River Hunt...Giant Crayfish.

What a midweek mashup of clips Graeme has brought you this week. It starts off with his attempt to locate a Barbel or Chub from a river he has no idea what is in there or where the swims are. You can't say he doesn't try...Then he stumbles across a gentleman while he was out for some exercise who is hauling 4 Crayfish traps and he has some giant sized specimens as well. It’s only phone footage but you can see the size of their nippers. Then he sees the biggest Kites he has ever seen,including one he reckons is an Alligator 100 feet long... long? He shows a chunk from a beach fishing trip of what he believes is maybe a Meteorite..it’s slightly magnetic and incredibly heavy. Maybe a piece of Mars or some other planet? He finds some Mushrooms appearing in his lawn overnight (Are they the magic variety?) It’s a weird week of films but it is called The Totally Awesome Fishing Show and is unique to Graeme...No other channel even comes close for variety of topics...Enjoy....
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[@user-tm1mt2vp5p]

Fishing isn't just about catching fish. Sometimes its about witnessing the surprises that come from just being outdoors. On this occasion you discovered a happy chap catching cray fish. More than just interesting, for me it was thought provoking. Yum Yum. Thanks for what you do Graeme . I miss going fishing, so believe me when I say that it please me greatly to be able to watch you still getting out and about. Keep well and many thanks.

[@TAFishing]

More to come I fear,and some random stuff as well...

[@sonofagun9856]

great little bonus mid-week video from Graeme, just what the doctor ordered, thank you sir very much appreciated 👍

[@TAFishing]

No probs,I felt obliged to give you guys a bonus midweeker as I missed last Fridays.

[@SteNinjaMouseWatt]

Just getting back into fishing after many many years away... your channel is a gold mine lol... great work.

[@ravbahra4440]

Big love to yourself and family G. Thanks for another fantastic upload!

[@adamlee8990]

Good on the crayfish guy 👌

[@supadupa1905]

As always good fun to watch, Sir, especially 13:20, river bank magic mushrooms session :)

[@joeg7435]

Can't see it at 13:20

[@MrGuitguy]

Those mushrooms appear to be some type of Amanita. Very few edible species in that Genus and some of the most toxic ones as well. They come up from the ground inside a cocoon like veil which then breaks to allow the mushroom to open. The pattern on top is from the veil remnants stuck on the cap. If the entire fruiting body is pulled from the ground unbroken you will find a sort of sack at the very base called a volva which is the other part of the universal veil still in the ground. Veil remnants plus white gills plus volva are good indicator for Amanita but any one of those could be absent or obliterated. This is why we say "when in doubt throw it out"

[@hopingowen]

Yet another fascinating video thanks Graeme 👍🦞🦐🦑

[@mikesaul8711]

Ding,dong,😂love the bells, great upload, thanks for posting. Kind regards Mike.

[@chrismccartney8668]

I kept thinking of the budgies driven insane by your bell 😂

[@colinlaw9752]

Full respect fishing in that rain

[@ShotawayFilms]

Winged assassin looks like the work of a Goshawk. Graeme.''The phantom of the forest''.Those bells have given me an idea to wind up the grandchildren.Lots of trees and swaying branches in the garden.

[@andrewwright6172]

Hello mate, I saw those bells on pegs and it reminded of me of fishing Southend Pier 40/50 years ago. Love the Video, keep up the good work. 👍

[@condor1961]

Great video Graham. I went out yesterday and had 27 fish, catching them on dog food.

