What a fantastic video my friend right behind the river like you said fresh air relaxing you can't beat it i went on the broads in Norfolk in September and got my best peach ever 3 pound 9 on lug worm wow 😊😊😊😊😊
Hi Russ, new subscriber. I love your story about your first fish and the float. Those first memories of fishing are very powerful. I look forward to more videos when you have the time. Ta, Nick W
@@nickwebb1442 Hi Nick, thank you for subscribing to the channel and your message which is much appreciated. There are over 100 videos on the channel which I hope you enjoy and there will be more coming soon. Regards Russ 👍🐟🎣
@@carperharvey1832 That’s great to hear Harvey, enjoy your Perch fishing this winter and thank you very much for subscribing 👍 pleased to hear you enjoy the vids 🎣🐟
Perch are beautiful fish and such lovely fish to see in the net, definately my favourite species! I use my bait droppers regularly, I think maybe they might be an underestimated bit of tackle by a lot of anglers, but they can be a godsend at times!👍👍👍👍👍I caught a 5lb perch at Alderwood fishery in Steyning near Shoreham East Sussex! Pam and Julie her daughter who run it have the Anglers Mail award for large perch, anyone who visits that area should give it a try!
@@snerper Hi Snerper, the Perch are a fascinating species for sure and I love fishing for them. Like you say bait droppers are a handy bit of kit to carry in the tackle bag 👍 I fished Alderwood a few years years for the perch and had a couple around the 2lbs mark. A nice venue and must get back there again soon for another session 👍🎣
@@BlackBottomFloats Thanks Andy, chub saved the day after losing that biggy a few minutes earlier. I am sure if there was any perch about the bobbers would have buried out of sight. You are welcome with the shout out, the bobbers are great 👍
loved the video Russ, the quality of your filming is excellent...that gut-wrenching few minutes that follows the fish coming off is what draws us back for another go! Crucian and Perch are my personal favourites, looking forward to your next one.cheers.
@@jameshunter7980 Hi James your message is much appreciated, thank you. Shall be out again soon for another perch trip to a new venue for me and looking forward to it. 👍🎣🐟 Cheers, Russ
Great video. I'm sorry that ground baiting is all but universal now. In the days of my youth we would collect rod with fixed spool, float, hook and weight, a tin of bait (worms from the garden, or dough with anchovy paste as the magic ingredient) and head on. I guess the only versions of the hobby that doesn't use ground baiting of one sort or another are spinning and fly fishing! Sic transit gloria mundi 🙂
Hiya ive just come across your channel and subscribed as i love perch too . Biggest one i had bang on 3pound out of the Derbyshire derwent . Anyway im suffering with my health now and dont get as much especially in the winter. Take care danny from barnsley 🎣
@@McghieDanny Hi Danny sorry to hear you are suffering with your health. I hope it improves so that you can get back out on the Bankside again soon. Thank you for subscribing to the channel. I have a Perch playlist of videos that you may like to watch. I hear the Derbyshire Derwent has produced some monster Perch overs the years. Best Regards Russ
@@arturmalachowski8949 Thank you Artur for subscribing to the channel. I hope you have a successful Perch session soon. I am pleased you enjoy my videos as I have many more to film this coming winter. Best Regards Russ 👍🐟🎣
@@Walsallgrower I was gutted to lose what I thought at the time was going to be my only bite of the session. Thankfully I got another chance shortly after the disappointment. I have some interesting trips coming up especially with perch in mind. 👍🐟🎣
I'll buy some myself. Just subscribed. Lovely vid. Was out on the Stour and Frome last week, Fishing almost the same with worm and red maggot. Was after perch and grayling. Got the graying, chub, trout, no perch yet this year. 38:45
@ That is great Richard thank you 👍I am currently perch fishing on a 2 day filming trip as I type this. Good luck on your next visit to the frome and hope the perch oblige. 🎣
Great to see you fishing a lobworm under a bobber, Russ. When we were teens back in the 60s my Dad came along and fished with us. Not a subtle angler he was but his lobworms found some specimens in our club pit.. a 3+ perch and 2+ Rudd included! I’ve never beaten either weight in my life! Love your video in our countryside ( which I’ll never see again). Good luck with the subs!
