I don't think i am the first person to watch this video multiple times or ever will be. What a wonderful Bass. Sometimes the ocean smiles on you, maybe its because of respect. Thank you for sharing this moment.
A bass that size is VERY old. Been avoiding nets and trawlers all its life. Almost certainly a female. It will live to breed again and almost certainly not be caught again. All big bass should be returned without question! :-)
Yep my last one was 90cm and 16lb when I was fishing for coal fish after storm Ophelia on the wexford coast. She was released back with a tear after hunting one that big for 20 years 👍
Brilliant. In just a short film you've conveyed exactly why we go fishing. All the blanks, lost gear, missed bites, lost fish, lousy weather.....and then, one day......
Congratulations on your first double mate, I do love to hear other anglers get excited when they know they have a decent fish on. It really makes all the time we put in worth it.
Would really appreciate you watching this in HD. You can change the settings using the gear icon to the bottom right of the video. This is so you can pick out some fish on the water a bit easier.
Brilliant fish mate, absolutely amazing. I am fishing for seabass two years now, and this fishing is the best I have ever come across. I will have a Sebass video coming up on my channel in the next 2-3 weeks. Can't wait for the new season, best of luck man, hope you will be able to beat that one day!!
Congratulations mate! Very good catch and great attitude and thanks for posting! I bet you will never EVER forget that moment she first broke surface and you seen the size of it
Just came back to watch this again! There are so many 'fishing' videos with very little worth seeing on them. Yours are always well worth seeing mate! :-)
My pb is 12 and a quarter pound, a few years ago now, but I lost one from a boat that was much much bigger, I still cry over that 28 years later now. Real pleased for you, a special moment, and yes, I know exactly how you would have felt hooking into that fish. You can never quite believe it. Fully understand why you concealed your spot, I’m the same. Our bass marks are hard earned.
That must of been amazing 👍 I must admit I knew it was well hooked and not flipping around I. The fish’s mouth. Ref marks as you know you could well fish that mark and if tides and times are not right you will blank over and over again. Most of the time it’s the gill nets coming in the next day that I worry about but I actually had to drive here for a couple of days after the video and no one was there and I blanked too! Happy days thanks for your comments again
@@SaltwaterAngler true, all built up knowledge goes out the window if those horrible gill net are there. Theyre so close to shore sometimes as well, ive often thought thats dangerous for swimmers. Those nets kill everything. Horrible things. Yuk
Wow, a fish of a lifetime in the making. so pleased for you, a big well done. I don't understand why people give you the thumbs down for that cracking effort, makes me sick.
That’s very kind of you, thanks for watching. When this video initially came out it got a thumbs down before it even started being played on premiere ! As a creator it’s the thoughtful comments that matter. My must hated video percentage video is the channel trailer for some reason 🤔🤔
@@SaltwaterAngler I think some people are totally disrespectful in what effort is been made to bring contents to the audience. I do blank a lot of times here in Scotland, especially in winter as we have not many whiting up here, but I still try and show my subscribers that effort is been made.
Thats a fantastic Bass. I can understand how you must have felt. Started lure fishing last summer and caught a 5Ib Bass, what a feeling. So nice to see the fish returned as well. I could'nt keep a Bass after they have given so much during the fight. Thanks for posting.
Fabulous video and lovely to see the childhood excitement in your voice and actions when hooking and landing such a beautiful bass.Really enjoyed watching and makes me want to go fishing and to catch any sized bass for me would be an achievement as not the worlds greatest lure angler, but watching your footage gave me that urge to throw an imitation out for some fish.well done again friend
Thank you Dominic I’ve now been back over 12 times and not caught a fish from here ! Lure fishing is all or nothing isn’t it the thrill of a bass hitting a surface lure is as good as it gets for me and I’ll keep aiming for that. Appreciate your comments
if you don't mind me asking.. how do you get the zonk to do something similar to the patchinko. As far as i can tell the zonk is listed everywhere as a deep diving lure and the patchinko is a surface lure. Where i live the water is relatively shallow and i'd love to try the zonk but worried i'd snag up all the time.
Wow, what a fish! Just shows why we never give up on a dream catch. You guys down south are lucky to have the bass that you've got, even if it is needing help. Scottish bass (north east anyway) are much fewer. It takes a dedicated angler to catch up here. They are around but its definitely a proper challenge.
