This £5 River Trent day ticket needs a HEALTH WARNING!
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- It's been nearly two years since I fished my beloved River Trent in Nottinghamshire... An iconic fishing venue that I first journeyed to from Sheffield, with my granddad, before going on to hone my skills on the mighty waterway with the city's junior match angling squad.
Over the years I've loved fishing many methods and baits on the Trent, such as stick float with hemp and casters, or a groundbait feeder, and catching everything from roach, dace and chub, to bream, eels and perch.
One species of fish I wasn't used to catching from the Trent were PIKE - the freshwater crocodile as us coarse anglers sometimes refer to them - but this summer trip saw me land yet another PB, following an epic battle on light trotting gear! And it turned out to be one of several river monsters to test my nerves...
In this video I visit a stunning day ticket stretch of the River Trent near Hoverhingham, run by Midland Angling Society. The sun shone and the fish were biting in numbers, so join me for this extended trip down memory lane.
Sit back, relax and enjoy.
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What a cracking days fishing john, with a trio of pike to boot !! .. That truly is a story to tell the grandchildren for years and years !
Thanks for sharing
Paul.
It really was! Loved been back on the Trent and the fishing was just as good (and mad) as I remembered it from the previous time on there. Thanks for watching and commenting as always 💙🎣
Great video. I grew up fishing the Trent from Clifton to Newark as a kid and then moved to Canada at 21. Your video brought back some great memories catching Barbel & Chubb at Clifton Grove. Thanks 🇬🇧🇨🇦..
Ah that’s great hear! I’ve been to Canada a few times (mostly work in Toronto but also lucky enough to have done the Vancouver to Calgary drive more recently) and I know you have some TRULY MIGHTY rivers there! Once fished the Beaver out of Toronto for steelhead. But the Trent is also special and it sounds like your youth was just as inextricably linked with it as mine. I’m not trying to flog you anything but you might enjoy my book, The Magic of Fishing, if you’ve not come across it - 2-3 chapters about club matches on various stretches. I had plenty of good chub around Newark (just above the main bridge into town and chucking a feeder right across), but never did manage to land any barbel as a lad. No doubt hooked a few as I mention in the vid, and it was always an experience to leave my legs like jelly. Just didn’t have the gear as a young lad.
Really enjoyed that video.Thanks 4 the tips on how 2fish that stretch.i,ll use them next time i fish it again😊.take care thanks again.
My pleasure Trevor - thanks for commenting 👍😎🎣
Another great video John, and landing those three pike on such light gear was absolutely brilliant. Once again the scenery etc was exceptional , makes it feel as if you are there as well. Keep up the videos you are giving a lot of people so much pleasure.
Thanks Clive, that comment has given ME a lot of pleasure 🙏💙😊
One of the best fishing videos I've seen, what a day you had!
Oh wow, thanks so much for saying that 💙🎣👍 It really was a memorable day. I hope you might enjoy some of the other videos on the channel and you’re welcome to comment anytime. This was probably my most amazing day’s fishing so far this year - th-cam.com/video/a3k-Vb1Fac0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=rPYjrV40StR5Jro3
Love the passion. I too grew up in Sheffield and fished the club matches on the Trent, Witham, Middle level, Sibsey trader, Fourty Foot,etc etc. The happiest days of my life. Now its all hook a duck fishing on commercials, you could put a wellington boot on and catch Carp. Not Angling for me. Thanks for the video.
Ahhhh, we are cut from the same cloth then! I do love driving back up to the Steel City for a few summer matches with my old club (always commercials these days of course) but, yep, I pine for the days when we’d file off the coach for breakfast in one of the old pubs, then unload all our gear in a field and trek off to find our peg, where you often wouldn’t see another human being all day. Those memories haunt me and if you’ve not come across it already, you might enjoy my book The Magic of Fishing, which is all about growing up in Sheffield and fishing with my granddad. Thanks for watching and a great comment 💙🙏😎🎣
P.S. We used to fish the Witham too! Pie and pea supper in a pub afterwards… 🍻
P.P.S. If you’ve not already seen it, you may also like the video on Dawson’s Tackle (now sadly closed) in Malin Bridge. Proper old shop.
Great to watch ! I grew up in caythorpe and fished after the matchs if I could scrounge their throw away baits. School kid as I was then. Every peg every weekend fully taken and bus's filling car parks. And also remember a dead cow , a bag of drowned puppy's, and the odd person. But a great place to grow up. Even watched ivan Mark's fishing. Thanks for sharing.
Brilliant comment thanks ☺️🙏 I once fished against Ivan Marks’ son on a winter canal match for the juniors but I was never lucky enough to watch the great man fishing. I always wanted to stay and fish after the matches too! I remember when it was always busy - I’d feel nervous on the way there, with my granddad, because sometimes we couldn’t get two pegs together and had to keep trying different stretches.
