I Captured A Critically Endangered Species Taking My Bait Underwater! WOW

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Well its that time of year again. The start of the river season! Like many other anglers I was out on the local river in search of barbel! The aim was to use meat and pellets to try and single them out over the smaller species. After a rocky start things couldn't of gone any better. Not only did I get the target species as well as underwater footage of them taking the bait. I also captured some great footage of a critically endangered species that took the hookbait!
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@The_ginger_fisherman 11 ай бұрын

Make sure you keep your eyes peeled in this video! I include underwater footage throughout Including magic footage of fish taking the hook bait! You may have noticed a gap in uploads. That's because last week I took part in the first ever YPC UK! I'll keep you updated on that as we get closer to the release date of the first episode at the end of October!

@robbieallan6522 11 ай бұрын

A couple questions, is that your local river close to home? I wonder just cuz my local river is a 10 minute walk away and that's ALWAYS a huge advantage to a keen angler. Also do you have just 1 license to cover all fishing there ? I haven't seen all your videos but I've seen you catch pike n perch and now barrbel and if you get trout and salmon I know some rivers ask you to have 2 licenses 1 for course fishing and 1 for wild trout and salmon.

@danholland5334 11 ай бұрын

Got scammers on you channel Chris, have a look at comment

@stephenhollinrake916 11 ай бұрын

@@danholland5334, I noticed to !!

@philiptheman892 11 ай бұрын

@@robbieallan6522 One rod license covers coarse and non migratory trout, you need a separate license for migratory trout and salmon

@southerneruk 11 ай бұрын

Eels have lost their spawning weed rafts in the Sargasso Sea, where ships have been ploughing though and breaking up the weed and there was also the escape Japanese Common Eel that got into the drains and into the rivers, they carry a worm in the swim bladder, that pass onto the European Common Eel, wiping out them out in high numbers, with luck our Eels have adjusted to having that worm.

@kemalhussein6106 11 ай бұрын

The underwater footage is just superb Chris. Your vlogs are so enjoyable to watch because i think we can all relate to how 'normal' and enthusiastic an angler you are and not just a sponsored Carp machine! 😊

@nicktheflybradley 11 ай бұрын

Hi Chris, I agree with so many of the comments below. Yes, I was born 1955 and early fishings on holiday in Norfolk, River Wensum at Costessy Mill could eels regularly, never by design. Saw Silver eels caught (and kept) by anglers at All Hallows on the south side of the tidal Thames. Never seen an eel in the river Ouse/ Ure since moving to York after marriage in 1978. I love jellied eels which the eels come from Holland nowadays and rarely get them in York. Eels are indeed on the edge and lovely to see you return such a beautiful fish. Nick from York.

@simdal3088 11 ай бұрын

Eel seems to be making somewhat of a comeback lately, i hope they fully recover.

@neilbuckard723 11 ай бұрын

Remember the old arsely bomb leads ? Before all the fancy rigs came out? I caught many big carp on a chunk of crusty bread the excitement watching them swirl round your bait.poised waiting for your washing bottle top to hit the top.or a piece of tin-foil if you was posh😂

@cosworth1616 11 ай бұрын

I haven't even watched this video and i already know its going to be great😂 Thank you for helping me get into fishing and inspiring me!

@iwtfpduta 11 ай бұрын

When I was a lad (over 50 years ago) I would go fishing in the Tyne and catch an eel, and another eel, and another and another. It's hard to believe they are endangered now

@lexvandewal8856 11 ай бұрын

And how mutch did u take home?

@iwtfpduta 11 ай бұрын

@@lexvandewal8856 Every one went back into the river

@lexvandewal8856 11 ай бұрын

@@iwtfpduta allot of people did take them and wonder why there arent that mutch annymore

@neilbuckard723 11 ай бұрын

Beleive it or not there being taken for food now and also killed which I find disgusting

@neilbuckard723 11 ай бұрын

There mostly being taken away and eaten because these days moneys tight so there a good source of food

@trevorcornes1056 11 ай бұрын

Some Lovely barbel Chris and great footage too ,and a bonus eel. Keep it coming because it’s so chilling to watch 👍

@davemellor4697 11 ай бұрын

Chris the work and effort you put in to your videos is really amazing,this is why you are number 1 on the fishing front!

@ryescott9445 11 ай бұрын

That eel was a special fish! Getting the take to, brilliant mate.

