Wrasse fishing in paradise, Isles of Scilly

It was so good to get back to the magical Isles of Scilly after far too long away, and if you're into a bit of lure fishing for wrasse and pollack especially then it's somewhere you so need to visit. Perfect for family holidays, loads of fishing, achingly beautiful and unspoilt, I love the Isles of Scilly.............
Fishing tackle used:
Rod: Savage Gear SGS5 9' 9-35g, here bit.ly/3BFFYBj
Reel: Penn Slammer IV 2500DX, on the market soon, review here • Review of the new Penn...
Braid: Sufix 832 0.15mm, here bit.ly/2PMdeUC
Leader: Savage Gear Semi-Soft fluorocarbon, here bit.ly/2Ypf2Yd
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Music: www.purple-planet.com

[@stevec7876]

Really enjoying this Henry, always loved your tv stuff back in the day, you haven’t lost it! Please keep them going.

[@henrygilbey302]

I think I might have lost it a few years ago, but big thanks!

[@chuckymcchuckface8768]

Henry Sir! Great vids and fantastic to have/see the Gilbey vibe, edge and magic! Keep them coming!

[@henrygilbey302]

thank you so much!

[@martinpaul6146]

Old school Gilbey in every aspect. This is what we expect. Top stuff Thankyou 👍

[@henrygilbey302]

Old school. Love it! Thank you

[@SVRoquetta]

Yup... Im in the scillies now, sail here every year. Infested with wrass 😂 had my two best ever pollock this year too. Great to see you making videos Henry! Please keep making them!

[@peterfitzpatrick7032]

"Jaysus !!"... 😂 I think Mr. G has been spending too much time in Ireland ! 🙄🤗 Nice fishin mate ! 😎👍☘️🍺

[@henrygilbey302]

Sadly not enough time over the last couple of years, but will be getting back to spending a lot more time over there once more.............my favourite country on earth.

[@c.ifishingguernsey]

Cracking video Henry like the good old days watching fishing on the edge and wild fishing fishing with Henry love it nice wrasse fishing keep them coming 🔥🔥🎣

[@henrygilbey302]

big time thank you!

[@joewalton399]

Brilliant video Henry! Keep up the good work

[@henrygilbey302]

thank you!

[@lurefishingdublin1530]

Brilliant, lovely mark to fish.

[@henrygilbey302]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@andrewmeads93]

Love the videos Henry, wonderfully shot. I still have your TV series recorded and refer to them from time to time. Im so stoaked your making videos like this. Also ive always wanted to visit the Isles of Scilly it looks so beautiful. I mainly fish around Torquay and Brixham and had some good results. Please keep the videos coming. Andy

[@henrygilbey302]

Thanks Andy, most kind. Do all you can to go to the Isles of Scilly, they are a magical part of the world for so many reasons

[@timclarke1791]

Really enjoyed that Henry cracking video 👍🏻

[@henrygilbey302]

thank you so much

[@stuwelshcoastangling6612]

Great bit of fishing and acrobatics well done

[@henrygilbey302]

thank you!

[@walterferguson510]

Hi Henry Awesome nothing better than watching a couple of your fishing vids when the weather isn’t great for myself to get out. Bloody jealous haha cursing and falling all part and parcel of fishing 😜

[@henrygilbey302]

thank you!

[@damionfryer6847]

Only just seen this, great video Henry

[@henrygilbey302]

thank you!

[@ianorchard2143]

Love it!! I'm planning my visit.

[@henrygilbey302]

go, it's awesome!

[@bethefish9102]

Great vid, hope you did lots of filming and more to come.

[@henrygilbey302]

I was on a family holiday but I do have another video to put together from out there

[@karlstokes874]

Every time I look at the scily isles on google earth I literally drool. Wrasse mecca! A great channel is BE THE FISH, He lives on the isles and has some nice wrasse fishing uploads.

[@henrygilbey302]

It's an amazing place. Yes, Stuart and Del fish together

[@saltwaterjunky607]

Great stuff just like the good old days 👍

[@henrygilbey302]

wider but wiser?

[@saltwaterjunky607]

Great to see that enthusiasm and energy back again, nice work

[@stuartjago8124]

loved it

[@henrygilbey302]

thank you!

[@Neil.W]

Got to be barbless for the wrasse, they're surprisingly intolerant to being out of the water. I love that we're now using light lure gear for them, as opposed to the heavy beach gear that was the mainstay of wrasse fishing until recently. So much fun on the light gear and personally I find it more fun than lure fishing for bass. Such beautiful fish too.

[@henrygilbey302]

Agree completely, and especially when they are really on the feed, it's so quick and easy to get them back with barbless hooks.............and yes, it's so much more fun fishing for wrasse with this lure gear instead of the heavy stuff

[@Shippey-rg6wm]

It's just like watching Fishing on the edge again, same fishing same language, perfect.