Still an exceptional river is the mighty Trent. Takes me back to my match fishing days, fishing the Nationals on that river. Nice mixed bag of healthy looking fish, but my tip to you is, next time you’re Pike fishing use a stronger hook length than 2.6lbs!😏🤣🤣 As we get older, nostalgia becomes a big part of our lives, & this (along with many of you great videos) certainly brought that feeling to me. As always John, Great video & Thank You for the time & effort you put in to bring it to us. 👌🏻👍🏻👏🏻🎣
Cheers Kenny - it’s a pleasure when I get comments like this. Aye, I need to remember my forceps next time, too! You fished nationals did you?? You must have some skills then. I have fond memories of fishing one on the Nene with Sheffield juniors but I had a bad draw (don’t we always 😂) and despite some top young talent we didn’t manage to frame. We used to practise on the Trent at Burton Joyce and it was my first real taste of big river fishing beyond my boyhood trips with my granddad. I remember I’d never bought more than a pint of mixed maggots and suddenly I was being asked to find enough paper round money for a gallon of bronze! 🤯
@@themagicoffishingHi John, sorry for late response but for some reason I’ve only just received this reply??🤔 I really used to enjoy fishing the Nationals, not that I was that good, best I did was 1 section win, but that was on the Shropshire Union canal with low weights & scraped the section win by mere ounces! Never fished the junior nationals myself only the seniors, but great experience & really enjoyable times/memories. 👍🏻🎣
Wow, incredible craftsmanship. Landing all those pikes with this tackle, wow ! As a pike and zander fisherman i´m stunned.
That means a great deal ☺️🥲 Thank you! It was part skill, part miracle 😄 Thanks for watching and commenting 😎👍🎣🍻
Magical place looks like Caythorpe some great chub swims
Aye 👍🐟
Peg is in the 80s by my reckoning, although the once prolific chub are now scarce. You’re more likely to pick up bream nowadays, or barbel.
Just enjoyed your video on the Trent, just starting to fish again after 50 years.
Tight Lines
David
That’s fantastic to hear! Half a century is some time away from the sport but I had a good few years when I lost the magic, and it’s never too late to find it again. If you like reading, you might enjoy my book The Magic of Fishing, which I wrote when I got back into it and many of the stories are about childhood memories, as well as what angling means to me now. But I’m not trying to flog you anything and I hope you enjoy some of the other vids on this channel. Cheers for now and tight lines! 🎣🐟
I absolutely loved the Gudgeon, the first fish I ever caught
Totally! They could win you a match on Sheffield Canal back in the day! 😄🐟
@@themagicoffishing I know, there was a match man who used to fish for Bleak on the Thames when I first started fishing way back in 1976, I think his name was Kevin Mumford and he was winning matches just catching bleak, me and my friends used to freeline maggots on a size 18, so much fun, I miss those days fishing with mates
Good effort landing all three of them on that tackle, many lesser anglers have been snapped off on much heavier gear
Many thanks ☺️ 🙏🎣👍 Appreciate those kind words and I’m still amazed they didn’t do me!
Just awesome lovely trip down memory lane for me at Thrumpton stretch.Take a bow that's some proper angling with the Pike.Middy should send you some Pike gear.Well done mate 👍😁👏
Thanks Tony 💙🎣🐟😎 Comments like this make my day - keep ‘em coming. Thrumpton was somewhere I was always hearing about but never got to fish. It’s mad - such a massive river that you could fish it with four matches and four pleasure sessions a year, for 15-20 years, and still have well known stretches you wanted to try! 🤯🎣🐟
@@themagicoffishing I am definitely going to fish Hoveringham next season on day ticket.Barbel/Chub then Pike later on.Keep em coming bud 😁👍👍👍👍
Great video John. this is the second one i have viewed and thoroughly enjoyed it. Again as yesterday comments i used to fish nearly opposite to where you were. with a small village club called Greyhound angling club from Aslockton. We used to fish at Kneeton. I remember when the organiser couldn't get a tractor and trailer to take our tackle down to the river it was a massive walk, ok going down with the anticipation of a great days fishing but coming back up the hill through the woods was a killer. i still remember peg 4 was full of chub on the stick running to a large reed bed on the old bronze maggot or even better on the grub. Anyway because of your videos i have just bought your book and look forward to reading in a couple of weeks time when i receive it in Tbilisi Georgia. Again thanks for your videos keep them coming especially the Nottinghamshire ones.
