Every UK Freshwater Fish Filmed Underwater

Footage of every single freshwater fish species in Britain filmed over the course of 7 years. Jack traveled across England, Scotland and Wales to film these species using various specialist techniques.
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[@googleisshittoss]

Beautiful video. I'm an angler, and often get asked "Why do you fish, if you just put them back?"...This is why

[@bluesteno64]

This, this is what we need more of. People don’t appreciate the native fish in an area and showcasing them like this brings more attention to these beautiful animals. Thank you for doing this project, you are amazing 💙 I’m not from the UK, And several species shown here are invasive to the US. It’s really nice to see the native habitat for these animals

[@ianthomas1060]

Brilliant. I'm a freshwater angler, love it, well done.

[@jakemarsh2122]

this guy is actually a legend, spent my hole life fishing the rivers... n now i know whats occurin down bellow ahaha

[@JohnyG29]

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[@eldoncollins7254]

Ayup mate I spoke to you earlier today at Idle Valley Nature Reserve, I've just checked out some of your vids on You Tube. Very impressed, I immediately subscribed. Amazing quality, keep up the good work.

[@JackPWMedia]

Nice one cheers!

[@carljubb]

Awesome footage!

[@LordBransty]

Can't thank you enough for this. Incredible work!

[@OutRAjious]

Good to see there are still some large shoals….. thanks 😊

[@chrisoutdoors82]

Well done what an achievement, brilliant watch 👍👍👍

[@garygranato9164]

+1

[@MeFloody]

A job well done, Jack. I'll keep this video to calm me for when the world is getting up my nose.

[@fa0676]

Brilliant work Jack. As an angler, its astounding to see just how many species actually exist in UK waters. Thanks. :)

[@hobouk3871]

Yes we should be taking care of these brilliant UK fish species in both fesh and salt water :)

[@BradyMcLean]

most are invasive

[@bloemkoolendestreetgang450]

This is really beautiful footage, great compilation Kudos from the netherlands

[@albionangling]

This is an unbelievable piece of work

[@andrewtgrimm]

Beautiful, many thanks

[@portcullis5622]

Wonderful achievement. I am sure that I will watch this many times. Interesting that the scientific name for chub has changed in recent years. The sun bleak is a species that I had not even heard of. I presume that they are relatively new to UK waters. I also presume that the migratory houting is now considered extinct in UK waters (I know it was critically endangered the last time I checked). My old 'PG Tips' teacards book of freshwater fish (1950s) also listed the two American species of black bass (large and small mouthed) as introductions, but I have never heard of any being seen or caught, so I guess that they failed to breed successfully and died out (like the huchen that were supposedly introduced to the Thames about a century ago).

[@JackPWMedia]

Yes chub has changed not sure when, erm sunbleak have been around a few years mostly in somerset. houting yes they are long gone now. as for the two american bass I think they died out in the 50s/60s. interesting to know they tried to huchen in the thames!

[@portcullis5622]

@@JackPWMedia Thanks for the prompt and informative reply. I have read a few references, in old books, to the stocking of huchen in the Thames (mainly in John Bailey's books). The Victorians and Edwardians loved to move species around (and they also loved to split species to create 'new' ones!). I have just found a fascinating film on KZbin about the last ditch efforts (in Denmark) to save the houting from extinction. Only seen the first five minutes so far, but I think they estimate that there are about 7000 left. So, there is still time to save the species, if only the habitat can be improved (never easy with migratory species, of course). If the allis shad is managing to hang on in UK rivers, hopefully, the fortunes of the houting can be reversed in northern Europe. It is a beautiful species.

[@CasualYugiStuff]

So many fishing memories came back to me watching this video..! Thank you! 👏🏼

[@markmcauley8229]

European sturgeon! A quick google tells me they’re more endangered than the black rhino!

[@skunkhead2007]

uk was offered some stock from andalucian rivers and western french rivers that big one in bordeux these fish were supposed to be stocked to wye seven and now these days they could stock to humber ouse trent rivers..the reason why the uk declined is that removal of dams and weirs is a costly thing and constructing fish passes for fish that dont leap their way up river like salmon also small fortunes so if they did stock strugeon and spend money this would then enable shads both speacies and all freshwater breeding mullets to migrate up rivers ....but they didnt do it

[@rraqua1279]

But not the white rhino ☹︎

[@mattevans923]

@@skunkhead2007 You know you’re stuff !

