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The Grand Fishing Adventure S01E02
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00:00This is probably the biggest fish we will ever see in our lives, if we can get it to the boat.
00:11Two friends.
00:12I'm glad you give me the head end.
00:14On a fishing bucket list tour.
00:17Lovely fish.
00:18Footballing fisherman Bobby Zamora.
00:20That is the greatest fishing moment of my life.
00:23And me, Ali Hamidi.
00:25Oh, yeah!
00:27Oh, he's got it!
00:29We're kicking off in the Great British Isles.
00:32Look at that coastline.
00:34Visiting some of its most iconic angling venues.
00:37It's more like the Copacabana.
00:39Living it up Bankside.
00:41This is incredible. Ours is not looking like that, is it?
00:44And we'll be catching some of Britain's biggest and best fish.
00:48Wow. UK, thank you.
00:50Got my new PB.
00:52Big Al.
00:53This is the Grand Fishing Adventure.
00:57Check.
01:00You're an absolute wrong-un, mate.
01:02Look at that coastline.
01:03I think the UK, and the sort of changing ocean, and climate and everything, means that we're
01:05going to be the best.
01:06We're going to be the best.
01:07We're going to be the best.
01:08Good old Blighty is getting some good old big fish in its waters.
01:13If we could get one nice shark of a decent size, I'll be over the moon.
01:18Just to see it, really.
01:19Well, we were going to put my theory to the test.
01:21We were in North Devon at the coastal town of Ilfracoon.
01:25The reason we travelled all the way here was simple.
01:26Sharks.
01:27Off the Devon and Cornwall coasts.
01:28Off the Devon and Cornwall coasts.
01:29We were in North Devon.
01:30We were in North Devon at the coastal town of Ilfracoon.
01:34The reason we travelled all the way here was simple.
01:35Sharks.
01:36Off the Devon and Cornwall coasts.
01:37Due to the warming sea temperatures and the North Atlantic drift.
01:38Many large sharks patrol these waters.
01:39Often more than the wind.
01:40The wind is getting some good old big fish in its waters.
01:41If we could get one nice shark of a decent size, I'll be over the moon.
01:42Just to see it, really.
01:43Well, we were going to put my theory to the test.
01:45We were in North Devon at the coastal town of Ilfracoon.
01:52The reason we travelled all the way here was simple.
01:54Sharks.
01:55Off the Devon and Cornwall coasts.
01:57Due to the warming sea temperatures and the North Atlantic drift.
02:01Many large sharks patrol these waters.
02:03Often more commonly in the summer months.
02:06These apex predators include blues.
02:08Whore beagles.
02:09Freshers.
02:10Makos.
02:11And very recently even hammerheads.
02:14And commonly the bigger fish always tend to be female.
02:17Just like Jaws.
02:20For me to look back at this trip in Ilfracoon.
02:24I'd love to know that I've landed.
02:26Ticked a big sea monster from the UK.
02:30It's something I've never done.
02:31Listen, if I can catch a 400 pounder.
02:33Ali accidentally fall overboard.
02:35Maybe lose an arm and a leg.
02:36That would be a perfect day.
02:38Ah, thanks partner.
02:39So the mission of a 400 pound plus shark was set.
02:43Time to hook up with local shark expert and red hot skipper, Dan Hawkins.
02:47This is my skipper that's going to catch us the big sharks!
02:51Are you going to make it happen or what?
02:54Let's go mate.
02:55Let's make it work.
02:56Let's go mate.
02:57We're going to make it work.
02:58Let's go.
02:59Time to hit the high seas and get this shark show on the road.
03:02Since the commercial fishing ban in 2010, it's become harder to collect data on sharks in areas off the shore of the UK.
03:18So in fact, information gathered from local skippers helps international regulatory bodies, the UK government and has become incredibly useful in terms of understanding our shark populations.
03:31We headed 25 miles off the coast to a reef with depths around 100 feet, a sanctuary for bait fish, but also potential jaws territory.
03:42Once we'd arrived at the fishing location, Dan the skipper got to work prepping and laying a chum trail.
03:48Frozen blocks of fish bits and blood, which is put in a floating container with holes that's tied to the boat.
03:55The flow breaks up the chum and it slowly trickles out in the current, eventually drifting for several miles.
04:01The trail is picked up by the sharks, but also smaller bait fish, which stimulates the sharks into feeding and hunting.
04:09Always exciting at sea when you're going to get that first bit of flesh in the water.
04:14Mega, right Dan, talk us through it.
04:16So here we have a bottle.
04:18Yep.
04:19What does the bottle do?
04:20So we're going to use that as a float to suspend the baits below at a set depth.
04:24Yeah, lovely, nice and simple.
04:26So that's it.
04:27Bottle, weight, very, very caveman-esque, a dead mackerel with a hook and a little teaser as well.
04:34You said that these particular sharks love a bit of attraction.
04:38They get teased in, do they?
04:39Yeah, yeah.
04:40So you can aggravate them.
04:41So you want to try and aggravate them with the muppet colours.
04:43They're very inquisitive, so get them involved with something that's going to make them go.
04:48And the size of these sharks that we could be catching?
04:51So you can get anything from 65 to 500.
04:54You can play the four 500 pound.
04:57Yeah, that's my gym workout for the week, that's for sure.
05:00Each bait was put out at different depths varying between 20 and 80 feet and six rods in total.
05:08We now had to wait for the chum to hopefully work its magic.
05:15The boat wasn't anchored but was slowly drifting on the light current.
05:20We'd decided Bob would be first up on the rods.
05:23After an hour, the seagulls that had been calmly chilling around the boat started to become agitated.
05:40There's something out there because of the noises as well that they're making.
05:46So they're a good indicator that things are going on.
05:49They won't settle properly.
05:51There's a shark in town.
05:53I could smell it, it just feels about right.