Looks like the Chelmer . just getting to old for the cold I used to go piking in the winter I suffer with my old knees now 😢but still enjoy watching this thank you 🙏👍
Thanks Steve, my knees are creaking a bit as well. Very similar to the Chelmer which I used to fish when I fished a lot in and around Essex mostly in matches. Pleased you enjoyed the video 👍
Yes I’m was in the Billericay club years ago , it not like Jack hard grieves Excuse, my spelling 😂 where I heard that they net off the river for him for his show for 2 to3 days beforehand so the fish are hungry and concentrated in the area 😂
Good afternoon Bob, a Black tipped float shows up very well and, probably better than Bright colours in overcast conditions - not everyone thinks of that one ? Much easier on the eye 👀🖤
I really struggled on hants avon yesterday. Its not an easy water but conditions seemed right. Blank saved by a chublet and a minnow. Thats fishing. Reservoir Roach for me next week 🤞 Great vid as always Russ.
@@fishingvanlife Thank you, rivers have been a bit hit and miss of late. I am sure with the rains on and off the fish have been moving around and not settled. Better luck on your next session 👍🎣🐟
I fished in exactly this way down the Norfolk Broads a few weeks ago. I had a beautiful perch which i landed but then proceeded to flip out of my hand, onto the bank and back into the water! Never got a picture or a weight, so gutted! Tight lines, looking forward to more perch action.
@@jasonrenshaw9010 Hi Jason, that is so annoying not to get a photo or weight after catching a nice perch. Thanks I will be busy on the Perch over the next few weeks, fingers crossed 🤞 👍🎣🐟
Hard luck on not catching your target species today Russ but what a nice looking chub eh mate,we have all had days like that ime sure but you were there and gave it a try,looking forward to your away trip and hope you have a good time mate,if I could subscribe twice I would Russ, a great video all about British autumn time at its best eh. Tite lines
@@pauledwards6470 Cheers Paul, I am sure I will find those specimen perch in the river at some point. Gutted to lose that big fish but relieved to net a decent chub a few minutes later. Great to be out fishing though and can’t wait for my upcoming perch trip in a few days. 👍🐟
Perch are more catchable in clear water and low light situations.The bigger perch are better fished for in early spring when they are ready to spawn. PS are you fishing the werms up in the water or on the bottom 🤔🤝👍
@@barryanthonywing4848 Hi Barry, I move the depths up and down tight to margins on first shelf and all that. Had many good perch sessions from late autumn to spring. The stretch I was fishing is not really perch fished but had fun giving it a go. There will be other days 👍🎣🐟
@@fishingtailfilms We ALL have the down in the dumps feeling, I am not a lover of the winter dark days. So my fishing after the summer/autumn starts around March.Its great to see and chat to people on the bankside,I can spend over a hour chewing the fat even before I have put a line in the water.Its Good to talk matey.🌞🤝👍
@@barryanthonywing4848 I get what you are saying Barry, sometimes the walk back to the car takes ages whilst stopping off for a chat with other anglers to see how they are getting on. The only down side to winter fishing for me is the short days of daylight, packing up when the fish are still on the feed. Good to chat with you as well 👍🎣
@@brianreed1451 I have caught Perch on all types of floats small or large. If they are present and hungry they engulf big baits. I use big floats for big baits. I have had Perch swallow 4 inch deadbaits on big float tactics and the complete opposite of tiny pole floats on double red maggots using tiny hooks. I guess it depends on what mood they are in. Hopefully I will find some on my next perch venture later this week which I am really looking forward to 🐟🎣
@@fishingtailfilms Loved this video. I live close to the Hampshire Avon and Dorset Stour and you have given me a glint in my eye to have a go at some Perch. I love my Roach. How can i get hold of a couple of those fabulous floats please. Keep them coming
@ Thanks Brian , blackbottomfloats has an eBay page as well as a TH-cam channel. Andy will sort you out some floats, they are quality. Good luck on your next trip out 👍
Fishing small rivers for perch you need to be mobile. Perch are very nomadic. I'd never take all that kit to a river. One rod and a landing net. If perch are about they will hit straight away. I would drop shot with worm or use soft lures jigged in the margins. It's so much more exciting, covering more ground and more fish. Nice film but you'll get more action on the hoof.
@@chrismckechnie1911 Very true Chris if the river has many options. However the river I fished offers very little in the way of swims to fish. Many of them are fast shallow rapids and I doubt perch will be located in them to be honest. As I said on film I have never really tried this section of the river for big Perch so fishing the swim I was in has a deep hole so thought it worth exploring. There are no further swims to my right as the river is overgrown with steep banks. To my left the next swim is in the next field. I had to go through 4 gates and a mile walk from the car park to fish where I was. Drop shotting and lure fishing does not appeal to me either, watching a float is more exciting to me. Thanks for watching the film Chris, much appreciated 👍🐟🎣
@@stuartanderson8458 Hi Stuart some angling association waters restrict me from saying where I am fishing so I have to honour their rules. On venues where there are no restrictions I mention where and when I am. I hope you understand. Regards Russ
@ I know what you mean Stuart, are you a member of the LAA? They have a few sections of the Suffolk Stour, with you being in Essex you are not that far away.
