I was about 19/20 when Go fishing came out. and John Wilson's passion was what really solidified my love of the sport, and all these years later after a very long absence, Graham has done the same and renewed my interest as I love his videos the way I used to love the Go fishing series all those years ago.
Sorry to be offtopic but does someone know a trick to log back into an Instagram account..? I somehow lost the account password. I would love any assistance you can give me.
I followed a previous tip you gave on creating a paste with pellet. I had one of THE best sessions ever. A great mixed bag with weights from half a lb to 14lb. It has never failed me since. Thank you!!
Hi Graeme, I have a great challenge for you down at my favourite fishing spot, a river I have only once seen you fish. It would make a great film and show me, a one year fishing novice, and others like me how to deal with complicated water in winter. Come down with me if you are interested.
I caught my first 4 foot shark (smoothound) on a slug back in 1979 while fishing for eels in Sheppey Kent, not sure how it didn't bite through my line back then, I've never caught another even using usual sea baits, I didn't unhook it, I just cut the line close to its mouth and pushed it back in the sea, at 12 years old i was fishing with my homemade bamboo rod originally from the center of a carpet my parents had delivered, also was using a Winfield fixspool from Woolworths where I used to get most of my fishing gear as a kid, I wish we had camera phones back then.
@@tadhghayden8440 i dont know but it took me some time and my friend hanging on to my rucksack to stop me getting dragged off and 40 years later I still can't work out how and why it never bit through the line, it was my biggest fish I have ever caught here and my only smoothound from the beach on Sheppey. My luck must have been running well that day
Did you ever try it out? And ive thought about slugs as bait when sat fishing on a dewy morning but dismissed the idea, think i'll have to give it a go myself after the close season on the rivers
We were using slugs in 1960's. I had the pleasure of fishing in the company of the late Charles Landells who was a pioneer of fishing with slugs. To see him in action on the Hampshire Avon, Stour, or Kennet was masterful. A great Chub fisherman.
Nice to hear a few of us are left who remember slugs were a great Chub bait...possibly anyone under the age of 50 would think I am making it up,but not so.
Great and informative video as always. Looking forward to seeing you fish with these slugs. And of course another catch and cook of fish or any seafood. Love all your videos.
Good sir 1st thing i love your shows. 2nd hope one day i can be an famous in fishing as yourself. Im an angler from canada in ontarios niagara region im 20 minutes from lake erie, lake ontario and niagara falls. I run a fishing league threw fb and help the canadian fishing network out with their fish off tournaments. Long story short look for some garden snails we have a brown n white spiral snail. I crack their shells peel them off hook threw the foot pad that are the best fall carp n sucker bait ive used. Ever. Best of luck my friend hope you see this and try it out. Canada camt get enough of you, keep doing what you do your common wealth loves your adventures.
I am from the Hamilton area and am interested in area fishing events once this lousy covid -19 is over. If you have any information about local fishing groups,I would be interested.
The CFN fishoff is starting up the end of may pushed back the opening due to covid. There is alot of groups on faceback from toronto fishing ambassadors to 905 fishing groul to niagara dly fisherman and even a habour fishing forum add my name on fb same as youtube ill add u in the groups mod for a few.
Water snails are a great bait as well, think I've seen tackle shops selling them frozen...find them in a lot of garden ponds as well as natural rivers and lakes. Bit more hassle to collect but worth it.
Graeme - best wishes as I was worried that you were unwell with little in the way of new sea fishing TH-cam posts. I was almost considering going fishing myself instead of lying in bed (headphones on) listening to your 'unique take' in my late evenings, I even wondered if perhaps you had dropped everything and run off with 'Smith'. I am 68 this year and would have sympathised. Best wishes, Roger.
Have used slugs as bait for years and years carp and chub just love them and the small white ones perch and big roach ......Snails also are a good bait free lining close in
I think the match anglers use commercially bought snails now in a tin from tackle shops..If matchmen are using them you can be sure someone has been filling their nets.
Nice reminders of some decent baits. You mentioned 6 gills, do you have any plans to revisit them from the shore in Ireland? Think it would be a fantastic film getting one of those beasts to the jetty.
Chub love em, I find the black ones are better as they seem to be very common around the river bank so the Chub see a lot of them dropping in the water when the river floods.
Great program Graeme. I was just wondering about using Slugs without splitting them. I often used to trot on the Trent using whole slugs, just hooking the through the back without splitting them first. I caught plenty that way. Just wondering on if you think it makes that much difference ?