Ah thats a fair swap then. I couldn't do without the cod sessions. Lucky enough to get them all year round. You do get a bit fed up with the same thing all the time tho. We get wrasse and Pollock but again you need to know the marks, very hit and miss
Beautiful. Respects for returning that one. That could have been a nice bar b cue. Please share fishing mark postcode thanks. So bored of this lockdown
I’ve had a 12lb 5 ounce, huge tail on it. Took me about 15 mins to play it out. That was on a blue Rapala J11. I used to catch a lot of big bass from certain marks I knew, but I’ve noticed that in the last five or six years, big bass are much fewer in number. I’ve had an 11 pounder as well, but that was downtiding from my kayak. Good video, enjoyed
Would love to see some fishing videos on the island, now we're allowed to go fishing in this lockdown I've been out a few times this past week. Next week is going to be a scorcher so you can bet I'll be all over the island on my motorbike with some light spinning gear 💪
Thanks. I had a second camera set up but forgot to record in all the excitement. Yea it had to go back for sure at that size. Have subscribed to you and would ask my audience.to check you out. Here. ruclips.net/user/WashfordRichy loving. your videos. Im setting up a private working /mastermind group for us sea fishing tubers. Will send details if your interested. Tight lines
What a cracking fish and a fish of a life time congratulations to you. I've been beach fishing for years and just getting into lure fishing. Can I ask which is the best method to attach the lure to the line? Is it directly or do you use a particular link or swivel? Many thanks and liked and subscribed 👍
Hi Jim you will all you need to know in a recent video on the channel called soft plastic lure fishing for beginners episode 1. Basically the rapala knot or the mini breakaway clips
Wow what a bass! Congratulations, I'm just starting out with lure fishing, and having never used Braid before I'm thinking of just using a mono line straight through, as I'm comfortable using this line, and having never tied braid to leader aswell, do you think I will be ok using a mono straight through? My reel is a penn III 3000 dx the rod is an HTO 12-42g
Yes that set up is all you need ! There are some advantages to braid for sure but I mainly use it as it gives a better feel of what the lure is doing. Fluorocarbon is a harder line that stops the braid near the lure getting sheared. So again even that is not essential especially if you fish over clear ground or the boat. Every knot is a potential weak spot but I’d continue as you are and maybe try the braid flouro set up when you have caught a few fish. Thanks for the message Sam I look forward to hearing how you get on
Well done buddy. What a beautiful fish and the excitement in your voice says it all. Just amazing !!! I was down at Swanage for a couple of days visiting a relative. I took my little telescopic spinning rod and I caught a small Pollock and my first ever bass of just over 3lb …. Never done any sea fishing before. Give me a good little scrap. Just the weather was a bit rough but I was well chuffed …… A fish like that what are you caught would be a fish of a lifetime for anybody . I mainly fish for chub and perch on Yorkshire rivers so was nice just to try some salt water fishing for a change. It’s something I will definitely be trying again. Just need to get some different bits of kit and some different Lures .. cracking video and all The best to you !! 🎣🎣😀😀👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽… PS. Subscribed 😊😊
Nice one thanks John- I think that’s the joy in fishing you could be fishing for perch one day or in the sea the next. Lots of lure related content on the channel . That’s not a bad start for your saltwater catch either a 3lb bass and a pollack , thanks for the sub , some More bass on lure is coming soon !
What a cracking Bass very well done that certainly got me excited to get out again .i hope to join the double figure club some day biggest is 8.6 and that was 15 years ago haha still trying .
I will keep any bass over 3.1.2lb regardless of the regulations, it's the nets what caused most of the stock decline and the trawlers, not those who use rods.
Rick Kania Brilliant mate,might as well say "well, organised shop lifting happens all the time,but I only steal every now and then,so I'm not the real problem" what an ignorant and selfish perspective. My money's on you being a brexit voter 😂
I completely agree with you. It's not us that cause the oceans from getting depleted. Even 1000 fisherman fishing 24/7 at the shore can not haul in the amount of what one trawler hauls in in an hour, on daily base. But that doesn't mean that I'll keep every fish. If it's big enough to feed me and my wife, and we feel like eating fish that day: I'll keep it. Cheers.
Caught a 7lb bass last weekend, the bite was amazing, thought it was done and it took another 20 yards off my reel. Looked wonderful when it came onto the beach but even better swimming off after it had recovered.
Great fish 👍 well done - I know exactly how you feel, I had a big bass off a Dorset beach many years ago, on a whole pouting deadbait under the rod tip at dusk. They fight so well and I’ll never forget the speed it stripped line off the reel. Mine was also 11lb 8oz and it was returned too. Fish like that are once in a lifetime for most of us - you’ll enjoy the memories for a long time; I have 👍
That sounds like a wonderful memory Peter. A live poring has to to be the number 1 big bass method too. You never know there’s always a chance of another double one day
Here in Holland you can’t catch any decent bass any more because of the nets and the trawlers. You have to go to more shallow waters. But where I live close to, you don’t have much shallow waters. Ijmuiden area. Nice fish by the way. Thanks for the video. Well done!
