Would be great to see a similar video on a traditional ledger rig with a drop-off indicator and also a standard deadbait float rig incorporating a egg weight as opposed to a ledger on the bottom.

Brilliant footage / video. I have been piking 20+ years and still find it fascinating / learn new things, about how Pike behave underwater! Thanks Chris...simply the bets fishing channel on YT!

Superb video and from what I regularly see on YT.. very much needed. I,ve been fishing for Pike for over 30 years & I still can’t believe the delayed strike method is a thing. It is usually banded about by people who haven’t got a clue. The PAC have been advocating for immediate striking and proper bike indication for years. NEVER EVER delay striking. 👍🏻

Thank you very much for educating people about pike fishing and fish care and your underwater filming is absolutely outstanding , thanks again chris

Thanks Chris, you're doing something unique with your underwater filming and tactics - please keep doing it - really informative and entertaining. You've changed the game! 🙂

Pure quality Chris, the effort and attention to detail is quite superb and much appreciated. Fabulous to watch. Thank you yet again.

Fantastic vid, Chris, one of the very, very best on KZfaq. I think the "old days" of waiting 30 seconds are fortunately *long* gone. As soon as you get a good signal off the float/whatever, tighten up and lean in. The 'twitch' method when dead-baiting is a trade secret - well worth passing on. Gets a lot of fish. I think it's been referred to as "Inch retrieving"? Can be devastatingly effective. Take a look at Mick Brown's dead-bait rig - I don't use anything else these days, used it for years. It's got the lot. Tangle free, casts miles, weight snag release, bait to rod tip connection so you see everything. Finger tipping the line during a pick-up is phenomenal - you're connected! Tight lines!

Superb, Chris. I, like countless others were taught the ten second rule. This dispels the myth completely. I’m gonna try this weekend on my river. Thanks buddy. Keep up the sterling work.

A beautiful masterclass in dead-baiting pike fishing. Many thanks. Raymondo.

This is an excellent video, one of your finest I think. So educational, so interesting, so revealing. More of similar ilk please Chris.

Great underwater footage there Chris and also showing the need to strike early so as not to deep hook. My best pike came drifting a dead bait under a bung and it hit the strike early.

I’d love to see how you would rig a popped up bait on a ledger rig! You could also compare a standard ledgered bait with a popped up one underwater! That would be interesting bud! Top video as always 👏🎣

I really appreciate that fish care is paramount in this video. We love to catch fish but it is important to cause as little harm to them as possible, Thank you for having that conversation.

Excellent and informative as always. Thoroughly enjoy your pike fishing videos. Keep up the good work Chris 👍👍

One of the best Pike videos I have seen, really interesting. Thanks for making.

Interesting video as usual, and no lost landing net. A couple of points: 1. Why did you think you needed a 2.5 oz lead? I fish fairly shallow Fen drains and I try to use as little lead as I can, none if possible, and let the bait cock the float. 2. Why not cock the float so that there isn't a delay between the take and the indication? Your co-ordinated videos showed that the pike had taken the bait with little or no indication on the float, I am sure that a cocked float would give a more instant indication. Here's to a good autumn/winter campaign. Nick

Your dedication to fish welfare as part of an enjoyable day's fishing is brilliant.

I love watching these videos, it takes me back to youth fishing in the uk.... i now live in Australia... ❤

Brilliant footage loved it great job can't wait to see the next one Chris 👍

This was a great vid. So informative and a completely different approach to the educational side of things. Excellent 👌

Ginger fisherman, you sir are a legend. Big fan of your videos. This was a brilliant video. Such indepth info and evidence of pike behaviour. I'm always fascinated into what the pike are doing down there under the water. Keep up the good work. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

We've got Sammy Hitzke down under and our Ginger Fisherman up here. Opposite ends of the world but two of the most informative, positive, professional and personable hosts of the best fishing videos out there! Keep up the amazing work guys! A meet-up video would be off the scale!

Thankyou very much for the time and effort that you take in making these videos ,this for me has been one of the most interesting/informative

I really enjoyed this video! just literally wrote down notes because I learned a lot here . just subscribed and hit that bell! actually looking forward to see what else you've done. Awesome viewing Chris.

When float ledgering I always fish the float half cocked, rather than flat on the water, that way most of the slack line has already been taken up, which gives better bite indication.

Top video Chris, really enjoyed it mate. I’m getting into Pike fishing more 🎣

This will save a lot of pike's lives, no doubt. It's amazing how it engulfed the bait straight away with only a tiny movement on the float. Fair play, this will definitely save a lot of pike suffering needlessly.

Awesome vlog Chris. You keep excelling yourself and your work is so interesting and confounds some of the received wisdom about delayed striking. Keep up the great work. Many thanks.