05:55You sometimes get a feeling in your fishing waters when you know it's on like Donkey Kong.
06:01We're on, Bobby, Bobby.
06:09Yeah, I'm here pal, I'm here.
06:11There he is, he's there, he's on.
06:14Just see how it goes a minute.
06:17He hadn't even realised it's hooked yet so he's just going to take off to the left by the look of it.
06:21Here he goes, now he knows.
06:23Just holding tight, first 10, 15, there we go.
06:26Go on, Bobby.
06:28It went from zero to total carnage in seconds.
06:33The other rods needed to come in to avoid any dangerous tangles with the fish.
06:37Camera crew were everywhere, including yours truly.
06:42It's happened.
06:43We didn't think it was going to happen, it was all quiet.
06:45Wait, wait.
06:46So we're letting the pebble, the poor man's rock, play, get these biceps into work.
06:51As you can see, I'm holding a camera because I would love to get some underwater footage of the shark.
06:57The shark was staying deep and close to the boat.
07:01Right down the back, Bobby.
07:02Right down the back, mate.
07:04That's it.
07:05Bob couldn't let it go directly under the boat for fear of getting cut off.
07:08So quickly, he had to move around the boat in an attempt to keep in direct contact.
07:14You're feeling good now, Bobby.
07:16This is what you live for, isn't it?
07:18It is, pal.
07:19Come alive properly now.
07:20Yeah?
07:21I didn't think it was that big or that powerful a fish.
07:24I mean, I'm eating two veg.
07:26I'm taking the pounding.
07:28Look at that real goat.
07:33Fizz-a-rama.
07:34There's the bottle.
07:35It got bottle here.
07:36Oh, is it?
07:37Oh, right.
07:38I'm getting the camera on.
07:39I want to see this.
07:42This is good.
07:43This is so exciting.
07:45Oh, yeah.
07:46I can see it.
07:4710, 15 feet.
07:48I can see it.
07:49Wrapped, isn't it?
07:50It's wrapped now.
07:51Yeah, it's wrapped.
07:52Let me get it unwrapped.
07:53It's wrapped.
07:54It's wrapped.
07:55The shark had unfortunately got itself tangled in the wire trace, so Bob's only option was
08:00to carefully bring it in backwards.
08:02This was not an ideal situation.
08:04I did not think that they get that big.
08:08I might have to get this one in.
08:12You would never normally get a shark of this size on the boat.
08:15You'd always unhook it in the water.
08:17But for fish safety, we were going to attempt to get it on board to free it from the twisted
08:22wire trace around its tail.
08:24The shark made another lunge.
08:26We prayed the braid would hold as we really needed to get it on the boat.
08:30Bob managed to gently coax it back up to the surface.
08:33Dan the skipper had a lasso ready to slip around its tail so he could safely get it on board.
08:39As soon as I can, Bobby, if you can just swing to me just a little bit.
08:42Yeah.
08:43Like that.
08:44That's perfect.
08:45That's your fish, Bob.
08:46Well done, mate.
08:47I'll take the tension on a bit, mate.
08:49Oh.
08:50Yeah, then lift up.
08:51Lift up.
08:52Yeah, yeah, yeah.
08:53Got you.
08:54Got you.
08:55The lasso was safely on.
08:56Well done, Skip.
08:57What you don't want is this being shown when he comes in.
09:02Not massive, but he's a good fish.
09:05Right, that'll do.
09:06Keep his head there.
09:08Great skills from the boat crew.
09:10The poor beagle was safely on board and the lads wasted no time freeing the wire.
09:15A quick look before we got into position to release it.
09:18I'm glad you give me the head end.
09:20I always wanted to lose a finger or an arm or something.
09:24Like sandpaper and all, innit?
09:25Yeah, yeah, yeah.
09:26So rough.
09:27Crazy.
09:28Put it down and put it back.
09:29Yeah, just let us slide.
09:30Let him slide nose first straight out your hands.
09:32Watch it.
09:33Watch it.
09:34I'm slipping.
09:35I'm slipping.
09:36The shark was unharmed, still very lively, as we gently lowered it back into its watery
09:40world.
09:41Boom.
09:42Boom.
09:43Well done.
09:44Well done, mate.
09:45You enjoyed that?
09:46Yeah.
09:47That's unbelievable.
09:48Mega fish, super strong.
09:49Getting it on the boat as well.
09:50I mean, it's not saying that we wanted to do, but the tail was wrapped.
09:52It was saying that we had to do.
09:53But picking it up and feeling it, knowing that it's all muscle.
09:57Every single piece of that, that shark, is all muscle, all power.
10:01Gym session done.
10:02Good luck.
10:03Mate, that's just a warm up.
10:04I don't know what you're all about.
10:05Think of things coming up.
10:06Let's go.
10:07Let's get them back up.
10:08I just love seeing moments like that.
10:10It's what we live for.
10:11I can't actually believe we're experiencing it here in the UK.
10:15It's incredible.
10:16Just to see it.
10:17You couldn't have picked a better day for a moment like that.
10:23Coming up, I get owned by a genuine sea monster.
10:27You're definitely the boss in this fight.
10:28I'm most definitely not the boss.
10:32We were just off the coast for a meal for a coom in Devon.
10:40Our mad mission was to catch a 400-pound shark,
10:43and Bobby had just landed a 130-pound paw beagle.
10:47Well done, Bob.
10:48I'm glad you gave me the head end.
10:51We were proper pumped for more.
10:53Do you think that was our moment,
10:56and that's just the one beautiful, epic experience,
11:01or do you think there's more to come today?
11:03I think there's one more fish.
11:04Yeah?
11:05I think there's one more fish, pal,
11:07and if that's 130-140 pounds and there are fish sharks,
11:12in these waters there are 500-600 pounds.
