Please keep these canal videos coming Jon! There is still a big demand for these type of session videos 👌

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Will try Nathan

I rate these video mate, id like to see you in a new go fishing series as i think you've got same enthusiasm and joy in your fishing as john wilson had! Thanks as always

@quinningtons

2 жыл бұрын

Actually a good idea, personality wise, RIP JW 😍

@scottandrewjohnmiddleton8676

2 жыл бұрын

Met John Wilson at go fishing at the NEC what a lovely man he was too

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Marc, I’m definitely not in John’s league but try my best to enjoy every session 👍👍👍

@scottandrewjohnmiddleton8676

2 жыл бұрын

@@JonArthur that's what it's all about mate

@thomasboyce4666

2 жыл бұрын

@@JonArthurit would be great seeing you on telly. I sincerely believe you would be very successful. You never know whats round the corner. Good luck in all you do.

Once again Jon ,informative and no massive blocks of silence like others ! Always good camera work ! Peter D

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated Peter

Another very enjoyable film. Jon. Thanks.

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Terry

Good little session. You just have to keep reminding yourself that if there were no boats, there'd be no canal!

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Glad you enjoyed it.

“Any luck Mate”?” no", I reply,”Its all skill”. Just like you Jon. magic.

Love these videos Jon. Your canal videos always remind me of happy days (even with all the boats!) fishing on the GUC.

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Martin

Great video again Jon and hybrids. Damn boats.

@scottessery100

2 жыл бұрын

how can you be so calm with the thoughtless BMW boaters

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Stephen. Just gotta put up with the boats. All part of the session these days.

Great episode Jon. Love how you keep talking to us on film and your plan when boats cone and go. Like another comment was " just like when Wilson was fishing". Great commentary and views. Waiting for another one now...

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks John

Another brilliant video jon

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

thanks for sharing

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Denis

A lot of boats on such small canal still those were some of the nicest looking hybrids this side side of the Irish sea

@JonArthur

Жыл бұрын

I've had much much bigger hybrids from this canal. They only seem to show when the canal is coloured.

Good video bud. I'm backing fishing after 30 years, and boy has it changed. Fishing the pole mostly, your videos are very helpful 😀

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Glad they help 👍

classic video jon very enjoyable to watch thank you for posting,para

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks para

Cheers Jon another great video love canal fishing not done it for few years but Gona get back into it keep them coming 👍👍👍👍

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Ian

Enjoyable as always Jon.

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Peter

Great vid Jon, really enjoying the natural venues and how you approach them. 👍👍👍

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Jason

nice video keep the river and canal ones coming

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Will do 👍

Hi Jon love your videos in local aswell Oxfordshire watching your videos all the time and learning won two of my local matches now and teams of four last week on the river Thame in thame thanks again

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Anthony

lovely looking stretch of the canal

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Yes lovely looking rural canal. Could do with being a foot deeper and 3m wider!

@stuartbromley5328

2 жыл бұрын

@@JonArthur you want try are local canal the staffs/worcs round are town it's a super but of cut plenty of roach ,skimmers,big perch,Chub and on a couple of parts some damn big carp and very big bream

I've never mastered answering "caught anything" questions from passers-by. You give a technical debriefing, and you get "What's a roach?", or you give the noddy answer, and they turn out to be a local matchman. Sods law. I can't find a happy medium.

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

I think it all depends if you want them to stop and have a conversation with you!

Another enjoyable video Jon the rain seems to follow you and boats and more boats and a full audience of walkers🤣 but you managed some fish between the boats 👍🥺🎣🎣

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Adds a bit of interest ha ha

wie immer tolles Video danke dafür

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Sven

Did the Ramblers realise they were conversing with possibly one of the best all round anglers in the country?....I think not @jon Arthur Angling!! Brilliant vid yet again Jony End Peg!!!😄

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Ha ha cheers Steve

I love watching Jon fishing the waters around my areas, love to see him do one on the Cherwell that runs along the by the Banbury res, just to give me some points on baits and rigs

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

I’ll give it a go one day for sure

Great video

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tommy

Great to see you on Allen’s lock fished quite a few matches their 15to 20 years ago summer was a nightmare with the boats but still managed to win a few I think the swim your in was a toughie I preferred other side of bridge for skimmers mind you that was a long time ago great Video Jon love watching

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Andrew. They were doing a lot of work above the lock that day and a big CRT working boat came through just as I packed away. I tend to walk that way and it does look fishy

Great video just seen you fishing at Evesham angling festival

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Pity Evesham was so difficult

Nice short session Jon! Had the same experience few days ago on a local canal: lots of very small stuff. No bonus hybrids for me though 🙁

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jos 👍👍👍

Brilliant video Jon our canals are a minefield of cyclists runners dog walkers that seem to forget to pick up after their pooches and f1 racing barges but the rewards are certainly there for the brave 😉

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Scott

Great video John. I fished my local cut for about 4 hrs and had 16 boats go through.... Worst thing was they all came through in pairs. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️..

