Danny - great vid as always!😀 Nostalgia for us anglers has always been part and parcel of our sport - I was brought up on the Regents / Hertford Union Canal in East London as a kid - my father had an old wicker basket (he did upgrade!) - and the smell of that basket remains with me still. With regards to 'Test Curves' - take no notice - remember bringing in a jack around 4lb once on the Regents Canal and could quite clearly see a Pike that I would estimate at between 25lb - 28lb follow it in. She turned away 12 feet from the bank. Canals hold large Pike, though the majority are small - better to be 'overgunned' than 'undergunned' in my opinion.... Fishing is all about tackling up for your target species - and if your target species can grow to large proportions, then you tackle up that way. I use 3lb TC Rods and 58lb braid when deadbaiting - but have only caught Pike to mid-doubles. Would I change my approach? - not on your life - as one day that 20lb-30lb Pike will pick up your deadbait - and I will have the tackle to handle it. Keep doing what you are doing Danny - you are spot on 👍👍👍
amazing comment as always matey and spot on! i love the way you related the the sights and smells of angling and how magic its different for us all, i would guess the smell of tackle shops would be one we would share, inn years gone by im guessing the amonia would burn your eyelids i often wonder now how clean modern tackle shops are. tight lines and fingers crossed that big pike picks up that deadbait for you
Greetings from germany. I recently got addicted to pike fishing and picked up 2 of those fox predator elite pike rods. I ended up going for the 2.75 lb version because it still gives me some good distance and i generally prefer the softer action when i use deadbaits liek sardines which can fly of easily when using my 3.5 lb test curve carp rods. my river is very rough and there's often months between catching pike. Hopefully your videos can help me improve.
Get yourself on some of the trout waters over here in germany mate, they usually hold some really big fish, usually costs between 35 and 40€ for a day ticket but it's worth it.
that is way too much money to cast some worms into some small streams down in bavaria. trout aren't really a species that i have an interest in. usually i only target them when pike have closed season. although i have to admit an 8 ft feeder rod would be nice for that type of fishing@@danieldriver4335
That’s it. Haven’t started this seasons pike campaign yet but following that video you’ve lit the fire Danny! I’m gonna get out next weekend!! Keep up the good work mate
glad enjoying the vlogs mate the piking does allow more time to capture the feel of a session, sometimes when doing others it can be all go and findf hard to cpature the feel of the day it makes sense
Thanks for the video Danny, watched this yesterday and it inspired me to get down the canal today, had 10lb and 11lb pike. I think me and my mate met you a couple of times 20 years back around 2022ish at Shatterford Lakes, you were going to start a fishing club/forum from what I remember. Me and my mate Wouldnt mind doing a guiding session with you in the future. Keep the videos coming, the are awesome 👌
Danny sometimes people get hooked up on rod test curves, it’s what you feel comfortable with. Great video, fishing is all about memories, apart from footprints it’s all we take away. 💚
thanks for advice mate have to admit using these rods more your right there is a softness to the action that makes the test curve almost redundant now to me. glad enjoyed the vlog, tight lines
@@DannysAnglingBlog Thanks for taking the time to reply, Danny. In my own angling I have some luck with massive Ide on bread over here (3 to over 5lb).
Where are you there mate ? I’m in Oldham I’m surrounded by canals and I’m thinking about getting back out there, got pike on the rochadke cannel when we were kids, should be still about
hi Danny you got a sub from me buddy fantastic channel easy to watch and learn amazing content i am binge watching all your uploads ,keep up the great stuff please ,i have a question to ask you ,can i use a small bite alarm for my pike ledger rod i dont have a drop off indicator so i was wondering if i can set that up instead { not much info on u tube about them }and i thought you would know .cheers Danny tight lines buddy from Clive in nottingham.
hi danny, is this the lymm anglers stretch ?if so, whereabouts is it. I did a session on the bridgy in febuary in pheonix park by the pool and i caught 2 small jacks on deadbaits, i know there are bigger pike in there its finding them . if you can give me any more information maybe not on here but on the lymm anglers forum that would be much apprciated, cheers paul, its paul14 on the forum,
Like a blood from a stone mate,,,, he doesn't even like panning the camera up to give u a clue haha......... Try Lymm Marina mate iv had a few double out there
I'd like to see the evidence I don't pan cameras up considering in past.few vlogs I have had the camera behind me and in this very vlog I even film to sun, which last.time I looked was in the sky. There are times where i dont want to share locations to thousands of.people yes but in short to do weekly.vlogs you do need venues that remain as secret as possible. Although I will.add.thses locations are quite easy.to find to anyone willing to get out on the venues in the vlog. Any how, moving on to the question, which I was leaving till I was off a family.holiday away to answer, If you are fishing lymms stretch of the canal.its not the same as the warrington canal in looks and.how.pike behave, the lymm canal.the quality pike are lot more elusive and some quite simply take time and hours on bank to catch. TH-cam videos remeber are 15 minutes and can sometimes look like.cast.in and catch. Behind that is time walking the bank to find the silvers before work, looking where cormorants land and noting where the bream.shoals live. All this I suggest you get in habbit of doing if want to be successful on the lymm canal. The are you mention is historically a good area and if your catching stuck with it, if it was me that's what i wouod do till you catch the same.pike if I catch the same.pike then I tend to feel the bigger pike are not there and move along a bit, but at all.times I'm getting out in first light in week looking where silvers top, you can be 100 yards away and it's 100 yards to far. Hope this helps
Danny, I deadbaited on the Bridgewater quite a few times last winter and really struggled to get a bite. How long do you suggest I leave a bait in one spot before I move a few yards?