That means a great deal, thanks, Ian 💙 Both the kind words and the fact you’ve bought the book - I hope you enjoy it and I’ll refund you if not 😁😉 Or sign it if you love it! I’m definitely keen to do more Trent videos although I’m not sure I will get chance until next summer now. Maybe, but I tend to go when I’m on the way back from a match up north, and my fifth and final round trip is coming up this weekend (when I can’t get a day off work)… It’s a long drive otherwise, but worth it, I know! There are a couple of chapters on the Trent (and matches like you describe) in the book, which will hopefully keep you going. I don’t know the names Kneeton or Aslockton, which surprises me?! Are you really in Georgia then?? Hope the post works as you say… 🤞 And I hope you enjoy some of the other videos on the channel even if they’re not on the Trent 👍🎣🐟
@@themagicoffishing hi John Thanks for the reply. looking forward to watching some more Trent stuff. kneeton is on the opposite bank to where you were at Hoveringham just a little upstream. Aslockton is near where i was born in the vale of Belvoir. Yes i am in Tbilisi Georgia, work related. i moved away from the UK in 1994 worked in Africa, Australia, Azerbaijan and now in Georgia. once i left i knew i wouldn't go back just enjoyed the life the people and places so much. First trip to Georgia was in 1998 for a project. then came back in 2017 for the same client on another project now i am back again for the same client again keeping me busy. fishing wise i fish for a team called feeder lab which is all Georgian guys and me. was also fortunate enough to fish for the Georgian national feeder team in Serbia 2023 which was a fantastic experience as you can imagine.. fishing is good over here big natural lakes and reservoirs. main fish are carassio. few bream roach carp grass carp perch and the biggest bleak you have ever seen. Anyway have a look at feeder lab on face book you may be interested. Also my team mate developed the catch clicker which you have maybe seen advertised. great bit of kit this is. I am off work for a couple of days thats why i have time to watch your stuff and talk. anyway look after yourself.
Now that was impressive!! 2.6lb hook length!!
Also, I really liked the underwater footage of the pike release! 👌❤️🎣❤️
Thanks as always Andy 💙🎣🐟🍻 You’re one of the originals and now a mate - your ongoing support is always appreciated and I look forward to when we next meet on the bank. Got a busy few weeks coming up but still hoping we can get two of your sticks trotting down the Wey in late August or September and that will be a treat indeed 🎣🐟
Back in the 70s and 80s we would be fishing1.2lb up to 2lb bottoms.There are far more bigger fish in the Trent than back then
Well done landing the pike.You can hardly miss getting a pike on when catching silvers in summer but landing two as big as that on the Trent on a 2lb bottom is good playing.Awsome they both beat my personal best.
I rember well my good friend of mine fishing for perch on a small Irish lough using a size 0 Mepp. Low and behold a 161/2 lb pike chomped it. Great experience. This video is just what the doc ordered. Reminiscing about my youth.
Ahhh, grand! Great to hear 💙
Wonderful. Great play and away. Well done on your patience and 2lb line? Fantastic Sir. 👍🏻
Thank you kindly!
Hi John,
Just stumbled across your channel. Great viewing. Nice to see so many different species caught. Brought back memories of fishing years ago. I am 79 now, and my local lake holds roach, rudd, carp and eels. Wish there were more species, but being 3 minutes from home it suits me down to the ground one day a week. Have subscribed and rung the bell.
Thank you.
Barry from Essex.
Many thanks, Barry 🙏👍💙 Really appreciate the subscription and the comment - you’re welcome back on the channel any time and I hope you find more you enjoy on here. I’m all about variety and I’m glad to hear you’re still getting on the bank regularly 🎣 I’ve lived in Surrey for the past 25 years so I’ve not filmed anything in Essex but there’s plenty of ‘southern’ content as well as stories and memories inspired by my book, The Magic of Fishing. Cheers for now.
I am familiar with that stretch of river. Indeed, I used to be the match secretary for the controlling club back in that mid to late 1990s. Fished many matches back in the day, when chub used to dominate.
Hello David and thanks for taking the time to comment. Much appreciated and I hope you might enjoy some of the other videos on the channel, even if there aren’t too many more in the midlands just yet… However, I’ve just landed in Gunthorpe and intend to (somehow) get up at 3am tomorrow, so I can fish the river not too far below the big weir - possibly tempt a big barbel 🤞 It’s like Christmas Eve! As a fellow Trent lover, you might want to look out for the result of this trip in a few weeks… I also remember when there used to be a lot of chub in the river around Hoveringham and Caythorpe, and it’s fascinating how fish stocks change over the years. You must have had a fantastic insight into all that, being the match secretary! 🎣🐟
Nice 🎣 video 👍. Landing those pike on that setup was FRIGGING AWESOME 👏👏
Many thanks for a frigging awesome comment - it means a lot 🙏💙🎣🐟👍
6:46 anyone else noticed how nearly all flowers have little to no flying insects these days... there's a lot of data from across Europe that are showing a 60% decline in flying insects but it feels like more than that when I'm out and about. Used to drive the car on a 3 or 4 hour trip and it would be covered in lacewings, beetles, flys, bees etc. But now the cars are almost clean bar dust!
I also like my gardening and Monty Don was saying it’s been a terrible year (alongside a general decline as you say) for insects in the UK during last Friday’s GW programme. Another real concern for our countryside.
