Tricking Big Canal Fish With This Simple Overlooked Method!

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This session I decided to try and trick some big canal fish with a simple overlooked method. That being ledger fishing. I rarely ever see anyone ledger fishing the canal, but it can be a great method on those windy, boaty days when you're struggling to keep the float still. It can be great for presenting baits against the far margin when a lot of fish tend to cling to when the towpath is busy. The hope of this session was to catch one of my first tench of the session. See how I got on!
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@Visseman2 2 жыл бұрын

I ran today into a friend of one of my friends while i was fishing. They were planning to catch some tench on the method, while i was fisging for big roach and bream. They caught a nice tench and i caught a big roach of 30 cm! Amazing day and what a coïncidence this video dropped!

@randomreviewz2628 2 жыл бұрын

I love your videos man. Great video quality and you always seem to have a great day fishing!

@kennyman9065 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Chris! Some great fish caught, and some great tips 🎣👍🏻

@shinuizabusa2180 2 жыл бұрын

Man i love Tench, fell in love with those orange eyes 20+ years ago. They are just amazing. Best wishes from austria buddy :)

@mcpjohnson 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video Chris as per usual, great tips too, and backing track awesome.

@damoa9146 2 жыл бұрын

I'm jealous on how much you manage to get out so much. As always Keep up the great work top fisherman 👊

@philbench7622 2 жыл бұрын

What I love about your videos is = you do/love natural "wild" fishing ❤ I don't knock or despise commercial fishery fishing. Loads of anglers love it, and who am I to criticise? 😨. I've took nephews & grandkids to commercials, and we've bagged-up, and they enjoyed it. But, everytime, I thought = "This is wrong! The kids haven't really learned anything!" 😨😨 ... 😉

@heyitsme6083 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic video Chris. Tench are my favourite fish to fish for. Absolutely love them. Closely followed by barbel and chub. Love river fishing. But tench are without a doubt my favourite fish

@allanpowell7208 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video Chris, good to see you back in action after all the nonsense. Keep on keeping on matey Cheers.

@deedontworry 2 жыл бұрын

Tench fishing is so fun, great video Chris!! 🎣👌

@jamesatkinsfishing 2 жыл бұрын

Well done again Chris nice little session, i'm the same love Tench, thank you

@theabandonedhunter3604 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Chris! That Tench was a beauty 👌

@chillycheeks5318 2 жыл бұрын

Another fabulous video Chris. You are a magician. Thanks

@FDGRebel 5 ай бұрын

Brilliant video as usual, love the Robin. Youngster came fishing with me one day and was feeding one out of her hand she couldnt believe it. Some beautiful fish there :)

@stevanfarley6652 2 жыл бұрын

great video Chris, what a good way to christen a new set up

@trevorcornes1056 2 жыл бұрын

Nice mixed bag of fish Chris and a mint condition Tench . Actually all the fish looked in brilliant condition 👍

@hanzelman1963 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Chris, nice video mate and what a nice tench, allways nice fish to catch with a lights setup, strong and nice colored fish, till the next vid 👍👍😎

@FFSLures 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, I really enjoyed that. Makes me miss my Tench fishing!

@robertbabbs9694 2 жыл бұрын

Great video again Chris thanks for sharing.

@mattandsharks 2 жыл бұрын

Those dead maggots look pretty lively! 😁

@The_ginger_fisherman 2 жыл бұрын

Yea they came back to life after the intro 😂

@phil3038 2 жыл бұрын

Another brilliant video, think I've said this before, but seeing you going out fishing for all species has taken me back to my fishing roots. Less time sat behind alarms and more time enjoying a good bend in the rod,

@rovingrods 2 жыл бұрын

Top video Chris. Nicely edited too. 👌🏁

@petercalthorpe7966 2 жыл бұрын

G'day Chris , such a beautiful spot and the birds singing in the back ground . The Robin was a beauty , the Bream was awesome but the star was the Tench 👍🏻👏🏻. You poor sod your so accident prone just like me 😂😂. All the best from Brisbane ,say hi to Bro .👍🏻

@mrlittlemouse1 2 жыл бұрын

Should of had an air rifle for the robin

@The_ginger_fisherman 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Pete!

@jamesatkinsfishing 2 жыл бұрын

@@mrlittlemouse1 that's nasty MICHAEL

@mrlittlemouse1 2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesatkinsfishing it’s only a bird

@kid--presentable 2 жыл бұрын

@@mrlittlemouse1 quiet you

@limitedmark 2 жыл бұрын

Just found your channel, excellent may I say, many thanks.