11:15That's madness, isn't it?
11:16Can you just think about the power?
11:18It's exciting.
11:19Yeah.
11:20Double exciting, in fact, as it was me up next on the rods.
11:25Then suddenly a huge fish showed near to the boat on the sonar,
11:29and the gulls once again became spooked.
11:32Second one.
11:33Second one.
11:34Go, go, go.
11:35One of the baits near the boat had been taken
11:36and the fish was powering off at an incredible speed.
11:39Well, we didn't think that was going to happen.
11:42We thought that might have been our lot.
11:44One more fish.
11:46I don't think it's that big.
11:47This is going to come straight under the boat,
11:49so you might want to come up here a minute.
11:51But then it slowly turned
11:53and started moving off towards the stern of the boat.
11:55Whoa, she's a big girl.
11:57I couldn't really do anything with it,
11:59and I was now just being pulled about.
12:02What do the bigger fish do? Slower?
12:04Yeah, very slow like this,
12:06and then once they come up and actually see the boat,
12:08you'll find she'll probably power off.
12:10Back's going a bit now, Bob.
12:12Yeah, I thought so, pal.
12:13It's only a matter of time you get the old twinge down here.
12:16It's right there, Bob, as it goes.
12:18Yeah, I know, mate, I know.
12:23I'd felt nothing like this in my life.
12:25The power of it was insane,
12:27and it was taking every ounce of my incredible strength
12:30to keep the rod up.
12:31My back's killing me.
12:34Might have to do a tag team.
12:36I'd only been playing it ten minutes,
12:39but I already felt like I'd gone ten rounds with Tyson Fury.
12:43It was doing whatever it wanted.
12:46Then it decided to swim around the boat,
12:48and I had to follow.
12:53You're definitely the boss in this fight.
12:55You've definitely got him on the ropes, pal.
12:57I'm definitely not the boss.
12:58You've definitely got him on the ropes.
12:59Yeah, I weren't expecting this in the UK.
13:02I weren't expecting this here.
13:04This is serious.
13:08Oh, no, it's woken up.
13:09Yeah, it made it angry, pal.
13:10Let me do a stretch.
13:11Do a stretch.
13:12One sec.
13:13Just this side of the thing.
13:14Let go, let go, let go.
13:15Honestly, I think there's something to be said about tag teaming.
13:17Well, this is a duo, isn't it?
13:18This is a duo show.
13:19Do you know what I mean?
13:20Do you know what I mean?
13:21I know I'm going to face the wrath of all the anglers of the globe.
13:23Look at that.
13:24The skipper's disgusting with me.
13:25Ben, the other skipper's disgusting with me.
13:26Ben, the other skipper's disgusting with me.
13:27But, honestly...
13:28This is unbelievable.
13:29This is unbelievable.
13:30This is unbelievable.
13:31Let me do a stretch.
13:32Let me do a stretch.
13:33Let me do a stretch.
13:34Do a stretch.
13:35One sec.
13:36Just this side of the thing.
13:37Let go, let go.
13:38Honestly, I think there's something to be said about tag teaming.
13:41Well, this is a duo, isn't it?
13:42This is a duo show.
13:43Do you know what I mean?
13:44I know I'm going to face the wrath of all the anglers of the globe.
13:48The skipper's disgusting with me.
13:50Ben, the other skipper's disgusting with me.
13:53But, honestly...
13:56This is unbelievable.
13:57I know.
13:58It's hard, mate.
13:59Absolute sea beast.
14:01Oh!
14:02Fresher!
14:03Fresher!
14:04Fresher!
14:05Fresher!
14:06Fresher!
14:07Fresher!
14:08Fresher!
14:09Fresher!
14:10Fresher!
14:11Oh, it's a fresher!
14:12It's a fresher!
14:13Oh, my God.
14:14That's what it was.
14:15That's why my back's at it.
14:17Oh, my God.
14:18No way.
14:19Well, I ain't feeling fresh, but that is a fresher shark.
14:22And that is good.
14:23Good work, mate.
14:24Just now keep that tight.
14:25Now you've seen that's a fresher.
14:26I'll chase it if we got it.
14:28Oh, no wonder.
14:29Oh, my God.
14:30Did you see it?
14:31Did you see it?
14:32Whoa, whoa, whoa.
14:33Now it's turning.
14:34How's your back?
14:35Yours is sweet.
14:36I'm okay, mate.
14:37Yeah?
14:38You've done the hard work for us.
14:40No, no.
14:41Let me know when you're ready, though.
14:42I'll get back on.
14:43We'll have to do it in bits.
14:44Unbelievable.
14:45Yeah.
14:46Come on, episode of Shark Week.
14:48I never, ever expected for us to see something like that in the UK.
14:53That's mad, isn't it, Bob?
14:54Unbelievable.
14:55Actually, this is probably the biggest fish we will ever see in our lives,
14:58if we can get it to the boat.
15:00Dan, I'd start getting ready to back up to it now.
15:03Already on it, Mosh.
15:04Right, we're going to start going up to the fish a bit just to gain some line
15:08because otherwise we're going to be here till next September.
15:12Dan started slowly reversing the boat.
15:15Still to...
15:16Oh, here we go.
15:17It's turn.
15:18Is it turn?
15:19Slow down.
15:20Then suddenly I felt nothing.
15:22My heart sank.
15:24Was it off?
15:25Yeah.
15:26Keep whining, keep whining, keep whining.
15:27Go through the burn, Ali.
15:28Go through the burn.
15:29Just get that big bend back in, mate.
15:31Go on, you can do it.
15:32You can do it, you can do it.
15:33Seriously.
15:34Big drive, big drive.
15:35Go on.
15:36Go on, son.
15:37That's the way, mate.
15:38That's it.
15:39Keep that bend there.
15:40We were thankfully back in the game.
