- For anyone wishing to make their own Shark Chum and traces we have videos on The FishLocker Workshop channel. We have had several people ask if they may contribute towards trips like this and our videos in general, for this we have now begun a Patreon. Thank you and have a wonderful day. 😊👍🏻🎣🦈 www.patreon.com/TheFishLocker
I was taught using chum is cheating. But that's for cage diving I guess. That cage diving shit is destroying shark populations every sing place tourism places go. Easier for them to use the people as a pay day than go catch fish. Sickest though is Japan with dolphins. There is a city that legally allowed to "harvest" dolphins. 100+ pods every single day they trap in a cove and then walk in with Spears and stab. It's disgusting. They started selling it as tune and half community almost died from poisoning since aquatic mammal animals have insane amounts of Mercury. Yeah ladies. Your skin absorbs shit. So your poisoning yourself every time you put it on and also killing a dolphins, since they killed off most whales
Hello, I really love your channel and learning a lot. I am wondering, at what depth are you fishing your sliding float? Or don’t you set the depth at all?
Just found your channel. Really like it. I'm originally from the Outer Banks of North Carolina, but live in the mountains now. I saw a lot of Great White sharks being caught off Beaufort, South Carolina so far this year, big ones. What kind of sharks do you generally catch in the UK? And what size? Looking forward to seeing the rest of your videos.-CJ
Another cracking video. Having got a drone, now our hero transforms into John Cousteau as I think that’s the first footage of a fish under water and near the boat. In a recent vid I saw John and James on board and this is not an aircraft carrier he’s fishing from. Which makes me challenge The Fish Locker when he says « the key to this kind of fishing is... » Clearly the key to the idea of pulling a blooming great shark onto a floating bath tub is to let John take all the risks, while we watch from the comfort of our armchairs😉🐟👍Good on you JL. Stay safe everyone.
@@TheFishLocker it was the tail that gave it away! Dolphin..eat sandwich.. No dolphins...fish on.. Plagued with dolphins here! Nice to see, but pack up!..no chance of anything..bass, sea trout or salmon!..does my head in!.. Twenty feet away from dolphins with their wee smiley faces..on the beach!! Tossers!🤣 And they kill the porpoises...and the salmon..and the sea trout..season nearing the end now..only a few more weeks..if the wind relents.. no chance for the next week...😭 That why I like your vlogs... At least soneone with youashing the lines!
Another great adventure recorded for posterity and our viewing pleasure. I remember when my Uncle Barry use to go shark fishing out of Looe in the late 60s 1 shark was a result 7 would have been unheard of. Just goes to show catch and release is the only way to maintain stocks of these fabulous predators. The underwater film of the penultimate shark swimming away was terrific. Really enjoyed this video. 👍😊🐟🎣
- Thank you mate. Between you and me, the shark fishing was better in those days than currently as far as shark populations go. Catch and release is 100% working but we still aren't up to the good old days levels. Anglers have just refined the way we target them over the years. Also, Looe although it is historically the Mecca of shark fishing that is a lot to do with that being where the Shark Angling Club is based. Shark fishing in Penzance and Falmouth was always better by location. 😊
So glad I found this channel! In these trying times seeing you, the wife and Fish Locker junior together fishing and beach camping is so cool. P.S She's a great cook too! In my opinion she is the best catch yet John. Keep up the great shows and cheers from the U.S.A,
Great video John. You'll probably know this mate but the name gurnard comes from the Old English verb 'gurn' or 'girn' meaning to cry, or moan, or complain. Which is what they do in the boat! Is that word still used in Yorkshire? It's still used here in Scotland, as in "Ah, pack in yer girnin'". Keep the brilliant videos coming, have learned a lot from you.
i said he's the fish whisperer and he then says he speaks to dolphins. i told you all! 😂🙏🤘👊 wife reminds me that dolphins aren't fish, but he talks to dolphins! lovely vid and informative as always... who can eat a sandwich, put on gloves and catch a shark at same time. THE FISH WHISPERER CAN!!
Hi thank you for posting this video. Stuck in my sick bed watching this and thinking how shark fishing has evolved since my first trip in 1970. We used heavyweight 50 or 80 pound gear with huge, heavy Penn Senator reels, which were no fun as the smaller blues could just be winched to the boat and there was no catch and release everything was gaffed and it was considered normal to kill the shark to pose for a dockside photo. How could we be so short sighted!! Regards Bill
- I am so thankful that mindsets and attitudes have changed mate. Sadly we still have a few of the old guard that see those as “the good old days” my answer to then usually is “Is it not enough to know that you have won? That in a battle of wits and strength and skill that you have beaten the animal. That you have to kill it for a photo?” Glad you are a fisher of the modern times mate. 😉👍🏻🎣🦈
As I said in a previous reply, a friend of mine went shark fishing in the 80s and showed me the pics of his trip - the boat was covered in blood and there were dead sharks everywhere; I remember being really shocked and very upset at this sight. So glad that attitudes have mostly changed in sea angling 👍
- Thank you very much. This is my passion. I just love marine life and fishing. Be it raking about on the shore or out in the open ocean fishing for sharks. I love it all, and am so glad that I may share it with you. 😊
Just finished watching John & no, you can't complain!! A conservative estimation of the weight of that last shark in my view but does it matter? A disappointing day's fishing for you would be a red letter day for anyone else, you literally are sea fishing in the UK personified & you're doing it all alone!! Going back to the start of the video when you say your lunch is rudely interrupted by a bite, every angler worth his salt can relate to that experience, I've been carp fishing in the past & not had a run all weekend when I've answered the call of nature or started tucking into some scran only for a screaming run to develop, sometimes the fish is still on, sometimes they drop the bait but at the end of the day it's known as sod's law!! I had to look quite a few times as it wasn't too clear but I reckon a cuckoo wrasse might have been the bait that caught that last shark? Enjoyable as usual John, encyclopedic & knowledgeable are two adjectives that spring to mind when I watch your videos, all the best pal!
