Absolutely amazing to see catch and release practised and what a fantastic size average of cod an absolute example of how to run a sustainable cod fishery. The best thing I’ve seen for years!!!! A lesson for every sea angler!!! Top marks
Used to get some big cod like this off whitby yrs ago 80s..was plenty about kept them if swim bladder came up ,as we were fishing deep...good to see these going back👍👍👍
Barnfield Fishing thank you, I used to see the massive cod in the angling press from the Yorkshire coast when I was younger, they've all but disappeared in the South, hardly any decent cod get reported in Essex these days, sadly. I hope they remain to be caught up North. I will check out your content, all the best.
Dave Seamark thanks, we did take our fair share for the table & to give to the lady in the guest house but we also released lots to fight another day, it's a good feeling to see them swim back down.
Great vid mate, hope you enjoyed the Shetland, flugga is an amazing fishing area, I,m local here and we make a rule of any fish over 20lb goes back for stock, pity yous had a poor day fishing the second day but overall looked like you’d had a great trip, one tip I could give you is the weight size, I use 2lb weights as there’s massive tides there so a good heavy weight works great, also make sure everyone uses same weight or there’ll be lots of tangling, I,lol be heading up there in my boat in April, can’t wait, respect man 👌👍🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣
Thanks Steve, good luck with your April trip, I must say I'm a little jealous!! I will definitely make my way back up there one day not just for the fishing but for the overall experience, thanks for the helpful tips too, all the best my friend, Paul.
I would have loved to see you guys cooking up a traditional brit fish & chips with some of that catch. Great videos you have made that are really interesting to watch. Looking forward to the next one.
My pb cod is 1lb 0.9oz its the only cod I've caught and I caught it middle of summer at the sea terminal on the isle of man, its a popular spot but cod are few and far between, its more mackerel lesser spotted cat shark's pin whiting and you get the odd weird unexpected things like bass I've seen one in 10 years fishing their and a blonde Ray once, anyway you get a 32lb pb and he said it was the biggest of the season so far, well done also enjoyed the video 📹 👍
amazing, i kind of would choose the Coalie i think, i dont see many that size! couldnt believe when you returned the beasts... very well done! nice to see that ;)
Charlie, this skipper only fishes Shetland during the summer months usually so I would say when I went in June is a good time, although he said in May they caught even more fish, larger too!
Done that, same guest house, Kegster is quite a dude, I out fished the boat on a rig of his disliking for an hour and he said: The muppet is supposed to be in the water not holding the rod' Lol......Great times.
Great vid and good to see fish go back. You did the right thing, kept the ones that were too knackered to go back. When you bring them up from deep water you can stop reeling when the fish are about 20 feet below the boat and they'll blow a load of air out, which allows them to go back easier. I've been looking for the boat you were on but can't find it, I'm thinking about a trip up there next year, if I can. Have you any details where to find him?. Cheers mate.
william thank you, My friend actually booked it all up so I don't have the details to hand but I'm sure John Keggie is on facebook, his boat is called Yell Rebel & he fishes out of Cullivoe, if you search around you should find his details somewhere, he usually spends the winter marlin fishing in the canaries but with this pandemic I'm not sure what he's up too at the moment, good luck!
What a wonderful trip, marked by good fish and good friendships. I do wish that you had shown us and described the various rigs and lures that were used-and how they were fished. Do you happen to know what company built John's boat? It looks like a very good one.
Chris I could find out who made it & yes the trip was wonderful, nothing beats fishing with your pals! I'm not one for explaining the tackle & tactics, I think there are so many people out there doing that sort of thing better than me so I leave it to them!
Genine Curtis it wasn't but it was worth every penny, I've always wanted to go to the Shetland Islands, it's a magical place & I'll definitely be going back!!
My wife is taking me to the shetland Islands during wool week, and I want to go fishing. Is this possible? I am an old fart, 76 years old, but have fished for salmon on the Pacific years ago.
Hi guys, could you let us know what set ups you were using please? I'm due over in August this year and getting different opinions on what weights and types of rod and reels etc.👍
Peter the skipper should advise you better than us but we were using 30-50lb class gear jigging with savage gear 460 gram cutbait herring in a variety of colours, the skipper also had 3 hook traces that he made up out of red tubing that accounted for some decent fish, we also caught on live & dead coalfish & fresh mackerel when we could get them, I'm sure everyone's opinion differs but take a range of tackle to cover all eventualities, cheers!
Wauu, thank you for this video, what amazing place you went to, haha, I allmost shit myself when you said. F...K ME,ITS HUGE, (the fish), haha,exellent choice of word, and the smaller fish that went back,and a SHARK!! took it.. was it a shark ?, holy c...p poor fish, just dident get a chance.. well, brilliant video,and what a great experience👍👍😊🐠🐙
pj Collins yes, this was Dave Elliot's boat & he sold it to Keggie, strange thing is, I caught my previous pb cod of 18Ib on this same boat out from Newhaven over a mid channel wreck on a whole cuttlefish!! You couldn't make it up but it's absolutely true!!
