I did NOT expect this while BASS FISHING - Surprise fish!

Lure fishing for bass in very dirty water, and somehow managing to catch something very unlikely. Wasn't the only action we had either! A day full of surprises for sure. I'm sorry for the unusual style and the fact that there was quite a bit of wind noise. Quite a tricky video to film in such harsh conditions! I know it was quite a short one too, but there's something longer and very special coming soon!
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Thanks for watching as always, and i'll see you for the next video!

[@raymondthompson1476]

Hi. Nice see a video of someone fishing muddy water, which is pretty much how it is where I fish a lot of the time. I get bass in it too, but it's hard work. Also good to see the old Toby catching as well. I spent a few hours Monday morning throwing out IMA, and Westin, and Savage Gear lures, and nothing was happening, so I put on an old spoon that I'd hand painted very badly with green and brown nail varnish and had fish on the first two casts. Then I snagged, and went back to the expensive stuff and had nothing for the rest of the day. That's the way it goes sometimes. I'm going to use spoons more often from now on as they cast a mile, and really make themselves felt in the water. They're cheap too: literally pennies if you can pick them up at boot-sales. Nice video, and well done. Raymondo

[@adventurefishinguk]

Yeah it's really muddy down there, I was surprised to see fish getting caught at first but now I know it's possible i'm loving it. Just need to slow the retrieve down and be smart with lure colour choice! That's the way fishing goes sometimes, only just ended my blank streak of about 7!

[@bram7659]

I love your videos matey. Always something different and your passion for fishing oozes out of the videos

[@adventurefishinguk]

Thanks mate, really appreciate that! Try my best to keep things interesting 👍

[@davedawson9851]

The attack of the super flounder! I notice someone has recommended a different net. I can only imagine that this must be about netting size and that a finer mesh might be less likely to split fins and what-not. Just a guess really. Cheers! Dave

[@adventurefishinguk]

Interesting, I hadn't considered that! I'll keep an eye out when i'm using it and see if it happens. Thanks for watching!

[@whitetroutchannel]

@@adventurefishinguk i wouldnt read much into it, your net looks like rubber mesh, the safest of all!!

[@StusFishing]

Another awesome Vid bro 👍🎣

[@adventurefishinguk]

Thanks mate!

[@AndyJohnJones83]

Flatties will take a lure in coloured shallow water if they hungry enough, 👍 great catch

[@adventurefishinguk]

Thanks mate! Have caught them before but only ever on bait. This way is definitely funner 😂

[@TheConstantAngler]

Cracking fish and a cracking video mate. Try adding a weedless EWG hook to the back of the Toby instead of the trebles. Then add a curly tail grub to it then you have a weedless Toby.

[@adventurefishinguk]

Thanks mate, glad you liked it! Great idea with the toby i'll have to try that out. If you liked this video then you'll love tomorrows. Went back and managed some incredible fishing!

[@scouseblarney6232]

100% a Flounder George, reasonably rare that they take a lure but not completely unheard of, especially if they're feeling a bit peckish😉. Lovely Bass for your mate, it's high time that I can comment that you've caught a Bass that size or you'll have to rename the channel to Other People Adventure Fishing UK.............😉😉😉.....only messing mate, tidy video as usual, tight lines lad.

[@adventurefishinguk]

I've heard of them taking small softbaits and stuff quite a lot, nothing as big as a toby though! Funnily enough i may have recently had one bigger. That video should be out soon 🤫

[@scouseblarney6232]

@@adventurefishinguk Brilliant, I look forward to seeing the joy on your face when you catch a stonker.

[@thetattooedangler]

I've caught flatties on both lures and feathers. It's not very often that they'll take them, but it's not unheard of either.

[@adventurefishinguk]

That's cool i didn't know they took feathers. I've heard of them on small softbaits and metals but nothing quite the size of a toby!

[@thetattooedangler]

@@adventurefishinguk Ive caught them as a by product of mackie bashing a couple of times. a lot of people think that they just sit on the bottom and eat worms and crustaceans, but theyre hunters too, and they swim at all levels of the water column.