15:42Good work, Ali.
15:43He's definitely still here.
15:44This was turning into a proper Royal Rumble in the Jungle Tag Team Marathon.
15:51That's unbelievable.
15:53What a creature.
15:55I tell you what, I'm glad I've got the pebble with me today.
16:00Thank God for Zamora.
16:02He's going to come up round the bow, guys.
16:04Oh!
16:05Oh, my God, that's big.
16:06That's huge, boys.
16:07And again, and again.
16:08Oh, stay, stay, stay.
16:09We've got that on the drone.
16:10Let's have a little hold on it, on the tail, yeah?
16:11Yeah, yeah, yeah.
16:12Let me know when you want it, mate.
16:13Yeah, yeah, yeah.
16:14Well, you did a good job.
16:15You did a good job.
16:16That's ten foot.
16:17At least ten foot.
16:18At least ten foot.
16:19At least ten foot.
16:2016, probably 18.
16:2116 foot!
16:22Mate, the tail's massive.
16:23The tail's huge.
16:24What are the chances of hooking one of these?
16:26Oh, my God, that's big.
16:27Oh, my God, that's big.
16:28That's huge, boys.
16:29That's big.
16:30That's huge, boys.
16:31That's big.
16:32The tail's huge.
16:33What are the chances of hooking one of these?
16:36Honestly, the Grand Fishing Adventure, baby!
16:41Just be careful of the tail, boys, all right?
16:46Very careful of the tail.
16:47It's going at a rate of knots, Ali.
16:49Keep coming, keep coming, keep coming.
16:50The shark then started circling the boat,
16:53and everyone had to try and keep up.
16:56Bob, get ready.
17:01Absolutely unbelievable.
17:02Well done, Bobby.
17:04We've well surpassed the one-hour mark now.
17:07Yeah, the wire's here, the wire's here.
17:09So, ready, boys?
17:10Where's that GoPro?
17:11Ready?
17:12I'm going to keep you on it, mate.
17:13I'm going to keep you on it.
17:14You deserve to do this, mate, not me.
17:15You've done the hard part.
17:16Up round the front.
17:17Up round the front.
17:18As soon as I can wire it.
17:19There's the fish.
17:20Oh, my God.
17:21There it is.
17:22Whoa!
17:23Coming out this side.
17:25Mind the tail.
17:29I've got the rod.
17:30I've got the rod.
17:31I've got the rod.
17:32I've got the rod.
17:33This was like the greatest Rocky fight ever.
17:36It's a catch anyway, boys.
17:38Well done, Bob.
17:39Oh, my God.
17:41Well done, Bobby.
17:44Keep that line up there.
17:45Bobby, straight down the bank.
17:46Keep going, keep going.
17:47Keep going, keep going.
17:48Go on, Bob.
17:50Got it.
17:53Here it comes, this side.
17:54Nice.
17:55Here it comes, boys.
17:57Oh, my God.
17:58Oh, my God.
17:59Keep it there.
18:00Keep it there.
18:01Well done, Bob.
18:02Oh, I've got that.
18:03Unbelievable, mate.
18:04Oh, my God.
18:05Look at that.
18:06Go after that thing.
18:07Oh, look at the tail.
18:08Look at it.
18:09That is unbelievable.
18:10You've nailed it, Bob.
18:11Just mind the tail, boys.
18:12Look at the tail.
18:13Mind the tail.
18:14That is massive, boys.
18:15It's unbelievable.
18:16Between us, we've won the 90-minute battle.
18:19Oh, you're going to jump in and have a photo, pal?
18:21No.
18:22Yeah, we'll get it.
18:23It's your fish, mate.
18:24It's our fish.
18:25Team.
18:26Mate, that is unbelievable.
18:28How long is that?
18:2917 foot.
18:30And guess what?
18:31That could well be a male, boys.
18:34Ready for a release shot?
18:36Ladies and gentlemen, look at it.
18:44That is one of the...
18:46How good do you feel?
18:47Mate, that is the greatest fishing moment of my life.
18:50Seeing that fish take to the air.
18:54The realization exactly what it was.
18:56And then I just wanted to see it up close.
18:58Just wanted to see it.
18:59Just wanted to catch it.
19:00Yeah, captain.
19:01Yeah, my man.
19:02Like, seriously, mate.
19:04How big is that thing that just came up we've just released?
19:07550-plus fish.
19:09First male thresher I've personally caught on the boat, like...
19:13Come up against the wrong man, didn't he?
19:15Danny boy.
19:16Well done.
19:17Well done.
19:18Crew!
19:19Well done!
19:20Yeah!
19:21Get on it, boys!
19:24That's absolutely unbelievable!
19:27Get on the ground fishing adventure!
19:30Yes!
19:31I don't think any of us really thought it could ever happen.
19:36The greatest fish battle me, personally, I've ever experienced.
19:41And it's so special to be able to do it with me, pal, as well.
19:44Yeah, I think it's fair to say that what we wanted to achieve
19:49and what we've achieved is an unparalleled moment.
19:52That's going to take some topping, not just in the British Isles anywhere on planet Earth.
20:03Coming up, we target Britain's biggest freshwater predator.
20:08The line's great and we're going to lose this.
20:10We'd left the southwest and its sea creatures and had now driven 300 miles to Alan Partridge country.
20:24Aha!
20:26Zobby Bermora!
20:29Welcome to Norfolk!
20:30We were continuing our UK predator mission and were heading to a lake on the east side of the country
20:35that was home to giant Welsh catfish, but also big carp.
20:40A Brucey bonus!
20:42Do you like catfish?
20:43No, not particularly, mate. So you'll be dealing and handling most of catches.
20:49They are slimy, aren't they?
20:50I've had one before. I don't know whether it was pee or poo-poo, but it did.
20:56A projectile one all over me.
20:59Is this one us?
