THIS Is Why You Fish a River In FLOOD!

With the rivers still in flood its the perfect opportunity to hit those slacks and catch some BIG perch! This session I went out to some of the areas that i knew would be good in the flooded conditions. Using the bfs setup and a range of lures it was time to catch some big floodwater fish.
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[@The_ginger_fisherman]

Make sure you check out the latest episode of the YPC UK here! Also my first episode will be aired on Sunday! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJPRdnh6Z7iMjJosi=rK2zOUb-3VXqatPf

[@lexuscraig]

I bet you smashed it mate. My Moneys on you. And maybe 50p on Thom Hunt😊

[@garysimpson8860]

I must admit I’ve struggled to get my head round fishing the floods around where I live this year but watching you I now know I should get my arse out and stop complaining about it , fantastic video 👍

[@kinblanking]

I've been angling my whole life, you've really raised the bar with coloured water lure fishing and opened my eyes to so many missed opportunities. 👍

[@matimus100]

I was expelled from school for saying that the guy was Ginger!

[@Christcrusader98]

@@matimus100sounds like you was a bit of a prick

[@76-UVB]

Thanks for proving it's worth fishing in conditions like that, I have always avoided doing that thinking it wouldn't be worthwhile, I am glad to be proven wrong.

[@ascott4606]

I watched him say big pike feed in stormy conditions, I caught 3 double figure pike in 4 hours of rough weather biggest was around 17lb my best days lure fishing for pike this year. Funny I had the whole lough to myself, nobody else insane enough!

[@76-UVB]

@@ascott4606 I am newly inspired thanks

[@Jason-im3pz]

Anything that stirs up the water will get the fish going

[@pigeon-uc9wo]

Totally agree 👍

[@potats1770]

In my area, me and other fishers blank when it's flooded

[@motorcycletouringandfishing]

Hey Chris. Fished in the UK 2 years ago. Caught one of my bucket list. Double figure Pike on the River Nene. Thanks for a great show.

[@ugm5kjl]

I love your videos mate. All the negative stuff happening in the world and all the worries about life and work in general get put on pause when I play one of your videos. So thank you, keep going and I hope you keep getting more success and popularity or whatever it is you’re after (other than fish).

[@BobsFisher]

Bonjour , c'était excellent 👏

[@davidde-niro912]

You are one of the best fisherman I've seen . I pove your videos

[@JamaicaOutdoors]

I will be cheering U on in the ypc banks from my balcony in Jamaica 🇯🇲🇩🇪can't wait🙏🏼😎💪🏽

[@Cavanpikefishing]

Come on chris looking forward to seening you win🎣🙂🙏God willing

[@shaunpearce5722]

Ask santa for a set of spring scales and get rid of the digital ones. They will always let you down and they'll let you down when you have a pb. They don't give you a correct weight in the cold either. Great vid bud just get a proper set of scales 👍🏻

[@julianthomas6899]

An eye-opener for a lot of people, including me. When my landing net fell overboard (un-noticed) I put a half filled plastic bottle in the river and followed it downstream. When it hit a flood raft there was my landing net beside it.

[@TheJaymon1962]

Those are beautiful baits. They work very well! Good job and thanks !

[@darrenwhitehead3406]

Some cracking perch and pike there buddy small rivers in flood present some great opportunities for predator fishing I’ve had some of my best sessions for predators from flooded rivers and my best ever barbel session from a rising river which included a twenty pound carp four double figure barbel and two six pound plus chub people should never ignore a flooded river but always be careful as a flooded river takes no prisoners

[@trevorcornes1056]

Some lovely fish Chris ,Amazing what you can catch in coloured water.

[@EASTSIDERIDER707]

I appreciate the effort you put into the visual quality as well as the action.