@liamwalton5249 11 ай бұрын

Fantastic video Chris as always.Need to get back on the river👍 tight lines 🎣

@petercalthorpe7966 11 ай бұрын

G'day Chris, awesome Barbel such a beautiful fish . Thanks for sharing Chris , all the best form down under mate 👍🏼👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@deedontworry 11 ай бұрын

Incredible footage Chris! 🔥 Really cool to see a variety of fish, especially Eel, which are on the brink of extinction. Tight lines! 🎣

@cliffdixon6422 11 ай бұрын

Great video as always. I hadn't caught an Eel since the 1980's but a trip to a lake my club has taken over recently which has been derelict rectified that - A really hard venue with old, wild fish, I saw some dimpling and chucked half a prawn on with the shot bulked under the float as I knew there were some very good Rudd in there, got hit midwater by a new PB Eel of 3lb! Great to see they are making a comeback across England (Even if they are not my favourite species!)

@michaelboyle9889 11 ай бұрын

Awesome video the under water shots were great and so clear . 🎣👍👍

@needham831 11 ай бұрын

Great session and great footage mate. That eel was a suprise but hopefully a good sign for the future of your river. Some cracking Barbel. The first take in the second session was absolutely mad!☺ Glad you had a productive 16th of June. Me and my mate went down our local river here. Fished over 3 days. All we could manage was a lot of small versions of river species (Chub, Perch, Roach etc.) but we had a couple of better Bream between the 2lb to 4lb mark. At least we caught first day out and the weather was great...if a bit too warm at times. Here's to the 2023/24 season, Chris.☺ Tight lines mate.🎣

@tadhghayden8440 11 ай бұрын

Very cool..to see that eel come in like that. Rarely see eel captures shown. I use barbless to fish for them and most fish nowadays but espically eels...Very important to tend to their well fare...

@WrightCycloneR1820 11 ай бұрын

I fished the Hampshire Avon last summer, ledger with meat just like yourself to go for the Barbel, and like you hooked a big eel. Glad yours spat the hook into the net, mine took it deep and was an absolute saga to unhook. Amazing creatures but can be feisty and very difficult to handle.

@wilfwilliams 11 ай бұрын

Chris , have you considered approaching a Tv production company. You are great infront of the camera. Natural, interesting, normal!

@paulclemons705 11 ай бұрын

Great video Chris - we both caught eels last night on the local stretch of the Worcester Birmingham canal - first time for ages!

@TheBudgie29 11 ай бұрын

Great session Chris, It's the 28th of June and I still haven't got a line wet. I only just got My club license the other day (need to print It out) then hopefully I will feel good enough to get out there. But All you guy;s keep me abreast of what Is going on so far. Keep 'Em Coming, for those who can't.

@gezgriffiths3793 11 ай бұрын

Awesome fishing as usual matey brilliant. 👍🏻

@neilsmith7547 11 ай бұрын

Great video ginger. Unlucky on the lost barbel but nice to catch an eel. Some lovely barbel there mate 👌

@PieterChristiaens 11 ай бұрын

YES MAN! An eel taking on camera, i search for that for years on youtube and the Ginger Wonder makes it happen!! Here in Belgium we still catch them in good numbers. Cheers!

@jasonridyardhome 11 ай бұрын

Great vid thanks for sharing 👍

@sjaakmcd1804 11 ай бұрын

Awesome as ever, cheers Chris

@akwamarsunzal 11 ай бұрын

Wow, just wow! The underwater footage is awesome! The eel? Yep, not caught an eel in years! Used to get a few small ones in the Thames but my biggest was in a small river in Wales, could still be the record for that river. Great videos man!

@flynn-xr4ww 7 ай бұрын

How big

@iaincurrie9706 11 ай бұрын

Fantastic video!

@lesbaty8919 11 ай бұрын

Great filming and some nice fish, cheers

@IlIWlIl 11 ай бұрын

Long been waiting for the video!

@FishingWithJamie88 11 ай бұрын

Great vid as always buddy love the under water footage, where I'm based fish our rivers there alive with eels, I'm off to Essex to meet some new friends this weekend and were going Carp fishing with a outside chance of a sturgeon 😎🎣🎣🎣 love the channel mate keep the vids coming ❤😊

@fishwithivan8562 11 ай бұрын

that river reminds me of our river nidd up in north yorkshire small and narrow love your fishing videos great fishing

@andysmith819 11 ай бұрын

Great footage 😀

@user-ur1em6ok6k 3 ай бұрын

Great footage and info. I caught my first pike last week and have to admit was I bit in shock as I was jigging for perch. 15-18lb at a guess. Stourport-on-severn has a basin just off the river where all the small bait go in to get out the current when river is up. and always plenty of pike and perch get in there

@MrTim207 11 ай бұрын

Brilliant footage! Can you tell me more about your camera set up? How are you fixing your GoPro underwater? Do you attach it to a pole?

