I cycled MILES to fish this Inner City Canal... Here's Why!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ก.พ. 2025
- Fishing all the way into the city on a bike, targeting some really cool features like turning circles, bridges and more. Perch fishing is always great fun, especially lure fishing for perch, and a bike makes it so much easier especially cutting down the time it takes to get to hotspots like bridges. Big thanks to Himiway who sent me this electric one to try out, it's actually blown me away. I never realised how powerful and useful an electric bike could be until now! If you're looking for a new set of wheels I'd recommend you check this one out (Himiway cruiser): uk.himiwaybike...
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Love catching pan fish, small or big it doesn't matter. What a great bike, always wanted on to go hunting with because of how quite they are. Thanks for another great video my friend.
Thanks for the comment! yeah the bike is really cool, helps me cover so much more ground than I can on foot 👍 in the UK we have thousands of miles of canal all flat so it's very useful
Laughed out loud when the video started....right behind where we live, I fish there a lot!!!! Great video as always.
Thanks for watching mate, small world!
What I love about this Channel, is that you come across as a normal person, and not some sponsored professional, with that in mind, it’s really nice to see how happy you are just to catch anything no matter how small it is and not like other Channels where they catch big fish after big fish with not much emotion behind it. Your just a normal very happy man that I’m everyone else that watches your videos will agree with, that it’s hard to watch your videos and not have your happiness rub off onto the viewers. Especially when you see beautiful scenery / backdrops
Hi mate, thanks a lot for the comment. Every so often I read one that really touches me, and this one definitely falls into that category! You’ve made my week there, and thanks for watching!
I honestly think thats one of the great things about working with a smaller sponsor. Everything is less _'in your face'_ compared to channels like Fox Rage and Savage Gear where every video is basically a 10-30min advertisement. Even if some of the videos are educational and give out handy tips and tricks to help you become a better fisherman. They have to constantly plug the gear they are using and show all sorts of flashy close up camera shots.
One of the reasons why I like Thom Hunt. He is sponsored by Westin but also has his own channel which he uploads to. Being a tournament angler, He has a vast amount of experience and while he'll plug some of Westin's gear as thats what he has but he wont wave it about in your face like Fox Rage/Savage Gear channels do.
I wish Thom would upload more but he recently had a baby a few months ago so Im guessing he's embracing the dad life.
Other channels similar to AFU's are: TA Fishing, Life On The Bank, Reel Lures, GingerFisherman and ZombieBiteFishing.
TA Fishing is a rather special channel unlike all the others. Old man Graeme is old man Graeme. He does tend to waffle a lot, his style of recording isnt as super exciting like a lot of younger youtubers with all the fancy edits but he is super laid back and honestly doesnt get the views he deserves. Really old school sort of guy. No fancy equipment, no fancy baits, Just Graeme :)
Lovely comment and I totally agree 👍🏻
Since finding your videos i have packed up my float and quiver tip gear and purchased a telescopic rod, a fold up landing net and a rucksack thats made to fit everything on.
This weekend was my first try at spinning and i am hooked (oh the sad pun lol)
Keep up theae great vids so nice to find a rare gem thats a genuine guy enjoying life and fishing.
That sounds like a big step in the right direction to me! Thanks for watching
The two basins across from the water witch, used to be really good for pike before the student flats were built, it was wasteland, my mate actually caught a catfish of about a pound, whilst night fishing. Thanks for the nostalgia 👍👌💯.
That's my old haunts from Forty years ago, God that brings back memories 👌💯👍.
Nice trip out on a bike 😊 a good excuse to go to the pub as well. Happy days 😊
Thanks mate! Not much beats a pint does it, apart from a fishing trip, so both at the same time is the answer!
Great perch George,the Lancaster canal is a beautiful stretch of water
Thanks mate, it definitely is!
Well in mate! Wasping is so much fun and you definitely can't beat it if it's on the way to the pub. I love it!😁😁
Thanks mate, yeah I couldn’t agree more! 🍺
I live in the highlands of Scotland. I will often cycle a an hour or so to get to lochs down forest tracks. Breaks up the day nicely.
That sounds really cool. I’d love to fish the highlands one day!
@@adventurefishinguk my ‘local’ spot has Artic Char too. 🤫
@@lmcdo34115 lucky! Do you ever fish for them?
You're videos are always a higlight of my day. Such a positive outlook. When you mentioned a pub along a canal I thought it might be the Crooklands!
Thanks mate I appreciate that! The crooklands is a great pub 👍
Fair play George, living the life,fishing and then to pub.
Thanks mate! Was a great way to spend an afternoon 👍
The cruising perchmaster 😉getting outside is always the best thing.🍻
Haha yeah it is time spent outdoors is never time wasted! I'll have to get some cool fishing stickers on there
@@adventurefishinguk 100% agree
Great canal session. I fished canals a bit more than usual this off-season, it really is a case of finding the right water - and that looks like a cracking stretch and a nice ride.
Thanks for watching! It's a lovely canal yeah, the fish can be really hard to find at times though!