[@jonnydoesfishing]

Great time to find this video, the rivers are flooded now 😂

[@quaillover3269]

Hey Chris, love your videos. Actually i started fishing small streams because of you. They brought me some great perches before :DD

[@tonycamplin8607]

A fantastic session, well done. You really need a longer handled net. I followed your link about those lures and was astonished how expensive they were, many times above my price range. I make all my own.

[@paulembleton3087]

More cracking fish thank you for sharing again good luck in the competition I will be rooting for you

[@haraldpotterer162]

What a perfect day!!! Congrats to you for doing the right thing in conditions where others stay at home :)) Always a pleasure to watch your chanel . Tight lines from Germany

[@davidpryor5910]

The Ginger fisherman makes Matt Hayes look like a beginner

[@Comrade_Akimov]

he's waters are unreal. he lives on different level.

[@clivesquire6463]

Chris you are by far the best angler on you tube without doubt ,i have binge watched all your uploads from back in the days 9 years ago when you were starting out minus the beard !!!! absolutely awesome ,cannot wait to see you in action in the YPC competition you will smash it mate good luck too you ,please any info on your unhooking mat and backpack you were using in the last upload would be grateful, tight lines mate massive respect .

[@The_ginger_fisherman]

Thanks buddy!

[@vladasbutkus9751]

I have caught big chubs in water like this, but with cicada bait. It makes strong vibration and my catch was about 20 chubs per day.

[@kennetking1]

Great content, well done. Lovely stuff ❤️🎣

[@cliffdixon6422]

Absolutely stunning Perch in conditions I wouldn't normally look at (I will now) - Epic

[@jonathansmith5850]

I’ve always avoided flood waters since once trying as a teenager. (I’m now 49) But these were some great perch and nice pike!

[@owencullinane6600]

Love you're video's watching from Ireland 🇮🇪 hope you win 🏆

[@stevesnailfish]

These past few weeks on my local River Nene (just to the west of Peterborough) have been difficult and I've been trying to find slack water when the main river's up several feet.... Still catching a few Perch though (nothing big apart from a 27cm and a 29cm), but did get a bonus 8.5lb Pike on a 2" Fox Micro Fry 3g jig (fluoro leader) at a lock......Bit of a fight when it got in the flow but got her out.....2-12g rod and 1000 reel stuff. Been lure fishing since I was a kid back in the '70's and always blanked in flooded and coloured water....Channels like yours and other anglers on KZbin have certainly made me think a lot more, which is what it's all about in my opinion. I hadn't fished for 12 years until a year ago and have learnt so much in a short space of time....The joy for me is that I've not blanked a lot this season so far and I put it down to using the old grey matter in my head due to blokes like yourself.....Keep up the good work.

[@1conkers1]

Oh man! Some cracking fish. Well done mate, appreciate the insight and inspiration

[@stewartevans9753]

Oy Mr Ginger fisherman that was great again but don't forget one slip in heavy water could be your last! Safety first especially when you're on your own!

[@deividas_kimontas]

Some fat Perch there! 🔥 Well done Chris!

[@johnnawrocki9727]

The canals Court Castle Marina in Lenton big pike as well

[@stevelawton9849]

I feel like we did get perch that big in the states!!

[@barryanthonywing4848]

Beautiful perch 🤝

[@RichGordon-u5l]

Can't wait to see u WIN THE TOURNAMENT BUDDY GREAT VIDEO AND CLASS PERCH CARCHING BRO

[@darrenanthonyshortt9157]

Seen you use them trolling and had some big pike on them.cracking lures and wellmade .b3st of luck to all how enters .top pize and top lad..

[@augustonthefly]

Imo the best contrast for dirty water or even night time is a black fly. Interesting thoughts with the shine, my money is on black though.

[@thedeeprot]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@AdamsAnglingTv]

Awsome video Chris. cant wait for sunday tournement video good luck🐊🎣

[@BartoszRadziszewski-u2s]

Wow😳that was great session mate🐟🦈👍you are doing a fantastic job👌

[@condelaneycd]

Best of luck I’ll be watching you and I’m up for you man con from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@gaycha6589]

Wow. That’s a decent perch. One for the pan❤

[@RJW92]

Great video as always. Not sure who falls over more at the minute you or Bob Mortimer 🤣.