Thanks, I know very little about fishing in Holland , bass fishing here suffers from the same thing, Gill nets, over fishing but we have some hope of there have been good breeding seasons
Excellent channel very informative I’ve just watched a few and am loving it I’m more of a pike angler but tryed my hand at top water bass last summer and can’t wait to get back out there Great channel and good luck matey
Lovely video and nice bass love it when you apologised for not putting up close up shots of that big bass and very well done on release. Love watching your videos buddy.
The bass are doing different things on each part of a tide, this particular Mark I have not caught another fish for almost 2 years ! Generally though that first part of the tide can be golden
Thank you for saying that. I looked at this Mark at low tide and must of played it over the only bits of clean ground bit of luck and a fishing dream come true.
Same as me with my biggest double on a lure. Got 2 quick pics and back she went. pics dont do her justice and i was too concerned with getting her back. I won't forget the scrap though. :-)
Great video & what a catch. Just out of curiosity, what's the head camera you're use to film the video? Is it a GoPro or a cheapie version of one? I've been looking for something on a budget to film my fishing when on holiday. Do you use an internal/external microphone? Sorry for all the questions. Any advice would be great.Thanks :)
I used a GoPro 5 . They have pros and cons. I didn’t then but use separate mics with a zoom h1 now. Most of the saltwater angler videos are. A mixture now of iPhone 11, a canon 700d dslr camera and gopros. If your on a budget check out a 5 but also maybe a yi4k is worth looking at.
Nice fish, I was plug fishing in August 2019 in Gran Canaria. Hook something on the sandy beach literally 12 feet away and I couldn't turn the fish got spooled in no time at all. In the end I just held out until the mono snapped (recovered my braid). I shall never know what it was. I was using 16 lb braid but the fish was too big. Looking at your first couple of runs you managed to stop the fish. I wish I know what I hooked! Well done mate.
@@SaltwaterAngler Love your fishing blogs. I done some research online, it may also have been a Leerfish (never seen one). Anyway this year managed to go to Croatia (family holiday). Took my beachcaster and a beefed up spinning outfit. Only to be disappointed. There's literally no fish in the Adriatic sea. I even went to a remote island insearch of bass only to be dissapointed. My advice to all, if you are going to Croatia for a family holiday - LEAVE your fishing gear at home!
Top catch buddy. To be fair, the beginning and middle of the video had some really great action. I think being so close to the water, it being so clear with no wind and also the fact that fish were present all contributed. Catching a cracking fish and getting it all on camera. What more can you ask for?
Thanks for leaving this comment. It's rare for everything to come together, I hadn't thought about the wind being slight that definitely helped the fish sporting in the slow mo. For next year I've got an underwater rig to film them under water. Thanks again
I was in kefalonia last year for 4 weeks . I caught a 12lb bass .. it was absolutely amazing .. .. it was in a little place called katileos all the locals and holiday makers stood and clapped 👏 till I beached it ... ❤IT
amazing! I caught a 9.7 lb bass as my first ever fish in the uk! my pb before that was a palm sized fish .. I was honestly aiming for small fish and I was very upset that I wasn’t catching any .. I used circle hook with squid and mackerel and I got a huge fish!!!
This is the best filmed bass fishing vids I,ve seen very clear, what did you film it with?Tthe release was not so clear but that is because you were more interested in the well being of the fish which is great, well done buddy.
Great thanks! Appreciate your comments. This was filmed on the go pro head 5 Black head cam in linear mode. Also a go pro 3 for the first bit of footage.
@@SaltwaterAngler Thats ok ,thought it might be a go pro they are good , not sure where you live but if you are in Cornwall any time give message me if you fancy abit of bassing , off the rocks or on my boat, my boat is in Porthleven harbour.
Is it recommended to have your drag that loose and let them have that much line that often? I'd be worried I'd unhook it. I would love some tips on how to play a fish like this or bass in general.
Hi Saltwater Angler. You say you have pixelated it out "for obvious reasons". Without giving too much away - what are the "obvious reasons"? Thanks in adavnce
Generally Sandeep I don’t give away marks and if there is a prominent feature like a hotel or pub on the beach I delete it out. I also add rocks using premiere pro and delete things also flip the video ! The lengths we go to eh !
Bass are habitual ( until they are caught) so I know a minority of people will watch videos just to recognise a specific mark. I need to keep some of these private as I have spent many years testing out tides and individual rocks to find out when the fish come along
@@SaltwaterAngler haha no worries, nah still no doubles other than smoothies, but I feel like in the right time of year double figure smoothies are easy pickings. I'll get a double bass one day!
A magnificent fish! Never caught one that big (a bass) What the viewer doesn't get is your heart pounding in your chest with the fear of it getting off! I had this when I caught my 27lb cod on the Pier at Newhaven.I like the way it conveys the time and effort it takes to subdue a fish of this size. It always looks better when someone else films it, you have quite enough to think about fighting the fish!
