Chub lure fishing with small cranks!

Chub lure fishing - Take a look at my new lure set up, which is perfect for chub, trout and perch.
Reel - Daiwa Legalis 1500
Rod - Sonk LightTec spin 1-8g
Braid - Sufix Nanobraid 3.7kg/8lb/0.08mm
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[@deeh_hydrated4944]

This is probably one of the most honest videos I've seen for a while! Massive thanks for sharing matey! Thigh lines!!!

[@riverpiker]

Glad you enjoyed it mate apreciate the comments. If you stick around and watch some more videos you'll see that this is how i am. Just trying to be honest and helpful and maybe help a few people catch some fish and have a bit of fun along the way. cheers

[@shaundawson5639]

great video just staring out lure fishing helped me out a bit thanks

[@giopescasassari]

Very very compliments ! NIC lures

[@riverpiker]

thanks

[@barriewatson]

Nice to see you fishing for lots of different species of fish, we'll done, nice video.

[@riverpiker]

cheers Barrie. I'm a bit of a lure nut and since there's not many predators I'm often limited. Will be doing some more species over then next 12 months for sure. Plenty of pike as usual but will keep mixing it up a bit.

[@freyastandostuff8642]

Keep up the great work 🎉

[@jayflynn9832]

Just woke from a good dream and caught a chub :) A 7 inch chub

[@riverpiker]

Ha ha nice one mate

[@huntnfishnuts5880]

That was a nice chub. I don't think there's much a chub won't eat. I use small lures like that for pond fishing for bass. It's tougher later in the season as the weed grows so fast three very little clear water to fish unless you fish the big lakes. Love the topwater fishing though. Nice one Paul.

[@riverpiker]

yeah you are right they will eat anything. do you have chub over there then?

[@huntnfishnuts5880]

+River Piker there is a smaller species of chub here. Creek chub and river chub but they don't grow very large. 6 inch would be a large one. They are popular for bait for pike and Muskie. Did not have chub in Ireland either. Are they in Europe or just England? Never seen any other video only from the UK.

[@riverpiker]

Yes they have chub in Europe but i'm not sure myself how big or where etc.

[@samwcs0]

Well done Paul 👍

[@riverpiker]

cheers Sam

[@gearnobz1540]

Yep this video has inspired me to fish for chub!

[@brad6155]

I prefer chub to pike, great fighters. Caught a 6 pound 12 one on a canal last year. Pure luck mate haha.

[@riverpiker]

They are a lovely fish Brad and especially if you get one that big, that's a brute pal. :)

[@riverpiker]

I think Ady has one like that he uses for perch, I'll have to pinch it! lol

[@craigpix2000]

great video mate

[@riverpiker]

cheers Craig. Hope you are well pal. you been getting much fishing done?

[@DomFishingUK]

i dont know why people seem to think perch and chub are fussy when it comes to lure fishing, ive had chub on large roach dead baits and 19cm lip lures lots on 3" jigs and small cranks every time its been with 40lb wire haha

[@riverpiker]

Yeah I've had a couple on the 19cm lip lure, they love em!

[@ThePulzeGamer]

Perch are most un fussy fish i think haha u catch them on any lure line or trace its great :)

[@BUSHCRAPPING]

i think they can be fussy when baitfishing but when the predator button switches on in their head they are fussy like most predators.

[@hedgehog3900]

You had to do it didnt you.Been tench minded all summer with a little great ouse piking and you do a vid about my favourite fish.Thats it then,chub in the head now.

[@riverpiker]

My pleasure pal! lol

[@aryanares965]

A tip : you can watch movies at flixzone. Me and my gf have been using them for watching loads of movies these days.

[@westleyduncan1379]

@Aryan Ares yea, been using Flixzone for since december myself :D

[@emaiden96EM]

Great vid paul

[@riverpiker]

cheers Ed. :)

[@ukpiker8634]

wow nice chub!

[@riverpiker]

Thanks buddy. There's more about but i only managed the one but happy with that fish.

[@kevinwoolner954]

Ever tried surface lures for chub , great fun

[@ERICTHEKING68]

Cheers was just wondering

Beautiful dumpling :)

[@riverpiker]

thanks mate. Was very happy with that is was a good fish for this river.

[@dieangeln]

Nice Chub.

[@riverpiker]

thanks Dietmar

[@chrisdixon6062]

Hàd my first chub today on lure, my second only chub

[@riverpiker]

Well done matey, many more to come now

[@ghopkins1974]

What’s the name of that first plug you get out of your lure box, the jointed hand made one? Cheers.

[@thaister88]

that thing is huge clubs in my river are like 5in long max

[@riverpiker]

It's a nice fish mate was very happy with it. In Yorkshire a 5lb chub is a good fish but some parts of UK they go bigger. Must be some better chub somewhere on your water, keep searching bud

[@DonOneBryson]

I think this lads a yank, and the chub hes referring to is a creek chub that does only get to about 6inch max. Its a species of minnow. Youll have to come over to europe if ye wanna catch this species of chub mate.

