This is Day 2 of our epic trip to Scotland with our boat. We worked hard exploring new marks and building on lessons learned in day 1 we had some cracking fish!!! 💪🏻🎣 Merry Christmas everyone. 😊🎄💙
Happy Christmas John, family and Chris.. I think you have the best fishing channel on TH-cam, the species you catch, the tactics you use and the catch and cook / foraging gives this channel such valuable variety.. I have a young son and watching the empathy you show for your catch and your environment is something I want to pass down to him! Keep up the great work and Merry Christmas!
hi mate im 64 and lived in a small village that is horden all my life and i can honestly say ive got awesome memories of beach and boat fishing since i was 14 needless to say that i love your channel'''' keep on enjoyiing your life my friend
Thanks John, I am disabled you give me a beautiful view every day. I used to fish off a boat at deal your catches are more varied and larger than mine ever were. Keep up the good work. Jeff.
What a great year, John and many hours of pleasure provided to thousands of good folks. I"d say that's a job well done, mate. Many thanks indeed and a happy festive season to you, your family and your fishy friends like, Chris 👍. It's always good to see your family and friends join in and your forays out on the commercial boats have been an interesting and informative addition. Looking forward to 2024's action! 😁
The days are here when you get to show sport fishing in the UK territorial waters in the comfort of our homes we feel your cold we feel your rain we feel your energy you put into all your videos. May I take this opportunity to wish you John Hanna and your protege young master jedi a full and happy christmas with lots of fishing and videos in the new year
@@TheFishLocker Ahhh that’s what it is. Big bloody bandits those birds are. I hope you and the family have a good xmas. Little James especially. Such a cool wee character.
John, you’ve done it again. Put out another outstanding video. Love you and yours from the East Coast of North Carolina, USA. Merry Christmas and best wishes for a wonderful year to come.
Ey up mucker. Cracking vid as always. Off up Scotland myself in a few days, looking forward to catching the sweetest of f/a. All the best to the family. Have a great Christmas and New Year.
What amazing fish those skates. Would have liked to see more of the spurdogs. I think they are nice fish. And than the double hookup with both skates on deck you and Chris had a hard but rewarding day on the boat. Your backs must be killing you now. Lol. Greetz from Stipo from Holland
Hi John, nice to see you in Scotland, will you be coming up as far as the Highlands for some hospitality. You'll always be a welcome visitor here mucker.👍🏴
@@TheFishLocker well, I live in the hills looking over the Moray Forth. More than welcome to use my place as a base as we have more than enough room for an extra boat, vehicles etc. I believe we get a lot of sharks in the firth , up to two thirds of Scotland's squid come from here too so there must be predators. I'll have my boat up and running for summer. We can discuss it nearer the time pal.👍
A fantastic couple days of fishing mate, I can only imagine the amount of prep work that must go in to putting together a trip like this. I hope you and all yours had a great Christmas John and wish you all the very best for 2024 , your efforts are greatly appreciated 🎣👍🏼 Paul
I have got the pieces of extra footage to do a whole Vlog of the trip including the travel- I filled it all incase there wasn’t enough fish footage. 🤣 I might edit it over this bad weather and upload it in the new year.
Just no Chris, not claimable, Thank you John and Chris for another great video, Merry Christmas and a stonker of a Hogmanay to you both and all your families.
A lot of hard work guys, i agree with you Chris they all count, 😊 bet John wont count it as a catch will you John😅 Thanks for all you video's throughout the year John and have great Christmas with the Locker family.👍👍👍🎣🎣🎣
I hope you 7 your family have a great Christmas too John & Chris. You sound puffed out mate but it looked to be a pretty good session. Obviously hard work to land the Skate but thanks for another great video. Cheers, Don from South Australia.
Merry Christmas to you and your families and wish you everything you wish for yourselves in the New Year. Thanks for all your uploads during the year John, always welcome, and as a suggestion, hope you and Fish Hunter can get something together next year. The banter would be hilarious.