[@kevinbuckler1085]

Looks like pigeon feathers to me 🐦. The more you put out the better 💪🎣🐟

[@vinnyhowells8132]

Hi Graeme, the rock, or what you thought was a rock started life as a powder flux used in the process of ''iron or steal making and manufacture'' at a foundry, Teesside has tons of the stuff on the beaches and Teesmouth which is why it is magnetic. it starts life as a powder and helps the steel run and helps it remain fluid now called ''slag'' and cleans the moulton metal while it is poured into molds,

[@c.h.fieldsports9876]

Great video as usual,, those last lot of feathers you found in the wood were from a woodpigeon, probably taken by a sparrow or goshawk 👍👍🤠

[@gjclark2478]

Hi Graeme, I clean a stream for a client of mine and pull out loads of crays, native and signal. I chuck them back tho! On my grans old farm we used to forage out and about and the field mushrooms were huge.... But your ones I'm not sure if edible. As for the lavender, I'm a gardener f/t as my job and my daughter who is 30 uses lavender bags to help her sleep. Many of my client's use lavender to keep moths away too, just want to add, I took up beach fishing 3 years ago and you were the inspiration after watching here (I've caught nothing yet, but it's the thrill of the chase!!) Anyhow, thanks mate your videos inspire us newbies to no end. Cheers from a fellow Graeme 👍

[@cameroncameron2826]

Great professor of angling situation. On a clean river thats an unknown quantity - barbel &| chub & the matter is counting .. goes over to matters of fact. Well with Pullen its all magic but right now this is going down well is all in all its variation :) Still blows my mind when i reflect on what Graeme has done over a life in angling & i know it always will.

[@Enpassantful]

Great video Graeme.

[@wenglishsal]

Hi Graham, cracking post as always.. The feathers, especially the wing feather at @26.30 is a Magpie's.. I have quite few Magpie wing feathers, from when I used to walk my dogs, I'd find them here and there, they are so pretty and look blue as well as black when you turn them in the light. Best wishes to you, from Wales.

[@craigmacdonald4987]

Woodpigeon?

[@ukzmonster]

MY FAVORITE TIME OF THE WEEK LOVE ALL YOUR VIDEOS MATE

[@jonathanluce9130]

Cheers for the mid-week upload Graeme

[@TheCaptainbeefylog]

Great baits for crayfish, in my experience, include par-boiled potatoes, pumpkin, corn on the cob, chicken necks, dry dog food, Sunlight soap. Those Signal crayfish are bad enough and they've done awful damage in the UK, but luckily you haven't had our Redclaw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) invade there. They rapidly grow to a foot long, breed like flies, are hyper-aggressive and will even cross land looking for new waterways to inhabit. Very tasty though. Outside of their natural range in far north Queensland they're a declared pest and people are encouraged to take as many as they can. No bag or size limit and it's even against the law to release them alive or dead. Most meteorites tend to be a mix of nickel-iron. I'd say that's what you've got. Not rare, but not exactly common.

[@peterwallace9764]

👍🏻🇦🇺👍🏻

[@cliveeariss880]

Hello, well what a great time to watch this, nice one Graeme at least there some water there, boy we need some water in our rivers for sure, but as always, really enjoyable, stupid boy pike he he all the best as always.

[@chriselson7413]

Well I can't tell you if it's a meteorite fragment.... but Graham, free food from the crayfish traps!!! Surely you'll be interested in that! Boil them up and lather with sweet chilli sauce 😋

[@andykjohnsonjohnson7622]

Totally Awesome 🎣 compilation video Graeme 👍👍👍. A Crayfish Boil with, pataos,corn on the cob , spicey sausage, onions, garlic 😋😋😋. A sweet Lobster 🦞 😋, don't 4get a squeeze of lemon juice 😋.

[@TAFishing]

I think its on Mike's (T.A.Outdoors ) agenda.He wants to get a license,catch some crays and have a cookup.

[@user-ss5zo1ex9v]

Mole? graham, Monsieur TAUPE , hence the colour. great show as always , you so reminds me of Jack Hargreaves ,with the voice over, who was sick !! everytime they took him out fishing off Deal kent. remember also Ollie Kite?RegardsTony

[@torpoint100]

Graeme I recon it was the meteorite that got the rooks As for the mushroom patch well best left alone and that guy is doing a good job getting rid of the crayfish Well that was an interesting video loved it It just goes to show how popular you are when you are missed on a Friday Love watching you and listening to the fun banter as for smith where was he when the meteorite landed Thanks Greame

[@Jerec]

🤣 12:54 Microwave??? He should go on Masterchef! 😆

[@ukbeachfishing8425]

Exactly what i was thinking 😂 ruin perfectly good meat that way

[@petenikolic5244]

looks like iron furnace slag

[@freemanbynature]

Amonita mushrooms and a meteorite!

