Like it or not, being a Youtuber, social media star, influencer or whatever you want to call it, is now seen as a credible vocation.
When I was a teenager the internet wasn't really accessible to the domestic market, so the thought of strapping a camera to my head and uploading the footage of a fishing session seems a bit odd. To someone in their teens and 20s, I guess it's fairly normal.
Of all the Youtube channels I am a fan of TA fishing the most if I am honest, he may be a bit marmite for some but at least he doesn't take bribes (sponsorship) and generally uses old tat for gear and catches plenty using his knowledge/experience rather than fancy tackle. I enjoy learning why he has chosen certain marks/swims and what he thinks might be going on sub surface with his reasons why.
He is all about the watercraft whatever discipline of fishing he is taking part in, I have learnt a lot from videos such as his over the last 2 and a half years.
One of the worst for product placement is DB fishing, face palm.....
I quite like DB fishing, although some of that is he does a lot of videos on the local river I grew up fishing.
Seeing the effectiveness of large swimbaits etc on waters I fished with traditional sized lures 20 years ago has definitely been an eye opener and has influenced my current fishing positively.
Kanalgratis is also fantastic, its amazingly informative and interesting to see the application of US style musky/bass tech and ideas to pike fishing over here.
Agree they're amongst the better of an generally poor bunch.
fox should have approached some old f*****s on here to advertise there street lure gear
two old gits sitting on old chairs with thermos flasks , casting out ,old toby lures or a big S tucking into cornbeef butties
farting and swearing ...and coughing there b******s off... and treading in dog s**t....this is the real deal urban pike fishing cant get near my urban canal for wobbly heads
fox should have approached some old f*****s on here to advertise there street lure gear
two old gits sitting on old chairs with thermos flasks , casting out ,old toby lures or a big S tucking into cornbeef butties
farting and swearing ...and coughing there b******s off... and treading in dog s**t....this is the real deal urban pike fishing cant get near my urban canal for wobbly heads
Like it or not, being a Youtuber, social media star, influencer or whatever you want to call it, is now seen as a credible vocation.
When I was a teenager the internet wasn't really accessible to the domestic market, so the thought of strapping a camera to my head and uploading the footage of a fishing session seems a bit odd. To someone in their teens and 20s, I guess it's fairly normal.
f**k me, I'm turning into my dad
A lot of people make a living from it. I even found my car on Youtube, where some lads had seen it parked and made a short video of themselves standing around it. To be fair, they didn't touch it and were very respectful, none too sure what a sick Audi is though.
Quite often I see people filming themselves fishing - I can see why they do it, just when it gets in the way of fish care, I get annoyed. I watched in disbelief last year as some fella netted a decent carp and then spent about ten minutes filming it on the bank.
Like it or not, being a Youtuber, social media star, influencer or whatever you want to call it, is now seen as a credible vocation.
When I was a teenager the internet wasn't really accessible to the domestic market, so the thought of strapping a camera to my head and uploading the footage of a fishing session seems a bit odd. To someone in their teens and 20s, I guess it's fairly normal.
f**k me, I'm turning into my dad
A lot of people make a living from it. I even found my car on Youtube, where some lads had seen it parked and made a short video of themselves standing around it. To be fair, they didn't touch it and were very respectful, none too sure what a sick Audi is though.
Quite often I see people filming themselves fishing - I can see why they do it, just when it gets in the way of fish care, I get annoyed. I watched in disbelief last year as some fella netted a decent carp and then spent about ten minutes filming it on the bank.
Someone summed it up earlier when they said the videos some people put out are more about them and their 5 mins of fame than the fish, so no surprise fish care goes out the window. Don`t watch any BFS videos if lack of fish care annoys you Mark, you`ll end up punching the screen in frustration and annoyance
Current trends always puzzle me, seems the in-thing is to dress like a c%nt, and use vastly overpriced blingy gear to catch fish too small to even use as livebaits.
Eagles may soar, but Weasels don't get sucked into jet engines!
Like it or not, being a Youtuber, social media star, influencer or whatever you want to call it, is now seen as a credible vocation.
When I was a teenager the internet wasn't really accessible to the domestic market, so the thought of strapping a camera to my head and uploading the footage of a fishing session seems a bit odd. To someone in their teens and 20s, I guess it's fairly normal.
f**k me, I'm turning into my dad
A lot of people make a living from it. I even found my car on Youtube, where some lads had seen it parked and made a short video of themselves standing around it. To be fair, they didn't touch it and were very respectful, none too sure what a sick Audi is though.
Quite often I see people filming themselves fishing - I can see why they do it, just when it gets in the way of fish care, I get annoyed. I watched in disbelief last year as some fella netted a decent carp and then spent about ten minutes filming it on the bank.
Ahhh the word 'sick'. I hear a lot of the young 'uns using such terminology at work....apparently it means good. A bit like the use of the word 'bad' in the 80s...which also meant good
Yeah, I'm told there's money to be made in the old youtube game......I'm all for that. Great if you're an extrovert and love the attention and public exposure.