@Beurtmans Жыл бұрын

Now the closed season for pike and all lures is here I'm into the method feeder on tench. And the fight they give is awesome. The bream is more like a wet towel if you catch it. At the end of May I can go out and catch my favorite fish the pike again.

@andyh9030 8 ай бұрын

Nice one Chris lovely tench that 👍

@riverhuntersuk7387 2 жыл бұрын

You should really have more subscribers man. Love the vids bro

@needham831 2 жыл бұрын

Great sesh Chris. And just like me, you are under the spell of the Tinca...and that was a lovely fish. I hope to see you bag up with a few sometime soon...and don't forget your keepnet next time.😀

@The_ginger_fisherman 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Chris. Next video is going to be a tench video also ;)

@needham831 2 жыл бұрын

@@The_ginger_fisherman Cool. I shall look forward to seeing it.☺ And all being well I should be doing a bit of Tench fishing myself on Friday....on a secret Estate lake in the Nottinghamshire countryside.☺

@cns180784 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, nice to see some good fish caught on the canal. Tbh I'll never bother fishing the canals by me for anything other than predators on the spinners because of the barges. Some days you get a lot of them coming through and I'm sure the fish are used to them but they could catch your line if you don't reel in every time one comes past and when they do, any bait you put out gets kicked up and blown away. That groundbait you're using here, Silver X is what I used in my last session, not the nicest smell but still effective. Fished it in a bullet style cage feeder, 14 hook with 4 live maggots on, mixed groundbait with casters and corn. Fished the Borrowpit lake in Tamworth, a really nice natural lake and caught two Bream over 7lb (one was four ounces short of 8lb and an ounce short of my PB) and a Tench just under 3lb. Nice video I like to watch these vids bomb/feeder fishing with groundbait and natural baits for any fish but mainly targeting bigger silvers. Be good if you do some more, keep it up 👍

@popsfishing Жыл бұрын

Nice calm and relaxing fishing 😎👍

@justluvfishinguk 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome buddy awesome… cheers Chris & Sam

@michaelschultz5127 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to catch those fish you caught there mate.

@poseidon0887 2 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy watching his video

@scouse1967 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video again and this time aiming for my favourite coarse fish to fish for. The good ol Tench. I just wish the canal near me ( The Grand Union/Milton Keynes stretch) was so less busy with boat traffic, that most of the time i'm having to reel in my bait and line (round about every 5-6 minutes) to let a barge or 4 travel past. Some days it's like a canal boat race with the loonies. Plus the water is filthy and in some stretches it stinks of raw sewege :( :( :(

@SteeeveO 2 жыл бұрын

I'm in Northampton - I don't think the GUC has anything like the species range or size that Chris is lucky to catch up North. I'm told the Luton AC stretch around Leighton Buzzard is better & possibly the Leicester stretch near Foxton Locks - but I'll believe it when I see evidence. Shame that the Canal & River Trust don't attempt to equalise stocking across the canals - all they do near me is electrofish to remove zander.

@leongodhania1335 2 жыл бұрын

Caught my first tench the other day on a tiny rod 20 min fight and spotless 6.6lb fish was loving it ! Your production had really improved aswell it makes videos even better 👍

@cns180784 2 жыл бұрын

Your first Tench over 6lb? I've caught quite a few but my biggest has been 4lb 3oz caught the other week. My mate had one just under 6lb on the same lake. Well done for that, it's not regular to catch them that big.

@leongodhania1335 2 жыл бұрын

@@cns180784 thanks she was fat! I would've been happy with a 1lb fish

@gavingg4761 2 жыл бұрын

@@cns180784 the mere I fish is 100 acre and it's done a 14lb tench before

@cns180784 2 жыл бұрын

@@gavingg4761 That's a serious Tench, a lake that I'm fishing tomorrow has had Bream upto 16lb come out of it. I had one Bream four ounces short of 8lb the other week from it. See what I get tomorrow, hopefully I don't blank lol.

@leongodhania1335 2 жыл бұрын

@@cns180784 the water I got the tench from must have magic juice in it lol it's only a bout 2acres and 4ft deep at deepest areas and I've seen a 28lb pike come out of it ...

@michaelschultz5127 2 жыл бұрын

I did an experiment, I used 20pd line an a #8 hook I still caught fish, the fish aren't afraid of the line as much but, afraid of the hook,... I used other colors too an still caught fish, but I didn't catch much fish on just the braided line though.

@XfireWTF 2 жыл бұрын

Great vid!