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I don't think i am the first person to watch this video multiple times or ever will be. What a wonderful Bass. Sometimes the ocean smiles on you, maybe its because of respect. Thank you for sharing this moment.
Thanks I watch it back myself too ! Still kicking myself I didn’t get a good trophy photo or even bother to turn on my other camera !
Nice of you to put them back for the trawlers!!! On a serious note its time commercial bass fishing is banned
Thanks for your reply, Trawlers can devistate im sure, also not a fan of gill nets for local populations.
A bass that size is VERY old. Been avoiding nets and trawlers all its life. Almost certainly a female. It will live to breed again and almost certainly not be caught again. All big bass should be returned without question! :-)
@@kerryfoster1 True. Seen some monsters whilst spearfishing,but never take anything over 3-4 lb
@@kerryfoster1 for a newbie (but old fart!) to fishing, that is good to know and is taken on board. 👍🏻
Well done you for releasing it
Yep my last one was 90cm and 16lb when I was fishing for coal fish after storm Ophelia on the wexford coast. She was released back with a tear after hunting one that big for 20 years 👍
It was always going to happen for you👍
Brilliant. In just a short film you've conveyed exactly why we go fishing. All the blanks, lost gear, missed bites, lost fish, lousy weather.....and then, one day......
Thanks its so true
Amazing fishing. well done. I waited 50+ years fishing and still not caught a double figure fish. How satisfying for you.
Yep I knew it at the time it could be a bit special- still dream of another one though
Congratulations on your first double mate, I do love to hear other anglers get excited when they know they have a decent fish on. It really makes all the time we put in worth it.
Thanks. I had to laugh at myself listening back but your right about the time effort and money! We all put in being worth it. Cheers for watching
Well done so pleased you returned the fish after a long hard tussle!
Congratulations
Yes, thanks
Would really appreciate you watching this in HD. You can change the settings using the gear icon to the bottom right of the video. This is so you can pick out some fish on the water a bit easier.
Brilliant fish mate, absolutely amazing. I am fishing for seabass two years now, and this fishing is the best I have ever come across. I will have a Sebass video coming up on my channel in the next 2-3 weeks. Can't wait for the new season, best of luck man, hope you will be able to beat that one day!!
Yes it's my favourite method too. Will check it out
@@SaltwaterAngler thanks Matt
Congratulations mate! Very good catch and great attitude and thanks for posting! I bet you will never EVER forget that moment she first broke surface and you seen the size of it
Thanks for the comment, yes i still have the unedited footgae and keep looking back !
Respect for releasing it chap,if that fish ends up filling out,it will be a beast
Wonder where she is now?
Just came back to watch this again! There are so many 'fishing' videos with very little worth seeing on them. Yours are always well worth seeing mate! :-)
Thanks for saying that Kerry.
Bass of a life time! Glad you released it.
Thanks yes it was never in question. Appreciate your comments
My pb is 12 and a quarter pound, a few years ago now, but I lost one from a boat that was much much bigger, I still cry over that 28 years later now. Real pleased for you, a special moment, and yes, I know exactly how you would have felt hooking into that fish. You can never quite believe it.
Fully understand why you concealed your spot, I’m the same. Our bass marks are hard earned.
That must of been amazing 👍 I must admit I knew it was well hooked and not flipping around I. The fish’s mouth. Ref marks as you know you could well fish that mark and if tides and times are not right you will blank over and over again. Most of the time it’s the gill nets coming in the next day that I worry about but I actually had to drive here for a couple of days after the video and no one was there and I blanked too! Happy days thanks for your comments again
@@SaltwaterAngler true, all built up knowledge goes out the window if those horrible gill net are there. Theyre so close to shore sometimes as well, ive often thought thats dangerous for swimmers. Those nets kill everything. Horrible things. Yuk
Fantastic catch,so nice to see these bass returned,there magnificent predators,my pb was just over 10lb,it gets the heart pumping lol
Many thanks, yes now we want more !
Great you got it on camera, thanks for the videos, learnt a lot ;-)
Yes thanks again.I was so anxious i hadn't pressed record !
Bass do put up great fights don't they! That's one perfect and amazing catch!😎
cheers for that
Wow, a fish of a lifetime in the making. so pleased for you, a big well done. I don't understand why people give you the thumbs down for that cracking effort, makes me sick.
That’s very kind of you, thanks for watching. When this video initially came out it got a thumbs down before it even started being played on premiere ! As a creator it’s the thoughtful comments that matter. My must hated video percentage video is the channel trailer for some reason 🤔🤔
@@SaltwaterAngler I think some people are totally disrespectful in what effort is been made to bring contents to the audience. I do blank a lot of times here in Scotland, especially in winter as we have not many whiting up here, but I still try and show my subscribers that effort is been made.
