This Huge Fish grabbed my tiny bait, what a result!!

This Huge Fish grabbed my tiny bait, what a result! This week's fishing film is about Graeme’s battle trying to find a bit of fishy action in his local river. His first trip using lures was in sub zero conditions ,and he struggled to get the rod bent as he was new to the river...2nd trip...he made the critical change..Small deadbaits twitched through likely looking areas, his favourite technique...but even he was amazed at the size of fish that took his tiny bait. What a result...Then it’s into the Totally Random section where a complete mish-mash of topics will keep you watching as you never know what is going to turn up next...It’s time for another episode of "The Totally Awesome Fishing Show"...Enjoy.
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[@davidhoult4653]

Great vid.Down to Earth fishing. 👏👌

[@davidhoult4653]

Great fish. Good to watch , as always great info and banter.👌👏

[@malcdicko6727]

brilliant graham loving your new section random stuff as well as the fishing always entertaining what ever you do thank you

[@TAFishing]

No problem,more to come hopefully. Its a bit time consuming editing it all together but I'm on the case every evening.

[@robertcotton9091]

Very enjoyable to watch thank you Sir!

[@soarersteve7802]

Love the engines, great video thanks

[@TAFishing]

More engines to come over the next month or so....

[@stephenwilkinson4214]

What a pike from that little river Graeme Sir an absolute monster. Really enjoyed the whole video great watch seeing those old machines and I could get tucked into that crumble now 😋 thanks Graeme you take care Sir 👍🎣🎣

[@martind6838]

The Goat 👍

[@hosseinshamloo]

Loved the random parts, Regards from IRAN

[@paulgoodenough8089]

Well done Grahame another cracking video. Cheers Paul 🎣🎣

[@highgatehandyman6479]

Nice one. !

[@jozsefronai9875]

Lovely pike Mr P nicely done !!! ❤

[@todd2515]

Thanks so much

[@kingrafa3938]

Totally Awesome video!

[@mrbak74]

Lovely fish ! Nice video about how to find a fish. You are 1st angler I see using Nomura Kanji rod which is my favourite:)

[@sifishes]

Gotta text Mike! That was a crackerjack fish!!! 😁

[@tadhghayden7601]

There are some good fish still about. Given half a chance. Good to see u sometimes using barbless.... Very big pike caught recently on Hampshire Avon. Good to see all the wildlife about Lucky tackle box ...maybe,.

[@stevied8855]

Hi Graeme, What a great piece of filming here. Superb Fish on the Kanji Rod. We are definitely heading for Winter now with the Gritters out during the night from Fife to Aberdeen whilst driving the Lorry last night. Hoping to start Cod Fishing sometime soon, with the warm Floatation Suit on of course. Nothing beats them for warmth with my Lined Eiger Wellies. Steve in Fife.

[@TAFishing]

Watch the ice on the roads up there..Its a bit nippy down here tonight,I was out on the beach last night,cool but not really cold.Mind you I had plenty of layers on.

[@elsathal7359]

Fantastic upload! Thank you for sharing 🙏🕊🌏🤟

[@condor1961]

Great pike Graham and aa great video. 😁🎣🎣👍

[@raygrange7312]

amazing pike Graeme. Great vid.

[@self-preservationsociety7057]

Awesome pike session Graeme , stay safe around those frozen banks mate .

[@TAFishing]

Yes,I wouldn't fancy falling in that cold water. I would be more worried about getting tangled up in all the branches and rubbish along the bottom.

[@bigbrobunny]

We had the Sweetcorn Kid, now the Damson Dude! Brilliant stuff Graeme!

[@Beachfisher]

What a pike. You have excelled yourself GP

[@Mumbles274]

wow, cracking fish Graeme

[@jonathanburrell6705]

As a sea fishing only chap, i have to say i am over the moon watching this. Your emotions are enough 😊. Proper angler though and through. Oh, as a PS. I remember going into your shop, which i think was/is in Farnborough. Wow what a tackle shop.😊😊

[@TAFishing]

Uh-oh..I was never in Farnborough and I never had a tackle shop ? Unless you mean my old Furniture shop some miles away ?

[@jonathanburrell6705]

Crikey , so sorry Graham, must be my age. Was it Farnham maybe ? I seem to recall the Wonderful Tarpon on the shops wall , and how envious I was at the time. Since that time, I grew up and I too have had Tarpon upto 130lbs in Puerto Rico. Apologise if my memory is shot.😢😅

[@A_New_Yorker_Lost_In_Florida]

i have never understood why no one ever made a brand of socks made out of long-john material! - what a great catch! i've not yet caught a pike, it is a hope of mine to add one to my species list great to see u again sir... you bring me some peace...

[@mikehaines6520]

Great watch, informative and encouraging as always, - I’m a beginner and haven’t caught a pike yet, little nervous although tempted to have a go, wouldn’t want to catch anything so big - the stretch of river that you are on isn’t far away - good to see that very decent fish live in that river, couple of hours in the winter on an afternoon is doable and survivable in the cold, since Pike are an apex predator it should mean that somewhere in the river must be smaller fish which keep them alive.

