FISHING A HAUNTED CASTLE - Carp Fishing - Mike Holly
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- čas přidán 18. 01. 2024
- Mike got to fish one of the most incredible venues in the UK, Caerphilly Castle. This historic place is around 750 years old, it's also reported to be haunted by the Princess Alice of Angouleme. Regardless of the ghost stories, the Castle is also home to some wonderful carp and Mike had just 24 hours to try and catch one. The session to turned into a red letter trip, far exceeding his expectations. Did he see any Ghosts along the way....... you'll have to make your own mind up. Enjoy.
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Hey Mike that drone footage of the hooked carp is awesome, fair play.
Just watched the 2nd instalment of this without watching this one first so can't wait to watch this with a nice cup of tea
What a session mike such a nice place to fish id love to fish there. Dark scaley carp 👏
Yes mate, it was a lovely venue indeed. Glad you enjoyed it.
Great stuff Mike! The lads in the club have done an incredible job of transforming the Castle into the amazing and completely unique venue it is today. It's taken an unreal amount of work, and the results speak for themselves. Glad you had a great session!
Indeed mate, it's in safe hands and clearly it's benefitting fantastically well. :)
Another great vlog Mike and wow what an amazing place to fish🔥👌🔥👌
That was class. What a place and some stunning fish 👌🏻
Yes Michael! Pure class 👏
Never disappoint with the baitworks vlogs 👍
What another brilliant vlog mike see your still using the rig , p.s i love using it so simple but good cant wait for part 2 little tease at the end 😛🎣
Cheers Jamie, glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the feedback. Part 2 will be a little different ;)
This is brilliant, Mike. I only live about 40 minutes from Caerphilly Castle, but I've never actually fished there. Great session, especially in the cold rain we had in December.
Caerphilly Angling run a syndicate on a lake in Brynmawr near to where I live. Locally the lake is called Semtex, which was named after the old Dunlop Semtex factory that used the lake for water.
The site fell into disrepair over the years, but credit to Caerphilly Angling, they've done a great job in cleaning it up.
Ah glad you enjoyed it mate, yes the club have done a grand job mate. It's in safe hands indeed. :)
Awesome watch I've got loads of memories fishing south & north lake caught some stonking carp many probably 20+ by now onto the next adventure tightlines look forward to the next video 🎣👊🏰
Ahhh lovely mate, yes it's a great place and clearly one with plenty of history.
Class film Mike 👌👌👌👌
Cheers mate, glad you enjoyed. thanks for the kind feedback.
That's my boy recording this
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Lovely video mate as always ,great to see them stocking for the future, 😊👌🏻
great watch Mike , always good films from yourself mate, really enjoyed that and great angling mate
Nice one Vinnie, glad you enjoyed it mate. All the best
Great film as always Mike. Really enjoyed it. Cheers
cheers Lee
Just another top video thanks baitworks team 👍👍🐟
Pleasure mate, thank you for the kind feedback.
Bait prestation key there in them margins with the wind wiping through seeing them patroling keeping out the current, nice videos mate spot on that 👍🏻
Indeed Don, they had a little chilled area off that wind for sure mate :)
Yeah i hate the feeling of having a hole in me sock lol. Great video. Cheers☺️
Horrible isn't it! lol glad you enjoyed the video tho John, appreciate the kind feeback mate.
Another great video Mike. You’ve gotta be the nicest bloke in carp fishing. Also great to see the creAmino doing the business in wales. It’s my favourite bait at the moment. It’s getting mega popular here in the Lea valley which isn’t good for me because it was my secret 😂😂
Hello James, thats very kind feedback mate. Glad you enjoyed it. Sorry about the edge getting out the bag, think of it as others are pre baiting for you. ;) Best of luck for 2024 mate
What a great film. Superb. Well-done u👍👍
Awesome Mike and to all involved 👏👏👌
cheers mate, we certainly got very lucky!
Thanx for this video i enjoyed it when i was freezing in my tent last night greets from 🇳🇱
Thanks mate, hope you caught? Well done for keeping at in the winter :)
Nice Vid Mike, glad you enjoyed. See you bankside 👍🏻💪🏻
Cheers mate, glad you enjoyed it.
Great video guy, quick tip, sew up the hole in your sock with some floss & a baiting needle!
AHHHH Pete why did I not think of that,,,,,, I hate a hole also! Great tip!