I used to "slug hunt" in my gardens by torchlight every night to protect our foodstuffs we were growing, never use pellets as they will kill any birds or hedgepigs unfortunate to eat them, also never use salt, as salt is fatal to birds. I used to flush them down the loo,, anyhow one night the monsters were out, I picked up two of the biggest critters I have ever seen, one about 5 inches long the other about six,, they were as fatter than broom handles, never tried them as bait for Chubb, but have used them with some success on carp. There again Carp will eat just about anything.
I have used earthworms for Dabs and Flounders.Possibly other sea fish take them as well...In the States they call them Nightcrawlers,but that term means a whole different thing in other countries.
leave a couple of old slices of bread in a plastic bread bag with holes in and youll have loads in the morning all sizes too. or sprinkly some groundbait in a bread bag same thing.
I remember fishing a river with L/Meat, The Slugs could smell the meat and came out of the undergrowth by the hundreds, I moved the meat a couple of yards the other way and within a minute they had turned around heading for the meat......Thats all I caught that day.....Slugs !!!
If you leave trays out overnight with cheap lager this is one of the most effective ways of trapping slugs. It is a very pleasant death for slugs drowning in lager and very effective for Chub fishing !
As usual you are very entertaining even if its not about fishing. Let us know when you will be using the slugs for a fishing trip. I also thought instead of just letting your new flower pot weights go to the bottom to stay that you could put a piece of hangar into the side of the concrete pot to be rigged like it was one of the corks you have used that with a small jerk from the fish the line would pull free from the potted weights and the fish would swim away and besides catching the fish you could bring the weight back up to the boat each time by using some stronger line and continue to reuse them. I can't think of what you called it when the fish would pull the line loose from the side of the cork and then the cork would be loose to slide up the line or down to the weight before hitting the hook. I think you know what I mean. Again on friday evening the first thing I watch is your fishing video. I have watched some of mikes ta outdoors but its just not as entertaining as your videos. I used to love his bushcraft adventures as well as the hunting but lately they are just boring to me. Guess at 72 building viking huts just ain't that appealing but I keep watching hoping to see him get back to the kinds of videos that I enjoy. Thanks again Graeme.
Ahhh I would've liked yo see you actually fish woth the slugs though!! Also how does you're wife feel about those slugs in the freezer!?😱 hopefully some seafishing soon!?!?
Hi Graeme. Don't knock snails until you have tried them. Parsley and garlic butter and they are delicious. Terrible if you have cholesterol but delicious. Good health and stay safe.
There are always stories about people selling bottled slugs as snails. For the years i've been eating snails nothing has returned to haunt me yet. LOL.
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I remember John Wilson using slugs for chub years ago. RIP John.
Slugs and wasp grubs are very traditional bait for Chub, it's amazing how much we have forgotten :)
I was about 19/20 when Go fishing came out. and John Wilson's passion was what really solidified my love of the sport, and all these years later after a very long absence, Graham has done the same and renewed my interest as I love his videos the way I used to love the Go fishing series all those years ago.
I am joining John. Good bye 👋
Sorry to be offtopic but does someone know a trick to log back into an Instagram account..?
I somehow lost the account password. I would love any assistance you can give me.
@Abdullah Chris Instablaster =)
The shot at 8:23 with the wood pigeon in the background and the ambience/livelyness of the audio is proper making me yearn for the summer
Thank you sir I love your channel I wanted to know if I can feed my koi carp slugs thanks again 😊
I followed a previous tip you gave on creating a paste with pellet.
I had one of THE best sessions ever. A great mixed bag with weights from half a lb to 14lb.
It has never failed me since.
Thank you!!
Groundbait paste is one of the best baits I use....Overlooked,and if you get the consistency right,it's deadly on commercial waters.
@@TAFishing i will definately give this a go this year. Love your show and have done from the beginning. Ty
Apologies, I typed the wrong title for this as I rushed it when editing! This is more about collecting slugs to use as bait for fishing. - Mike
Would snail's work Graham?
The late great John wilson was renowed for catching chubb on slugs..
Snails are slugs with a shell there the same thing
@@zachhall3623 true
Hi Graeme, I have a great challenge for you down at my favourite fishing spot, a river I have only once seen you fish. It would make a great film and show me, a one year fishing novice, and others like me how to deal with complicated water in winter. Come down with me if you are interested.
