I Caught An Urban LEGEND, Biggest PIKE in The Canal!

[@The_ginger_fisherman]

Don't forget to check out this week's YPC bank UK where we find out who's done enough to get through to the final! Wish me luck! It will be live at 6pm today! Here in the link - kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3atqX2vmth9b6s

[@calmck3164]

Should you not have put that pike out of its misery it looked extremely skinny and will likely die of starvation over the next 2 to 3 weeks horrible way to go.

[@geoffsaunderson5766]

Well done mate, so many noobs are taking up pike fishing, and your leading from the front! For us to keep our pike safe, it needs people like you taking these noobs (that are going to happen anyway) in the right direction 👍

[@geoffsaunderson5766]

Sad thought neither of those fish will be alive 6months, hammered

[@fatlittlepenguin110]

You better win!

[@richardsilny1487]

Hi, you make fantastic videos👌You are from Manchester

[@17losttrout]

Really appreciate that decency, care and compassion for the fish. Great work mate! Respect.

[@BIGM-gg9ln]

Were not just fishermen, we are sportsmen and conservationists.

[@fatlittlepenguin110]

Love them fish. X

[@blackbob3358]

@@BIGM-gg9ln What, and traumatise the bollocks out of 'em ? Aye, im sure they're happy to be dragged out of their gaff on a hook. Don't talk shite, mush. That's gonna prolong their lives immeasurably, surely ? I'm anti gobshite, not anti fishing; per se.

[@bleedingreenbetty9795]

​@blackbob3358 you are speaking the truth. I love fishing, but I'm not delusional. It does zero good for each fish to haul them up out of their environment where most can only breathe, handle,dehook,and return. Never mind the ones who get damaged/killed due to the process. It's actually rather cruel. Glad to know I'm not the only one to admit it.

[@17losttrout]

@@blackbob3358 Without fishermen, most wouldn't know or care if there were fish present. Fishermen are the first to report any problems with the water, wildlife - or people plundering the stock. Nothing gobshite about that, oh churlish one.

[@johnrickards1908]

What an Ambassador to the sport you are young man. You have my utmost respect, support and admiration. <

[@fishwithcarl]

Was this your first session wearing my FWC sweater? if so, IT'S A LUCKY SWEATER hahaha Well done on the giant pike!

[@AboutMMA_]

Only the finest drip 😂

[@needham831]

Carl. You are a legend, sir. 😂😊

[@The_ginger_fisherman]

It was actually 😂. I've been wearing it quite a bit and I have to say it's very comfy 😏. Thanks bud!

[@fishwithcarl]

@@needham831 ❤🙂

[@fishwithcarl]

You're welcome mate! I'm glad happy to hear that :)@@The_ginger_fisherman

[@borderlands6606]

Pike have always been treated abominably. In match fished waters they were routinely thrown up the bank to die. Gorge baiting was common. They are still killed in trout waters. Hopefully you'll do your bit to educate anglers what magnificent creatures pike are.

[@mrsnrub8500]

What a great capture. Well done. She was a catch of a lifetime on some canals 👏👏👏 ahh, but I congratulated you too soon. That poor last pike. What a shame for it. I'm just glad that you were there to help it. Well done to you for that.

[@JustinCaseJustin]

You are my favorite fisherman from England . I appreciate every single video you are posting . Greetings from Romania !!! ♥🎣

[@ethangreenfield8098]

Mate I love the determination from you but it wouldn’t hurt to have a break whilst you recover and maybe upload old vids or just montages I’m sure people would understand.

[@tyrantworm7392]

Totally agree Ethan, I'm not sure on the extent of Chris' injury, but pushing too hard will both lengthen recovery time and make incomplete longterm recovery more likely.

[@willmillard83]

Chris - really big fan of your work. Mate, I've fished through many injuries and illnesses and know how it feels when you just want to get out on the bank; I can also imagine the pressure you feel as one of the most consistent YT fishing creators; but PLEASE take that bent back pike as a sign from the fishing gods that you really should be taking it easy! Your fans and audience aren't going anywhere but you could do so much harm fishing on when that break is in the process of its alignment and healing. It was tough seeing you in pain too bro!