What a session for December! Wicked vid, Mike! 🔥👌🏽
All the best
Wade
Cheers mate, yes it was crazy times once I found the honey pot :)
Absolutely magical!
Cheers mate, glad you enjoyed it.
What a venue, great video as always Mike can't wait to see whats next keep them coming
I do love a castle great watch mate keep them blogs coming 👏🏻👏🏻✌🏻
Great footage mate, especially the drone with the catch. Just shows how much you have to be in the right area!
Looks a lovely place! Well done mate 👌👍
cheers Matt, yes a crazy place to fish indeed.
Great filming great editing amazing content amazing angling keep on keeping on Mike 🔥❤️🎣
What a place imagine what's buried in the silt of that moat 😮🎣👍
Indeed! Crazy to think what that place has seen over the years!
@@BaitworksTV imagine how many were slaughtered there frightening ain't it , a bit daunting at night 😬👍🎣
If you like this you ought ro go and fish the loch in Edinburgh Ciry Centre.
There are ghosties in there up to 35lb, which have never caught.
I threw some bread-balls in there and went back the next day. Yep. They were there!
Somebody may get they're name in the papers.
My wife actually watched this with me a first, she actually liked it
I loved it thanks 😊
Blimey! Glad you both enjoyed it mate!
Awsome video nice fish🎣
Cheers mate, glad you enjoyed. Yes the Castle carp are incredible.
Great stuff Mike 👏
cheers Pete, glad you enjoyed it mate
Absoluut bijna dood, vreselijk afschuwelijk. Prachtig hoe onze Britse vrienden kunnen overdrijven. Een beetje zoals ik (soms). Propere visserij heren. Goed gedaan!
The response from the other carp in the drone footage was quite surprising, thought they would of bolted
Crazy Clive, the water temps may something to do with it as the carps senses are certainly dulled in the winter, but the others just don't really flinch, very surprising!
@@BaitworksTV 👍 my senses get dulled in the cold lol. You'll have to do it again once the water temperatures warm up
I would love to fish that place 😮
Yes mate it's a wonderful location.
Boss mate well in great angling
Nice one brother
Hi,
I've been watching some of the videos you and Mark have put out on rigs. In Mark's Ultimate Rig video he's using the same rig as you do (shown in the ESP vid) but combi style with fluoro rather than semi-stiff coated braid straight through.
Are there any fishing scenarios when you would use his combi version instead?
Thanks!
I was told fishing here had stopped now, is that true or is it just said to stop people wanting to come? The boys in the club and tackle shop did an amazing job with the stock. Great video.
It's a club lake mate, tickets go on sale in June yearly and they're limited to a certain number, but certainly accessible.
@@BaitworksTV I think it was Carl who has also done a vid there said the local council stopped fishing there. Maybe someone told him that. Maybe he felt obliged to protect what the locals have got without getting over-run. I remember feeling a bit saddened by that, thinking no more fishing, more for the locals than anything. A good angling club as you know is a blessing, a good thing, helping police a water, clearing away litter, that sort of thing. As a boy living on the Welsh border, my mums family side Williams, dad still living in Wales, mum buried there, spending every summer holiday there, fishing my first fishing match in Wales, I have a natural affinity for the beauty of the country and the fishing I have enjoyed there since a boy. For sure it was a place which for me was on my bucket list to visit, along with Redmire Pool, one I have ticked off.
Thank you for putting me right. I am happy to know that local anglers still have their precious venue to enjoy, and long may that continue. It was brilliant that you enjoyed the unique setting every bit as much as your well deserved success there.
Cracking video as always, Mike.
Get that sock in the bin! 🚮
Cheers Kurt! Don't worry mate he's already gone! My toe needs warmth! lol
Looks cold 🥶 tight lines
I know youre a carp angler. but I would love to go there and see if they have any big pike in there.
Ancient monster pike :)
@@BaitworksTV I take it you've seen people there hooking into one? :)
I saw a pike in the margins margins mate when I was fishing :)@@Rose.Of.Hizaki
Mega ...
