Anybody thinking about fishing from Minehead I can absolutely recommend fishing Mikey on Teddyboy. You will hopefully be seeing more of our fishing with him later in the year. In the meantime stay safe and take care. 😊👍🏻🎣

Please can you put more of your father in law cooking what you catch. You are really an excellent Fisherman and when you take your Catch for him to prepare, it puts your show on another level.

Nice departure from the usual videos. Thank you...

"Always take a banana to a party, Rose...bananas are good...." Love watching your videos. They are so informative and entertaining. I especially enjoy watching the Spago's cooking videos. Watching from central New York.

Brrrr.! thanks yet again, this confirms why I left the Cornish riviera for the French riviera was a good move...

Great watch thank you john good to see you down my neck of the woods

Nice video. I used to love going out of the Thames estuary uptiding, as long as everyone took care casting we had some great times and some excellent fishing. Going out with the knowledgable John Rawle, on his boat Kingfisher, were my favorite trips. Simple rigs like the one you show were most successful. The water was only a little clearer than what you had there John!

Good to see Mikey working for you, his coffee isn't bad either. His new boat looks huge compared to the previous two

Just done coarse fishing all my life, thinking about Sea fishing now, been watching your videos and workshop and picked up a lot of information. Thank you.

Morning John. Our day looks like your day there... !

😀watching now

That was good fun to watch, i could already see batter wrapped round that Cod, he is going to enjoy that, superb content as per usual John

Lovely quality filming fantastic picture good on you pleasure to watch

Great video john and, some cracking fish caught. especially that first cod. Beat me today. Only whiting and dabs. But two nice big dabs for takers and, a tasty dinner. All caught on salted luds tipped with squid. Tight lines mate

I've been sat here waiting for this, since lunchtime......

Enover great day for fishing,Thanks for video 😉🍀👍

Well done John smashing vid again nearly choked on me apple juice when your mate was stood behind eating the yellow bent item thankyou for puttin up and for the effort involved nice one fella.

Coooool video

Cracking video again john appreciate it....a beautiful cod cheers marra 😃👌

The markings on that cod were absolutely exquisite worthy of a plate in a fish journal as example of Cod (spelling edit we / were)

Brilliant!

The clarity of the Bristol channel makes the solent look like the Caribbean lol great video john cheers

Thanks for sharing mate, I enjoyed watching as always :) Cheers.

Always good to see you in action

Nooo way he packed a banana 😯

O.k. you fly me out and I'll buy a ticket!! Lol. That would be cool though.

You NEED this boat!

Can't believe he took a banana aboard lol 😆

Great video John 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🍌🍌🍌!

Another informative and different video John.👏👏 Full of useful information🧑‍🎓 and joy to watch.😀😀 Thanks to all for taking us with you and sharing their skills and knowledge.👏👏 Take care and stay safe.😷🙊

25-30 years ago we were pirking mid-channel and I used a banana skin as a muppet for a laugh and caught a cod.

As Kids growing up we go to the fish plant and when the small inshore boats come in we cut out cod tongues, britches, cod heads, or joes, or sound bones, and if the fish was big we cut out the cod cheeks as well and the stomachs and the gills then sell them around the towns for a few dollars. lol lol cheers

Wow great really enjoyed this 😊😊😊

Booked the tickets booked the car parking. Can't wait to have a good chain wag with you. Take care mate 👍

Already had to pause as your charter pulled in it's same size and type of boat I ever fished off caught alsorts, it was my 13th birthday present from my dad and the boat at the time was called the bonny Lad but now it's the Gemini, it's been around for decades and many people had their first fishing 🎣 experience on that boat and later I worked on the Hanna Louise it's now a dive charter but was fishing when I worked on her and seeing and helping people land their first ever fish is almost an unbeatable experience.

Perfect Sunday evening TV. (my Mrs disagrees) 😂

Goodness John, sleepless in Cyprus, so caught it!!, crying, HMS Balmoral got stranded in the harbour many years ago so Mum, Dad & I had to train it back to Watchet, ironic as the train goes straight past their house. Thank you a lot, for being you, regards to the family. Sorry for the ramble, greetings 🐟🐟🐟🐟🙏🙏

Really enjoyed that! Thanks for posting.

Thanks for another great video. Quite different water clarity than usual.🔱

Nice one john , good to to see you on one of mikeys boats hes one of the best skippers . You need to eat a few bananas tho john lol. Take care chap and good luck

