🤣. Another great video.

no waay. We ordered some of those in the 90's - they were called the Flying Lure back then! Never caught anything them mind you

anyone else catch Pike and Perch to eat ?. Have a try before our visitors get fed up of eating Carp.

Nice fish mate. Prob shouldnt have put the last one back thou, he obviously warned the other perch ! We've been doing well with the 3D rat, last few weeks on the he cut 👍

You really need to buy some good winter boots...it looks like you are going to play tennis! Gj, nice video!

Brilliant little bait and a great video with some stunning fish just a suggestion why don't you mark your landing net handle every 5cm so you can measure your fish without carrying any extra tackle

awesome video can't wait to try this setup.

Lovely chub!! I’ve been watching you for a few months now. Where abouts are you fishing?

I found in flood on the ribble the chub were around minnow sholes we used to get the minnows going on maggot then use a big bunch on the hook for the chub which threw up minnows n maggots ,, great video will have a go with some lures for them. 👍

Nothing stupid about that bait, from your video I'd call it "Effective Bait".

Hats of for leaving your nearly, you've been framed entry on the bike in,excellent session as usual bud,your catching success is unrivalled on RU-vid, may your excellent channel continue to grow ginge lol

Tube jigs are deadly multi-species baits here in Ontario , especially through the ice. A proper jig head imparts the best action and garners the strongest bite since the shank of the hook runs within the jig so the fish feel nothing but a big juicy chew.

I’ve seen quite a few of your baits and techniques before from playing some fishing computer games, it seems like you use a similar style to bass fishing in the USA

After watching ur video I took the same lure and went straight to the canal in midnight. Got a perch within 10 mins. Great lure for winter. Appreciate that.

I'd love to do a days fishing with you the amount I would learn would be great great video keep them up let's see some more great fish

Twenty years ago they were called Texas flying lures. It's a winning method. 🐟

Dunno about use but I appreciate the little talk b4 u start fishing nobody usually tells good info about tackle and what to use

You could try using a tungsten weight from a texas rig inside and then a 2/0 weedless hook. Might work

Red Beard Brother! 👍

It is not surprise for me 🙂 winter jigging for chub is a classic. One of my favourite ways of fishing when the weather is cold and they have stopped to chase all the other types of lures

Do you use a wire trace when going for pike? Do you swap between wire and mono for other fish?

Well done for fishing freezing conditions...cracking fish and cracking law fishing...

Winter chub fishing is pretty cool! Nice video mate, cheers!

Never fish with tube bait ,, good mix of fish 🐟 Thanks for sharing

Superb winter fishing another brilliant tutorial and catch keep them coming tight lines chris

Great video again good luck with your next you our a conferdent angler stay lucky

What a privilege to watch you at work. Loved it . cheers for the vidio...

You can be shure that chub is hanging around in the slack water when the river is fludded. 😁

Great footage - It's summer here, so really fun to see what it's like to be in a cold climate :)

Fabulous video Chris. You are a magician! Thanks

It might be because I’m watching this a little high but them chub were lovely

Cracking session Chris! 🔥

Nice bit if fishing!! What polarised glasses do you use?

G'day Chris, good luck to you fishing in the frezzing cold brrrrrr. Awesme fishing video as always , your feet must be like ice blocks in them trainers . All the best form down under mate 👍🏼👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Wow some nice fish Guess we now know a new Chub magnet Thanks

Those Big Chub sure did come on feed.Cold the better sometimes

can you recommend a good drop shot set up for beginner thanks.

you'll have to get snow chains for that bicycle 😄

Well done Chris another very good video, I will have to try that sort of fishing one day, Thank you,

is the bit at about 7:30 what they call ice fishing?

What an absolutely awesome video! Well done mate👍

Awesome Video! Gonna try this as well!

love watching you fish..thanks

Morning mate love the posts! Do you let the lure hit bottom then bounce across it? Going to get my arse in gear and finally have a go . Cheers steve

Great video again , top notch winter footwear 😀

Nice session mate 👏

Fantastic session pal, is this on the river dearne?

I haven't seen those lures for years. My dad used to use those for pike fishing in the 80's/early 90's

I wouldn't want to be a minnow in that river.

Remember Chub like to eat slugs and the bait is not dis-similar to a juicy slug!

Great days fishing the Perch was huge 🐟

Are they new glasses, what make are them ones

How come pike never cut your line? 🤔

Always Ace \m/

I've done a fair bit of bicycle fishing, can be a good way to cover ground and get to those less accessible swims. Can also be a good way to snap a nice fishing rod. RIP 8ft drennan 'spinflex' caught in the spokes.

How do you handle perch without gloves? They get me every time, whether it’s the fins, gill cover or even their skin. Also, they swallow the hook so far down, I often can’t see it.