[@paulkneebone2420]

I realy enjoy your clips ! I'm a bass addict in Cornwall if your ever about this way . I'm heading to Wales nextweek where is a good area to head

[@adventurefishinguk]

Wales is a huge place mate, where abouts are you headed? Thanks for wathcing!

[@wingmasterjimmy6724]

Dont be too surprised-flounder will often grab slowly retrieved spinners - a "flounder spoon" is designed for them!

[@jolenejohnson4302]

already liked the video as all your vids are bangers

[@adventurefishinguk]

Thanks Jolene I appreciate that!

[@scotland.is.magical528]

Flounder love lures. Try dropshotting a two to 4 inch mackerel belly strip. So many fish love that not just flukes.

[@adventurefishinguk]

Lure fishing is more my thing mate but i might just give that a go. Would definitely be easier than catching them on artificials!

[@ianmiller1879]

you have a cracking little channel buddy, love it

[@adventurefishinguk]

Thanks Ian, really appreciate you sticking around to watch a few videos!

[@wolfypics7339]

Thanks for another top upload that Bass was awesome! Ok, you talked me into starting fishing again and I'm going to for the 1st time in years to fly fish for some some Brownies tomorrows! I'm also looking to start Lure fishing for Pike/Perch/Bass. Is there a Rigged and Ready rod that covers everything so I can keep my tackle down to the minimum? Also would I have to use a different reel for Bass fishing in the sea? Thanks again and keep up the stella fishing :)

[@adventurefishinguk]

Thanks mate! The predator rod by rigged and ready can do pretty much all that, aside from tiny perch lures. It is really difficult to find a rod you can fish for all of those with, but the predator or the fish rig max is pretty close. You can use rigged and ready reels in the sea too, they're salt treated. they won't resist salt as well as an expensive specialist salt reel, but if you rinse in freshwater every time you use it in the sea it'll be just fine. Covered by a 2 year guarantee too! Remember to use code AFUK10 for 10% off if you decide to go for it

[@wolfypics7339]

@@adventurefishinguk Thanks a mill fella, I'll check those rods out. Much appreciated indeed! Tight lines :)

[@ianbedford5066]

Feel for the " prickles " on the top of the fish . Plaice totally smooth , prickles all over a Dab and a line of prickles down the middle a Flounder . Try and get hold of a book called " fishing with a baited spoon " all about catching fatties on spoons !

[@adventurefishinguk]

Sounds like an interesting read Ian I’ll have to look into it! I reckon this was a flounder 👍

[@kimfielding8010]

Nice lookin lure Shame about one chuck! Press on brother every day at the water is a good day

[@adventurefishinguk]

I ended up getting a new one! And yeah better than work!

[@garethh6962]

What weight was that Toby? It looked about 30g. Nice fish that..

[@adventurefishinguk]

I think it was around 20 ish grams and thanks mate!

[@robbiebanks9182]

I find 20grm toby casts best

[@stevej1818]

I would’ve been diving on after it 😂 imas are so expensive lol

[@adventurefishinguk]

Haha yeah if there wasn't a fast current and quick sand i'd have considered it 😂

[@sibetahan.chanel]

Cool steady👍👍🙏

[@adventurefishinguk]

Thank you!

[@sibetahan.chanel]

Ok👍👍👍

[@GixxerWayne]

Great vid , and far from the best conditions ,I've always been led to believe water has to be clear for lure fishing , but you both done well with those fish 🐟 👏, what reel and what size is it that you're using ? It looks like a shimano sahara

[@adventurefishinguk]

Thanks mate! Yeah the conditions were awful but we managed. It's an Abu garcia superior 2000 SH. Not really fit for purpose, i've just got a new one!

[@trisbaker363]

I stopped using trebles on my lures, got tired of dragging weed, I use in line lures now with a single hook, very little sea weed and very few snags.

[@adventurefishinguk]

I'll have to have a look into that thanks for the suggestion!

[@ewenwalker7740]

My fathers mate caught a flounder on a fly twenty miles up from the estuary of the river Tay in scotland

[@adventurefishinguk]

That's amazing to hear had no idea they went that far up

[@angelwhite376]

Try a lead Devon mino 3 inch paint it blue and silver with a red line both sides..