Thank you for sharing this. I loved seeing the reactions of fish underwater. I don't bait fish. I did about twenty years ago- but after catching Pike that had swallowed my bait, with no indication from my float - I stopped. Most of the fishing clubs in the Sussex area don't allow Pike fishing in the Summer - (I love using popping/surface lures). I've now resorted to mostly Fly fishing.

Love watching your videos' .Your enthusiasm, experience and casting ability along with the presentation make me quite envious .Many thanks.😊

Great informative video Chris ,god knows how many times all fish have mouthed the bait with no indication,really makes you think about presentation, for all fish

Just wanted to say a massive thank you for the effort that goes into your videos mate. This is your best and most revealing video to date, imo. Fascinating how little indication you get, or none at all in some cases. Pike are curious and it's anyone's guess what they're truly "thinking" when they stare at the bait. I know myself and likely many, many others would really appreciate it if you could film some footage like this with pop-up deadbaits. I've been pike fishing for a few years now and pop-ups have always brought the better fish for me. However I tend to have blanks more when using them. Some lakes they work, others they don't. I don't think you have used them on your channel before so it might make more a challenge for yourself as well. I started using the pop-up balls from PikePro but I've switched to the balsa sticks that are inserted into the deadbaits and found them to be much more fruitful. I'd love a video on both of those if you're willing. I'd even send you a packet if you wanted! Cheers!

Awesome video as usual, brilliant underwater footage. And hugely informative.

Hi m8 ave never commented on anything on youtube but watched the underwater pike video an have to hand it to u pal thats gotta be the best pike fottsge ive ever seen an proper informative keep doin wot u r doin m8 tight lines 👍🏻

Excellent as usual Chris very interesting thank you 👍🏻👍🏻

Wow! Better than any book. Superb watching this. is a great teacher. Thank you. And thank you for the time put into this vid. Keep going.👍👏

Excellent, well presented and informative as always… Best channel on KZfaq! 👍

I've never baited for pike, fished for them for years so maybe it's time I should give it a go. Great vid as always.

Huge thank you lad! So much I've learned from this video. Great job!!

Great vid Ginge and thanks for taking the time and effort to do these interesting sub-aquatic clips 👍

That was brilliant mate…well done in the effort and getting this together, must have taken a while. As a long time pike angler mainly in the Thames this was really interesting. Would be fascinated to see what happens in areas with pike AND crayfish….a real nuisance in my area 😫

Good information . I have always set hook at first indication,and I only ever use single hooks nowadays. I do miss some fish but at least I don’t have to deal with a deep hooked fish.

Outstanding vid as always, Hopefully put some of this for my second session of season tomoz

That was a very interesting video to watch Chris 👍 nice one . Keep um coming .

Absolutely fantastic video. Well done!

Amazing content Chris! 🔥 We love pike fishing! 🎣

Thank you for this video, it's been so informative!

Great video,very informative opened my eyes.look forward to next video

I always strike early, I'd much rather have a couple of misses over any more deepys. Had some absolute nightmare unhooking scenarios and I don't want to re-live them. Another belting vid mate

Probably the single most useful video on the internet!

Great video yet again Chris. Always is. Also your canal is so clear! Mine is well traveled, the visibility is usually about 8 inches 😂

Very very interesting clip. The time to wait to strike is a great eye opener . It’s always perplexed me. Keep up the good work 👍

Caught my 1st jack pike the other day now I'm hooked on getting bigger and better pike so I'm deadbaiting my next trip thank you so much for taking the time to show us all this amazing underwater videos

Amazing video. Love any underwater footage of fish but the quality of this was superb! Would love to see something like this with salmon/trout. Epic! Earned a sub

Fantastic Video, gives a great insight into the pikes actions underwater

Gorgeous fish. Northern pike is one of my target fish. It was great to learn something new

Great vid! Would make an interesting series, especially with popped up baits (air, balsa etc.)

What a great video mate, very interesting. You would think the pike would see a free meal and be off with it but they are quite picky and hesistant about taking deadbaits. Love your vids man, keep up the good work👍

Another Awesome vid Chris!! My son and I are keen Pike fisherman. By the looks of things, we’ve been waiting just a few too many seconds to make the strike. Incredibly informative, please keep them coming! One day we’ll land a 20 pounder 😂🎉🤩🤩 Cheers, René.

Brilliant video Chris. Its interesting to see just how many times a bait can be investigated or even picked up without any indication at all .personally I think a bottom end float rather than the slider would have shown more movement ,also the short hook trace /long uptrace with a running lead down to the trace junction shows bites quicker .but awesome video

Top of the range as always, great video. Hope all pike anglers see this

excellent video , very good production plus very informative

Some brilliant footage there Chris👌

An amazing video well done,I think everyone has learned something from your videos today, let’s hope this saves many pikes lives.

Really interesting to see. Seeing the impact of that barge on the water and fish was well worthwhile.

You almost sound like a professor brian cox, you explain things the exact same way almost. Amazing.