- Haha. Spot on with the special bait. They do like a bit of colour. 😉🦈 When you come down next year we’ll see about getting out and having your string pulled. 😊👍🏻🎣
An abundance of knowledge as always John time and time again as I say over and over your a joy to the ocean pal and if everyone was like minded like you pal we wouldn’t be in this predicament with wildlife and the state of the oceans and seas are we are today.Great catches pal well in give my best to the clan(family) all the very best to you my friend from Scotland 🏴🏴🏴
Hi John, I've just watched your video and it's all very familiar to me. Thought it was about time to place a comment in your channel, haha. I love shark fishing from a small boat myself, which I do now and then near where you fish- the south coast of Cornwall- and also the south coast of Ireland, which is a similar fishery. My compliments on how you show your passion for fishing. I've read some of the comments on your videos and you're often referred to as the teacher, which I think is very true. Being a teacher myself (horticulture) I remember your video where you were explaining about all the wild plants growing around the coast. Very interesting and entertaining! Good work, keep it up !! Actually I've only just returned from a fishing trip to Cornwall 5-12 August and fished very near the area you always fish, but then at the eastern side of Dodman Point, St.Austell Bay/Fowey area. Went around the Dodman one day and caught some nice bass around Gull rock. Even thought of you a few times as you might have been around fishing yourself any of those days. Shark fishing wasn't great as there was very little movement in the sea. Small tides and very little wind for the the last few days of that week..Hardly any drift and rubby dubby that went all over the place but not in the desired straight line as you described yourself in this video. For beach lovers, the weather was fantastic though. My last fishing day was very special though. Not so much because of the number of fish caught, but this feeding frenzy I witnessed. Earlier in the week I had noticed a few smaller feeding sessions of birds with dolphins in St.Austell Bay, but this one was quite spectacular as there were whales and tuna joining the frenzy . Thought you might be interested. Type "Cornwall wildlife spectacle at sea" and you'll find it. Meanwhile, keep on posting nice videos and I will check them all out. Might meet you at sea sometimes next summer!! Best regards, Bart van Lohuizen, the Netherlands
- Hello Bart. This is a very small world that we live in. I must confess that I have seen your videos before. I remember watching you fishing for blue sharks from an open boat on the north coast of Cornwall several years ago ( possibly and Orkney strikeliner style ) Having checked my phone I was actually fishing nearer towards the Dodman on the 10th August. It wasn't great weather the week previous but towards the end of your trip it was roasting hot wasn't it. It would be good to meet you on the waves some time. Take care, stay safe and have a wonderful day. 😊👍🏻🎣🦈
Got a goofy question for you brother. Wouldn't the chum chunk last longer if you left it in the bucket and put the whole thing into the laundry bag? Just seems like having one exit as opposed to the water dissolving the chunk too quickly, might make it last longer????? Who knows??? I'm just the village idiot and ask goofy questions...Fun video btw. Also, what type of sandwich???????
I'm guessing the secret bait at the end had summat to do with a whiting flapper and cod liver oil? PS how'd you make a bottle float that runs so far without sinking? Another awesome video BTW, great stuff!
Coming home from work and seeing you’ve made a new shark fishing video has made my evening! Great to be part of your trip and learn more from you. I still can’t understand why dolphins avoid the bait, and the sharks go for it. But that’s another discussion... in this video and the previous shark video you were going for blue sharks. Is there specific bait for different shark species? Would you fish any differently for a faster mako for example? Utterly fantastic videos as always. Thankyou for your huge efforts. Keep them coming.
- It is my pleasure Mark. My personal opinion is the dolphins are too smart. As for fishing for other sharks you can fishing in different areas with slightly different methods for other species, but you can also catch them mixed in with the blues on trips like this.
Great vid love seeing those blue sharks i've only seen 2 up close and they are fun to watch in the water. Had one follow our boat a few years ago tuna fishing!😄👍🐟
Evening again John , just in from work and WALLA another episode of our favorite FishLocker show , Just a quick word for thought Remember to always look after Lord crotch and Crown jewels from bruises because you dont own them LOL , Great video john as they all are take care mate :-)
This is great John, I haven’t been Sharking for a few years now the last time was out of Newquay on a Boat Called the Chalotte Rose Skippered by a chap who’s name was Bob Perington, we we’re out for 8 Hours and only caught One Bluey 76Ib 🎣👍
Must be great to catch a shark, we don't have them in the North-sea, the last years we are able to catch some small ground sharks and what a cracking whiting, its years a go i have seen a whiting from that size, here if you have one from 40cm then you must fill in a lottery ticket!!
John.. have you ever gone out and caught 'four coalfish'.. (phonetically pronounced with a regional accent... fookallfish).. ;-D I catch 4 regularly, although had a cracking day out last week.. first codling of size to be a meal, and first conger (strap). Pin pouting and whiting are in early this year South Wales..
Nice one John! Those Whiting were a lovely size - Goujons & home made fries! We have had broadband problems recently so way behind with TH-cam. I thought you were looking a little blurry until I realised TH-cam had dropped the resolution to 240p! New package next week so things should be top notch again! Stay safe & well.
Hello again from Oz & another great video John, I had to smile about the sandwiches, it must be an international law as my fishing buddy & myself often joke about getting out the sandwiches or pouring a coffee to get a bite. Never fails ha ha, just a bit of info on the Gurnard we have here in South Australia, I once spiked myself on one & it was the most painful wound I have ever experienced, the Gurnards here have some type of venom/toxin which is very very painful. I've added a link to the result of a sting from our Gurnard, it's a pargraph a bit below the picture of the Gurnard. www.fishingboating-world.com/n/Marine-bites-and-Stings/-96671?source=google.au Anyhow thanks again John & good health to "The Fish Locker" family.
Excellent thank you...loving that ' chad' protector for the end of the road....mmm...me thinks although I'm not a fisherman that it's worth buying as a random purchase just in case I encounter my ex unexpectedly 🤔 It's a little surprising that no TV company has made you an offer, you have a great team. The episode with Spagna kitchen and foraging for lobster was fantastic and shared it sooo many times. Good luck with the future 😎
Great video mate :D The bleu sharks a beautiful looking fish. I like fish with colour :D You know what you have to do next time out for shark LOL you have to get ready to eat a sandwiche and sind " grandpa shark do do do do do, granpa shark do do do do LOL THEN you´ll get an biggen :D The Red Gurnet you got we actual call them for Knurr because the grunt like you said, I think they are funny like that. Hope you and the fam are having doing ok, have a good one for now :D
Brilliant video's, I live in Porthcurno and fish Sennen cove. Wanted to catch a blue in my kayak good idea or not? Had no idea on tackle but now watching you I think I can catch on my kayak always thought it would be big rods big tackle and clearly it's not.. Thanks bud..