@@shorefishingessex i went out on this boat had some brilliant days out on it pb cod 20 pound and 80 pound conger had some good tub gurnards aswell dave knew some good marks he was a good skipper has he packed it in now?
@@pjcollins1885 I've had some great days out with Dave in the past but unfortunately I've heard he's not in good health lately, which is a shame, I remember when he was learning the ropes way back in the 90's aboard Nikaria skippered by Chris Martin, I had my pb conger of 65Ib back then, we used to steam right across the channel to the French side & stay a couple of nights in Fecamp, good old days!!
@@branchinghenk thanks, I generally do like to take fish home to eat but we had already taken a few back to eat at our digs so we started releasing some of the fish that looked fit to go back, I know what you mean though, I would like to have seen the fillets off of that! All the best pal.
@@shorefishingessex Aw never! Hope now all is well? and don't take any notice of the "keyboard warriors". Some folk have nowt better to do than twist about other folks.
Due know what, the last and only time i went on a charter boat I ended up ground baiting for everyone and i was the only 1 who couldnt fish . We had a double breakfast in the morning so we wouldnt be hungry on the trip real nice greacey food . the sea was quite choppy and i kept getting the diesel fumes from the exhaust. they said i was as green as the hulk . So Paul you guys had some amazing catches well done mate . I envy you . OH and by the way it cost us if i remember right around 35 quid a head and im going back around 38years it wasnt cheap and the skipper was a grumpy cunt cause he was tired.
Lol Robert I've been out with some grumpy skippers in the past, I don't mind so long as they put you on the fish, we've also had a couple of blokes in our group who used to go green with sea sickness, it can't be nice but I'm glad I don't suffer with it, all the best pal!
live let liv lol!! They didn't all go back but the fella who caught that 32lber is big into his catch & release so it was his decision, that would have made a few nice meals but hopefully it will go and make a more cod!!
And how do you release the air bladder? Are you suggesting we should have pierced it? That would definitely kill the fish! if you believe that piercing the internal organs of a fish that has blown it's innards will survive when you throw it back, then you are seriously deluded! Fish in that state will definitely die & throwing them back with a hole in their swim bladder will not help in any way whatsoever! A lot of these fish were not caught in very deep water & their condition onboard dictated whether we released them or not, of course if they had blown their swim bladders & their eyes were bulging we would have kept them for the table. I'm not misguided enough to say that every one of those fish thrown back survived but we had a well respected & very experienced skipper guiding us through our actions, if he had said that a fish had a chance of survival on being returned we would have taken his advice & I would trust his professional judgement over an ill informed keyboard warrior with ideas firmly rooted in the past.
Absolutely amazing to see catch and release practised and what a fantastic size average of cod an absolute example of how to run a sustainable cod fishery. The best thing I’ve seen for years!!!! A lesson for every sea angler!!! Top marks
Phillip many thanks for the kind remarks!
good to see these going back
Im all for taking a few fish for the table, but that was fantastic to see so many decent fish going back! Well done guys 8-)
Cheers Mark
@@shorefishingessex No worries, wouldnt mind a bash at that myself! Looked a great trip!
Used to get some big cod like this off whitby yrs ago 80s..was plenty about kept them if swim bladder came up ,as we were fishing deep...good to see these going back👍👍👍
Barnfield Fishing thank you, I used to see the massive cod in the angling press from the Yorkshire coast when I was younger, they've all but disappeared in the South, hardly any decent cod get reported in Essex these days, sadly. I hope they remain to be caught up North. I will check out your content, all the best.
Well done for returning some superb fish boys. Proud of ya's.
Dave Seamark thanks, we did take our fair share for the table & to give to the lady in the guest house but we also released lots to fight another day, it's a good feeling to see them swim back down.
i get a buzz releasing as much as i get from catching :)
Great fishing excellent returning some.
absolutely amazing to see them fish going back!! massive massive respect for that mate, great to see.
Some serious slabs!! Nice 👍
Wish I was back there now!!
Returning that 32lb cod; respect my man.
Amazing video brilliant fishing and nice to see the fish going back
lozzfish thanks!!
That looked like fun great vid atb
Cheers Phil, it was!!
Propa love your videos mate. Decent geeza aswell. Nice one!
leakproofj20 thanks!
