That was some lovely bream. Darren’s bass was good too. I know we’ve both said it before, but we’ve got some epic fishing on our doorstep. From Hurst Castle down to West Bay, we haven’t got any need to travel further than that, and there’s a huge range of fish too 😊
Another great video Tom well done on the gilt head and black bream and a cracking bass.Going to have a go for bass in the back water at milford in the next couple of days🤞stay safe & tight lines😊
Hi Tom, loved the video as always, love your shop, everyone is so helpful. Some of your marks are easily recognisable, but not sure about this one, where is it, Studland maybe? I'm sure it wont be flooded with eager anglers if you tell us. 😀
Hi Tom, another informative and entertaining video. I know that the gilthead was a bit of a bonus given how early in the season we are and I was wondering whether you would still use circle hooks when targetting them specifically later in the season. I have always been a great fan of circle hooks having read an in-depth paper on them written by Mike Ladle several years ago. As a scientist determined to ascertain how effective they were compared with traditional J hooks he carried out a number of experiments the most conclusive of which was when he joined forces with a commercial long line fisherman. They set lines out with half the hooks being circles and the other half being J hooks all with the same baits on several different occasions and each time the circles hooked 50% more fish than the Js. He also concluded that the circles were even more effective when snelled rather than tied in traditional fashion. I am now really demonstrating my geekiness by mentioning an interesting video I saw posted by a French angler who specialised in fishing for giltheads in the Mediterranean. He had the skull of a gilthead into which he repeatedly offered a hook that was snelled and one that was not. When retrieving the hooks from the gilthead’s mouth the snelled hook took purchase almost 80% of the time whereas the non snelled one was around 20%. For this experiment he used only a J hook in both cases. I assume that the success rate of the snelled hook was the resistance caused by the different pressure point and hook angle produced by snelling but then again I’m no physicist! Food for thought perhaps and I’d be interested in yours. David
That is all fantastic mate, thank you for taking the time to write all that. Firstly, yes, I've used circles for gilts for a number of years now, even going up to a 4/0 with certain baits. My black bream fishing is lagging behind, though. I'm still using wormer patterns for those mostly. Perhaps I need to change. The snelling issue is fascinating. My tiny brain can't get around why snelling would work with a circle, whereas I fully understand why using the perfection loop works. I will have to try it. That's the only way of finding out for yourself.
Thanks guys , great watch . Any tips on how to stop deep hooking bream , happened too much for my liking last summer , didn't wait ages to strike either . Don't know if i missed it but where were you fishing ?
Have you tried circle hooks? They really do work wonders for avoiding deep hooking. I'm using them more and more and for more different varieties. We were at Studland.
Colours look great on the fish guys! Are Bass generally thin at this time of year after winter? The ones I caught at this time last year were rather slender. 😅
Class vid as always. I've wanted to fish Studland for a while bit I hear I can be a pain am I right to think you can only fish it on the low and in the summer thers alot of weed
You can fish it at any state of tide. It's a great blow off venue when we have strong westerly winds. Sadly, you're right, though, the weed can be a pain at times.
Not the naturist beach?! Silly question, but do you have to be naked to fish there? I mean, in August I'm cool with that, but a February session would shrink certain appendages
That was some lovely bream. Darren’s bass was good too.
I know we’ve both said it before, but we’ve got some epic fishing on our doorstep. From Hurst Castle down to West Bay, we haven’t got any need to travel further than that, and there’s a huge range of fish too 😊
Oh absolutely! I love the variety we have available to us.
Love it when a plan comes together!!!
Spring definitely on its way now Tom!!!
Looking forward to the next instalment!!!
Cheers Ian
Thanks, mate. It definitely feels like winter is finally behind us!
@christchurchanglingcentre5428 guess what will happen now!
Great upload,like the chuckle brothers gone fishing lol, nice to see you back on top
🤣🤣 love that! Thanks mate.
The dynamic duo strikes again 😂😂, well done the pair of you 💪🎣🐟
Dynamic? That's the nicest thing Darren's ever been called.
@@christchurchanglingcentre5428 😂😂😂🎣🐟
That's brilliant. A little taste of summer and two friends having a wonderful few hours together down the beach. That's what it's all about!
That's pretty much it in a nutshell matey 😁😁
Another brilliant video! Cracking looking fish too! 👌👌👌
Thanks Jody. Say hi to Harry for me.
@@christchurchanglingcentre5428 he said to say hello back! See you soon.
Cracking video with 3 wonderful species, well done.
Thanks mate. Three of my favourites for sure!
Another great video Tom well done on the gilt head and black bream and a cracking bass.Going to have a go for bass in the back water at milford in the next couple of days🤞stay safe & tight lines😊
Thanks mate. Best of luck with the bass.
Cracking video Tom. Nice to see you getting into a few early in the season! I’ll be down tomorrow from Kent to see you for a few days pal 👌🙌
Incredible Gilt and the most stunning black bream (yes colours came out well) in Mid April !
I take it on circle with razor?
Brilliant , Thankyou
Thanks mate. Those blues are just electric in the sun. Stunning things.
Yes, razor clam whipped up and hung off a 2/0 circle.
Well done mate, I have my rigs and razors ready 👍🏻🤞🏼
Looking forward to our session mate
Good going guys three cracking fish, Tight lines 😊
Thanks mate
Good to see you caressing the ebb again. Nice session guys.
