Shrimping for salmon.

How i use shrimp an prawns on a small river to catch big salmon 🎣.

[@clintwaddington1996]

Just found your channel and really enjoy it. My Grandad had a caravan at Nether Wasdale and I spent all my school summer holidays fishing Irt, Esk, Ehen so it brings back memories. The run down to Dark Corner that I think. I kept on the caravan after he death but gave it up in my late 20s to focus on my local Ribble, Hodder and Lune iIv still friends in Gosforth Anglers, member of PA etc and always have a trip up each season. Your videos are making me think I should head up more often.

[@clintwaddington1996]

I was writing this message to another video the one above Dark Corner on Ehen when video finish before I hit send and it had moved onto this one!

[@fieldsportscumbria]

@@clintwaddington1996 the fishing locally ain’t what it use to be I put a lot of time in but can still have good days an nights occasionally. I’ve just joined gosforth anglers fantastic piece of water

[@clintwaddington1996]

That video took me back, I grew up fishing the Irt and had many a fish out of Top Manhole

[@hvidhavn1]

Well done mate ..it is a crackin clean fish ! 👏👍🙂

[@reynoldsoutdoors3055]

Well done mate. Lovely fish and great technique. You really know your stuff 👍

[@fieldsportscumbria]

Cheers Andrew

[@jonmakin8203]

A dying art that method! On it’s day will outfish any other method! Given me plenty of fish over the years! Great fish great video! Well done mate!

[@123vandrax]

Do you let the prawn go to the bottom?

[@jonmakin8203]

@@123vandrax just off the bottom and trot it round. Does depend on conditions though. Had fish before where I’ve stopped the prawn and dropped it just in front of their nose. Incredible to see how they react. Sometimes they give a little quiver, move off then come back and pick it up. Had them come up and roll on it and not pick it. It’s a killer method for sure

[@Labs.Fishing.hunting]

Solid fish well done 👏

[@moeshields7493]

Great fight.tight lines from NI lad

[@alexandermcgowan4125]

Superb what a river what a fish and looks like such a good method not to use the prawn/shrimp up here in Scotland as far as I know

[@fieldsportscumbria]

Am not sure on the rules in Scotland but prawn/ shrimp is deadly when you master it, easily the best method for taking salmon.

[@hvidhavn1]

Always think where you`ll land a fish before casting out ... its good you were geared up ,,net ready & waders on !👍

[@fieldsportscumbria]

Yeah on these little Cumbrian rivers there’s alot of snags an obstacles, makes it interesting 😂

[@hvidhavn1]

@@fieldsportscumbria it looks a fair sized river ..i fished mainly on the smaller River Ehen ,,Cleator - Ennerdale in my younger days ..just a beck really. now im in Denmark. ... keep up the good work & vids 👍

[@fieldsportscumbria]

@@hvidhavn1 that’s my local love fishing round cleator that’s where I’ve caught most of my salmon. You fishing over there ?

[@hvidhavn1]

@@fieldsportscumbria just lokal pike / perch & plaice , makrel, hornfish & the odd cod & coastal seatrout ...im from Cleator Moor originally ..i used to do a bit o rabbiting & the likes back in my younger days.

[@fieldsportscumbria]

@@hvidhavn1 least your still getting out doing some, I live at bowthorn

[@chriswright2135]

Nice one enjoyed that , tricky with all them snags 👏👏👍

[@fieldsportscumbria]

It was difficult think you need a little luck to land big fish In your places like that.

[@anthonyedwards2077]

Did you put it back?

[@fieldsportscumbria]

@@anthonyedwards2077 I tried unfortunately if wouldn’t return

[@stephenthorpe8142]

Great stuff .. no better method than the prawn and along with fly the best if you want to release..

[@fieldsportscumbria]

Couldn’t agree more that fish is the only one I’ve had that was hooked quite badly all others lip hooked an returned

[@anthonyedwards2077]

Did you put the fish ack

[@CumbriaCountrySports]

Belter Jord, well in🎣🎣

[@raymondmelly6576]

well done i love watching fishing as i have dun a lot of myself home in Ireland

[@fieldsportscumbria]

Roll on the fishing season been a long winter 🎣

[@hamishthewestie1]

What rod/reel are you using?