[@henrygilbey302]

Yep, I haven't managed to grow up yet, but I still love wrasse fishing although these days it's always with lures because I can't really see the point in using bait for them when lures work so well

[@cespaia]

Always great videos ….but this one was greater!! Gotta try those barbless hooks 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@henrygilbey302]

most kind, thank you. Barbless is so easy!

[@I.have.an.std.]

I was there 2 weeks ago broke my pb wrasse twice in a week 1 over 4lb. unfortunately the sea was quite rough and I couldn’t do much deep water pollack fishing. last day I had a couple about a pound then one about 3 near the air port. Great video mate 🤟🏻🤟🏻🎣

[@henrygilbey302]

Cracking fish, you get all kinds of weather over there, we lucked out big time this time around!

[@grahamwilson6093]

Hi Henry, great vid. Let’s hear about those boots,!! Cheers.

[@henrygilbey302]

www.henry-gilbey.com/blog/so-hoping-that-these-bestard-sar-pro-water-rescue-boots-last-a-proper-amount-of-time-because-they-are-fantastic-to-wear-for-fishing

[@nicks3560]

Great video Henry all we need now is one of you doing bass fishing, I guess the trouble is protecting your marks.

[@henrygilbey302]

yep, it's a problem, but I have a few ideas. Thank you.

[@kevinbuckler1085]

I seem to remember a trip you did there with Lark's a few years ago.You were pretty impatient then,and you don't seem to have changed much !!!!! wanted people to 'eat my shorts',if I remember rightly !! Great stuff anyway.

[@henrygilbey302]

I am not known for my patience with myself!

[@dirtharris]

Your passion shines through Henry. Lovely video to watch. shallow bouldery ground for wrasse then? No wonder it was all I caught near East Prawle, South Devon (Marc Cowling's territory) when hunting the bass 2 years back. I was fishing very similar ground and caught 2 chunky old wrasse in the sunshine, not a sign of bass. Isles of Scilly it is then! Looks stunning. Thanks for this. Just makes me long to fish.

[@henrygilbey302]

Most kind, thank you. A lot of our good bass ground is also good wrasse ground! If you can go, go, the Isles of Scilly are magical.............

[@johnloxley8705]

What a Crackin video from start to finish ,… Well it would be …. It’s got mr Henry Gilbey in it !! F@@@ing love it 😍 🤣🤣👍🏽👍🏽🎣🎣🎣🎣

[@henrygilbey302]

Crumbs, most kind, thank you!

[@stevenwood1087]

Awesome video Henry 👍🎣🐟

[@henrygilbey302]

most kind, thank you so much!

[@stevenwood1087]

Have you ever fished south east Kent for Bass, highly recommend it when conditions are good 👍🎣🐟

[@henrygilbey302]

@@stevenwood1087 I haven't, but I do hear about some serious bass fishing!

[@stevenwood1087]

Some big bass can be caught here, I mainly lure fish the season and bait fish the winter months, if you ever get the chance it's certainly worth a go, lots of great marks here 👍🎣🐟

[@henrygilbey302]

@@stevenwood1087 if I had my way I'd spend the year travelling on the hunt for bass!

[@blakecrowley5321]

Couldn't wait to get home from work to watch this, as soon as I got the notification 👌brilliant. Hopefully we see more, any plans to do something similar to your TV series?

[@henrygilbey302]

I can't make my TV series stuff because that was people filming me, but I will keep on trying with me filming myself and see where I get. Thank you.

[@blakecrowley5321]

@@henrygilbey302 looks great anyway you don't need a camera man haha. Hope you get back to kilkee someday, matched the Irish shore record for pollock a few months ago, opposite the diving boards 😉

[@blakecrowley5321]

I was told that anyway haha. 1st cast and a fat 76cm pollock nailed me. No scales that day unfortunately but I was told it matched the shore record. Maybe not but definitely a big fish from the rocks

[@henrygilbey302]

@@blakecrowley5321 cracking fish!

[@harrypolkinghorne7718]

Had a cracking wrasse opposite where you are stood last year

[@henrygilbey302]

amazing part of the world

[@harrypolkinghorne7718]

@@henrygilbey302 over there at the moment, had some amazing wrasse and pollack

[@henrygilbey302]

@@harrypolkinghorne7718 intensely jealous! Enjoy, love it over there

[@bassblanker5359]

Cracking video, great to see your enthusiasm shine through. You might not like watching yourself, but, you have a fantastic presence, really informative and entertaining. Look forward to seeing more videos, although understand that won’t be possible for the bass for fear of blowing marks etc. Did you have a go at the pollack when you were on the Scillies?