Like it or not, being a Youtuber, social media star, influencer or whatever you want to call it, is now seen as a credible vocation.
When I was a teenager the internet wasn't really accessible to the domestic market, so the thought of strapping a camera to my head and uploading the footage of a fishing session seems a bit odd. To someone in their teens and 20s, I guess it's fairly normal.
f**k me, I'm turning into my dad
A lot of people make a living from it. I even found my car on Youtube, where some lads had seen it parked and made a short video of themselves standing around it. To be fair, they didn't touch it and were very respectful, none too sure what a sick Audi is though.
Quite often I see people filming themselves fishing - I can see why they do it, just when it gets in the way of fish care, I get annoyed. I watched in disbelief last year as some fella netted a decent carp and then spent about ten minutes filming it on the bank.
Someone summed it up earlier when they said the videos some people put out are more about them and their 5 mins of fame than the fish, so no surprise fish care goes out the window. Don`t watch any BFS videos if lack of fish care annoys you Mark, you`ll end up punching the screen in frustration and annoyance
Thanks for the advice Mark, I'll give those a swerve then.
It's getting a common site on some waters - I was out last week carp fishing and a Kordaphile a few swims away had his camera set-up on a tripod pointing out across his swim. As soon as his alarm sounded, he jumps up and turns on the camera, then attends to the rod... it was a crayfish, which yes, he videoed it!
Like it or not, being a Youtuber, social media star, influencer or whatever you want to call it, is now seen as a credible vocation.
When I was a teenager the internet wasn't really accessible to the domestic market, so the thought of strapping a camera to my head and uploading the footage of a fishing session seems a bit odd. To someone in their teens and 20s, I guess it's fairly normal.
f**k me, I'm turning into my dad
A lot of people make a living from it. I even found my car on Youtube, where some lads had seen it parked and made a short video of themselves standing around it. To be fair, they didn't touch it and were very respectful, none too sure what a sick Audi is though.
Quite often I see people filming themselves fishing - I can see why they do it, just when it gets in the way of fish care, I get annoyed. I watched in disbelief last year as some fella netted a decent carp and then spent about ten minutes filming it on the bank.
Someone summed it up earlier when they said the videos some people put out are more about them and their 5 mins of fame than the fish, so no surprise fish care goes out the window. Don`t watch any BFS videos if lack of fish care annoys you Mark, you`ll end up punching the screen in frustration and annoyance
Thanks for the advice Mark, I'll give those a swerve then.
It's getting a common site on some waters - I was out last week carp fishing and a Kordaphile a few swims away had his camera set-up on a tripod pointing out across his swim. As soon as his alarm sounded, he jumps up and turns on the camera, then attends to the rod... it was a crayfish, which yes, he videoed it!
Sounds about right Mark, any old crap will do to create enough content to make a YT vid. I came across a couple of old US bass fishing tv programmes on Youtube last night, one with Roland Martin, and cant remember the other fellas name, but he was another well known angler over there. In each 20min show they gave more useful info which actually helps catch fish, than probably the last 200hrs of modern Youtube rubbish i`ve watched. All flashy production and no worthwhile content in the UK stuff....
Like it or not, being a Youtuber, social media star, influencer or whatever you want to call it, is now seen as a credible vocation.
When I was a teenager the internet wasn't really accessible to the domestic market, so the thought of strapping a camera to my head and uploading the footage of a fishing session seems a bit odd. To someone in their teens and 20s, I guess it's fairly normal.
f**k me, I'm turning into my dad
A lot of people make a living from it. I even found my car on Youtube, where some lads had seen it parked and made a short video of themselves standing around it. To be fair, they didn't touch it and were very respectful, none too sure what a sick Audi is though.
Quite often I see people filming themselves fishing - I can see why they do it, just when it gets in the way of fish care, I get annoyed. I watched in disbelief last year as some fella netted a decent carp and then spent about ten minutes filming it on the bank.
Someone summed it up earlier when they said the videos some people put out are more about them and their 5 mins of fame than the fish, so no surprise fish care goes out the window. Don`t watch any BFS videos if lack of fish care annoys you Mark, you`ll end up punching the screen in frustration and annoyance
Thanks for the advice Mark, I'll give those a swerve then.
It's getting a common site on some waters - I was out last week carp fishing and a Kordaphile a few swims away had his camera set-up on a tripod pointing out across his swim. As soon as his alarm sounded, he jumps up and turns on the camera, then attends to the rod... it was a crayfish, which yes, he videoed it!
Sounds like a photoshoot for “Crustaceanology” the new youtube channel
Like it or not, being a Youtuber, social media star, influencer or whatever you want to call it, is now seen as a credible vocation.