Your right I haven't seen a bee or wasp all summer 😮
Always enjoy your videos John. A few years back I managed to land an 11lb pike myself while on the stick float at Burton Joyce and broke my landing net. Nice to see your channel is growing steadily. Looking forward to more of your vids 🎣
There you are! One of the originals 💙🎣😎 Good to see ya and thanks for taking the time to comment again 🙏 And another Trent lover by the sounds of it! Burton Joyce road stretch was my other option that week I fished it loads, so another place with loads of memories, but I called Matchman Supplies (a classic tackle shop if ever there was one) and he said it had fished patchy in a Feedermasters qualifier the week before. I will try to get back there again before too long…
P.S. Love the broken landing net detail - that extra bit of drama! It’s amazing how some fish feel destined to be yours no matter what, while others smash you up and leave you in pieces despite best efforts. That’s fishing…
What a brilliant video...absolutely love your whole style and presentation. Really, really enjoyable to watch and super impressed with your pike fishing prowess 😂 👍
Ahhhh, what a mega comment 💙 It means a lot and I hope you keep enjoying the vids and bringing the cool comments 😎
Well done John, if you hadn’t filmed it no one would believe you, 3 pike on a 2.6 bottom 😮 an amazing days fishing on a river I will one day fish.
It’s what I love about this TH-cam lark, Graham… Not only does it keep me out of mischief, attract friendly and welcome comments like yours, but it lets me record some really memorable days by the water. As long as it doesn’t start to get in the way of my enjoyment of the actual fishing, long may it continue 🍻
Superb day and brings back many memories. You never know what will come out of the Trent. I fished it regular at Stoke Bardolph in the early 2000's but there was no sign of Bleak there but plenty of Bream, Roach and some very good Barbel
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for commenting 🙏💙👍🎣
Really enjoyed that thank you what a unusual days fishing in a beautiful part of English countryside
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks so much for taking the time to comment! 👍🎣🙏 If you haven’t already, feel free to subscribe to the channel and I hope you might enjoy some of my other vids. Cheers for now.
He;;o John. Great to see another chill session, Much needed right now. I didn't miss the last 2 videos, I just saw them late, as I have been away with visits to hospital. Toothy critters on 2lb line is always impressive, even more so when they're big.
Take care John. TTFN
Great to hear from you, Graham, and I hope there’s progress with the hospital visits 🤞
Another excellent video. I'm not the only one who catches pike on light tackle! Well done!
Haha, whatever you can do… 😄💙🎣🐟
You've really got me going now mate ,I'd love a go on this ,far away from commercials that we all seem to fish nowadays ,thanks for bringing a lot of memories john , really enjoyed it .
Thanks for a lovely comment and glad it’s got you fired up 🔥🎣 The Trent is a bit of an effort for me since I’ve lived in Surrey but it’s always worth the planning and I hope to get back again this summer. I don’t like knocking commercials but the Trent is what I think of as ‘proper fishing’ - you’ve no idea what might come along next. Hope you enjoy the other videos on the channel and you’re welcome to comment anytime.
I only live in Leicestershire but ,unfortunately I don't get to fish the trent like I used to .Happy days or what .
Hello John, great session, wonderful surroundings, does life get any better? Days on the Avon & Severn with my old man are memory bank gold. So happy to have Pagey as my bank buddy, keep making happy memories. Take care, tight lines🐟🪱🎣👍
Grand to hear from you as always, mate. Yep, it was a special session at a special place and I’m excited about getting to know the Thames as it has the same vibe as the Trent - wild and a sense of ‘anything’s possible!’ We’ll fish it together at some point I’m sure.
I'll be back on the trent this year, it was only a field away from where we lived in Willington. It was DAA waters at the time and there used to be massive matches on the river. Unfortunately not so much happening now.
That’s another blast from the past - Willington! Pretty sure I will have fished that in my youth although perhaps only once or twice as I can’t recall too much about it. I hope you do get back on the river soon 👍🎣🤞😎
John you made it once again, love watching these its really relaxing. are you going to floatfish for rainbow trout as well? i feel like theres not too many vids of it it would prob increase the views even more. Anyhow looking forward to the next one. thanks mate for sharing !
My pleasure! And I’ve just subscribed to your channel - love the shots of perch in particular 👍🐟 Not sure about fishing for rainbows with float tactics - I’ve certainly had one or two from Frog Island fishery in Surrey but I don’t know of many places that stock them in numbers where float (as opposed to fly) fishing is allowed. If I come across one I’ll certainly consider it and I used to fish for brown and rainbow trout on the River Derwent (Derbyshire) as a young lad with my granddad. In fact there is a chapter about it in my book The Magic of Fishing. Thanks as always for watching and commenting.
