Thank you so very much 😊😊😊

You're so very kind. I'm glad you enjoyed the film. I enjoyed making it a lot. 😊

Thanks, Mike. It is 1 n half hours from my house. The rods are surprisingly perfect. I thought they may have been a little overgunned, but there have a nice forgiving action. Mitsy has been doing well, although once we sit down, she goes into protective mode.

1.75lb be good for barbel as well👍

@mikewilliams68 ime positive they will be. I have covid at the moment. I hope it clears by Saturday as I fancy fishing big baits with the new rods on the new swim

Thanks for the comment. The lake district is an amazing place . We love it 😀

Thanks for the support, mate. It's much appreciated 👏

Thanks very much. We enjoyed making the film. Alot of fun 😁

Hi. There's no restrictions on esthwaite. Unfortunately, after the end of September, the owners 2ill be leaving, and the greythwaite estate will be taking over. So it could be free fishing . As for windermere, I believe anything goes apart from between March 15 and June 16th. Advise no keepnets. Windermere is free. Head to strawberry gardens, a mile south of strawberry gardens is a car park which is 7.50 a day. . Fish in the carpark area. But use deeper sonar software which you will get sonar depths for windermere. 17.50 a year and a must. Find 25 ft of water both esthwaite and windermere can produce weights in 3xcess of 300 lb and I know lads who have had well over 400 lb in a day. Be bold if you want big weights. It's hit and miss as you k ow with bream fishing, but anything between 60 and 100 bream can happen. Enjoy the fishing . Also, big trout over 6lb and big roach . Pike also well over 30 lb regular

No you must ring and book the pegs. And pay at the shop. Car park peg 1 is shallow but can catch 300 lb plus when bream arrive. Peg 2 carpark is deep and pulls same weights personally peg 6 boat house lovely snug and productive. Peg 7 is the roomiest peg. All pegs capable of 300 lb plus . Best weights from peg 7 at 450 and peg 1

@@garywilliamsandmitsy Thank you, some great information there. Haven't done this kind of fishing for years (or any for that matter) but I used to visit Ireland twice a year in my 20s and 30s for the Erne bream and roach, it looks similar type feeder fishing, and now retirement looms with my camper van 😉

Give it a shot. Very similar style. Big hooks. Vary the baits. There is no need to fill it in. Just lots of bait. Windermere and esthwaite both fish well

It's a lovely place. But there are lots of lakes too explore. Roach perch bream eels and carp tench. All in crystal clear waters

Thanks, mate. I'll be off on the hunt tomorrow .unsure how to fish. Retro john wilson n old reel. Or brand new long handles guru specimen rods n state of the art shimano x aero baitrunners. What do you reckon. Either way, it should be hectic. Trust your judgement. Can't see it being a small film. What do you wanna see. Old crap. Or just released dogs bollocks gear???

That has to be your call mate. Loved the chub on the Calder, factory section...what a backdrop that is with the bridge? But that section changed ownership now i think you said? Aint seen you with the IM9 since you got that 17ft jobbie🤣 I know from the above comment that you're itching to give that new gear a go, so... go for it.👍

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Yer I need to use the rods.

It's the whole area. I live here and walk the bank towards mitten regular. It's been the same last few years. If you visit the village at the moment, the field opposite the abbeys full of baby cattle and all their mums. Ho n visit itle make you smile. They are lovely when there baby's.

Thanks Jason 😊

Thanks. Mate 😊

Thanks, Mate. Yer, we always have a good laugh. Th3 bloody fridge is stacked high with maggots at the moment, so no doubt ile be giving you a ring in a couple of days n go n wing load more bait in. Thanks for the h3lp

We went down to get some extra footage for a film, but Mark being Mark came up with a plan to fill it in. So henceforth, a big chub on lite gear. I walk that stretch more regularly, and it has lots of potential

River calder Blackburn n hyndburn stretch

Yer, there's a lot of grayling in all the stretches .unfortunately for them once tge dace arrive in numbers every summer they can't compete to get yo tge bait. I have caught big grayling in summer in the dace catch,s but they look really rough in summer . Anyways, if you fancy the stretch, it's 6o quid a year.

Yes, for me, grayling are autumn and winter fish. Disappointing when hooked in late spring and summer when I'm fly fishing for trout. I think I know the stretch, but I fish the PAAS bit further upstream. Usually have it to myself 👍👍👍 Great thumbnail btw, that got me interested when it popped up 😂

@soultrader57fishingandmusi25 fished the pass stretch a lot, and before they acquired it after pendle had it. It's very shallow and Peggy. Some big barbel and chub in the stretch. Done some big nets of dace opposite the weeping willow. And the pissing billy outflow. Had a lot of big sea trout further along on the factory over the years. They settle there and tend to come out as it goes dark. I hooked a few that never stop once you hook them and pop the line. . Fun stretch 🤪

​@garywilliamsandmitsy it's interesting what you say about the sea trout! I've got that big flat above the weir down for a night time sea trout assault this summer, especially the top end where there's a wall and heavy tree cover on the north bank. I've caught sea trout kelts there in January dropping back to the sea when I fished for grayling, which was encouraging

Thank you very, very much 😊

It's a cracking little peg. I will be fishing it with some bigger baits. The Rd side is collapsing on this peg, so it changes all the time. It is at least 2 feet deeper than another peg if not deeper on the whole length of the river.