[@EvilDwarf-pp5py]

After a lifetime of chasing the biggest bass I can I have switched gears and discovered a new found love of pike. While bass fishing I would catch pike on occasion, but never directly targeted them. Their strength and aggression is awe-inspiring. Nice job on landing some beautiful fish.

[@Onlyfoolsandfishing]

Well done Chris for catching a beauty fish! And also helping out the other one. Hopefully it’s able to live longer now🙏🏽

[@eN_No_]

what a great pike, that`s the moments of fishing you will never forget, greetings from germany

[@vinnyvtec8722]

Congrats on the beast croc! Hope your elbow gets better soon. That last fish was in a poor state and well done on educating maybe new anglers to be careful with their catch. I remember not too long after i started fishing i lost my disgorger and though 'meh, i wont need it' sods law i caught a chub deep hooked of about 2lb. I tried forcing various things down its throat to try to unhook it even though i couldnt see the hook and instead of just cutting the line, i pulled it hard and pulled its stomach and its teeth out all at the same time with blood pissing out of everywhere. It made me feel so ashamed and to this day (29 years later) i cringe about how i treated that fish because I didnt know what i was doing and didnt have the right equipment. Now i always have multiple spare disgorgers of different sizes, wire cutters, scissors, forceps and if for some reason i've lost one, i dont go fishing. We owe it to our catch to treat them as well as we can.

[@michealhand1001]

Chris well done.But is there any chance you could keep the locations secret?Thanks

[@simeonlachev2861]

Congratulations for this amazing giant and thumbs up for your respectful approach. Fish with spinal deformity like the one you have caught are actually quite common, some of them are congenital, not caused by human handling. I have seen quite a number of perches with similar twisted spine that survive for years. Wish you a speedy recovery, don’t force too much on your elbow!

[@paulsedgwick3195]

Thanks ❤👍 congrats on smashing up your group, looking forward to the final ! I’d love to watch a Vlog of you and Geroge, going on a remote adventure, fishing, together . The positivity of Geroge, and his contagious excitement would be an amazing video❤🎉🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣 Give yourself a rest, you don’t wanna do any long-term damage to that arm !!!

[@Thelastviking95]

Smiling ear to ear watching this! Wow! Insane pike Chris, well done!

[@barryuk676]

I was wincing every time you jarred your elbow that's going above and beyond for your sport, loving the use of double hooks and what a fabulous canal pike. Hope your arm gets better soon take it easy.

[@geoffsaunderson5766]

Just for a second, imagine how you would feel if ginger turned up with a great big fish vid off your water! I’d be devastated

[@simonmurphy5119]

Well done mate you deserve this fish,all the time you've put into entertaining us.

[@TJ-ss1up]

That 24lber looks like the same fish you caught a few years back that had line tethered to it. Sure its the same stretch, think you had it up by the boats last time.

[@user-vi9gw8pt9v]

No problem Chris I broke my ankle jumping over a fence too get to a fishing spot in June, tightened my boot up, fished for 2 hours no fish next day A&E for 5 hours.

[@keithwheeler8875]

That's a stonking huge pike Chris you wouldn't think pike of that size would live in a canal and well done on untangling the injured one

[@lastordersplease947]

Superb video yet again. 24lb pike was a beauty from a canal.

[@adjusted-bunny]

I have always wondered how you are able to grow such a strong ginger beard. I reckon it's the "Men Only Beard Fertilizer".

[@magic777ize]

Sorry to hear about your injury. I watch all your videos. You r a legend. My favourite YT'er.

[@petew7856]

Chris you are a remarkable angler.

[@indianatone218]

Well done some amazing catches ,so glad to see you put them back ,they are beautiful i used to love pike fishing years ago back in Yorkshire

[@gavknight8599]

Well done on the pb Chris an fair play giving the other one a second chance

[@davemellor4697]

WOW Chris thats a monster......and well landed and cared for the injured fish.

