I Had a One in a Million Catch From the Forgotten Pond!

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  • čas přidán 27. 01. 2024
  • Its was time for an adventure back out to the forgotten ponds! This time I brought the chest waders and a lighter setup. This allowed me to navigate more of this flooded woodland in search of pike. I brought the lighter setup to allow me to fish small weedless baits right into the weeds optimizing how many fish I could cast to. It was an action packed session with a real surprising catch.
    / the_ginger_fisherman
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  • @MrAlphafang
    @MrAlphafang Před 5 měsíci +16

    Fishing an estate lake for tench I saw a big bright Pike float in the reeds, too far to reach with the landing net. So I put a tiny spinner on the 13' match rod and cast to try and snag the line below the float... well free float and all that..... the float moved so I knew the spinner had made contact I reeled slowly and then all hell broke loose, the drag on the match reel screamed and the rod arched. I obviously expected the float to come loose and reappear elsewhere. No I had a fight on my hands. I wasn't sure if the now hooked fish was on the spinner or if I had managed to get a good snag on the pike line. After a good long and careful fight I netted a 16lb 2 oz Pike. Amazingly when I had a good look I saw that one of the hooks of my spinner had actually gone through the hole on the swivel of the dead bait set up. Best Pike to date too a PB and I'm claiming it... 😉😂

  • @ffsFonix
    @ffsFonix Před 5 měsíci +6

    These are the best places to fish. Catching wild fish that have probably not been caught before is a special feeling

  • @nathanredfearn3081
    @nathanredfearn3081 Před 5 měsíci +30

    Had a few bizarre things happen in 45 years of fishing. Caught a double figure pike from the River Thames whilst feeder fishing. The pike grabbed my feeder on the retrieve and didn't let go! Managed to land it. Also caught a 6lb carp at Hayfield on the pole whilst I was plumbing up on the pole. The fish grabbed the plummet and didn't let go!

    • @Lezduit88
      @Lezduit88 Před 5 měsíci +2

      My dad's PB tench came while plumbing up with an SSG after raking the back of his boat. Madness

    • @jamesfernley7225
      @jamesfernley7225 Před 5 měsíci +2

      I had a nice 8lb pike on a boilie - was bemused!

    • @russellgarrett8505
      @russellgarrett8505 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Love these pond episodes,any benefit of side hooking when using fishing weedless or just personal preference Chris ?

    • @2smokeeeey
      @2smokeeeey Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@russellgarrett8505 with the zander Pro lures the thin profile makes it damn near impossible to fish them weedless the normal way you'd fish them unless you fish it sideways weedless like Chris has
      Slightly different action which is always good on wise fish hope that helps mate

    • @Ian-dj2nj
      @Ian-dj2nj Před 5 měsíci

      Carp on oily deadbait

  • @heavyvoodoo
    @heavyvoodoo Před 5 měsíci +7

    Nice. Always enjoy your videos. My 3yr old just learned to say pike watching this with me lol. 👊

  • @davemellor4697
    @davemellor4697 Před 5 měsíci +5

    Chris...you are the master! Your fish handling skills and pure fishing ability are second to none....

  • @lastminutejoe
    @lastminutejoe Před 5 měsíci

    love you're videos, you get the energy of the adventure fisherman and deliver it through the camara, makes it a joy watching you, thanks man and keep doin what you're doing.

  • @chriswarby1001
    @chriswarby1001 Před 5 měsíci

    Always excited to see your next adventure tight lines Chris 🎣👍👍

  • @liamwalton5249
    @liamwalton5249 Před 5 měsíci

    Absolutely fantastic again Chris as always 👍 very bizarre catch but well done 🎣 tight lines 🎣🎣👌

  • @alvleicesterlife5510
    @alvleicesterlife5510 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Ahhhhhhhh just what I needed,after a 13k run a hot bath whilst watching the ginger fisherman at the forgotten ponds 🙌🙌🙌perfect 👌

  • @arthurraymond6239
    @arthurraymond6239 Před 5 měsíci

    Another banger Fella ⭐️Top Notch Content😃👌👍

  • @LiberaNosAMalo
    @LiberaNosAMalo Před 5 měsíci

    So therapeutic to watch those pike smashing the lures. 🎣 👍🏼

  • @trevorcornes1056
    @trevorcornes1056 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Amazing how things happened. Great bit of fishing Chris,you get your fish in some well hard places 👍 .