[@henkverhaeren3759]

That is a big one for sure!

[@raymondsweeney5410]

Nice one , only just started pike fishing myself, after predominantly targeting carp for years, hope im as lucky you were today; will for sure be using the twitch method on next session, i love your passion for angling

[@TAFishing]

Generally the bigger Pike will pick up a larger deadbait,but I don't have much enthusiasm for sitting in one spot,so I keep mobile and hope I will stumble into any size fish.

[@grahamjones3906]

the master at work

[@philipbrown5264]

Great video Graeme. Your definitely a modern Jack Hargreaves, Out of Town 👍

[@laurimiking]

Nice sunset...

[@bonnie8441]

What a great couple of sessions.Loved the steam Engine to finish it off.Thank you.

[@TAFishing]

No problem,I enjoy filming and recording all that sort of thing as once its gone...that's it. Nobody will ever know. Its important the next generation realise how clever the building and engineering things the older generations before us actually were. Respect to them I feel.

[@dr4gon166]

cracking fight on that nice big pike fella!

[@stravellwood]

Congrrats G Man! Catching a giant like that makes the cold weather disappear for a while.

[@cliveeariss880]

Hello Graeme, wow what a Pike mate a real stunner, always enjoy your channel, Im off Carp fishing this coming weekend, long time since ive done this but lets see how it goes,all the best, be well, keep safe.

[@nigelbrooks3606]

I used to watch the Irish road workers use the old JUMPING JENNY! Compactor. The guys used to make it look so easy I even had ago whilst they held it. No risk assessment or regulations then. Happy Days!♥️

[@retro1980x]

Thanks

[@TAFishing]

No problem,enjoy putting the films together.More to come.

[@jimringo2569]

Want one o those brick mashers!

[@neilvee451]

Omg wot a fish from a little river 😲🫶🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 brilliant Grahame 🙏👍🏻🥂

[@TAFishing]

Trust me it was all about a bit of luck...

[@ianmilne9633]

Some catch Graham congrats 👍

[@borderlands6606]

A big pike from a small river is as good as it gets. I also remember those road thumping machines, the ultimate pogo stick.

[@TAFishing]

I seem to remember them when I was a kid in the 50's and they were used for flattening tarmac. I've never seen them used as a hardcore crusher.

[@Macros669]

My god man need a bigger boat, its Megaladon!!!😂

[@self-preservationsociety7057]

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water !

[@cgamejewels]

an actual steamroller. lol Now I want a crisp. Yummmm

[@freddyoutdoors]

Really enjoyed watching wow big pike you did well and well deserved that homemade crumble looked yummy

[@neilbuckard723]

Very true comment not only rivers but now lakes there quick to take your money but loads now don't maintain there waters the weed problems are ridiculous and all it takes is once a month dredge the weed it doesn't cost millions,so all you fisheries out there were tired of these conditions do something about it ffs!!!!!!!

[@adhartshorn2589]

Every time you hook up you always have to empty your net you need a rucksack 😂 but yet another good video

[@crvnmrhd]

That's the same spinnerbait you used on that muddy canal a couple years ago and had success with!

[@TAFishing]

I believe it was..good memory. Its had a few close calls and finally found the log in the river that even 50lb braid straight through couldn't move...R.I.P. Mr Spinnerbait. I have another but it not the same.

[@freechordsthetruthmarceden8277]

Constant inspiration G! Tell Mike to give up on the septics, and get out perch fishing with ya asap 🤓 Someone should get ya as guest on Mortimer and Whitehouse,maybe you can help the little fella from calling over on the bank every episosde! Muchos,muchos, my friend...M.

[@torpoint100]

brilliant Graeme you could make Damson Gin jut put damsons in a large glass jar cover with Gin add sugar for swwetness leave for 6 months drain and drink

[@ShaunUnderwoodx]

It truly bothers that no longer can you just go to any river or canal without having to go and pay for the day tickets.. once over you could just go to any river drop in your rod and a way your go.. in the north east of England it's all about territory.. recently I thought I had found some river that was fishable but then I find out that one mile of natural river is now owned by an angling society.. they certainly don't keep the river weedless.. no they just bring attention to their society and money for their ticket's but yet they do no maintenance on the river yarm.. I'm not saying all angling societies I like this but not everyone wants to go populated heavily fished river.. for me just going and dropping your lures into a river and hoping for the best is part of the fun.. you didn't say that this river your fishing in Greame was day ticket or is it simply just river you can fishing with your rod license? There are NO wild rivers( good rivers) left in the UK that are free to fish as long as you have your rod licence.. rivers are either owned by syndicate A holes Weedless.. you're either the luckiest guy or it's all down to skill Greame. I think I need to be travelling down south for the weekend or at least every other weekend .. it seems to me North Yorkshire is just more stress than pleasure fishing..