[@natureisallpowerful]

Parasols

[@user-zs8lt7ii4f]

Hi Graeme great video as always. Looks like a Parasol mushroom to me. Two varieties, one edible the other not so much.

[@chrisdado]

Iron furnace slag Graeme, its the dross left in the furnace. Pre-dates the blast furnace hence the residual iron content. Friday was cleaning/bedding day as a kid, we got a splash of Boot's lavender water on the pillows. 😊

[@DeadFlowersForDinner]

Graham mate.... it's iron ore and you can find lots of it on old 1950s disused railway lines.

[@peternufc1981]

Love that plant

[@thomas1144]

When you hear microwave most people would turn their nose up..but this guy has been at this for a wile seems to know what he's at. I'd still boil mine tho but fair play

[@metaldetectingtoursgeorgia7569]

Possibly foundry slag!

[@grandadsfishingboat7455]

Its gold I tell yer!😂

[@drtonyrotherham2904]

It looks like a lump of iron ore. Chuck it in a bonfire and see what happens. Brilliant episode, as always.

[@TAFishing]

That's the 2nd comment on bonfiring it..why,? what happens to it ?

[@drtonyrotherham2904]

@@TAFishing in the iron age. They used to make bonfires place the iron ore at the base and then waited for the fire to burn down. The iron ore would melt, leaving workable iron in the bottom. A very old and ancient way of smelting iron.

[@BadgerLaser]

Crayfish thai curry - my recommendation! pre-boil the crayfish for 5 mins. then cool off in fresh water & take them outside and do all the shelling. tap the bigger claws with a rolling pin or something to crack them and makes shelling them a bit easier. you will see why i suggest to do it outside because its a bit messy juice and bits of shell flying everywhere. then once all the hard work is done bung the meat in the curry towards the end of cooking. superb meal.

[@anthonymordawski-uf6ie]

Cray fish boil can't beat it

[@shaunwhatley7235]

Was a little worried when you never posted ,glad your ok mate love your videos down here is Tassie

[@TAFishing]

All fine here just not enough hours in the day. Another vid Friday 7pm.

[@peterww3106]

That lump looks like iron slag. It’s what’s left over, all the impurities, left after smelting iron ore

[@philbarkworth9547]

Hi Graham, Think you may find those feathers, could well be from a magpie, looking at the black/blue and white one.

[@craigmacdonald4987]

Woodpigeon?

[@tonycamplin8607]

​@craigmacdonald4987 yes.

[@ianwhiting8822]

Those feathers look like wood pigeon.

[@jamesrussel1133]

Graham you plonker fish don’t thrive on “negligence”…only your solicitor thrives on that. They survive on neglect! Lol I know what you mean though and even your mistakes….like this entire trip are entertaining. Wrong place, wrong time…you have my luck!!😂

[@hensleyshobbies-doug7761]

Some of the best bait there is, crawdads ( or crayfish if you like), I don't know about over there but just about everything that swims over here in the US will eat crawdads, dead or alive, as long as their freshly dead, i catch them, Seine them actually and then put them in a bowl with a tight fitting lid, do not put any water on them, and then freeze them. Take the bowl of crawdads with you to your fishing hole, swim, whatever, still frozen, you may have to gently pry your first one out of the bowl but the rest will slowly thaw out, keep them a little cooler or some place kinda cool. Run your hook once through the tail, of your frozen or live crawdad, your ready to fish, throw out and watch your rod. I do know that carp love crawfish, I'd say that barbel would probably eat them too, they seem like a fish that would, looks like they are kind of a bottom feeder. Anyways, you probably can't use crayfish over there for bait, that's a daggone shame, everyone that i watch that fishes over there, no matter where they are fishing, have problems with crayfish eating on their bait, probably until some fish comes along and runs them off of it.