  • @iaincurrie9706
    @iaincurrie9706 Před 5 měsíci

    Another superb video! Great stuff!

  • @jimkeats891
    @jimkeats891 Před 5 měsíci

    I was fishing for trout with my brothers and my Dad.
    We were using "mini marshmallows" as bait.
    The rods were all cast out...and prop-ed on "Y-sticks".
    Anyway, eventually, a trout took the bait on the rod of the youngest...who was chasing butterflies or something.
    The trout pulled the whole rod in!
    My Dad could see the rod (cork handle)...and popped on a Daredevil lure...
    snagged the line....
    reeled in the rod...
    my brother then reeled in the trout!

  • @I-Smelt-Pike
    @I-Smelt-Pike Před 5 měsíci

    Yes guys just watching this video and the rod flew off just landed a beautiful 19lb pike great stuff great video thanks ginger fisherman 🎣🐟

  • @I-Smelt-Pike
    @I-Smelt-Pike Před 5 měsíci

    I’ve just up loaded the video of the 19lb pike I had earlier while watching this video 👍🏻🐟👍🏻thanks for the ginger fisherman’s luck 🍀🎣🐟👍🏻tight lines 🎣

  • @meltdownman8911
    @meltdownman8911 Před 5 měsíci

    Over 50 years ago, we’d camp out at weekends at Keston Ponds. Over the lane behind (and over a fence!) was a private pond chock full of jack pike. We’d spin for them and inevitably get broken off. Usually had to leg it before we were spotted, but what fun. Chris takes it to a new level though.

  • @Smiffy830
    @Smiffy830 Před 5 měsíci

    Smashed it again Chris, luvvin yer work.

  • @TheBudgie29
    @TheBudgie29 Před 5 měsíci

    Wow what a session Chris. Here It Is like a lake still, every time the water starts to reseed, It starts to Rain again. I have never caught like that, But I have had a 20lb+ one just keep grip on to the Bait. And a ten pound one on Maggots. Keep 'Em Coming. Just for those who can't get out yet.

  • @rovingrods
    @rovingrods Před 5 měsíci +2

    Chris, you DO make a fantastic video👌

  • @user-lm2dz8jp9n
    @user-lm2dz8jp9n Před 4 měsíci

    It’s my sons birthday on the 17th and they watch all your videos. He’d love it if you could fish where he goes.

  • @chlopski
    @chlopski Před 5 měsíci

    Yes Master Chriss 🤗You would caught a fish eden if there would be no lure on the end of line hehehehe Great we loved it 😂❤️🎣👊🏼Big Respect Master Chriss. 🏆🏆🏆🔥

  • @lawrencemacd63
    @lawrencemacd63 Před 5 měsíci

    Great video cant remember the last time I went lure fishing for pike as I’m always out fly fishing for trout 🐟🎣😂

  • @svengalt9546
    @svengalt9546 Před 5 měsíci

    Wow what a true professional, landing a pike through a briar bush.
    Once while fishing, I found a goose down feather and decided to add it to my weedless rig by clamping it in the hookweight I use. After a few casts I hooked into a 1lb bass and after unhooking and releasing the fish, I realized my feather was still attached but not the way I attached it. It fell off the hookweight and got pinned into the snap(very similar to your quick twist). I left it there and caught another larger bass later.
    I also landed my only longnose gar(long snout with hundreds of needle teeth almost like an alligator) by having my 12# braid get tangled in its teeth and somehow not get cut.