[@fieldsportscumbria]

Using a major craft 10-30 gram first cast, the reel is a penn fierce 2500 a think

[@user-vf9ff1ke5y]

Where can I get the rig ?

[@jamieT973]

Nice work 👌👌👌

[@dmp2000uk]

Great little vid and smashing fish. Never heard of shrimping before. So many questions. Where do you get red dyed prawns ? Do you use and main weight to ledger the leader down, and if not then how do you cast the rig without additional weight ?

[@fieldsportscumbria]

I have braid (30lb) to a swivel I attach a small amount of line to the swivel to hooks the shots (weights) then another longer line from the swivel to the pin/ treble. The trick is using the right amount of weight for the current in front of you, don’t want to be hitting them bottom but don’t want it well above there heads either. That’s the skill in the method

[@jasondeslatte7611]

you guys should really try some of us Yanks methods for steelhead for your salmon

[@fieldsportscumbria]

Tell me more ….

[@jasondeslatte7611]

@@fieldsportscumbria if youre allowed to keep female fish there, take the eggs out and tie them into colored mesh sacks about the size of a marble.very effective bait for salmonids both pacific and atlantic

[@ams2379]

A lot of fisheries ban this method.

[@fieldsportscumbria]

That’s true here in Cumbria there’s a few rivers your allowed to use this method on

[@robertwebb6199]

Yes, my only question, did it go home or to the pot? I support returning Salmon, I also understand taking a fish on very rare occasions.

[@fieldsportscumbria]

After spending 15 mins the fish didnt seem to want to go, hopefully that’s the only salmon I have to take this season as I usually release them.

[@robertwebb6199]

That's a real shame, but well done anyway on a fantastic Salmon! I hope you did justice to the Salmon in your kitchen. Years ago I had Salmon from a smokers that were from a friend's adventures, it was fantastic....

[@fieldsportscumbria]

@@robertwebb6199 it is a shame it kind of spoilt the capture, my family an some friends enjoyed it so it wasn’t wasted.

[@jamesphillips9792]

I thought treble hooks weren’t allowed for fishing salmon now?

[@fieldsportscumbria]

Different clubs have different rules the club that run that beat allow the method used in the video.

[@paulkennedy5953]

Where is the location that you fished...looks very productive. Nice salmon fish.

[@fieldsportscumbria]

It’s a west Cumbrian river, not going to out right name locations plenty of people will know where that’s at. Thanks hopefully we get some rain soon an get more fish up the system.

[@lawrencecourt7991]

Treble hook. Holding the fish out of the water. Of course it is dead. So few of these fish left that every single one is critical for their survival.

[@user-zu6qn9ux9n]

Not due to the angler but the fishing boats trawling the feeding grounds off Iceland and Greenland taking thousands of tons

[@robsmith8024]

@@user-zu6qn9ux9nAgreed, but as single anglers there is nothing we can do about that but on the riverbank we can. It goes against the grain that as game fisherman we can’t take a fish for the table but reality is reality and we need as many to fish to spawn as possible

[@billytheghillie]

Should be banned, you never heard of catch and release? Killing fish like that, is it no wonder they are in decline.

[@fieldsportscumbria]

What should be banned ? Yes I’ve been releasing fish for 15+ years, I am all for releasing salmon. Sometimes they simply do not go back. Held that fish in the water for 15 mins waiting for it to get strong and that didn’t happen so took it to eat. ✌️

[@Dressagevids]

Then fishing should be banned, you're living in dream world, do the high seas fisheries put everything back???

[@fieldsportscumbria]

@@Dressagevids nothing goes back in the sea

[@hg3389]

It would have had a chance if it had been properly rested in the water as soon as it was netted. Should be standard practise for any hard fighting fish and all decent anglers know it and do it.

[@fieldsportscumbria]

@@hg3389 released many fish over 15 years of salmon fishing, the video doesn’t show everything. Doesn’t show the 20 mins holding the fish trying to get it to swim away ….