Pole Fishing On The Oxford Canal
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- Опубликовано: 12 авг 2021
- Even with heavy boat traffic there are fish to be caught on a busy, summer canal. Jon Arthur visits the Oxford Canal to see what he can catch in just a couple of hours using groundbait, maggots, pinkies, casters and worms.
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This day ticket stretch of the Oxford Canal is controlled by Banbury & District AA. Membership books are also available from all good Oxfordshire tackle shops.
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Please keep these canal videos coming Jon! There is still a big demand for these type of session videos 👌
Will try Nathan
I rate these video mate, id like to see you in a new go fishing series as i think you've got same enthusiasm and joy in your fishing as john wilson had! Thanks as always
Actually a good idea, personality wise, RIP JW 😍
Met John Wilson at go fishing at the NEC what a lovely man he was too
Thanks Marc, I’m definitely not in John’s league but try my best to enjoy every session 👍👍👍
@@JonArthur that's what it's all about mate
@@JonArthurit would be great seeing you on telly. I sincerely believe you would be very successful. You never know whats round the corner. Good luck in all you do.
Once again Jon ,informative and no massive blocks of silence like others ! Always good camera work ! Peter D
Much appreciated Peter
A lot of boats on such small canal still those were some of the nicest looking hybrids this side side of the Irish sea
I've had much much bigger hybrids from this canal. They only seem to show when the canal is coloured.
Good little session. You just have to keep reminding yourself that if there were no boats, there'd be no canal!
Absolutely. Glad you enjoyed it.
Another very enjoyable film. Jon. Thanks.
Thanks Terry
“Any luck Mate”?” no", I reply,”Its all skill”. Just like you Jon. magic.
Great video again Jon and hybrids. Damn boats.
how can you be so calm with the thoughtless BMW boaters
Cheers Stephen. Just gotta put up with the boats. All part of the session these days.
Another brilliant video jon
Glad you enjoyed it
Love these videos Jon. Your canal videos always remind me of happy days (even with all the boats!) fishing on the GUC.
Thanks Martin
Great episode Jon. Love how you keep talking to us on film and your plan when boats cone and go. Like another comment was " just like when Wilson was fishing". Great commentary and views. Waiting for another one now...
Many thanks John
Hi Jon love your videos in local aswell Oxfordshire watching your videos all the time and learning won two of my local matches now and teams of four last week on the river Thame in thame thanks again
Glad you enjoyed it Anthony
Enjoyable as always Jon.
Thanks Peter
nice video keep the river and canal ones coming
Will do 👍
I've never mastered answering "caught anything" questions from passers-by. You give a technical debriefing, and you get "What's a roach?", or you give the noddy answer, and they turn out to be a local matchman. Sods law. I can't find a happy medium.
I think it all depends if you want them to stop and have a conversation with you!
Good video bud.
I'm backing fishing after 30 years, and boy has it changed.
Fishing the pole mostly, your videos are very helpful 😀
Glad they help 👍
thanks for sharing
Cheers Denis
wie immer tolles Video danke dafür
Cheers Sven
Great vid Jon, really enjoying the natural venues and how you approach them. 👍👍👍
Cheers Jason
Cheers Jon another great video love canal fishing not done it for few years but Gona get back into it keep them coming 👍👍👍👍
Cheers Ian
classic video jon very enjoyable to watch thank you for posting,para
Thanks para
Another enjoyable video Jon the rain seems to follow you and boats and more boats and a full audience of walkers🤣 but you managed some fish between the boats 👍🥺🎣🎣
Adds a bit of interest ha ha
Great to see you on Allen’s lock fished quite a few matches their 15to 20 years ago summer was a nightmare with the boats but still managed to win a few I think the swim your in was a toughie I preferred other side of bridge for skimmers mind you that was a long time ago great Video Jon love watching
Cheers Andrew. They were doing a lot of work above the lock that day and a big CRT working boat came through just as I packed away. I tend to walk that way and it does look fishy
lovely looking stretch of the canal
Yes lovely looking rural canal. Could do with being a foot deeper and 3m wider!
@@JonArthur you want try are local canal the staffs/worcs round are town it's a super but of cut plenty of roach ,skimmers,big perch,Chub and on a couple of parts some damn big carp and very big bream
Great video just seen you fishing at Evesham angling festival
Thanks. Pity Evesham was so difficult
I love watching Jon fishing the waters around my areas, love to see him do one on the Cherwell that runs along the by the Banbury res, just to give me some points on baits and rigs
I’ll give it a go one day for sure
I need to get out on a canal, haven't done it for years.
