Congratulations. Been following you for a couple of years now, and your joy today was a thing to behold, as was that 23 pounder. Pleased to be sharing in your success 😀

You STILL manage to get so worked up, by the sheer joy of the moment, that you forget to record. I buy THAT any day over all these perfectly arranged videos on the net. Thanx for sharing this awsome session and keep em comin mate! Cheers from Sweden!

Great catches!! About the bleeding, its not the hook but the amount of pressure on the fish with rod and line. Heavy tackle can inflict wounds on the fish and so a bit lighter tackle takes away this issue. Done carpfishing for long and caught thousands and slowly moved from ultra heavy to soft rods for the sake of the fish. You can still use a thicker line on a soft rod with no problem and using thin small barbless hooks makes no difference also, as with a soft rod your hook is safe from bending out or ripping through the mouth of the fish. Love to see whats swimming around in that canal😁

freelining bread.... no better way to catch them ! 100% my favourite. awesome fish from a lovely setting - very jealous !

Fantastic session Chris! All the grass carp look amazing, but the 23lb carp was a real treat. Well done.

Your enthusiasm for fishing Is so infectious I love it, you don’t just flick a line in the water and hope for the best, you explain in great detail the watercraft that’s connected to this sport. And this is what keeps me enthralled with excitement about your videos, keep up the sterling work and sport we call angling.👍🏻

I've been coarse fishing for decades and I recognise your skill in catching specimens of various species, selecting the right swims, methods and baits. Those Grass Carp were very impressive. Well done !

You so deserved that absolute creature. Your knowledge, expertise and techiques are only outweighed by your positivity and enthusiasm. Brilliant angling

Like a mermaid. 🧜‍♀️ 😂 Definitely should be the ginger fisherman’s new catch phrase. What an amazing creature well done Chris thanks for sharing the video.

From the look of that bigguns tail, they're on borrowed time 😞 cracking video, gotta love the endless passion and pure joy fishing brings you and you display in these videos Keep up the good work 💪

You are a legend, your enthusiasm just keeps shining through...It really is such a pleasure to watch. Your videos never fail to lift my spirits and put a big old smile on my face. Thank you for your excellent content.

Chris, I use micro barbed and have never seen bleeding like that. Although you did bring the fish in pretty fast especially as it was a grass carp! I tend to play the fish in a more sedate retrieve and enjoy the fight. Great catch.

I stopped fishing quite some years ago but used to use barbless carp hooks only and even then occasionally the mouth would bleed. I hated catching fish where all their mouths were distorted from scar tissue. Some of their mouths were so badly scarred you wondered how they could still feed. At the time there was some discussion about bent shanked hooks being the problem due to them rotating in the fishes mouth whilst being played and thus tearing the flesh in the mouth. I fished with one and three-quarter test curve rods and would play them rather than force them in, but you would still have the same problem. The only thing I used to do would be to treat the wound with an anti septic, I think it was called Klinik. As a matter of conscience I did it every time whether it was bleeding or not.👍

Getting out there and living the dream through determination and believing that the fish are there somewhere, awesome footage, very inspiring well done Chris 👍👍

"I'd rather this than a stinky carp from a puddle. " 😂😂😂😂 I love this dude

I bloody love your enthusiasm. Thank you for your videos. x

Amazing angling and great to see a healthy canal. Quality production too. Top work, Chris.

Wow, thanks for this. It was so fantastic to see such a productive, healthy waterway. And your face says it all. 23lb pb grass Carp from a canal Wow again.

Wow! What a cracking session! Well done, Chris - and thanks for sharing 👊

Absolutely brilliant Chris. Great to watch.

Absolutely brilliant !! Well done !! Love your passion and dedication 🤠

Incredible fishing,those grass carp are really weary biters& super strong fighters that go nuts in the net..a deffenate Clonker...nice 1..Ian

Omg what a session and incredible fish and your enthusiasm is just great to see you have watching you over the last year has got my about to start fishing again can't wait for my new adventures

Wow ,congratulations Chris . 3 stunning fish on simple tactics and good old bread ! Brilliant 👌

Meanwhile here In the mids most of the canals are dead! Beautiful fish, good job!