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Oh dear! Everyones holidaying at home this year!

great stuff buddy interesting how you rotated the bait and despite the boats and rain still caught

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Bish

I need to get out on a canal, haven't done it for years.

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Go for it!

Be great to watch you in a canal match John

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Yep I miss my canal matches

Nice little session there. Thanks for the vid. Didn't there use to be a 4mph speed limit on canals? I don't remember, as it's been 35 years since I last fished one.

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure there’s still a speed limit 💨

I love canal fishing! You should come down my way. We have some of the best canal in the country. Last four sessions in August have double figures of roach every time, on Luton canal around Leighton Buzzard.

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed Leighton Buzzard is brilliant. I shot a nice vid for Matrix there with Polly last winter

Awesome man. Cant beat a sesh in the canal. Ive recently bought a pole to shsre with my son, 8.5m for now. It came with 2 top kits, thinking about setting one up for shallow but wasnt too sure how to do it, re hiw much line ti have from the elastic but ive got a bettee idea now after seeing your top kit at the beginning. Finding this whole elastic thing a bit confusing haha

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Best of luck with the pole. 👍

As always another cracking video, John can you buy the floats your using cheers Kev

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Try contacting Bob at www.pablorwc.co.uk for floats

Another great video jon! May i ask what large green foamy like bungs are for?

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Theyre skid bungs or pole protectors. Ive got all sorts of types. The green ones are sensas universal ones. Ideal for threading a pole through hedges. I Couldn’t fish a canal without one.

really enjoy these little sessions makes me want to get back on the canals and rivers

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Go for it!

Thanks Jon great vid. Slightly disappointed with the lack of drum and bass. 😉

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, DJ Jon wasn’t on the ones and twos 🎶

Nice little session Jon, I fish Staffs Worcester and it's like the M6 these days, a far cry than twenty years back when you hardly seen a soul on the towpath now its crazy and can drive you nuts at times, fishing is still good though with plenty to be found.

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Used to love the Staffs Worcs and Shroppy. Bit far for me now though

@teec3385

2 жыл бұрын

@@JonArthur Yes i used to fish matches with Paul Turner & Peter Plant on Wolves AA back in the day, was all about the gudgeon then on the whip, some big chub now and lots of good sized perch, they have eaten all those gudgeon now, funny how it all changes.

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

I fished those matches too. Was once as many gudgeon on the Oxford as there was at Wombourne and Penkridge. Zander, perch and crayfish have altered the fish populations now. The chub are strangely less numerous than they were.

@teec3385

2 жыл бұрын

@@JonArthur Wow excellent Jon its a small world, yes the larger chub are more scarce on the Staffs, though some nice ones around Dimmingsdale and some small chub are now showing so good news for the future. gosh thinking about it now its been a good 25 years since those days mate.....time flys indeed.

Hi Jon - awesome video again - would you ever try a nearside Whip line on on the canal or is that no longer viable these days?

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely worth a go before any boats and any lulls as its often deeper close in, but never a proper whip these days as too many bonus fish, so elastic all the way for me.

Thanks for that video Jon, newbie here watching and trying to learn and pick up tips to improve. Think I best try some chopped worm instead of maggots as all I keep catching are those little ones, it’s nice to see the size of some of the hybrids that are in there.

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Lots of surprises in the canals. Im sure idve had more bonuses if i stayed all day

@giselle3013

2 жыл бұрын

@Jon Arthur Angling I’m fishing a bit further up from you at thrupp. Boats going through on Sunday was like the the m6. Thanks for sharing as I’m learning from your vlogs. it was my first time using a keep net on the canal and I took your advice first thing I did was secure the bottom to the bank. Got some worms yesterday so I’ll be trying them to see if I can catch anything bigger than my usual.

That was me driving that barge AND for your information I don’t own a BMW. I’ve got a Subaru Impreza with a full body kit 😆🍺🍌

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Glad your water skier fell off! 🚤

Another great video mate, have you considered doing a 'paid for' on line coaching video course? Your knowledge and experience would be invaluable ..I'd be up for it

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers, yep maybe one day if i get my act together 👍

Great as always! Wish i could make it to England for a visit of some venues. Where did you get this butt protection thingie in green for your pole? I am looking for some for my Preston Pro Type 210.

