I Can't Believe I Captured This Pike Footage!

[@orestwitiw213]

Hello from Northern Ontario. I’m enjoying an early morning coffee and watching your pike video. My parents lived for a short time in England. They left and moved to a small town called Wawa. Pike was king in the area and we grew up fishing and eating pike. I don’t think you can beat a good sized bobber/ float to fish for pike. The bite is quickly signaled by the float and doesn’t seem to bother the pike. There is also much less hardware attached to the line. A wire leader with a single or treble hook and a float. Also less you have to carry to your spots. One year an American angler graciously showed me the proper way to fillet and debone a pike in just a few steps after I was butchering it with the idiotic 5 cut technique. It was fast easy and left the fillet boneless! Our family enjoyed fresh fried pike suppers and it was staple for us in those days. Pike are very cooperative unlike many other fish. I still to day at 69 fish for pike with a red and white bobber! Great show. Oh and I make my own leaders using nylon coated steel wire that I twist and melt so there is less hardware the pike can see. I add a single hook using a uni knot that allows me to slide the hook up and down the wire leader to adjust for different size bait. It works awesome! Once again an American pike angler showed me the technique. Here’s a video we made showing how to make the leader. instagram.com/reel/C3-brCSL-lv/?igsh=dXd1ejNhZHR6MDc=

[@northerngirlhobbies]

I lived in Wawa for a year. Yes, incredible pike fishing.

[@gee3883]

In the Uk we mostly don't eat pike just catch and release, we've not eaten course fish for years. I know you yanks eat pike and perch i've tried both and the are really good eating. Zander is the best.

[@joaquimioakim229]

Europeans eat coarse fish, Pike, Zander, Roach, Perch I’ve seen them for sale at Billingsgate fish market.

[@17losttrout]

@@joaquimioakim229 Heathens😄. I reckon perch would be good, not that I'd kill one. In Poland a supermarket I went in had more freshwater than sea fish on the slab.

[@gee3883]

​@@joaquimioakim229 Zander are stunning to eat. Roach are like cotton wool with bones. Perch are delicious too, most predators are tasty. I've tried carp but its earthy. Traditionally we used to eat a lot of carp in the UK. Most people here, anglers in particular turn their noses up at eating coarse fish. They'd rather eat a chicken raised in a factory coated in chemicals and fried. Us brits now prefer to catch a fish, snog it, take a pic,and chuck it back.

[@mattlenton2012]

Your videos are just unbelievable....I could watch these all day,and not bother going fishing ever again!!!!!

[@alansandybulmer4877]

Superb underwater footage. Love your work! Thanks for sharing.

[@waynemanning3262]

Lots fancy gear for pike! In northern Manitoba our Cree guides used fishing line wrapped around a coke bottle with a spoon lure and thats it!

[@jimmyeastwoodjonnyfleeeast1578]

We did that at 5 n 6 year olds then pocket money candy fishing rod good line, and the fishing was much better.

[@swhmetta]

Very Cool! Watching the Pike look the goldfish up and down, studying it.

[@Destitute77]

This absolute gold mate! Chris, you're a beast my man 😁 40 years of assumptions, discussions and bro science about weight for deadbaiting, the big goldfish question -they might be better underneath a little bubble float as 3-5" live baits, apparently 🤷🏻‍♂️😬, but the visual data you provide for bite indication is the biggest thing for me. Pick your rod out the rests at the slightest indication folks. No, not every indication will result in a fish on the bank, but it will elimate most deep hooking and will ultimately put more fish on the bank. Share this with your pike fishing mates ffs, they'll thank you for it!

[@johnmcconnell7179]

Hi Chris, great inspiration for a newbie like me, fishing for 60 years now and I want to get in to predator fishing, pike, perch etc watching your videos and I think they are amazing, great and motivational. They should give you a shot on TV, it will be a hit for fisherman of all abilities. Cheers.

[@josephdelp87]

Perch suck to clean. Taste good.

[@victory2115]

I always seem to find it difficult to remove the treble hooks from a pike because they swallow the bait so far down. And those teeth are very sharp !