Bit late but congrats 👏 what a beautiful fish, thanks from our kids for putting it back, proper hero! 😀 cheers now 👍
Thanks Steven - I wonder where she might be now that old fish - nice way to think about the future too saved for the kids 👍
Thats a fantastic Bass. I can understand how you must have felt. Started lure fishing last summer and caught a 5Ib Bass, what a feeling. So nice to see the fish returned as well. I could'nt keep a Bass after they have given so much during the fight. Thanks for posting.
Thanks, I didn't catch my first 5 for years! Thanks for taking the time to comment and good luck for lure fishing in 2019
Saltwater Angler and the same to you for 2019. Can’t wait to get at it
I've just got too keep watching this video makes my day bro 😊
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Truly amazing video mate. Beautiful sunset and then a monster bass chasing and taking your lure. Awesome stuff congratulations.
Thank you - and a great album as your username !
So happy you put it back. God protect them. They're attached to eachother alot. Please leave them alone. And many other fish. :(
Great video mate, even better to see you let it go back.
Thanks for watching
Fabulous video and lovely to see the childhood excitement in your voice and actions when hooking and landing such a beautiful bass.Really enjoyed watching and makes me want to go fishing and to catch any sized bass for me would be an achievement as not the worlds greatest lure angler, but watching your footage gave me that urge to throw an imitation out for some fish.well done again friend
Thank you Dominic I’ve now been back over 12 times and not caught a fish from here ! Lure fishing is all or nothing isn’t it the thrill of a bass hitting a surface lure is as good as it gets for me and I’ll keep aiming for that. Appreciate your comments
Awesome Bass, heart in the mouth stuff. Love Bass flyfishing and lure fishing, usually around Chicester harbour. Tight lines
Hi Chris that’s a great method for bass too
if you don't mind me asking.. how do you get the zonk to do something similar to the patchinko. As far as i can tell the zonk is listed everywhere as a deep diving lure and the patchinko is a surface lure. Where i live the water is relatively shallow and i'd love to try the zonk but worried i'd snag up all the time.
Wow, what a fish! Just shows why we never give up on a dream catch. You guys down south are lucky to have the bass that you've got, even if it is needing help. Scottish bass (north east anyway) are much fewer. It takes a dedicated angler to catch up here. They are around but its definitely a proper challenge.
Yea its not too bad here down south but we dont get the codling anymore !
Ah thats a fair swap then. I couldn't do without the cod sessions. Lucky enough to get them all year round. You do get a bit fed up with the same thing all the time tho. We get wrasse and Pollock but again you need to know the marks, very hit and miss
Beautiful. Respects for returning that one. That could have been a nice bar b cue. Please share fishing mark postcode thanks. So bored of this lockdown
Ha yea time to get out now for sure. Heres the grid reference .... Lol actually ive not caught since at that venue !
I’ve had a 12lb 5 ounce, huge tail on it. Took me about 15 mins to play it out. That was on a blue Rapala J11. I used to catch a lot of big bass from certain marks I knew, but I’ve noticed that in the last five or six years, big bass are much fewer in number. I’ve had an 11 pounder as well, but that was downtiding from my kayak. Good video, enjoyed
Would love to see some fishing videos on the island, now we're allowed to go fishing in this lockdown I've been out a few times this past week. Next week is going to be a scorcher so you can bet I'll be all over the island on my motorbike with some light spinning gear 💪
Got to be climate change mate. That’s the excuse for everything else.
well done & good man for putting it back
Cheers Michael
Hell of a fish! Fantastic footage. Lovely to see such a magnificent fish go back too. Nice one 👍🎣
Thanks. I had a second camera set up but forgot to record in all the excitement. Yea it had to go back for sure at that size. Have subscribed to you and would ask my audience.to check you out. Here.
ruclips.net/user/WashfordRichy loving. your videos. Im setting up a private working /mastermind group for us sea fishing tubers. Will send details if your interested. Tight lines
Incredible angling wow superb thank you for the video, 🙌 well done mate absolutely stunning
Thanks for saying that
Just had a couple of weeks of blanks, it’s a video like this I revisit to keep my spirits up.
Me too ! Fishing will improve - June a good month for bigger bass in Sussex
What a cracking fish and a fish of a life time congratulations to you. I've been beach fishing for years and just getting into lure fishing. Can I ask which is the best method to attach the lure to the line? Is it directly or do you use a particular link or swivel? Many thanks and liked and subscribed 👍
Hi Jim you will all you need to know in a recent video on the channel called soft plastic lure fishing for beginners episode 1. Basically the rapala knot or the mini breakaway clips
@SaltwaterAngler that's great and I will check it out now. Keep the video's coming a pleasure to watch. ATB 👍
Unbeatable. Great fish. Subscribed in the hope of seeing more.