[@jakebaxtersecondnature7898]

Mega pike mate well done.and with a dodgy arm!! Shame about the other pike that's got a broken back!

[@jamesrussel1133]

Congratulations buddy, only a handful of people have ever had a twenty plus canal pike, let alone a 25, an amazing early Xmas present and a bit of Karma after your elbow break. Well done, enjoy the feeling.

[@jozsefronai9875]

Beautiful pike bud well done new pb !!! I bet your elbow feels better after that fish !!! Superb video

[@elev8dadventures-71]

What a bloody fish! and while angling with a fractured elbow! Nice work Chris

[@troutking7986]

Great video as always Chris. Sorry to hear about your elbow. I broke my radial head in a climbing accident in my mid twenties. It took over a year to really recover but left me with no pronation in my left arm. Doesn’t really impact my fishing but I urge you not to unduly stress it by lifting big pike ! and take it easy with it generally.

[@charlieneilson1239]

Superb video. Yet another of the top drawer. Well done! Hope your arm heals well. Best wishes.

[@simonfall2817]

Cracking videos, just started watching. Been pike fishing for over 30 years. It's a great experience to land a nice 20lb+. Real shame about the injured pike. Given it's condition, it might have been kinder to dispatch it. It had obviously lost an awful lot of weight. You're probably right about it being dropped. I'll never forget John Wilson dropping fish. He dropped a very large 20+ on to the gunwale of his boat. Makes me cringe just thinking about it. An absolute must when piking are multiple sets of forceps, wire cutters, disgorgers, gloves if you need them, a good net and the all important un-hooking mat. How to hold a big fish is so important. A strong grip on the jaw and a supporting hand mid way is a must. Hold the pike over the unhooking mat and don't stand up for the photo. My first 20+ was in 1985 in Chichester. 24lb 12oz. Years later at the gravel pits near Aldermaston, I landed a 32lb 04oz. Both ignored baits on rods fit for purpose. I caught both on very inadequate rods and light line.

[@MrMikeyc10]

Super fish!!!! Just love a big pike.

[@ronl7131]

Wow! Great pike! C & R. Fantastic fishing canal. Must have good forage fish.

[@MancunianToryDespiser]

That’s just jaw dropping. Just to think it could hit 30lb in a year or two. Great video. I’ll have to seek out your grass carp vid, now! Well done Chris.

[@stephenjones345]

Congratulations on the big lady, and well done looking after the other. Quick idea, my son got me an advent predator calendar from angling direct each window has some bit of kit for predator fishing, lures of all types, hooks, traces floats and ready made rigs. I think you can still get them now. It would make for a great bit of content for you to use them in the new year, and just see what you can do with them. Just an idea, hope you use it. Cheers.

[@anthonyflint5725]

Top man Chris... heart breaking state of that fish.. Well done on the giant pike .. Great videos and respect

[@darrenporter1850]

Thanks for putting them back

[@chillycheeks5318]

Clonker! Well done. All the best with the elbow!!

[@ChillinLikeAVillain1210]

Worst place to break a bone..I fractured my elbow and ended up with ulnar nerve damage on my left arms and hand. Just make sure they don't keep your cast on for longer than it's meant to be. That's What happened to me. They forgot to send an appointment card out in the post and I went 13 weeks in that cast before I rang them up to see when was meant to be off. Was only meant for 8 weeks.. Left my hand clawed up and took months of physio therapy to undo.. hopefully a speedy recovery mate

[@paulembleton3087]

Well done hope you're shoulder gets better soon and have a great Christmas thanks for all the videos you have shared all this year

[@adjusted-bunny]

Sorry to hear about your elbow. Where I come from we put marmot fat over any broken/twisted/strained/hurt bone/muscle. It works wonders!

