Hard work there Simon. I had a late run 24-25lb Tyne fish last season, I'm 58 and it took me 1hr 15 to net it. Unhooked it and it swam off straightaway. Started fishing again and thought "I actually don't want to catch another" So I packed up and went home. Epic battle and an epic fish, well done !

Brilliant video, I was there with you, loved the phone call for help. Thank you for sharing it with us all.

An angling achievement, the drags a little bit sticky. Well done

Catch and release seems to be working on the river in recent seasons. Well done. Haven't seen a fish of that quality coming out of there since the early '70's

Nice fookin’ fish there, Simon!!

Fish of a lifetime Simon ! Congratulations , class angling and then released . Well Done !

This is the size of my biggest Salmon 24.5lbs i Lost it one day, i was using my 15ft double handed rod and it snapped my leader after 20 minutes, next day I was fishing for Sea trout in the 9ft rod with a 6lb leader and I caught the 24.5lb Salmon 45 min fight as it was the lighter gear! Got my leader and fly back from the day before lol Thanks for sharing great video

Thanks we are lucky to still have some of these fish

@spazzymacgee5648

12 күн бұрын

It's a sadly, very rare sight now.

Marvellous commentary, I dont know what weight he is but he's fecking big, cracking fish well done fella

@darragh2511

Ай бұрын

6:21 Agreed, great commentary…and the ‘phone a friend’ twist made it even better

Fantastic fish Simon, top man, a Blackcastle beauty, some river for the big ones!!

Amazing springer Simon, well done 👏

Savage fish. Well played. Nice reel too :)

Brilliant Simon well done 👍

GREAT WORK SIMON!

Wow well done.Love the unfiltered commentary 😂🎉

Learned about a new fish today and where the soap Irish Springs comes from lol thanks for the video.

Outstanding video and what a absolute belter of a springer well done !!!

@noelfleming3567

Ай бұрын

Spring run salmon usually called springers

That’s some fight, such a big powerful fish in that flow. Amazing!

Absolute beauty of a fish. Well done 👏. The running commentary was priceless and I would have been just the same.

@noelfleming3567

Ай бұрын

The tangled net d crak up myself 😂😂😊

Epic Struggle. Marvellous stuff.

Had to turn the volume down or my neighbours would think I'm sitting watching porn with all that heavy breathing going on 😂😂😂

@Simonc262

Ай бұрын

Not the 1st to say that 🤣🤣

@Simonc262

Ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Laura-hf8jy

Ай бұрын

After seeing this comment I swear I was sitting on my own in ABSOLUTE hysterics laughing at the thoughts of anyone just hearing this !!!! The panting lol 5:45 to 5:51 The climax lol 😂😂 at 6:44 That's all I'm telling you! HE'S BIG, the fuckin back on him 😂 9:39 Your not massive but your big enough😅😂 😂 9:47 The purrrr !! 😂😅 10:55 You Fuckin Whopper...I'LL BATE YA ! COME UP ! COME UP FOR ME LOL 11:00 OHHH LOVELY YA BOY YA...You'll get a fuckin rest and let me get a rest !!! . Seriously ! Well if I didnt know there was someone fishing ! 😂....I'm thinking u need a rest after all that panting 😂 Well I'm swear I havnt laughed as much in a long time !!! 😂❤ Brilliant Oh and Congrats on the fish !!!! HE WAS BIG TO BE SURE !

@Laura-hf8jy

Ай бұрын

​@@Simonc262Ah Simon ! I never laughed so much ! As I pictured what neighbours would be thinking if they heard you without seeing you !!!! 😂 but on a more serious note ! Fair play to you ! That takes some doin .... Fair play 🙌! He was huge.....did u get photos?? I hope so 😊😊

My heart was pounding, every fisherman knows that feeling.