Brilliant video, that stretch is very good, even had wild brown trout of 3lb slightly further up (about afew fields upstream) ,lovely seeing the different species, well done on the pike blimey lol, towards newark (where I am ) ,you got cats, sturgeon, zander etc amongst the usual suspects too, truly like a European river nowadays, wonderful to watch this, tight lines, good health and safe travels, cheers craig
Many thanks Craig! I used to love fishing at Newark and it’s been way too long! Thanks for commenting 👍🙏🎣
Really enjoyed the video, nice to the stick fished again, not many bother these days.
I've fished many venues on the Trent from Stoke Bardolph to Collingham/ Besthorpe, and had many great matches, from the 1970's up to present day, had some cracking days on stick float, caster & hemp, sometimes tares, never ever used to see a pike, now days just when you get a nice shoal in your swim the pike turn up, and the roach, dace, chub etc just disappear and you have to start building the swim again, and one of the places where pike ALWAYS turn up is this road stretch between Caythorpe & Hoveringham, yes it is comfortable cheap fishing with easy parking at most pegs, but the pike have somewhat spoiled the Trent for me, and i rarely fish it anymore.
Hello ‘Devil Dave’! Lovely comment ta ☺️ Yes, you’ve referenced some of my other old haunts there - Stoke Bardolph and Collingham! I could chuck in the Embankment in Nottingham, Holme Pierrepoint, Sawley, Long Eaton, Marnham, Caythorpe… All these names put a smile on my face even though I’m not able to fish them regularly like I used to do. In fact I’m thinking of trying to get back on the river again this summer and - day ticket wise - I’m wondering about Fiskerton or the A1 Pits stretch. Believe both do some barbel and chub (which I’d love to get amongst again) although Fiskerton is a bit of an epic walk for non-members. If you have any recent experience of either or a better option to suggest on a day ticket please do comment again 🙏💙🎣 Either way, many thanks for commenting and I hope you might enjoy some of the other videos on the channel. Cheers for now.
@@themagicoffishingYou could try down the long lane at Rolleston, it's always good for quality silvers on the stick, Barbel on the tip, the river is only a few metres through the gate of the car park, tickets purchased from the post office in Fiskerton. Cheers, and i hope what ever venue you choose i'm sure you'll do well, watch out for those pesky pike. Cheers Dave.
Pike are such a regular feature that I always take some pike tackle with me. Pike seem more abundant on sections of the river that are ‘stoned’ to prevent bank erosion.
I used to fish the Trent at Sawley, just below where the Derwent joins it in the late 50's, early 60's. It was owned by the Pride of Derby then, used to get magnificent roach, trotting with a centre pin reel and 3lb line. 😊
Sawley! Now that brings back some happy memories for me as well 😀🎣🐟 I was too young, at about 9 or 10 years old, to understand who owned it back then, but my granddad and his friend, John Swift, who was the secretary of the little club we belonged to, just outside of Sheffield, used to take me there once a year and it was like heaven. We always parked at a pub called the Harrington Arms and then walked over a field or two to reach a little concrete platform that ran down the side of the river. I caught my first proper chub there but was happy catching bleak or anything that would bite - much like I am these days! Very, very happy memories and I even got to fish there once with my best mate, Ben, who I talk about in my book, The Magic of Fishing. I can still picture us hauling our wicker baskets over a stile… That would have been in the early to mid eighties. I think I looked into whether I could get back on there with a day ticket a few years back and called the pub, but they said they no longer had any say on the fishing and didn’t know who ran it. If you have any intel feel free to comment again 😄 Thanks for watching and commenting - welcome back on the channel anytime 🙏🎣💙🐟👍🍻
Well done John. You really do deserve a huge pat on the back to get all 3 Pike in on 2lb bottom. I would count the 13 as a PB you caught it. As I said before my daughter lives in Nottingham, I really should on the Trent real soon.
Tight lines.
Cheers, Mark! 💙 I still wonder how the hell that hooklength didn’t part, especially when the biggie was thrashing on the surface and then bolting off into the considerable current for the umpteenth time! I have actually sent an email to Middy, with a link to the vid, saying they might appreciate the little tribute I gave their Lo-Viz product! 😄 And I only had it to hand because I decided to take my match seat box to the river - usually use it fishing the pole on commercials. That and Reflo Power Line are my go-to hooklength lines. But, yeah, I actually thought of you and your daughter while fishing and filming - hoping it might inspire you to give it a go when making a visit. One thing I forgot to mention in the vid was you can park right behind a few of the pegs there too, and it really is convenient. Probably gets a lot busier at weekends (in summer), but I had my pick of pegs and didn’t even get there til about 11am.
@@themagicoffishing did you replace the hook length at all after any of the Pike?