@DjayxJW 11 ай бұрын

I was talking to some anglers on the bank the other day and they apparently caught 3 Eels on meat when targeting Barbel. It seems the spawning trip to the Sargasso Sea has been successful in recent years!

@jackmccarthy9117 11 ай бұрын

I live near pershore and there was absolutely tons of eels in a drain off by a river last season, farmer was cleaning it with debry and there was literally 30-40 eels making there way back to the river

@jkasaunder228 11 ай бұрын

Well that was an incredible thing to learn about, thanks for sharing!

@jackmccarthy9117 11 ай бұрын

@@jkasaunder228 if you want to find eels look for shallow drainage off rivers

@frankvanleeuwen2943 11 ай бұрын

Nice to see the eel... As a kid i lived in a place in The Netherlands called " aalsmeer "... Translated it's " eels lake " and we caught them all the time... Not so mutch now but they are returning..... Great video....

@PortugalCarp 11 ай бұрын

That is brill. That river is so beautiful, great photography. LoL, Robin Red looks like tandoori.

@ironix1 11 ай бұрын

Great to see the eel. Superb!

@rhino269 11 ай бұрын

Seeing that eel reminded me of all the times we'd catch them as kids in the Thames estuary. Always used to bring a bit of cloth/rag or newspaper to handle them because of all the slime. I saw a few videos last year on KZfaq across several different people and seemed that (during last summer, i.e. 2022) there were tons of them back in the water. Nice to see you catching one in freshwater though. :) Also, some cracking Barbel there as well mate, one of my favourite coarse fish.

@kippersniffer3699 11 ай бұрын

I catch elvers (baby eels ) on spring tides in river severn by hand held net . Every year i release some in local brooks and ponds to give them a helping hand . This was a great year for the migration there were more than ever and they were in abundance. I put this down to some years ago a ban was placed on netting of the eels that were migrating back to sea to breed and now the eels are in recovery. We just need some funding from the EA to be able to catch and release the elvers over man made obstacles and sluice gates . We fish traditional and sustainable and I would love to keep helping the survival of the eel .

@doctorjeep86 11 ай бұрын

Good work 👏

@bleedingreenbetty9795 4 ай бұрын

What do you do with the elvers? Are they used for bait or sold commercially? Just curious, I'm not familiar with the market for them over there(I'm in the US)

@kippersniffer3699 4 ай бұрын

@@bleedingreenbetty9795 it used to be commercial before brexit happened but the market has died now . No where in Europe will buy our fish and because they are on the endangered species list we are not allowed to sell them to Japan. The fishery is basically dead in the water .

@cambridgeaquatics7397 11 ай бұрын

Wow, challenge completed! Its great to see an eel. Both underwater and on the bank. Well done 👏 👏👏 Next video challenge - Gudgeon and minnows in the same frame.

@paulcousans4254 11 ай бұрын

Wow used to catch eels all the time when I was a kid in the early eighties on the river Foss in York. There was a time when it would be all you would catch as they were that common. Sad to hear they are endangered spieces now. Great video yet again.

@dmtstuff 11 ай бұрын

Saw a few eel's in there last year of about that size. Not managed to snag one yet though! Great footage mate - he didn't muck about lol. Straight down his gob😊

@peterryan4169 11 ай бұрын

Been watching your channel for a long time and I never realised I wasn’t subscribing, that’s now changed

@markjoyce1720 11 ай бұрын

some fantastic underwater footage, and you are one jammy so and so with the hook coming out in the net with the eel.😜

@user-tz4xm4zg6z 11 ай бұрын

Agree great to see them in our rivers

@oz1472 11 ай бұрын

Another great video , the eels are still pretty common in my local river , the river kenn in Somerset

@oz1472 11 ай бұрын

@@TheGingerFisherman not at all sir 🤣 I usually I either catch a big old slab up to 10 pounds, or a eel ., or more often than not , bugger all 😅😅😅😅

@rishighisaidoobe7771 11 ай бұрын

Massive! Thnx

@stevesnailfish 11 ай бұрын

Blimey !!! Used to catch Eels all the time back in the '70's and '80's on the River Nene near Peterborough every session.....Rare as rocking horse shit nowadays... I'm loving the underwater footage.....

@carmsieG 11 ай бұрын

Hi great video. 👍🏻 just wondered.. can that last barbel get the hook out of its mouth as it’s barbless?

