me too! 😂 thanks for watching

Thanks. Next videos got a little more action in it. not sure what's coming after that with all this flooding at the moment though.

I'll keep my eyes out. looks like they offer some pretty thin options.

Thankfully not. This session did come ahead of some warmer weather though so it's been a while since I've been now.

Thanks.

I hope your hand has healed up. Shame I didn't see that fish you had, sounded like it put up a decent fight.

It was really fat and heavy, really not typical for the time of year.

The Severn is supposed to be fantastic for big Zander but I also have never caught Zander from it. I caught a relatively decent pike a week back on it but wasn't really filming! I am much more comfortable and familiar with the Avon, some great clubs on it but it depends where you're based for which is going to be the best for you, but as a general rule I would aim to find water that's slower flowing with less depth for some of the easier pike fishing. (Though that certainly doesn't mean you won't find great pike fishing in faster water) The Zander in this video came from a relatively shallow stretch (about 7ft max) that moves pretty quick, it was completely unexpected and not what I was aiming for at the time - a seriously welcomed catch

Oh, and thanks for watching .

@@AdventuringWithSylwia thanks. Glad you enjoyed it

There's definitely some stuff on these stores that isn't great, but a surprising amount of stuff on there has been very good.

pike over 15, perch over 1.5 and Zander over 8 would be a solid achievement in a single session

@@claytonharrison2920 cheers. It was a fun quick session.

with a lot of my lures, if I'm pike fishing, a straight simple retrieve is one of the most successful for me.

We went to this lake, and there were so many perch and pike, but if you ate the pike, you’d get fined 100,000 dollars.

Thanks. Yes I did, I have some really nice light wire on, works really well

@LG_Fishing cheers. Going for my 1st pike off the top soon...

@@ryandoherty6174 nice one. It's some of the most fun having fish (especially pike) hit off the top

@LG_Fishing I'm definitely missing out, but not for long. I see in videos that a patient pull rather than a sharp strike works better to hook up.

@@ryandoherty6174 so they say, if you're using a frog then I find bending the hooks up a bit can really help with hookups. It does remove a bit of the weedless capability though. And again on frogs, if they have skirt like legs don't be afraid to trim them up if fish are missing the bait when they hit

let me know how you get on when it does

I'm certainly finding it's working fine. I'm using the lighter stuff I mention on this video on 3 rods now. it's held up for months after catching plenty of pike, perch and Zander.

Definitely not the smallest I've caught

@@LG_Fishing didn't even know pike got smaller then that tbf

I suspect I'll go down a route not too dissimilar. I'm aiming to lighten my braid and wire next and really try the dragon/dark wolf ultra combo heading down to the 1g mark. thanks for the sub.

Cheers

I'll probably do a Follow up in a few months of the tsurinoya dragon and dark wolf ultra. my plan is to really lighten up the braid on it, give it a good service and see how it lasts after heavy usage.. Thanks for watching

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Awesome, thank you!

I'm looking forward to taking it on a river today if I can.

Cheers

Cheers mate, theres usually a lot of pike hanging in the margins here.

I definitely get most my hits on the 16cm, but the rivers and canal I tend to fish most are quite big. That said I'm really enjoying fishing with smaller baits at the moment on lighter kit, especially when it brings in more perch, something I've not caught a huge amount of on lures in the past.

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Sounds like a plan. I've had great fun with the BFS setup recently.

Many many thanks

We all get bad days from time to time. Thankfully it wasn't too many sessions this winter

Keep you eyes out for videos in the future I should definitely cover some of my setups. Lure fishing for sure gets my vote for not sitting on a spot for hours hoping fish are active

I have a great lake on my doorstep with Carp up to mid 30's. It does have Pike in it but no body fishes for them really so there potentially a few 20lb fish in there as it's an old lake. But it's a syndicate fishery and I can't be arsed with all the bureaucracy 🥴

yea I bet that would be tricky to fish for pike without being approached, even if you did get the okay.