[@Unsensitive]

Wish I i had perch like that around here. Smallmouth bass dominate the river niche in my area, but perch taste so much better! Couple quarties have some small some small perch, maybe half pounders at best..

[@philwashington4127]

Really great video, Chris. So exciting to watch. You need to offer your services to Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse in their 'Gone Fishing' series, as they struggle to catch every time. Nice manly banter though...

[@johnnawrocki9727]

I love perch fishing there's a canal in Nottingham and some big perch in there big perch

[@jlh6334]

Awesome session

[@mickwalsh8136]

Absolute smashed it again Chris, although you've started falling over as much as Bob Mortimer 🤣 good luck in the YPC

[@ianstanley2222]

Brilliant Chris really enjoyed that

[@barneytandy9387]

Absolutely loved this video keep it up Chris 👍

[@DeMoRa66]

Great video thanks Chris🤘

[@TheFishingDaddy]

Can't wait to watch this one to see how you approach these conditions , but ill watch on the big screen just here to leave a comment and excited to see you fish ypc

[@FishWithAJ]

Great vid, I fully expected for the end of the video to come and you say you lost your new net.

[@needham831]

Good sesh Chris. Some lovely Perch AND you didn't lose your net either. Bonus!😀

[@The_ginger_fisherman]

Makes a change 😂

[@alistairkilpatrick3907]

Some crackin perch there m8 good session 👍🍺

[@albiewilliams6830]

Cracking video and been watching the comp your in and from what I've seen and this video today you should smash it can't wait to watch your first round

[@andyh9030]

Awesome fishing mate 👏 rooting for you in the competition, go smash it

[@goonervillegonad3662]

I had a very fast flowing river/Brook that would get swollen a number of times every year, and every time it did I would just avoid it altogether. Are used to only float fishing which is probably why… Didn’t ever think to bother going for pike or perch. Didn’t think anything hung around when the current was that strong

[@LOVEYOURLAND]

Good day out!

[@fishandchill.]

Thank you for the videos! You inspired me to start fishing for Pike & Perch, still looking to improve my lure fishing however. Keep the videos up :D

[@gezgriffiths3793]

Wow what a session matey. Wish. I’d have seen this last week went to my local river last week in similar conditions and thought waste of time and went back home. 🙈 never to old to learn am I 🥴😂👍🏻

[@simmyb2877]

You will win the comp Chris come on 👊❤️

[@josephscott4997]

Yea

[@garywagstaff8104]

Some really lovely fish chris 👍

[@markotsibrov1434]

Really cool video!

[@NiallMurphyphotography]

Mans smashing it 🙏🎣

[@dreammaker730]

Some great fish there, 👍👍👍.

[@janikgrimm]

Love Your Videos, but Always sad we dont have that good fish populations in swizerland.

[@rysrys5213]

Great episode ❤❤❤❤❤

[@keithleivers4061]

Super video great fish from a river of chocolate ...oompa loompa !

[@Bato-ib1qf]

Hope all this new LMAB kit isn’t a spoiler for you winning this YPC 😂👀

[@janedurston8939]

Top shelf fishing Chris K/R Mr D

[@barschundhecht]

Hi i love your Videos there so exciting ❤

[@boansy1]

Quality mate 👍

[@davidpryor5910]

He makes me want to go fishing. I’d love to go with him

[@josephscott4997]

You’ve got the win in the bag😂

[@johnrickards1908]

"Here's my new net, third one this week"😂

[@WEEDA_G]

Anyone else thinking ye was saying slag instead of slack 😂 I was pissing myself

[@markjefferiss1914]

Lovely new net 😂😂😂😂

[@greedycarperfishing8364]

I think you should do a temu lure challenge

[@dezmcgregor8169]

Be careful on them flooded slippery banks i slipped the other week and winded myself but managed to stay out the river lol

[@bufon63]

Chris is such a superb angler.