Great vid mate, hope you enjoyed the Shetland, flugga is an amazing fishing area, I,m local here and we make a rule of any fish over 20lb goes back for stock, pity yous had a poor day fishing the second day but overall looked like you’d had a great trip, one tip I could give you is the weight size, I use 2lb weights as there’s massive tides there so a good heavy weight works great, also make sure everyone uses same weight or there’ll be lots of tangling, I,lol be heading up there in my boat in April, can’t wait, respect man 👌👍🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣
Thanks Steve, good luck with your April trip, I must say I'm a little jealous!! I will definitely make my way back up there one day not just for the fishing but for the overall experience, thanks for the helpful tips too, all the best my friend, Paul.
December 2021
Still inspirational.
We look forward to seeing you back again soon.
Essex.
Les Thankyou my friend!
I would have loved to see you guys cooking up a traditional brit fish & chips with some of that catch. Great videos you have made that are really interesting to watch. Looking forward to the next one.
Doug Thank you, The lady in the guest house cooked our fish!
Another great vid.I,m bingeing on these
neil hellens Lol!! thank you.
good work Sir.....thank you for sharing........
Came across this channel by accident... some real zoo creatures caught ..
Brilliant stuff and thanks for sharing
No worries, thanks!
Great to a single shad and catch and Release,well done lads.
Tom thank you!
I want to go here...hand line cod would be fantastic
Give it a go!!
My pb cod is 1lb 0.9oz its the only cod I've caught and I caught it middle of summer at the sea terminal on the isle of man, its a popular spot but cod are few and far between, its more mackerel lesser spotted cat shark's pin whiting and you get the odd weird unexpected things like bass I've seen one in 10 years fishing their and a blonde Ray once, anyway you get a 32lb pb and he said it was the biggest of the season so far, well done also enjoyed the video 📹 👍
Robbie thanks my friend.
amazing, i kind of would choose the Coalie i think, i dont see many that size! couldnt believe when you returned the beasts... very well done! nice to see that ;)
Gary thank you!
i remember balcary back in the 80s . 42lb british shore caught record .
I was thinking of that place just the other day Phil!
@@shorefishingessex dont know what is like today , but was the dogs back in the day .
Nice enjoyed that ,please could you tell me what time of year is best cheers?
Charlie, this skipper only fishes Shetland during the summer months usually so I would say when I went in June is a good time, although he said in May
they caught even more fish, larger too!
Done that, same guest house, Kegster is quite a dude, I out fished the boat on a rig of his disliking for an hour and he said: The muppet is supposed to be in the water not holding the rod' Lol......Great times.
Lol Julian, glad I got to fish in the Shetlands with him as I think he's going to concentrate more on the marlin & tuna in the Canaries from now on.
Well done boys, Big respect for returning the breeding stock 👍
Fazbats cheers!
some proper chunks
Smokey Canopy outdoors thanks, and some of the fish were too!!
Great vid and good to see fish go back. You did the right thing, kept the ones that were too knackered to go back. When you bring them up from deep water you can stop reeling when the fish are about 20 feet below the boat and they'll blow a load of air out, which allows them to go back easier. I've been looking for the boat you were on but can't find it, I'm thinking about a trip up there next year, if I can. Have you any details where to find him?. Cheers mate.
william thank you, My friend actually booked it all up so I don't have the details to hand but I'm sure John Keggie is on facebook, his boat is called Yell Rebel & he fishes out of Cullivoe, if you search around you should find his details somewhere, he usually spends the winter marlin fishing in the canaries but with this pandemic I'm not sure what he's up too at the moment, good luck!
What a wonderful trip, marked by good fish and good friendships. I do wish that you had shown us and described the various rigs and lures that were used-and how they were fished. Do you happen to know what company built John's boat? It looks like a very good one.
Chris I could find out who made it & yes the trip was wonderful, nothing beats fishing with your pals! I'm not one for explaining the tackle & tactics, I think there are so many people out there doing that sort of thing better than me so I leave it to them!
Would love to see the picture of the cod's head and "face"
Great Video, bet that wernt cheap trip
Genine Curtis it wasn't but it was worth every penny, I've always wanted to go to the Shetland Islands, it's a magical place & I'll definitely be going back!!
My wife is taking me to the shetland Islands during wool week, and I want to go fishing. Is this possible?
I am an old fart, 76 years old, but have fished for salmon on the Pacific years ago.
This looks better than my trip to norway
Glenn Mcloughlin, I'm going to Norway next year!!
Hi guys, could you let us know what set ups you were using please? I'm due over in August this year and getting different opinions on what weights and types of rod and reels etc.👍
Peter the skipper should advise you better than us but we were using 30-50lb class gear jigging with savage gear 460 gram cutbait herring in a variety of colours, the skipper also had 3 hook traces that he made up out of red tubing that accounted for some decent fish, we also caught on live & dead coalfish & fresh mackerel when we could get them, I'm sure everyone's opinion differs but take a range of tackle to cover all eventualities, cheers!