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Hi Tom, loved the video as always, love your shop, everyone is so helpful. Some of your marks are easily recognisable, but not sure about this one, where is it, Studland maybe? I'm sure it wont be flooded with eager anglers if you tell us. 😀
It is Studland mate. Lovely part of the world.
Great video and funny !!!
Thanks mate. Glad you enjoyed it.
Cracking fish to see this early. Well done guys
Very pleased to see one so early. Hopefully, it will be a great, long summer for them.
Nice one Boys. The weather looked beautiful and some lovely fish as well. 🎉
Cheers dude
Hi Tom, another informative and entertaining video. I know that the gilthead was a bit of a bonus given how early in the season we are and I was wondering whether you would still use circle hooks when targetting them specifically later in the season. I have always been a great fan of circle hooks having read an in-depth paper on them written by Mike Ladle several years ago.
As a scientist determined to ascertain how effective they were compared with traditional J hooks he carried out a number of experiments the most conclusive of which was when he joined forces with a commercial long line fisherman. They set lines out with half the hooks being circles and the other half being J hooks all with the same baits on several different occasions and each time the circles hooked 50% more fish than the Js. He also concluded that the circles were even more effective when snelled rather than tied in traditional fashion.
I am now really demonstrating my geekiness by mentioning an interesting video I saw posted by a French angler who specialised in fishing for giltheads in the Mediterranean. He had the skull of a gilthead into which he repeatedly offered a hook that was snelled and one that was not. When retrieving the hooks from the gilthead’s mouth the snelled hook took purchase almost 80% of the time whereas the non snelled one was around 20%. For this experiment he used only a J hook in both cases. I assume that the success rate of the snelled hook was the resistance caused by the different pressure point and hook angle produced by snelling but then again I’m no physicist!
Food for thought perhaps and I’d be interested in yours.
David
That is all fantastic mate, thank you for taking the time to write all that.
Firstly, yes, I've used circles for gilts for a number of years now, even going up to a 4/0 with certain baits. My black bream fishing is lagging behind, though. I'm still using wormer patterns for those mostly. Perhaps I need to change.
The snelling issue is fascinating. My tiny brain can't get around why snelling would work with a circle, whereas I fully understand why using the perfection loop works. I will have to try it. That's the only way of finding out for yourself.
That's awesome guys, gilthead in April 👌
Was really pleased to find one. The fishing is so early this year!
Great video again mate 🎣 👍🏻
Thanks Ian.
Like the John Wilson dig .well done.
It was an homage, not a dig. 🤣
I was going to ask the same re state of tide. Does low give easier access to a boat channel or similar features?
I normally prefer the flood up to high, as it can be very shallow in areas.
Superb gents 👏👏
Thanks mate
Thanks guys , great watch .
Any tips on how to stop deep hooking bream , happened too much for my liking last summer , didn't wait ages to strike either .
Don't know if i missed it but where were you fishing ?
Have you tried circle hooks? They really do work wonders for avoiding deep hooking. I'm using them more and more and for more different varieties.
We were at Studland.
@@christchurchanglingcentre5428Thanks , No I haven't, what sort of size for worm baits would you suggest ?
Looks a nice spot there at studland .
Colours look great on the fish guys! Are Bass generally thin at this time of year after winter? The ones I caught at this time last year were rather slender. 😅
50/50 to be fair. Some you'll catch are spent after spawning, but some are nice, thick, chunky ones.
Class vid as always. I've wanted to fish Studland for a while bit I hear I can be a pain am I right to think you can only fish it on the low and in the summer thers alot of weed
You can fish it at any state of tide. It's a great blow off venue when we have strong westerly winds. Sadly, you're right, though, the weed can be a pain at times.
Perfect thanks for letting me know 👍
well done lads Tight knickers
Cheers mate 😁
Fantastic video. New subscriber. Do you use mono or braid for your fishing?
Hi mate. Welcome to the channel.
100% mono. I strongly urge anyone to avoid braid for beach fishing.
What is the gold rod please , nice video
It's a Veret Eclisseo 4.25, sadly now discontinued.
Good old Darren stealing the lime light 🤣🤣well done on the gilt and black bream good stamp of fish there
All he caught was a poxy bass. It was a bream session. He failed. 🤣🤣
@@christchurchanglingcentre5428 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Tom's gilt y pleasure great fishing video
Gilty as charged...
@@christchurchanglingcentre5428 And Darren’t gilt by association 😂
He's always guilty
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Ah shame 3 nice fish there shame we don't get gilthead or bream up here.
That is a shame, mate. They're wonderful things to catch. We're very lucky to have them.
Shell bay?
Started down the bottom of Studland then worked our way up as the tide ebbed.
Not the naturist beach?! Silly question, but do you have to be naked to fish there? I mean, in August I'm cool with that, but a February session would shrink certain appendages
@Shining225 🤣🤣🤣🤣
did you weigh the bass ?
We didn't matey.
Hi...maybe i got this wrong guys....but I felt quite offended by your tongue & cheek 😔
Blimey? Which bit? Certainly never intend to offend anyone! We just love our fishing and have a great time when we go.
Ok, I'm totally bamboozled! I've rewatched the video and genuinely can't find anything that could be vaguely offensive!