I really enjoy every video you post, I'd love to book you for a fishing trip
Ah, too kind, Pat! I enjoy every comment 🙏💙 I don’t currently do any fishing or coaching style days (maybe I’m missing a trick?!) because I’m mega busy as it is with work, family and of course the fishing and filming that I do manage to do. But if you’re local in Surrey I’m sure we can manage a day out at some point - I just can’t say when or how long it might take I’m afraid. I’ve still got matches up in Sheffield, the odd bit of work travel and an autumn holiday coming up this year but let’s stay in touch and see 👍🎣🐟
@@themagicoffishing thank you for such a lovely reply, I'm living in Liverpool now, me and my oldest fishing buddy fished manor farm a couple of times, I'm hoping to get to London at the start of September to take my nephews daughter Harley and my nephew to Tyler's Common, near Harold's Hill in Essex, before Harley goes back to school, she's 9 and just getting into fishing
Great video caythorpe low numbers I think, the gate before the road stretch, always good near Dover beck
Cheers John! Appreciate you taking the time to comment 👍😎🎣🐟 Got another Trent vid (Gunthorpe Lock) due out at midday today. Tight lines
It's great watching your vlogs on The Wey. I learned to fish it as a lad 65 years ago. Tight lines. Baz Ingram.
Thanks Baz! Look out for a new Wey one this Friday at 12 👍🎣 Filmed to a few weeks ago, near Ripley. Cheers for now.
@@themagicoffishing Ripley, my old hunting ground. Walsham weir a particular favourite.
what’s a cracking video and what a mixture of fish. The type of fishing that I love doing and I will be doing when I go fishing with my Old Man at the end of the month down to the river Avon near Evesham. Fished the river Trent a couple of times and it’s a lovely river. My favourite river close to me is the river swale . It’s great when you catch big fish like Pike on very light gear and it’s amazing just what fish you can catch when everything is all balanced nicely … keep them videos coming and memories with your dad and family are always the best. All the best to you, buddy and just subscribed. Now it’s time to catch up watching some of your other videos.👍👍😁😁🎣🎣
Cheers John, it’s comments like these that make all the effort of making the videos worthwhile 💙🙏 Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy doing it as you can hopefully tell, but the combination of getting on the bank more often and then entertaining fellow anglers who share my passion is fantastic. As much as I enjoy fishing commercials, it’s always good to hear from fellow river addicts and you’ve mentioned some dream venues for me there - have always wanted to visit Evesham and the Swale is obviously in the finest county of them all ☺️ I’ve been walking round there but never fishing. Thanks for the subscription and I hope you enjoy getting up to speed with the many videos on here. I bet you will enjoy the recent Bridge Pool one if not already seen. Cheers for now 👍
@@themagicoffishing and i though i was the only one who did long messages 😂😂😂…… thankyou so much for the reply and yeah been watching some of your video’s 🎣🎣…….. yorkshire fish are a bit tougher than their southern members and just like the people ( or most of them ) they look better aswell 😂😂🤪🤪🎣🎣👍👍
A fantastic brace that john, well done on 2lb bottom i cant believe it. A great video enjoyed this. A lovely location rave on. Thanks for sharing.
Many thanks, Mick! Always a pleasure to see your comments and I’m glad you enjoyed it 👍🎣😎
I'm just waiting to see you get the old " Rent Reel" out lol 😉
Fished it with me Dad from High Marnam down to Willford & Rent bridge ont steps 🤗❤️
" Trent Reel"! Bloody predictive text aye 🤬😆😅
I don’t think I’ve ever known another angler who can also talk about fishing at Marnham so that’s great to hear! We used to stay in my granddad and grandma’s caravan for long weekends and we often had the whole stretch to ourselves. I remember it being really rocky when the tide was low and that could be tricky when using a small wicker basket! 😬🙈 Lots of bootlace eels, too, but I loved it.
@@themagicoffishing regarding the rocks, it was like the giants causeway, but not plumb! 😆
Ledgers and the big bomb were the order of the day, due to the current.
We used to camp at Gibsmere just up from the Star & Garter.
I walked in there about ten years ago with the missus for a pint 🙄 it's an old people's home now 😆😅 " About Turn"! 😅👍
Fabulous video. Trent really is magic. Tight lines.
Thanks Chris, that means a lot 💙🎣
Ive just come across your channel now and have subscribed. Wowww. What a session 😊
Thanks! Welcome aboard and I hope you enjoy some of the other vids on here. Welcome to comment anytime 👍😎🎣
Wow should have played the lottery that day! Fantastic skills but also luck because transferring the hook 3 times from bait fish to pike and then the line not being cut off and then not breaking on line 4 to 5 times less breaking strength than the weight of the fishes!!! Top angling!
Many thanks 🙏 💙 And I agree the huge element of luck was the small hook transferring from the roach or dace straight into the scissors of the pike - three times in a row?! 🤯🐟
is it luck, is it good angling. who cares . well done👍👍. lovely session.
Many thanks, Paul 😊🙏💙 I have to think there was SOME luck involved 😂😅😬
Congratulations and well done. Think you may have come up with a new Pike fishing challenge!!!!!