[@AdamsOlympia]

bring some long narrow pliers

[@shinuizabusa2180]

Love the underwater footage. So interesting when you actually can see a pike go in the S-form and strike lightning fast. Good job Chris 😃

[@Dansfishingchannel]

Just so u know u got some Polish fans too! Great videos.. some amazing underwater shoots

[@CarpfishingDrew]

i bet you eat them

[@creatureswithcalvin3084]

oi@@CarpfishingDrew

[@CarpfishingDrew]

@@creatureswithcalvin3084 he probably does though

[@JohnnysCafe_]

This underwater footage is fantastic, i can watch this over and over.

[@petermason4228]

Another great video Chris , a real insight into how these pike take a bait , I must say I'm not convinced with these bite indicators when ledgering, float ledgering for me is the best way IMO . Keep the content going !

[@tonysansom]

Same. Some takes hardly seemed to register until the pike had had the bait in it's mouth for a good while.

[@nickgoode8579]

@@tonysansomif you use a heavy lead.. 4oz at least. Very tight line. Heavy drop off and a delkim. With the rod pointed directly at the bait. The drop off will drop the second the pike touches a bait..

[@tonysansom]

@@nickgoode8579 👍

[@Marknorris6]

Been a carp angler since a kid the whole scene has change so much I hate it. I started lure fishing going wiv minimum stuff it’s refreshed me I thought I’d given up on fishing for last few years but now I can’t wait. Love watching you it’s inspiring. Obviously I want more lure fishing lol and a big perch that’s wat I’m aiming for now

[@tadhghayden7601]

Most fascinating pike behaviour filming I think given the nature of this species and the way they are fished for we need this very good footage. That first pike was indeed the same as the fish that took the roach. Same split in tail. ...

[@rkwuggie-4205]

thanks to your vides ive got my MOJO back for pike fishing, was out at my local canal yesterday (17/3/24) and caught my 1st pike in about 10 years ( it was only 2lb) so thank you

[@eoinwalsh7017]

Great underwater footage.Great to see how the pike react to different baits.

[@Sonikks]

Great video as always mate. Can't tell you how much I appreciate the time and effort that goes into filming underwater. My biggest takeaway from this video is the important is using ledger stems with a heavy lead. Getting that solid hold in the bottom with a big lead and the line popped up with a 360 swivel ring with a ledger stem to keep it away from snags and allowing for completely line freedom.

[@kymmellott]

Interesting, I have always thought you get one of two things, alarm stays silent until the fish moves and by the time this happens, the fish has spat the bait out having had a minute to play with it, which seems to be the standard when I have deadbaited. Or you get the instant smash and grab and everything works well.

[@plinkert22]

Just wondering if the 'grabbing and letting go' is to trigger a reaction, or that it's actually tasting similar to the gasping they sometimes do close the bait. Could they be deterred by the 'taste' of the tackle or our handling of the bait?

[@wlukew3052]

Hello The Ginger Fisherman, I have been watching your lovely and outstanding videos for quite some time. I have caught hundreds of pike but never through the method you utilize, and I am really interested in giving it a go if not completely switching over. If you would be so kind to do a tutorial of the method utilized in this video I would really appreciate it. I'm sure it is simpler than I am making it out to be. Thanks.

[@marchogg3753]

Love your videos and sheer enthusiasm for all types of fishing. A couple of comments on the set-up in terms of bite indication. Ideally the drop off should be set up directly under the reel spool so that the tension is such that even a short pull on the line will see the indicator drop off or drop back if the lead comes towards the rod. The swaying on the indicator that is seen in the footage is due to the position of the drop off clip on the bank stick, you might have put it where you did as the clip was too big for the extending part of the bankstick, and I would generally be on the rod instantly to stop a deep hooked fish if I saw this movement. Strangely enough you only generally see this when using braid as the stretch in mono means that this is not seen and can result in a deep hooked fish. In terms of the lead size I tend to think that heavier is better as the line can pull through the run ring without the lead moving and adding resistance, assuming that the drop off releases easily and quickly. However, in terms of pike being sensitive to resistance I have found in my experience that they will quite happily drag a big lead, it's a resistance change that is likely to make them drop the bait. When I say a resistance change I mean something like the drop off not releasing, the line snagging or fishing with a close bail arm etc. Keep up the great work.