Great video 🎣

Nice one on the dangle too👌

What a fish, well done. Absolute bruiser 👍🎣👏

Brilliantly fishing 🎣 net I never seen like that before ⚖️ beautiful big boy fish 🐟 I don’t know 🤷 why you not keep it

Wow that's an amazing fish. Glad to see you return it also. You sounded exhausted after that!! 😀

@leejohnston6513

Ай бұрын

Thats what you call adrenaline 👌👏

Thought it was much more expensive. Great video6 and great catch. All the Best 😊😊

Brilliant springer well done

What an amazing fish, and great battle. Well done. A pleasure to watch and enjoy with you! Lovely to see the fish returning.

Well done 👏 fantastic fish ,I dip my cap to you sir.

Woah! Excellent! Congratulations and well done! Not easy on your own, loved the sound effects from yourself....think that you were more exhausted than the amazing fish!

@noelfleming3567

Ай бұрын

D power of these fish is unbelievable

So nice to see a video showing the rod and rot tip in action. Most fishing videos only show the reel and hands reeling and the rod does not the most important part of fighting a fish.

@Simonc262

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

What a fish Simon! Well deserved as always!

Nice fish buddy! ✌️🇨🇦

Fabulous fish, well done to catch this on your own. Imagine what you would have been thinking had you lost it😮😮

Amazing, well done

A belter well done 🎉

Amazing buddy

Respect 👍

I was kinda thinking “springer” spaniel for a minute there! 😳😂

Wonderful!

Stonking fish. Congratulations. Very nice indeed! Pete 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@Simonc262

Ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

What a beauty and good vid you realy know how to build up tension that was horror sometimes there you fiddling with the net and a 12kg fish on😎👍

@Simonc262

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Great fight 👍💪🦾

Well done great fish

Well done

Nice fish!

Great achievement

Lovely fish , wow.

Some fish Think the net was thought about too early mate What river where you on 😊

This is just brilliant ! 😂👏👏👏👌🎣👊🦈🙌 Deadly !! 😂😂 ...

Some fish ,thought u hooked onto jetski 😂

Wow what an amazing specimen of a fish and full respect to you for the fish welfare and safe release 👍👍

@Simonc262

Ай бұрын

Thank you

new sub good stuff

What river ?

Brilliant fish, many congrats. Good to see Britsh made Bruce and Walker rod being put to good use. I do, however, hate to see someone struggling to get a net ready whilst they have a fish on, as it is so easy to lose fish when this happens. I wish they still made the extra large Whitlock salmon fold over net with extending handle, as fold overs are far easier to deploy.

class

God, what a meal

This is what it's all about!! FISH ON !!! :)

Hell of a Salmon. That's what we call a fighting fish. Would cost you a buck in Holland, smoked and well.

Wow what a fish

I just can't understand how you don't prepare your landing net beforehand. I see this in so many YT videos. This is simply the elementary school of fishing. Still, good video. I liked.

Well done catching the fish of a lifetime and getting it all on film! I was wondering if you actually felt the take or if you just started stripping line at the same time as the fish took the fly? From our viewers' perspective it looks like it was a soft sneaky take which probably went unnoticed until you began to strip. Congrats!!

@Simonc262

Ай бұрын

I was about to retrieve and it felt like somone pushed the rod butt. I actually thought it was my buddy.🤣🤣

What river is that

From Canada. Never heard of a springer. It sorta looks like a Brown trout we have here.

@awilderireland

Ай бұрын

It's an Atlantic Salmon. Caught during a springtime run.

@TheNewMediaoftheDawn

Ай бұрын

Yes, and we do have them here, Ontario, Quebec and the east coast.

Hats off to ye brother. What had ye on the end of er?

@Simonc262

Ай бұрын

Frodin Willie Gunn.

I thought a dog was gonna come out of the water...

hi , ive had one of them rods for around 8 years an i tried a few casts with it but it was awful ,what line are you using ?

@Simonc262

Ай бұрын

650gr Nextcast Zone 2D and 180gr 18ft guideline 4D tips rocket off that rod. B&W are way out on the line rating. Would you sell it?