21:01This is us.
21:03The home of the giant cats.
21:07This was Oakwood Park Lakes, a five-acre water that holds the UK's biggest predator species,
21:14the Wells catfish.
21:15Here they go to an eye-watering 120lb, close to the British record.
21:21It also holds a few decent king carp too.
21:24We were going to target both.
21:27The mission on this lake would be to walk away with a 50lb-plus catfish,
21:32and then after that a few carp along the way.
21:35That would be lovely. That would be a nice trip.
21:37For this session we were doubling up in one large swim
21:40which commanded access to almost every area of the lake.
21:42I've never targeted catfish, so this is a first.
21:48Battle plan for tactics.
21:50We're going to go with a bit of a hybrid.
21:52We're going to fish some specific cat rods, okay,
21:55with proper catfish rigs and fish baits,
21:58and then we're going to put rods out that can catch both species,
22:02carp and catfish, so fishy boilies, pellets,
22:05some worms, some maggots to attract little fish in.
22:08We'll just have a laugh, see what happens.
22:09We had three rods each to put out.
22:14We were using a dinghy for marginal spots and areas around the island
22:17where cats were likely to ambush prey.
22:20It's just roaming around.
22:23We've got the echo sounder on there as well,
22:25so we can see any shelves, troughs, even fish you're going to see on there.
22:29Once a catty-looking spot's found, the bait is carefully dropped by hand.
22:33We were also putting out some rigs that would catch carp and cats via a bait boat,
22:39which was loaded up with stinky, fishy baits.
22:41With the bait boat, we targeted tree-lined margins,
22:45but also more open water spots as it created less disturbance
22:49where we used a sonar to locate the top and bottom of the raised bars,
22:53areas where we might pick up the cats or carp.
22:55Are you confident?
22:56Yeah, we're definitely going to get a bite tonight,
22:58and it's definitely going to be a decent fish, mate.
23:00Six chances.
23:02Well, we've got a variety of methods out there, Mr Zamora.
23:04This feels nice though. It feels a little bit like a holiday.
23:06Yeah, it does. I'm in the sun. I'm catching some rays.
23:08You're in the northerly wind. In the shade. Love it.
23:09Yeah, I didn't say where I was on holiday, did I?
23:10The North Pole.
23:11The evening drew in and the light levels dropped,
23:13often a great feeding time for predators.
23:14But were they hungry this evening?
23:16Yeah.
23:17Yeah.
23:18Yeah.
23:19Yeah.
23:20Yeah.
23:21Yeah.
23:22Yeah.
23:23Yeah.
23:24Yeah.
23:25Yeah.
23:26Yeah.
23:27Yeah.
23:28Yeah.
23:29Yeah.
23:30Yeah.
23:31Yeah.
23:32Yeah.
23:33Yeah.
23:34Yeah.
23:35Yeah.
23:36Oh, it's a cat... Oh, no. It's a grass carp! It's a grass carp! They weren't on the agenda.
23:50Grass carp are not part of the king carp family that we're targeting, but they're still nice to catch all the same.
23:57Oh.
23:58Then one of Zamo's catfish rods had an inquiry.
24:01Oh, Bob, you're away!
24:02Oh, yeah.
24:03Oh, God.
24:04I suddenly go mad.
24:05It's suddenly gone mad.
24:06Bob, that's a bite.
24:08Keep winding, keep winding.
24:12Oh, yeah, he's in.
24:13Bob, he's in.
24:14Oh!
24:16What?
24:18Snapped?
24:22Well, that all went a bit mad.
24:25The first fish is grass cut.
24:29Well, that was all a bit mental.
24:32Yeah, well done now.
24:33Oh, sorry, Bob.
24:36Well, here we go.
24:39First fish, unexpected.
24:42A grass carp.
24:44We landed this and unfortunately, Bobby lost what was almost certainly a decent catfish.
24:51But it's riled us up now.
24:52We are going to have our vengeance with those cats.
24:56The UK grass carp record is 44 pounds and 8 ounces and I estimated this one weighed around 15 pounds.
25:05And two hours later.
25:07Another grass carp.
25:11Oh, it's woke us up.
25:13I just want to go to sleep.
25:15And I completed the hat trick the following morning.
25:23It's the biggest one so far.
25:26They're almost like mullet, these things.
25:28That's well over 20 pounds.
25:30And they seem to be liking that little corner.
25:35A tweak was in order and we had just the plan.
25:39Mystical worms.
25:42That, my friends, is bait that would catch anything.
25:46A big carp or a big cat.
25:48We are going for a hybrid approach.
25:50That's a proper mouthful.
25:52Do you know what I mean?
25:53Always check.
25:56You're an absolute wrong one, mate.
25:59It's a proper good bit of bait.
26:03All jokes aside, I wouldn't advise this.
26:10But would this bait tweak be enough to entice a bigger fish?
26:15Oh, that's the worms.
26:20That's the worms.
26:21The worms are away.
26:22We're away.
26:23Go on, the worms.
26:25That is a good bite.
26:27What have we got?
26:29Surely not another grass carp.
26:31Oh, it's a cat.
26:32It's a cat.
26:33I can feel the tail.
26:35A little tactical tweak we thought it was saying to be had.
26:39Come on.
26:40Have a look.
26:41Maybe a big one.
26:44Here we go.
26:45First catfish.
26:47It's a baby one.
26:48Go on, Bob.
26:49Yeah, we're ready.
26:52Look at the worms sticking out of its mouth.
26:54I told you.
26:55You've got to taste the worms.
26:57You've got to feel the worms.
26:58You've got to make sure it's a mouthful.
27:01Well, we've got our first catfish.
27:03Not the 50-plus-er, but it's a catfish.
27:06Thing is, with this type of lake, you know there's fish always about.
27:11You're never far away.