@@garywilliamsandmitsy , i see long tail on stick float. How much over depth was that? Must be a nice run through

Superb net of fish from a lovely stretch. Thanks for sharing,Gary and take care 👍🎣👏👏

I reckon was only just tripping. Maybe 3 inch over depth ended up about 7 foot

Thanks David 😊

Thank you very much. 😊

Thanks mark. I left esthwaite at early o clock. It was a bit poooo

@@garywilliamsandmitsywas it, oh no 😮

It was like a desert of poo. Not one fish surfaced. Alit of fry about. I mean alot

Thanks David. Have you watched marks latest film. It's very good.

@@garywilliamsandmitsy Yep. Watched it this morning👍

I will do. I've upgraded my sonar subscription and found some online maps that will help now. So I feel I won't be fishing blind now. Someone's took the trouble to map it. 😊😊😊

2 rivers one in one out. 80 hectares mat3. Need a fleet of white sharks to whipe it out. It's vast. Fish will have migrated into an area, maybe with a food source . There are two more areas to try. Fishing is restricted to 2 smallish areas. So I have to work with what little I can fish. Ile have to get in car n drive the 15 . Minutes 20 minutes to get to other side .

Thanks David. Ime enjoying the challenge

Hi Jeff. I'm gonna stick it out 80 hectares of desolate desert. Ile find a fish 🐟

@@garywilliamsandmitsy You will mate . Big old water that .

Yer. I'm gonna head to windermere. Need the place to warm up. . Think your rite think predators have had their fill.

@@garywilliamsandmitsy , even fish that are too big for the birds to eat still get speared in the back of the head, they're bastards. Change of scenery will do wonders👍

Yer. Still gonna not make it easy for myself. If off the spot on windermere itle be either perfect or boulders or 100 ft of water 💧 😅😅😆

Itle all come right In the end 😊

Thanks, David. I'm fishing blind at the moment. It's how it should be. It's unstocked 80 hectares, and although I moan alot ime learning. I have another film and to be honest ime enjoying the challenge. A lot of people make films to show off. I aint doing that . I'm trying to find a big old fish I will remember. Documenting times dates areas bait. I'm pushing it every week. I could easily go n catch some fish, but I've lost interest in that . Wild water is very low stock, and I'm working it out for later dates.

Ide love to fish Walthamstow resevoir. One day, maybe. This was the bream mecca of the northwest maybe 15 years ago, but it's not playing ball.

Exactly what it sounds like rotting worms. Kill im off I freezer. Pop um in fridge for a week n what you get is the smell of death. Lol 😄 caught loads using um . It's smells like shite . Got to put a few on the hook. Usually, I just pile um in . Unfortunately, a stick of dynamite couldn't catch me a fish on that water at the moment Chub love um bream. Eels.

@@garywilliamsandmitsy cheers for that Gary. Will give em a try mate

Thanks, mate. Got this weeks footage ready to go. Doing the groundwork on my own is becoming addictive . 😃

Your very rite. The lake is enormous. I would say possibly the biggest I've fished. Ime slowly picking away at areas. There nobody around to ask. I like the idea ime searching it. Shame I only have 1 day a week.

It's a personal challenge this water. I've avoided it for over twenty years and I will defo catch what I'm after later in the year. Anxiety has stopped me. It's very low stock, and the bream go upper double figures and over twenty. It is neglected but the good news is I have a new plan. There are no course anglers on the venue, and it's the size of darwen. So I ain't giving up if I cat h a fish it's worth more than a 200 lb bag of fish I can catch this week next week or any week on a typical high stocked water. I want a fish twice the size I usually catch just to see a fish, possibly 20 years old, which will be better than any fish for me.

@@garywilliamsandmitsy A Bream that size would be truly amazing! Fair play to you for going for it and hope you win which you will👍👍🎣

@davidgreenwood7387 I've made another film which I'll put out soon. Learnt lots n lots. Conditions are changeable and horrendous. Easterly wind in mine n mitsys boat race. But I made a good discovery, which bodes well. Fishing is restricted to only a few small areas, which are only suitable for summer and maybe autumn. New tactics next week. Found d a sneaky little swim. Itle be difficult to set up cameras but I will manage it.

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Little Louis is a superstar, but he also is a handful. Hence, he doesn't come out fishing Thanks for the comment. We are out tomorrowsame water oppositeend. 2 new rods which are 3 inches longer than my usuals . Fingers crossed, we find the fish. It's a big, low stocked water, and it feels like it's breaking me mentally, 😆

Hi Jason. Mitsy n Louis are fun. We have lots of laughs. We will be back on the hunt tomorrow. New area and testing 2 new rods. I think the other rods have a curse on them. Lol 😄

Thank you, Mike. Tackling a low stock big water is like cutting down a tree with a butter knife. Slowly but surely. Ime slowly trying to find where they are what they want to eat n baiting the swims as I leave to return a week later. I'm only looking for 1 fish. I'm on it again tomorrow. Made a few adjustments. Let's see what happens 😊

Yes will definitely go Portsmouth reser. I don't think mitsy is allowed . But I will ask a club official first .