What a great video I always tighten up so float is cocked rather than laying flat gives you instant bite indication I normally strike within 10 seconds you do lose a fish now and again but rather that than deep hooking once again great vid 🎣

Amazing footage! Quite the experience 🔥

That was a fantastic video took a lot of effort and well worth it fantastic footage thank you 🎣🍺

So pleased with this I stopped dead baiting 15 years ago after catching a pike that had someone else’s trace deep hooked I tried to help it made me stop dead baiting just in case it happened to me

I certainly learned something. Amazing footage.

Amazing footage,and really interesting to see how un sensitive the float was,it would be interesting to see different presentations of the bait like popped up,or injected with an attractant to see if the strike harder.👍🏻👏👏👏

Great video. A real eye opener, it would be interesting to compare different styles of presentation. when i go pike fishing i take a bit of time to get the bait just resting on the bottom and use as small a float as possible ( 5gram quite often ) The idea of setting the hooks as soon as there is a registration on the float makes so much sense after seeing this video. i had been a "wait 10 seconds2 kind of angler but will be striking as soon as possible from now on an i think it will result in more fish on the bank as lots of times a small twitch will be left. More of the same videos please.

Your a clever fella, great piece of filming again 👏👏👏👍

I totally agree, I was taught when I was young to strike as soon as you know its there to avoid deep hooking, in honesty, I've only deep hooked about 2 fish but generally its in the sissor, fantastic video buddy 👌

One of your best very cool and the barge silt movement was interesting.

Top video once again some mega footage there 👍🏽

Nice video Chris! I fish with zander floats and the fish on the bottom line not on the bottom. Works for me well!

Brilliant footage, very interesting 👌🏻

Literally opened my eyes but weirdly it makes perfect sense.. Look forward to more of this as it will massively help pike care.. Think another reason maybe they are attracted to your camera is electric charge... Literal line n sensors on snout will feel them.. Float thing is interesting but perfectly explained 🙏

Excellent video buddy thanks for the video ❤️

Informative and engaging as ever GF! Muchos gracias….

That was really interesting thanks for your time and effort making it,

Great video thanks for making them 🎣👍

This is so brilliant. Dont know how you do it to bring this amazing content so frequent. Keep doing what you doing!

Your underwater videos are fascinating and I thank you for the efforts! Intereting, when I did a lot of pike fishing, we would wait for a take, pause, wait for the 2nd run. However, never experienced any deep hooked fish! 99% of the time it was in the corner of the mouth. There was a 1% chance that the hook would catch in the middle of the mouth but, on no occasion, was the fish deep hooked and damaged.

Good video, very interesting. The part in which you mentioned about the oils and float reminded me of something I see last winter. I cut the head off a deadbait and threw it into the lake in about 1ft of water, it landed next to what looked like a squashed tin can, amazingly, a pike came along and instead of picking the fish head up, it picked up the tin can and swam off with it, leaving the head behind 🤔.

Nice job. I used to fish dead bait for pike in the bay of lake Michigan at the mouth of rivers and streams leading in to the bay just after the ice melted in the spring. I suspected some of the things the your cameras recorded, now I know. Thank you.

Hi Chriss just want to say been using your technique recently and been lucky to catch 5 pikes in less than 2 hour’s and there was som units biggest one I caught had 101cm then chunky 96,80,75,68cm all in one spot from my local lake all on live roach . Thanks for inspiration. As always Big Respect 👊🏼😉Big Love for everything you teaching us . Thank you 🎣🎣🎣🦈🦈🦈

Awsome video. Just started pike fishing last year

As a pike lure fisherman I can tell you many wonderous catches and lunatic takes and pike antics. Your video is another entertaining and interesting lesson Many thanks, Spinning Steve Appleby as nicknamed by Steve Rogowski my friend.

Loved that...great footage and great information... Personally I always crush the barbs on any treble trace...cant stand deep hooking fish... Brilliant hooking experiment there...a lot of people will learn a lot from it... Keep these under water action vids coming mate...they're so interesting...

Great video, I'm piking tomorrow so found it very interesting

Fascinating! I must have missed lots of pike takes that didn't move the float or just twitched it and I waited too long 🤷‍♂️

Another great video, thanks for posting.

Excellent Chris.

Great video, mate! Would love to see a pike fishing with live bait! Cheers

Amazing video Chris. I wonder if it would make a difference with a bait suspended mid water under the float instead of sitting on the bottom. Would be interesting to see if the indication was faster and exaggerated too. I've had pike attack my float before I wonder if it was due to the scent trail going up to it.

These videos, are quite revolutionary actually. Game changers in pike behaviour.

Try using a couple of beads to pop the deadbait off the bottom slightly. It always worked for me as opposed to my friend next to me who used the traditional rig that you show in the video. I always used wine corks as floats with some leaves and grass attached with bait elastic. It looks more natural than the pike float