its hard to compare mate if i remember rightly the snapper rang was around 70 quid and these rods are 150 quid each, these rods are as you expect from top end rods, lighter and hard to explain there same test curve but they seem to have the forgiveness in them and underarming baits just seems effortless, its hard explain
Defo got a hint of " A Passion for Angling" about this vid....off to the Manchester Bolton Bury canal in morning for pike. Cant wait.
Great vid as per
Fished the Bridgewater early 90,s your videos take me back to them day's when it was at it's heyday
Cheers Danny, I thought as much it's the same on the canal near witchurch if you find the small fish , there's usually a pike not far behind.
Great video Danny, enjoying morning coffee with relaxing pike fishing and beautiful scenery
glad enjoyed the video matey, tightest of lines in your angling
Danny - great vid as always!😀
Nostalgia for us anglers has always been part and parcel of our sport - I was brought up on the Regents / Hertford Union Canal in East London as a kid - my father had an old wicker basket (he did upgrade!) - and the smell of that basket remains with me still.
With regards to 'Test Curves' - take no notice - remember bringing in a jack around 4lb once on the Regents Canal and could quite clearly see a Pike that I would estimate at between 25lb - 28lb follow it in. She turned away 12 feet from the bank. Canals hold large Pike, though the majority are small - better to be 'overgunned' than 'undergunned' in my opinion....
Fishing is all about tackling up for your target species - and if your target species can grow to large proportions, then you tackle up that way. I use 3lb TC Rods and 58lb braid when deadbaiting - but have only caught Pike to mid-doubles. Would I change my approach? - not on your life - as one day that 20lb-30lb Pike will pick up your deadbait - and I will have the tackle to handle it.
Keep doing what you are doing Danny - you are spot on 👍👍👍
amazing comment as always matey and spot on! i love the way you related the the sights and smells of angling and how magic its different for us all, i would guess the smell of tackle shops would be one we would share, inn years gone by im guessing the amonia would burn your eyelids i often wonder now how clean modern tackle shops are.
tight lines and fingers crossed that big pike picks up that deadbait for you
Well done Danny, a good start to the Pike season. Its good that you can go back to your childhood places and still catch a few.
Greetings from germany. I recently got addicted to pike fishing and picked up 2 of those fox predator elite pike rods. I ended up going for the 2.75 lb version because it still gives me some good distance and i generally prefer the softer action when i use deadbaits liek sardines which can fly of easily when using my 3.5 lb test curve carp rods. my river is very rough and there's often months between catching pike. Hopefully your videos can help me improve.
Get yourself on some of the trout waters over here in germany mate, they usually hold some really big fish, usually costs between 35 and 40€ for a day ticket but it's worth it.
that is way too much money to cast some worms into some small streams down in bavaria. trout aren't really a species that i have an interest in. usually i only target them when pike have closed season. although i have to admit an 8 ft feeder rod would be nice for that type of fishing@@danieldriver4335
greetings from the UK glad enjoy the vlogs and tightest of lines in your adventures this seaosn
That’s it. Haven’t started this seasons pike campaign yet but following that video you’ve lit the fire Danny! I’m gonna get out next weekend!! Keep up the good work mate
Glad enjoyed vlog matey and tightest of lines for your campaign this year. Danny
Well done Dan smashing pike, love the music too thank you K/R Mr D 🐟+🎻perfect
glad enjoying the vlogs mate the piking does allow more time to capture the feel of a session, sometimes when doing others it can be all go and findf hard to cpature the feel of the day it makes sense
Nice vlog Danny and some beautifully marked Pike. Really enjoyed that.