I caught my first 4 foot shark (smoothound) on a slug back in 1979 while fishing for eels in Sheppey Kent, not sure how it didn't bite through my line back then, I've never caught another even using usual sea baits, I didn't unhook it, I just cut the line close to its mouth and pushed it back in the sea, at 12 years old i was fishing with my homemade bamboo rod originally from the center of a carpet my parents had delivered, also was using a Winfield fixspool from Woolworths where I used to get most of my fishing gear as a kid, I wish we had camera phones back then.
how on earth did u get it in???on such gear!!
@@tadhghayden8440 i dont know but it took me some time and my friend hanging on to my rucksack to stop me getting dragged off and 40 years later I still can't work out how and why it never bit through the line, it was my biggest fish I have ever caught here and my only smoothound from the beach on Sheppey. My luck must have been running well that day
Wow.. The good old days 👍
@@kevslife yup when a 30 or 40 yard cast would do the job here but sadly now over fished by foreign trawlers 100 yards out
@@rickburnout666 my thoughts exactly.. It's a very sad case of affairs.
After I finish watching this video, Graeme, I'm heading out to the garage to make a few of these hooks. What a great idea! Thanks.
I've never heard of using slugs. I gotta try the bare hook methods- they look cool!
Did you ever try it out?
And ive thought about slugs as bait when sat fishing on a dewy morning but dismissed the idea, think i'll have to give it a go myself after the close season on the rivers
Nice fish Mr Graham, another enjoyable vid. Dont do much fishing myself but do enjoy your films. You have a nice home too, lovely big garden.
Love the garden /field views. Awesome
so how did i miss the part when you fished with slugs
Now that's some old-school bait tips 👍 Graeme 👌
wow that’s a massive trout
I wish you would show us you cutting and using those slugs for baits!
Swhat I came here for.... Came for gold and left with platinum tho
I wish winter up here in the north was like winter down south! =]
@Plawn Clackers It was a joke. Uploaded in Feburary when it was snowing here. Clearly summer when that footage was shot. You southern fairy.
I use slugs on a regular basis and as well as good chub I have had great brown trout and greyling trotting a slug along the river brilliant bait
Warm English summer day....hmmmmm paradise!
We were using slugs in 1960's. I had the pleasure of fishing in the company of the late Charles Landells who was a pioneer of fishing with slugs. To see him in action on the Hampshire Avon, Stour, or Kennet was masterful. A great Chub fisherman.
Nice to hear a few of us are left who remember slugs were a great Chub bait...possibly anyone under the age of 50 would think I am making it up,but not so.
Great video mate but would love to have seen a video of using the concrete weights
Great and informative video as always. Looking forward to seeing you fish with these slugs. And of course another catch and cook of fish or any seafood. Love all your videos.
Graham pullen is a genius 😂
Gonna take that cement weight mold idea and use them as anchors in my kayak and jon boat. Thank you Mr. Graeme.
You could easily upgrade them to a large flowerpot which should be anchor enough for a kayak.
Good sir 1st thing i love your shows. 2nd hope one day i can be an famous in fishing as yourself. Im an angler from canada in ontarios niagara region im 20 minutes from lake erie, lake ontario and niagara falls. I run a fishing league threw fb and help the canadian fishing network out with their fish off tournaments. Long story short look for some garden snails we have a brown n white spiral snail. I crack their shells peel them off hook threw the foot pad that are the best fall carp n sucker bait ive used. Ever. Best of luck my friend hope you see this and try it out. Canada camt get enough of you, keep doing what you do your common wealth loves your adventures.
I am from the Hamilton area and am interested in area fishing events once this lousy covid -19 is over. If you have any information about local fishing groups,I would be interested.
The CFN fishoff is starting up the end of may pushed back the opening due to covid. There is alot of groups on faceback from toronto fishing ambassadors to 905 fishing groul to niagara dly fisherman and even a habour fishing forum add my name on fb same as youtube ill add u in the groups mod for a few.
I know this sounds like a dumb question GP, but could you please explain "backwinding" and when it should be used?
my old work partner used to use snail chunks for bait.. caught lots of green sunfish on those things.. lol
Thank you ,again another great set of tips.
Gave you a thumbs up because your are totally awesome. Slugs make me gag. Urp!
Evening everyone.
hoping a chub on slugs video is in the pipe line guys ;)
Water snails are a great bait as well, think I've seen tackle shops selling them frozen...find them in a lot of garden ponds as well as natural rivers and lakes. Bit more hassle to collect but worth it.