WHAT magnificent critters; those blue sharks! Interesting weather conditions you were fishing in, that lowish cloud front that was behind you most of the fiim. I don't know the difference between cold, warm fronts etc. WHY don't dolphins go for your bait?
- Dolphins are too smart for that I think. I always found the weather formations really interesting to learn about when I was doing my seamanship course.
Your lady wife and myself are of like mind regarding gurnard! Finest eating fish in the sea. Twenty years ago I can remember being horrified watching a crew in Tenby loading them up as pot bait because they couldn’t sell them. Can’t get them for love nor money these days as they’ve become fashionable. Which I’m happy for the inshore fishermen because they need all the help they can get but I’m not so happy that I can’t get them any more! Get your lady to do us a catch it and cook it with gurnard sometime. All the best to the Fishlocker family👍🎣
On Monday had my very first blue, I thought smooth hounds were stunning, but my blue was beautiful only about 25lb caught out of Salcombe with Chris Roberts, interesting that you mentioned you do trips as well, 😊
I understand your frustration. I'v been trying to catch golden shiners for pike and muskie bait. It seems they've evaporated. I usually fill a couple large ziplock bags in one outing. Haven't cought one this year.
Your seamanship is amazing!and a education in itself.i wonder though as i am in Australia and we love eating gummy shark.....flake...is blue shark edible,if so could you show the process
- Thank you very much. We also have Gummy Sharks - we call them Smoothounds. Blue shark is edible but in the UK shark fishing is catch and release. 😊👍🏻🎣🦈
Thanks for the video. I do love seeing Sharks of any type and its always fun to watch. Dolphins, I have read, will team up on sharks if they feel threatened especially when they have a baby in the pod. I don't know how true that is, I guess Blues they would not have much trouble against but the bigger Threshers and Porbeales I'm not so sure.
Hi, I would be greatfull if you could advise the name of your favourite shark fishing setup you use in your video. I tried to figure it out from your video but no luck. Thanks in advance and Happy Easter.
Hi John, as always loved it. nice to see you out on the boat with all the weather recently wasn't sure if you'd be able to get out. you mentioned charters, do you you run them? just thinking for summer next year... anyway loved the vid as always please keep them coming. cheers Tim
Do you ever get scared fishing alone for sharks or falling in whilst they're casually cruising around your boat? 🦈😳 P.S Sandwiches are the best food ever!! Anything including meals are so much better in between 2 slices of bread slathered with butter OMG lol 🍞🥖💚🍻... Great vid bud... Our slang in 🇦🇺 for a sandwich is SAMBO 😛
Just got my first boat (strikeliner) because of these videos.. hopefully out on Sunday for some bass off the mighty Devon weather permitting any tips for it better closer in around rocks or further out ? Loving the vids again can’t wait for the drone use !
Awesome. Shark are such beautiful creatures. Never seen one except for video. But beautiful all the same. As always thanks for the fishing trip. Stay safe and God Bless.
Great video..nearly got sea sick. Nice size whiting.... you would really have to be a fish for that bag to smell good,,,can't stand the smell of fish oil.
That was a wonderful session! Though it would have been fun to see the dolphins hanging around the boat. 🤗. That redfish, gerbin?, was beautiful!! Thanks for the video!
Why do you make me feel like I'm in the boat ? The sad thing I ride the waves as well. Great work and by the way thanks to Mrs fish locker for the recipe she done on stir fried dogfish it's turned into me and the wife's favourite.
Blues wriggle around like the dog fish you sometimes get and you appear not to like to. I mean blues are much bigger and more handsome, but they wriggle. Great to see a bigger fight, my arms were tired watching.
Excellent video as usual John. Great to see the fish being treated so well. How do we contact you regarding fishing trips. Cheers Harley @proanglerkayakfishing
- Makos are a different animal all together aren't they!! We do get the odd freak Mako but they are not common at all. Maybe 1 gets seen/caught a year.
Love it plastic bottle for a float lol north is KING. but u need a bigger boat that boys getting bigger. liked yer vid we camper ye showed him how to forage
Nice video. Nothing was making me want to comment, and I wanted to just relax and watch. But then you starting talking info about Great skua's and did it in a nice way, and it was info I didnt know. Nice addition. :)
First fishing vid I have watched in a hell of an age. I usually move on part way in to them . Stayed with this one . Really enjoyed it . You have a great delivery and keep the info coming in a really interesting way. I shall certainly be looking into your back catalogue and be back for more. Curious whether you ever keep and eat shark, or even sell it as a cash'catch . The local 'stocks' seem pretty healthy . I subbed via 'Haze's vids with you . Glad I did.
- Thank you very much, I am glad that you not only enjoyed the video but found the information interesting. We don’t keep any sharks as their numbers have not been great in last years. Take care mate and I hope you enjoy the back catalogue 😉👍🏻🎣🐟
Another great video John awesome to say the least. Also loved the way we could see the fish being brought to the boat from afar later on, perhaps one day a camera out looking for the float drop as well as we all know that's the money moment for a fisherman mate lol.
How do you know what the tides are going to do before you go out, and how far out do you have to be for shark fishing, sorry for all the questions I just like to learn new things and you have shown to be very knowledgeable.
Yep good video John enjoyed it as usual. Going over to the workshop videos now to see if you have done one on attaching your bottle float. All the best to all as always.