@lawsonspedding6136 11 ай бұрын

Me too, The River Lune, the tidal water below the weir by Skerton Bridge.

@oman9492 11 ай бұрын

I went to the river wandle in London last year. Its a chalk stream, was previously poisoned to death but has recently become very clean and looks to be thriving with barble and chub and rumours of a grayling. Anyway I had 3 big eels there. Also on the Thames its still easy to catch eels.

@privatedata665 11 ай бұрын

Great video . Are most rivers open to public fishing or is permission needed to fish most areas ? Thanks

@al19801 11 ай бұрын

great ell catch and release

@MrAnderson321 11 ай бұрын

I’ve caught quite a few large Eels in recent years on the River Severn, Coalport, Shropshire, mainly on meat when after the Barbel. Luckily they’ve been on the lip or popped out in the net, as yours did. 🎣

@anthonyferry9995 10 ай бұрын

love ya videos mate what area do u fish for the barbel we don't.have.any In our stretch I'd love to catch one.

@somemotherdoavem 11 ай бұрын

Be suprised flying out the canals this year brilliant footage

@adamc7598 11 ай бұрын

Chris, i feel like these fish have made a huge comeback. Im catching one after another at the moment, infact im getting plagued by them on 2 different rivers. The amount you fish im suprised you havnt caught more? im midwest

@arronfrost2872 11 ай бұрын

That was awesome i love Eels

@stumoowoodgate463 11 ай бұрын

Wow!! Not caught an eel in a very long time but did spot one in the local river recently. Use to catch them all of the time in the Canal .

@robsx4280 11 ай бұрын

We used to catch loads of these on the Stour at Flatford late 80s, so many it was annoying as they nearly always tangled the line. Last eel I caught was off the beach in Sussex.

@nicklegg61 11 ай бұрын

I can always remember how excited I used to get ,and the build up to June 16th.

@zworm2 11 ай бұрын

Eels endangered....How sad. When I used to fish in Britain around Norfolk we used to catch loads of them and make some wonderful jellied eel. Beautiful Barbel. Spam was my go to bait for them. Great fighters!

@danholland5334 11 ай бұрын

Epic bro, I booked up at a new pond last week, had a 50 minute fight on a method rod and 8lb line to pull out a 3ft 1inch sturgeon. Never caught one in my life owner and bailiff never knew about it being in there. That was in a central London fishery. Tight lines bro

@danholland5334 11 ай бұрын

Got scammers on your channel Chris

@Governor-qm7py 10 ай бұрын

Fished this section of river yesterday it's very overgrown on the banks one of the willow trees has split and fallen but nevertheless some cracking Barbel fell to the cheesy garlic pellet O's 8mm 4mm loose feed soaked in Hot Fish & GLM Liquid Attractant 5 barbel landed in a very short session.

@EsoxLVCIVS6776 11 ай бұрын

We used to fish the River Taff when I was a kid and it was nothing to land 30 eels and more in a session with my mate. Ledgering lobworm. Every year the weir would turn black with the amount of elvers and we used to walk barefoot through them because it felt funny.

@alamocannon3791 11 ай бұрын

Back in the late 70s Eels were a problem while fishing for Mullet or flounders in tidal rivers. There where thousands on them, all bootlase size and every rock you moved there were 20/30 little ones about 2/3 inch`s long sitting there.

@jontrackerjack 11 ай бұрын

Wife caught a 2.5 lb eel from the Wye 2 days ago and though rare we were not pleased as the slime is difficult to remove. Each to their own and it was returned unharmed.

@ryszardMaliniak 11 ай бұрын

Super

@MarcusGlenister-qd3nn 11 ай бұрын

Beautiful Barbel 🙂👍 tight llines and many red letter days 🏆😜👍

@baldvale5418 11 ай бұрын

I used to love night fishing for Eels at Tyrley locks Shropshire, it was very hard to fit your Bivvy along the towpath but it was a stunning place to be. We caught plenty of Eels but nothing of any size though we did catch some big bream which i'm sure we would never have caught during the day. Such a shame about the Eel decline.

@drewsimpson5967 11 ай бұрын

I used to enjoy an eel party. A nice sideline on all night pike fishing trips. The deadbaits had to come out of the water while you concentrated on the eels with worm or you would be demented with bite alarms going off constantly as eels pulled your bait around for most of the night.

@fluppi123 11 ай бұрын

Congrats for the eel Chris. My last one is more than 25 years ago. 👏👍

@fluppi123 11 ай бұрын

@TheGingerFisherman you are not Chris, just a fking Scammer !