Merry Christmas, John and thank you for the hours of education and entertainment over the past months since the Great Algorithm showed me your channel and got me hooked. (pun intended 😁) Wishing you and yours all the best. 🥰🎄
Skate wings was mums favourite .Cooked in Lard .Married to a Trawler Skipper she had a massive choice .Mum skinned them but cooked them on the cartilage .
It's Christmas day morning and just watched this amazing fishing trip.Well done again to you both for catching and landing these magnificent fish.Merry Christmas to you John and all your loved one's also all the people who work with you.
Spending a lot of time in Scotland John and Chris, you'll both be fishing in a kilt soon lol. Merry Christmas and a happy new year to both you and your families.
@@TheFishLocker not only your opinion but most subscribers to yr videos would deem that a ‘good tally’. Your videos are always educational and excellent quality too. If the videos are done in-house then all I can say is wow. Keep up the great work.
@@iainmceachran321 - I do everything. Other than Chris’ help on the boat etc. This video and all of the others are thought up, paid for, filmed, edited and produced by me.
@@TheFishLocker Well I doff my cap to you as your videos are first rate. Really informative, none of this “Eh, eh, hmm” your dialogue is bang on topic as if you are talking to a mate or buddy. I am aghast when you fly thru your tools of the trade and I have to rewind to hear what gear you are currently using and the weight of line you use. Not like my 20lb mono when I went for cod off the beach in the Clyde as a lad. Now all there is to catch is what the inshore fishing boats leave behind……not much! Excellent videos John. Even young James there is teaching me stuff. So a huge shout out to James. Shine on matey.
@@iainmceachran321 - Haha. James regularly amazes me with his knowledge. He was teaching me something about deer antlers the other day. He makes us so proud. 💙 Best wishes bud
Good work..Great to see such healthy population...Nice conger...awesome 3lb rock fish as a bonus... If I was a fish I wouldn't want a swim bladder...happy Christmas to you n family..
Good result and great fishing by the two of you. Them baits are a mental size, but then again so are the skate! Thanks for all the videos John, all the very best for Christmas and New Year to you and your family. I look forward to more of the same in 2024.
Thanks john for your content watching your videos on a Sunday evening has become a religion much better than the garbage they try to force feed you on the TV these days
Great fishing adventure and well done .Trying to think of a way to wind up the match fishing boys. If they heard comment of 1000lb of fish/carp in 3 hours they would piss their pants.....;)
This is Day 2 of our epic trip to Scotland with our boat. We worked hard exploring new marks and building on lessons learned in day 1 we had some cracking fish!!! 💪🏻🎣 Merry Christmas everyone. 😊🎄💙
and to you and all your followers merry xmas.
Happy Christmas John, family and Chris.. I think you have the best fishing channel on TH-cam, the species you catch, the tactics you use and the catch and cook / foraging gives this channel such valuable variety.. I have a young son and watching the empathy you show for your catch and your environment is something I want to pass down to him! Keep up the great work and Merry Christmas!
Seasons greetings to you and the family John. Where approx. was the area Bud? I thought I recognised the harbour?? Cheers Bud 👍👏👏
Merry Christmas John and family
it's a cracker of a video🎄 🎅 🌲 🧑🎄 🎄
Best angler on TH-cam by far. No nonsense, no silly music, just solid fishing.
Just simple and honest fishing. The good and the bad. The only thing I take out is the occasional swear word when I duck up. 🤣
@@TheFishLocker we all duck up John. Just keep doing what you are doing. This fellow Yorkshireman will follow your 2024 trips.
hi mate im 64 and lived in a small village that is horden all my life and i can honestly say ive got awesome memories of beach and boat fishing since i was 14 needless to say that i love your channel'''' keep on enjoyiing your life my friend
Thank you very much Edward and merry Christmas to you mate. 😊🎣🎄
Lots of Stingray come to NZ snapper kingfish johndory etc 😊
I would love to!!
Thanks John, I am disabled you give me a beautiful view every day. I used to fish off a boat at deal your catches are more varied and larger than mine ever were. Keep up the good work. Jeff.