- For anyone wishing to make their own Shark Chum and traces we have videos on The FishLocker Workshop channel. We have had several people ask if they may contribute towards trips like this and our videos in general, for this we have now begun a Patreon. Thank you and have a wonderful day. 😊👍🏻🎣🦈 www.patreon.com/TheFishLocker
I like you vidios
Shark wow nice
I was taught using chum is cheating. But that's for cage diving I guess. That cage diving shit is destroying shark populations every sing place tourism places go. Easier for them to use the people as a pay day than go catch fish. Sickest though is Japan with dolphins. There is a city that legally allowed to "harvest" dolphins. 100+ pods every single day they trap in a cove and then walk in with Spears and stab. It's disgusting. They started selling it as tune and half community almost died from poisoning since aquatic mammal animals have insane amounts of Mercury. Yeah ladies. Your skin absorbs shit. So your poisoning yourself every time you put it on and also killing a dolphins, since they killed off most whales
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I love to watch these videos. I feel like I'm out on the water also. Thank you!
- Brilliant. That is exactly how I hope they would feel. 😊👍🏻🎣🦈
Great to see you again mate, weather has not been kind recently. Hope you are all doing well, Tight lines
- Aye mate, weather has not been behaving has it. We're all good thanks for asking. Best wishes to you and yours bud. 😊
Tight lines to everyone. Great video!
- Thanks Steve. 👍🏻🎣
Great stuff, got a good un in the end! Keep up the great vids ! All the best m8y
- Aye, that one last cast did the business. 😊
Hello, I really love your channel and learning a lot. I am wondering, at what depth are you fishing your sliding float? Or don’t you set the depth at all?
Just found your channel. Really like it. I'm originally from the Outer Banks of North Carolina, but live in the mountains now. I saw a lot of Great White sharks being caught off Beaufort, South Carolina so far this year, big ones. What kind of sharks do you generally catch in the UK? And what size? Looking forward to seeing the rest of your videos.-CJ
I would love to see a GW at some point. Here we get Blues, Porbeagles, Threshers and the occasional Mako.
@@TheFishLocker Any Tiger, or Bull sharks? Or maybe those are warmer water sharks....
“That fish was bigger, you can tell by the size” best quote ever!!!!
- I do go on to explain "the distance between the fins". But yes, my statement is correct. Haha.
Really enjoying your videos!!! Inspiring my to get out more!!! Thanks.
Laura and Tony Lewry - I am very glad to hear it. 😊👍🏻🎣
I’m going costal foraging and fishing and beach camping on Thursday!!! Very excited.
Another cracking video. Having got a drone, now our hero transforms into John Cousteau as I think that’s the first footage of a fish under water and near the boat. In a recent vid I saw John and James on board and this is not an aircraft carrier he’s fishing from. Which makes me challenge The Fish Locker when he says « the key to this kind of fishing is... » Clearly the key to the idea of pulling a blooming great shark onto a floating bath tub is to let John take all the risks, while we watch from the comfort of our armchairs😉🐟👍Good on you JL. Stay safe everyone.
Dyin Hope Hi there...not sure I even mentioned white sharks. Hope you like yet another of John’s great vids. Take care👍
- Hello and welcome back to the Fishlocker... where I take the risks, so you don't have to. Hahaha. 😊
@@TheFishLocker 😂😂💯👍
Hi , your like the teacher at school everyone likes as u communicate on multiple levels which all different ages , good work again , 👍🏻
- Haha. If my school teachers could hear that they would roll on the floor laughing.
@@TheFishLocker 21st century Jack Hargreaves mixed with Mr Crabtree! Your show brings back lots of happy memories.
I see a fish locker post. I like.
- I like how you think. 😊👍🏻🎣🦈
Magic!..
The blue is a magnificent fish...
Was it a wrasse?...
Can't wait for the next one...👍
Tight lines..🏴
- Haha. You are spot on. And so far the only person to pick up on that. 😊
@@TheFishLocker it was the tail that gave it away!
Dolphin..eat sandwich..
No dolphins...fish on..
Plagued with dolphins here!
Nice to see, but pack up!..no chance of anything..bass, sea trout or salmon!..does my head in!..
Twenty feet away from dolphins with their wee smiley faces..on the beach!!
Tossers!🤣
And they kill the porpoises...and the salmon..and the sea trout..season nearing the end now..only a few more weeks..if the wind relents.. no chance for the next week...😭
That why I like your vlogs...
At least soneone with youashing the lines!
Still a nutter single handing those in the boat! Did you see the Mako caught last week, never know what's coming up next out of the depths :)
- I’ve heard the rumours but not seen any proper pictures yet. You never know what’s gonna turn up. 😊👍🏻🎣
Out on the booot love the channel man you are always going to be an inspiration to others👍👍😉😉😇
- Thank you very much, I am just sharing what I know and love doing mate. 😊👍🏻🎣🦈
thanks John .Learned a lot again today. perfect way to start the weekend . have a sandwich on me 😊
- Haha. Thanks mate. 😊
I think we need a bigger boat 🦈🦈🥪 all the best from Norfolk
I’m in Norfolk too - VA😆
I fish norfolk to 🤣
- Haha. That might be our next purchase.
I’ve never been fishing before in my life but watching Mr. Fish Locker makes me feel knowledgeable about it. Wonderful videos! Love from Texas!
- I am really glad you are finding the videos not only good viewing but informative. You never know when that knowledge may come in handy.haha.
Another great adventure recorded for posterity and our viewing pleasure. I remember when my Uncle Barry use to go shark fishing out of Looe in the late 60s 1 shark was a result 7 would have been unheard of. Just goes to show catch and release is the only way to maintain stocks of these fabulous predators. The underwater film of the penultimate shark swimming away was terrific. Really enjoyed this video. 👍😊🐟🎣
- Thank you mate. Between you and me, the shark fishing was better in those days than currently as far as shark populations go. Catch and release is 100% working but we still aren't up to the good old days levels. Anglers have just refined the way we target them over the years. Also, Looe although it is historically the Mecca of shark fishing that is a lot to do with that being where the Shark Angling Club is based. Shark fishing in Penzance and Falmouth was always better by location. 😊
Hey John, can you eat blue sharks? Their color is amazing😃. Thank you for enrertainment👌
- I think they are edible but I have never tried one. Here in the UK there are not many around so they are all catch and release. 😊
John, you mentioned dolphins there; is there ever any risk of hooking one of them?