[@ethanrush4562]

great video again :) how could i get hold of a small yogi because they are perfect for my perch fishing.

[@mindaugasbrokorius8460]

not bad video ,for people's ho gone start catching Chubb ;-)

[@riverpiker]

thanks buddy. yeah it's a good starting point. I've not really fished for them as much as I had planned. took ages for the new rod and reel to come. Might have to try and sneak another summer trip soon.

[@stevedonaghy3832]

Paul, trout season is coming up soon and I was wondering if u r going to b making any trouts vids.thanks👍

[@riverpiker]

Yes Steve we will be doing one or two im sure. bud

[@andydunnock8114]

I would always take a net, you never know when you might need it. Nicely landed though!

[@riverpiker]

Problem for me is I have two bags, lure bag and camera bag. Then I have my rod and also a tripod. If I had a net too it would be a nightmare to carry it all. I can hand land most of the chub but the problem with not having a net is that some swims I cannot fish because if I hooked one I couldn't then land it. So yes you are right Andy.

[@andydunnock8114]

River Piker I go between taking as little as possible to taking the kitchen sink. I know what you mean...

[@riverpiker]

If you don't take it, you need it and if you take it with you then you never use it! lol

[@andydunnock8114]

River Piker True. Sweet when you get it just right.

[@riverpiker]

I never do though. Same with coats. Leave it in the car, it gets cold and rains. Put it on and sun comes out and I sweat my tits off! lol

[@jamieeasdown4961]

Cracking videos mate. What would you recommend for shallow weedy rivers? I have been catching chub on floating bread crust but would like to try with lures. The trouble is there is a lot of surface weed as well. Are there any good weedless lures to use on or just below the surface?

[@riverpiker]

Hi Jamie. Surface lures for chub, you can sometimes find very small popper which are good. There are also tiny frogs same as the bigger bass/pike frogs and they are weedless. I'm sure eBay s the place to look or also may be try lurefactors as I'm sure Mark had some frogs on there last year.

[@rroso5rr]

COOL

[@benparker2763]

Where do you get the yogies from pleas

[@stevedonaghy3477]

In ur opinion Is there a big difference between yogis and jointed shad raps and if there isn't y do u not use Rapala jointed shad raps for trout?

[@riverpiker]

Difference is mainly size. Even the 4cm shad rap is bulkier than the yogi. I have caught trout on the shad raps though, even 5cm size. The other main difference is the noise of a shad rap where a yogi is small. To be honest i'm not sure if that puts the trout off or not though. My trout box does ave one 4cm shad rap in it but mostly i would use the smaller profile or smaller size lures for trout. I'm fishing for sport so i want to catch plenty and so i try to suit the lure size to the fish I expect to catch in the smaller river. Trout though, especially the larger ones, will take big lures. Ask Ady how many he's had on 6 inch jerk baits, they are crazy. We've had a little dabble at trout this year and so far it was slow. Funnily enough, because were not catching much, Ady was using a yogi so i put on my jointed shad rap to see if that made a difference. Neither of us caught many still.

[@stevedonaghy3477]

Thanks for the feedback

[@cgj2027]

River Piker so you would use a smaller lure for trout

[@salvlicata9899]

Nice m8

[@riverpiker]

cheers bud ;)

[@c4explosive]

Love your vid

[@SJ3ree]

nice vid 🎣

[@Kingslizzer49]

Great video brotha, btw how is the aqua camo line, is it very visible in the water ?

[@riverpiker]

cheers buddy. If they are selling it as camo i can see mine! lol doesn't bother me though. It's pretty thin diameter so not much visible anyway but it's not exactly camo

[@MarkCarp]

nice video again paul, just been reading the comments, I guess I've half seen the answer to this question but i'll ask anyway, why the preference for small cranks over the rubber lures like the kopyto?.

[@riverpiker]

Cheers Mark. I feel like I am lure fishing more with a crank than I do with soft shad. Probably just something daft only me thinks but that's one reason. I find soft shads a bit more boring and I prefer to swap and change cranks to try and suit the swims and crank, twitch and jerk to get a fish. The cranks do end up having their own little characteristics where a softie either sinks like a brick cos you have a heavy jig on, or sinks like a smaller brick if you have a lighter jig head on. lol Other than that, the other reason is they do catch a load of fish and often when softies just don't seem to work. Wait until you see next weeks video where cranks totally out fish the softies. Though it is horses for courses and some things a soft shad does a crank can't. Also i've got this weird thing where I don't always go fishing to catch. I go fishing to catch on a lure and then it can be a certain lure. I've gone fishing some days and used one lure. Deep down my tactical head says do this or that and you will catch, but my fun head says have a play with this lure and if you do catch that is a top result. I've caught fish before, probably not the most or not the biggest ever but I don't always just fish to catch. Yeah i know, i'm weird. lol

[@MarkCarp]

River Piker I wouldn't say weird paul, it is a bit boring doing the same thing over and over again, for most of us we don't mind and just want to catch, I just see you as being at a more advanced stage of lure fishing than most, you know you can catch so you're looking for other ways to put fish on the bank and keep it interesting. You never know you may stumble across a killer method during your experiments?. 😁

[@riverpiker]

Yeah mate, you actually do. I never think I know everything and always keep trying new things. We haven't figured out fish by a long way. There's loads of techniques i've never tried too.