[@VernsSeaFishing]

Graham it looks like a clinker from a furnace that forms In production.

[@DHalaj-qd4vr]

Bubbles would indicate it is iron slag. Meteorite would not have gas bubbles.

[@ordinaryaverageguy76]

✔

[@kimfarthing902]

That item you found. Could it be something from a ship, some sort of ore cargo or ballast? Talking ballast another invasive species Chinese Mitten Crabs came over in ballast I understand and they are an equal problem to the signal Crayfish

[@FishingFan2]

Looks like a big chunk of Iron slag? Try a magnet on iy

[@matthewtanner9823]

Didn't you watch till the end? It stuck to the magnet.

[@newsmonger77]

If someone here on the internet said that the toadstools were safe to eat, would you do so? No, thought not! All fungi can be eaten but some only once!

[@natureisallpowerful]

They are parasol mushrooms, i agree if it was me I wouldn't take anyone's word for it until I knew myself 100%

[@northernninjarunner5506]

Graeme you haven’t thought about registering and catching crayfish? They are great eating and the good lady may encourage you to fish more 😉

[@TAFishing]

Good idea,but with them living in all that polluted sewage laden water would put me off a bit.

[@northernninjarunner5506]

@@TAFishing They suggest putting them in clean water for 24 hours to clean themselves out

[@fck-u5h]

Great vid bruce

[@chris_mortz]

Crayfish Raptor Oil! 🤘🎣

[@rohkwaho]

Meteors are magnetic. I would think that iron ore slag would not have much iron left in it. It's just conjecture because I know nothing about it. I've held slag in my hand but I don't remember if it was iridescent.

[@julianmarsh7993]

Its slag with iron sulphite in which is fools gold. Check Amanita Panthera a panther cap or could be a blucher, blushers edible and blushes when cut lengthways, Panther cap is very halluginogenic and toxic.

[@JohnRitson78]

Those fungi sure look like The Prince mushroom - Agaricus augustus as it is the season for them, and they are a very tasty mushroom, but of course you need to be 100% sure before munching.

[@Wortnik]

Veil remnants had me thinking more Macrolepiota procera but either way a tasty option. Definitely one to get further confiramtions on befpore munching! :)

[@JohnRitson78]

@@Wortnik Actually I think I would go with your choice, but as we know without being able to view it in the flesh it is difficult even at the best of times.

[@natureisallpowerful]

I think they're parasol mushrooms

[@matthewtanner9823]

I think you're right Graeme "Iron ore" and I might be wrong but the Fungi looked like Death cap very much like field mushrooms but the difference being the pink veins on the field mushroom and white veins on the death cap. Mike Should know anyway.

[@natureisallpowerful]

They're parasol mushrooms

[@matthewtanner9823]

@@natureisallpowerful Thanks for putting us straight.

[@jimitron11]

Defo not parasol.

[@michaelboyle9889]

Looks like it could be a piece of iron slag

[@DriftedDreams]

I use crushed signal crayfish to great success for pike in my two local rivers as they're absolutely infested with them and I've had some lovely pike on them.

[@rowlandbrant674]

Unfortunately it is illegal to use crayfish as bait in the UK!

[@terryholdenuk]

It's possible the fungi are Agaricus which are inedible, without looking at the stems and underside it's difficult to say but make sure your dog keeps away unless you want a poorly pooch. As for signal crayfish, Keith Floyd once did a hilarious programme from Scandanavia boiling them with Lingonberries , I'm sure that'll be on You Tube.

[@stewartmk7]

The plant is called Salvia "Hot Lips" you can prune it, but more of a tidy up for a better shaped plant, might be worth a google.. and just leave the gladioli in, they should come back year after year.

[@philipwain5528]

Try a monkey climber or swing tip if buzzers aren’t allowed. Be pleased to see how you get on.

[@paulclarke267]

hi Graham it looks like a bloom of iron

[@user-sw8st1pq8h]

The small red and white flowered bush is cherry sage. They do need cutting back now and again. This will encourage new growth and more flowers!