- I’ve never hooked one mate. I think they’re too smart for that. 😉👍🏻🐟
So glad I found this channel! In these trying times seeing you, the wife and Fish Locker junior together fishing and beach camping is so cool. P.S She's a great cook too! In my opinion she is the best catch yet John. Keep up the great shows and cheers from the U.S.A,
- I agree with you Jim. So glad I didn't throw that one back. 😊
@@TheFishLocker buy her a pair of big gloves. Because she’s a keeper!🤣
Was looking forward to this been on nights brilliant pal by the way you sounded quite weird being a shark on your chum trail very nice 🤣🤣🤣
- Haha. Did you not like my shark impression? 😆
I enjoyed this so much I watched twice.........thanks John.....best wishes to all......Bob(IOW)
- I really enjoyed the video I made the other month so had to give it another cack. 😊
Idk how people catch fish, big fish I only seem to get very small ones
- Fish don't have to be big to be worth catching.😊👍🏻🎣
Great video John. You'll probably know this mate but the name gurnard comes from the Old English verb 'gurn' or 'girn' meaning to cry, or moan, or complain. Which is what they do in the boat! Is that word still used in Yorkshire? It's still used here in Scotland, as in "Ah, pack in yer girnin'". Keep the brilliant videos coming, have learned a lot from you.
- Haha. It is still used but usually to describe the disco biscuit crowd "gurnin" his face off over there in the corner of the nightclub. haha.
i said he's the fish whisperer and he then says he speaks to dolphins. i told you all! 😂🙏🤘👊
wife reminds me that dolphins aren't fish, but he talks to dolphins!
lovely vid and informative as always... who can eat a sandwich, put on gloves and catch a shark at same time. THE FISH WHISPERER CAN!!
- Haha. Ok ok. I admit it. I do sometimes talk to the fish. 🤣
@@TheFishLocker just happy to know you and your family...a lovely lovely bunch! hugs to little man.
Nice fish man ♥️♥️
- Thank you Jacob. 😊👍🏻
Great video and so true about the sandwiches. Nice size bonus whiting to take home too👍🏻
- A fine days fishing for a short session. 😊👍🏻🦈🐟
Hi thank you for posting this video. Stuck in my sick bed watching this and thinking how shark fishing has evolved since my first trip in 1970. We used heavyweight 50 or 80 pound gear with huge, heavy Penn Senator reels, which were no fun as the smaller blues could just be winched to the boat and there was no catch and release everything was gaffed and it was considered normal to kill the shark to pose for a dockside photo. How could we be so short sighted!! Regards Bill
- I am so thankful that mindsets and attitudes have changed mate. Sadly we still have a few of the old guard that see those as “the good old days” my answer to then usually is “Is it not enough to know that you have won? That in a battle of wits and strength and skill that you have beaten the animal. That you have to kill it for a photo?” Glad you are a fisher of the modern times mate. 😉👍🏻🎣🦈
As I said in a previous reply, a friend of mine went shark fishing in the 80s and showed me the pics of his trip - the boat was covered in blood and there were dead sharks everywhere; I remember being really shocked and very upset at this sight. So glad that attitudes have mostly changed in sea angling 👍
Love watching you shark fish John..... Its amazing how knowledgeable you are and how good you are at fishing.... Best Iv seen in a one man boat 🛥
- Thank you very much. This is my passion. I just love marine life and fishing. Be it raking about on the shore or out in the open ocean fishing for sharks. I love it all, and am so glad that I may share it with you. 😊
@@TheFishLocker it's plain to see how passionate you are mate.... Those sharks 🦈 give me the shudders.....dangerous mofos they are
'That fish was bigger, you can tell by the size!' 😂
- I did go on to explain I meant the distance between the fins. But the original comment is true isn't it. Haha.
@@TheFishLocker 😂😂
Just finished watching John & no, you can't complain!! A conservative estimation of the weight of that last shark in my view but does it matter? A disappointing day's fishing for you would be a red letter day for anyone else, you literally are sea fishing in the UK personified & you're doing it all alone!! Going back to the start of the video when you say your lunch is rudely interrupted
by a bite, every angler worth his salt can relate to that experience, I've been carp fishing in the past & not had a run all weekend when I've answered the call of nature or started tucking into some scran only for a screaming run to develop, sometimes the fish is still on, sometimes they drop the bait but at the end of the day it's known as sod's law!! I had to look quite a few times as it wasn't too clear but I reckon a cuckoo wrasse might have been the bait that caught that last shark? Enjoyable as usual John, encyclopedic & knowledgeable are two adjectives that spring to mind when I watch your videos, all the best pal!
- Haha. Spot on with the special bait. They do like a bit of colour. 😉🦈 When you come down next year we’ll see about getting out and having your string pulled. 😊👍🏻🎣
I'm watching this video in my new birthday fishlocker merch
- Awesome. Next time you should send us a pic in the your march watching the vid and ill feature you on the fish locker Insta story. 😊
Nice to see someone else crushing barbs. Wish more would do it.
- Hopefully after seeing this video more people will. 😊👍🏻
An abundance of knowledge as always John time and time again as I say over and over your a joy to the ocean pal and if everyone was like minded like you pal we wouldn’t be in this predicament with wildlife and the state of the oceans and seas are we are today.Great catches pal well in give my best to the clan(family) all the very best to you my friend from Scotland 🏴🏴🏴
- Thanks James, I’m glad you enjoyed the video mate. We are all well thank you, best wishes to you and yours bud and take care. 😊👍🏻🦈
Hi John,
I've just watched your video and it's all very familiar to me. Thought it was about time to place a comment in your channel, haha.
I love shark fishing from a small boat myself, which I do now and then near where you fish- the south coast of Cornwall- and also the south coast of Ireland, which is a similar fishery. My compliments on how you show your passion for fishing. I've read some of the comments on your videos and you're often referred to as the teacher, which I think is very true. Being a teacher myself (horticulture) I remember your video where you were explaining about all the wild plants growing around the coast. Very interesting and entertaining!
Good work, keep it up !!
Actually I've only just returned from a fishing trip to Cornwall 5-12 August and fished very near the area you always fish, but then at the eastern side of Dodman Point, St.Austell Bay/Fowey area. Went around the Dodman one day and caught some nice bass around Gull rock. Even thought of you a few times as you might have been around fishing yourself any of those days.
