Barbel And Chub Fishing - Multi Swim Trip! (Video 200)

[@troyandskyelar9588]

Couldn’t find your KZbin channel for awhile. I kept thinking “Edwin”. Managed to restumble upon your channel. So glad I did. No over sensationalisations, just good and relaxing fishing. And you’re not just going for ridiculously fat, caught 1000 times before, stocked carp.

[@williammallender8391]

good one mate - ever a pleasure to watch

[@francolinobasco]

Thank you so much William :)

[@monkeybrains]

Soon as I retire from work I'm going to be spending alot more time by the river

[@francolinobasco]

It is the best place to be, far away from the crowds.

[@ianspicer1529]

As ever, a delightful and thoughtfully produced video Mark - an absolute pleasure to watch.

[@francolinobasco]

Thank you Ian and hope yourself and family are all keeping well.

[@ianspicer1529]

@@francolinobasco We're all triple jabbed and hanging on in there mate - please let's catch up soon!

[@larryroberts1844]

Couple of corkers there Mark from a beautiful stretch of river 👍👍👍

[@francolinobasco]

Cheers Larry!

[@kenbob333]

It never ceases to amaze me how smallish rivers throw up big fish, good angling as always. Tight lines.

[@francolinobasco]

Cheers Kenneth, they do get tucked away in these rivers and neglected!

[@itsgottabecarpy3994]

Another quality instalment of your angling exploits. Your definitely right my friend you can’t beat being outside with nature and the surroundings.

[@francolinobasco]

Thank you Baz!

[@janjr7357]

Hi Mark, those are moments that you enjoy intensely. well done.👍👍👍

[@francolinobasco]

Jan I could not agree more mate!

[@tadhghayden8440]

Two good fish...we need the crayfish...good sign to hand them..out in the heart of nature...

[@francolinobasco]

Thanks, but no we do not need crayfish they are devastating to fry recruitment and bankside burrowing damage which they cause. I would rather have a lower average fish sizes and more year classes of fish.

[@tadhghayden8440]

@@francolinobasco when I was first fishing at my local river I used to wade and net it with small species collecting nets borrowed from !ocal school to study the habitat in general. There were masses of native crawfish in amongst all the other crawling with a great array of invertebrates and little fish..It was a hugely rich ecosystem and the banks dud not seem very disturbed by any burrowing activities. Are they different in their effect on their surroundings than the signal crayfish? These days there are little or no crawfish of any kind in my local river. This I suspect is due to low oxygen levels in water?. Low crawfish numbers cause the otters to predate excessively on fish population .as in natural circumstances their diet I think is about 40 % crawfish if they are available. Am I wrong in this information?

[@francolinobasco]

@@tadhghayden8440 The problem is American signal crayfish are not native to the United kingdom and have wiped out our indiginous White Claw Crayfish and have over run,over populated many rivers causing regular damage to juvenile fish recruitment as well as bank side burrowing causing terrible erosion to river side banks. Otters do predate on crayfish which helps, however given that some rivers have had in excess of one ton of crayfish trapped per season it would take a lot of otter meals to dent these populations. I can show many sections of rivers (River Kennet, Loddon) peppered with holes along the banks where the crayfish burrow away and into the bank, I have watched mink digging crayfish out of the holes over the years, they are very destructive to the stability of river banks. Now leading on from this I would say Crayfish and water companies and their sewage discharges are two of the main problems in this country, otters are here to stay and back in the 1990s on my local river loddon I used to watch otters play with one and other, yet I still caught good fish and plenty of them. I think the main issue here is the damage being done year after year by water companies and extra housing infrastructure on some sections of rivers, all of which have a negative impact. I have gone off topic a bit but i cannot stress enough how damaging American signal crayfish have been to juvenile fish recruitment, I would rather be catching smaller sized fish and see more year classes of fish coming through than catching larger fish due to my rivers being over run by what was originally considered as a viable food source ( non indiginous crayfish). In an ideal world I would like to see water companies coming under public ownership too, but probably never going to happen. www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/26/thames-water-fined-23m-for-raw-sewage-pollution-incident

[@tadhghayden8440]

Public ownership of all key national support systems I reckon....our country is very nature depleted compared to other party's of Europe. Swifts sand Martin's put on red list according to news last night...fish rarely get much attention...because their world is hidden from the casual observer, beneath the surface....though that spring watch series is putting their underwater technology to good use more often of late...on a positive note..mother nature is robust, tenacious of life and capable of marvellous comebacks...let the world get more farsighted about the consequences of its actions ..clearer positioned in its mind about the more important things to preserve in life...that's enough of such talk for me now...back to the silence of the waterways...

[@christophersimpson4093]

Your a lucky man and very skillful hope your life is brightening up iknow your dad was very poorly and a hard time for you but fishing and family and friends are great to have. Power to you mate brilliant stuff. 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🎂🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟

[@francolinobasco]

Thank you Christopher! My father is in a care home 24/7 it never gets easier but the fishing helps mask the pain .