I am not a Carp fisher at all but if I were Grass Carp would be top of the list. What you did there has to be some kind of a record. Love your enthusiasm and respect for the fish. Always a pleasure to watch.

Nooo, you found our secret fishing hole🤫, Been fishing here with my lad over the last couple of years. Bit of a trek but well worth it. Some good sized bream and tench to be had as well on the method feeder. Top video well done Chris.

Jaw dropped, well done mate. You truly deserve the title of the best angler in the UK

What a fantastic fish. Congratulations on yet another awesome video.... and thank you!

Good fishing (from Germany)! 🤩 🎣 👏

Well done ginge....ur enthusiasm is infectious 👍👍👍

Brilliant Just love seeing you happy 🐟

Ginger I’ve been watching you daily for a year now and you get me siked up for every weekend I fish everyday weekend because of you cheers pal

Unbelievable fishing. Fabulous wild fish in a beautiful setting. Doesn't get any better than that. And you didn't use a boilie! "Kin 'ell"!

Can see the delight on your face. Great session Chris.

you are the most lovely fishin man on youtube man! Keep up this clear and sweet content! Thankyou for your work!

Wow, great days fishing in a natural water. Thumbs up my friend.

Absolute top bloke and I consider one of the most skilled all round fisherman i have ever seen! Thanks for the videos chris 👍🏼

Great video. Lovely to see some canals still holding such fish. I love canal fishing. 🎣

I'm old enough to remember when they were stocked at 3 to 4 inch long to help keep the weed down it didn't work but atleast we still have some of the fish

Excellent session. Absolute huge fish. Beautiful setting and great video work.

Fantastic Chris .... nothing less than you deserve 👍

That was an amazing video. Enthusiasm and passion shines through. Grassies are my favourite fish and you hit the jakpot here. Well deserved and absolutley amazing captures.

Beautiful beautiful and more beautiful!!! I’ve got grass carp in my pond at home they grow fast!!

Great stalking and angling - from one ginger fisherman to another! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Wow mate, what a great session you had....3 beautiful looking grass carp.

Congrats Chris. Very nice. 👍

Get in there chris well done would love to live where you do already looking forward to your next video

What an awesome canal session Chris! 🔥 Really nice Grassies! Freelining is the best way of catching Chub and Carp! 🎣👌

Brilliant videos and explanations on fishing and rigs Keep enjoying your fishing 🎣

Lovely fishing vid, keeping it real for all of us. fantastic!

I am a Carp angler from across the pond and fish mainly for grass carp. They are huge and fun to catch. Thanks for taking us along.

Top man. Love your videos. You make it look easy. Great skill set.

Congrats 😊 Cracking show 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😁✌️

Lovely fish! looked like a quality day out, congrats on the pb!

Chris, massive well done and thank you for sharing your adventures. You've got me into lure fishing and this was great! Appreciate the tips and advice in your content and love the style of fishing you do having only started about 9 months ago! My 12 year old also loves your content :o)

Free lining bread is exactly how I caught my first carp 3 decades ago. It's so much fun! *About the bleeding mouth, I hardly ever experienced it. Only thing I can say is I've been using softer rods 2.5Lbs test, 0.40mm nylon and microbarbed fox armapoint hooks mostly in size 8. Congrats on the PB!

Awesome, with the Carp Hooks, the Wide gape or Mixer pattern hooks work well for surface fishing and do tent to avoid that issue. Another consideration might be a finer mesh net to protect the fins from getting split when they go crazy. Loved this video, you have us all grinning ear to ear just watching from home🙌😁

Absolutely fantastic angling! What awesome fish. Actually made me buzz!

I tell ya ginge you’ve got some gear you mate lol this was an absolute joy to watch still in my opinion the best canal/river fisherman on KZfaq keep up the grind bro 👊

chris you are the reason i got into fishing and i love you for it

This is what fishing is all about ; wild water with true competion - I went to a local commercial fishery and watched as someone was pulling out carp after carp only feet from the bank - 10 in 15 minutes - this is NOT fishing and the fish did not look healthy - the scandal waiting to be told is the harm being caused by commercial fisheries Keep up this sharing of your experiences - Top draw !!!

Congrats Chris, amazing session. Best fishing channel on KZfaq 👏🏻🎣 🥇

Fantastic session Chris 👍🎣🎣 tight lines mate 👌

Great work Chris, what a fish, what a session.

