Very helpful video again from Douglas. Float fishing fully explained as all your other tutorials have been. Especially helpful to the newcomers to running floats was the stop knot below the float to avoid the hook length wrapping around it. Good to hear a mention for Alex and the family at Splash Sports in Ardrossan who are a real asset to the North Ayrshire
Many thanks buddy, Splash sports is a wee bit of a trek for me but it’s always well worth the effort, you don’t get the same high level of customer satisfaction and a chin wag from the larger outlets. Thanks for commenting pal.
@@PiscatorUK-Fishing Been out quite a lot over the past few months mate but not really been bothering with the social media side of things apart from the odd post on Instagram 🎣
Hi Douglas. That location is fairy tale beautiful and I would guess that you have a new camera set up. It looks amazingly good. I visited that neck of the woods many years ago and now all at once I want to return. Sometimes fishing is just a new reason to go and breathe a place in and out again. I think float fishing just there on that day was the right call. Nice and quiet. Watchful. I'm looking forward to your next video already. I'll sithi after! Dave.
@@davedawson9851 Thanks Dave, you can’t beat just watching a float sometimes, basic and uncomplicated. As you said, even better when your surrounded by rugged beauty👍
An excellent video, as always 👍 Float fishing is such an underrated, but hugely successful method of sea fishing.. and nothing beats the thrill of seeing the float getting pulled under in one go! Plus you just really never know which species you're gonna get 🎣
@PiscatorUK-Fishing You're very welcome indeed. As you said at the beginning of the video, some of your biggest fish have been on the sliding float.. it's the same for me. It's a great way of getting to just the right height above the kelp and rocks and to where the fish are..and you very rarely lose any tackle. Whereas with lures or bottom rigs you constantly get snagged. Incidentally, speaking of losing gear, that was a great tip for newbies to the sport in regards to a lighter breaking strain hook length 🎣 👍
Great Video as always Sir. Nice run through on the whole setup which is bang on for new anglers. Love that Loch has been a regular mark going 15 years now. Need to get some Rag from your man as well.
@@nic5857 Thanks Nic much appreciated mate. it’s a lovely venue to fish, I wish more anglers would respect the area a bit better and take their rubbish home with them though.
What a lovely place tae fish Douglas, the codling was a wee beutie, nice clean looking fish and plenty wrasse, the float is a great way to fish, thanks for sharing 🎣🐟🐟
@@kintakintyea Thanks Gordon, the codling was a lovely wee fish, it was a shame I didn’t have footage of the first Ballon Wrasse, it was a beauty. Maybe next time. Tight lines buddy
@@PiscatorUK-Fishing I often press play but it’s already on play and it stops the video, that usually happens with your best footage 😂 sods law but still a great session, tight lines Douglas 👍🎣🐟🐟🐟
Very relaxing fishing calm waters with a view like that. Do you ever see many Ling up there. I was talking to someone the other day and its a fish I have not seen here for many years now.
@@Trojwaterman I’m sure there will be some ling about, this was on the west coast, definitely more on the east coast of Scotland. Fish baits always seem to work better for ling in my experience, for the bigger ones that is. Thanks for commenting Troj👍
I know that mark. Rag on a cheb rig is a killer. I honestly didn't realise you could get cod on a float. Always thought they stayed exclusively closer to the bottom. Not a bad wee cod for there 😎
Another great video showing keeping it simple sometimes wirks best. I have some real decent ballan wrasse fromthat area on float fiahed rag Tighlines and keep up the great work
@@PiscatorUK-Fishing I took my daughter for a mornings fishing didn't have rag just raw prawn and some gulp bait but still managed to winkle out a few wee wrasse and a blenney Nothing beats rag in my opinion
@@baitrunner5193 i use to use braid for the float but I found the braid wrecks the float stop or knot when adjusting the depth a lot. What do you use as a float stop?
