Deadbaiting Windermere in Search of Pike

A really enjoyable video to film and fish this one, we manage a couple of pristine windermere pike on a beautiful Autumn day, I hope you enjoy this video and as always I'd really appreciate if you could give a like or subscribe if you like the content, many thanks and tight lines! :)
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[@davidhudson7590]

Any fish beats none buddy think fishing your always learning enjoyed vid new sub

[@fishingandherping7681]

Thanks mate! Really appreciate you watching and subscribing :)

[@richardweatherby5806]

Thanks luke for another great video it brought back great memories of me my father and grandad fishing windermere from the bank at the saw mill you could almost touch the steamers as they went passed keep the video's coming thanks

[@fishingandherping7681]

Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed the video I appreciate you watching, yeah those ferries come close I had the net washed up by their wake a few times haha

[@peterblair8201]

Any local lads that fish Windermere know how hard it can be , you have to put days and days in different swims and learn which fish best at what time of year. Any swim can produce a 20 . That stretch of lake gets fished a lot now so maybe harder to get a 20 from. Good vid 👍

[@fishingandherping7681]

Thanks mate, yeah I haven't had a lake district 20 yet so I really fancy grinding one out of there this season, fingers crossed :)

[@L4WNY..]

One of the few places that if ya went home empty handed you can still say you've had a great time!

[@fishingandherping7681]

Completely agree mate :)

[@ianmiller1879]

new to your channel and am loving it. cheers 4 posting, i look 4ward to watch more.

[@fishingandherping7681]

Thanks mate, appreciate you watching the vids glad you like them :)

[@roblaidlaw6508]

Cracking little video. Enjoyed that

[@fishingandherping7681]

Thanks mate, appreciate you watching :)

[@mrskint55]

Nice to see you catch some pike ,can’t be that easy in such a large water well done 👍I had a great days pike fishing a few weeks ago caught 3 lost about 8 they were going mad on worms .

[@fishingandherping7681]

Thanks mate, yeah it's a proper buzz catching them from such a big water :) Good to hear you had a few yourself, tight lines :)

[@jazztom]

Nice videos the shots are very nicely framed , and fishing is great too . Happy to subscribe

[@fishingandherping7681]

Thankyou! glad you enjoyed the video and I appreciate you subscribing :)

[@lukebean634]

Really enjoyed this video mate was a good watch 🐊

[@fishingandherping7681]

Thanks mate, appreciate you watching, glad you liked it :)

[@familyfishinggb8178]

Good video 👍 watched that lake escapes episode a few times as well as bang average / adventure fishing uk’s and it get me in the mood to get out 🎣 but blanked every time while after pike so far on there. Going to give it a go again in the boat in Nov 🤞

[@fishingandherping7681]

Yeah good episode that one but I never do that well, don't worry I've had plenty of blanks on here too haha but hopefully you'll smash em in November :)

[@bigbrobunny]

Nice vid that mate. Good tip re the paperclip. Never seen that, so will try it. Thanks!

[@fishingandherping7681]

Thanks mate :) Yeah a few times I've been saved by the old paper clip trick.

[@RickTOutdoorAdventure1969]

Nice film fella 👍

[@fishingandherping7681]

Thanks mate! :)

[@christeague7596]

Great video..that...enjoyed it...

[@fishingandherping7681]

Cheers mate, thanks for watching :)

[@Steve_Hixxy]

We were up on the boat that day fishing the south basin . Was a mint day . Got some great drone footage. Good vid pal 👍🏻

[@fishingandherping7681]

Ah I think I saw that were you in a little orkney with a cuddy? How did you get on? Thanks for watching! :)

[@Steve_Hixxy]

@@fishingandherping7681 yea that was us pal . Not great we had 1 fish about 12lbs mate . Nice day though

[@fishingandherping7681]

@@Steve_Hixxy Ah nice to get a double though :) Tight lines

[@2605kieran]

First video I've watched of yours. Top bloke. I'm an angler from Cambridgeshire. Subscribed 👍

[@fishingandherping7681]

Thanks mate, appreciate you watching and subscribing, tight lines :)

[@jonathonbellard2080]

Good vid though lads 👍

[@djp4206]

Fair play mate i was the lad on the jetty there is a huge pike under there adventure fishing has probably told you the same ive lost it twice 😢

[@fishingandherping7681]

Ah cheers for watching and subbing mate, yeah that story you told is definitely gonna get me back in that swim!