@@shorefishingessex thanks👍
Wauu, thank you for this video, what amazing place you went to, haha, I allmost shit myself when you said. F...K ME,ITS HUGE, (the fish), haha,exellent choice of word, and the smaller fish that went back,and a SHARK!! took it.. was it a shark ?, holy c...p poor fish, just dident get a chance.. well, brilliant video,and what a great experience👍👍😊🐠🐙
Bell D I wish it was a shark!! It was a Grey Seal, they are massive!!
Was this boat that used to go out of newhaven when the skipper then decided to go out on it?
pj Collins yes, this was Dave Elliot's boat & he sold it to Keggie, strange thing is, I caught my previous pb cod of 18Ib on this same boat out from Newhaven over a mid channel wreck on a whole cuttlefish!! You couldn't make it up but it's absolutely true!!
@@shorefishingessex i went out on this boat had some brilliant days out on it pb cod 20 pound and 80 pound conger had some good tub gurnards aswell dave knew some good marks he was a good skipper has he packed it in now?
@@pjcollins1885 I've had some great days out with Dave in the past but unfortunately I've heard he's not in good health lately, which is a shame, I remember when he was learning the ropes way back in the 90's aboard Nikaria skippered by Chris Martin, I had my pb conger of 65Ib back then, we used to steam right across the channel to the French side & stay a couple of nights in Fecamp, good old days!!
Reminds me when i was 10 years old
That was some fish that Gary fella caught. Excuse my ignorance but wouldn’t you keep a fish like that to eat or something?
In fact there were a few nice fish there now I finished watching the vid. That was the business.
@@branchinghenk thanks, I generally do like to take fish home to eat but we had already taken a few back to eat at our digs so we started releasing some of the fish that looked fit to go back, I know what you mean though, I would like to have seen the fillets off of that! All the best pal.
Mate, what was that beast that came and took the returned cod on day two ? I couldn't make it out, was it a seal ?
Jan that was a grey seal, a massive creature & a privilege to see in it's natural environment.
He sent the FISH back home...C.O.D.!
Lol!!
What was the trouble with the Octopus viseo?
Too much grief in the comments plus a life changing event resulted in some rash decisions!!
@@shorefishingessex Aw never! Hope now all is well? and don't take any notice of the "keyboard warriors". Some folk have nowt better to do than twist about other folks.
That looked an excellent trip mate, I'm jealous, if I was allowed to drive I'd do that
David Storton thanks, nice to hear from you, who's stopping you driving? The missus or the law?!!
I know the feeling. If I hadn’t had all my computers seized and banned from the internet I’d be arranging this trip too.
Damm..is this normal? I would never believe it.
Mark yes, apparently our few days up there wasn't the greatest according to the skipper!
@@shorefishingessex OK....so I know where we are going to fish next. Thanks
The Bigger fish sud of been returned including the 17 pound pollock cat eating anyway.. good video tho
Due know what, the last and only time i went on a charter boat I ended up ground baiting for everyone and i was the only 1 who couldnt fish . We had a double breakfast in the morning so we wouldnt be hungry on the trip real nice greacey food . the sea was quite choppy and i kept getting the diesel fumes from the exhaust. they said i was as green as the hulk . So Paul you guys had some amazing catches well done mate . I envy you . OH and by the way it cost us if i remember right around 35 quid a head and im going back around 38years it wasnt cheap and the skipper was a grumpy cunt cause he was tired.
Lol Robert I've been out with some grumpy skippers in the past, I don't mind so long as they put you on the fish, we've also had a couple of blokes in our group who used to go green with sea sickness, it can't be nice but I'm glad I don't suffer with it, all the best pal!
Catch and release with a gaff.,im sure its less harmful than a dangerous landing net.
32lb Cod and you're throwing them back mate
live let liv lol!! They didn't all go back but the fella who caught that 32lber is big into his catch & release so it was his decision, that would have made a few nice meals but hopefully it will go and make a more cod!!
A job not done well mates, cod fish brought up from such deep water need to have their air bladder released all you threw back probably died!
And how do you release the air bladder? Are you suggesting we should have pierced it? That would definitely kill the fish! if you believe that piercing the internal organs of a fish that has blown it's innards will survive when you throw it back, then you are seriously deluded! Fish in that state will definitely die & throwing them back with a hole in their swim bladder will not help in any way whatsoever! A lot of these fish were not caught in very deep water & their condition onboard dictated whether we released them or not, of course if they had blown their swim bladders & their eyes were bulging we would have kept them for the table. I'm not misguided enough to say that every one of those fish thrown back survived but we had a well respected & very experienced skipper guiding us through our actions, if he had said that a fish had a chance of survival on being returned we would have taken his advice & I would trust his professional judgement over an ill informed keyboard warrior with ideas firmly rooted in the past.