What a fantastic video my friend right behind the river like you said fresh air relaxing you can't beat it i went on the broads in Norfolk in September and got my best peach ever 3 pound 9 on lug worm wow 😊😊😊😊😊
@@ClivePlatt-jk7im Thank you very much Clive and well done on your Norfolk Broads perch 👍🎣
Hi Russ, new subscriber. I love your story about your first fish and the float. Those first memories of fishing are very powerful. I look forward to more videos when you have the time. Ta, Nick W
@@nickwebb1442 Hi Nick, thank you for subscribing to the channel and your message which is much appreciated. There are over 100 videos on the channel which I hope you enjoy and there will be more coming soon. Regards Russ 👍🐟🎣
New subscriber! Totally agree about the mental health aspect it really is my best therapy
Thank you Marc for subscribing and your support. I agree it is the best therapy there is 👍
New subscriber love the perch videos u convinced me to buy a bit of extra tackle and have a go for some perch this winter love the videos 👌🎣😎
@@carperharvey1832 That’s great to hear Harvey, enjoy your Perch fishing this winter and thank you very much for subscribing 👍 pleased to hear you enjoy the vids 🎣🐟
Perch are beautiful fish and such lovely fish to see in the net, definately my favourite species! I use my bait droppers regularly, I think maybe they might be an underestimated bit of tackle by a lot of anglers, but they can be a godsend at times!👍👍👍👍👍I caught a 5lb perch at Alderwood fishery in Steyning near Shoreham East Sussex! Pam and Julie her daughter who run it have the Anglers Mail award for large perch, anyone who visits that area should give it a try!
@@snerper Hi Snerper, the Perch are a fascinating species for sure and I love fishing for them. Like you say bait droppers are a handy bit of kit to carry in the tackle bag 👍 I fished Alderwood a few years years for the perch and had a couple around the 2lbs mark. A nice venue and must get back there again soon for another session 👍🎣
@@fishingtailfilms 👍👍👍👍👍
Well done on reaching the 2,000 subscribers! 😉
@@RobTaverner Thank you very much Rob 👍
Glad I found your channel now subscribed ❤
@@leejohnson7471 Thank you very much Lee, very much appreciated 👍🎣🐟
What a lovely chubb. It really looked perfect for a perch... thanks for the shout out!!
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@@BlackBottomFloats Thanks Andy, chub saved the day after losing that biggy a few minutes earlier. I am sure if there was any perch about the bobbers would have buried out of sight. You are welcome with the shout out, the bobbers are great 👍
Well done on the 2000 well deserved..onward and upward. Many more Tight Lines. Neil🎣
@@sallyfolkes2650 Thank you Neil, onwards and upwards like you say 👍
loved the video Russ, the quality of your filming is excellent...that gut-wrenching few minutes that follows the fish coming off is what draws us back for another go! Crucian and Perch are my personal favourites, looking forward to your next one.cheers.
@@jameshunter7980 Hi James your message is much appreciated, thank you. Shall be out again soon for another perch trip to a new venue for me and looking forward to it. 👍🎣🐟 Cheers, Russ
Great vid!!!! Congrats on the 2000 👏🏻
@@lukethorndale8826 Thank you Luke 👍
Great video.
I'm sorry that ground baiting is all but universal now. In the days of my youth we would collect rod with fixed spool, float, hook and weight, a tin of bait (worms from the garden, or dough with anchovy paste as the magic ingredient) and head on. I guess the only versions of the hobby that doesn't use ground baiting of one sort or another are spinning and fly fishing! Sic transit gloria mundi 🙂
@@dionlindsay2 Thanks Dion 👍🐟
Quality n New....deep vid .🙏
@@FishingLifez78 Thank you 👍🎣🐟
Top effort and top film as always 😎👌 thanks Russ
@@iainbriggs7963 Thank you very much Iain very kind of you to say so 👍
Lovely video really enjoy them😊😊
@@markward8216 Thank you Mark, pleased to know you enjoy the videos 👍 plenty more coming up over the winter
Hiya ive just come across your channel and subscribed as i love perch too . Biggest one i had bang on 3pound out of the Derbyshire derwent . Anyway im suffering with my health now and dont get as much especially in the winter. Take care danny from barnsley 🎣
@@McghieDanny Hi Danny sorry to hear you are suffering with your health. I hope it improves so that you can get back out on the Bankside again soon. Thank you for subscribing to the channel. I have a Perch playlist of videos that you may like to watch. I hear the Derbyshire Derwent has produced some monster Perch overs the years. Best Regards Russ
@ will definitely give all your perch playlists a good watch while im in bed . Next best thing to being there .looking forward to it .