@PiscatorUK-Fishing hi Douglas before I say anything I want to say I love your content and have picked up a few tips from previous vids 👌 I use the long black stops not the wee rugby ball shaped ones as I find they don't hold their position on the braid too well but the long black ones are great. I don't use braid for all float fishing just for pike or sea fishing and I just use cheap 4 strand Chinese rope. The reason I prefer it is because it floats and when you get a bite it lifts off the water and you get a good clean connection to set the hook as with mono i find it sinks between the tip of the rod and the float which hinders the setting of the hook. I hope that makes sense lol
@baitrunner5193 Appreciate that buddy. All the reasons you mentioned are spot on, it’s the reason I used it before. I think it is better suited to certain types of fishing👌
I used to fish Loch Long years ago but always found parking to be one issue and the other issue was the fishmongering macky basher brigade. Well done for posting the video m8 👍
@@Sharpshooter724 cheers buddy, yeah parking is a nightmare at times., not too bad in the colder months. The amount of lost gear/line on the bottom can be an issue
@@PiscatorUK-Fishing Yip I was going to post about the lost tackle snagging issue in my reply to you earlier. There was a deep area we used to call conger ally but we stopped fishing there due to tackle snags on heavy shockleader and wire traces. Keep your videos coming m8 and well done 👍
I can remember fishing there some years ago now , I caught my pb place float fishing . The midges were that bad I had to wear a pair of my wife's tights over my head , do the submarines still go along there ?
@@mickhardstaff6605 Thanks for commenting Mick, the subs go as far as loch Goil, loch long use to be used as a torpedo firing range. The midges in most places in the west can be particularly bad especially when there’s no wind. Thanks for taking the time to comment buddy
Hi Douglas a fishing beginner so apologies for the naive question😂 In your float set up does the weight and bait end up sitting on the bottom? Or it suspended in the water. Thank you for the great videos and I have already tried the Bombarda for Sea Trout once where I live here in Denmark. Thanks Nick
@@nickcocking8438 Hi Nick, I always look forward to questions, it can sometimes be difficult to remember everything on what I’m doing in the heat of the moment. The majority of the time I suspend the bait 1-2 feet just off the bottom for most species although pollock will patrol most depths. I try to find the exact depth first from the bottom to the float before i attach the hook, adjusting the float stop as required.
Hi Tom, I’m probably 1-2feet of the bottom, the wrasse and codling are mostly in the rocks, so getting close is quite important. The camera didn’t really show how clear the water was, I think I could see down at least 15ft. When I set my depth I usually keep my hook of the rig until I’m happy with the depth and have several casts at first adding more depth on my float stop until the float lies on its side meaning the wait is on the bottom. I then shallow the float stop about 3ft and put my hook on which is about a foot below th wait. Just remember add depth for an incoming tide and shallow up as the tide falls. Unfortunately I said all this on camera but my wireless mic played up and had to cut a lot of footage. I feel a better tutorial based video might be needed. Hope this helps though👍
Something magical about watching a float - can't be beat. Thanks for posting this video. Nice watch.
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment, very much appreciated👍
Very helpful video again from Douglas.
Float fishing fully explained as all your other tutorials have been.
Especially helpful to the newcomers to running floats was the stop knot below the float to avoid the hook length wrapping around it.
Good to hear a mention for Alex and the family at Splash Sports in Ardrossan who are a real asset to the North Ayrshire
Many thanks buddy, Splash sports is a wee bit of a trek for me but it’s always well worth the effort, you don’t get the same high level of customer satisfaction and a chin wag from the larger outlets. Thanks for commenting pal.
Spectacular location away from the hordes. You are blessed to have such a spot. Nice catches👍🏻
Thanks mate
Good video Douglas, simple tactics work, right up my street. Thanks for sharing
@@fishman5206 thanks buddy, much appreciated mate👍
What a stunning place to fish and breath taking scenery,tight lines buddy.
Thanks Robert very much appreciate that mate. Tight lines
great video douglas hope your well mate
@@brianrooney6916 Thanks Brian, I’m good mate cheers
Lovely coloured Codling. Good session and well explained Douglas.
@@anotherangleUK thanks Phil, it was a shame I didn’t get the better wrasse on camera but it was good just to cast a line. Tight lines pal
Enjoyed that Dougie, can't beat a simple float set up. 🙌
@@FISH-OHOLIC thanks mate, you no been out much lately?
@@PiscatorUK-Fishing Been out quite a lot over the past few months mate but not really been bothering with the social media side of things apart from the odd post on Instagram 🎣
@@FISH-OHOLIC Totally understand that mate, I have a lot of days like that.