@paulembleton3087 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing another video and some cracking fish look forward to the next video 📹

@punana4 2 жыл бұрын

First light light 4.30 am early mor ing fishing is indefinitely better for tench. Glad you got one. Top fishing

@The_ginger_fisherman 2 жыл бұрын

Probably best for all kind of fishing at that time. Especially on the cut

@differentfins Жыл бұрын

I love a little bait fishing from shore. I use worms often but to this date never never tried corn or bread for fishing. We have no carp where I live so it seems alien to me lol.

@vijaysuryaaditya9860 Жыл бұрын

On sensible tackle, Tench fight like Titans!

@peterpetts9289 Жыл бұрын

enjoyed the video and your enthusiasm. If I had broken my rodrest top I might have been tempted to put a towel oir bag on the concrete to protect a new rod?

@seanfraustus 2 жыл бұрын

The first person ever to be happy about catching a bream whilst tench fishing 🤣

@The_ginger_fisherman 2 жыл бұрын

Gotta look pleased in front of the camera 🤣

@CioataRobertAndrei 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video!

@billsiviter9272 Жыл бұрын

Bestbait I've found for tench is scopex hooker pellet or prawns. Big perch will take a prawn too.

@ZideZiChannel 2 жыл бұрын

Nice ,congrats

@PBclipz 2 жыл бұрын

Mmm that new rod feeling🙃

@jeffstewart1931 Жыл бұрын

Really enjoy your videos learning so much, you seem to see the fish you’re targeting can you tell me what’s a good pair of glasses to buy please

@markthurston8028 Жыл бұрын

U will do well keep to natural waters good luck tight lines

@anatolyagapov4806 2 жыл бұрын

Отличная рыбалка!👍

@mohamedtraveler1583 2 жыл бұрын

Greetings from morocco🇲🇦👍👍

@tadhghayden8440 2 жыл бұрын

Nice fish...

@PieterChristiaens 2 жыл бұрын

You make great video's! More underwater please, those are superb. Never zander?

@The_ginger_fisherman 2 жыл бұрын

I'll have to give zander a go this year!

@elliothopkins9192 2 жыл бұрын

🤣😂 green carp! Well delt with mate!

@davidbamber6795 Жыл бұрын

-wish our local Chichester canal fish as well as yours. Was good upto about 10 to 12 yrs ago but steadily gone downhill

@samparker4003 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@jamesjohnson7905 2 жыл бұрын

A rare thing in that stretch a emerald one .didn't have any last year from the canal just loads of bream and chub

@paulisherwood8465 2 жыл бұрын

Your lucky to have such good fish in your stretch of the canal Chris, is it the Leeds and Liverpool canal over Yorkshire way?

@Northstar-Media 8 ай бұрын

Who was that in the background who wanted it to be a "lovely little carp"😂

@nickpratt8400 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video. None Question for you mate. Looking for a short telescopic spinning/lure pike rod for canoeing. Any advice would be great. 👍

@The_ginger_fisherman 2 жыл бұрын

I never really use telescopic rods. My advice would probably be to stick to brands you trust. The last time I tried a telescopic lure rod it was one i brought from wish for about £20 and it snapped on a 1lb jack haha

@FlaxPax 2 жыл бұрын

I like to fish for bream, tench and carp with corn because the perch dont bite corn that often

@paulhooper4315 2 жыл бұрын

Great video what canal is it that you are fishing?

@OhhLuxi 2 жыл бұрын

what size hooks should i use for perch ?

@andrzejskalikow760 2 жыл бұрын

Super

@EsoxLVCIVS6776 2 жыл бұрын

Cockles and prawns are deadly for tench.

@catalickconverta6823 2 жыл бұрын

Sweet corn is as well single grain

@Shagley 2 жыл бұрын

And bread squeezed onto the hook

@nathanhunt8598 Жыл бұрын

What canal is this bud looks brilliant mate

@vincevispro9101 2 жыл бұрын

I got the same reel

@ironicz123 2 жыл бұрын

For dead maggots thems is lively 😄, something I like doing for river fishing I blitz up my sweetcorn and mix that in with my ground bait I find it clouds up more keeps fish intrestwd

@The_ginger_fisherman 2 жыл бұрын

They somehow came back to life as the session went on haha

@markwatkinson815 Жыл бұрын

Looked a lovely spot we’re u where

@simon-ec5kv 2 жыл бұрын

What's it like with boats on that cut? By mine more than ever due to staycations I guess and it's killed the fishing

@The_ginger_fisherman 2 жыл бұрын

We get them about every 20-30 minuets in the day. That's why i only fish either the crack of dawn or late evening this time of the year.