@@McghieDanny I hope you enjoy them Danny. I am off perch fishing later this week 🤞
Really good channel and content..keep em coming 👏
@@paulblissett1674 Thank you Paul, I appreciate your message 👍🎣🐟
New subscriber from Sweden. I enjoy your videos.
Hope to catch a colossal perch next week-end myself. Not decided on the tactics yet.
@@arturmalachowski8949 Thank you Artur for subscribing to the channel. I hope you have a successful Perch session soon. I am pleased you enjoy my videos as I have many more to film this coming winter. Best Regards Russ 👍🐟🎣
Shame that first fish slipped the hook Russ, great chub to save the day.
Looking forward to seeing the fishery video buddy..👍
@@Walsallgrower I was gutted to lose what I thought at the time was going to be my only bite of the session. Thankfully I got another chance shortly after the disappointment. I have some interesting trips coming up especially with perch in mind. 👍🐟🎣
Great vid, just wondering what is the rod bag you are using, I struggle carrying a rods and umbrella
@@AndySmith-u4e Thank you Andy, I use the Korum Transition Quiver and matching rucksack. The quiver holds 3 rods and a good piece of kit 👍🎣
nice chub, black bottom make some cracking floats I love using mine for tench
@@chrispage1888 Andy certainly makes some wonderful floats Chris 👍
I'll buy some myself. Just subscribed. Lovely vid. Was out on the Stour and Frome last week, Fishing almost the same with worm and red maggot. Was after perch and grayling. Got the graying, chub, trout, no perch yet this year. 38:45
@ That is great Richard thank you 👍I am currently perch fishing on a 2 day filming trip as I type this. Good luck on your next visit to the frome and hope the perch oblige. 🎣
Great to see you fishing a lobworm under a bobber, Russ. When we were teens back in the 60s my Dad came along and fished with us. Not a subtle angler he was but his lobworms found some specimens in our club pit.. a 3+ perch and 2+ Rudd included! I’ve never beaten either weight in my life!
Love your video in our countryside ( which I’ll never see again). Good luck with the subs!
@@timmarshall7903 Do love fishing with lobs and bobbers. Great memories of days fishing with your day Tim which I am sure you cherish. 👍
Very enjoyable video 👍🏼
@@garymonks9228 Thank you Gary, pleased you enjoyed it 👍🐟🎣
Lovely post. So sad when you loose a good fish on a hard day.
@@johnbluett6079 Thanks John, I was well cheesed off as it felt like a very good fish.
Looks like the Chelmer . just getting to old for the cold I used to go piking in the winter I suffer with my old knees now 😢but still enjoy watching this thank you 🙏👍
Thanks Steve, my knees are creaking a bit as well. Very similar to the Chelmer which I used to fish when I fished a lot in and around Essex mostly in matches. Pleased you enjoyed the video 👍
Yes I’m was in the Billericay club years ago , it not like Jack hard grieves Excuse, my spelling 😂 where I heard that they net off the river for him for his show for 2 to3 days beforehand so the fish are hungry and concentrated in the area 😂
@ 🙂
Good afternoon Bob, a Black tipped float shows up very well and, probably better than Bright colours in overcast conditions - not everyone thinks of that one ? Much easier on the eye 👀🖤
@@felgate11 Hi Martin, most of my match fishing days were fished with black tipped floats against a white sky background, cheers Russ 👍
I really struggled on hants avon yesterday. Its not an easy water but conditions seemed right. Blank saved by a chublet and a minnow.
Thats fishing.
Reservoir Roach for me next week 🤞
Great vid as always Russ.
@@fishingvanlife Thank you, rivers have been a bit hit and miss of late. I am sure with the rains on and off the fish have been moving around and not settled. Better luck on your next session 👍🎣🐟
@fishingtailfilms Thankyou and same to you.
Win some you lose some Russ,least you got aome action.
Look forward to the next one,ill be put soon again myself. Cheers
@@brianmercer2805 It was good to be out again after a few weeks sidelined so looking to make up for lost time. Good luck on your next out Brian 👍
I fished in exactly this way down the Norfolk Broads a few weeks ago. I had a beautiful perch which i landed but then proceeded to flip out of my hand, onto the bank and back into the water! Never got a picture or a weight, so gutted! Tight lines, looking forward to more perch action.