What a great year, John and many hours of pleasure provided to thousands of good folks. I"d say that's a job well done, mate. Many thanks indeed and a happy festive season to you, your family and your fishy friends like, Chris 👍. It's always good to see your family and friends join in and your forays out on the commercial boats have been an interesting and informative addition. Looking forward to 2024's action! 😁
Thank you very much David. I am glad that you have enjoyed the variety of content we have shared throughout the year. 😊👍🏻
The days are here when you get to show sport fishing in the UK territorial waters in the comfort of our homes we feel your cold we feel your rain we feel your energy you put into all your videos. May I take this opportunity to wish you John Hanna and your protege young master jedi a full and happy christmas with lots of fishing and videos in the new year
Thank you Barry and we wish you a wonderful Christmas and a happy new year.
@1:48 when you says “I only turned the camera on 3 minutes ago” on the left of the screen it looks like theres something sticking out the water.
It’s a Black backed Seagull.
@@TheFishLocker
Ahhh that’s what it is. Big bloody bandits those birds are.
I hope you and the family have a good xmas. Little James especially. Such a cool wee character.
Great trip John. Has been a fascinating experience. You are by far my most watched person on TH-cam. Great content very informative. Roll on 2024. ❤
Let’s hope it’s a fish filled year. 👍🏻👍🏻
Yes coco girl you are da boss your English is amazing keep up the good work respect from the UK xx
Haha.
John, you’ve done it again. Put out another outstanding video. Love you and yours from the East Coast of North Carolina, USA. Merry Christmas and best wishes for a wonderful year to come.
Thank you Jeanette and have a wonderful Christmas. 😊🎄
Fantastic under water views!You two are very hardy young men!Great to see!
Merry Christmas to the Lockers, thanks for all the great Sundays.
Thank you very much.
Christmas Eve posting. Thanks for our regular Sunday entertainment. Have a great family Christmas. 17 Skate and various bait fish.wow!
It is our pleasure Terry. Merry Christmas my friend.
Well you certainly wrapped up 2023 in style guys.
It ain’t over yet. 😉
Wow great video as usual JL. Thanks for you videos in 2023. Merry Christmas to you and all the family.
It is our pleasure. Merry Christmas 😊🎄🎣
Ey up mucker.
Cracking vid as always. Off up Scotland myself in a few days, looking forward to catching the sweetest of f/a.
All the best to the family. Have a great Christmas and New Year.
Well good luck with that. 🤣🎣
Thank you, John & Chris, for a smashing upload. Wishing you all a wonderful, Christmas & New Year. Greetings from Cyprus. 👍👍🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟😎😎
Have a wonderful Christmas Jacqui. 😊🎄
Great video John have a good one & all the best & tight lines for 2024 🐟🎣🍻🍻🥃
Thank you Lawrence. 🎄😊
Merry Christmas to you and your family John and a happy and prosperous new year.
Thanks for all the uploads mate.
Merry Christmas Pat.
Merry Christmas to John and the family! I hope you have an excellent time
Thank you Damien. 😊👍🏻
I'm across the pond on cape cod and you have great videos. 👍 keep up the good work
Thank you very much. Do you fish much over there. I hear you have issues with the sea lions?
Hello Chet, I've heard that Striped Bass are relatively common where you are. Do you fish for them ever? Tia.
What a super trip. Thanks for taking us along. Excellent camera work too John. Much love to you all and Merry Christmas 🎄 ❤
It is our pleasure Sherri. Have a wonderful Christmas.
What fantastic fish and fishing. Glad to see that you managed a few of your favourite doggies!!
Haha. Wouldn’t be a session without a dogfish. 🤣🎄
Yes!! of coarse Chris caught the sole. He used a whole skate as bait. Well done him.
Barry from Essex
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Great video John,
Thank you for all the great videos,
Hope you and all your family have a very Happy Christmas and New year.
See you on the next one.
Thank you very much. Take care and Merry Christmas.