Shout out to the longer second toe crew
hahaha that made be laugh! At least I'm not alone in this world of longer second toes! lol
😂 im like that, can't sleep the night before a season then when its almost time to go, i fall asleep as im so knackered 😂😂 edit so im always late to any session 😂
It's a bloody nightmare isn't it! All good fun tho hey Rich :)
Is it a day ticket water can anybody fish it or is it members
It's a club water (open access) and they have a separate night syndicate. cheers
Would like to know what head torch that is
Hi Bill if you search on amazon for - Rechargeable Head Torches LED Super Bright XHP70 Hard Hat Light 20000Lumens with Battery. Its a brilliant bit of kit, ideal for lamping canals etc at night also.
@@BaitworksTV thanks a lot mate, great video as always 👍🏻
Don’t worry about the dragon on the drawbridge, when mikes around it’s best to worry about the amount of carp that he’ll be slaying… 😂💪🐳🎣
Good angling Mike . It’s always nice to be able to go fishing and not have to worry about the bait we are using. #ITWORKS ⚙️
hahaha cheers Joey, got lucky mate.
Im a carp angler paranormal researcher investigator ufologist seen a few things night fishing some bloody weird unexplained things.
Same here Paul, over the years some very strange things have happened!
I've seen a hooded bloke walk through a tree. I was on Tramodol at the time, mind.
@@CymruCelt01 I've seen spirit form glowing coming to the bank through the trees my nephew and dog saw it ,heard footsteps voices and the last time I saw and heard at first i thought was that a hell hound I heard it like a horse galloping for 5mins as it got closer with a rustling sound mixed in with sound of hooves no animals can move and run through a 6ft otter fence and on grass there should be no sound of a horse on cobblestone my dogs were on my bedchair looking at me never saw it and this black cloud 4 to 5ft long shot past the bivvy through the trees 20yrds in 2 to 3 seconds thankfully i just baited up and was standing behind my rods when it shot past behind me.Ive been around the paranormal all my life mediums too researched since I was 8 and done ove 630 paranormal investigations i thought I had seen most things but that day was mad and i was worried for my dogs on the night.
lol @@CymruCelt01
@@BaitworksTV true story 😂
It’s my son Luke recording this
Catch any ghost carp .......😂
Lovely video and venue but why do feel the need to use a drone? Whatever the reason, you’re inspiring people (I don’t refer to them as anglers) to use a drone to find carp. The hardest part of carp fishing is finding the fish and any clown can use a drone to find carp on the lowest of stocked lakes. Drones are ruining carp fishing. Watercraft / finding the fish is what separates a good angler and a shit one, why get up at silly o’clock to walk and scan the lake, looking for shows, fizzing, coloured water etc etc ?? It’s the very essence of carp fishing ! A drone totally takes that away. It’s down to all you guys making videos and fishery owners to stop using and ban drones. Please ! For carp fishing sake.
Hi Mate, I hear you. I don't use a drone for fishing, I'd caught most of the fish before I even got the drone out the car. I just wanted to capture some high castle shots for the film, sadly films certainly benefit from drone footage in todays day and age. But I'm totally with you on the general use of them on lakes up and down the country. However we all know they're here to stay, so it has to be up to the fishery mangers to police it as best they can it seems. Similar to bait boats, in the wrong hands they can cause issues. But I think I'd rather have someones drone overhead than someone casting out a christmas pudding (round ball echo sounder) into the lake on bite time lol
@@BaitworksTV I know you don’t use a drone for fishing mate, I’ve listened to your podcasts with Mark and I’m confident in saying we’re all singing from the same hymn book. I think we need to encourage fishery owners to ban drones! A passion for angling is the greatest film ever made …….. there’s no drones in it!
I agree but sadly I feel the horse may have bolted mate, the challenge is how do you stop a drone from two fields away? It's painful, we're certainly on the same sheet but technology has gathered a very fast pace in angling and drones, underwater cameras, deepers, bait boats, bait boat echos etc are here for good now I'd say. It has to be down to lake owners as you say to apply rules, however as a day ticket that may be focussed on revenue they'll certainly not want to restrict customers who want to use any of the above?@@Niiiiiiiiiii
They can have any rules they like on the day ticket waters , I won’t be there anyway😂 That horse may have truly bolted I agree, but what worries me is: Where does it all end? Chipped carp you can find on a mobile app? We’ll learn to adapt I guess. Take it easy mate and be good not lucky!
Sadly mate I know of fisheries with chipped carp, so say for security! I can see it coming, pay for a day ticket or you can pay for the premium day ticket that allows you to track the chipped carp on GPS locator! lol - same to you mate, all the best@@Niiiiiiiiiii