[@brianed1258]

Do you ever take a perch (or known as Redfin over here in Aus) to eat . One of the best eating fresh water fish

[@andyweaver2164]

I’m loving this , what pound line are you on there , tight lines subbed

[@junglistfishing]

Hope you do the business on Sunday ginge 🎣🤞

[@King_Bob_The_Third]

Would you please put some 3 in 1 oil on your new net. Happy you got to use it a lot but that screech! 😂

[@tymphuket7243]

wen i lived in aus we used to eat these red fin perch,tasty

[@Lunatix246]

Already on the fast track to buying yourself another net haha

[@jimmyfireball]

I always struggle in those conditions, No both lures and baits. But I think you just know your river, better than I know mine.

[@nospoon4799]

Different rivers behave differently in floods. Some stay quite clear others get really muddy.

[@jimmyfireball]

@@nospoon4799 my local is a chalk stream that becomes tidal around 12 miles from the springs at its source. It’s fairly slow flowing as the area is relatively flat and the 20 mile tidal stretch often flows backwards 5-10 miles from the mouth. When it’s in flood, it turns to choco milk and the backwards flow only happening for 2-3 miles, and the flow picks up a fair bit. I just can’t work out; 1) are they just going off the feed due to conditions. Or 2) are they heading to parts of the river I am yet to discover. It’s all very secret squirrel around here, getting info is like pulling teeth. Which is understandable.

[@nospoon4799]

@@jimmyfireball Sounds similar to my local river. It regularly goes backwards on a big tide. Watch your tide cycles would be my advice as on my local river big tides push over the weir and push the fish far up river. It definitely fishes better on small tides on the lower reaches. This could be the same on your stretch. With no weir all tides will have an effect though, not just big tides.. There is a river level graph on the EA ( or NRW) website. You will see the big tides as a blip on the general level. I even fish by the tides in non tidal waterways. Especially bigger lakes. It has helped me a lot. I grew up sea fishing so I understand the tides well.

[@nospoon4799]

@@jimmyfireball You should try getting info on bass marks lol, you literally have to torture people to get those.

[@furiouzzzz]

smashing pike

[@davidbentley4099]

Hi ya, great video and thanks for posting. I really want to get into this type of fishing but I have no idea how to handle a pike once landed which puts me off a little. I don’t want to damage or hurt the fish, any tips on how to hold and unhook and the sorts of kit I might need to be successful?

[@danielskilling3210]

Don't go losing that new net 😂

[@seanfraustus]

❤

[@BigT90]

Chris, maybe a slightly more random question, your wellington boots seem to be quite wide at the tops like around the calf. Being a larger gentleman myself, I have quite large calves and struggle with most brands of wellington. So really to end a long winded question, I'm asking where ya got the pair in this video? Long time sub and watch almost every upload, keep the great content coming

[@Bo88y22]

I checked out those lures. Lures are getting expensive. 2.25 for a 9cm soft plastic. Inflation👍👍

[@blendin.studio2508]

Good stuff. Can i ask what the reel is? I use a lot of light tackle for Perch fishing and have seen these types of reels on a lot of YT vids, but dont know much about them. Cheers.

[@TheRent1967]

Another new net? How many do you already have? Another great video. I like to see them.

[@The_ginger_fisherman]

Not many as i keep loosing them 😂

[@paulroberts5161]

If you preform like that at YPC you could well win it best ofluck

[@ollieebbrell2807]

Hi Chris what’s the reel? Any tips for a decent rod/reel set up?

[@ivokovachev9320]

I love watching your videos, but I have a question. Isn't it better to fish with a wire leader in such conditions, because of all the pike. I live in the Netherlands and you just get bit off if you fish without a leader.