@keithstandrin9861 6 ай бұрын

Hi where do you get tickets to fish this area,just moved to the area

@its_kyle74 2 жыл бұрын

What net is that. I need it

@OnAMissionForAdventure 2 жыл бұрын

Something was definitely livening up at the 6.37 mark

@jamesshort9335 2 жыл бұрын

Mate how do you know its not just weed at the bottom?would love to fish my canal this way but would be wary of what's at the bottom,ie snagging all the time.

@The_ginger_fisherman 2 жыл бұрын

Just from past experience. I did get a bit of weed from time to time, but i was checking the rigs fairly regularly

@lscouser1344 2 жыл бұрын

@ the ginger fisherman Were is this ???

@AndrewFishman 2 жыл бұрын

When fishing a bait and no holder, leave the bail arm open so you do not lose rods to carp. Pro tip from someone who learned the hard way.

@The_ginger_fisherman 2 жыл бұрын

I was fishing with a free running rig. I wouldn't of been about to tell a bite easy enough with an open bail arm

@AndrewFishman 2 жыл бұрын

@@The_ginger_fishermanTBH, I would rather miss a strike than lose a rod. I had my heart in my mouth the whole time waiting to see you new rod go splash. I use an elastic band to cinch the line to the rod handle top grip. This pulls free to indicate a strike, but leaving the bail open, you will not lose your rod to a smash and grab. Your rods, your choice of course, but I have seen many go for a swim and only a few recovered.

@mancingmancingchannel9011 2 жыл бұрын

Is enjoy fishing

@Mrtruth769 2 жыл бұрын

Where is this anyone know

@kylemorgan5279 6 ай бұрын

Hi mate what canal is this please cracking fish btw 👍 ???

@ionut8876 11 ай бұрын

Is this coventry canal?

@ballkeeper6662 11 ай бұрын

which model is it

@KProgressive 2 жыл бұрын

Are your lead free running or bolt?

@The_ginger_fisherman 2 жыл бұрын

free running buddy

@Ferretofthesouth 9 ай бұрын

Is this Nuneaton canel ?

@bobbiewoolgrove5445 2 жыл бұрын

No hate but isn’t it close season or do you know stretches that you can still fish?

@captainkenzie6873 2 жыл бұрын

You can fish canals it's the river close season which means you can still fish canals and lakes just read the byelaws.

@goonervillegonad3662 2 жыл бұрын

Was you fishing with George from Rainbow?

@Shagley 2 жыл бұрын

Oh zippy you are naughty!

@enkeltfiske.5412 2 жыл бұрын

Can you trie eel fishing

@catalickconverta6823 2 жыл бұрын

Look like matt hayes with that hatt an chair

@jamescoughlan8193 2 жыл бұрын

Would you not just cut a couple of tree branches for rod rests ? Nice fish , fine selection of worm in that box

@The_ginger_fisherman 2 жыл бұрын

Probably. I just like making things hard for myself haha

@LeviVanSluijs 2 жыл бұрын

@markthurston8028 Жыл бұрын

Where's the canal and who is your sponsor

@x_daddybaldy_x1183 2 жыл бұрын

Ayyup

@nospoon4799 2 жыл бұрын

Damn my secret is out.

@philbench7622 2 жыл бұрын

I'm joking 😊! ... But, truly & honest = when I was a kid, waiting for June 16th to arrive was loads more exciting than Xmas or my birthday. I was on the lakeside or riverbank at 1 - 3am when it was still dark, trying to thread my line through the rod rings under torchlight.... I always missed a rod ring or two, come daylight 😊

@cliffdixon6422 2 жыл бұрын

When the closed season was enforced on all venues, used to turn up on the 15th to a local ribbon lake we referred to as 'Greengates' that came off the main Little Britain Lake in Uxbridge. The main lake was a working gravel pit in the 19th century and Greengates was the connection to the Slough Arm of the Grand Union Canal - The lock was long gone and the end of the lake was filled in, the depth was lower than the main lake and we reckoned that the Tench used to spawn in there and stay around for a few weeks feeding before going back (Which would explain why sport was explosive in June but became hard from the first week of July onwards). We would get down on the 15th to get a decent swim as the locals knew what it could produce on opening day - Come midnight, the floats with starlight attached used to go in. You could fill a keepnet with Tench, Bream and the odd Crucian by 9am in the morning, it was a special few years before the lake owner passed away and the venue was closed off.

@philbench7622 2 жыл бұрын

@@cliffdixon6422 brilliant memories eh CLIFF? 😉