Hi, really enjoying your pike videos on the canal, my son and i were pike fishing on the canal at Town End bridge the same day you filmed. We saw you on the bike, keep up the great videos, really enjoying your content and I'm learning alot too. Will no doubt see you again on the canal some time soon 👍
Thanks for watching mate, you should've come to say hi! 👍
Another great video George some adventures you will be having at the end of this year and next with your bike and your van. You will be trolling the canal with it next time 😅. Its great fun catching perch was out with my daughter with the worm yesterday and had a few small ones.
Thanks mate! That's actually a great idea trolling it, i'd probably need quite a long rod 😂 and a lot more balance. Glad you and your daughter caught a few!
@@adventurefishinguk would be more like a barge pole all well and good until you need to go round a corner like something out of chuckle brothers.
Hey George, you can catch big pike in them two basins by the waterwitch pub. Also caught some nice pike in the first basin you stopped at 🤙🏻
Thanks for the advice mate!
Another great vid. Thanks keeper
Coming. Still Going to say you should try fly fishing for them even pike. Imagine hooking up and having to fight even more on the light tackle of a fly rod. I’ve been on bluegill, sunfish, crappie and perch here in the States and it is so much fun catching them on flies and poppers. It takes flies that Look like minnows to get pike but it’s a blast.
Thanks for watching! yeah I agree i definitely need to have a go fly fishing for them at some point it would be great fun
Having an e-bike with fat tyres makes all the difference, great video mate
Yeah true! Thanks for watching!
nice video mate, love a bit of perch action! gotta see you do it more! :)
Thanks mate, don’t we all! Hopefully I will be doing more of it this winter
@@adventurefishinguk look forward to seeing!
Hi from another george! Great vlog!!
Thanks for watching George 👍
great video mate,wish id been out that day would have been awesome to meet you on my local
Thanks mate, maybe you will one day 👍
I am pretty sure that I recognise "witch" pub that is. 3 years of University and many a night began there. Never did fish the canal as i left my gear back at home. Almost makes me want to take a rod up with me the next time I return for an Alumni event.
I think you do recognise it! Plenty of fish in there you should definitely bring a rod!
Nice vid dude, i always rode a bike down to the canal to fish when i was younger, backpack, net, tackle box, chair, rod(s) and net 😂 i was a borderline circus act, but it was always worth the effort 👍🎣
Thanks mate! Haha i can't quite picture myself taking that much gear, I think i'd end up in the drink 😂
@@adventurefishinguk haha, im surprised it didnt happen, ive jousted a few trees with my rods though 🤣
I used to do the same with a full Carp set up, bivvy bed chair rod pod ect for a night session .
Good times though and well worth the effort.
@@baldvale5418 good on you mate, can't beat getting out for a fish 👍🎣
Nice little freebie there George 🤔 it should help you out no end keep getting these banging video's out,thought you were going to snap your rod on the trees when you were bombing along with it stuck up,careful buddy lol
Very nice indeed! Yeah there were a few close calls with low hanging branches 😂 I’ll learn! Thanks for watching
Hi G. Great video's, great bike. I would adjust your brake levers, so they are down at a 45° angle. Much safer as you don't have to bend your wrist back before putting your fingers around lever. Quicker and safer if you need to do emergency stop. Keep up the fab videos.
Thanks for watching mate! Yeah they could definitely do with a bit of adjustment, can't lie i'm a cycling rookie!
Any chance we can swap our careers mate 😂,excellent as always George 👍🏻 👌🏼 👏
😂 thanks for watching mate!
2:15 George for your own saftey those break levers are too high up, you are having to tilt your wrists back to be able to grip them.
Your levers should be where your fingers naturaly fall onto them so that your hand & fingers are all in one straght line.
I'm not nit picking, i just spotted it and want you to be safe : )
Thanks for the advice, I’m not much of an experienced cyclist to be honest! I’ll look into sorting it out 👍
Good little video thank you for sharing! This isn't me being cheeky or anything but when u were mentioning you didn't know about shimano doing anything about bikes, I'm not 100% sure myself but I think that's how they pretty much started was with bikes and machine parts lol.
Thanks for watching! I had no idea, thanks for the info!
Tight lines buddy!
Watching this vid just after catching a 75 lb Siamese in Thailand 🇹🇭
Still somehow jealous of y oh on your bike😂
Wow that sounds like a great experience! Was that at jurassic fishing park? Or gillihams maybe?
@@adventurefishinguk it was top cats in kho samui if ur ever in Thailand go there instead of ghillams because there is so much more action for cheaper
@@Justthatguy-hk5cl thanks for the advice!
Over here if there are perch then the predator fish are around. Like pike large mouth bass pickerel. You don't have bass over there or do you? Looks like a nice day and a cold pint or 2 at the end. Who's better than you mate? Good video thanks for taking us along.
Thanks for watching mate, much appreciated! Unfortunately no freshwater bass over here but if we cross the channel to France we can catch them 👍
Shimano is big in bikes! Anything with a gear and a cog wheel they do it well
I had no idea! Thanks for the info 👍
If you've a hybrid rather than an electric you can have an Alivio on your rod and your bike !