  • @markward8216
    @markward8216 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Unbelievable filming that strike well done 😊

  • @jimkeats891
    @jimkeats891 Před 5 měsíci

    I'd say that the subject of this video would become another "fisherman's tale"...but you have video!

  • @grahamkirkbride5720
    @grahamkirkbride5720 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Great video mate Never,Never had anything like that happen but did catch a pike while retreiving my ronnie rig in while Carp fishing a jack smashed it, I blood shxt myself 😂

  • @darrenanthonyshortt9157
    @darrenanthonyshortt9157 Před 5 měsíci

    That's was crazy the way he rolled into quick snap not even foul hook just fluke. Top videos..

  • @adjusted-bunny
    @adjusted-bunny Před 5 měsíci +1

    Maaassive ginger beard!!! "Men Only" beard fertilizer I assume?

  • @jamesdoyle3885
    @jamesdoyle3885 Před 5 měsíci

    Great winter fishing and a bonus fish in unusual circumstances. The first ever pike I caught was fishing maggot along the local canal. It was tiny lol

  • @a.r.t.4611
    @a.r.t.4611 Před 5 měsíci

    That pond environment must be healthy to sustain that many pike and smaller fish.

  • @chasecarlson4900
    @chasecarlson4900 Před 3 měsíci

    Here in Florida tannic(dark) water can cause fish to take on counter shading which is when they take a dark shade from above and a lighter belly shade to hide from predators and stay out of sight to their prey. The dark top blends in with the tannic water from above and the lighter belly blends into the sunlight from above. Can make some species look very different

  • @reneg.7215
    @reneg.7215 Před 5 měsíci

    Always nice video's. Greetings from Holland

  • @Load-of-old-carp
    @Load-of-old-carp Před 5 měsíci

    That was one crazy catch, never seen anything like it catching on the link !! fair play pal thou that's some fishing skills.

  • @tibormozes1826
    @tibormozes1826 Před 5 měsíci

    Brilliant mate👍

  • @robbieallan6522
    @robbieallan6522 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I can't fish my local river until may 1st and the weather has been horrible or the tides not been right on the couple reasonable day's we have had, i can't handle the cold for long so roll on spring, glad to see you can still get out even on miserable days..

  • @bretsubotnik1777
    @bretsubotnik1777 Před 5 měsíci

    Great one,always like your videos here in my state in USA we got ice on lakes

  • @gavincorbett1272
    @gavincorbett1272 Před 5 měsíci

    That is a crazy catch 😂...my mate once caught a personal best carp at 35lb by hooking his hook through the loop on someone else's leadcore leader with the rig still in the carps mouth...crazy...try telling him the fish don't count 😂

  • @darrenknight6553
    @darrenknight6553 Před 5 měsíci

    Great video as usual! Perhaps take some sprats or sardines with you to chuck in and give those skinny pike something to eat 👍🏻

  • @davidbamber6795
    @davidbamber6795 Před 5 měsíci

    Chris, you are one hell of an angle, you make it look so easy. And it is not. Love your videos very entertaining. David B Chichester
    -

  • @andyreed6883
    @andyreed6883 Před 5 měsíci

    Awesome video.

  • @stevendouglas3633
    @stevendouglas3633 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I once had a regular run, struck the fish and saw the pike thrash about 20 yards in front of me which I thought was strange as I had cast my dead bait around 60 yards out. I landed the fish which had my 30 pound mono round both of its gill plates, the line then broke as I was unhooking. I then hand lined in my untouched dead bait which was still 40 yards out in loch. I’m presuming the pike swam into my line then started spinning and the gill plates started cutting through my line just before I landed it.

  • @imraduin
    @imraduin Před 5 měsíci +4

    Had a perch suck in the little bait I was using so violently it popped out the back of its mouth through the gill and then he went for it AGAIN so the fish was hooked but the line went through the gill plate (not harming the gills thankfully) and back around to its mouth 😂 took a minute for me to realise what I was looking at

    • @NobleKorhedron
      @NobleKorhedron Před 5 měsíci

      Heh-heh! I never realised they were so fierce/greedy; I've had a few small Wasps that absolutely INHALED the lures!
      But never the same fish taking the same lure twice like you did...