[@blondie853]

well done Mark.Great Barbel and chub.Congratulations on hitting the 200 mark!.Enjoyed every one.Heres to the next 200.

[@francolinobasco]

Thank you Steve!

[@thebeginnerfisherman3645]

Another quality video Mark keep up great work mate. 👍 🎣👏🙌

[@johnh57]

I love his videos and I watch yours too, not sure if you guys speak much but if you do, let him know I said hello.

[@thebeginnerfisherman3645]

@@johnh57 thankyou really appreciate it glad you enjoy my channel as well means allt John yes we speak and will tell him you said hello mate 👍 and yes Mark videos is top notch really great to watch.

[@francolinobasco]

@@thebeginnerfisherman3645 Cheers chaps!

[@janedurston8939]

Thanks, Mark got my fishing fix on a cold winters night what smashing fish and swims many thanks kind regards Mr. D

[@francolinobasco]

You're most welcome Mr D. I best get editing some more!

[@neilsmith7547]

Great video mark. Couple of lovely fish there mate. Well done. 😃🐬👍

[@francolinobasco]

Glad you enjoyed it Neil.

[@mickmat860]

Very much enjoyed. Great angling Mark as always.

[@francolinobasco]

Cheers for watching Mick!

[@XfireWTF]

Great fish! Nice atmosphere!

[@francolinobasco]

Thanks 👍 man!

[@justluvfishinguk]

Awesome buddy both nice fish .. cheers Chris & Sam

[@francolinobasco]

Cheers mate!

[@philhadfield8464]

You make it look so dang easy!!

[@robertlinwood7048]

Great great video mark and very very good angling my friend

[@francolinobasco]

Thank you Robert!

[@peachycreations8787]

Beautiful barbel Mark lovely gravel runs!

[@francolinobasco]

Thanks peachy!

[@janemarriott5778]

Congrats Mark great vlog as always 2lovely fish .Looking forward to the next vlog 🎣🎣🎣😀😀😀

[@francolinobasco]

Thank you Jane!

[@marcfoss8838]

Great stuff as always, Mark. Always informative without losing the essence of what fishing should be 👍🏻

[@francolinobasco]

Why thank you Marc!

[@timjames6190]

Nice one mate glad to see you out and about Nice Barbel

[@francolinobasco]

Thanks 👍 Tim!

[@paganoutdoors3193]

Brilliant video mark, stunning daytime barbel capture and mint chevin, couldn't agree more with being immersed in nature, be it by the river, and also woodland/forests (in my case as you know), though been over a month for me in any setting, but nxt week hopefully, looks like I'll be well enough 🤞🙏, to get out, I find your videos inspirational, especially more so when I'm bedbound, keeps me sane, good health and safe travels my friend, cheers craig 🌿

[@francolinobasco]

Craig many thanks and i do hope you feel better soon with what you are continually going through mate.

[@theg-man7868]

Champion stuff Mark. Looking back to getting out on the bank soon.

[@francolinobasco]

Thank you G! All the best for when you do get back on the banks too mate.

[@thebones]

two beautiful fish, not bad Mark!

[@francolinobasco]

Thanks mate it was a worthwhile multi swim hunt.

[@peterthomas9632]

Another fantastic video. Mark well done. Hope you are all recovered from your procedure now 👍🏻. Take care.

[@francolinobasco]

Thanks Peter yes all good now glad to have it over and done with too!

[@Keefiopia]

enjoyable as usual - thank you

[@francolinobasco]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@david-ci2qq]

Great looking fish mark some real beautiful spots/swims . Keep them coming mate As you say being in touch with the whole experience is something not to be taken for granted . Roll in the next vid tight lines

[@francolinobasco]

Totally David and many do take it for granted outside of our hobby.

[@marotwin6499]

Mark… my idol stealth angler … just started fishing river Derwent (Derbyshire)… I can portray the small rivers in different way now due to you -thx. Just caught first grayling of it. Respect ✊ pal 💪

[@francolinobasco]

Congratulations Maro! That is a good result!

[@hensleyshobbies-doug7761]

Oh lord, what a mule of a barbel, man, absolutely awesome! And then two real nice chub’s afterwards! An absolute crackin’ of a fishing session, at least it would be for me! Keep on keeping on Mark! Tight lines lad!

[@francolinobasco]

Thanks Hensley!

[@hensleyshobbies-doug7761]

@@francolinobasco - yeah buddy, you are very welcome my friend!

[@Strixphoto]

Awesome as always Mark 👌🏻👍🏻 I have to visit you in 🇬🇧 to see this magical small rivers and try to catch a barbel 😍 we don’t have them in 🇸🇪 keep on working with your KZbin 👍🏻💪🏻 always looking on your videos. 👋🏻

[@francolinobasco]

Please do Anders I will give you a tour and maybe I come to Sweden for some of your perch!