There’s a 9lber and a 7 on the channel too
Wow what a bass! Congratulations, I'm just starting out with lure fishing, and having never used Braid before I'm thinking of just using a mono line straight through, as I'm comfortable using this line, and having never tied braid to leader aswell, do you think I will be ok using a mono straight through? My reel is a penn III 3000 dx the rod is an HTO 12-42g
Yes that set up is all you need ! There are some advantages to braid for sure but I mainly use it as it gives a better feel of what the lure is doing. Fluorocarbon is a harder line that stops the braid near the lure getting sheared. So again even that is not essential especially if you fish over clear ground or the boat. Every knot is a potential weak spot but I’d continue as you are and maybe try the braid flouro set up when you have caught a few fish. Thanks for the message Sam I look forward to hearing how you get on
@@SaltwaterAngler many thanks for the information, really appreciate it 👍🏼 😀
Must have watched this about ten times 😀 Great watching every time 👍🐠
Glad you enjoyed it
Well done buddy. What a beautiful fish and the excitement in your voice says it all. Just amazing !!! I was down at Swanage for a couple of days visiting a relative. I took my little telescopic spinning rod and I caught a small Pollock and my first ever bass of just over 3lb …. Never done any sea fishing before. Give me a good little scrap. Just the weather was a bit rough but I was well chuffed …… A fish like that what are you caught would be a fish of a lifetime for anybody . I mainly fish for chub and perch on Yorkshire rivers so was nice just to try some salt water fishing for a change. It’s something I will definitely be trying again. Just need to get some different bits of kit and some different Lures .. cracking video and all The best to you !! 🎣🎣😀😀👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽…
PS. Subscribed 😊😊
Nice one thanks John- I think that’s the joy in fishing you could be fishing for perch one day or in the sea the next. Lots of lure related content on the channel . That’s not a bad start for your saltwater catch either a 3lb bass and a pollack , thanks for the sub , some
More bass on lure is coming soon !
@@SaltwaterAngler cheers for that buddy. Yes totally agree. Anyway will check out some more of your videos now I’m now on my dinner break 👍🏽😀🎣😀🎣👍🏽
I just can't take my eyes 👀 ... It's wonderful✨😍
Fantastic video, congratulations on your PB, must be breathtaking to see a fish like that take your lure! Well done 😀🎣👍🏻
Appreciate that many thanks
Great fight from a beautiful fish. Well done for returning it.
Thanks sure was some luck too !
GREAT !! Catch and release - I love it!
Thanks Keith
Good to see bass going back
What a cracking Bass very well done that certainly got me excited to get out again .i hope to join the double figure club some day biggest is 8.6 and that was 15 years ago haha still trying .
It will happen for sure
I will keep any bass over 3.1.2lb regardless of the regulations, it's the nets what caused most of the stock decline and the trawlers, not those who use rods.
Thanks for commenting Rick Kania good points there.
and what happens if everyone does what your guna do and keeps taking fish from depleted stocks?
Rick Kania Brilliant mate,might as well say "well, organised shop lifting happens all the time,but I only steal every now and then,so I'm not the real problem" what an ignorant and selfish perspective. My money's on you being a brexit voter 😂
I completely agree with you. It's not us that cause the oceans from getting depleted. Even 1000 fisherman fishing 24/7 at the shore can not haul in the amount of what one trawler hauls in in an hour, on daily base. But that doesn't mean that I'll keep every fish. If it's big enough to feed me and my wife, and we feel like eating fish that day: I'll keep it.
Cheers.
Caught a 7lb bass last weekend, the bite was amazing, thought it was done and it took another 20 yards off my reel. Looked wonderful when it came onto the beach but even better swimming off after it had recovered.
Great fish 👍 well done - I know exactly how you feel, I had a big bass off a Dorset beach many years ago, on a whole pouting deadbait under the rod tip at dusk. They fight so well and I’ll never forget the speed it stripped line off the reel. Mine was also 11lb 8oz and it was returned too. Fish like that are once in a lifetime for most of us - you’ll enjoy the memories for a long time; I have 👍
That sounds like a wonderful memory Peter. A live poring has to to be the number 1 big bass method too. You never know there’s always a chance of another double one day
Legend! Bloody good videos these
Ahh thanks for watching I’m honestly just trying to produce something I would watch
You are a good man for returning the Bass👍😁
Its eyes were too big !
very exciting stuff, well done!
thanks for watching
Superb release, love the the feeling you had catching it
Excellent. Keep the videos coming.
They are, sorry for the late reply
Here in Holland you can’t catch any decent bass any more because of the nets and the trawlers. You have to go to more shallow waters. But where I live close to, you don’t have much shallow waters. Ijmuiden area. Nice fish by the way. Thanks for the video. Well done!