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Its a sensas skid bung or pole protector 👍

@DinoPawlak

2 жыл бұрын

@@JonArthur thank you!

Hi John, What knot do you use between the dacron and elastic ? Any reason you don't have it through a side-pull bush ? Thanks

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

I have a few Finesse kits that dont come with side puller slots, so just use a puller bung. Ive similar Match kits with light elastic with side pullers. Knot is just a single overhand as the dacron lassos over the elastic and just tightens up against the knot, if that makes sense

Jon, it would be good to hear your views about plumbing the depth on canals that have a considerable mud layer. The type of mud that can trap a plummet temporarily. Where would you set the float to hook depth under these circumstances?

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

I use a light 10-15g plummet and just lower it very gently, but I will always juggle the depth between several inches over depth and several inches off the bottom depending on what you are catching or trying to catch.

@peterravenscroft4819

2 жыл бұрын

@@JonArthur Thank you Jon.

Fished that stretch alot on the punch tend to pic up better fish on the quiter evening when boat traffic is minimal

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Yep I will go later or earlier for a different approach. Bread can be great on there all year but best before the boats arrive.

Fishing there next week, my mate had 8lb of skimmers last year.

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Good luck Neil

@neilhalley8897

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I remember buying a reel from you when you worked at Fosters in the old shop, I think you had just left school.😂👍

quick qustion how do u seperate the pole when landing the fish. which way do u twist it so it seperates

@JonArthur

Жыл бұрын

Not something I’ve ever considered or worried about. Either way is fine. Modern pole sections stay together very well however you put them together.

Jon, I’ve never fished the canal, do you use your same commercial pole on the canal that you would on a commercial?

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Yes i actually think a strong pole is essential on a canal

if i wanted to go fishing on canal in oxford would that be a good place or would u advise further along.

@JonArthur

Жыл бұрын

Any part of the Oxford should produce this time of year as the boats keep the fish moving

Great stuff! If you sing more there's a chance you could keep the boats away :-)

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

🎶🎤👍

Hi just wondering what poles you recommend I am looking at buying a new one and don't know what to go for I match fish mainly carp and f1s Probably looking between 1000 And 2000 Any recommendations please

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Matrix MTX3 has to be best all round pole in that price bracket

I’m having proper trouble with boats at the minute, they all seem to think that they have a lot more right to be there than anglers do……. I fish a lot more nights now than days, it’s seem to be a Win Win for me at the minute, no boats and bigger fish…. Do you fancy night fishing ? Last night I had a load of decent Tench and Bream with a massive Rudd…..💪

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Not sure night fishing is allowed on any waters i currently fish but one day ill gear up for it perhaps. Definitely best to go early or late if you can but ive sadly not always got that luxury. Boats are one thing that sometimes puts me off the oxford as its narrower and shallower than the GUC which is a shame, but if it wasn’t for boats we’d have no canal i suppose

@timjoyce69

2 жыл бұрын

@@JonArthur fair comment no boats no canal……. I’m a member of wdnac.org.uk and I can night fish parts of the River Nene, I work nights and have a fantastic family but my kids are much older than yours so yeah I consider myself lucky how much I get to fish…… More session videos please buddy…..👌

What is it with boaters that don't slow down? I understand that they are the reason that the canals are there, but a little consideration for anglers doesn't go amiss! The other scenario are those that go nice and slow then open up mid swim. Aaargh!

@JonArthur

6 ай бұрын

Some of it's ignorance, some of it is just inconsideration. Same inconsiderate people who hog the middle lane of motorways with their fog lights blazing I assume! :-)

I'm looking for a new box. How do you rate that matrix

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Love my F25. I tend to use it without the footplate as its so light to carry like that

@brianreed1451

2 жыл бұрын

@@JonArthur thank you. That sounds a plan. Its coming up to River time. I live 5 mins from Dorset Stour. Hampshire Avon and 15mins from Throop and the Royalty. I could take the plate off and use it on the Rivers. Brilliand Thank you J

My Wife thinks I’m a half a section from a full kit!😬

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

Just half? 🤣

why doesn't anyone use squats any more? i knew an angler who fired pinkies at boats who didnt slow down

@JonArthur

2 жыл бұрын

People do but theyre no longer readily available in my area as fewer people demand them. Plus my session was deliberately a simple session using bigger baits. I did mention Im sure I couldve caught on squatts if I brought some. However, canals have really changed and bags of squatt fish are less dominant on many. Take one look at the recent Div 1 National on the GUC. Once dominated by squatts, now catches totally dominated by bigger baits for skimmers and perch etc.