[@davidhodgson3565]

Fantastic Mark brilliant Barbel & Chu8b could we possibly have an estimate on the weights of your catches, please Tight Lines stay safe stay well fella,

[@francolinobasco]

Thanks David glad you enjoyed it too. Although I do give weights on a lot of my videos.I don't always put weights on fish these days if they are nice fish such as ones in this video but I know that they are smaller than personal bests, I generally prefer to film them and get them released.

[@samzy6102]

Hard earned fish mate. moving swims can certainly pay off , can't catch fish what are not in front of you, good going as always 💪🙌

[@francolinobasco]

Thanks Sam. Yes helps to have a search about at times.

[@andrassimofi6365]

My dream this barbel fish.

[@francolinobasco]

Thank you Andras!

[@paulfranciosi5970]

Legend 👍

[@francolinobasco]

Thanks Paul!

[@BUFF498]

Great looking swims on that river Mark, I can understand why you chose them. You really make it look so easy but as we all know it isn't. a nice couple of fish to finish off with priceless 👍 🎣

[@francolinobasco]

Thanks John and precisely you know only too well it is never easy.

[@honeyholehuntersfishing]

What a nice fish!

[@francolinobasco]

Thanks!

[@Scottsoutdoorchannel]

Really enjoyed that, great video! Something I need to do more of myself, traveling light and exploring more swims.....

[@francolinobasco]

You should it is a good way to fish and locate pockets of fish.

[@stephenmachin9344]

Some sound advice Mark ,and skillful angling.

[@francolinobasco]

Cheers Stephen!

[@harryturner3063]

Some cracking looking swims in this video Mark and a couple of superb conditioned fish, well done! I’m not venturing out in this cold snap and will wait until we get some warm rain to push the levels up a bit. Not in a hurry to get back to the Warks Avon at the moment that’s for sure, it’s been dire the last two seasons.

[@francolinobasco]

Cheers Harry! It was good to get a couple after a fair hunt in some tasty swims!

[@SteveMartin1971]

Good Solid Angling as always Mark , bait application flawless and a wonderful array of scenic venues always on hand. Great watercraft and a wise knowledge of the species you target are evident on all you're videos ... Get yourself sorted as an angling coach Mark , I'll be first to book a Tinca and River session with you pal .. Steve M

[@francolinobasco]

Why thank you Steve! One day maybe, who knows!

[@olliebert2788]

Another great video mark 👍🏻

[@francolinobasco]

Thanks 👍

[@eric41140]

Hello very congratulation for the 200 and other beautiful fish in your collection! what ais the menu for the 201? see you soon

[@peachycreations8787]

Its 200 videos because I think his others that make it 201 are just photographs.

[@trevorpritchard9715]

Awesome….what river you targeting Mark?

[@grahamjones3906]

beautiful bronze bomber

[@francolinobasco]

Cheers Graham it was in positively rude health too!

[@captainfrank01]

Another quality effort Mark and great fish, well done! 100% agree about being outdoors and having fun - I made a career out of that mantra!

[@francolinobasco]

Cheers Frank and yes it is about being one with nature and the outdoors, connections which some of society have lost.

[@ianforster1401]

Really enjoying your videos Mark , real quality. The crays on my local river Thame are this year a real problem & some areas of the Thames as well. I was interested in how you overcome this menace? On an anal note maybe but I am interested in how you hook bread flake , lately I’ve been fishing bread on a hair but the chub are a dab hand at avoiding the hook , any help kindest regards Ian

[@francolinobasco]

Thanks Ian, I generally take two baits with me of the same base mix one of which is rolled very hard and the other softer with a better leak off, if crays are a pain i will switch to the harder baits and paste wrap them. There are two schools of thought I adopt with crayfish, either fish will move into a swim and push them out, or you may be better to move to another spot.

[@scottmarshall956]

Love your work Mark , great angling and videos , out of interest what area do you live in ? Seem to get around a bit.

[@francolinobasco]

I am down south Scott Hampshire/Berkshire

[@NoSkillazCrew]

Hi Mark. Great video. How do you deal with crayfish activity?

[@francolinobasco]

Ahhh the 1 million dollar question. I try to get on with it by fishing hardened baits, or moving to swims where the crayfish are less active because the fish are there. Or you can wait and see if the fish move in and push the crayfish off, that is about how i deal with them in fairness mate.

[@NoSkillazCrew]

@@francolinobasco thank you for the answer. To be honest I did not manage to fish much this year but noticed that crays really took over on my stretches of Great Ouse.

[@francolinobasco]

@@NoSkillazCrew They are a total ball ache mate i hate them... only time i like them is on a plate cooked lol!

[@NoSkillazCrew]

@@francolinobasco true that. Thank you for your time and knowledge Mark