That Red Boat that went by you in the Canal. What’s that called? We don’t have those in 🇨🇦. 🍻
We call it a canal boat over here, or a narrow boat. Quite a lot of people live on them full time, in the uk the canal network is huge and you can get pretty much anywhere on them! Well within reason, and it takes a long time because they’re slow!
Some stunning city scenery...St Peter's cathedral? And very pretty perch 😍
Really nice to have an urban backdrop for a change!
Best youtuber ever btw
Thanks mate, really appreciate that!
@@adventurefishinguk yea no problem. Me n my dad also fish round the UK. Watch all ur vids
I think so too 👏🏻
I'm new to lure fishing in Cumbria/Lancashire area, Where do you buy your lures from/can you recommend any good tackle shops? Love your content. Keep it up. so easy watch, enjoyable and informative.
Gerry’s in morecambe and south Lakeland angling centre in Kendal are both good shops 👍 thanks for watching I’m glad you’re enjoying the videos!
FISH ON AS EXPECTED LOVELY FISH
Thanks for watching!
Love it I want to do that sometime
It’s great fun mate!
Cracking video, great content mate. If you ever fancy a session over then north east look me up.
Thanks mate, will do!
Did you have a wire trace on we have to on canal in out club some you don’t
No I didn't, I would have put one on if the lure was bigger or if I was using treble hooks though
The brake handle of the bike is a bit high ;-)
Maybe try it on a position when comfortably grabbing your handlebar and you can operate the brake handle with you fingertips.
Thanks for the advice I’ll have a little play around with it! Have to admit I’m a beginner cyclist
I think I mentioned on your last video theirs some great spots on the isle of man both river resivior and sea and there's a fairly new place in the world of course fishing actually I've no idea it doesn't look old never been course fishing but I always like to encourage the sport and I've got a course licence it's only a 20 minute drive so it's shameful that I haven't given it a go with everything you need available on site I won't spam you it's a place in peel on the isle of man I'll say no mate so I don't sound like I've got shares in the place lol.
Yeah you have! Isle of man is definitely on my list to come and fish at some point. Looks great!
Resently i ve tried to cast right after the boats and i had fish , the problem is the weeds al over the water
Yeah it can be good sometimes, just depends on the place! Weeds are definitely an issue
What a life
Lovely way to spend a day!
Hi mate. What camera do you use as your main one?
Just an iPhone 👍
@@adventurefishinguk no way! Always decent quality vids so thought you’d be on a DSLR. Cheers for replying
Good pub is The Waterwitch
Nice beer 'garden' isn't it!
The aquaduct over the river lune.
I've often thought about traveling to the canal on a bike instead of taking the car, but I would be worried that someone might nick my bike whilst my back is turned 😁
A valid concern! It’s so much fun cycling on the canal. You’d be absolutely fine fishing next to it, I wouldn’t risk walking too far from it though!
Your must live in a bad area then lol
Always carry a slung and a few BBs 😂
Get yourself one of the dutch style back wheel locks. They are fixed permanently to the bike and the key stays in the lock until you lock it, so you dont have to worry about carrying a lock around or losing the keys.
@@morgan1985uk great idea 👍
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Ive had some nice stolen motorbikes out of the aqueduct stretch
Hopefully mine doesn’t get added to the collection 😂
Work smarter not harder... Throw a crankbait in and trawl it along at 20kph on ya bike 😂
😂 I’d definitely be in the water, I’m too used to 4 wheels I think
Lanny fishing hits better
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Get that up in the lakes and you’ll be laughing
Any good places you reckon I could cycle to? I fancy taking it up a mountain to a tarn but I need to find somewhere with an easy route up
My cousin has had a 16lb pike from the morecambe stretch of the Lancaster canal if you ever venture up that way!! Way more of an achievement than tiny perch
@@ProAnglingNW I know the one 👍
@AdventureFishingUK cool....apparently there's a few larger pike in that section so good luck 👍
Hi George, I’ve only recently found your channel and have been really enjoying your videos, the salmon one was a real cracker, what a fight!!!! I have just started taking my 5 year old lure fishing, he’s using a cheapie telescopic jobbie for now with a zebco 33 reel and he’s loving it! I’m looking to get myself some kit to join him, what rod and reel combo would you recommend, we are only after trout! Our river isn’t much wider than 30m! Any help will be appreciated!
Cheers
Thanks for watching mate! Glad you enjoyed the salmon video, that was great fun to fish. If it’s a telescopic he’s after, the rigged and ready fish rig 180! You can get 10% off with code AFUK10 too, plus comes with a 2 year guarantee covering even angler error
@@adventurefishinguksorry mate it’s me that’s after the rod, I want to get in on the action with him 😂 he’s currently using a telescopic rod but I’m not fussed either way just a decent combo for small trout lures 👍🏻
@@qualitykez yeah I’d say the fish rig 180 is a good bet! The X5 combination is really cool too, you can also fly fish with it and cast heavier lures for pike with it using a different tip
@@adventurefishinguk happy days, thanks for that mate, keep up the vids 👌🏻