Esox Diaries S2 Ep:2 | PIKE FISHING from the Bank and Boat | ESOX LUCIUS | The Lake of Menteith
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- 'The Hunt for a Leviathan'... What exactly is a Leviathan?
In season one of 'Esox Diaries', we defined a Leviathan, in terms of our goal, as a fish of 25lbs plus, and although in the end, we did manage a lovely fish that did exceed this weight, only one constituent of Angling 360 managed to breach this benchmark.
The aim of Esox Diaries, season 2 is to balance the books, and what better place to give us our best possible chance to do so, than the Pike mecca that produced last season's 26lbs leviathan. The mighty Lake of Menteith.
It's a privileged access deadbait day, courtesy of the Pike Anglers Alliance of Scotland. If anywhere is going to produce that BIG fish, it's this place.
En route we have a quick look at some of the essentials of Pike fishing, and aspects that those looking to get in to this ever-growing branch of angling need to consider before hitting the bank.
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The negativity on the internet has pervaded every walk of life... every hobby, every demo vid, even the most wholesome channels... I believe its because it is soo easy to leave aggressive and rude comments BECAUSE the net is anonymous ( & should remain so) ... none of these people would talk face to face like that... because back in the day, you might have gotten a well-deserved fat lip... I like your content, particularly pike fishing...
Keep doing what you do, ignore the haters, the rest of us "normal" people are here to enjoy your channel.... in other words ...save your breath , mate !!
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I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOUR INTRODUCTION TO THE VIDEO. ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I CEASED BEING A MEMBER OF THE PACGB. I NOW ENJOY MY PIKE FISHING.
Well in boys, some cracking fish and great information for beginners👌👍
Great intro regarding the safety and well being of the pike, always enjoy your pike videos, looking forward to your next one, tight lines Guys
Cheers Damian
The comments about negativity are so true and great information about starting pike fishing so well done guys.Unfortunately I can't watch any further videos because I,m so traumatised by the sight of Gordon in shorts.
One again brilliant video guys great bit of info for anybody starting up you will get you're twenty I feel it in my bones.
Definitely the best channel on TH-cam keep them coming lads.
Can't wait for the next episode
Great to see you having a right good day big man! Loving these videos guys, keeping it real.
Greg.
Yet again gents, another very informative and well put together video. Great work, keep at it...!
Great video great information and two good guys fair play 👍🏴
Good video fellas 👍👍 keep em coming, all the best for a big girl 👍👍
Loving your work guys. Brilliant introduction to this one, well said. I really look forward to your new uploads each week. Best Scottish fishing show since Hooked on Scotland imo. Should be oan the telly 📺
Precisely was just saying that today! Don't watch TV right enough
Love the start of the video. It’s one thing I can’t stand about fishing is the one up man ship. The know it alls, the people that forget they started somewhere and learned from the ground up like everyone else.
One of the best channels on fishing keep up the good work troops 👏🏴
Thanks very much 🤝, I'm glad it's coming across the way that it is ment be. Honest. 🎩👌
Great video boys and a brilliant introduction with some great advice as yourselves I always take two pairs of forceps and pliers as a backup. If those tools fail or get lost no more fishing.
Only 5 mins into the video so far and I'm loving it. Great message. Education is the way forward for pike angling. 100%. I always try to do this when I meet anglers that are new to pike fishing. Unfortunately its the ones that have been doing things incorrectly for years that are hard to convince to change their ways. I was asked to do a talk years ago on the basics of pike fishing and one guy ( that had pike fished for 20 years!) told me that there's no need for a stop knot on a float ledger setup. 🙈🙈🙈 Spent a good 10 mins trying to explain my reasoning, but he just shook his head and told me I was wrong. 🤷♂️ Can't teach stupid I suppose. 😂
Keep up the good work lads, love your work. 👏👏👏
p.s. Alex, move your reel further back so that the drop off indicators clip is directly under the spool and it should drop back easier. 👍 It just increases the angle in the clip and let's it move easier. 👍
(Those egg shaped balls on that specific clip were quite prone to "pinching", I changed mine out for solar adjusta-ball line clips)
Not a criticism by the way, just passing on my past experiences. 😉
@@scottkelly4020 That makes perfect sense. I never thought of that. Cheers mate, I'll make sure I do that in future.
