Congratulations Chris, bigger than 11 lbs imo. Considering all the dangers and potential disasters, the nets, the pollution, other anglers and natural predation that this fish survived to get to this size, the fact that you returned it so quickly says everything about you as anglers. You can be proud of the fact that many thousands of bass will hatch from her future spawnings that would never have existed if you'd killed this fish. With the greatest respect.

The only thing better than that fish was a real angler who put it straight back. Respect to you both

Exceptional fish. I reckon circa 14lb😊 Great to see two guys who understand the significance of seabass of that size and actually put it back, rather than claim they put it back, but somehow never seem to film it.

Magnificent bass, great that Chris wasn't bothered with the actual weight, you both knew it was huge, released quickly, you are both a class act👌👍

That was an amazing fish and a very good bit of angling. Once you boys had seen it was a monster, being able to keep your cool and gently play her in on such small hooks deserves a big pat on the back. Easy double. Congratulations to you both. 👍🏻🎣

Absolutely great to see that fish returned! Personally I reckon it was a female and a fish that should be returned to the gene pool . Fair play lads ! 👌🎣

"Holy shit.. What a fish!" No better way to put it lol, what a fish indeed. Well done.

That's a trophy 🏆 guys 👏😮😊😍

I’d give you 13lb for that ,wow a great fish and lovely to see it go back ….the lucky angler is a gentleman well done

That was an amazing fish. It's incredible to think that it was swimming around in water barely deep enough to cover its back with zero visibility! Treat yourself to some thigh waders to celebrate!

What a beauty! Love how you handled it and returned it promptly, respect.

Massive respect for releasing that magestic old bass back to live out its days.

Beautiful gesture ! Congratulation ! I would like to say: Look at these two fishermen, they are really good fishermen and they got the gist ! Once again hats off and respect !!

Only just come across this, but wow. Great to capture the joy. A great example of how things should be done 👏🙇‍♂️

Respect on the handling short and sweet well done to you guys👍👍👍

Many thanks for sharing Chris's fish eat your heart out David Attenborough you guys just filmed an exceptionally rare bit of British wildlife and the fact you weren't interested in numbers to feed an ego. Hats off and congratulations 🙌🙌🙌🙌👌🎉

Absolutely awesome session. Well done Chris stonker of a Bass that mate. Awesome video and a cracking fish for you too Ian. Keep the video's coming. HWTL. Cheers Paul 👍 👏👏👏🎣🎣🎣🎣

Hearty congratulations to you both and I tip my hat to you for such a speedy release.

Fantastic fish, awesome effort and a massive amount of respect to the two of you for returning it 🎣🎣👍

That's a lump of a bass. Well done bud. Fished there many times decades ago and throws up some great surprises in the right conditions and parking on the beach.