Enjoyed the video thanks for sharing

Ahoy, Matey from across the pond. Please bare with me, this post is a little long. It a tale of the "old salts" and the " landlubbers." During my military training at Great Lakes, IL. they had a salmon run festival in Grand Haven, MI. It was about 200 mile by land from where I was stationed. The festival (over watched by the US Coast Guard) was a 2 day event that featured free charter fishing to active duty military and by fee for the general public (civilians or tourist.) And with a Coast Guard facility close by in Grand Haven we wouldn't have to pay for our housing or meals. The only cost was the transportation to the event (yes, a reduced cost for military.) Me and a mate became aware of the event through our Special Services unit and it occurred yearly over many years. Win for us and a chance to get some recreation. Now to set the stage it was 2 day festival that drew a lot of tourism. The charters with various size vessels and were safely embarked and overwatched by our Coast Guard. As each charter Captain would dock and depending upon the craft size they would break us into groups. It was safe, it wasn't shoulder to shoulder more like "Manning the Yards, " or rendering honor coming into home port. All hands on deck. Well it took time to organize and launch the charters and there was a group of 10 or so having a good time. Filling their collective belltes with food and drink and the excitement from that group was very high. Me and my mate had Navy ball caps on and shirts that had stated US Navy and it was easy to see we were military. During the wait we had a chance to talk to the Petty Officer who overseen the embarking. Just general chat about the differences between "blue water" and "shallow" (coastal) Navies. At one point we commented on the amount of people who showed up for the festival. Complimented him on how organized and safe the event was. He even stated that they had a wide deck pontoon boat with seatbelt seating for the handicapped. I joked and told him it was a civilian "flat top." Near the end of the conversation we traded quips and jokes.The Petty Officer motion towards the group of ten and stated "I hope they took there Dramamine ?" I'm not sure if UK is familiar with the name or have the same medication, it's for motion sickness. He said that there was some chop today (not white caps) and I don't have to say anything about heave, sway, surge, roll, pitch and yaw of a vessel. It came time to board, the Captain gave the size of the charter to the Petty Officer and how many the he would like to come on board. The Captain yelled the amount as 12 for boarding, which, I would assume would be how many "Mae West" and gear he had on board. I also assumed it would be 6 port & starboard. The Captain introduced themself along with is crew and that we would be trolling for Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon. He stated that the gear was already rigged and the crew would be setting the lines and would gaff the fish that would be landed. He also stated that the equipment was expensive and not to "mess" with the gear until a fish was hooked. And to leave the rods in the rod holders. He explained on the conditions we would be fishing, perpetual motion (trolling) and light chop. Now the fun started, It took about half hour for us to get to the area to start to fish. Line set 6 on one side and 6 on the other. One in the group got sick, and vomited over the side. With the vomitus floating on the surface and floating past everybody it started a chain reaction right down the line. Man oh man, the smell. Nothing like a half digested lunch floating by you. Then you had the want-to-be anglers who, despite instruction, had a better way of fishing. Did you ever try to fish with tangled up, knotted lines. One of the crew had to bring in three people's lines, the crew member who had to fix it, rolled his eyes and said "well, that a real fur ball!" A total nightmare of these landlubbers not having there "sea legs," I did more helping people up off the deck than fishing. At one point one of them launched half over the railing and lost her camera (prior to cell phones) taking pictures of a salmon being landed. Nothing like the panic of a "man overboard" call. Not to mention every 5 minutes the crew telling the people to keep there life jackets snapped. I landed a nice 6-7 pound Coho, my mate landed 2. We had a big old salmon feast that evening provided by the local Native Indian tribe volunteers.The crew who gaffed my fish thanked me helping and "being a part of the crew." I ask if this nightmare happens often, rolled his eyes and said "every weekend!" He told me half of the money the Captain and crew makes for the season is during the festival. He told me he would take the headache medication (Tylenol) with beer that night. We landed and it took a "New York" second to offboard. I shook the crews hands and wish them "fair winds and following seas." Would I do it again, in a heartbeat. The power of charter is experienced anglers who provide a exceptional trip. The charter is fee based, extra for gear, for cleaning the catch. But you show up and they provide everything from life jackets to the gear. You just show up and they do the heavy lifting. Again, sorry for the long post. Hopefully it puts a smile on my mates from across the pond faces. I bid you "fair winds and following seas." Sorry about the editing...the festival was on Lake Michigan USA.

Oi that's my channel.. Leave our cod BE..., 🤣🤣.. Respect from Minehead 👍👍..

Seems I missed this video, John, better late than never though, eh? That was a belter of a cod, never caught one myself, but I know when I do catch one, and I will, it'll be the best fish and chips ever. Spent yesterday evening down on Portreath beach with the Missus and my youngest lad, eating fish and chips and watching the surf come rolling in. Some great skimmer stones to be had, think I near enough cleared the beach of anything remotely flat by the time I'd finished!!! Plump mackerel are on the north shore now. Had a superb session after work on Friday evening. Is there anything better than just caught mackerel on a BBQ, bottle of lager in one hand, rod in t'other, as you watch the sun melt into the Cornish sea? Loving life! 🥰

Welcome to my home town 🙂

Pretty big skates, love the coloration on them, very unique

Yahooooooo Howay the lads 🔥🔥👍🏻

beautiful place to relax with fishing

Great video john! Your in my neck ov the woods.just along the coast from me in Weston.always plenty of conger and rays and the cod have been coming out also👍

Another great video John. Cracking looking boat

Wow can't believe you were in mine head that my neck of the woods! I grew up fishing the Bristol channel!