27:12So if you're not getting bites, and we had a bit of a spread bet out there,
27:16a little tweak, put the worms on a big bunch of them,
27:20and we've had a cat.
27:22Nice one, Bob.
27:24Just pull it in here.
27:25Come in here, mate.
27:27You make a good gilly.
27:29Better gilly than you were a striker.
27:31Yeah?
27:32Good.
27:33There you go, my man.
27:36Our worms.
27:37We've both had a taste now, the cat and me.
27:40Bob, your favourite species on the bank.
27:43Now this, I would say, is about 15 pounds, I'm guessing.
27:50About that.
27:51Still very powerful, though, right?
27:52Oh, yeah, yeah.
27:53It's got a mad tail on it.
27:57Oh, there you go.
27:58A bit of that and all.
27:59There's a bit of worm for you.
28:00Mate, you should always taste the fishes.
28:01Go on, then.
28:03No, I will if you will.
28:04Yeah, go on.
28:05You go first.
28:06No, you go first.
28:07I'll do it 100%.
28:08Of course you will.
28:09You eat worms.
28:10They've got a lot of slime on them, haven't they, Bob?
28:12You've got...
28:13What, Bob?
28:15Right, anyway, look.
28:16What's it been eating?
28:25Sweet and earthy.
28:26That's what I described.
28:27I promise you.
28:28You're going to get a dig.
28:29Don't even think about it.
28:30Why would you do it?
28:31I mean it.
28:32It's sweet and earthy, right?
28:33So it's been eaten in the mud, it's eating bait, but it's also eating mud.
28:40Know your fish.
28:42Don't try this at home, kids.
28:44All right, let's get it back.
28:45That's interesting.
28:46Sick man.
28:47You're a sick, sick man.
28:48But well done.
28:49Worms and catfish poo.
28:51Could this day get any better?
28:54What I've just seen Ali do there where the fish poo is on another level.
28:58I don't know if I'll want to go fishing with him ever again.
29:02Don't be like that, Bob.
29:06Bye-bye, mate.
29:07We switched the majority of the rods to big bunches of wigglers,
29:11and safe to say it was the lake's bait of choice.
29:14Oh, it's...
29:15What is it?
29:16Bream.
29:18Feels a bit like an eel, you know.
29:20No, it was a baby catfish.
29:24Followed by yet another.
29:27It's back okay.
29:28I'm all right, yeah.
29:29I'm not giving you the rod.
29:32Yeah, I can handle these ones.
29:34Go on, get in the net.
29:35Got a catfish.
29:41It's another bream.
29:44We've had grassies, we've had catfish, we've had bream.
29:53It's right pick and mix, isn't it?
29:55It is, yeah.
29:56But we haven't had the big cat, and we haven't had king carp.
30:01Probably, actually, what we want the most.
30:05Well, they haven't...
30:06I think it's hard, isn't it?
30:07It's hard for the carp to get looking on here.
30:09You think you put bait out, it tracks the cat,
30:12and then the carp don't really want to be hanging out with cats.
30:14They might get eaten by.
30:18It's like you're not going to dine with your enemy, are you?
30:20Then again, I eat with you all the time.
30:22Yeah.
30:26We've got a bite.
30:27We're going to get a bite.
30:28Yeah, there's one.
30:30That's definitely a bite.
30:32That's it.
30:33That's a better bite.
30:34I said I'm going to let it develop this time.
30:36That's a bigger one.
30:37That's a bigger one, Bob.
30:39That's a bigger...
30:40Yeah.
30:41Oh!
30:42Oh!
30:43Oh!
30:44You better get the bite.
30:45It's definitely a bigger one, Bob.
30:46Yeah.
30:47It's definitely a bigger one.
30:48Bob, we need that boat, quick.
30:50Here with your armbands.
30:52Quick, get the armbands on, Bob.
30:54We need to go, Bob.
30:56Bob, this one's on the way to out of Mongolia.
30:59Something much bigger had taken me into a snag, so we jumped in the boat to try and free it.
31:07Slow down.
31:10Oh, not good.
31:13Line's great, and we're going to lose this.
31:15Feels like I have a fishing line.
31:18Oh, we're on...
31:20Here it is.
31:22We're in business.
31:25Cat.
31:26Catty, Catty.
31:27Oh, look at that.
31:32There it is.
31:33It was ready for netting, but it was proving harder than I first thought.
31:37Oh, oh, oh, oh.
31:40No.
31:41Do you want me to do it?
31:42Yeah.
31:45You get it?
31:46Yeah.
31:47Coming up, had we completed our mission of a 50-pound catfish?
32:00What do you think, Bob?
32:01I think it's over 50.
32:02OK.
32:03Let's go.
32:04Go.
32:11We were in Norfolk on a mission to catch a 50-pound-plus cat and a decent king car.
32:16Good man.
32:18Were we about to complete 50% of the challenge?
32:21Thought we were going to lose that one for certain, but we didn't.
32:24We've got it in the net.
32:25It's the biggest one of the trip.
32:27It might even touch 50 pounds.
32:31But maybe not also.
32:3943 pounds and seven ounces.
32:4243.7.
32:43That'll do.
32:44Nice one, pal.
32:45I'm happy with that.
32:46Yeah.
32:47I might just target carp from now on.
32:49Right, Bob.
32:50Let's have a look at our 43-pounder.
32:53Get in there, lads.
32:55Come on, mate.
32:56Don't slap me up.
32:58There you go.
33:00Look at the whiskers.
33:02Oh, there.
33:03Lovely fish.
33:04Lovely colours.
33:06Grey, moody, and this predator will hopefully go back and live another lively day.
33:12What are you thinking, Bob?
33:13They're not the prettiest thing in the world, but I do appreciate their power, mate.
33:16I really do.
33:17We now needed an elusive king carp and a big cap for Bob, mainly for the slime factor.