[@Richard.357]

Awesome video. The footage was incredible. It's great that you explained your setup. Looking forward to seeing future videos using the underwater camera.

[@Paud4n]

Wow it really sounds like spring! Envious

[@julianporter6929]

Have you ever tried live bait before because that’s how I caught a 22 lb pike with a live Perch and using a large float rig

[@cliff8680]

Same here fished in Ontario Canada. Live perch single hook with a float. And a braided steel leader. Fun stuff. Nice video

[@Zzz-vt9pf]

No longer legal.

[@darrallipke8070]

# 5 circle hook, no lead, hold pole in hand at all times. That’s me fishing there with my tactic. Cool fishing hole though!

[@paulwoolley4161]

Stands to reason that a heavier weight will give a better bite indication, works all the time when beachcasting.

[@hoggarththewisesmeagol8362]

It's amazing how intelligent pike really are. Pure predators

[@Flow_State1991]

Pinning the pray to the river bed by ambushing from above increasing the pikes chance of catching it. They are super impressive ambush predators. Thanks Chris for vids

[@leem25]

Love your confidence to just keep getting takes on camera one after the other and not worrying about a hook up as another will be along in a bit. If that was my video it would be very short and there would be no fish 😆

[@davidtinton6215]

I don't fish for pike zander or perch but love these videos. Think I might take it up after decades.

[@GM_Outdoors]

Another belter laddie. Subbed and binge watching all your videos now as inspiration for my edits. Thank you. Also love the underwater ones, so sick to see. 💪

[@markclohessy1128]

Best fishing vids on KZbin

[@CR33DH20]

Some nice footage again Chris,, In particular the deadbaits being popped up,,, been thinking for awhile about incorp this into my own fishing

[@Sometimesitsjustthatway]

when a place has pike. This is possible. good show, mate!

[@Buenger]

The first pike was not interested in eating the gold fish. He was just looking for an article number as he obviously has seen this type of bait fish for the first time

[@cheryl.539]

I really enjoy the underwater shots. More please.

[@mmpatriot2170]

Very interesting. I’ve mostly done much simpler techniques for smaller fish. Mostly trout in the mountains of Utah. I enjoyed seeing the baits and rigs you used to catch those big pike. 👍

[@slivers4007]

Very interesting setup for the bait alarm, something not used over here in the US very often. How about an in depth video on how that all works? Have you ever tried larger "circle of octopus hooks" ?

[@thomascope2119]

Love that camera footage

[@lieschenmultikill5038]

Your bait looks so incredible natural. It’s floating like normal. Do you inject air or is it just the air in the blatter and rig?

[@deep1nt0]

Use a Cormoran line alarm, they’re very sensitive and accurate with the slightest line movements

[@hoodmonster1]

Absolutely brilliant video. Thanks so much much for all the effort it must take to share these amazing videos, and for sharing your knowledge with us all. Brilliant. 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@grahamwhittle1971]

We don't see this so good look how fast the pike does his strike great wildlife vid good

[@jeremyallard7015]

Chris nice filming. Having done a lot of sea fishing, I have often wondered if a light breakaway grapnel could be used in conjunction with a running ledger, to set the hook. When I went Piking I used Sprats for dead bait, and sometimes Rapella Plugs.

[@jensunray1]

Thankyou for another video that simply explains how to do it !

[@jennybarker634]

Love your video's keep up the good work

[@waynehiggs7335]

Love these underwater footage vids, well done bud

[@Kelpie-sb5bi]

It’s so interesting seeing them judge the bait and deciding whether to strike or not, especially with how the bigger and older fish seem more wary than the younger ones.

[@BrionnaWalter]

Great video as always mate. Can't tell you how much I appreciate the time and effort that goes into filming underwater

[@bosco292]

Very educational on Pike feeding behaviour thanks another superb video. 👍

[@mbnz0174]

Dr Ginger FIsherman, Lecturer in Advanced Pike Fishing 🙂

[@alamocannon3791]

Theres alot of pike in that canal !!