[@darkojovanovic112]

Where can I find those Yogi lures

[@ThePulzeGamer]

Lovely video paul, how much is that bag ? i wish summer was bit longer id love to go chub fishing !!!

[@riverpiker]

It was about £25 i think Nial, won't have been expensive as i'm tight. lol. Lurelounge had some, have a look there.

[@ThePulzeGamer]

River Piker Yeah i will need one for these perch make it alot easier on myself :) ill have a look

[@jackfilby1388]

I'm new to lures fishing what size jig head do you use for a 3 inch lure

[@fishingandhunting8325]

can you do a video on all your fishing gear

[@punkmus1]

and dont be shy to make it extra long and in depth

[@riverpiker]

cheers lads, good idea. May be that is something I could do. Keep the ideas coming! ;)

[@fishingandhunting8325]

+River Piker thanks I live videos about fishing gear you should come to irland and try fishing some of the lough and lakes you should also try sea fishing

[@riverpiker]

I have a couple of invites to go to Ireland I just need to find some cash to help send me there. It will happen one day I promise. Sea fishing is something we looked at but we've been struggling to free up a date to go.

[@fishingandhunting8325]

+River Piker ok thanks you and ta fishing should do a video together

[@stevedonaghy3832]

Good video paul 👍, why do you not use the savage gear line through trouts anymore when your pike fishing?

[@riverpiker]

cheers Steve. Honest answer, they don't excite me as much as some other lures. What you will notice about most of my lures, same in this video, I prefer to use lures where I'm twitching, jerking and having to do something to make it dance. The line thru trout are a fantastic fish replica, but you cast it out and wind it in (speed it up slow it down if you want) and that doesn't excite me as much. Another reason is I have three and I need to make new traces for them and I haven't been arsed to sort them out. I will do though at some point and I was also thinking of how or if I could rig them differently. I have also just bought a new line thru in a smaller size to use on a small pike set up I just bought so expect to see that one at least, when i start pike fishing again. cheers

[@stevedonaghy3832]

+River Piker i have 3 of the 15cm trouts too, haven't really used them but they're apparently very good for small pike.got a 20cm and excited to get out with it,thanks👍

[@riverpiker]

They look a perfect bait for smaller pike and I expect they will catch plenty of fish. But still a nice size to snag a big pike if they are about. Also on places that are pressured a small natural looking lure might work over a big noisy burt, for example.

[@LiamJProduction]

If you live close to hull can I fish with you at Beverly beck please

[@riverpiker]

Hi Liam. I'm about an hour away. Problem is I get 3 or 4 request to fish with me every week and I just can't fit everyone in. what I will do at some point is a lure day where we can all meet up and fish together, that way I can fish with lots of you. I'll have a think and try and sort one soon.

[@K40water1]

I'm sorry but it's very hard for me to understand what you are saying. I mean no offense to that statement. I like what you know about fishing though.

[@riverpiker]

where are you from Kevin? dodgy accents eh!

[@grahamh1967]

Wankastrian? lol

[@BUSHCRAPPING]

river pikers accent doesnt even sound that broad to me lol

[@ERICTHEKING68]

Would salmon go for those lures

[@riverpiker]

I'm no expert on salmon but can't see why they wouldn't. I've read they like straight retrieve lures. So a spinner for example. But I see them being caught on a few lures, from small plugs right up to big pike lures, though if you are targeting them I wouldn't use the big pike lures. Lures like the Flying C are a favourite for many salmon anglers. I've only ever caught one and it was on a copper blue fox spinner.

[@ShubExplores]

What size reel is that Daiwa legalis bud?

[@riverpiker]

its the 1500 Sam. really nice reel enjoyed using it and its not a stupid price either

[@markovasiljevic5058]

Where did you get those Yogies?

[@riverpiker]

Are you in the UK Marko? I have a few in my webshop

[@markovasiljevic5058]

Such a pity im from Eastern Europe :/ But im pretty sure i could find some that lookalike like that one, keep up the good videos adn tight lines mate! :)

[@riverpiker]

Those lures are made in EE so check out Yogi lures on facebook and im sure he would send you some.

[@markovasiljevic5058]

River Piker Holy fuck i thought that we are talking about different companies, Yogi lures are made in my country by good old master Jocko!

[@riverpiker]

Ah nice. you are sorted then. Mostly i use the 5cm jointed yogi bur 4cm is good too and I have some 6cm which are ace for perch.

[@hedgehog3900]

You had to do it didnt you.Been tench minded all summer with a little great ouse piking and you do a vid about my favourite fish.Thats it then,chub in the head now.