[@mikehayle5005]

Nice one pal

[@fishingandherping7681]

Cheers mate 👍

[@paulknowles9745]

Great video I've yet to fish a "big" water for pike but I would definitely use eel deadbait and pop at least one up

[@fishingandherping7681]

Thanks mate, proper buzz fishing waters this big for pike :) yeah eel is a good shout as then theres no bother with eel takes either.

[@kerrypitt9789]

Back when I used to fish for Pike with hard tackle and bait, we used to use a wire leader with a large 2/0 hook on each end and then fish a smell on it under a bobber. It was fun for awhile but they were not hard to catch. Eventually I put the hard tackle and bait away and now I fish them in shallow water with deer hair Frogs and Mice. The explosion is very worthy of time spent!

[@fishingandherping7681]

Nice, yeah I bet those takes are ace!

[@kerrypitt9789]

@@fishingandherping7681 if you ever want to try Pike that way, I'll send some poppers.

[@fishingandherping7681]

@@kerrypitt9789 Thanks mate, yeah I'd love to! :)

[@stephenhollinrake916]

Fished a big res as a young lad in lancs ,,, only once in a while you would catch loads if pike in a session usually after days of silver fishing mabe we attracted so many silvers over the days that it drew lots if pike in ,,, .

[@fishingandherping7681]

Yeah could well be mate, finding those bait shoals can be key :)

[@japanesefishingadventures]

Only just managed to get round to watching this and didn’t know you’d posted!! What a superb video and class effort I have to admit hats off and that’s such a class spot! RE Mr Burton…..think the days of big Windermere pike are somewhere behind us! They’re definitely still in there but not in the numbers - probably down to the reduced number of shoal fish in the lake as a whole! Regardless great video !!

[@fishingandherping7681]

Cheers for watching mate appreciate it, yeah belting spot that, it does seem like the general consensus agrees with your theory but so long as there's still some big girls in there I'm gonna be there chasing em :) Tight lines!

[@johnmaskell5124]

Nice vid! I am looking forward to a couple of days on the bank there this winter. I might try using a bait boat this time to get at least one deadbait in very deep water and also to place some chopped mackerel around the bait, maybe with added scent. The dream would be a 20lb+! I had two good sessions there last year with one double and also a huge Ferox Trout which engulfed a whole mackerel, which was a surprise! I also had a huge pike follow my bait in. I only noticed it when I lifted my bait out of the water and it's jaws opened. It is hard to tell but it looked massive, at least 15-20lbs. I was shaking!

[@fishingandherping7681]

Wow those are the stories which keep up going back mate :) sounds great, also there's spots on windermere you can fish where a cast gets your bait into atleast 30ft of water so I'd say you probably wouldn't need a bait boat :)

[@johnmaskell5124]

@@stephenellison2472 I didn't weigh it but at least 7lbs I'd say. I will have to dig the photo out again to have another look. It went off like a steam train when I hooked it! To be honest I wasn't sure what it was when I first landed it. It must have been a ferox but seemed paler than most I have seen in photos.

[@fishingandherping7681]

@@johnmaskell5124 Yeah I think they are quite pale from windermere someone I know had one at 6lb and that was fairly pale creamy coloured, good fish :)

[@stephenellison2472]

@@johnmaskell5124 not like this

[@A.pisces1989]

Haven't fished Windermere in years!! Lovely place, just too many people for my liking

[@fishingandherping7681]

It really is and yeah I've found the same but much better in winter that's for sure :)

[@NellyRL]

great video mate. where abouts is this fishing spot located in windmere and is it free?