@johnwenlock4848

Ай бұрын

@@Simonc262 Thank you , well maybe its like brand new as i cast it maybe 5 times an gave up but maybe i should try it with your set up and give it another chance ,you can give me your contact details if i decide too

@derrickmccall3032

Ай бұрын

Nice fish well done you can only dream of a fish like that

cracking fish that

savage fish

Some fish

Sometimes only one word (that word) will do!😂

That is the most calm and nice 24 pounder i have ever seen in my life, it did absolutely nothing what so ever, just dropped with the current a few times without a single run. Did you pour sedatives in the water before you started fishing?

@Simonc262

Ай бұрын

He wasn't let run. I was using serious heavy gear stuff I use for big Baltics.

@MrKveite1

Ай бұрын

@@Simonc262 I live in Norway and i have landed 2997 Atlantic salmon with the largest at 54.6 pounds and trust me when i say you cant hold a 24 pounder if it wants to run. It didnt even try to run and as i said it did absolutely nothing.... Extremely calm and nice fish indeed.

@Simonc262

Ай бұрын

2997 Wow,thats almost 300 fish a year for 10 years or 100 fish a year for 30 years. 54.6lb wow .I must start counting my fish.Theres a thing called a clutch on my reel when you tighten it it makesit harder for the fish to make that clicking noise when he runs.You should try get a reel with one of them.

@MrKveite1

Ай бұрын

@@Simonc262 You are forgetting something, an Atlantic is a fair bit stronger than the baltic and if that fish WANTED to run there would be NOTHING, you could do. I am 6'3 and 220 pounds and i dont play with the fish but there is a HUGE diff between a fish that turns and give it the beans and a fish angling a little on the current and letting the current take it some meters downstream like that one did. I have seen 15 pounders flatten a 16 feet 12 rod stripping 200 meter of line in one single run many times and you cant stop them. Not going to happen. I have also landed a 32 pounder in 3 min so it all depends on how the fish behave and if you hook an angry one that just turn and burn downstream i promose you it wont care about your heavy gear for baltics for ONE sec. I doubt it beats a 16 feet 12 weight anyway..

@MrKveite1

Ай бұрын

@@Simonc262 Oh yes i forgot to mention that i have been fishng salmon for 49 years.

How much for 1/2 Day on this pool ? Great catch anyway 😊

@Simonc262

21 күн бұрын

Full day €35

What was stopping you from getting the fish onto the grass to weigh it....much less chance of damaging it.

Nice real nice.

Very poor fish care !, letting it smash itself on rocks when there is grass 1 meter away

Brilliant catch, real fish porn

Fish handling skills = Nil 👎

@Pete_Gribs

Ай бұрын

I was thinking that. Few scales lost maybe, but kudos to the man for returning it.

@andrewmaccallum2367

Ай бұрын

@Pete_Gribs A ludicrous obsession with getting a photo of a fish, which was already on video. I'd be very surprised if it survived that ordeal. Just really painful to watch, i'm afraid 🤷‍♂️

@Pete_Gribs

Ай бұрын

@andrewmaccallum2367 absolutely, I am a carp angler and I'm obsessed with fishcare. Trust me, that fish would have been knocked around a lot worse on its trip upriver to mate.

nice fish couldn't make out the make of your reel what kind is it my fave is the hardy silex but I really like the sound and look of your reel as well. are you guys ever allowed to keep a salmon from the river??

@Simonc262

Ай бұрын

Saracione Mark IV

@ericluscombe3272

Ай бұрын

@@Simonc262 thanks is it old and where is it made if you don't mind I really like it want to find out more cause I want 1 I'm on Vancouver Island B.C. Canada if you find yourself here anytime and want to fish for are salmon and steelhead you are more then welcome.

@Simonc262

Ай бұрын

@@ericluscombe3272 just google Saracione reels

Fare play to you there’s nothing like hooking a spring fish 🎣 to get your adrenaline going.

I just can't understand how you don't prepare your landing net beforehand. I see this in so many YT videos. This is simply the elementary school of fishing. Still, good video. I liked.