@johnclfc 11 ай бұрын

Love this channel

@nightspring1995 11 ай бұрын

Can i just ask, with the shot ledger is it just a swivel with a bit of line and split shots? Thank you

@DrakoDragonis 11 ай бұрын

**Sees eel take bait** Pfft! It's just a eel. **Googles it** Wow! Critically endangered. You learn something new everyday.

@user-yq1up7il6o 11 ай бұрын

Glad that you was happy to get your eel … I’m afraid to say a week or so back me and my daughter was fishing on the Leeds Liverpool canal and the amount of eels and pike that was dead floating about the water was crazy .. I called the EA and they said they had reports of thousands of fish all around the north west that had died due to lack of oxygen with the hot weather .. it’s such a shame to see so many dead fish

@reasonsvoice8554 11 ай бұрын

Same in the midlands lots of dead fish in the heat due to lack of oxygen

@stevepitts7998 11 ай бұрын

It's a sad indictment of the state of our rivers and eel population that what was once a nuisance species is now considered a rarity . At least your river seems healthy and vibrant and long may it remain so.

@spring899 11 ай бұрын

How do you manage to get a camera so close to a live hookbait ? Camera first or hookbait first ?

@davidhudson7590 11 ай бұрын

Around 20,25 years ago the river Tyne I used worm for salmon and trout chub but could take 30,40 eels in a session must be 15 years since even saw another catch one I no the polish love them to eat and see alot fishing for them so maybe hasn't helped the decline

@kevinbaker4907 11 ай бұрын

I've caught a few eels from the sea here in Scarborough. They can cope with what mother nature throws at them, but not twats eating elvers. Keep up the good work G.

@XiOjala 11 ай бұрын

Shall I tell you something you won't believe. I once caught an eel on the fly. (I said you wouldn't believe me). It was on a baby doll fished slowly just above the bottom. Only lip-hooked.

@69bock69 10 ай бұрын

You fish some cracking waters

@petew7856 11 ай бұрын

Do you keep your spool underfilled for a reason?

@beanysfishing2555 11 ай бұрын

Theres still a fair few in Norfolk. The main reason eel numbers have declined world wide is due to parasite from Asia. It lives in their swim bladder, so when they go back to spawn, the go over the continental shelf and sink, causing them to die, due to their damaged swim bladder. Unbelievable considering how many eels were caught years ago.

@ligman100 11 ай бұрын

Always caught eels in my teens night fishing on the Thames,was 30-35 years ago though

@kevinbartlett1017 11 ай бұрын

The few eels I have caught over the years have a bad habit of really choking the hook, which does not help in trying to protect them

@nicholaskemp2246 11 ай бұрын

Great video. Lovely to see a decent sized eel. I must say though mate, it looks like you've parked yourself in a bunch of giant hogweed. Hope it isn't, but be careful, the stuff is horrible.

@Jude_Thompson 4 күн бұрын

What mainline would u recommend for barbel fishing

@big_gurtha 11 ай бұрын

I've seen eel recently in Wales I was just sat watching the water. The first fish I caught was a eel.

@SteeeveO 11 ай бұрын

Sad to think how we used to hate catching eels in the late 70's & 80's - they were everywhere & so difficult to unhook - you were well lucky with that slimy bootlace! Wish they were back.......

@djp4206 11 ай бұрын

Our river couple years back was teeming with them had a good 6/7 and so did my mates all on worm ledgering

@northernangler1878 11 ай бұрын

We catch loads of them in our local river common eels that is mate along with brownies graylings and believe it or not flatties from the sea

@TheHunsAreDugShite 11 ай бұрын

Exact same species as my local river here in Glasgow, Scotland!

@arcticdesire9521 11 ай бұрын

I’ve been fishing a local canal and in my past 6 sessions I have had 8 eel they almost feel like they aren’t endangered on the stretch lol

@mattlenton7376 11 ай бұрын

On the fen drains,we would catch over 100 eels in a night session. I've not seen one in a decade.

@sleeka91 11 ай бұрын

About 9 years ago me and my brother were fishing the Avon into dark near pershore and we had at least 20 small eels between us chub fishing on meat!

@mrskint55 11 ай бұрын

Although I don’t like eels ,It’s sad to see them in decline.I hope they return in big numbers for anglers that do like them .

@johnmaskell5124 11 ай бұрын

You should do a barbel on the fly vid. I have had 4 sessions recently. Barbel hooked = 3, barbel landed = 0 😂

@ihcfn 11 ай бұрын

Nice to be able to see the fish. Middle Severn is always coloured so fishing blind to be honest.