Absolutely stunning fish, and on that sloppy water extremely well done. Exciting sea fishing at its best, thanks lads. Merry Christmas to you both🎅🎄🎣
Merry Christmas bud. 🎄😊
What amazing fish those skates. Would have liked to see more of the spurdogs. I think they are nice fish. And than the double hookup with both skates on deck you and Chris had a hard but rewarding day on the boat. Your backs must be killing you now. Lol. Greetz from Stipo from Holland
The skate eat Spurdogs, so when the skate come in properly on the feed. The Spurs disappear sharpish. 🤣🎣
That was worth waiting until Christmas morning to watch. The both of you make a great team. Excellent.
Merry Christmas Richard. 😊🎣
Cracking video. Thank you. Wishing you all the best for Christmas an the New Year.
Thank you Nicola and have a great Christmas. 😊🎄
Hi John, nice to see you in Scotland, will you be coming up as far as the Highlands for some hospitality. You'll always be a welcome visitor here mucker.👍🏴
This was only a short visit, James and I are looking at making a trip in the summer though. 👍🏻🎣
@@TheFishLocker well, I live in the hills looking over the Moray Forth. More than welcome to use my place as a base as we have more than enough room for an extra boat, vehicles etc. I believe we get a lot of sharks in the firth , up to two thirds of Scotland's squid come from here too so there must be predators. I'll have my boat up and running for summer. We can discuss it nearer the time pal.👍
Happy Christmas to the family.
Tight lines for next year.
Great vid as always....
Thank you Paul.
Many Thanks for the very enjoyable videos throughout 2023 and wishing you and family all the very best for 2024 Sir :)
Thank you Robert. Have a great day.
That was definitely a success, all the best to everyone and let's see what 2024 brings, plenty of fish hopefully!
Thanks Mark. Best wishes bud. 👍🏻🎣
Wow those were some Massive Rays! Merry Christmas to you and your Family!
Thanks mate and Merry Christmas.
A fantastic couple days of fishing mate, I can only imagine the amount of prep work that must go in to putting together a trip like this. I hope you and all yours had a great Christmas John and wish you all the very best for 2024 , your efforts are greatly appreciated 🎣👍🏼
Paul
I have got the pieces of extra footage to do a whole Vlog of the trip including the travel- I filled it all incase there wasn’t enough fish footage. 🤣 I might edit it over this bad weather and upload it in the new year.
Merry Christmas John to you and your family!!
Merry Christmas Paul.
another great video john keep em coming
Cheers mate.
Great footage! Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks John. I hope you and your family have a very Happy Christmas and a cracking New Year!
Thank you very much mate. 😊👍🏻🎣
Just no Chris, not claimable, Thank you John and Chris for another great video, Merry Christmas and a stonker of a Hogmanay to you both and all your families.
Haha. If he had never caught one before I would have possibly allowed it. But otherwise no. 🤣
Thanks for your efforts with all the hints,tips and entertainment this year John. Look forward to to seeing what you have in store next year 🎣🐟🎅🏻🦈🍻
My pleasure Kevin.
A lot of hard work guys, i agree with you Chris they all count, 😊 bet John wont count it as a catch will you John😅 Thanks for all you video's throughout the year John and have great Christmas with the Locker family.👍👍👍🎣🎣🎣
Haha. The jury is still out on wether that sole counts. 🤣
What a fantastic session. Those skate are well behaved on the boat
They are played out by the time they reach the boat. 😉
The rock looked like a keeper to me. 😁
It’s a proper chore filleting them.
Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Looking forward to your content next year
Merry Christmas Danny. 👍🏻🎄
Merry Christmas john and your family nice video as always ive never seen a rock fish like that before 🤣🤣 👍
Haha. They are very hard to catch mate. Usually so big you can’t get them to the boat. 😉🤣
Amazing Catches as I never thought the fish were so large
They get even bigger!!!
Great session John. Have a great Christmas. Hope Santa delivers whatever James wished for.
Thank you Tim.
Merry Christmas John another fantastic video looks like you and Chris had amazing trip in Scotland
We had a blinder of a trip. Talk about effort=reward. 💪🏻🎣
Love your vids, cant wait to start surf fishing in the spring, cheers john and chris from new england!