[@adventurefishinguk]

I'll try that next thank you!

[@SONGSTICKS]

Love your enthusiasm but buggered if I'd pay £20 for one lure ! 😄

[@adventurefishinguk]

😂 definitely hurt the wallet to be losing that one

[@connorwilson8078]

Flounder mate u get them in some rivers too

[@adventurefishinguk]

Thanks mate, I thought so!

[@bertifrasilmeye995]

Its a Plaice ...as far as I know, flounders dont have orange spots.

[@adventurefishinguk]

You could well be right mate i'm not great with saltwater species!

[@bootyluvas]

Awesome work sorry about the ima

[@adventurefishinguk]

Haha thanks mate, was back to the shop to replace it. Won’t be going anywhere near that dirty water with it again!

[@welshwarrior5263]

I would have gone in and retrieved the lure. I hate losing them.

[@adventurefishinguk]

Haha it was tempting mate. If it was on a nice beach somewhere i'd have been tempted but the waters really dangerous around here. Loads of currents + quicksand not worth the £20! A tough loss to take though

[@welshwarrior5263]

@@adventurefishinguk I am still recovering from that fall on the rocks when sea fishing mate. I am a bright one to talk. 🤣

[@peterchessell28]

They catch flounders on lures and fly rods all the time in murica we are so far behind we are lonely.

[@adventurefishinguk]

Yeah the americans do a lot better than us in the fishing world. I wish we had the same competition scene

[@peterchessell28]

@@adventurefishinguk not in fly beach or course they are,t.

[@adventurefishinguk]

@@peterchessell28 no you’re right, but definitely in lure which is more my cup of tea!

[@bogusbogmail]

Love your vids but please, please, please... If you've got to land 'every' fish, get a decent landing net. Apart from that your very watchable, keep at it. 👍

[@adventurefishinguk]

Glad you like the videos mate! What's wrong with the landing net out of interest? I thought I had a pretty good one. Admittedly not ideal for every type of fishing but I'm not that sort of angler who has loads of different kit for loads of different types of fishing

[@alison8526]

What type of landing net should he be using?

[@bogusbogmail]

@@adventurefishinguk smaller holes causes less fin damage + smaller fish don't fall through the holes. Is it rubberised mesh? (Hooks are easily removed from rubberised net's.) You'd only need one net if you choose right 😉

[@adventurefishinguk]

@@bogusbogmail thanks for the explanation mate! My net is a savage gear rubberised net yes. I personally think that having nets with small holes, even if rubberised can create a right mess with treble hooks. I have one like what you're describing and I'm always having to cut holes in it to free small trebles

[@happyguy5414]

The right answer is that he doesn’t need a net at all, especially when he’s standing on the same level as the water. I lure fish for Bass & Pollock with Daiwa sensor 6lb nylon catching Bass to 12lb and I very rarely use a net and very rarely lose a fish!

[@urbanexoticuk]

it looks like flounder or a olive dab

[@adventurefishinguk]

I reckon flounder 👍

[@urbanexoticuk]

flatfish will take lures but not normally toby more jigs

[@adventurefishinguk]

Yeah i've seen them take small softbaits, never anything quite that size though!

[@bogusbogmail]

Small plaice 👍

[@BushmanOutdoors]

Is that on the Mersey?

[@adventurefishinguk]

No mate further north!

[@urbanexoticuk]

heavy that losing a 20 pound lure

[@adventurefishinguk]

Brutal isn't it 😔

[@retro1980x]

100% Flounder

[@adventurefishinguk]

I agree thanks mate!

[@scotland.is.magical528]

Landing net for a half pound flounder? 🤣🤣

[@adventurefishinguk]

At the time i felt like i'd rather that than it drop on the rocks!

[@Michael-tq6xm]

Small sole i think.

[@adventurefishinguk]

Don't think i've ever caught one before so I wouldn't know!

[@Michael-tq6xm]

@@adventurefishinguk im not 100 percent sure myself.