Cracking vid Lads 👍 positive sensible invaluable info..all the best 🥃
Brilliant video once again, some good advice and really great to watch - cheers guys
Top class mighty videos boys!
Good watch for a Friday night get excited for the weekend 🐊🏴 well done on the catches 👌
Another great edit from you guys. It doesn't seem to matter whether your fishing for Pike, Spurdog or whatever, so entertaining and infectious, keep on uploading them lads, enjoying every one of them.
I remember "nice". Another lovely job guys, thank you. Didn't make the draw for Menteith this time around, full-on withdrawal symptoms watching you on there 😂😂
another great video lads ,we tip for keeping your bait\food colder for longer is freeze bottles of water and wrap them in tin foil youl be surprised how long it stays frozen
Then better wrap fish AND frezen bottles in foil. The ice is a sink for the interior of your isolated package to stay cold.
Thanks for another great blog, ive noticed that to with them drop off indecators to, that they dont like to slide up and down the line easily👍
Beautifully filmed and edited. Top marks. 👍
Cheers Andy.
Really enjoyed this video and some cracking pike too!🐊👍
It was nice hearing you talk at the start about being more positive, and too many people want to criticise instead of trying to help and offer guidance!
Also good letting others see the importance of pike welfare and good bite detection. 👍🎣
Nice one lads keep them coming cheers❤
Loved the opening of this one lads! "Whatever happened to being nice"
Glad you enjoyed it
Great informative video guys... 👍
Good video keep them coming 👍 well done that man
Fished that first spot a few times, looks great but haven’t had much luck at it, heard it can throw up the odd decent fish though great vid lads 👍🏻
Great video guys and well done on covering alot of information at the start.
Some good fish landed on the boat session eh lads, and an equally good man doing the filming eh boys
Great stuff guys, from Cork City
Really enjoyed your video , great attitude, to much hate in the community for beginners I'm always learning too and never shy away from giving advice when asked too many egos and tackle tarts about but as you explained there is essentials you need before you even think about going piking which I can't stress enough to some people , well done lads for keeping it simple and straight to the point
Great vids lads
Brilliant video guys. Very well explained. Anyone starting out should give it a watch.
Good ethics and sentiments lads, and ones that too many don't stick to, keep banging that drum! Pike can be big powerful beasts, but they are very fragile and need to be handled with great care. On test curves, I always preferred 2.5lb TC. It's very forgiving when fish lunge, but still capable of a decent cast once you develop the tecnique and use the power absorbed by the rod to act as a spring to fire the bait out. You're also less likely to rip the hooks out of a pike's mouth, or even cast off a bait. Max points for the the photography and banter but nil points in the fashion stakes for the shorts Big G! 😉
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Very good and honest video. You lads need to consider getting yourselves a good, reliable, easy to launch boat for pike fishing.
Cheers mate, we are saving for just that.
Another good video, gents. Some nice fish caught even though there were no 20s yet. Some really good advice for newbies. I myself only year in deadbaiting and still learning each session. I can't agree enough how much some of the community is so negative and nasty when people just need pointed in the right direction, so keep it up, guys. Your passion is great to see 🐊
I`m 74 years old and have been pike fishing since I was about 17 but I find that you can always learn, one thing that I must say is using braid which I do, braid is great but can snap if there are big rocks in the water.
Yes mate, been warned about that. Do you still get out and enjoy some fishing sir?