33:23As of yet, not got anything decent on the bank.
33:26I'm specimen hunting for bream, though, it looks like.
33:29But, yeah, I think I'm going to jump in that left-hand side, that little margin that Ali's been picking them off and try and nip one for myself.
33:35Bob was then away again just as our resident two-Michelin-starred carpy chef Daniel Clifford arrived for our next Bankside Grub tutorial.
33:50Was this Bob's first catfish?
33:53Can I get a net, then?
33:54Come on, mate. We want to cook a steak here.
33:56Well, we've got one, a fresh one.
33:57Catfish steak.
33:58Look, I'm miraculous.
33:59I'm going to do abracadabra, and you're going to get a net in your swim.
34:02Watch this, look.
34:03Yeah?
34:04Abracadabra.
34:05Worm whisperer.
34:06There you go, look.
34:07Look.
34:08Ah!
34:09Thanking you.
34:14Well done, Bob.
34:15You're going up that size spectrum nicely.
34:17Yeah.
34:18That's almost twice the size of you.
34:20They do get bigger than that in here, by the way.
34:23Is that the biggest of the trip?
34:24Most definitely not.
34:25No.
34:26But it is Bobby's biggest of the trip.
34:28Oh, he's catching up, then.
34:30Well, that's debatable.
34:31Catching up.
34:35Steak time.
34:37Waiting for you.
34:40Today, lads, we're going to cook ribeye steak, fondant potatoes, buttered spinach.
34:45And if we've got time, we're going to make a peppercorn sauce.
34:48Steak on the bank, Dazzler!
34:50It doesn't get any better than this.
34:52Obviously, just for me, because I've caught the biggest.
34:54The man who's caught the littlest has to have chicken.
34:57Or catfish.
34:58I'll take that.
34:59I'll take that.
35:00To start with, we're going to put the potatoes on, so we need the big pan.
35:03Yes, chef.
35:04So what we need to do is cut the sides of the potatoes.
35:09So you get them nice and flat on both sides.
35:12In case you hadn't realised, today we were doing a Daniel Clifford cook-along.
35:16Yummy!
35:17Right, perfect.
35:18Now we need to take the butter.
35:19Yep.
35:20Master chef Daniel is demonstrating the type of meal that any angler could actually cook
35:24whilst out on the bank, or at home.
35:27That's all we need to do now.
35:28Take the leaves of spinach and just pull that centre stem out.
35:31Yeah?
35:32What's wrong with spinach with the stem in then?
35:33Well, the stem makes it go black.
35:35All right.
35:36And to be honest with you, it's just, it doesn't look as nice on the plate.
35:40Oh, cheeky.
35:41That's not as easy as it looks, to be honest.
35:43How much do we need?
35:44About half a packet.
35:45Oh.
35:46Quite.
35:47Blimey, no time to get rods out.
35:49We'll be doing this.
35:50So now we have the laborious job of stripping four million spinach stalks.
35:54Very good for you, isn't it?
35:55Spinach.
35:56Spinach full of iron, isn't it?
35:58That jacket is properly camouflaged.
36:04No, it's fully, full iron.
36:06No, no, but I'll be honest with you, I've seen some camo in my time, but you've got
36:09like, leaves just growing out the back of it.
36:11Explain to him about the design, Al.
36:18Very funny, Zamora.
36:20So finally, stick-free spinach, followed by perfect potatoes.
36:25Look at that.
36:26You know what I mean?
36:27I'll be honest with you, if there's a career change, you know where I am, yeah?
36:33I'm good, aren't I, Daniel?
36:34Yeah, yeah, you are.
36:36Music to my ears.
36:38Next, the main event.
36:40Right, we're going steak now.
36:41A nice layer of salt.
36:43So we all grab our steaks.
36:45So salt side into the pan.
36:48Oh, that smells good already, that.
36:53Next up, frying the steak for five minutes in half a tonne of butter.
36:57My mouth is absolutely watering.
36:59How many calories is this dish?
37:01You don't count them?
37:02We don't count them, do we?
37:03Let's go for a run in the morning.
37:05Play some fish.
37:06Yeah.
37:07I've had quite long battles for mine, so I've probably burned some calories.
37:11Yeah.
37:12Bob's have been average 32 seconds, his fight.
37:14The difference is you're always on bulking, mate.
37:16I'm always on shredding.
37:17So it works out quite well, doesn't it?
37:20And they were ready to rest.
37:22Just like that?
37:23Yeah, that's actually perfect.
37:25Final parts of the jigsaw.
37:27The peppercorn sauce and the spinach.
37:29Probably the quickest you'll ever see it cooked, in fact.
37:32Pour in your shallots.
37:34A little bit of brandy.
37:36So now we take the chicken stock.
37:37About three spoonfuls.
37:39So reduce that by half.
37:41Three tablespoons of cream.
37:42So a little bit of salt.
37:44Turn the heat down.
37:45What I finish it with, lemon juice, that's it.
37:48Put these in.
37:50And my sauce is finished.
37:52I'm going to put that on top of my steak to keep warm.
37:55I like that.
37:57That's lovely, yeah?
37:58I could eat a pot of that.
37:59Well, you're going to, isn't it?
38:00Right, so now what we've all got to do is cook the spinach.
38:03I love my bags.
38:05Stoves off.
38:07Look at that.
38:08Oh, you cheeky little rascal.
38:12That's still warm as well.
38:13It goes onto your plate like that nicely.
38:16Oh, I can't wait to eat this.
38:19That's good.
38:21Steak and chips, Bankside.
38:23Is that potato going to me?
38:24Thanks, man.
38:25Yeah, yeah.
38:26There you go, boys.
38:27But whose was the best?
38:29There is no competition because they all look the same.
38:32They're absolutely perfect.
38:33I'm very, very impressed.