[@fishingandherping7681]

Thanks mate, I believe there is a permit to pay to the windermere angling assosciation, I didn't pay it because I've registered my boat to fish on windermere which i assume covers it, hope that helps :)

[@aaronbanks7953]

You'd catch more/bigger fish spinning in the right places ,

[@fishingandherping7681]

Appreciate the advice mate but I'm not sure I'd agree with you for the deep marks in winter but I'd try anything at this point haha

[@peterstorey393]

This is a good tip luke eels don't eat eels if you fish them your bait will not be pestered that is my experience on Scottish lochs give it a go

[@fishingandherping7681]

Thanks mate, I was actually thinking I wonder if that will work while on this session, never used eels as deadbaits but I'll give it a go :)

[@eddieob4795]

Lamprey eels the best for big pike

[@fishingandherping7681]

@@eddieob4795 Thanks, I've always favoured smelt but I have to say I've never fished with eel or lamprey so I'll give em a go :)

[@MrDanp78]

Not sure about the regulations on Windermere but a lot of lakes in the Lake District are sea baits only. Always wonder how Lamphrey are categorised, must be caught in an estuary coming into a river and maybe eels also? Never fancied having the discussion if i was checked so i stick to tradtional sea baits. Nice video 👍

[@fishingandherping7681]

@@MrDanp78 Yeah I feel the same, I stick with smelt which is my favourite sea bait just to be safe but I fish a water down in wales which is sea baits only and they don't allow lamprey or eels. I had thought about fishing eels on windermere tbh because then I'd get less bothered by eels taking the baits hopefully

[@conga7754]

go on then I'm subscribed. get yourself down the fens mate. wild and flat but some great big fat green pigs with teeth swimming about.

[@fishingandherping7681]

Appreciate that mate! I've always wanted to fish the fens my dad grew up there and used to fish em, nice zander there too right, bucket list stuff :)

[@jonathangillan7698]

Red nabbing is were I fish in summer and autumn fished it 3times had 3 20s biggest 27

[@fishingandherping7681]

Great tip thanks mate!

[@jonathonbellard2080]

Don’t mean to sound negative but I fished it solid for the last five seven years and I feel like I turned up late. I heard people did really well about a decade ago and maybe earlier. Just feels like somethings changed of course they still in !!

[@fishingandherping7681]

Yeah heard the same story mate but I actually saw a 22lber come out a few weeks after this video came out so they're definitely still in there :)

[@DavidScobie]

Blast from the past that swim I've fished off the jetty beside you back in the early 2000s when I lived across in England. Unfortunately Eels can be a pain in the arse you'll find soft baits like sardines will have a screamer of a run but then when you get the bait back there will be a perfect semi circle nipped out of the belly. Eels will annoy you fishing at night buddy even popped up baits and lives get attention from Eels.

[@fishingandherping7681]

Nice, yeah the eels are troublesome but I suppose they atleast give some excitement it beats looking at motionless rods I suppose haha

[@kevinkirby9002]

Hi mate were do you park for that swim thanks

[@fishingandherping7681]

Hi bud, there isn't the best parking for it unfortunately so I spoke to some guys that were doing some building work nearby and they let me park amongst their work trucks then I walked through the forest to the swim :)

[@thomasj008]

What strength line you using

[@fishingandherping7681]

65lb braid with 80lb mono rubbing leader mate :)

[@ryan976david]

It’s Windermere, nothing else. Calling it “Lake” is the same as saying Lake Winderlake 😂😂😂😂😂

[@fishingandherping7681]

Aye I've heard that before but I can't stop doing it 😂

[@justinsteel6360]

Love the chill atmosphere and honesty of your fihing. Just subbed. Fish safe mate 🤝

[@fishingandherping7681]

Thanks mate, I'm glad you enjoy the videos and I appreciate you subscribing! :)