Thanks, I know very little about fishing in Holland , bass fishing here suffers from the same thing, Gill nets, over fishing but we have some hope of there have been good breeding seasons
Saltwater Angler Nice to hear that. Maybe they they could visit us sometime in the future! 😊
😂😂
Excellent channel very informative I’ve just watched a few and am loving it
I’m more of a pike angler but tryed my hand at top water bass last summer and can’t wait to get back out there
Great channel and good luck matey
Thanks very much
That heavy breathing a wee bit of Adrenaline I think. Great catch.
Lovely video and nice bass love it when you apologised for not putting up close up shots of that big bass and very well done on release. Love watching your videos buddy.
Thank you for your comments, appreciated. Im still kicking myself for not filming or even taking a photo properly over a year later !
Brilliant. - what gear are you using for them?
most in the description. Zonks rule
Excellent video mate and cracking fish! Would you suggest early tide better to catch?
The bass are doing different things on each part of a tide, this particular Mark I have not caught another fish for almost 2 years ! Generally though that first part of the tide can be golden
Absolutely brilliant fantastic bass congrats screaming reels ha remember that fishing series back in the 90,s I this it was
Ha ha yes I do remember it !
Respect for the cach and release. Good to see more and more aglers respecting wildlife.
Yes things have changed , I think you can respect the fish and still hunt for them. Not everyone understands that so thanks for your comment
Brilliant video and Fish!! Well done, nice to see the bass so clear making those runs.......one day🙏
Thank you for saying that. I looked at this Mark at low tide and must of played it over the only bits of clean ground bit of luck and a fishing dream come true.
Great video mate ad extra creds for a quick release. Beautiful stuff.
Thank you. It was only when I got it back in I realised I didn't take any photos even though I'd set up a camera ready for it.
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Same as me with my biggest double on a lure. Got 2 quick pics and back she went. pics dont do her justice and i was too concerned with getting her back. I won't forget the scrap though. :-)
What a fish. Have you went past this p.b in the 3 years since?
Only the one that got away
Great video & what a catch. Just out of curiosity, what's the head camera you're use to film the video? Is it a GoPro or a cheapie version of one? I've been looking for something on a budget to film my fishing when on holiday. Do you use an internal/external microphone? Sorry for all the questions. Any advice would be great.Thanks :)
I used a GoPro 5 . They have pros and cons. I didn’t then but use separate mics with a zoom h1 now. Most of the saltwater angler videos are. A mixture now of iPhone 11, a canon 700d dslr camera and gopros. If your on a budget check out a 5 but also maybe a yi4k is worth looking at.
Great, thanks for the advice. Really appreciated.
Klonking fish mate. Big thumbs up for putting it back!
Thanks for your comments.
Awesome fish mate just shows how picky they can be to the lures on any day, hope it's the first of many lunkers for you !
Yea I recon they can smell those cheap lures too. Thanks for your kind comments it's appreciated
Good to see your release 👍
Can anybody answer this, is there bass around donegal? Iv never heard of them being caught.
Anyone ?
Nice fish, I was plug fishing in August 2019 in Gran Canaria. Hook something on the sandy beach literally 12 feet away and I couldn't turn the fish got spooled in no time at all. In the end I just held out until the mono snapped (recovered my braid). I shall never know what it was. I was using 16 lb braid but the fish was too big. Looking at your first couple of runs you managed to stop the fish. I wish I know what I hooked! Well done mate.
Love that story ! Maybe it was a barracuda ? I have been there and fished GC saw a few needle fish looking fish but as you say you never know.....
@@SaltwaterAngler Love your fishing blogs. I done some research online, it may also have been a Leerfish (never seen one). Anyway this year managed to go to Croatia (family holiday). Took my beachcaster and a beefed up spinning outfit. Only to be disappointed. There's literally no fish in the Adriatic sea. I even went to a remote island insearch of bass only to be dissapointed. My advice to all, if you are going to Croatia for a family holiday - LEAVE your fishing gear at home!
Oh that’s a shame it looks such a beautiful place too
What a beast, nicely done!
Thanks Trevor
Fantastic video man ! Nice catch & release !!!
Thanks a lot!
I'm really pleased for you, well done fella!
Thank you very much.Its taken a while
I catch 2 same size bas as yours last week in Rainham?
You the man !
Is that Brighton? I'm assuming it is, I think I recognise that place.
I think areas are pixeled out to avoid giving the spot away.........
Cracking fish,worth getting wet feet! Good on you for putting it back to spawn 👍
Hopefully it is a spawner, many become roe bound and never release but i hope she is still out there
Thats a beautiful fish. I envy you man
Top catch buddy. To be fair, the beginning and middle of the video had some really great action. I think being so close to the water, it being so clear with no wind and also the fact that fish were present all contributed. Catching a cracking fish and getting it all on camera. What more can you ask for?