Stay safe and thanks
you too david glad enjoyed the video, tight lines in your angling
You can't beat winter pike fishing well done
cheers mate glad enjoyed the video
@@DannysAnglingBlog Certainly did thanks
Qaulity watch as always danny topdangling onto the next adventure tightlines look forward to the next vid 🎣👊
cheers matey glad enjoyed it wont be long till the car starts pointing north for the weekend ;-)
Great as always Danny.👍
Cheers mate glad enjoyed it, tight lines in your fishing
Thanks for the video Danny, watched this yesterday and it inspired me to get down the canal today, had 10lb and 11lb pike. I think me and my mate met you a couple of times 20 years back around 2022ish at Shatterford Lakes, you were going to start a fishing club/forum from what I remember. Me and my mate Wouldnt mind doing a guiding session with you in the future. Keep the videos coming, the are awesome 👌
Danny sometimes people get hooked up on rod test curves, it’s what you feel comfortable with. Great video, fishing is all about memories, apart from footprints it’s all we take away. 💚
thanks for advice mate have to admit using these rods more your right there is a softness to the action that makes the test curve almost redundant now to me. glad enjoyed the vlog, tight lines
Hi enjoyed it. Love the Pike vids !
What a fantastic session, Danny! Thanks for sharing!
glad enjoyed it mate, tight lines in your angling
@@DannysAnglingBlog Thanks for taking the time to reply, Danny. In my own angling I have some luck with massive Ide on bread over here (3 to over 5lb).
started pike vlogs as good as last year Danny hope many more ta
will do my best mate can be hard at times being all rounder but always will do best to get some pike vlogs in
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Great looking fish Danny. 👍
cheers neil
Awesome well done fella :)
cheers matey glad enjoyed it, tight lines in your angling
Great Pike and vlog.
cheers matey glad enjoyed it tight lines in your angling
Where are you there mate ? I’m in Oldham I’m surrounded by canals and I’m thinking about getting back out there, got pike on the rochadke cannel when we were kids, should be still about
Think all canals have a certain amount of pike unless been hit really hard by poaching. The canal I am on here is the bridgewater canal
Nice one Danny, I should dead my local canal as it’s been years
deffo mate i need to start going the severn for them myself you do really well for them.
Nice one Danny.
hi Danny you got a sub from me buddy fantastic channel easy to watch and learn amazing content i am binge watching all your uploads ,keep up the great stuff please ,i have a question to ask you ,can i use a small bite alarm for my pike ledger rod i dont have a drop off indicator so i was wondering if i can set that up instead { not much info on u tube about them }and i thought you would know .cheers Danny tight lines buddy from Clive in nottingham.
hi danny, is this the lymm anglers stretch ?if so, whereabouts is it. I did a session on the bridgy in febuary in pheonix park by the pool and i caught 2 small jacks on deadbaits, i know there are bigger pike in there its finding them . if you can give me any more information maybe not on here but on the lymm anglers forum that would be much apprciated, cheers paul, its paul14 on the forum,
Like a blood from a stone mate,,,, he doesn't even like panning the camera up to give u a clue haha......... Try Lymm Marina mate iv had a few double out there
I'd like to see the evidence I don't pan cameras up considering in past.few vlogs I have had the camera behind me and in this very vlog I even film to sun, which last.time I looked was in the sky.
There are times where i dont want to share locations to thousands of.people yes but in short to do weekly.vlogs you do need venues that remain as secret as possible. Although I will.add.thses locations are quite easy.to find to anyone willing to get out on the venues in the vlog.
Any how, moving on to the question, which I was leaving till I was off a family.holiday away to answer,
If you are fishing lymms stretch of the canal.its not the same as the warrington canal in looks and.how.pike behave, the lymm canal.the quality pike are lot more elusive and some quite simply take time and hours on bank to catch.
TH-cam videos remeber are 15 minutes and can sometimes look like.cast.in and catch. Behind that is time walking the bank to find the silvers before work, looking where cormorants land and noting where the bream.shoals live. All this I suggest you get in habbit of doing if want to be successful on the lymm canal.
The are you mention is historically a good area and if your catching stuck with it, if it was me that's what i wouod do till you catch the same.pike if I catch the same.pike then I tend to feel the bigger pike are not there and move along a bit, but at all.times I'm getting out in first light in week looking where silvers top, you can be 100 yards away and it's 100 yards to far.
Hope this helps
Danny, I deadbaited on the Bridgewater quite a few times last winter and really struggled to get a bite. How long do you suggest I leave a bait in one spot before I move a few yards?
Grappenhall?
Fair play son
I'm waiting for a change😂😂
Awsome video you caught some nice pike
Nice video and fish handling buddy.keep up the good work 👍. How do you rate the new rods compaired to the korum rods ?
Cheers all weather angler.
its hard to compare mate if i remember rightly the snapper rang was around 70 quid and these rods are 150 quid each, these rods are as you expect from top end rods, lighter and hard to explain there same test curve but they seem to have the forgiveness in them and underarming baits just seems effortless, its hard explain