[@mineself8140]

Astonishing piece of work. Really well put together, with so many fish that most of us would missed. Your work has become the definitive guide to the freshwater fish environs. Unfortunately, here in Ireland, we are starting to see some Pacific Pink Salmon on the west coast rivers, apparently coming down from Norway. If they get to Scotland you may have another one to add to your collection. Brilliant, Brilliant work Jack.

[@JackPWMedia]

Yes I was told about the pink salmon have they turned up this year?

[@steveng666]

What an amazing achievement Jack well done, great to see all these fish in their natural habitat 👍

[@markmcauley8229]

This is fantastic. You must have brilliant patience

[@graemebrown1191]

Fantastic Sir, Thankyou✌. I'm glad I Googled before commenting. Well researched👏👏👏👏

[@anglingtrustfreshwaterteam2853]

Awesome achievement!

[@paulgaskell1931]

Phenomenal achievement Jack. Just outstanding. Paul.

[@zrpyker]

had no idea we had fresh water bass!

[@JackPWMedia]

its the same species we get in the sea just can enter freshwater

[@curt3494]

Fantastic piece of work.

[@deaganachomarunacathasaigh4344]

This was amazingly done. Mental how Ireland is right beside The uk and we don't have many of the fish in this video. I'd love if someone did this for Ireland too. Beautiful vid

[@martinquarton184]

Stunning.

[@peterashford838]

Fantastic! Thank you for sharing it with us Jack. 😀😀😀

[@robertfletcher3421]

This is absolutely wonderful you have given something here to the world. Thank you.

[@daphnia-magna]

Enjoyed watching this video and certainly will watch it again. It is very educational and well-filmed. Bravo!!!

[@spex357]

Excellent work Jack.

[@TezukuriLure]

Greatest work Jack. Thanks for posting here🤩👍

[@ingapeck]

Special thanks for providing Latin fish names to an international audience!

[@JackPWMedia]

Yes I thought that would be a good idea no worries!

[@maggropaint1364]

Love seeing this peaceful underwater footage😍

[@natureisallpowerful]

Some effort and dedication that mate

[@reedy9093]

Wow mate that's an incredible video you have made here much respect for the amount of dedication it must of been in 7 years 👏 👍

[@paulwillis949]

This is Fabulous - Thank you and the Music composer -So very much

[@narcosisnick7983]

Great work. What dedication!

[@petelongrs]

Fantastic video, thanks.

[@bbr9707]

Thank you for make it this .... so relaxing!

[@AM-fq5to]

good job man, beautiful work

[@nigelsimms5504]

Nice one Jack,I had never even heard of some of these let alone seem them,brilliant.

[@illustrious55]

Incrdible, to get all those in 7 years you have been very VERY lucky, amazing work.

[@smokinpeteread]

Saw your work on Springwatch 2019 - absolutely bowled over - live just across the road from Dorset Stour, and would love to see it from your viewpoint

[@carlmarkwyatt]

Fascinating, thank you.

[@UKFishCam]

This is amazing, good job

[@mrmaje1]

What are the brown trout attacking..bleak? minnnows? Excellent video, I came here after seeing a write up in the I newspaper.

[@JackPWMedia]

Small roach

[@brendenbreeden1901]

Thanks dude this is really vaulble info.

[@accountnotinuse1535]

I almost cried at 13:55.

[@portcullis5622]

Me too, but more from sadness rather than laughter.

[@bardofely]

This is amazing!

[@blagdonboy11]

Thank you

[@fusrodahfool3595]

Incredible 👍

[@alexiasimmons1]

Can't wait to watch this, you should make an Instagram, you must have loads of marvellous photos!

[@JackPWMedia]

instagram.com/fishtwitcher/?hl=en

[@joshuakiddell6090]

you should get so much more love for this 7 years wow

[@fredpilk7759]

so so incredible!

[@troywales983]

great work

[@BangJiris]

Amasing.Realy like to see this vidio.Is doesn't fell like it's finished.watching it.what realy good work.Realy insh the underwater wiew...