Thanks for leaving this comment. It's rare for everything to come together, I hadn't thought about the wind being slight that definitely helped the fish sporting in the slow mo. For next year I've got an underwater rig to film them under water. Thanks again
I was in kefalonia last year for 4 weeks . I caught a 12lb bass .. it was absolutely amazing .. .. it was in a little place called katileos all the locals and holiday makers stood and clapped 👏 till I beached it ... ❤IT
Fantastic!
Thats a nice bass that can feel your heart pumping 🎣
Yea thanks Neil
amazing! I caught a 9.7 lb bass as my first ever fish in the uk! my pb before that was a palm sized fish .. I was honestly aiming for small fish and I was very upset that I wasn’t catching any .. I used circle hook with squid and mackerel and I got a huge fish!!!
Theres a lesson there thanks for that 😀
Catch and release - I love it! 👍
Appreciated John
This is the best filmed bass fishing vids I,ve seen very clear, what did you film it with?Tthe release was not so clear but that is because you were more interested in the well being of the fish which is great, well done buddy.
Great thanks! Appreciate your comments. This was filmed on the go pro head 5 Black head cam in linear mode. Also a go pro 3 for the first bit of footage.
@@SaltwaterAngler Thats ok ,thought it might be a go pro they are good , not sure where you live but if you are in Cornwall any time give message me if you fancy abit of bassing , off the rocks or on my boat, my boat is in Porthleven harbour.
Is it recommended to have your drag that loose and let them have that much line that often? I'd be worried I'd unhook it. I would love some tips on how to play a fish like this or bass in general.
Niiice man! This is why I always keep animating my lure until the last moment
I'll always do it from now on, thanks for your comment. You'll often see bass follow right up to your feet
What are you blocking out with those pixels?
Well deserve fish buddy, and to have on camera for urself and to share with us amazing, well done...
Thanks Craig
Absolutely beautiful fish and nice video to watch!
Thank you -
Decent you put them back! Great fish 👌🏻
Yea too big to keep James, Once I looked in to its big eye 💪 it’s been out there surviving for years might still be out there as a 16lber now !
Thats a fantastic bass great to catch all the action on video.Big bass can rattle grown men well done
Cheers for that. Yea was more nervous seeing if the video had recorded! Thanks for watching and your comments
What a beautiful fish! Well done. Must have been a great fight. Brilliant! 👍👍👍👍
Thanks it seems very long and lean for a double figure fish but the fight was a blur really. Lucky really have lost countless smaller fish
Excellent footage there, was that in Hastings?
Thanks, no a little off my usual patch for this one.
I know your not going to give the the Exact location but was it in east sussex?
What a beauty, congratulations. Thanks for sharing!
No worries thanks for watching
great Vid, Well done MAte
Incredible fish. Big respect for returning it. I’m thinking about getting into sea fishing and I live up in Scotland. Any tips for a beginner?
Yes plenty here on the channel including a full beginners guide to sea fishing to get people started ! Good luck
Saltwater Angler okay cool thanks man
Hi Saltwater Angler. You say you have pixelated it out "for obvious reasons". Without giving too much away - what are the "obvious reasons"?
Thanks in adavnce
Generally Sandeep I don’t give away marks and if there is a prominent feature like a hotel or pub on the beach I delete it out. I also add rocks using premiere pro and delete things also flip the video ! The lengths we go to eh !
@@SaltwaterAngler why do you do that. (i'm just new to fishing and have no idea)
Bass are habitual ( until they are caught) so I know a minority of people will watch videos just to recognise a specific mark. I need to keep some of these private as I have spent many years testing out tides and individual rocks to find out when the fish come along
@@SaltwaterAngler oh ok that makes alot of scence
Amazing fishing mate what a beaut bass that is one tip don’t wind through the drag really wears out the reel. You may need to tighten it up a bit
That’s top notch angling ! I only have one year left in the uk and a double on lure is still my target
Ah thanks sir but I rode my luck a little on 16lb leader. Good luck in your pursuit don't cast too far😉
My only double on bait came 2ft from the rocks
i remember my first double figure smoothhound (still havent had a double bass yet though :( ) feelings is immense
Have you got one yet ? sorry for the late reply
@@SaltwaterAngler haha no worries, nah still no doubles other than smoothies, but I feel like in the right time of year double figure smoothies are easy pickings. I'll get a double bass one day!
Why did you blur background out
To stop people putting nets down in the area. As habitual fish bass are easily caught from certain areas
A magnificent fish! Never caught one that big (a bass) What the viewer doesn't get is your heart pounding in your chest with the fear of it getting off! I had this when I caught my 27lb cod on the Pier at Newhaven.I like the way it conveys the time and effort it takes to subdue a fish of this size. It always looks better when someone else films it, you have quite enough to think about fighting the fish!