[@paulgallacher8719]

Stunning mate what a fish no excuse for anybody not going fishing

[@mr11981]

Awesome fish bro, congrats on the pb !

[@fingersTitan]

REST YOUR ARM!! We'll be happy with some Best of 2023 compilation uploads. Get chilled and ready for the new year. Great upload and the 2nd big fish is why I subscribed.. Fish care is a must.

[@tomjones7593]

If there was a medal for fishing bravery-then you were just awarded it! Amazing-well done and get better soon !

[@simon-ec5kv]

Well done mate great video. But get that elbow rested yeah. Maybe a bit of roach fishing for a few weeks?

[@MalcolmPowder]

Snagged Bro, are you guys watching this? 😂😂😂

[@Jorgejonston]

Snag bro new video today funny 😂😂

[@TheRealFishingTackleChannle]

Jeremy spade should get in touch with Chris 😂

[@SnaggedBro]

Ginger is a fish magnet!

[@myopin1on618]

​@@SnaggedBrono he just knows what's he's doing unlike you 2 idiots give the channel up

[@joemurphy1626]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@graemesmith3117]

Great effort from you, especially with a bust elbow! Congrats on a new PB

[@TheXJRMAN]

Good save, that pike was lucky you spotted it, another chance at life! Great PB too!

[@joski9030]

That’s a beast for the canal my mate caught one about as big in our local river. Thanks for respecting the fish 🎣

[@spence4099]

Well done on your pb pike and for maybe saving the other pike 👏🎣

[@lioneldelapeche2011]

Hi Chris ! please, the bait placed on the bottom or taken off the bottom?

[@penhullwolf5070]

Mate...........respect. That is an absolute CROC of a pike from the canal.

[@robertodare7791]

Do you get Muskies over there? We get them up to 52" in a local lake . Amazing fish!

[@JLOfishing]

Great video and a good lesson for people to take care of all fish on the bank. Just shows what csn happen when handled incorrectly. Well done on the PB 👍

[@donnyrover1]

Brilliant vid as always , well you did say you wanted to catch the Jacks mother , you probably got his granny , hope the break heals quickly , have a cracking christmas

[@kevbrindle2236]

just getting in to pike fishing and find your vids to be full of excellent content,great to watch and hopefully learn some things to add to my fishing.

[@jeffoff7795]

It's really beautiful there. I love the urban canals. Great stuff.

[@StephenBanks-m8n]

Very well stated, well done! Wish there were more people around like you

[@jamie-g5p]

respect man that pike is so huge and u have an broken ellbow but u dont care u think pike here pike thre thats the spirit but look out for ur ellbow btw

[@noisemunga7845]

Mate, you probably shouldn't have been fishing with that injury but damn, that was an awesome session. Real shame about the pike at the end but you did your best and that's all anyone can ask. Shame I can't make any videos about my favourite areas to fish. The locals would absolutely have my guts for garters. Great video dude. Keep up the good work but make sure you rest that elbow!

[@craigmansfield238]

Cracking big pike that pal, shame about the other one. Hope you're on the mend soon. Keep em coming. 😊

[@morgan1985uk]

Rocking the fish with Carl jumper 👍🏻

[@szabolaszlo2805]

Well done Chris! What a monster! This is the same pike what you had back in 2020 at 20lb. I caught this fish last december at 22.04, glad to see its healthy and still going up in weight.

[@samdieselpower]

It is actually a different fish. This fish has been in the 24lb area for over a year. Plus its missing a pectoral fin which the other one isn't. I am sure of this as I have close up photos of them both.

[@szabolaszlo2805]

@@samdieselpowerif you check his video from 2020 when the pike takes his rat, there you can see when Chris releases the fish it’s missing the fin, looks more like a twig, so as this one. You can only see that when he releases the fish as it’s on the left.

[@paulroper1729]

Great content. Quick q, any chance the fish with the broken back will survive? Would it perhaps have been better to put it out it's misery? Genuine question... I'm no pike expert.