Shark fishing wasn't great as there was very little movement in the sea. Small tides and very little wind for the the last few days of that week..Hardly any drift and rubby dubby that went all over the place but not in the desired straight line as you described yourself in this video. For beach lovers, the weather was fantastic though.
My last fishing day was very special though. Not so much because of the number of fish caught, but this feeding frenzy I witnessed. Earlier in the week I had noticed a few smaller feeding sessions of birds with dolphins in St.Austell Bay, but this one was quite spectacular as there were whales and tuna joining the frenzy . Thought you might be interested.
Type "Cornwall wildlife spectacle at sea" and you'll find it.
Meanwhile, keep on posting nice videos and I will check them all out. Might meet you at sea sometimes next summer!!
Best regards,
Bart van Lohuizen, the Netherlands
- Hello Bart. This is a very small world that we live in. I must confess that I have seen your videos before. I remember watching you fishing for blue sharks from an open boat on the north coast of Cornwall several years ago ( possibly and Orkney strikeliner style ) Having checked my phone I was actually fishing nearer towards the Dodman on the 10th August. It wasn't great weather the week previous but towards the end of your trip it was roasting hot wasn't it. It would be good to meet you on the waves some time. Take care, stay safe and have a wonderful day. 😊👍🏻🎣🦈
@@TheFishLocker Thanks, John, the same to you and your family!
Got a goofy question for you brother. Wouldn't the chum chunk last longer if you left it in the bucket and put the whole thing into the laundry bag? Just seems like having one exit as opposed to the water dissolving the chunk too quickly, might make it last longer????? Who knows??? I'm just the village idiot and ask goofy questions...Fun video btw. Also, what type of sandwich???????
- Chum in the bag, bag in the bucket. Slowly releases the chum. Bag on its own in the water and it releases a lot and it washes out quick.
Welcome back to the fish locker on the boat! Love it! Thanks for the great content! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
- Glad you could join me mate. Take care and best wishes to the family. 😊
First! I love you fishlocker
- Haha. Thank you. 😊
As much as I love your video's I spend a lot of the time calling you a jammy git 😂.
Entertaining and informative as ever keep up the good work 👍
Samiad B - Haha. Sorry?
Ha! No need to be sorry my friend I just need to up my game...... Considerably
I'm guessing the secret bait at the end had summat to do with a whiting flapper and cod liver oil?
PS how'd you make a bottle float that runs so far without sinking?
Another awesome video BTW, great stuff!
- Nope. Someone has gotten the special bait right in the comments. 😉
Coming home from work and seeing you’ve made a new shark fishing video has made my evening! Great to be part of your trip and learn more from you. I still can’t understand why dolphins avoid the bait, and the sharks go for it. But that’s another discussion... in this video and the previous shark video you were going for blue sharks. Is there specific bait for different shark species? Would you fish any differently for a faster mako for example? Utterly fantastic videos as always. Thankyou for your huge efforts. Keep them coming.
- It is my pleasure Mark. My personal opinion is the dolphins are too smart. As for fishing for other sharks you can fishing in different areas with slightly different methods for other species, but you can also catch them mixed in with the blues on trips like this.
Great video! Packed full of information - even more than usual! Marcus from Chesapeake VA.
- Just sharing what I know and love doing. 😊
Great vid love seeing those blue sharks i've only seen 2 up close and they are fun to watch in the water. Had one follow our boat a few years ago tuna fishing!😄👍🐟
- They are incredible fish aren’t they. 😊👍🏻🦈
Evening again John , just in from work and WALLA another episode of our favorite FishLocker show , Just a quick word for thought Remember to always look after Lord crotch and Crown jewels from bruises because you dont own them LOL , Great video john as they all are take care mate :-)
- Haha. Yes, those Kush-it’s are worth their weight in gold. 😉
This is great John, I haven’t been Sharking for a few years now the last time was out of Newquay on a Boat Called the Chalotte Rose Skippered by a chap who’s name was Bob Perington, we we’re out for 8 Hours and only caught One Bluey 76Ib 🎣👍
Some days are like that mate. They’re lovely fish though aren’t they. 😊
@26:17 in Actual time how long did it take you to Reel the shark in?
- Not sure. 2 mins maybe?
Must be great to catch a shark, we don't have them in the North-sea, the last years we are able to catch some small ground sharks and what a cracking whiting, its years a go i have seen a whiting from that size, here if you have one from 40cm then you must fill in a lottery ticket!!
- You get plenty of sharks in the North Sea. 😉👍🏻
John.. have you ever gone out and caught 'four coalfish'.. (phonetically pronounced with a regional accent... fookallfish).. ;-D
I catch 4 regularly, although had a cracking day out last week.. first codling of size to be a meal, and first conger (strap). Pin pouting and whiting are in early this year South Wales..
- Haha. I very rarely catch 4 coal mate. Nice to hear you got a decent session in mate.
Nice one John! Those Whiting were a lovely size - Goujons & home made fries! We have had broadband problems recently so way behind with TH-cam. I thought you were looking a little blurry until I realised TH-cam had dropped the resolution to 240p! New package next week so things should be top notch again! Stay safe & well.
- Haha. I know what you mean. Thats always the first thing I do. Pause and check the res. Often drops our to 720.
You just know John's vids are gonna be GREAT before you even watch them..FANTASTIC ENTERTAINMENT from a TOP CHAP.
- Thank you John. Just sharing what I love doing mate. 😊👍🏻
Hello again from Oz & another great video John, I had to smile about the sandwiches, it must be an international law as my fishing buddy & myself often joke about getting out the sandwiches or pouring a coffee to get a bite. Never fails ha ha, just a bit of info on the Gurnard we have here in South Australia, I once spiked myself on one & it was the most painful wound I have ever experienced, the Gurnards here have some type of venom/toxin which is very very painful.
I've added a link to the result of a sting from our Gurnard, it's a pargraph a bit below the picture of the Gurnard.
www.fishingboating-world.com/n/Marine-bites-and-Stings/-96671?source=google.au
Anyhow thanks again John & good health to "The Fish Locker" family.