Absolutely brilliant catch Chris, very good size fish too . Three grass carp in one day,nice one.

Now that's what I call a Red Letter Day. Well done Chris mate! 🙂 Those were some truly stunning fish and the 23 pounder at the end was the cherry on the cake. Congratulations! 🎣🙂

A special day Chris absolutely stunning well done!!

Fabulous watch, well done Chris

Well done Chris! I’ve seen big commons and mirrors also few massive Koi but never Grass Carp this size! Congrats on new PB!

Nice catches. I accidentally hooked a grass carp by the tail fin last week, with a perch rod, my lightest setup. It took me 2:15 hours to land a 115 cm 44lbs giant. Definately my PB!

I've not fished for a few years now but used to use Drennan Super Specialist hooks, and flatten the barb, and had few issues with them - caught fish up to 28lb no problem. Lovely video by the way, fantastic result, well done!

I really enjoyed watching this video mate. Thank you very much for sharing!

Hi ginge think you should come up to Poynton and fish some of the canals near there. Some beautiful fish saw a close to 4lb perch get caught the other day on a dark green fluke style lure.

Possibly the best fishing vid ive ever watched. Could feel your heart beating . My favourite method 👍keep em coming

Thats a great session Ginge well done. Over the last few years ive walked / ridden hundreds of miles on my local Canal and ive not seen a sausage ( although the water is extremely dirty ) Id love to catch a canal Carp of any size. Well done old boy

Absolutely awesome fishing, excellent !!

Amazing session, the look on your face when you got those fish was a picture, the sheer excitement is why we all go fishing. Have some stonking Carp on the Grand Union near me but have failed to catch any so fair play on getting those beasts. Regarding the bleeding from the hooks, I use Pallatrax Gripz most of the time and have only ever had one fish bleed on me (That was a Tench)

Fantasy fishing Chris. Top man!

Love your videos. I’m 49 and I’ve not been fishing since I was like 15 when we used to go all the time. Seriously considering getting back into it.

Outstanding! An absolutely amazing session!

Chris I used to use size 2 French Forged Carp Hooks, I have also used Aberdeen Long Shank Hooks which may have a smaller barb.

Enjoyed watching this nice to see you having fun well done buddy❤

Well done Chris, another PB on record on a canal. Awesome job.

Great filming, loved the drone and the bread close up. Your presentation style is luke a disorganised John Wilson (in a good way!). Well done Chris. Hook bleed might be grass carp specific?

Good fishing young man and a lovely day for it .

Words can’t express how much I enjoy your channel.

When the fishing is that good and exciting bud the wee mistakes are understandable , another great video buddy 👏🏻😊

awesome job mate...three wonderful fish...and the commentry great as usual from Jaws " were gunna need a bigger net" to Madonna's "like a mermaid" getting out of the water..top vid mate and weldone :)

Chris another cracking one As a carp angler I use barbless hooks Still get the odd bleeder but seems to occur when hooked in scissors Suspect more blood vessels in this area More prevalent in spring

Unbelievable session, these fish are massive. Nice one. 👍

I'd love to catch a grass carp and more special coming out of the canal well done ginger fisherman love your videos awesome

awsome video Chris, That 23lbr was a beauty🎣

A man after my own heart! I only fish for Carp off the top, its the best way and more like lure fishing. My one tip is to take some dog biscuits as well, cheap and plentiful (Tesco own brand beef and Veg is the best I've found). They also make a great dinner bell-esque plopping noise when you thrown them in that often attracts the Carp. Dog Biscuits are best used for locating the Carp, then once you've found em, fish for them with bread as you were (personally cant be bothered to hair rig a dog biscuit!) I used the barbless Korda Mixa hook for surface fishing and don't generally have the bleeding issues. Well done again Chris, super chuffed for you.

Great catch sir, well done, proper happy for you

Mate I've been watching you for years and I'm buzzing for you what a catch bro

Well done on the pb!!! Some cracking fish 👌

what a session. amazing result. god I love this channel!

Top result Chris a true red letter day well done!

So refreshing to see how use the minimum of tackle, and get great results. Makes me want get back into the sport again.