[@anthonyheywood5519]

Hi Chris, the float you used ! Was it running straight to the swivel to the trace , or did you have any stop knots on it for the depth of water ? Thank you. 😊

[@davebrunette6394]

Awesome pike! You're in a pike fishing paradise! I live in the US, northeast Wisconsin. The smallmouth bass fishing is so good here that i haven't fished for pike in a long time, but after watching some of your videos I'm going to start fishing pike again.

[@shovelhead4558]

Dam shame to see the injured pike fair play and a nice PB great fishing.

[@welshhunter7284]

As always Chris a cracking session and a beauty of a big girl Top Angling

[@cliveeariss880]

So So true, fish first, great video, well done mate, im stuffed with a chest infection, not been out for what seems like years, all the best, give that arm a rest, catch you later.

[@ewouthagdorn7872]

can you please for the love of every angler, start not only weighing but also measuring the fish? pleeeaaase? another great video, such an awesome big pike! and with a broken elbow too. hats off to you

[@mickibbett2120]

Wow Chris. Only one arm. Well done my man! LEGEND!👍

[@frankvandoorn]

An absolute stunner pike! Well done!

[@seanflkelly66]

Lovely catch no better feeling than landing a 20+ in the net

[@anthonystorey2953]

Well done i enjoyed watching your pb !

[@alphaomega4893]

Well done buddy. 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 Congratulations on your PB. A high to a low. 😢

[@djpedz6967]

Congrats to your stunning 1.round at YPC UK! 🎉

[@jitsmen2519]

I’ve watched only 2 of your videos so far and in both you’ve captured lightning in a bottle. First was pike on a pike on a pike. And this one-PB pike and that poor pike that was rescued by you. Amazing work mate!

[@ecklestone8736]

Hé fishing friend What was the length of that 24 pounder? What a awesome fish

[@83wimmeke]

Hi!!! Ivm from Belgium... TOTAL respect to what you do. With your broken elbow. And how you handle, and talk about these beautfull majestic animals... RESPECT!!!

[@baldvale5418]

Congratulations, it couldn't have happened to a nicer person. That Pike was MA-HOO-SIVE even more so as it was from the local cut.

[@mickwalsh8136]

Chris you really are an inspiration, all anglers should follow your ethos, congrats on your pb maneater ,would it have been kinder on this one occasion to put the injured pike out of its misery as it obviously wasn't feeding well enough ??

[@owencullinane6600]

Absolute ledgend still catching while hurt nothing stops chris

[@wayofthewicked]

that's one good session of fishin' there mate. very nice catches indeed :)

[@garykellett66]

Big respect and congrats to a canal monster

[@raygrange7312]

Great fish Chris. Well done.

[@ThomasQuigley-b1b]

Big smiles from here man. Very Good wishes to you. I own a wild life preserve on the Wolf River in Wisconsin. It has zebra mussels so people have used super line for years now. Thanks for being helping that fish. I have so much gear and just...

[@theabandonedhunter3604]

Wow!!!! What a Pike, well done Chris! 👏 the other pike was disturbing as you say people need to be careful! Top video mate …. Smithy

[@jasonjones6463]

Powerful film Chris. Credit to you for showing the dark side too.

[@williammcnab6159]

Good on ya Mate, you are the best looking after all fish.

[@karlcook7881]

Congratulations on your PB it was a cracking fish and another great video 🎣🎣

[@robertkirk1983]

Such a high followed by such a low. Congrats on the new PB, chris. What a specimen pike for canal and with a broken elbow 😮 It's so sad to see pike shortly after.

[@paulthebeardedonedowning6820]

well done mate congrats on the beast and the education on handling anything that can help people look after the fish is a plus it amazes me how fish can survive with injuries I've caught completely blind pike in the past caught that fish twice you could tell it had some age to it large head small skinny body but was doing well and one that had some sort of back injury was only small but boomerang shaped was still feeding and fought the same as a healthy fish.

[@Brad-VzZ]

what a beast of a pike! nicely done mate!