[@TropicalGardeningCyprus]

Amazing work, congrats!! Will you attempt to film the endemic Salvelinus you have in some of the British islands in the north?

[@smashcarriage]

Very well done for getting the wild shots, impressive! What happened to no 34 and 54?

[@marlonclark6030]

Absolute bliss!

[@jameshyde4320]

Thanks 🙏🏻 👏🏻👏🏻

[@altunatur]

Precious

[@izzla9454]

Amazing

[@danfay6201]

Brilliant

[@joewatson2835]

Amazing!

[@DevilDave59]

Fantastic

[@TripFishingMyLife]

good👍 job..great...nice video..

[@bp7495]

We all must do all we can to protect all of these species. Our waterways are under huge environmental pressure. We already lost the Burbot.

[@TheNepaliwarrior]

Great video as the next generation of Pokemon is based in the UK. This feels very fitting as if the creator went off to fill his PokeDex with all the UK fresh water fish. Bravo good sir, Professor Oak would be proud as am I.

[@brendandaly1]

Great video, did you miss out on flounder though?

[@JackPWMedia]

nope 2:12

[@brendandaly1]

@@JackPWMedia My bad, no ide\a how I missed that one 🙂

[@wildlifeaudiovisuales]

very good images, filming so many species is very complicated many of those species exist in spain greetings.

[@grahamsmith21]

great work,enjoyed seeing some i hadn't realised were classed as freshwater. a couple of new ones too ! im puzzled as to why KOI & LEATHER CARP and other pond species are not included. not a criticism, only an observation ! great viewing with the soothing music.

[@JackPWMedia]

Hey Graham, they weren't included as they are sub species not a separate species

[@stevefoley7545]

Epic 👍

[@arthurmills6981]

What camera did you use for the stationary shots where the camera was just sat at the bottom?

[@tiffanya5368]

Where can I find the species name? Absolutely beautiful by the way

[@JackPWMedia]

I'm working on a updated version with english and latin names!

[@MarkWintleFishing]

Three species I've had in English waters not shown; gibel carp (now in your invasive species video but I was one of the first to get a DNA test on them here), large mouth black bass (that ship sailed long ago as the last ones in the pond died out in the early 80s but had been there since Leney stocked them in 1935), and vimba, a bream-related species that possibly was introduced with the gibels in the early 2000s.

[@JackPWMedia]

gibel are in a new video I've done though under there other name the prussian carp. large mouth as you say no longer present and as for vimba show me a picture please!

[@MarkWintleFishing]

@@JackPWMedia I posted a picture on the FB feed on this video.

[@JackPWMedia]

@@MarkWintleFishing cheers Mark

[@patrickrichmond6531]

I always thought the latin for chub was chubius lubius

[@diggersdentysonu.k.m.d8813]

I love doing a bit of fishing with my ladsize of the pike top video brother big thumbs 👍 from me and my son I do metal detecting if your ever over my way

[@mehmetopkaya]

Loved your work! However I feel like some species might have been missed, could you please confirm these are all freswater fishes in UK ?

[@JackPWMedia]

I can confirm

[@Mrniceguy2209]

When you think you've caught every species but then realise you're not even halfway there :')

[@baldieman64]

You filmed silver carp in the UK?

[@paulnatashadyson6098]

Very cool film thank you. Very curious to know where you managed to film a grass carp being photobombed by a sturgeon ( presumably a stocked pond ) ? Also, if you want to know where a start looking for a burbot I can help. Saw one in the 1990's up close.

[@JackPWMedia]

Yes the grass carp was in a pond you're right, don't suppose you took any photos of it?

[@paulnatashadyson6098]

@@JackPWMedia No didn't have a camera with me but it swam up right next to me as I was sitting on the river bank. At the time I was in correspondence with Alwynne Wheeler at the Natural History Museum about it.

[@JackPWMedia]

@@paulnatashadyson6098 ah ok there was a reintroduction attempt in the 90s so maybe one of those though it did ultimately fail

[@portcullis5622]

@@paulnatashadyson6098 I would love to think that the burbot has hung on somewhere, but are you certain it wasn't a sea lamprey or a stone loach?

[@paulnatashadyson6098]

@@portcullis5622 100% a burbot. After subsequent research it was just where you would expect one ( or maybe two ???? ) to have survived. John Langridge's new book about Burbot is a good read.