@@jasonrenshaw9010 Hi Jason, that is so annoying not to get a photo or weight after catching a nice perch. Thanks I will be busy on the Perch over the next few weeks, fingers crossed 🤞 👍🎣🐟
Hard luck on not catching your target species today Russ but what a nice looking chub eh mate,we have all had days like that ime sure but you were there and gave it a try,looking forward to your away trip and hope you have a good time mate,if I could subscribe twice I would Russ, a great video all about British autumn time at its best eh. Tite lines
@@pauledwards6470 Cheers Paul, I am sure I will find those specimen perch in the river at some point. Gutted to lose that big fish but relieved to net a decent chub a few minutes later. Great to be out fishing though and can’t wait for my upcoming perch trip in a few days. 👍🐟
Perch are more catchable in clear water and low light situations.The bigger perch are better fished for in early spring when they are ready to spawn. PS are you fishing the werms up in the water or on the bottom 🤔🤝👍
@@barryanthonywing4848 Hi Barry, I move the depths up and down tight to margins on first shelf and all that. Had many good perch sessions from late autumn to spring. The stretch I was fishing is not really perch fished but had fun giving it a go. There will be other days 👍🎣🐟
@@fishingtailfilms We ALL have the down in the dumps feeling, I am not a lover of the winter dark days. So my fishing after the summer/autumn starts around March.Its great to see and chat to people on the bankside,I can spend over a hour chewing the fat even before I have put a line in the water.Its Good to talk matey.🌞🤝👍
@@barryanthonywing4848 I get what you are saying Barry, sometimes the walk back to the car takes ages whilst stopping off for a chat with other anglers to see how they are getting on. The only down side to winter fishing for me is the short days of daylight, packing up when the fish are still on the feed. Good to chat with you as well 👍🎣
I still use my Grandad's and Dad's Quill floats regularly.
@@RobTaverner That is great to hear Rob, I hope you have some very enjoyable days fishing with them 👍🐟🎣
Great to see you back out on the bank where you belong!
@@themagicoffishing Thank you John, great to be back out in the countryside 😊👍🎣
Whats your fav fish ? 😂😂😂😂
@@markjefferiss1914 Well Mark, the Crucian is for sure but the mighty perch and roach are not far behind 🐟
because Perch feel resistance wouldn't it be better to use a pole float my friend
@@brianreed1451 I have caught Perch on all types of floats small or large. If they are present and hungry they engulf big baits. I use big floats for big baits. I have had Perch swallow 4 inch deadbaits on big float tactics and the complete opposite of tiny pole floats on double red maggots using tiny hooks. I guess it depends on what mood they are in. Hopefully I will find some on my next perch venture later this week which I am really looking forward to 🐟🎣
@@fishingtailfilms Loved this video. I live close to the Hampshire Avon and Dorset Stour and you have given me a glint in my eye to have a go at some Perch. I love my Roach.
How can i get hold of a couple of those fabulous floats please.
Keep them coming
@ Thanks Brian , blackbottomfloats has an eBay page as well as a TH-cam channel. Andy will sort you out some floats, they are quality. Good luck on your next trip out 👍
@@fishingtailfilms thank you and Tight Lines my friend
Fishing small rivers for perch you need to be mobile. Perch are very nomadic. I'd never take all that kit to a river. One rod and a landing net. If perch are about they will hit straight away. I would drop shot with worm or use soft lures jigged in the margins. It's so much more exciting, covering more ground and more fish. Nice film but you'll get more action on the hoof.
@@chrismckechnie1911 Very true Chris if the river has many options. However the river I fished offers very little in the way of swims to fish. Many of them are fast shallow rapids and I doubt perch will be located in them to be honest. As I said on film I have never really tried this section of the river for big Perch so fishing the swim I was in has a deep hole so thought it worth exploring. There are no further swims to my right as the river is overgrown with steep banks. To my left the next swim is in the next field. I had to go through 4 gates and a mile walk from the car park to fish where I was. Drop shotting and lure fishing does not appeal to me either, watching a float is more exciting to me. Thanks for watching the film Chris, much appreciated 👍🐟🎣
Can I ask where ur fishing pls?
@@stuartanderson8458 Hi Stuart some angling association waters restrict me from saying where I am fishing so I have to honour their rules. On venues where there are no restrictions I mention where and when I am. I hope you understand. Regards Russ
@ ok matey - just struggling to find some decent river action near me in Essex :-( so need a little direction
@ I know what you mean Stuart, are you a member of the LAA? They have a few sections of the Suffolk Stour, with you being in Essex you are not that far away.
@ hav joined Mkaa / bdac
@ very nice 👍🐟