Aaggh. All those pretty flies I’ve tied over the past 40 years, and all I needed was a bare hook! Great viewing as ever.
was is the name of the hat you using ? looks awesome
If it is the trout section it could be a Florida flats hat. Long peak to shut down light,and some have neck and ear flaps to ward off sunburn.
Graeme - best wishes as I was worried that you were unwell with little in the way of new sea fishing TH-cam posts. I was almost considering going fishing myself instead of lying in bed (headphones on) listening to your 'unique take' in my late evenings, I even wondered if perhaps you had dropped everything and run off with 'Smith'. I am 68 this year and would have sympathised. Best wishes, Roger.
Old school.
Nice job!
Have used slugs as bait for years and years carp and chub just love them and the small white ones perch and big roach ......Snails also are a good bait free lining close in
I think the match anglers use commercially bought snails now in a tin from tackle shops..If matchmen are using them you can be sure someone has been filling their nets.
Used them years ago for the Chub on the River Leam in Warwickshire
Been fishing 55 years concrete weights possibly the best tip I have ever seen
Hello from Kentucky :)
ta friday
im happy
hang on what!!! slugs.....bear hooks! ....... concrete weights !!.......viking houses.........amazing
Bait fishing thank you my friend.
reckon it was super thick line...my hunch... interesting u caught on slug..wonder if wrasse will go for em??
Any weeds that u took out of garden. Also loves most herb garden and surten soft leaves flowers
Was hoping to go fishing today but didn't make it, I was feeling a bit sluggish....I'll get my coat..
Nice reminders of some decent baits. You mentioned 6 gills, do you have any plans to revisit them from the shore in Ireland? Think it would be a fantastic film getting one of those beasts to the jetty.
I went out tonight. It hasn't rained in weeks. Caught about 30 or so leapord slugs in varying sizes
I live up North and our weather total shite compared to yurs....looks like summer there
Black slug free lined or wasp grub always did it for me back in the 1980s
Chub love em, I find the black ones are better as they seem to be very common around the river bank so the Chub see a lot of them dropping in the water when the river floods.
Agree, those are the ones I used, smaller black ones not the behemoths.
graham may i ask what sort of hat that is you are wearing when you were catching the trout?
Could have been a Florida Flats hat. Some have neck and ear flaps to prevent sunburn. Don't know if you can buy them in the UK though.
Nice vid
Great program Graeme.
I was just wondering about using Slugs without splitting them.
I often used to trot on the Trent using whole slugs, just hooking the through the back without splitting them first.
I caught plenty that way.
Just wondering on if you think it makes that much difference ?
I used to "slug hunt" in my gardens by torchlight every night to protect our foodstuffs we were growing, never use pellets as they will kill any birds or hedgepigs unfortunate to eat them, also never use salt, as salt is fatal to birds. I used to flush them down the loo,, anyhow one night the monsters were out, I picked up two of the biggest critters I have ever seen, one about 5 inches long the other about six,, they were as fatter than broom handles, never tried them as bait for Chubb, but have used them with some success on carp. There again Carp will eat just about anything.
Would it b OK to use my wife's tuppoware for a bait box????
Yes, if you let your wife use yours as her baitbox.
fly fishing for trout!..pellets for carp!..but what about those multicolour slugs being cast out??
What a great video mate, I really enjoyed watching.
SurvivalAustria
Glad you enjoyed it,I try and keep the films as something other channels are not doing.
Were where you fishing for trout at ?
I think it was Rockbourne in Hampshire...Lots of different trout species there.
Next video: fishing with slugs ?? 4real please
Always used slugs my self for chub on the rivers
They were the go to bait for chub or lob worms back in late 60s
Exactly...Its in the old 50's fishing books,and earlier.
just came from the bushcraft tools behind the scenes.
I bet your wife loves finding your bait in the freezer. :) You have huge slugs compared to what we have. Great fishing and tips.
What other garden baits do you use and can you use them for saltwater, thanks
I have used earthworms for Dabs and Flounders.Possibly other sea fish take them as well...In the States they call them Nightcrawlers,but that term means a whole different thing in other countries.
@@TAFishing have tried slugs before with out much luck but will try with the slit belly,
leave a couple of old slices of bread in a plastic bread bag with holes in and youll have loads in the morning all sizes too.
or sprinkly some groundbait in a bread bag same thing.
I have noticed the slugs clean off all my mouse and rat traps in damp weather ,baited with cheese...and leftover birdseed from the feeder.