[@Berniegraph]

Well done Jack, really enjoyed that . Brilliant film. You've gone above and beyond by including the likes of Sunbleak and Brook Trout-2 species I had no idea existed in the UK. Interesting that the Goldfish is a still-or maybe it's just a very docile specimen🙂

[@JackPWMedia]

yeah not many sunbleak or brookies to be fair, its a well trained goldfish!

[@bobtailvw22]

Where did you find the Vendace?

[@JackPWMedia]

derwent water

[@AllroundJack]

I have a few questions

[@johnchilds14]

uterly fantastic achievement beautiful

[@footfault1941]

A flounder! Yes, they occasionally go up in stream, but .. interesting!

[@portcullis5622]

In the early 1980s, I caught a flounder of nearly a pound in weight in the centre of York. That is 3 miles upstream of the tidal limit at Naburn and about 50 miles from the Yorkshire coast.

[@DannyDanwel]

@@portcullis5622flounders are found very high up sttream. They beiing found near Berlin (Germany) and thats a long swim ;-) . i life in Boom(tomorowworld) and in the Rupel (fresh water river) they have beiing neted several times (source= Natuurpunt )

[@hobouk3871]

Didnt know you could get flounder in freshwater.

[@baitrunner5193]

Theres a fish in lough neagh called a pollan

[@portcullis5622]

It says under the heading that he travelled across England, Scotland and Wales. Northern Ireland is in the UK though and pollan are endemic to Ireland.

[@catalickconverta6823]

Wow never seen pike spawn before

[@skunkhead2007]

the bass is a sea fish not to be confused with small mnouth black bass that are still listed as aa uk freshwater fish...Brook Trout are north american and are a introduced species same as rainbows,hats off to the smelts :-) they bare indeed now very rare found in i think only one or two systems in the uk...sunbleak and topmouth gudgeon also are imports to the uk....again good footage of sea lampreys ive only ever seen 5-6 of thes fish on 3 north east salmon rivers ie wear tees and main tyne .....very rare fish.....im looking at the sturgeon and thinking thats not a english type sturgeon looks more like a baltic sturgeon ...and the chances of being able to film such a rare fish in the uk well sorry im not having that one little bit....spiend loach well apart from the trent only other place is the river welland in lincs-but they is a few more locations where these fish can be found...i know now you didnt film the sturgeon and spined loach-know that for a fact...pumpkin seeds also a aquarium release the uk record once came from whessoe road pond darlington but the ponds long bbeeen filled in.....right then im not seeing sea trout,arctic chars/skelly (coregenous abula) vendace another coregon....wels catfish....eels...lampern/pink-humpbacked salmon (pacific) brown bullhead catfish and black bullhead catfish.....houting sadly now extinct and so too is the Burbot........houting sort of migratory whitefish simlar to the skellys and vendace a sort of migratory herring come grayling fish they smell same as grayling smelts etc mints cucumbery smells-burbot lotal lota only rep of freshwater cod family was once very common in rivers from the wash anglie area to i think its northely range the river wear or slight south definatley the tees as the tees was written about by izzac newton in his medivil book the complte angler he speaks of river skerne burbot being that abundant a man could walk over them with dry feet ! sligh exagertaion..........skeren is a tees river in darlington area

[@JackPWMedia]

thanks for the review...european bass enter freshwater all the footage in this was shot in freshwater (miles inland) so they are simliar to flounder, mullet, eels and salmon that can enter both. the sturgeon is indeed a atlantic sturgeon so you can take that how you want it was from a specialist. I think you need to watch it again as several of the species you say I've not filmed are in the film (charr, skelly or powan which is the scottish name for them, vendace, eel and lampern which is another name for river lamprey) I didn't do pink salmon as so few turn up apart from the odd recent siting and them being non native. I've included a few non natives in the film. I'd recommend my upcoming book "The complex lives of britains freshwater fishes" might help with the I.D

[@skunkhead2007]