[@theabandonedhunter3604]

Your videos are always wicked Chris!! I don’t regularly comment but always like, I always take something away from your vids! My favourite fishing channel 🎣 ….Smithy

[@BahFrancis]

Your videographic creativity and presentation is way to go Chris... Did you do a course on editing..? Too Good

[@fishchipsandmushypeas]

Excellent! What camera do you use, reckon I can use a GoPro?

[@neininmen5442]

Great vid as always. I live in Ireland and Trout season has started. I don't know when it starts in England but whenever it does you should try using a light setup and trotting a worm. Really fun way of catching them and also effective. You can catch all types of size with that method.

[@Zulwind]

Why dont they have fish alarms that have app support so you can go do something and it messages you on your phone if you get hit

[@GrapeApe74]

Good lord that pike strikes fast!

[@thomascope2119]

Beautiful catch

[@r333wall]

Absolutely brilliant photographer 😅

[@zrprchyx]

thirteen seconds! love these videos chris unfortunately not caught a single pike allllllll river season maybe next season 😒

[@eduardsandrejevs5581]

Thats what happened to the saved goldfish innit

[@TakutoYamamoto]

do you have link to your setup for pool and line gear? can i use a ugly stick?

[@robbieallan6522]

I just got given a spool of 20lb nylon line that's 500meters and 0.148mm , I was just wondering what is it used for because it would literally take miles to fill a spool so is it like load up mainly normal mono and then add a load for fishing for course species or is it more as just a fine leader??? I've never used it and I couldn't really find out much about micro fine super strong line.

[@sa1ntsfan]

Thought you was rescuing them goldfish 😂

[@DamoRoache]

Same thought crossed my mind I must admit 😂

[@LeeChappell-zj3uv]

It is so eerie how they show up . WOW .

[@simonmoorcroft1417]

Great video Chris. You have demonstrated why deep hooking can be a problem. The fish does not always move off immediately. Have you read anything by Jens Bursell? He has developed 'Release rigs' for lures and dead baits to improve hook ups and reduce deep hooking. I have been looking at beach casting rigs lately and they too have a deep hooking problem with some species. Their answer is the 'dongle rig' which is a sort hair rig system for predatory fish. I wonder if a dongle rig style set up would work for Pike too. I suppose the 'kebab rig' is the nearest freshwater equivalent.

[@DomFishingUK]

You want to get that drop off right under the spool on the reel probably why the alrams just giving touch beeps my old dragoncarp alarms are better than that thing and dont use less than 2oz want that line anchored.

[@fishandchill.]

As always great underwater footage, really enjoying them and learning pike behaviour!

[@petercalthorpe7966]

G'day Chris, awesome underwater footage. 👍🏼👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@jozsefronai9875]

Great video Chris good to see the reaction of the pike and rod indication !!! Many times ive had a few beeps on the alarm and waited for the run and nothing happened ! Next time im going to strike it for sure !!!!

[@bigdogang]

Wow this is really outstanding footage of pike I fish them here in ND so very awesome To check This out

[@tonysansom]

That 1st pike seemed to view the goldfish with considerable suspicion, although one of the later pike did too so not quite sure if it was because of the colour. I was also surprised how heavy a weight you could use without the pike feeling resistance.

[@WSFScotland]

Cool video and an eye opener regarding bite indication!

[@hansteeven6508]

ik wordt hier zo blij van dit soort opnames top gedaan en goede uitleg 👍

[@rayb228]

This maybe why many 80s Pike Anglers said to wind down on the fish at an early indication ?

[@angeloiacono7260]

Great video. Do you think you got a better run on a 4oz lead as the pike was not able to drag it as easy as the 1.5oz?

[@thenewtown]

Chris, do you think that you could run through exactly how to set up the alarm and indicator? Eg bale arm on/off, how much drag, what to do with baitrunner reel..dont do much Pike fishing anymore as Im scared of deep hooked fish. Would love to start but hate the thought of hurting/injuring a Pike. Have watched previous videos of unhooking deep-hooked fish so seem confident with that, but would like to avoid it as much as possible . Cheers Chris 👍

[@madpetetv]

11:25 Me: "Pike are actually kinda peaceful, never thought th- OMG WOAAAH! WOOOOAAHH!"