[@henrygilbey302]

Thank you so much, very kind of you. Del and I had literally 30mins at pollack one evening, I need to try and do it properly on video, we have had some amazing pollack fishing there before. And yes, bass fishing like this is an issue, but I have a few ideas.

[@garethhayes2308]

Hi Henry, I love your videos, as well as your SG videos. When fishing for bass (schoolies all the way to big beasts), how does one set the clutch on a fixed spool appropriately? Thanks, Gareth

[@henrygilbey302]

many thanks.........not sure I am the right person to ask about reel drags, I set mine much tighter than any other anglers I know who fish for bass

[@stevemccrory9130]

Video should be called "Finding your (insert expletive) happy place".

[@henrygilbey302]

I am not proud of my language, but it's okay when my kids aren't around!

[@kevinnewbury9911]

Hello Henry. Great video. Recently took a nasty tumble on the rocks. What do you recommend boot wise ? Do you use tungsten studs ? Regards, Kevin

[@henrygilbey302]

Hope you're okay, I think the odd tumble is part and parcel of the sort of fishing a lot of us do. I am using these boots at the moment, with studs, love them www.henry-gilbey.com/blog/so-hoping-that-these-bestard-sar-pro-water-rescue-boots-last-a-proper-amount-of-time-because-they-are-fantastic-to-wear-for-fishing

[@edipemin4459]

Great video Henry. I am a very big fan of you please recommend me a seabass rod 962-1002 M/MH till 200£

[@henrygilbey302]

Thank you, hope this helps www.henry-gilbey.com/ive-got-x-to-spend-on-a-rod-and-reel/

[@edipemin4459]

@@henrygilbey302 Thank you so much Henry. I ordered already Major Craft triple cross 962 M👌👌👌

[@stephenjackson1828]

I had a week in IOS in between lockdowns blew a hoolie the whole week! 😞

[@henrygilbey302]

ouch, sorry to hear that!

[@i8farming477]

Hi mate are you wearing grey and blue for camouflage so grey rocks and blue sky?

[@henrygilbey302]

er, no, it's for sun protection, I've had one melanoma (skin cancer) which they cut out of me, I'm trying my best not to get another one............

[@i8farming477]

@@henrygilbey302 sorry to hear that mate carry on the great work 👏

[@henrygilbey302]

@@i8farming477 thank you, I got lucky this time around

[@InfinityFishing]

You should keep doing these videos mate , there is no match to your photography and story telling skills.im sure this channel will even grow more.and your dog is so cute, but even more cute than it is when you start swearing lol 😂 tight lines 🎣

[@henrygilbey302]

thank you, we do rather like our dog, but I am not so sure she's that impressed with my language!

[@antjohnson4236]

What are the hooks you are using? Want to do abit more wrasse fishing the coming months

[@henrygilbey302]

I use these ones here if that helps, sizes 2/0 and 3/0 mostly www.veals.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000002.pl?WD=gran&PN=varivas-gran-hooking-master-monster-class-229%2ehtml&aff=5

[@antjohnson4236]

@@henrygilbey302 are the soft plastics your using like cray imitations?

[@henrygilbey302]

@@antjohnson4236 yes, they often are actually, I really like the Z-Man Punch CrawZ

[@henrygilbey302]

@@antjohnson4236 I reckon they most likely are, not sure it makes much sense, but they work!

[@cherylbetts4736]

hey henry nice 2 c u back wot happened to other dog its been a while

[@henrygilbey302]

Thank you! I had to put Jess down nearly 10 years ago now, she got to 13 and a half, she was an amazing dog, still miss her

[@cherylbetts4736]

@@henrygilbey302 bless u henry keep the vlogs comin

[@henrygilbey302]

@@cherylbetts4736 will do my best, thank you again

[@Delehmes]

How you not get snagged !!! :)

[@henrygilbey302]

magic!

[@clive2702]

Great video. We're off to the Isles of Scilly next week, staying in St.Marys and taking a small rod and lures with me in the back pack. I'm not used to sea fishing (usually course fishing for carp) but fell confident to have a go if I follow your advice. Can I ask which cove you were fishing from in this video? thanks

[@bigfishinlittlebritain9808]

I was in a similar situation and can assure not to worry! Anywhere you Chuck you’re lure you’ll catch them, bad one every cast almost anywhere I went, just find some rocky shore

[@henrygilbey302]

sorry for the late reply, there are miles of good ground over there!

[@clivewallace586]

@@henrygilbey302 you were right. Managed to catch a few wrasse. Nothing big but as I’d never been successful fishing off of rocks before, I was over the moon!

[@davevincent5453]

Mask?

[@henrygilbey302]

I've been lucky enough to get away with one melanoma (skin cancer), I'm doing my best not to get another one