Best of luck with that Ethan.
I hope you 7 your family have a great Christmas too John & Chris. You sound puffed out mate but it looked to be a pretty good session. Obviously hard work to land the Skate but thanks for another great video. Cheers, Don from South Australia.
Hard work and also wrapped up on so many layers of clothing limits your range of movement.
Good to see you using the black magic harness and gimbel. Quite possibly the best you can get.
I agree.
Merry Christmas to you and your family and a healthy new year 🇮🇪
Thank you John, take care mate.
Merry Christmas to you and yours. Thanks for this years excellent content. 🇺🇸
My pleasure Roger. 😊👍🏻🎄
HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY JOHN 👍😉🏴🎄
Thank you Phil.
Cracking session that, well done and thanks for sharing it with us all
Hope you and your family have a great Christmas 🎄
It is our pleasure
Fantastic fishing, thank you and happy Christmas to you all.🥳
Merry Christmas 😊🎄
Great banter between you and Chris. Tight lines boy's. Have a great new year
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Most of the banter isn’t fit for family audiences so it doesn’t make it to TH-cam. 🤣
Great stuff lads, seasons greetings & All the best for 2024 and looking fwd to more fishing 🎣👍
Thanks Peter. All the best mate. 👍🏻🎣
Really nice video John
Thank you Henry.
Merry Christmas to you and your families and wish you everything you wish for yourselves in the New Year.
Thanks for all your uploads during the year John, always welcome, and as a suggestion, hope you and Fish Hunter can get something together next year. The banter would be hilarious.
Now then Alan, Merry Christmas mate and best wishes to the family. 😊🎄
Merry Christmas, John and thank you for the hours of education and entertainment over the past months since the Great Algorithm showed me your channel and got me hooked. (pun intended 😁) Wishing you and yours all the best. 🥰🎄
I don’t mind how people find us, simply that they enjoy their time with us.
Can’t beat the excitement and of a skate trip 🎣
It’s good fun but I couldn’t do it every week. 🤣💪🏻
Very interesting beautiful fish really enjoyed the video Merry Christmas to you and your family
Thank you Dawn and have a wonderful Christmas. 😊🎣🎄
Skate wings was mums favourite .Cooked in Lard .Married to a Trawler Skipper she had a massive choice .Mum skinned them but cooked them on the cartilage .
Smaller Skate species like Thornback skate are still eaten quite commonly.
It's Christmas day morning and just watched this amazing fishing trip.Well done again to you both for catching and landing these magnificent fish.Merry Christmas to you John and all your loved one's also all the people who work with you.
Thank you Stuart and Merry Christmas. 😊🎄👍🏻
Merry Christmas! Keep up the good work.
Loved the new species of rockling! Fantastic trip.
Glad you enjoyed joining us Leon. 👍🏻🎣
Always do John, your new videos are part of my weekly highlights.@@TheFishLocker
Merry Christmas to you and your family xxx
Thank you Debbie. 👍🏻🎄
Thanks for all the video's this year John and have great Christmas with the family
and Wishing you a year full of fish for 2024🎣🎣
Thank you very much and Merry Christmas 😊🎄
Great vlog John 👍
Glad you enjoyed it Linda.
Absolutely outstanding both of you! Merry Christmas!! (And thank you both!!)
Thank you.
Merry Xmas John and family,from BIGMICK IN HULL
Thanks Mick. Best wishes bud. 😉🎄
There is beauty in a release.
Seeing them flap away strong is wonderful
Hi, thanks for showing us. Interesting.
My pleasure Colleen. 😊👍🏻
Merry Christmas to everyone 🎄🎅
Thank you.
Fantastic John another great video and what a size those rays are . Wishing you and your family a merry Christmas and a happy new year
Thank you John and Merry Christmas.
Thanks for the many hours of fishing fun you’ve shared. Wishing you and yours a great 2024
Any time Cameron. Best wishes bud. 👍🏻🎄
Hi I used to boat fish long time ago been buying new gear plus picking loads of tips and tackle from your program cheers)
Good to hear it John.
