Youtube daily goo Apr 27 2018

We're here at a very, very chilly Brasenose Two,

and I'm going to take the time to show you guys

how and why I use the Goo so much.

And, well, this is one of the reasons.

I'm hooked into a fish. It's very cold here.

Put some spods out, fishing corn and some boilie crumb

and then fishing three different colour pop-ups over the top.

And hopefully by the end of the session,

we'll find out which Goo is working the best.

What on earth are you doing out there eating in these temperatures?

Weyyyyy!

Well, that is an absolute touch. And even though it is February,

what I'm going to do is treat it like it's June,

get some more bait out there, because there are lots of fish in here,

and you never know, might make a bit of a haul of it.

This is one of the most important parts of this style of fishing,

is making sure you get the spod back out there,

or the spomb back out there as soon as you've got a fish in the net.

Because you got to imagine there's a big group of fish out there feeding,

and if you leave it half hour/hour

before you get the spombs and your rods back out there,

you lose the feeding reaction, you lose the fish

and then you don't catch anymore. So, it's always the first thing I do.

In the spod mix I've got some really simple things -

sweetcorn, nice and cheap, some crushed-up boilies

and I've put probably a third of a bottle

of Pineapple Supreme in there as well,

just because it's really sweet and it works really well this time of year.

So, probably put three or four spombs out

and then get the rods back out.

This time of year they're not going to go through lots of bait,

you want a lot of attraction.

The Supreme is really, really sweet.

The corn is really bright yellow, so the fish are attracted to it,

but when they get there,

there's not actually loads of bait down there to eat.

Look at him.

He's absolutely freezing. He feels like a block of ice.

He's carrying some winter weight,

so I'd probably give myself 15 or 16lb for him,

but while most people are sitting at home,

we're out here in freezing conditions still getting bites.

We've got the tactics right, we've got the rods back out,

so you never know, I might go and catch another one before dark.

Something I always tend to do is fish three different hook baits,

so maybe a pineapple, an almond and now an orange.

That means I've got three different colours out there

and three different flavours.

What tends to happen, especially on a water like this,

is that when you get in lots of bites,

one of the Goos will work better than the other ones.

So by the end of the session, if you've noted which one that is of course,

you'll end up with all of the right hook baits on.

Now, it does become a bit difficult when you're fishing a hard water

with a little amount of fish in and you don't know which one to pick.

Well, what happens is, when you come to places like this,

you end up picking favourites,

because there are certain ones that tend to work better for you over time.

Now, for me, that's certainly the Pineapple Supreme.

And now anywhere I go now, especially if it's difficult,

that's what I'll have on - three pineapples out there,

because I just know they work in the majority of places.

There are certain places where pink hook baits work really well.

And if that is the case,

then I'll tend to start with maybe two of the almonds

and one of the pineapples.

But make sure you just keep your options open on waters like this,

and you'll end up finding out that one is better than the others.

Into fish number two, probably half an hour after that last one.

It always pays to get the rods out as quick as you possibly can.

It turns out, I think, that this one's on an almond,

so two bites, two separate hook baits so far.

What has happened this time

is that the middle rod went where the left-hand rod was,

which means both of the bites on the left-hand side of the swim.

So maybe that's exactly where the fish are coming from.

Nice, little scaly fish.

Go on, mate.

The almond is a bit of a legend around here after the underwater video,

so it would have been rude not to have put one on.

Hooray!

Right.

Happy days.

Another wicked little fish.

Nice scales on the side of it.

That is a beautiful-looking fish. She's not massive.

She's probably a bit bigger than the last one, maybe 17lb,

something like that.

They get that lovely peach colour throughout the winter.

There's probably loads of fish out there,

so I'm going to get the rods back out and now they're out there,

let's hope we can keep them throughout the night.

Go on, mate.

That was smooth.

Every time I put the pineapple out, that's always the one that goes.

So even if I get a phone call from one of my pals,

"What did you catch it on?" "Pineapple." "Yeah, course you did."

100%. Every single time, that's the one I get the bites on.

So when you've got that confidence in something,

it's lovely to have it in your armoury,

because you put it out and you just feel like you're going to catch.

And when that happens over a long period of time,

the confidence is up here and you end up fishing better,

so that really is something that I love to use.

Just got dark

and the pineapple's gone again.

It's always the pineapple.

And this time it's on the middle rod as well,

which means, fish are really on the spot.

This could be a busy night.

Number three and number two to the Pineapple Supreme.

There he is. Similar stamp as the other two.

Very, very welcome as we go into the evening.

Sure sign that they're out there and the tactics are working.

Lovely jubbly.

I know it's dark and cold, but this is no time to get lazy.

The same rules apply -

get the fish out and then get some spods back out there straightaway.

The fish are out there and they're ready to be caught.

That is blinding.

Look at that. That is an absolute cracker.

Goes to show as well

that these stocking programmes they have on these lakes are brilliant.

There's always new fish coming through like this

and they're looking after the future really, so it's brilliant to see.

It's an absolute cracker on the middle rod again

and another one to the Pineapple Goo.

So I'll probably be changing my right-hand rod

over to the pineapple as well,

hoping to induce some bites on another rod.

So you turn a session where you might be catching two or three,

into a few more, so thank you very much, you pretty little thing.

We'll get back in bed.

That's 4-1 to the pineapple.

Hooray.

Number five for the pineapple.

And a 24lb block of ice.

Cor!

What I wanted to see was what Goo worked best.

The Pineapple has this session, it's probably done 90% of the bites.

Well, no more from me this trip.

Time's run out but it's been a brilliant night's fishing.

But you know what? If I was coming back next week,

I know exactly what hook baits I'd have on.