[@mikehaines6520]

It the same in the South, - the fishing rights are owned by someone - either day tickets or by an angling club, some of the angling clubs have been around for a very long time and are quite wealthy, they have a large membership although not sure how many members actively fish, the clubs do maintain the rivers for fishing as best they can but it generally relies on the members being able and willing to assist. There are few areas which are “free” - these tend to get abused. On our local rivers so few people fish these days, seldom do you see anyone, partly because it’s so difficult to catch anything, - most head for the stocked day ticket lakes which get hammered by match fisherman.

[@ThomasDoubting5]

When have we been able to , I'm 46 and while I did at any point was I supposed be fishing without paying someone something ,

[@Breamo_]

River dearne in south yorkshire is free

[@geomeister9736]

The mighty Thames is free! Not many private stretches at all! But it’s a big, old river and not easy to fish!

[@cameroncameron2826]

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees, And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core; To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells With a sweet kernel; to set budding more, And still more, later flowers for the bees, Until they think warm days will never cease, Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees, And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core; To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells With a sweet kernel; to set budding more, And still more, later flowers for the bees, Until they think warm days will never cease,

[@Botoburst]

Is that really easier than a sledge hammer, slight improvement I guess.

[@johnryder8464]

Your landing net is way too small. Cracking fish!

[@TAFishing]

I do say in the film it was my Perch and small fish net...?

[@colinlaw9752]

For a pike that big. The river must be relatively healthy

[@trevorttilling438]

Oh you caught it don't tell where its from or it will end up catch and cook

[@paulstares48]

When says to me "i dont know why your fishing here, there no fish here or the fishing's rubbish here" i amost always catch something. Its like a call to arms for me!!

[@jasonfearn78]

Also m8 any suggestions on some good trace wire and correct crimps I can buy just to make some traces??

[@TAFishing]

I don't use crimps myself for pike fishing traces ,but I do use heavier wire cable,generally about 30lbs or so. If its multistrand I just knot it. Snip off the tag end and you can put a drop of Superglue gel or araldite over the tag end. I think the wire spool I use is probably not made any more,was it Tideline or Tidecutter or something ??. It was basically wire line for either trolling or sea fishing .But if you check you local tackle shop they might have something similar.

[@ianmiller865]

get pike , no more than you deserve. top fishing

[@jasonfearn78]

Great vlogs graham question for you wat sort of braid do you use for pike? Is it 4 strand or 8? Any help appreciated 👍👍

[@TAFishing]

I have a feeling it was 8 ?.. It was 50lb Sidewinder Braid,I think it might be marketed as Sidewinder silk ?? Hope you can track it down,I only have it on the reels so no box to check stats. It was a lure angler that put me onto using heavy braid for lure fishing some years back.They want to get their expensive lures back and it makes a lot of sense as now I changed to it I can often drag out whole branches,get my end rig back and clear the river at the same time. Of course if you slam into a sunken tree or solid object its usually game over,but even then I have straighten hooks out with the pressure of pulling,then put them back in shape with long nose pliers.

[@TAFishing]

I just looked it up..it says 8 micro weave fibre construction.

[@jasonfearn78]

Oh OK many thanks for the quick reply and answer👍 will that be OK for Dead baits on a float or leadger aswell graham have you any more pike vlogs coming up?? Watching very closely to learn and follow wat you do👍👍👀👀👀👀📺

[@jasonfearn78]

Also have you some good trace and crimps you can suggest to me or any suggestions on making my own traces 🤔🤔🎣👀

[@olliemilburn4842]

Get the pack of cards.shuffle and split. Put one pile on other.turn the top card how far is the 3 of diamonds.

[@peterream9437]

My old neighbour used to make amazing damson jam, using locally sourced fruit. Said there was loads of fruit around our village.

[@simon-ec5kv]

Damsons still plentiful if u now where to look e.g. most hedgerows

[@shauncorless8965]

Invest in a battery heated jacket ,,mine last 4 hrs on one charge it's to hot if anything great buy

[@tonymorris1743]

When did you film this

[@TAFishing]

I think it was on a Tuesday ?? I find the fish bite better on Tuesdays after getting attention from others over the weekend ...I try to avoid Thursdays as well as often midweek matches are held or retirees are out and about. Tuesdays and Fridays for me. I try to avoid weekends.

[@todd2515]

Where is the nearby airfield ?

[@TAFishing]

No idea,I don't fly planes...they just seem to follow me whenever I switch the mic on ??

[@todd2515]

@@TAFishing thanks Graham love watching I was trying to identify where you were fishing

[@dreammaker730]

I'm off dead baiting tomorrow.

[@TAFishing]

Good luck with it...should be getting about the right time of year now.

[@dreammaker730]

@@TAFishing thanks , I will let you know how it goes .

[@jimmyfireball]

Cold feet? Neoprene socks big man! Two pairs of regular sock, 1 pair of 1 size up neoprene socks and a pair of wellies 1 size up. And your cold feet will be a thing of the past.

[@TAFishing]

Got the neoprene wellies thanks to a tip from the Awesome Army ,and now I have some really thick work socks so hopefully circulation will be at full thermostat setting...

[@jimmyfireball]

@@TAFishing here’s to neoprene 🍻, wonderful stuff!