Go for it!
Did the Ramblers realise they were conversing with possibly one of the best all round anglers in the country?....I think not @jon Arthur Angling!! Brilliant vid yet again Jony End Peg!!!😄
Ha ha cheers Steve
Great video
Thanks Tommy
Great video John. I fished my local cut for about 4 hrs and had 16 boats go through.... Worst thing was they all came through in pairs. 🤦♂️🤦♂️..
Oh dear! Everyones holidaying at home this year!
Nice short session Jon! Had the same experience few days ago on a local canal: lots of very small stuff. No bonus hybrids for me though 🙁
Thanks Jos 👍👍👍
I love canal fishing! You should come down my way. We have some of the best canal in the country. Last four sessions in August have double figures of roach every time, on Luton canal around Leighton Buzzard.
Agreed Leighton Buzzard is brilliant. I shot a nice vid for Matrix there with Polly last winter
Brilliant video Jon our canals are a minefield of cyclists runners dog walkers that seem to forget to pick up after their pooches and f1 racing barges but the rewards are certainly there for the brave 😉
Thanks Scott
really enjoy these little sessions makes me want to get back on the canals and rivers
Go for it!
Be great to watch you in a canal match John
Yep I miss my canal matches
great stuff buddy interesting how you rotated the bait and despite the boats and rain still caught
Cheers Bish
Nice little session there. Thanks for the vid. Didn't there use to be a 4mph speed limit on canals? I don't remember, as it's been 35 years since I last fished one.
Pretty sure there’s still a speed limit 💨
Awesome man. Cant beat a sesh in the canal.
Ive recently bought a pole to shsre with my son, 8.5m for now. It came with 2 top kits, thinking about setting one up for shallow but wasnt too sure how to do it, re hiw much line ti have from the elastic but ive got a bettee idea now after seeing your top kit at the beginning. Finding this whole elastic thing a bit confusing haha
Best of luck with the pole. 👍
Nice little session Jon, I fish Staffs Worcester and it's like the M6 these days, a far cry than twenty years back when you hardly seen a soul on the towpath now its crazy and can drive you nuts at times, fishing is still good though with plenty to be found.
Used to love the Staffs Worcs and Shroppy. Bit far for me now though
@@JonArthur Yes i used to fish matches with Paul Turner & Peter Plant on Wolves AA back in the day, was all about the gudgeon then on the whip, some big chub now and lots of good sized perch, they have eaten all those gudgeon now, funny how it all changes.
I fished those matches too. Was once as many gudgeon on the Oxford as there was at Wombourne and Penkridge. Zander, perch and crayfish have altered the fish populations now. The chub are strangely less numerous than they were.
@@JonArthur Wow excellent Jon its a small world, yes the larger chub are more scarce on the Staffs, though some nice ones around Dimmingsdale and some small chub are now showing so good news for the future. gosh thinking about it now its been a good 25 years since those days mate.....time flys indeed.
Thanks Jon great vid. Slightly disappointed with the lack of drum and bass. 😉
Sorry, DJ Jon wasn’t on the ones and twos 🎶
Another great video mate, have you considered doing a 'paid for' on line coaching video course? Your knowledge and experience would be invaluable ..I'd be up for it
Cheers, yep maybe one day if i get my act together 👍
Thanks for that video Jon, newbie here watching and trying to learn and pick up tips to improve. Think I best try some chopped worm instead of maggots as all I keep catching are those little ones, it’s nice to see the size of some of the hybrids that are in there.
Lots of surprises in the canals. Im sure idve had more bonuses if i stayed all day
@Jon Arthur Angling I’m fishing a bit further up from you at thrupp. Boats going through on Sunday was like the the m6. Thanks for sharing as I’m learning from your vlogs. it was my first time using a keep net on the canal and I took your advice first thing I did was secure the bottom to the bank. Got some worms yesterday so I’ll be trying them to see if I can catch anything bigger than my usual.
That was me driving that barge AND for your information I don’t own a BMW.
I’ve got a Subaru Impreza with a full body kit 😆🍺🍌
Glad your water skier fell off! 🚤
As always another cracking video, John can you buy the floats your using cheers Kev
Try contacting Bob at www.pablorwc.co.uk for floats
Another great video jon! May i ask what large green foamy like bungs are for?
Theyre skid bungs or pole protectors. Ive got all sorts of types. The green ones are sensas universal ones. Ideal for threading a pole through hedges. I Couldn’t fish a canal without one.
Fishing there next week, my mate had 8lb of skimmers last year.