@@angling360 I did pack it all in a couple of years ago but ive decided to start up again this coming pike season, I won`t carp fish because of all the gear needed for a couple of days, so now Ive waiting for October. (Les) not Sir. Lol
@lesclark2407 sorry les 🫡🥃 look forward to hearing how you get on
New subscriber here. I've started to focus more on Pike fishing this year than freshwater stuff. Not a novice by any means but have found myself really enjoying your videos.. Sometimes i find it hard to watch the Fox/Savage Gear guys videos as its mostly about plugging their gear.. Cheers 👍
Thanks very much Andy. Love the profile pic 👍
Cheers guys.. videos got me in the mood, heading out to the big water tomorrow 👍🎣🎣
Brill stream 👌
Great stuff. I have one of those bait cooler bags. It might be a bit overkill but I put two of those blue freezer blocks in the bag.
They are just big enough to fit the bag (I had them already). I put one in the bottom of the bag and one on top of the baits.
Never have to worry about the baits defrosting during the day.
Why is the bankstick behind the reel positioned at a 45 degree angle??
Curious to understand/learn why you do this??
I fish with dead baits since ~1996. Always used light weight hangers and running lead. If possible freelining with aluminum foil indicators. I started with drop back swingers ~5 yrs ago, but somehow always felt back to my hangers. Now trying dropback swingers again, because pike are starting to get wary and very careful in NL too.
In UK the techniques are more advanced with regards to finesse.
Nice video of clearly very seasoned fishermen! Tight lines, kind regards - Raymon from The Netherlands.
Think it's more a preference, over the years I've slowly copied Alex as he has always did his rear bank stick this way, and I liked how it looked. Don't think there's any real technical reason behind it, I may be mistaken. Alex might be able to answer better for you.
@@angling360 thanks for your quick reply! Looking at your setups in the other videos, I think the angle makes it easier to position the line clip close to the spool of the reel.
Also good to see your technique for the strike too. You wind down fast for contact, and then strike. I will try this too, as I've seen relatively many losses when striking at distance. Maybe this is due to excess slack line, hence less effective strike. Often when I encountered a loss, I noticed that I retrieved the bait. My conclusion was that the hooks were still in the bait, instead of in the jaw of the pike. If only a tip of the hook is in the jaw, the weight of the bait help the pike shake out the (bait+hooks). I've experimented with attaching fish with elastic bands, but limited experience with this too date. We're on a journey.....
That's exactly it @@MrNomyar. The angle allows the line clip to sit directly under the reel with the butt of the rod not extending too far beyond the top of the back bank stick. Also, to get the indicator attached to the (these particular) bank sticks in the correct position (below the reel), the sticks need to be extended quite a bit. If the stick was straight up and down the height difference between the two sticks would be too much, as I like to keep the rod tip close to the water.
Fabulous education value from you guys thanks. As a beginner can I ask the length of the hire road used and the boat rod. Also what size reels etc assume one is bait cast and one spinner cheers 👍
Cheers mate......the bank rods we use differ. Alex uses 12ft rods, and I have 2 11ft rods and one 12ft. The 11ft rods are the ones I use deadbaiting from the boat. My reels are fixed spools, size is 5000 (I think). The spinning gear, I was using a 7ft rod with a Penn Battle 2 reel, and the bait caster set up was 7ft also. Alex was using a 10ft lure rod and 4000 spinning reel. I hope this helps you out.
Thanks for the extra info would you be willing to recommend any of the reels by name thanks. Also. Any thoughts on loch venachar or achray shore or boat thanks again will be following your channel 👍
@alangoffin3599 I've been using Wychwood and Sonic reels and I think it's Mitchell and Okuma Alex uses. Blanked on both these waters so I'm of no use to you lol. Thanks for the support.
Can anyone understand what these lads as saying 🤔
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@angling360 aha, it has subtitles. Fair play to whoever managed that👏
@@chris1177100 I've watched me with subtitles, it's hilarious 😂, I am trying to slow down when I talk, I honestly am, but it's so difficult lol
Why guys scared of using baitcasting reels over spinning
I use one for lure fishing, it's just a preference using pit reels for deadbaiting, wouldn't say its being scared.
Those views bring back memories of loch awe
Great video gentleman let’s all enjoy pike fishing and less bitching
Keep up the good work ❤
Thanks Matt