[@TAFishing]

One of our followers said he cut his back too much one year and it never flowered the next so although it looks ideal for cutting back once flowering finished I am not sure what to do.

[@hensleyshobbies-doug7761]

Watch some Louisiana crawfish boil videos, I'm sure theirs some on here somewhere.

[@rando10101]

Some fishy boilies will do you well and you can be confident they are still attached 👍

[@TAFishing]

I went again tonight. Tried giant lobworms. Had a small wild Brown trout,a Gudgeon,and two reasonable Perch. Soon as it got dark the Crays moved in. Had one out ,others stripped the worms in minutes. Packed up.

[@rando10101]

@@TAFishing i hope there's a video 😅

[@jbaker6811]

I think the rock is Pig Iron. Furnace Slag or something like that.

[@cliffordolive4222]

Wald love to see you fish the cam in cambridge

[@Dadas0560]

Those are mushrooms from the family Amanita! There are a number of types of those, like 17. 8 types are deadly, one is unedible, 8 are edible. You need to be pretty good at recognising which is which, or better avoid them all! The one you're showing is most probably Amanita rubescens, and it's edible. However, if you're not certain, just leave it alone!!! The problem is that this one can be confused with Amanita pantherina, which is deadly, or toxic the least.

[@davidanderson2651]

Ships ballast

[@nickmeekins7643]

My wife still uses lavender oil to help get her to sleep. Could the rock be iron pyrites AKA fools gold? I enquired of the EA about netting crayfish. They replied you need a licence, it is free, but is restricted to a named stretch of water and you have to attach the licence tag to your crayfish trap or risk a substantial fine if caught. Now I am a law abiding citizen, I have two rod licences for when pike fishing with three rods, BUT, I haven't seen an EA bailiff for at least 10 if not 15 years - therefore if I was to get caught crayfish fishing I would consider myself extremely unlucky...however knowing my luck!

[@pooley4891]

Yeah I haven't seen anyone form EA for years. I know about 10 years ago they had a massive budget cut, which is why our rivers are in such a poor state. I saw some figures that based on the amount of EA balifs a farmer can expect 1 visit from them in their LIFETIME. Wonder why the rivers are so polluted - farms and water companies dumping in them

[@marko1310]

I've had my licence checked once and I'm 55 and been fishing since I was 8 years if age.

[@pooley4891]

@@marko1310 mad!! Makes you wonder where the money goes for the licence as they are not protecting the rivers or why bother paying at all 🤔

[@charlestipton9709]

Boil them like shrimp add onions garlic crab boil and cayenne pepper boil potatoes corn and a good smoked sausage

[@TAFishing]

Sounds a good recipe.

[@kingrafa3938]

👍👍👍

[@PhilInsane]

So does bigger Cray's Equate to bigger perch, I'd like to think so

[@TAFishing]

And bigger Pike & Chub.

[@keithmilne1761]

is the rock Iron slag ?

[@limpethead]

The white clawed crayfish is Britain's only native species. Pretty rare as the signals have pushed them out. So if you think they are all invasive they arnt.

[@TAFishing]

Don't believe I said White Clawed were invasive ? Its the Signals that are invasive. The white clawed are our natural species,that's if they haven't all been eaten by the Signals...

[@natureisallpowerful]

These are parasol mushrooms Graeme. Edible.but don't take my word for it.

[@the_heretic]

Parasol mushrooms for sure and they are edible, I’ve eaten them whilst out wild camping.

[@arthurmorris98]

Just a guess, the rock could be a volcano rock

[@ShaunUnderwoodx]

I haven't read the full comments but the meteorite thing or suspected me to write it's just (Slag) not exactly sure I'm spelling correctly but it's just a mixture of different metals on.. where I live there is a huge s*** tip which I have seen exactly the same style of blue tint.. so yeah nothing more unfortunately then just pure iron ore

[@harrybuik]

Hi Graham. If you want to be sure what kind of Rock you have found. Let it be tested at an Astronomy Club. These guys know what they are talking about. dont toss it in a fire.