Good luck Neil
Thanks. I remember buying a reel from you when you worked at Fosters in the old shop, I think you had just left school.😂👍
Hi Jon - awesome video again - would you ever try a nearside Whip line on on the canal or is that no longer viable these days?
Definitely worth a go before any boats and any lulls as its often deeper close in, but never a proper whip these days as too many bonus fish, so elastic all the way for me.
Fished that stretch alot on the punch tend to pic up better fish on the quiter evening when boat traffic is minimal
Yep I will go later or earlier for a different approach. Bread can be great on there all year but best before the boats arrive.
I’m having proper trouble with boats at the minute, they all seem to think that they have a lot more right to be there than anglers do…….
I fish a lot more nights now than days, it’s seem to be a Win Win for me at the minute, no boats and bigger fish….
Do you fancy night fishing ?
Last night I had a load of decent Tench and Bream with a massive Rudd…..💪
Not sure night fishing is allowed on any waters i currently fish but one day ill gear up for it perhaps. Definitely best to go early or late if you can but ive sadly not always got that luxury. Boats are one thing that sometimes puts me off the oxford as its narrower and shallower than the GUC which is a shame, but if it wasn’t for boats we’d have no canal i suppose
@@JonArthur fair comment no boats no canal…….
I’m a member of wdnac.org.uk and I can night fish parts of the River Nene, I work nights and have a fantastic family but my kids are much older than yours so yeah I consider myself lucky how much I get to fish……
More session videos please buddy…..👌
Jon, it would be good to hear your views about plumbing the depth on canals that have a considerable mud layer. The type of mud that can trap a plummet temporarily. Where would you set the float to hook depth under these circumstances?
I use a light 10-15g plummet and just lower it very gently, but I will always juggle the depth between several inches over depth and several inches off the bottom depending on what you are catching or trying to catch.
@@JonArthur Thank you Jon.
Great stuff! If you sing more there's a chance you could keep the boats away :-)
🎶🎤👍
Hi John, What knot do you use between the dacron and elastic ? Any reason you don't have it through a side-pull bush ? Thanks
I have a few Finesse kits that dont come with side puller slots, so just use a puller bung. Ive similar Match kits with light elastic with side pullers. Knot is just a single overhand as the dacron lassos over the elastic and just tightens up against the knot, if that makes sense
Great as always! Wish i could make it to England for a visit of some venues. Where did you get this butt protection thingie in green for your pole? I am looking for some for my Preston Pro Type 210.
Its a sensas skid bung or pole protector 👍
@@JonArthur thank you!
quick qustion how do u seperate the pole when landing the fish. which way do u twist it so it seperates
Not something I’ve ever considered or worried about. Either way is fine. Modern pole sections stay together very well however you put them together.
What is it with boaters that don't slow down? I understand that they are the reason that the canals are there, but a little consideration for anglers doesn't go amiss! The other scenario are those that go nice and slow then open up mid swim. Aaargh!
Some of it's ignorance, some of it is just inconsideration. Same inconsiderate people who hog the middle lane of motorways with their fog lights blazing I assume! :-)
Jon, I’ve never fished the canal, do you use your same commercial pole on the canal that you would on a commercial?
Yes i actually think a strong pole is essential on a canal
if i wanted to go fishing on canal in oxford would that be a good place or would u advise further along.
Any part of the Oxford should produce this time of year as the boats keep the fish moving
Hi just wondering what poles you recommend I am looking at buying a new one and don't know what to go for I match fish mainly carp and f1s
Probably looking between 1000 And 2000 Any recommendations please
Matrix MTX3 has to be best all round pole in that price bracket
My Wife thinks I’m a half a section from a full kit!😬
Just half? 🤣
I'm looking for a new box. How do you rate that matrix
Love my F25. I tend to use it without the footplate as its so light to carry like that
@@JonArthur thank you. That sounds a plan. Its coming up to River time. I live 5 mins from Dorset Stour. Hampshire Avon and 15mins from Throop and the Royalty. I could take the plate off and use it on the Rivers.
Brilliand
Thank you J
why doesn't anyone use squats any more? i knew an angler who fired pinkies at boats who didnt slow down
People do but theyre no longer readily available in my area as fewer people demand them. Plus my session was deliberately a simple session using bigger baits. I did mention Im sure I couldve caught on squatts if I brought some. However, canals have really changed and bags of squatt fish are less dominant on many. Take one look at the recent Div 1 National on the GUC. Once dominated by squatts, now catches totally dominated by bigger baits for skimmers and perch etc.