I've blanked alot lol it's a difficult water. It's gonna take me many months to catch a fish. I would say I've avoided this water for over twenty years . Keep watching fingers crossed jurassic bream.

@@garywilliamsandmitsy fingers crossed for you pal.

It was suburb. I love the canal. We will be fishing the canal a lot. I've spotted a coaching session that's a good price with two of our angling hero,s on one of our target venues. We need to look at it as it's a chance of a lifetime. 😀

Esthwaite

Thank you for the positive comment. I havn,t been back since we filmed. It is a lovely place. Very beautiful and relaxing 😌

Hi mate. Ime originally from gorse hill stretford. These days I live I whalley clitheroe. My dad settled in ravenglass Cumbria, so I spent a lot of time in the lakes. Thanks for the positive feedback, and I'm glad you enjoy the films.. I enjoy filmmaking music making, and fishing gives me an excuse to delve in and show how we as anglers, although individuals actually share the same goals, passions for fish and environments. Its brilliant

Thanks for the reply mate. I had an incline that you was from Manchester like myself. Your Mitsy looks like my Cockerpoo ‘Enzo’ just a lot more chilled out! 😄 I’m yet to take him Fishing. I’ve fished Lake Esthwaite a couple of times, it’s a fantastic water. I will hopefully be fishing Windermere very soon! Anyway, I have followed you on Instagram as this is where I keep a diary of my sessions. Looking forward to seeing more of your content. Take it easy 👍🎣 Andy

@Andyfishing23 I love the name enzo. Cockerpoo are very intense intelligent and alot of fun . We have a maltipoo called Louis aswell, who is a massive personality. Mitsys training is ongoing . Windermere at strawberry gardens will be filmed shortly. A lot of people film there but it comes across as a big scary water but it honestly isn't the case . Ime fishing heapeys res no 2 Sunday and I haven't filmed there yet and I have a new very big water ro fish next week . Bream again, but maybe a chance of a tench. Keep watching. Ime not up my own arse Ime one of the lads I have just took alittle time to be able to squeeze cameras in and worked out how to roll cameras to maximise footage and keep batteries running for the whole session. Thanks again for the support 😊

Thanks mate. It's a beautiful place 😊

On peg seven there's a shallow bank at 25 yards max of approx 16 ft deep. If they want to feed at that depth there there on it. But sometimes they wanna be out at range. Which is maybe 28 , 30 feet deep. It's a bit trial and error on the day. There's a few esthwaite films I've made. I've put alot of different techniques depth areas on the film. Hope you enjoy the films

@@garywilliamsandmitsy Appreciate your reply and in depth top lad 👍🏻just started watching your vids through Danny’s 👌🏻

Thanks for the positive comments. Dannys is a good lad. Fished with Danny for a number of years. I don't always film sessions and havn,t for a few weeks after I pulled something in my hip. If you like your bream fishing, keep watching. I'm hoping to be out on a tricky little swim on heapeys 2 resevoir, which is mega deep. And another very big water may next week . I'm probably going for some very big bream.

@@garywilliamsandmitsy Great stuff Gary, love your story about Blackpool 😜 The Manchester had some good laughs in there

Ohh my lord. I used to love a good sesh in Blackpool. Such a good laugh 😃

In that area I've sonared it. From 30 yards out, it's 16 ft. From 30 yards to 55 yards, it tapers gradually on average to 29 feet.. this is a glacial lake, and these depths and contours vary from year to year. I've sonared the southern end, which is deep silt at 8 to 13 feet. Depth isn't an issue with wild bream. I've fished 40 feet on some waters. It's not unusual yo catch 300 lb plus fish at 29 feet or short line at 25 yards and 16 feet deep on the same days. Uts impossible not to catch on esthwaite. Its uncomplicated natural wild. And fish are glad to be fed in such a feed sparse area. Hope this helps.

@garywilliamsandmitsy thanks for the info bud really helpful 👍

That will be Jack Varey. Jack's a good friend. Some lovely bream. Had a few clonkers up there. There's alot of fish at ribchester at tge moment

that name rings a bell what a time to get a new job @@garywilliamsandmitsy

Have you got a new job. Will you be moving out of the area?

no same place i was had high bp thought it was lung cancer ended up as nothing more than open heart surgery then got moved to another firm on very good terms only for the dvla to take my licence off me in error and then pass me on t the traffic commissioner to ban me got licence back Friday new old job by sat dinner time just as i emerged from angling direct

Let's hope your health stays on the up. And congratulations on the new job.

Thanks. Mitsy always gets more than me . She likes a full English breakfast and kebab . Quite partial to kfc 🍗 😋 🤔