Spending a lot of time in Scotland John and Chris, you'll both be fishing in a kilt soon lol. Merry Christmas and a happy new year to both you and your families.
Haha. Not a chance mate. Far too cold for the boys. 🥶
Great fishing expedition. 17 skate? Fantastic. Great video. Merry Christmas guys
Aye Iain, 17 in total over the trip. Pretty good tally imo.
@@TheFishLocker not only your opinion but most subscribers to yr videos would deem that a ‘good tally’. Your videos are always educational and excellent quality too. If the videos are done in-house then all I can say is wow. Keep up the great work.
@@iainmceachran321 - I do everything. Other than Chris’ help on the boat etc. This video and all of the others are thought up, paid for, filmed, edited and produced by me.
@@TheFishLocker Well I doff my cap to you as your videos are first rate. Really informative, none of this “Eh, eh, hmm” your dialogue is bang on topic as if you are talking to a mate or buddy. I am aghast when you fly thru your tools of the trade and I have to rewind to hear what gear you are currently using and the weight of line you use. Not like my 20lb mono when I went for cod off the beach in the Clyde as a lad. Now all there is to catch is what the inshore fishing boats leave behind……not much! Excellent videos John. Even young James there is teaching me stuff. So a huge shout out to James. Shine on matey.
@@iainmceachran321 - Haha. James regularly amazes me with his knowledge. He was teaching me something about deer antlers the other day. He makes us so proud. 💙 Best wishes bud
Good work..Great to see such healthy population...Nice conger...awesome 3lb rock fish as a bonus...
If I was a fish I wouldn't want a swim bladder...happy Christmas to you n family..
Haha. Shark species and eels are much hardier and can go to much greater depths as a result.
I cant believe you watch billys vids, thats so awesome. Merry xmas 🎄 Mr L
Haha. I don’t often get chance to watch TV. When I do I enjoy Billy’s take on fishing and his sense of humour.
Well done lads, super show!!
Glad you enjoyed it mate. 👍🏻🎣
Merry xmas to you both and your families ,good to have you up our way mate
Thank you Pat and best wishes my friend.
Good result and great fishing by the two of you. Them baits are a mental size, but then again so are the skate! Thanks for all the videos John, all the very best for Christmas and New Year to you and your family. I look forward to more of the same in 2024.
Thank you very much. 👍🏻🎄
Merry Christmas everyone.
Merry Christmas.
Cracking days fishing guys fair play to you both, I would totally love to catch one that sort of size, they were amazing size
Believe it or not but they do get bigger!!!
Merry Christmas John
Thank you Robert.
Thanks john for your content watching your videos on a Sunday evening has become a religion much better than the garbage they try to force feed you on the TV these days
Every Sunday without fail. 😉🎣👍🏻
@@TheFishLocker definitely the best part of every Sunday without fail
That’s a LOT of lead 😮
Sure is.
Happy Christmas to you and yours!
Happy holidays!
Excellent video as usual. Happy Xmas to you and family
Same to you bud. All the best. 🎄👍🏻
Fantastic session well done, and a Happy Christmas to you and all your family
Merry Christmas mate. 🎄🎣
Great fishing adventure and well done .Trying to think of a way to wind up the match fishing boys. If they heard comment of 1000lb of fish/carp in 3 hours they would piss their pants.....;)
Haha. We didn’t do too badly Conger fishing either - but that was between 6 of us.
Now that’s what I call “a bait”!!
Big baits for big fish. 👍🏻🎣
I once heard someone say ,catching a big skate is like pulling a barn door through treacle . Looks like its true .lol
Haha. I’ve heard it described as like landing a sack of potatoes that occasionally pulls back.
Merry Christmas John thanks for all the great videos 🦈🦈🦈🦈
Any time Alan.
Merry Christmas to you and the family John. Keep up the great videos, fab family entertainment ❤
Merry Christmas Mark. 🎄👍🏻
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas Eric.