    • @KermRiv
      @KermRiv Před 4 měsíci

      That sounds like something a bluegill would try to do

  • @Marcofergo
    @Marcofergo Před 5 měsíci

    Awesome video mate. Maybe the Pike identifies as a lure 😂🤣

  • @ernestcoffman1870
    @ernestcoffman1870 Před 5 měsíci

    I've caught a 33" brown trout that had a lure stuck in he's mouth and my hook went thru the eyelet of the lure hook!!!! Crazy!!!! And another time, while fishing with a buddy on both sides of the creek, we both caught the same rainbow at the same time!!!! lol

  • @cpfcgavman1977
    @cpfcgavman1977 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I've had loads of pike up to 14lb on lobworms they seem to love them don't know if it's the movement of the worm underwater that gets them or the natural juices of the worm or both

  • @gmachetti118
    @gmachetti118 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I once had a small jack take a slamo hornet and get the lure wedged in its mouth, with the lip of the lure against the top and the back of the lure on bottom, no hook hold at all 😂

  • @danielfletcher7796
    @danielfletcher7796 Před 5 měsíci

    Caught a 9lb pike this year while fishing dead baits, it wasn't till I'd landed the pike after a good scrap that I realised it wasn't even hooked. Put on the unhooking mat and it spat the sardine out with the trebles still in the sardine 😂

  • @matthijsiets8391
    @matthijsiets8391 Před 5 měsíci

    love these vids mate🔥🔥

  • @andrewwoolford3048
    @andrewwoolford3048 Před 5 měsíci

    Love your vids man wish my lure game was as good as yours but keep the great work up :)

  • @rysrys5213
    @rysrys5213 Před 5 měsíci

    Great place

  • @djjudgev
    @djjudgev Před 5 měsíci

    Another great session. Awesome skill in a challenging environment . Brilliant fishing.

  • @WhoIsAret
    @WhoIsAret Před 5 měsíci

    Love the content! Keep it up

  • @adrianfaunt8407
    @adrianfaunt8407 Před 5 měsíci

    I had something similar happen while fly fishing for pike from the kayak . I had 3 low dbls in 4 casts and the last one was actually hooked on the snap clip very lucky catch

  • @scott-bz6eb
    @scott-bz6eb Před 5 měsíci +2

    Did catch it but had a pike attack my deadbait float twitching it back 😂

  • @madaboutcarp
    @madaboutcarp Před 5 měsíci +1

    That's insane, the chances of that lol

  • @LG_Fishing
    @LG_Fishing Před 5 měsíci

    Absolutely mad that you'd managed to get that one in. I've had better hooked fish pop the hook with much less thrashing. Great video, love these ponds

  • @2009numan
    @2009numan Před 5 měsíci

    great video

  • @tariqaslam1853
    @tariqaslam1853 Před 5 měsíci

    NICE1 BRO.

  • @nickmeekins7643
    @nickmeekins7643 Před 5 měsíci

    I was using a Heddon Meadow Mouse surface lure several summers ago. I had had and missed several takes when I had another really good take which I hit and played in to land it, and was very surprised to realise that the pike was not hooked, but the trace had managed to get caught by one of the trebles on the lure and had effectively lassooed the pike. It was only around 2 pounds.
    My other unusual catch was on a different venue, I was float paternostering a livebait on one rod and legering a smelt deadbait on another rod. I had a run on the legered bait and was playing what was clearly a good fish, when I had a take on the livebait, clearly I could only play one fish, so I continued playing the original fish, when I landed it I could see that it had also taken my livebait. The baits had been around 20 yards apart, and although being played the pike took the livebait. It weighed in at 15 - 12.

  • @user-cl5md7mg1r
    @user-cl5md7mg1r Před 5 měsíci

    I have had this happen before, I saw my lure fly off out of the fish’s mouth as it struck it and managed to bring it in with the open clip being stuck on the pike scissors much like yours.