Great hook presentation on the half mackerel fillet.....I'll be trying that out bud...... Great trip out and on my doorstep...👍

Really enjoyed that session. Lovely boat and something fun just using a running ledger on a bit of mixed ground. Always a good pull on the line with a roker in the tide 👍🏻

I fish the Welsh side of there. Bet the tide flow was an eye opener great fishing and a lovely cod too

Good to see you using some nice gear, talicas are excellent reels

That current will fix all energy problems once we put some turbines in there:P.

Well done all nice selection of fish and looked a good day out. Thanks for another good vid John 😊

Great footage, congratulations in advance on the 300k, your channel has come a long way and richly deserved!

Wow, beautiful catch lad!!

Looks like you had a good time John

As always awesome content thanks for your time to do this video 📸🐱

Great vid respect from Ireland 🇮🇪 👏

Nice one Boys! Lovely cod!

Magnificent fish, well done 👏

Great looking boat seen lots of his posts on fb plus I love fishing the Bristol Channel

A great watch, maybe I should try it one day. Great content John.👍

Grat stuff, you did better than our trip today from Ramsgate, only small dogs and whiting. Enjoyed it all the same, thanks for all the tips

Some lovely blonde rays, smoothounds, bass and bull huss where you are. The fishing there is fantastic.

You fighting the tide catching fish. Me fighting snow below zero F cold weather and falling . What's wrong with this picture. 😕. Great video lad .good information as usual. . Keep up the great work for 2023 .

Love your videos Keep it up and great work 👍

Nice 1 again John I follow you since I New your accent from Whitby my kids used to crab fish under the bridge facing the dolphin public house were we had refreshments it cost us 10p a crab they came back with 5£ worth and then off to nobles amusements lol thanks for the videos my friend

Water looks like milk chocolate, Are you guys drifting? Interesting charter fishing, John.

Nice one John even from a viewers point of view you nailed the video. the fishing is like the water dark and mysterious but at least you caught. crack on

Mikey is a top skipper and has a great boat. He works hard to find you fish. If you ever think of bringing your own boat over John, we now have a club tractor for launching at BBOSAA.

That’s a charter to add to my list , excellent video as always john .

Water that cloudy, shock of your if the 1st fish was a barbel 🤣

Sure beats the bent safety pin on a string and pole with bread crumbs , I used to catch minnows in our river when I was a kid. But I was just as pleased and excited to catch one!! Love watching how you bait up, and what you catch. Take care and thanks for sharing. Friend from Canada

love your channel i'm so touched💕I subscribed and liked💁‍♀️💕Boat fishing biginner Momy💕

Great video as usual Wayne 👍

That’s a Proper Charter Boat!

I love that John, sharing the love like that giving that lobster away, I guess the only problem is deciding which of the 14 people to give it too lol

Been fishing around there, mainly on the wrecks. Lots of conger and dog fish. Live just up the coast in Weston. Great vid mate.

Nice video mate went twice last year with teddyboy tope first time and cod the next we were plagued by congers then but enjoyable trips and new knowledge learnt but I would also recommend them

Mackerel off the boats in the channel will always get you strap congers lol, I tend to stick with squid as a good all round bait. There are days when fishing off the back outfishes the uptide rods though, just one of those days. Boat banter is the best! 🙂

Bananas mate. Lol🤣🤣🦀🦀🦀

I think the Bristol Channel has the second highest tidal range in the world. Used to fish out of Illfracombe quite a bit, sometimes even 11/2 lbs of lead wouldn’t hold bottom. Had to move closer inshore to hold bottom again. Know what you mean by the water colour!

Great atmosphere there John. Fantastic boat. I wouldn't want to pay the running costs though. 👍👍

The funny thing about the banana. Everytime I don't take one I have a bad day fishing. Every time I do take one the fishing won't pick up until I start to eat it. I've taken other food we me. But a couple of bananas will put fish in the boat.

I watch the whole video and I know you did'nt catch that codling and I know they are different from Atlantic cod .But it Would be interesting to have doing some fishing in Norway. Best wishes to you and your family .😀😀😀😀

I've subscribed m8 I love wreck fishing for Ling an Cod with me Perks an Muppets 👍

Great stuff John, I hope to be fishing from the shore in the next few days near Tobermory weather permitting.

👌👌👌👌👌👌

✨bananas✨

What’s with bananas John 😂

Hi John , bet that was a nice change for you to just sit and fish and not worry about all the boat stuff etc. jaw dropped seeing that banana onboard but instantly turned to laughter as he hooked into a fish 🤣👍🏼. Nice cod from the Bristol chocolate (channel) I’m heading there in may (family hols) rods will be with me 😁. appreciate your efforts mate👍🏼

Nothing like fishing the ground you know. Great content but far better on your own back yard

I can’t believe how strong the run of th me tide is there, it’s like a river

I wish I could come to Minehead soon. I even heard Butlins was there. Cool catch of the day eh?👍

Did my 1st ever sea fish a couple of weeks ago out of Penarth into the Bristol channel. I had a Thornback and Conger similar size to the 1st ones in the video, and a Codling a bit smaller than the one at 14:45. Was really interesting and enjoyed it a lot. Will try again in the summer though - don't think the temperature went above 3 degrees all day...🥶

i need to get on this trip, been waiting a year for my calendar to clear.