[@olivercd1]

Great video, good to see how the drop off reacts to the take. Great footage. Going to switch to balsa sticks having seen how they pop up the bait.

[@Bogie3855]

Years ago fishing with my dad at a deep hole in the Ottawa River near Deep River Ontario, I was bringing in a decent pike that turned out to be 10lbs but it stopped coming in. Bottom was hundreds of feet so we knew it was not a snag and it almost pulled the rod out of my hands. When I got it into the boat eventually there was a row of scales all around the middle of the fish that were gone. We figured it had to be a Muskellunge hitting it. In this area 60lb muskies were not uncommon.

[@tomayrscotland6890]

Hi Ginger? What sort of camera are you yousing. auld Tom in Ayr.

[@Damien616]

Get yourself out to Killarney in Ireland, to the upper lake, isolated in the mountains...the pike there are such monsters they have people filming their behaviour thinking they're some kind of Loch Ness monster. They take off after prey like a huge torpedo underwater. I've seen it while kayaking.

[@waynedyas5389]

I aren't a pike fisherman at all but this video was very insightful and interesting to watch 👍

[@silasestlander]

That looks eerily like the goldfish you "rescued" in your previous upload. Can't help but chuckle at that, i thought you would've released them again

[@peterdavis540]

Are you saying all goldfish look alike?. 😂😂😂 Careful now😊

[@Rafski-vh5ey]

@The Ginger Fisherman, can you tell me what polarised glasses brand you are using?

[@giannigunn5247]

I live in New Jersey in the United States and we have a river called Passaic river we stocked close to 50,000 pike over a five-year period and they thrived they cleaned up the ecosystem cleaned up the fish that eat the eggs and baby fish of your sport fish like bass etc. now we have huge pike perch Croppie bass, smallmouth, largemouth, rock, bass, and pike and pickerel Island in a 42 inch or was my biggest so far I have a river to wear when I was a kid. The only thing you can catch was carp catfish and eels. Now we have all kinds of trophy and sport fish. Great video we fish at night with goldfish and lit up bobbers, and a hammer the shit out of them.

[@hydrashieldbasementservice8453]

I'm in monmouth county...... I didn't know about that... great to hear!

[@giannigunn5247]

@@hydrashieldbasementservice8453 Little Falls, New Jersey, or Fairfield, New Jersey, where the boat

[@mattgoodchild8215]

Fantastic video Chris superb footage and well explained I’d love to see more videos like this Thumbs up 👍🏼

[@MudMaxMetalDetecting]

Great video again, would love to see the underwater with a float rig. I've always thought they give better indication as any take usually gets the float bobbing at least slightly. Of course you have to be prepared to keep watching a float though, maybe a combo rig? ATB MMMD

[@Leafbinder]

Hey glad ya found my comment and it works great.

[@stegrundy4014]

Thx Chris really enjoyable watch 👍👍

[@fishingtailfilms]

Great videos as ever and love the underwater shots 👍📷

[@flashy5150]

I had first-hand sight of a pike attacking prey. I had a 16” one in my aquarium for a long while.

[@markVickers-kt5cf]

Really great footage Always enjoy watching your videos keep them coming tight lines 🎣👌

[@fishingwithhouse]

Awesome footage with some awesome catches ! Do you use lures as well as real baits ? By the way you gained subscriber from Illinois , U.S.A . Stay safe !

[@stevesnailfish]

Bloody brilliant !!!

[@Hungrybird474]

This was awesome bro 👍👏. Thanks for sharing

[@PappyNet01]

Goldfish are a invasive species to north America, so you should catch a pike and release it in a goldfish pond - that would be a sight to see!

[@Tinman253]

Great to see the way other people fish. Typically I fish for pike with spoons, lures, or bait rigged on a jig.

[@chriswarby1001]

Really interesting watching the reaction from take to alarm great video Chris 👍👍. I rarely use Instagram but I've logged in and liked videos up to August last year 😊 every little helps 😂