@fish-oholic start doing videos again mate they were good
@@alexandermcgowan4125 Cheers mate, appreciated 🙌
Brilliant session Dougie, scenery is absolutely fantastic up there too, 👏 🤘🏻🎣
Cheers pal
Hi Douglas. That location is fairy tale beautiful and I would guess that you have a new camera set up. It looks amazingly good. I visited that neck of the woods many years ago and now all at once I want to return. Sometimes fishing is just a new reason to go and breathe a place in and out again. I think float fishing just there on that day was the right call. Nice and quiet. Watchful. I'm looking forward to your next video already. I'll sithi after! Dave.
@@davedawson9851 Thanks Dave, you can’t beat just watching a float sometimes, basic and uncomplicated. As you said, even better when your surrounded by rugged beauty👍
Beautiful scenery Douglas, fantastic video,thanks
@@pjlogan386 thanks buddy much appreciated mate👍
Another excellent video Douglas. I really like your idea of featuring a wide variety of venues.
@@davidburgess2354 Thanks David variety is the spice of life👍
Such a stunning area that you fish!
@@vasik9719 thanks for the watching buddy
True! Float Fishing is not only for small fish. I catch a lot of big fish on float fishing.
@@albertofishing10 thanks for watching and taking the time to comment, much appreciated buddy
@@PiscatorUK-Fishing I really enjoy what you are doing. Can't wait to see more videos. 🐟🐟
@@albertofishing10 thanks for your support mate
An excellent video, as always 👍
Float fishing is such an underrated, but hugely successful method of sea fishing.. and nothing beats the thrill of seeing the float getting pulled under in one go!
Plus you just really never know which species you're gonna get 🎣
Thanks Andrew, couldn’t have said it better myself👌
@PiscatorUK-Fishing You're very welcome indeed.
As you said at the beginning of the video, some of your biggest fish have been on the sliding float.. it's the same for me. It's a great way of getting to just the right height above the kelp and rocks and to where the fish are..and you very rarely lose any tackle. Whereas with lures or bottom rigs you constantly get snagged.
Incidentally, speaking of losing gear, that was a great tip for newbies to the sport in regards to a lighter breaking strain hook length 🎣 👍
Liked and subscribed Douglas 👍🏻, what a beautiful backdrop , I fish loch ken for pike so will take some sea gear next time I'm up there 🎣👍🏻
@@stelee8783 thanks buddy, very much appreciate your support. Happy fishing mate
Great Video as always Sir. Nice run through on the whole setup which is bang on for new anglers. Love that Loch has been a regular mark going 15 years now. Need to get some Rag from your man as well.
@@nic5857 Thanks Nic much appreciated mate. it’s a lovely venue to fish, I wish more anglers would respect the area a bit better and take their rubbish home with them though.
fabulous loved it
@@9suuupersonic Thanks Terry👍
another nice video keep them up
@@jamesg-or8rp thanks again James👍
What a lovely place tae fish Douglas, the codling was a wee beutie, nice clean looking fish and plenty wrasse, the float is a great way to fish, thanks for sharing 🎣🐟🐟
@@kintakintyea Thanks Gordon, the codling was a lovely wee fish, it was a shame I didn’t have footage of the first Ballon Wrasse, it was a beauty. Maybe next time. Tight lines buddy
@@PiscatorUK-Fishing I often press play but it’s already on play and it stops the video, that usually happens with your best footage 😂 sods law but still a great session, tight lines Douglas 👍🎣🐟🐟🐟
Lovely video Douglas and what a setting
Hi buddy thanks mate
Well set up video and great catches!
@@gavrfc09 thanks Gav👍
Very relaxing fishing calm waters with a view like that. Do you ever see many Ling up there. I was talking to someone the other day and its a fish I have not seen here for many years now.
@@Trojwaterman I’m sure there will be some ling about, this was on the west coast, definitely more on the east coast of Scotland. Fish baits always seem to work better for ling in my experience, for the bigger ones that is. Thanks for commenting Troj👍
I know that mark. Rag on a cheb rig is a killer. I honestly didn't realise you could get cod on a float. Always thought they stayed exclusively closer to the bottom. Not a bad wee cod for there 😎
Superb video mate I need to get up there and give it a bash I’ve yet to catch a wrasse
Cheers buddy, you’ll get wrasse on most rocky parts of the coastline
Excellent ❤
Cheers Dougie👍
Another great video showing keeping it simple sometimes wirks best.