[@marylastorina4074]

Iron ore since it attracts the magnet

[@rogeradams100]

Now the boats gone, do intend to replace it Graham ?

[@TAFishing]

I might get a small one for messing around but as I don't yet have a towbar fitted it won't be any time soon.

[@garycreasey4538]

The bush is a salvia hot lips i love them and have loads u my garden

[@tonycamplin8607]

Looks like iron ore to me. Those feathers are from a woodpigeon. Don't forget if you want to catch crayfish, even signal ones, you need a licence.

[@TAFishing]

I think most people know that ref the Crayfish. Jury is still out on my "meteorite" !!

[@hatchie61fish-on29]

I live in portsmouth it's on every year they came from all over the world Graham

[@nigelmorris1286]

Hi Graham I know you try outrageous baits but could you try lambs liver?

[@TAFishing]

I think that's a standard bait for Catfish.

[@phillbarlow8912]

@@TAFishing yeah is and good for eels

[@FishingFan2]

Meteor-wrongs If your rock has any of these characteristics, it’s probably not a meteor: Roundness: Meteors are almost never round. They are irregular shaped, as Earthly forces like erosion haven’t touched them. Bubbles or holes: Terrestrial rocks often have bubbles or holes in them. Meteorites do not. Radioactive or hot: Meterorites are almost always cool when they hit Earth. They don’t start fires on the ground. The trip through the atmosphere is quick and doesn’t heat up the inside of the rock. They are also not radioactive, so your Geiger counter is of no use.

[@TAFishing]

Good I.D. tips,thanks for the comment.

[@grahamblackwell8641]

It’s a lump of kryptonite that’s why you blanked on the river it’s draining your fishing superpowers, get rid of it what would we watch if you can’t catch anymore 😂👍🏼

[@TAFishing]

No wonder I struggled tonight on the river !!! I thought it was the full moon.

[@meatwagonjourneys5081]

More mid week!!!

[@harrybuik]

If it's a meteorite you would be surprised what it costs. I can see some airbubbles in the stone and it looks like its burned in the atmosphere. This is normal for an meteorite.

[@harrybuik]

And its magnetic also a sign

[@gbsiijunior8151]

Hi! That is 99%kite mushroom very tasty the best breaded flour egg and panko breadcrumbs BUT!!! May be very poisonous ☠️ one what is very similar look. They smell different and kite have lose ring on stems

[@gbsiijunior8151]

Parasol mushroom if I see smell I know or I can eat 😉don’t eat if you don’t know that may be the most deadly in Europe

[@aston108]

Did he have a licence too do that ??? They're not easy to get.

[@TAFishing]

I was told they are quite easy to get,just apply online and state which river you intend using them on ? That's what I was told anyway. Best to look up how to get the license and then you should be OK .I imagine you might need written permission from the area you intend to put them as well.

[@aston108]

@TAFishing just looked it up and there's restrictions on trap types and all sorts. You need permission from the licence, landowner and angling club permission and any trap you use must have the EA tag on it. Not sure you're blokes did

[@chrisguygeezer]

Which river was it?

[@TAFishing]

I honestly don't know the name of it..it may be a tributary of the Loddon ?.

[@chrisguygeezer]

@@TAFishing not a club water then? Plenty of crayfish in southern rivers sadly

[@DickMagic]

That may be a meteorite. It could also be remains of an old iron foundry. Are there any old workings in your area? Also, it might be worth getting a Geiger Counter on it to check it's not radioactive.

[@parkerzilla6323]

Just upvoted and I haven't watched it yet.

[@felgate11]

You could take that piece of Ferromagnetic rock to a Non Destructive Testing Lab' & have it Radiographed (X-Rayed) It would be Interesting (Maybe VERY INTERESTING) to find out if anything more valuable is lurking from within!! There are loads of NDT Lab' Companies, up & down the country. 💎💎💎 I'm an Engineering Inspector of some 40 odd years. (Now happily Retired)

[@garyward6325]

It would be nice if you could name the river