Always used to see loads around the cat food bowl
I have tried slugs they work so why not snails
The local fishery near mine love using slugs for carp and it's a really hard water to catch in
I now know that you freeze slugs fresh from garden, but how do you use them for bait?....
I remember fishing a river with L/Meat, The Slugs could smell the meat and came out of the undergrowth by the hundreds, I moved the meat a couple of yards the other way and within a minute they had turned around heading for the meat......Thats all I caught that day.....Slugs !!!
Alamo Cannon luncheon meat?
@@richardtoft6998 Its a British Version of Spam in a can. Basically chopped and boiled pork.
9:12 Hey Graeme, where did you get the long bill hat?
Florida Keys. Try Capt.Harry's fishing supply,Miami.
A good hat these days is hard to find.
Best slug chach is on your grass that u trow out. There over few nights be hundrets
Size of that garden greame do you live in a castle
Graeme, can you do night fishing there in the U.K.?
Yes,depends on each fishery rules.Some do,some don't.
Holy crap that's a lot of slugs
Fly fishing a flicker is the most devastating way to catch trout
Seriously deadly ... Saved me from blanks a few times. Lol
Dynamite baits do a hemp and snail in a can
Where's the fishing with slugs? Disappointed as never tried them & was looking forward to seeing how you hook them up🤔
If you leave trays out overnight with cheap lager this is one of the most effective ways of trapping slugs. It is a very pleasant death for slugs drowning in lager and very effective for Chub fishing !
have used them whole and alive and caught chub but never frozen them and then cut them up
Are you going to be at THE BIG ONE this year
No,we are not doing the Big One this year.
@@TAFishing OK
As usual you are very entertaining even if its not about fishing. Let us know when you will be using the slugs for a fishing trip. I also thought instead of just letting your new flower pot weights go to the bottom to stay that you could put a piece of hangar into the side of the concrete pot to be rigged like it was one of the corks you have used that with a small jerk from the fish the line would pull free from the potted weights and the fish would swim away and besides catching the fish you could bring the weight back up to the boat each time by using some stronger line and continue to reuse them. I can't think of what you called it when the fish would pull the line loose from the side of the cork and then the cork would be loose to slide up the line or down to the weight before hitting the hook. I think you know what I mean. Again on friday evening the first thing I watch is your fishing video. I have watched some of mikes ta outdoors but its just not as entertaining as your videos. I used to love his bushcraft adventures as well as the hunting but lately they are just boring to me. Guess at 72 building viking huts just ain't that appealing but I keep watching hoping to see him get back to the kinds of videos that I enjoy. Thanks again Graeme.
Slugs on the lettuce of life,make them walk the plank
Where in the video the slugs used as bait??
muscles go well and snails
Theres me expecting a day on the river fishing for Chub with slugs.....
Guess the dementia took over !!
i rigged huge slugs after a rain on a small pond and i hooked a small catfish
Years ago the anglers would split the belly to reveal the white inside ands use them for Chub. That might work for Catfish as well.
Mic is good
Ahhh I would've liked yo see you actually fish woth the slugs though!! Also how does you're wife feel about those slugs in the freezer!?😱 hopefully some seafishing soon!?!?
They were found by her and banned when she unfroze some thinking they were chilli con carne !....Now relogated to the garage freezer.
Caught a pile of perch once using slugs as I ran out of worms..
Slugging good video 😅
You’ve been busy. Viking house and fishing
I confess to having been click baited more than a few times..... first ever slug baited though🥴. Did you just forget or joke on me?
Hi
Hi Graeme. Don't knock snails until you have tried them. Parsley and garlic butter and they are delicious. Terrible if you have cholesterol but delicious. Good health and stay safe.
I have heard of eating snails,but has anyone tried eating slugs ?...do they come up as fast as they went down ??
@@TAFishing 😂
There are always stories about people selling bottled slugs as snails. For the years i've been eating snails nothing has returned to haunt me yet. LOL.
I get loads of slugs in my house 😂
Same they come under my kitchen door and sometimes I stand on them and it's so disgusting and I now have a phobia of slugs
You don't actually fish with the slugs! You just round 'em up and freeze 'em!
If you cook them, they float.
Slug bait or click bait 😂🤣
Who is responsible for the awful subtitles.
They are auto generated, so youtube
Didn't actually use slugs as bait though did you, silly old coffin dodger forgot to add the footage