38:34It looks unbelievable, but how does it taste?
38:37That's the part I'm interested in.
38:39That's the only part I'm interested in now.
38:43Let's try it.
38:44Oh, them potatoes are outrageous.
38:46The potatoes are incredible.
38:47If you're looking for any words, Mr Director, you're not getting none for about seven or eight minutes.
38:55Top-notch Bankside grub.
38:57Pretty easy too, but it wasn't only us learning today.
39:00I think what's interesting is when I turned up, the amount of worms you're putting on has completely surprised me.
39:06I've never seen anyone use that amount.
39:09I just stood back and thought, wow, that's really impressive.
39:11It's good because, you know, I'm learning a lot from this as well, so it's been a really enjoyable experience.
39:18We're taking home more than you are.
39:22What a gent.
39:23With full bellies, we went into the night of fishing hoping for another big cat or one of the lake's elusive king carp.
39:32Porsy cat. Porsy cat.
39:34Oh, Bob, you're going up.
39:36Oh, mate.
39:37Look at that.
39:38Big.
39:39Big bunch of worms sticking out.
39:41Oh.
39:42Chips.
39:43Chips.
39:44Chips.
39:45Chips.
39:46Chips.
39:47Chips.
39:48Chips.
39:49We've had steak.
39:50You've had worms.
39:51Everyone wins.
39:52Not the biggest of the trip, but it's the biggest for me.
39:55And as you can see, I've got gloves on.
39:57I'm not enjoying this slime.
39:59Not one little bit.
40:01Less than 24 hours remained.
40:03Would this be the last fish or would the worms work more wonders?
40:07Nothing further was caught overnight.
40:08Just a few hours remained and neither of us had managed to catch a king carp.
40:20So we split.
40:21I remained at base camp.
40:23Zamora went stalking and he'd only managed to locate some.
40:27So I've just gone for a walk and I've spotted a bit of cloudy water.
40:32I've taken five minutes, taken a look and I believe these are king carp, the carp that
40:37I and Ali normally go for.
40:39So I'm very subtly going to try and drop a bunch of worms in and amongst those reeds or
40:45just off the side of those reeds and hope that they're in that feeding mood, which I
40:50think they are.
40:51And hopefully I can nick one and that'd be great to get another species on the bank.
41:03Bobby's gone over there.
41:04I think he's spotted a few king carp because we're called grass carp, but you know, proper,
41:09authentic, normal carp.
41:11Hopefully he gets one.
41:12Or me.
41:13While he's over there.
41:14That'd be funny, wouldn't it?
41:15Imagine that.
41:16I saw the line pick up and take off, but nothing on the end, maybe a little impatient.
41:36It felt like Bob had missed a last minute penalty.
41:39We were now into extra time and still hadn't managed a king carp between us.
41:44But what was this?
41:47It's a proper bite.
41:50Oh, this could be a big carp.
41:54Oh, he's saying a carp.
41:57Grandstand finish.
41:58Bobby's over there stalking.
42:00He's definitely a bend in the rod, so it's not a bream.
42:07It feels a bit carpy to me, this.
42:09Is it king carp?
42:11Or grass carp?
42:14What is it?
42:17What is it?
42:18What have we got?
42:20It is a carp.
42:21It is a carp.
42:22Look.
42:23Hey!
42:24Oh, come on now.
42:25Oh, we've got a full house.
42:28They eat the worms.
42:32Coit really wanted them worms.
42:33Look how far it's in its mouth.
42:35Hey!
42:38Good man, Ali.
42:40They're all rearing the carp, Bob.
42:43I'm pushing them over to you.
42:46I left the carp safely in a retention sling and Bob called it a day stalking as time was
42:51up on this trip.
42:53But just as we started to film a cool slow-mo sequence for the end, one of my rods that
42:58was still fishing ripped off.
43:06Talk about an extra time bite.
43:08Oh, that's a big carp.
43:09That's a big carp.
43:10What are the chances?
43:11It's a nice carp, that.
43:12Oh, it's quite a nice fish, that, isn't it?
43:13Yeah.
43:14Go on, Dassler.
43:15Oh, it's a dumpy one.
43:16Oh, listen to them chops.
43:17Look at them chops.
43:18Oh, would you Adam and Eve it?
43:19We do like a grand finish in the grand fishing adventure.
43:21oha-sha!
43:22That's a dirty farty, that.
43:23That's a dirty farty.
43:24Well, we do aim to please!
43:50we were going to leave the session without any king carp. Bobby had a little chance over
43:54there and then out the blue we catch two back to back. Madness.
43:58A bit gutted. I was over there on top of them. They just weren't having me but I only managed
44:03to nab them and got full out.
44:05An unbelievable ending. I had a look at the first of the two commons and estimated it
44:11weighed in at around 28 pounds. But the second carp I definitely wanted to weigh. It could
44:18even be 40 pounds. It's an amazing fish. It ain't a 40. It is 36 pounds pretty much on the
44:27button. That'll do though. That is a really, really big carp. Well happy with that. What
44:37are you saying Bob? Yeah mate. Surprises me every single time pal. That's something special
44:42always happens. Beautiful, beautiful common carp. It's been a really, really fun trip this.
44:47So much action. We've had a lot of bites haven't we? A lot of bites mate. A lot of different
44:50species as well. And this tops it off. Couldn't ask for any more could you? Don't eat any more
44:55worms. This has been so much fun. From coast to country we've really had a good taste of
45:01some very varied fishing in the UK. I've loved it. I know Bobby has as well. He'll feel a little
45:06bit shortchanged from his experience in Norfolk but he had a wallet full of cash from his time
45:12in Dev. Predator trip was amazing. Coming here was fantastic but the greatest moment was seeing
45:19that fresher get some air. One thing's for certain, it was fun and fishing is the winner.
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