Haha! Yes, that’s a great idea. Overall weight, biggest fish, and maybe overall length of pike… On the stick float 😂 The UK Stick Pike Champs… 🐟🎣🏆
Them 2 pike would've been more than welcome in a match back in the day!!. I remember going on matches with my Dad when I was about 15 on the Trent, Winthorpe, Gunthorpe, Long Higgin....used to get a lot of big Gudgeon and the odd decent Bream or Chub then mainly.
The matches were either run by the Jervis Lum pub on Norfolk Park or the Matilda on Matilda street, my Dad was a member of both clubs.
I remember the fur and feather matches, later on in the year being cold and a bit miserable...mainly just huddled up on my basket waiting for the hooter to call an end to it! Happy days though and the summer matches when we had proper summers, seem like distant blissful memories now.
One bloke, a real character, walked upstream and swam down past every peg asking everybody if they'd "caught owt" 😂 then got out at the end in his y-fronts with his big beer belly....good days, good people, good fishing!!!!!!
Oh my god, I’ve just nearly wet myself! 🤣 Or as I should have said with a proper Sheffield accent, I nearly wet me sen! BRILLIANT story 😂👏🏼 That kind of stuff doesn’t seem to happen any more… Thank you 🙏
Aye, the characters have nearly disappeared altogether now. He worked for Whitbreads brewery at Lady's bridge and was always drunk old Ken. I think he's still going!
Love it 😂👍
Lovely river great weather, and just the ticket so to speak,reslly enjoyed this. wow what a fish well done, you done better than I did,
im going on the Thames soon with the whip for some Raoch lol yea..will see, excellent work mate.
That sounds great and an uncanny coincidence - I’m hoping to FINALLY get on The Thames, for the first time ever, over the weekend! More red hot weather so I’ll have to remind myself about the terrible sewage situation if I start contemplating going in for a dip! 🥵
As a roach / match man I like the sound of a whip session on the great river. I’ve been warned the river is stacked with bleak in summer… Was thinking of fishing the stick but with hemp and pellets or hemp and corn (not got any tares in at the mo). Please leave another comment with any bait and feed tips if you’re familiar with this challenge?! Maybe a case of trying to feed ‘em off as well? And where there’s bleak there might be some big old stripeys of course…
@@themagicoffishing Well the river at Walton-On-Thames can be amazing if the Roach shoals are around, my best bag ..years ago was 32lb of class Roach, but sometime old Piky would have a nose around.
abbs fantastic fishing a great guy fishes well speaks well a great presenter your saved to my faourits
Oh wow, thanks for that amazing comment, David - and the subscription! I hope you enjoy many more videos from the channel and you’re welcome to comment any time! Cheers 👍👍🎣🐟
Pike are always worth a dabble on the Trent
Yeah, it almost made me want to go back with a lure rod sometime, although two locals I was chatting to at one point told me they are seriously wised up and will ignore artificials all day long in favour of the real thing. Thanks for commenting 🙏
Brilliant video..
Many thanks for saying so and I’m glad you enjoyed it 💙🎣😎 Hope you enjoy some of the other content on the channel and you’re always welcome to comment 👍🐟
What a great video! Surprise catches are always fun! I was out on my local water chasing carp, not big ones, around the 6lb - 8lb mark but always good sport and they fight like 20lb+... Managed to catch a couple around that weight but also 3 signal crayfish! The mark is swarmed by them at the moment and makes it almost unfishable 😞 I was lucky to get the two carp, a mark that normally produces 7 - 10 a session 😞
Thanks for a great comment 🙏💙 Crayfish eh?! I hate the buggers! Well, at least I hate the invasive signal ones from the US. They really can take over a water as you say and although some fish might get fat on them (perch, chub and big carp), they can mess up the fishing for sure. I’ve found the only way past them is to use baits that aren’t fishy or meaty, like bread or sweetcorn, but they can still wreak havoc. Hope you enjoy some of the other videos on the channel and you’re welcome to comment any time. Cheers for now 🎣
Nice one mate, fantastic plking 😎😃
Haha! Yep, I just wish I could catch that many on the rare occasions when I do target pike, LOL 😄🐟 Thanks for watching and keep the comments coming 🙏💙😎
A nice days pike fishing eh John,at least some decent roach came out laters eh mate, there are some monster pike in the trent aren't,I've heard there are some big catfish in various areas which would not be a surprise with plenty of other silvers to prey on,tite lines
Cheers fella! Yeah, that’s one of the things you’ve got to love about a big, wild river like the Trent - lots of rumours and stories, most of which will be true! I’d love to give to a go with deadbaits or even a spoon but I do love my silvers ☺️🐟 Thanks as always for watching and the kind comments 💙🎣👍 Keep ‘em coming and tight lines for now.
Very enjoyable session to watch, and I’ve also subbed to the channel too . 🙏
Welcome aboard! Really appreciate that and feel free to comment any tine 💙👍🎣
Your greedy mate that second one, wow amazing fishing, good on you.