- Thank you George. Yes Gurnards are pretty well distributed across the globe. In the states they call them Sea Robins. 😊👍🏻🐟
love your content!
- Thanks Kevin. 😊👍🏻
Excellent thank you...loving that ' chad' protector for the end of the road....mmm...me thinks although I'm not a fisherman that it's worth buying as a random purchase just in case I encounter my ex unexpectedly 🤔
It's a little surprising that no TV company has made you an offer, you have a great team.
The episode with Spagna kitchen and foraging for lobster was fantastic and shared it sooo many times.
Good luck with the future 😎
- We have been approached by a few but haven’t yet found a proper fit. 😊👍🏻
Great video mate :D The bleu sharks a beautiful looking fish. I like fish with colour :D You know what you have to do next time out for shark LOL you have to get ready to eat a sandwiche and sind " grandpa shark do do do do do, granpa shark do do do do LOL THEN you´ll get an biggen :D The Red Gurnet you got we actual call them for Knurr because the grunt like you said, I think they are funny like that. Hope you and the fam are having doing ok, have a good one for now :D
- I am not singing that song. No way. Haha
Love these uploads!
You fishing for Sharks and Tuna and I’m on it.👌
Respect with you out there on that boat on your own catching sharks. Impressive.🎣👍
- Thank you very much, Im just sharing what I love doing. 👍
Brilliant video's, I live in Porthcurno and fish Sennen cove. Wanted to catch a blue in my kayak good idea or not? Had no idea on tackle but now watching you I think I can catch on my kayak always thought it would be big rods big tackle and clearly it's not.. Thanks bud..
You don't need big rods but catching them in kayaks is not easy at all simply because you are at the mercy of the fish towing you around.
WHAT magnificent critters; those blue sharks! Interesting weather conditions you were fishing in, that lowish cloud front that was behind you most of the fiim. I don't know the difference between cold, warm fronts etc.
WHY don't dolphins go for your bait?
- Dolphins are too smart for that I think. I always found the weather formations really interesting to learn about when I was doing my seamanship course.
Your lady wife and myself are of like mind regarding gurnard! Finest eating fish in the sea. Twenty years ago I can remember being horrified watching a crew in Tenby loading them up as pot bait because they couldn’t sell them. Can’t get them for love nor money these days as they’ve become fashionable. Which I’m happy for the inshore fishermen because they need all the help they can get but I’m not so happy that I can’t get them any more! Get your lady to do us a catch it and cook it with gurnard sometime. All the best to the Fishlocker family👍🎣
- Like I’ve said, if I get a good one some time I may get Hannah to do a catch and cook. 😊👍🏻🐟🍽
On Monday had my very first blue, I thought smooth hounds were stunning, but my blue was beautiful only about 25lb caught out of Salcombe with Chris Roberts, interesting that you mentioned you do trips as well, 😊
- They are stunning aren’t they. Yes we do work with a local boat doing Fishlocker trips.
I understand your frustration. I'v been trying to catch golden shiners for pike and muskie bait. It seems they've evaporated. I usually fill a couple large ziplock bags in one outing. Haven't cought one this year.
- Frustrating isn’t it!! 😆
Your seamanship is amazing!and a education in itself.i wonder though as i am in Australia and we love eating gummy shark.....flake...is blue shark edible,if so could you show the process
- Thank you very much. We also have Gummy Sharks - we call them Smoothounds. Blue shark is edible but in the UK shark fishing is catch and release. 😊👍🏻🎣🦈
Thanks for the video. I do love seeing Sharks of any type and its always fun to watch. Dolphins, I have read, will team up on sharks if they feel threatened especially when they have a baby in the pod. I don't know how true that is, I guess Blues they would not have much trouble against but the bigger Threshers and Porbeales I'm not so sure.
- These dolphins did have young with them but I don’t know. 🤷🏻♂️ Either way I had a decent days 😊👍🏻🎣🦈
Hi, I would be greatfull if you could advise the name of your favourite shark fishing setup you use in your video. I tried to figure it out from your video but no luck. Thanks in advance and Happy Easter.
Send me a PM or look in the video description of the recent videos. I have put links to the tackle in them. 😊
152k subscribers ... amazing !! Are you doing this full time now ? These vids make me want to head back to the SW !
- What does it mean to "do it full time"? If you mean this as my only job then no. I love my job. 👍
Hi John, as always loved it. nice to see you out on the boat with all the weather recently wasn't sure if you'd be able to get out. you mentioned charters, do you you run them? just thinking for summer next year... anyway loved the vid as always please keep them coming. cheers Tim
- Yes Tim we do run them with a local boat. Send me a PM on the FishLocker fb page and I'll explain the score. 👍
WOW WEE Awsome catch. Never seen a shark before. LOVE this VIDEO Fish Locker.
- Thank you very much. Have you seen our other recent shark fishing video? I get some crackers in that one.😊
best quote ever!!!!excellent my friend ........... very informative and great fun to watch and the best quote ever LOL
- Haha. Well it was true wasn't it. 😊
Do you ever get scared fishing alone for sharks or falling in whilst they're casually cruising around your boat? 🦈😳
P.S Sandwiches are the best food ever!! Anything including meals are so much better in between 2 slices of bread slathered with butter OMG lol 🍞🥖💚🍻... Great vid bud... Our slang in 🇦🇺 for a sandwich is SAMBO 😛
- If I was worried about something I wouldn’t do it. Safety is very important. And yes, I do love a good sarnie. Take care my friend. 😉👍🏻🦈
Just got my first boat (strikeliner) because of these videos.. hopefully out on Sunday for some bass off the mighty Devon weather permitting any tips for it better closer in around rocks or further out ? Loving the vids again can’t wait for the drone use !
- Good luck mate. Plenty of tips in the videos 😊👍🏻🎣
Ok, I've had my Fishlocker fix now. Great video John. Hope the family is doing well! God bless...
Thanks teresa, glad you enjoyed it have a fab weekend 👍
Awesome. Shark are such beautiful creatures. Never seen one except for video. But beautiful all the same. As always thanks for the fishing trip. Stay safe and God Bless.