I have some real decent ballan wrasse fromthat area on float fiahed rag
Tighlines and keep up the great work
@@andrewcuthbert4720 Thanks Andrew, I wished I tried this area over the summer months, well the few days of summer we had😂
@@PiscatorUK-Fishing I took my daughter for a mornings fishing didn't have rag just raw prawn and some gulp bait but still managed to winkle out a few wee wrasse and a blenney
Nothing beats rag in my opinion
@@andrewcuthbert4720 Raw prawn is a great substitute bait, I always have it on he kayak fishing rough ground.
Stunning backdrop
Aye it’s a lovely place to fish, cheers Jim
One of best parts of fishing is watching a float 🎣 have to say i prefer braid when fishing the float
@@baitrunner5193 i use to use braid for the float but I found the braid wrecks the float stop or knot when adjusting the depth a lot. What do you use as a float stop?
@PiscatorUK-Fishing hi Douglas before I say anything I want to say I love your content and have picked up a few tips from previous vids 👌 I use the long black stops not the wee rugby ball shaped ones as I find they don't hold their position on the braid too well but the long black ones are great. I don't use braid for all float fishing just for pike or sea fishing and I just use cheap 4 strand Chinese rope. The reason I prefer it is because it floats and when you get a bite it lifts off the water and you get a good clean connection to set the hook as with mono i find it sinks between the tip of the rod and the float which hinders the setting of the hook. I hope that makes sense lol
@baitrunner5193 Appreciate that buddy. All the reasons you mentioned are spot on, it’s the reason I used it before. I think it is better suited to certain types of fishing👌
@@PiscatorUK-Fishing definitely. I think it comes down to personal preference as to what you use and the is not right or wrong
nicely done Douglas new subscriber too cheers martyn 👍👍
@@Vanlifefisherman Thanks Martyn appreciate that mate, tight lines he next time your out
@@PiscatorUK-Fishing thanks
I used to fish Loch Long years ago but always found parking to be one issue and the other issue was the fishmongering macky basher brigade.
Well done for posting the video m8 👍
@@Sharpshooter724 cheers buddy, yeah parking is a nightmare at times., not too bad in the colder months. The amount of lost gear/line on the bottom can be an issue
@@PiscatorUK-Fishing Yip I was going to post about the lost tackle snagging issue in my reply to you earlier.
There was a deep area we used to call conger ally but we stopped fishing there due to tackle snags on heavy shockleader and wire traces.
Keep your videos coming m8 and well done 👍
@@Sharpshooter724 thanks mate, much appreciated buddy
I can remember fishing there some years ago now , I caught my pb place float fishing .
The midges were that bad I had to wear a pair of my wife's tights over my head , do the submarines still go along there ?
@@mickhardstaff6605 Thanks for commenting Mick, the subs go as far as loch Goil, loch long use to be used as a torpedo firing range. The midges in most places in the west can be particularly bad especially when there’s no wind. Thanks for taking the time to comment buddy
Hi Douglas a fishing beginner so apologies for the naive question😂 In your float set up does the weight and bait end up sitting on the bottom? Or it suspended in the water. Thank you for the great videos and I have already tried the Bombarda for Sea Trout once where I live here in Denmark. Thanks Nick
@@nickcocking8438 Hi Nick, I always look forward to questions, it can sometimes be difficult to remember everything on what I’m doing in the heat of the moment. The majority of the time I suspend the bait 1-2 feet just off the bottom for most species although pollock will patrol most depths. I try to find the exact depth first from the bottom to the float before i attach the hook, adjusting the float stop as required.
Thank you Douglas and tight lines!
Are you on the bottom? How do you decide your depth?
Hi Tom, I’m probably 1-2feet of the bottom, the wrasse and codling are mostly in the rocks, so getting close is quite important. The camera didn’t really show how clear the water was, I think I could see down at least 15ft. When I set my depth I usually keep my hook of the rig until I’m happy with the depth and have several casts at first adding more depth on my float stop until the float lies on its side meaning the wait is on the bottom. I then shallow the float stop about 3ft and put my hook on which is about a foot below th wait. Just remember add depth for an incoming tide and shallow up as the tide falls. Unfortunately I said all this on camera but my wireless mic played up and had to cut a lot of footage. I feel a better tutorial based video might be needed. Hope this helps though👍
@@PiscatorUK-Fishing thank you, I'll give it a go.
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@@Outandaboutfortrout no mate a bit further along, past the new mod jetty