paulgreenacre

Shark Fishing in Florida keys with my 2 sons Jared (age 9) and Nathan (age 6). Jared is thrilled as he makes contact with a 9lb hammer head. Dad lands a 80lb lemon shark, and a 250lb nurse shark on a night sortie. The boys have fun on the salt water fly rod and land reef sharks to 18lbs.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sG62aoYTmw&feature=plcp

I agree that a wild brownie takes more skill as do Atlantic salmon on the UK's river avon ( we only get 1000 fish running a year.) As the atlantic salmon season finishes in August we turn to the lakes for some sport.

With just 15 minutes to go, Paul makes contact with a 20lb plus rainbow trout whilst fly fishing on a top Hampshire Trout Lake. Paul's self tied silver headed black nymph tempts the fish. It sprints half way across the lake as Paul try's to control the fish. "Gently does it" with a 6lb maxima leader and a 5/6 floating line and loop fly rod.http://youtu.be/XYtkFGtj_zo

Paul dives the Thunderbolt wreck - off Marathon Florida keys, and sees a shoal of about 60 barracuda up to 50lbs. he also sees a pair of Jew Fish (Giant Groupers or Potato fish) of about 600 pounds on the wreck. He comes up after the dive and presents a pin fish over the shoal of barracuda and makes contact with a predator. Later he uses the Barracuda as shark bait and lands a 250lb nurse shark on a night sorties. ( To be featured on the next video)

we were shark fishing with chum out the back of the boat - when they drop off the sharks( in my case a 150lb nurse) they start to feed off the chum - and there is always a chance of a hook up.

Nathan ( age 6) and Jared ( age 9) try to catch large Triggers with a salt water fly rod whilst sea fishing out of Marathon Florida Keys with their dad. Floating lines are baited with squid but hooking these toothy critters is harder than you think! Eventually the boys land a trigger and Jared shows you why they are called triggers.http://youtu.be/_nfU7FUGhXE

Nathan (age 6) is salt water fly fishing in Marathon Florida Keys. He has fish feeding out the back of his Catamaran and decides to float line out a small piece of squid. A fish hits the bait and Nathan thinks he's caught a reef shark. It turns out to be a 4lb shark sucker which must have fallen off his dad's nurse shark a few minutes earlier.http://youtu.be/Wa3Heh1-1Kg

Fishing Florida Keys (Marathon) with Jared (age 9) and Nathan (age 6) produces 42 different species - a fishing wonderland for the boys. Rodney our captain takes us out on his Catamaran (230 HP engines) fishing the back water in search of barracudas and Spanish mackerel. Jared buys a giant flying c- florescent orange with a built in weight and treble and proves the skipper wrong as he makes contact a 6lb barracuda.http://youtu.be/HZWej1Atfv0

Reading the water when predator fishing is as important as the choice of lure. Paul has more success with the mepps 5 copper blade. He makes contact with a nice pike and after safely returning the fish receives a nice early Christmas present.http://youtu.be/PBq0oAHhEbo

Expecting to catch a double figure pike on a Hampshire Lake, a baby jack hits the spinner in the margins.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scA24vuiT_E&feature=colike

Last cast before packing up, Paul makes contact with a large pike after flicking his barbless mepps 5 spinner into a bay. Despite then fading light the pike picks up the vibrating pulses produced by the spinner and hits the mepps with aggression.http://youtu.be/NUu1so9ZJgQ

the place isn't called "last knockings"- its just the last few minutes before it gets too dark to fish. The them came from when some one would knock on your door and ask you to leave before it got too dark.I like to use balloons for dead-baits - as long as they are bi-gradable in case of a smash up.they give me good support and cost less than 1p each. you can get them any colour and adjust size to fit size and weight of bait. I also use them on live baits - its nice to see a balloon go under.

Paul walks half way round a lake looking for Pike- and finds a bay with at least 4 fish. He is spinning with a mepps 5 (with barbless hooks) and makes contact with a Pike.

Paul shows you his 6 favourite pike lures that have caught him hundreds of pike, perch and other predators. They include mepps, flying C's , rapalas and shads.

Out stalking pike on a hampshire gravel pit, Paul switches to a mepps 5 and makes contact with a lively Pike. The barbless hook falls out of the net and the fish swims off to fight another day.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcOhVS13gLk&feature=colike

Just when he was about to pack up, his pike balloon decides to take off at high speed, as a 5th large pike takes the final sprat dead bait mounted on a single barbless hook. Paul plays the fish and then shows you how to chin the fish before removing the hook with his hands. The fish is recovered and then shoots off to fight another day.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP6x4uiFuMo&feature=colike

Last knockings produces a big pike on a small dead-bait.http://youtu.be/i_b-dhVxSGA

there great - and will help when a hook is deep

a gravel pit is a dug out lake - where the land owner has rights to the gravel deposited on his land. They then fill with water and fish and produces some excellent sport

Out Pike fishing on a Hampshire Gravel pit. Paul finds a very nice bay that is holding a good head of small roach that are being chased by Pike in the Margins. Paul decides to use a red and yellow bodied mepps 5 with a copper blade to simulate the fleeing roach. He makes a dead- accurate cast just a few inches from the point and is rewarded with a beautiful double that takes the spinner within 2 seconds of the lure hitting the water. Accuracy is everything with predator fishing. He manages to release the fish in the water as he is using barbless hooks for a quick release.http://www.youtube.com

Out lake fishing, Paul catches a Pike with a mepps 5 spinner. He removes the barbless hooks in the water (using forceps) - for a quick and safe release.http://youtu.be/HjVXcoVJ280

An afternoons pike fishing on a Hampshire Gravel Pit produces a beautiful 10lb plus Pike. Paul demonstrates how to set up and work a mepps 5 (copper blade with a red and yellow body). Pike have been feeding on small gravel pit roach. No wonder the red and yellow mepps was so effective. Paul shows you how to unhook and safely return the fish to the water.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yttk_rN8jdo&feature=colike[attachment:1]Dads Birthday 2006 Pike and barbel 087.jpg[/attachment]

glad you enjoyed - I have 23 other fishing vids on my youtube account" paul greenacre"

An afternoon's Pike fishing on a Hampshire Lake produces some excellent Pike sport. Paul shows you how to use float fished sprats mounted on a single semi barbless hook. Whilst waiting for the float to disappear he plugs and spins around the bay bringing in more pike toward the dead-bait. An effective combination that produces 6 pike (to double figures) in just 2 hours. The film shows you how easy it is to remove a single hook without taking the fish out of the water.http://youtu.be/Ro39zz3IQL0

Out for a day’s fishing on the Hampshire Avon with my son Jared (age 17). Jared is looking for that illusive 20lber and makes contact with a 17lb Avon Pike. The monster pike was taken whilst fishing a dead bait in a large back eddy near Ashley Bends. Jared removes the single circle hook and after weighing his new PB safely returns the fish to the pool.http://youtu.be/iXnfbOspzZA