Haha, I couldn’t get enough! Yep, the second one was really solid and beautifully marked. It’s rare to get them out on light gear of course but when I first saw it come to surface (about 30 yards down the swim!) I suddenly became desperate to see it properly. I can’t believe keen pikers sometimes land fish of 2-3x the size - mind blowing 🤯
Well its got to be said, i am not into watching a guy fish for 4oz silvers but with the 3 pike, its was a good watch. Well done
Haha, fair play 😂👍👏🏼 There’s a video of me battling an 8ft arapaima on the channel so you may find other stuff that appeals, but I must confess to loving my silvers and fish of all shapes and sizes. That Trent session had me thinking about a proper piking day on my favourite river for sure, but I’m no expert. And I keep hearing or reading more and more about big zander and cats (both species I’m yet to encounter in the flesh). Many thanks for watching and commenting 🙏
Great video. Are day tickets available on the bank? Cheers in advance, Andy
Thanks Andy! Yes, day tickets are available on the bank of and when the friendly bailiffs swing by. Just have a fiver handy 👍 You can also park behind quite a few of the pegs using the long car park. Not too busy outside of summer weekends and it was almost empty when I got there a few weeks ago! Tight lines if you give it a go 🎣🐟👍
Nice watch pal!! Cheers
That cheeky pike 😂
That 2nd cheeky pike 😂😂😂😂
Thanks for taking the time to say that! 👍🙏🎣💙🐟
my best ever day on trent was approx 35 years ago at beeston wier mmy Fav spot very erarly morn with earth worm from the football field at the back and 3 tins on tuna cat food as ground bait in an 8 hour fishing we estimated i had nearly 200lbs of mostly chub up to 6lb perch 2.3 lbs . boy if we had cell phone with cameras or video eqquipment back then to show everybody and showed on youtube i am sure there would have been super many comments . but at least i have the memories in my head that all that matters Roll on foor the great trent
Oh my god… You’ve just sent shivers down my spine! Beeston Weir… Hand collected worms… Chub to 6lb… Big perch… Oh to have been there on that legendary early morning trip. Despite all my years of fishing I’ve never heard of cat food in river groundbait, although I’ve seen it used plenty on commercials of course. Sounds like it could be a cracking additive and I’ll now have to give it a go in a video - with thanks to you 🙏 As you say, no cameras back in the day but the memories last a life time. You might enjoy my book The Magic of Fishing, which is all about childhood memories and includes a fair bit on the Trent as well as around Sheffield, but otherwise I hope you enjoy some of the other vids on here and welcome to comment anytime 👍🎣🐟
Just subbed too buddy 👌👍🎣
Awesome, thank you! 🙏
Got my pb barbel 15lb last night on trent😊
Oh mate… That is an EPIC fish 😎 I’m guessing after some recent rain? We’ve had a lot down in Surrey and I’m off to the Thames to have another go for barbel and chub tomorrow 🤞🤞🤞
I was trying to work out who you remind me of, then it came to me, Hugh Hefner back in the day, maybe you should be into Ornitology rather than fishology. But seriously that was what I would call a great days fishing. I know Hoveringham, do you know if you can pay on the bank?
Haha, thanks Keith! You absolutely can pay on the bank and that’s what I did that day 👍 You can park behind a quite a few of the pegs and a friendly bailiff swung by in his van about an hour after I got there. Tight lines if you have a go 🎣🐟👍
Do you have details of who to contact to fish the stretch
Hi Chris. Yes, that stretch is run by Midland Angling Society with tickets available on the bank when one of the friendly bailiffs comes by. See this webpage - www.midlandanglingsociety.com/water-details/. You can park right behind about 10-15 of the pegs on the Hoveringham stretch (with many more available with a walk). It gets a bit busy in warm weather at weekends but generally quiet during the week in my experience over the years. Google Maps link for the parking - maps.app.goo.gl/ayGDPhE4a5oDAd4B8?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy
The other stretch you can fish with parking behind all the pegs is the famous Burton Joyce Road Stretch down from the Ferry Inn. That’s Ashfield Angling and I think it’s about £6 on the bank (I might try to get there this summer). Just don’t try at weekends without checking in the summer, as they have a lot of matches on there including the big Riverfest final.
Is there a way of fishing the trent without being a member of a club and not being restricted to the horriblie stretch along stoke lane.
I’m not sure I’m afraid, Matt - since moving down south I don’t get to fish it half as much as I’d like to. I know the Trent Embankment in Nottingham is free fishing and the stretch where I fished, plus Burton Joyce, have day tickets on the bank. There is also Fiskerton as a day ticket, but I believe that’s quite a walk from the parking area. Sorry I can’t be more help.
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Thank you! 🙏 ☺️💙🎣😅
£5 thats cheap ,,ucant beat a day on river ,,im sick of watching them catch mud 🐽, 😮
Cheers Shaun 🙏👍🎣 I totally agree a fiver for all that wild water is a BARGAIN! Thanks for commenting and you’re welcome back any time.