@@JackPWMedia Yes but they spawn in the sea so that makes them a salt water fish...vendace are only now in two uk lakes in cmubria the scots populations extinct how ever bassenthwaite vendace were also thought to be extinct for ten years then a friend of mine discovered them and then a sticking programnme was under way to stock lock skene dumfries area-where they are now thriving :-) atlantic sturgon dont show that often now in the uk and some of the fish caught in the past say 50 or so years all carry a question mark as too which species they actually are-russia has many species so theys no reason why other species wouldnt come to the uk-its been that long since strugeon ran english rivers no one actually knows how many species ran back then...we talking 1200s when they were en masse here in the uk with fish being caught in yorks esk yorks ouse the ure at borobridge usk severn wye all the big rivers...so yer never know we may have had more than one species to start with...shame the gov wont restock a proper extinct fish-same goes for houtings theys a danish version which fits the bill for uk stocking how ever the e/a say that its a diff fish but i beg to differ as all salmonoids and whitefishes vary for example lake ennerdale has a river spawning population that leave the lake and spwn in the river liza YT the video wow but also the lake has a population that never goes deep and stays close to the edge and a population that stays deep same as windermemre it has deep water form very rare and southern and northern basin populations...so the danish thing isnt washing as all salmonoids and whitefishes vary accordinly....instead they insist on salmon decling when the total opposite has happend on northern rivers from the humber to the tyne--humber rivers didnt have much in the way of salmon what 20 years ago now every mortal river that flows to the ouse gets salmon last season salmon runs were good in doncaster and sheffield and the mersey had a canny run with fish entering the goyt and irwell so no one yet is able to explain how salmon are able to come back to recovering still polluted rivers but seem to be struggling on clean rivers ? doesnt add up does it? same goes for wear tees and tyne tyne and wear rated no 1 and 2 tees 16th no idea where the esk is ide say inbetween coquet and tees but way better than tees as its a tiny system but anyways declining salmon aint washing here on north east rivers in 40 years we have never ever had it so good for salmon populations which are increasing not decreasing each season-and dont throw fish counter stats at me for last season from septemnber to now was a washout so fish missed being counted as last season was a freak season for rain and the river being constantly up in summer

[@stuatherton1459]

Jesus Christ you always get one just enjoy the video

[@skunkhead2007]

@@stuatherton1459 video is shit like the angler.....at least explain so fools like you dont get confused etc

[@portcullis5622]

@@stuatherton1459 I genuinely admire this guy's enthusiasm and knowledge of British freshwater fish, but FFS, I do wish he would buy a keyboard that includes full stops, commas and a Caps lock. I was exhausted after reading his comments!

[@oldbloke135]

Lady of the stream??

[@ArcherBellGallagher]

Are European Bass found in our rivers?

[@alanwareham7391]

I thought that the Burbot was extinct in the U.K. although this is one time that I would love to be proved wrong

[@portcullis5622]

Me too!

[@bobtailvw22]

You couldnt find a Burbot?

[@JackPWMedia]

seeing as they are most likely extinct no, but did find a stuffed one which is about as close as I'm likely to get

[@rory5780]

What about the gwynaid

[@portcullis5622]

I understand that it is the same species as the schelly and in Scotland it is known as the powan.

[@Wild__Jed]

lol what the hell is going on at 4:20 !!

[@oullathemartian]

4:16

[@georgebarnes8163]

No Pollan in Britain?

[@portcullis5622]

Only found in Ireland (including Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland).

[@georgebarnes8163]

@@portcullis5622 only found in Neagh, none in Ireland

[@portcullis5622]

@@georgebarnes8163 Yes, you are correct. I was going from memory (always dodgy at my age!). The whitefish are a confusing group. The thing that amazes me is that there is still a commercial fishery for pollan on Lough Neagh, for a rare species that is found nowhere else in the world. I am also surprised that rare and declining species such as smelt and lamprey can readily be bought in the UK as frozen pike baits. It surely can't be from sustainable sources?

[@molley17]

Goldfish aren’t UK native are they?

[@JackPWMedia]

No but are found in UK waters, this list includes non natives

[@ctykckcktyvc7558]

Pretty sure the brown goldfish are native, similar to crucian carp when I’ve caught them. Burbot are being reintroduced to Norfolk soon, can’t wait

[@portcullis5622]

@@ctykckcktyvc7558 Brown (and gold) goldfish were introduced. Crucians are also thought to have been an 18th Century introduction to Britain.

[@hmxbox]

Artic char? :(