  • @mscustomlures
    @mscustomlures Před 5 měsíci

    Had that happen a few times on the fly rod mate. Even had landed one that wasn't hooked, it inhaled the fly so hard it went through its gills qnd somehow came back on itself and went through a different gill raker, the hook wasnt in the fish i had to unclip it to feed the leader back through 😂

  • @egidijusmontvilas9532
    @egidijusmontvilas9532 Před 5 měsíci

    I caught once a mackerel on the weight clip really surprised 😅

  • @gurra9671
    @gurra9671 Před 5 měsíci

    just a quick tip i think you get a better hook set if you wait for just a quick sec before setting the hook when fishing weedless

  • @Flow_State1991
    @Flow_State1991 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Morning brother

  • @user-xh7mb3rc5o
    @user-xh7mb3rc5o Před 5 měsíci

    If we had fished in these places from a small PVC boat, the result would have been more interesting. There are few approaches to the water.

  • @russellgarrett8505
    @russellgarrett8505 Před 5 měsíci

    Love these pond episodes,any benefit from side hooking when fishing weedless or just personal preference Chris .

  • @J5islive85
    @J5islive85 Před 5 měsíci

    There must be a monster in there some where

  • @shauncorless8965
    @shauncorless8965 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Strange thing I was fishing a match nobody was getting a bite rock hard after a couple hrs my keep net slowly fell flat I put rod at the side and grabbed it and a 5lb bream had swam into a collapse keep net ,,😅😅,

  • @johnhufton5787
    @johnhufton5787 Před 5 měsíci

    Had an eel on a wet fly once, trout fishing. A friend of mine caught a dead perch, hooked it in the mouth on a trout fly. It looked like it had been dead for a few days, faded colours and manky. Bizarre!

  • @jasonpataua9002
    @jasonpataua9002 Před 5 měsíci

    I was fly fishing for trout in the middle of a river. I hooked a trout behind me when I flicked my line back behind me to cast.

  • @Zane3388
    @Zane3388 Před 5 měsíci

    I’ve never had that happen, but I did catch a carp swimming around a brand new fishing pole hooked to her. Must’ve been pulled in the water the night before

  • @joechappell368
    @joechappell368 Před 5 měsíci

    not caught a fish but snagged a lure in a hawthorne tree, when i walked round the canal to retrieve it i found one of the thorns had gone through the eye of my trace swivel

  • @terencemeinrath7733
    @terencemeinrath7733 Před 5 měsíci

    Nice camera work.

  • @keithleivers4061
    @keithleivers4061 Před 5 měsíci

    When your lucks in catching on the pigtail . Sometimes you make your own luck just by being there 🎉

  • @wilfwilliams
    @wilfwilliams Před 5 měsíci

    This area « forgotten ponds » the drone shots to me , looks like a place where peat has been dug in the past, and I guess that’s why they are colored like that.

  • @Buildingenjoyment
    @Buildingenjoyment Před 4 měsíci

    I was hoping the one on a million would have been a new species ! I was fishing in a tournament and a fish in a river was so big that it just stripped my entire spoil. Couldn’t do anything to stop it. My suspicion was that it was a huge catfish. We all have strange things happen while fishing! I had 30 lb test and a steel leader. Made no difference.

  • @user-zn2ri9ge6l
    @user-zn2ri9ge6l Před 5 měsíci

    Chris could you show a tuttorail on how to fish theses or jig theses soft bait plz ?

  • @Luis_simon
    @Luis_simon Před 5 měsíci

    I once caught a roach, it was stuck in the Feeder basket!

  • @tadhghayden7601
    @tadhghayden7601 Před 5 měsíci

    More interesting fishing in your local everglages . You had a dam !!! bit of a lost a good fish ...what exactly happened? moment ,early in vid.
    Catching a fish on the clip...well my dad used to say ..if a thing can happen...it eventually will....

