As a newbie lure fisherman, it would be great if you could include the hook sizes you'd use for each of the soft baits you recommend. Great video though!

Thank you!

Very informative thank you! I really needed this

awesome stuff do you use blue fox spinners much?

great vid! ive just got a w4 streetstick 2-10 are these as good as t&c because ive heard everyone raving about them

First time buy a 10 pound pack rod reel keep rod bin tje rest buy a good small reel 2 ib line shot stick float gold hooks with line and worms and maggots set float weight to find bottom remove weight and fix hook worm maggot shot between float and hook and throw out maggots do this every 30 seconds 3 handfuls the cast a light rod worms work well no beginner should be allowed to spin fish they all lose tackle and kills fish think before you buy for every lure you lose thats a fish suffering or a bird tangeld up thease rubber lures the fish swallow them like food and they cant pass they swell up and die slow they should be organic with a 4 h underwater they desolve the hook and worm will get snaged inside fish the hook will devolve over time and will alow fish to eat and live and beginners will lose lots so yea fish till you master a cast and knowledge gained .

Is this applicable for bass fishing? Cheers!

Brilliant Thom Ty.... It's awesome to have someone like you to do almost all of the thinking for me when I'm going through various scenarios I encounter...I instantly think Thom Hunt will have covered this somewhere and to your channel I go lol. And then once I have watched the video that covers the circumstances a couple of times everything makes perfect sense and then off I go to put it into practice. You have given me many "Oh Yeah" moments whilst watching.

what do you mean "Li ion is *very expensive* "? A 20Ah is ~200$. For the money we spend on reels, rods, lures, technology itself + the FUEL, it sounds fair.

Wheres the best places to buy westin gear in the UK?

Wha wire trace material would you recommend to use on a zander set up on UK rivers where pike are present like the lower Severn and Warwickshire Avon? Fishing with soft plastics up to 14cm

Very nive video! What is the difference between this rod and the streetstick? You can have the streetstick with the same specs as the finesse T&C

9:50 Mostly I do that except I use split shot so I can change the sink rate quicker

Hi Thom Great vid, thanks. Autumn to late October, what do you go for if you don’t use cranks at that time of year? Soft plastics? Jigs (Apologies if I missed you mention it)

My Perch setup: Westin W2 T&C 5-15g 7,1 , Daiwa TW 80 and Shimano SLX 70, Braid Daiwa X8 8 pound with Daiwa 4 pound Fluoro leader. I have some spinning gear also Ultra light and light, but thats my favourite hardware setup.

I really enjoyed watching this Thom . Out of curiosity what leader material are you using with the braid?

Hiya mate, how do I know which size jighead/hook to use for my soft baits? Thanks in advance.

Are you allowed to fish Pike in the Canals in May? I thought it was closed season.

Great information ❤

I have a question for dropshoting what hook size to use to catch any size perch because I am new to it?

This channel is so good! Just what I'm looking for.

Will this work on me local canal, I'm looking for tips to catch in the colder months - cheers mate

Get that 15cm swim out even in small canals be 🔥

I'm going to the reservoir in the end of May and this is absolute gold info! Thank you so much Thom! You're a legend!🤜🏼🤛🏼

Some great info there Thom, will be putting it into action and see how we get on 🤟🏻

Good on yer Thom! Inspiring info as always that I have faith in. The Bullteeze certainly worked for me in bright colours on very coloured water on my river. Pike to low doubles, perch and even a 41/2lb chub. Happy days 👍

You have more Westin products on display than angling direct.

will have to take a few of these on board as I want to be hitting more of those pike, mainly to show I can do it!! Great video mate

Yeah either rod would be good. 👍

Are you from The Series Hunting Fish , Thom Hunt

Thanks for the video, was looking for some advice as a new angler if possible: I started fishing local uk club ponds looking for perch, but the water is really muddy (chocolate color), i want to lure fish for the perch in here, what would you suggest for such a venue? the only other species in the ponds are rudd roach bream tench. i tried using a mepps aglia silver spinner but didn't get any bites.

Thom, Essex Angler posted a video with you fishing with him. Quick question, what waiste bag are you using? I bought the Westin W3 Leg Bag, its a life saver for my back,but it doesnt look as big as the one in the video.

ShadTeez Hollow saved my arse this weekend, two Jacks this afternoon. Perch are eluding me, haven't had one in a while :(

I want to fish 1-2g jig heads with small soft plastics targeting perch on the canal but pike & zander are present, how can I set up a wire trace after my fluorocarbon leader

Hi Tom, your KZfaq channel has taught me so much and I’m now catching more Perch on each trip, thank you.👍🏻

Great as ever Thom and immediately saved to my essential lure fishing playlist. Ace 👍

Cracking video Thom , as always. … definitely know what you mean about the weather. I work outside all the time and yesterday morning was 4° and this morning was 14°. … very strange but as said that’s how it always is this time of year. Love your selection of lures that you mention and as I’ve messaged you in the past I’m not the most advanced lure angler by a longshot and only been doing it a couple of years but there’s something I tried on the canal the other day and I tried them when I went trout Fishing a couple of weeks ago just when the season started. … a lure you didn’t mention ,,, an old one at that … The humble spinner …. The ones in question I had were called a joes flies spinner ….. I just tried them the other day on the canal as they worked great for the trout. It was just to see what happened…. Well, at first I was trying to drop shot and some small rubber lures as you show your video , then I thought I will try one of them Little spinners I’ve just mentioned. …. Whether it was just a bit of luck or maybe the fish had just switched on I’m not too sure but I ended up catching a couple of small perch and 2 pike upto 7lb ,…. I know nothing impressive but I was well happy…. It was at the weekend just gone when it was quite mild and really windy so maybe that had something to do with it … who knows …. I just wanted to mention them lures as they are often forgotten about and it is a type of lure I always use in the summer and work a treat. Anyway, all the best to you and yours and look forward to seeing your next Fishing video with you on the Bank catching some fish my lad 👍😁🎣

Good advice like normal 👍

i tried the shadteez hollow last spring, and i totally agree with you. its much easier for the perch to swallow the shad when its hollow and the perch i caught on it last year were munching it down like no tomorrow. Btw, when you say 10 and 14 degrees, is it then air or water temp?

I'm constantly rewatching your videos, the curlytail video saved my winter Pike season, Lure fishing University! Thank you so much for your generosity. I do have one question, my local lake (at the end of my street!) is a notoriously difficult water that holds many specimen Perch and Pike. It's a smallish 12ft deep former reservoir / gravel pit with about 3ft water clarity, the water temperature is about 12/13 degrees atm. All I ever catch is Pike regardless of tackle choice, any tips on getting bites from Perch?

Will they not be spawning yet?

Unfortunately we can’t fish in holland till the end of may 😢

Great video Thom! Im going to give them a try this weekend, maybe that's the piece I was missing, on the flash I've been fishing the perch seem to have disappeared, they might be spawning or it might be the water that is still to cold.

Hi thanks again for great content, ,,not quite there yet,, when do you think is best time to go perch fishing other then wait till october thanks

Managed couple better fish on chatterbait last week around two pound mark nice to get back on active fishing hopefully start chasing soon

Tom I got some new lures babybite and bullybite to rawbite do u think the work as well as soft baits like ones in video of set of diff ones of them..top video and top tips..

Great info Thom, what lures do you suggest for Zander on canals this time of year Cheers.

Thanks Thom

Another great Tom, thanks. I really want to give top water lures a go this year for perch, can you recommend any lures please?