The braid I'm using here is jbraid, 0.28mm it's ~25kg breaking strain. It's way overkill but I use this braid when fishing really snaggy areas. It's absolutely overkill for the fish I typically catch, I'd aim for about 16kg on a medium setup like this if fishing for pike and use a similar rated wire.

Thanks. the first was a nice surprise. I hadn't expected anything that big. The second was just icing on the cake back to back doubles really made the session for me.

Thanks for watching 🎣

I definitely don't think all braids are built equally and a few, especially from these types of sites, are definitely not great. It's the one part of my tackle I'm generally pretty sceptical about skimping on, but with costs of braid almost doubling over the last couple of years I had to test some out. The lighter ANGRYFISH option in my video has blown me away (so much so I've since ordered some more) - at this point I've got it spooled on 3 reels and have caught loads of pike, perch and the occasional zander on them without any issue at all. I am after some thinner stuff at the moment for my BFS setup, but as far as I've found I'm going to be limited to some branded stuff for anything decent I am a little concerned based on initial impressions on JOF one, I'm yet to test it much during actual fishing sessions, but I found it to not hold up to it's rating, at least on the first few meters on the spool - it did seem better after this, but that put me off enough initially to not have massive confidence in it - I'll definitely test it more soon and get an update video out. I think this type of thing will happen across all products from sites like this, but there's some absolutely great products out there if you either know what to look for (or find a brand that seems to produce decent stuff) - Keep your eyes out for future videos I'll be testing out BFS reels, rods and lures from these sites very soon. Thanks for watching.

​@@LG_FishingI have a buddy who drifts for catfish and catches some huge catfish and flat head and he uses all that jof he got on AliExpress 60 lb says it works great and has not broke any lines with fish on since he's got it he has eight poles out the back of the boat so wanted to try a cheaper option some of his catfish friends told him the jof stuff is what they runs and had good luck

Plenty more fish in my other videos ;)

@@LG_Fishing will check them out for sure!

Some say I'm still there to this day having one last cast.

cheers! can't wait to get back on the rivers. excited about doing some BFS and top water fishing as well as trying to smash some PBs

- Owen Wilson, probably.

Keitech copy lures from Ali Express have been excellent. Pretty much exactly the same at a fraction of the cost 👍

@@leftmono1016 I've got a few clones in my stash, including an easy shiner equivalent. Whilst quality of them doesn't seem quite as good as the originals (and I'm sure there's some material differences we should be considering) I've still caught plenty of fish on lures like this. I've had really good sessions on keitech lures in the past but they also seem to have gotten fairly expensive recently, especially for soft plastics.

@@LG_Fishing - yeah Keitech have become expensive, and it’s not always easy to get the colours you want. Pink has been good for me with perch and chub. I tend to use the swing impact and swing impact fat, although my pb perch was caught on a 5 inch easy shiner with a 5/0 hook whilst trying for pike. The Ali Express copies are very supple and swim nicely. I’m sure they’re not quite as good, but around 90% there.

@@leftmono1016 I'll check pink out. It's not a go to colour for me. I usually find suppliers seem to be dropping natural colours in favour of bright or UV ones which I'm not quite as much a fan of.

@@LG_Fishing - pink white and natural for me. Subscribed btw, keep up the good work 👍

If only. you're going to be disappointed when the next video isn't sega marine fishing

Thanks. New videos incoming!

Yea, I wouldn't mind catching a walleye sometime, though we don't get them in our waters. Even these Zander aren't native. From a little digging around it looks like they were both introduced to lakes in the UK sometimes around 1920-1930 and both seemingly made it in to our water ways. As far as I can tell though the walleye only made it in to a few rivers of which apparently became so polluted most fish in them died out and no walleye exist in our waters any longer.

Cheers, it's been a slow winter for me in terms of content but lots of plans for this year.