  • @danharbun483
    @danharbun483 Před 5 měsíci

    Only a really professional fishing man can catch a fish on just the clip alone💪.oh by the way that 1 didn't count hook wasn't set😂

  • @ceesvanderschoot9799
    @ceesvanderschoot9799 Před 5 měsíci

    My Guess is Welsh Catfish , my weirdest was a eel on Corn .

  • @robertduffy202
    @robertduffy202 Před 5 měsíci

    Hia bud do you know any good free /cheap places to fish for pike and perch around Chester ?

  • @adammaher5538
    @adammaher5538 Před 5 měsíci

    Hi Chris 👋 what net are you using and great video buddy 👍

  • @richnfamous59
    @richnfamous59 Před 5 měsíci

    I once caught a chub on a crayfish which got wedged sideways in its mouth

  • @Relaxingfishing
    @Relaxingfishing Před 5 měsíci

    Good 😊

  • @Fidzo938
    @Fidzo938 Před 5 měsíci

    Nice

  • @foylad4862
    @foylad4862 Před 5 měsíci +2

    That has never happened to me, but i caught a pike on bread recently 😅

    • @GIBBO4182
      @GIBBO4182 Před 5 měsíci

      I bet that was a shock!! I’ve caught one on maggots, but bread is next level! 🍞 🎣

    • @martinflavell3172
      @martinflavell3172 Před 5 měsíci +1

      My first Pike was on bread n all. Fishing for carp Bread on the top but the roach are hammering the hookbait, pike zooms in and nails the flake instead of the roach pmsl

    • @foylad4862
      @foylad4862 Před 5 měsíci

      @@martinflavell3172 haha quality

  • @condelaneycd
    @condelaneycd Před 5 měsíci

    Coot a pike on my float was dead baiting so put hock on float and got a 8 pound pike con from Ireland 🇮🇪

  • @tonyross7376
    @tonyross7376 Před 5 měsíci

    Mad😂

  • @thetattooedangler
    @thetattooedangler Před 5 měsíci

    First time I've seen a fish foul looped.

  • @markkirby2282
    @markkirby2282 Před 5 měsíci

    got a question why do you change hands to use the landng net ive seen matt hayes do same,obviously a reason for it but icant see it , cheers, p.s i once caught a tench without my hook penetrating the fishes mouth it went thru an hook eye left by a previous angler strange but true

  • @kurtgreen1040
    @kurtgreen1040 Před 5 měsíci

    You call them jack pike we call them hammer handles one of my local lakes is full of them have caught lots of them but only a few that were of any size have seen them and had them take jigs on the ultra light

  • @scottlewis2218
    @scottlewis2218 Před 5 měsíci

    Been fishing for 40 years never caught I
    One on the clip lol😅

  • @kosmophon
    @kosmophon Před 5 měsíci

    08:58 Where is the silver heron and kingfisher from the thumbnail??

  • @thedaftyorkshireman2186
    @thedaftyorkshireman2186 Před 5 měsíci

    I was course fishing a feeder rig last summer with groundbait whilst washing my hands in the river a Jack of around 3lb decided to eat my hand I pulled my hands out in shock an it just wouldnt let go was great fun but ended up me needing to pack up and seek medical attention as the bleeding just wouldnt stop unfortunately I cant add a pic as a few months later when pike fishing I lost my phone in the river sick 😢

  • @jimkeats891
    @jimkeats891 Před 5 měsíci

    How do you do it?
    You say that you're "fishing 20 pound braided line...with a 5 to 21 G rod"
    Ah!!!! :D

  • @sandersson2813
    @sandersson2813 Před 5 měsíci

    I always fish light. I don't get any enjoyment from fishing when the fish has no chance and it's like pulling in a dead weight.

  • @matthewbolam4506
    @matthewbolam4506 Před 5 měsíci

    Happened to me on a loch we released a pike 3 hours later it swam into my braid and I landed it again

  • @vladblures6397
    @vladblures6397 Před 5 měsíci

    Nice man..regards from Serbia..