- They are stunning aren’t they. I’m glad you could join me Sandra. Best wishes and take care. 😊👍🏻🦈
Great video..nearly got sea sick. Nice size whiting.... you would really have to be a fish for that bag to smell good,,,can't stand the smell of fish oil.
- Haha. I don’t mind the smell of some fish. Garfish though are horrible smelly beasts.lol
That was a wonderful session! Though it would have been fun to see the dolphins hanging around the boat. 🤗. That redfish, gerbin?, was beautiful!! Thanks for the video!
- The red fish was a Gurnard. 😉 I did have a little Dolphin footage on my phone but the audio was useless due to wind noise.
Great start to my day with a brew ! Cracking vid mate - and some lovely fish ! Those Whiting were huge (by my standards!). Nice one
Glad you enjoyed it, it was definitely a physical day!! Yeah the whiting were cracking. Have great weekend
Awesome as always .....
And the footage underwater .. Top Drawer ...
- Thank you very much mate. 😊
The unhooking shots too. Excellent. Thanks.
Are those colourful things at the top of your hook called a muppet? And would you recommend putting them on most rigs? Even with like 4/0 hooks
- Yes they are a muppet. And I use them in several of my rigs. Conger and ling especially.
Nice John, how do you make the mountain dew float .👍🤙
- Finding the empty bottles is the hard part. I wouldn't drink it if you paid me. Haha.
@@TheFishLocker funny ,I like it 🤬
Why do you make me feel like I'm in the boat ? The sad thing I ride the waves as well. Great work and by the way thanks to Mrs fish locker for the recipe she done on stir fried dogfish it's turned into me and the wife's favourite.
- I am glad you feel like you are with me. That’s the intention. 😊 Glad you enjoyed the catch and cook. 😉🍽
Shark fishing is just sooo exciting. 😁👌
- Incredible isn't it. 😊👍🏻🎣🦈
Blues wriggle around like the dog fish you sometimes get and you appear not to like to. I mean blues are much bigger and more handsome, but they wriggle. Great to see a bigger fight, my arms were tired watching.
- The small ones are just like a bigger dogfish. But the big ones are a different animal all together. 😉🐟🦈
Excellent video as usual John. Great to see the fish being treated so well. How do we contact you regarding fishing trips. Cheers Harley @proanglerkayakfishing
- Send me a PM on The FishLocker fb page. 👍
Blue Sharks are the puppies of the sea,great stuff mate...Mako,s are a totatally different story,I don,t know if you get them...Cheers...
- Makos are a different animal all together aren't they!! We do get the odd freak Mako but they are not common at all. Maybe 1 gets seen/caught a year.
Brilliant content as usual!!! Always looking forward to the new vids... Thank you for sharing !!
- It is my pleasure Glen. 😊👍🏻🎣
Great Video Locker. Keep them coming. 👍🏼
Have you seen any Great Whites around our shores?
- We don't get great whites here in the UK.
Love it plastic bottle for a float lol north is KING. but u need a bigger boat that boys getting bigger. liked yer vid we camper ye showed him how to forage
- You are right Grant, I do need a bigger boat. That will be a purchase for the future. 👍
Another great video John. You are truly an inspiration not only for me but lots of others too. Hope you finished your sandwich 🐟🐟🐟🐟
Thanks Nick! I am glad you enjoy the content, have a great weekend 👍
Great video!! Very interesting channel. Love it!!! .......Thank you 👍👍🦈
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- Thanks Kevin. Im glad you enjoyed it. 👍
I get a little antsy if I don't get my "Locker" fix. Great video!
- Haha.
Nice video. Nothing was making me want to comment, and I wanted to just relax and watch. But then you starting talking info about Great skua's and did it in a nice way, and it was info I didnt know. Nice addition. :)
- Thank you. I do like my seabirds. Glad you enjoyed the video Alex.
Besides when catching sharks, they do not have a swim bladder. They regulate their bouyancy with oil in its liver.
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Takes me right back to me cornish childhood summers. Thanks a bundle John. Anything good in the pots?
- My pleasure Sandy. Aye the pots have been fishing well lately. 😊👍🏻🦞🦀
First fishing vid I have watched in a hell of an age. I usually move on part way in to them . Stayed with this one . Really enjoyed it . You have a great delivery and keep the info coming in a really interesting way. I shall certainly be looking into your back catalogue and be back for more.
Curious whether you ever keep and eat shark, or even sell it as a cash'catch . The local 'stocks' seem pretty healthy .
I subbed via 'Haze's vids with you . Glad I did.
- Thank you very much, I am glad that you not only enjoyed the video but found the information interesting. We don’t keep any sharks as their numbers have not been great in last years. Take care mate and I hope you enjoy the back catalogue 😉👍🏻🎣🐟
Another great video John awesome to say the least. Also loved the way we could see the fish being brought to the boat from afar later on, perhaps one day a camera out looking for the float drop as well as we all know that's the money moment for a fisherman mate lol.
- If we had a pro film crew with us and so there was someone else on the camera then anything is possible. 👍
Hello John
Shark meat is it good for eat?
And
Thanks mate I enjoyed your clips
❤️ from Iran, Shiraz
- Thank you very much. 😊👍🏻🎣🦈
How do you know what the tides are going to do before you go out, and how far out do you have to be for shark fishing, sorry for all the questions I just like to learn new things and you have shown to be very knowledgeable.
- You can research the tides on tidal predictions. And the distance depends on the conditions. Sometimes 2 miles. Sometimes 20 miles.
Hi there,
I have watched your shark films and I was wondering. Do you use a stop not to set the depth of your bait. on the float.
Hi Brian, there are a few ways to stop your float. I'll answer by saying, "How would you do it?"
I had to strike a fish ,when my trousers were round my ankles ,on a bucket mid no 2 ,😂
- Real question is did you land it before you wiped?
LOL. That's fuckin great.
Yep good video John enjoyed it as usual. Going over to the workshop videos now to see if you have done one on attaching your bottle float. All the best to all as always.
- Haha. 2 tips to success mate. #1 - Never give everything away....
John the shark wanted all free bait. That last one was the best. Lol. But the whiting were very nice. Thank u for the nice video. Soo peaceful.
- It is my pleasure Rosemary. Have a fantastic day 😊