When I was a teenager the internet wasn't really accessible to the domestic market, so the thought of strapping a camera to my head and uploading the footage of a fishing session seems a bit odd. To someone in their teens and 20s, I guess it's fairly normal.
f**k me, I'm turning into my dad
A lot of people make a living from it. I even found my car on Youtube, where some lads had seen it parked and made a short video of themselves standing around it. To be fair, they didn't touch it and were very respectful, none too sure what a sick Audi is though.
Quite often I see people filming themselves fishing - I can see why they do it, just when it gets in the way of fish care, I get annoyed. I watched in disbelief last year as some fella netted a decent carp and then spent about ten minutes filming it on the bank.
Someone summed it up earlier when they said the videos some people put out are more about them and their 5 mins of fame than the fish, so no surprise fish care goes out the window. Don`t watch any BFS videos if lack of fish care annoys you Mark, you`ll end up punching the screen in frustration and annoyance
Thanks for the advice Mark, I'll give those a swerve then.
It's getting a common site on some waters - I was out last week carp fishing and a Kordaphile a few swims away had his camera set-up on a tripod pointing out across his swim. As soon as his alarm sounded, he jumps up and turns on the camera, then attends to the rod... it was a crayfish, which yes, he videoed it!
Sounds like a photoshoot for “Crustaceanology” the new youtube channel
fox should have approached some old f*****s on here to advertise there street lure gear
two old gits sitting on old chairs with thermos flasks , casting out ,old toby lures or a big S tucking into cornbeef butties
farting and swearing ...and coughing there b******s off... and treading in dog s**t....this is the real deal urban pike fishing cant get near my urban canal for wobbly heads
fox should have approached some old f*****s on here to advertise there street lure gear
two old gits sitting on old chairs with thermos flasks , casting out ,old toby lures or a big S tucking into cornbeef butties
farting and swearing ...and coughing there b******s off... and treading in dog s**t....this is the real deal urban pike fishing cant get near my urban canal for wobbly heads
Wobbly heads??
young lads off there heads , you notice there heads slightly wobbling , thats when i reach for my very heavy rod rest , just in case ....
fox should have approached some old f*****s on here to advertise there street lure gear
two old gits sitting on old chairs with thermos flasks , casting out ,old toby lures or a big S tucking into cornbeef butties
farting and swearing ...and coughing there b******s off... and treading in dog s**t....this is the real deal urban pike fishing cant get near my urban canal for wobbly heads
Wobbly heads??
young lads off there heads , you notice there heads slightly wobbling , thats when i reach for my very heavy rod rest , just in case ....
fox should have approached some old f*****s on here to advertise there street lure gear
two old gits sitting on old chairs with thermos flasks , casting out ,old toby lures or a big S tucking into cornbeef butties
farting and swearing ...and coughing there b******s off... and treading in dog s**t....this is the real deal urban pike fishing cant get near my urban canal for wobbly heads
Wobbly heads??
young lads off there heads , you notice there heads slightly wobbling , thats when i reach for my very heavy rod rest , just in case ....
Check out 'Fishing Squad' on youtube if you fancy some cringeworthy entertainment.
It's raw unedited pike fishing carnage direct from Donny.....all waters named if you fancy blanking on some bleak fishless S Yorks river frequented by 'crack heads' who case up your motor while you're down the bank.
Don't worry though, no fish are harmed because they don't catch any.
Fair play to the lad....he's definatly persistent. Must be one of those extroverts I mentioned earlier
I have noticed some local ones, Northern Ireland, popping up on YouTube. It makes me ask an absolutely genuine question. Will Savage Gear not sponsor anyone unless they agree to only use fluorocarbon leaders for pike? Can't honestly think of any other explanation.
Yet again I marvel that there are over 56k people who subscribe to watch that kind of stuff.
All these channels are identical - sensationalist video titles, a thumbnail of them pulling some stupid face while shoving a lure/rod/reel/their a**e right into the camera. Blind leading the blind is a major understatement. And they all have thousands of subscribers who think its all great.
My ex neighbour`s lad popped round last night to pick up some lures i`d sorted out for him. He watches loads of Youtube vids, rarely reads anything about fishing. He didn`t even know you needed wire leaders for pike, and he`s trying to fish maggots for perch on 20lb line. His mate, who I also gave some lures to, had even less idea. Once the lockdown eases i`ll get him out fishing and show him some stuff. Just shows most Youtube s***e has absolutely no educational value....it`s just braindead entertainment for the masses. No different to the mind numbing crap we have to endure on tv nowadays...
I have noticed some local ones, Northern Ireland, popping up on YouTube. It makes me ask an absolutely genuine question. Will Savage Gear not sponsor anyone unless they agree to only use fluorocarbon leaders for pike? Can't honestly think of any other explanation.
Yet again I marvel that there are over 56k people who subscribe to watch that kind of stuff.
All these channels are identical - sensationalist video titles, a thumbnail of them pulling some stupid face while shoving a lure/rod/reel/their a**e right into the camera. Blind leading the blind is a major understatement. And they all have thousands of subscribers who think its all great.
My ex neighbour`s lad popped round last night to pick up some lures i`d sorted out for him. He watches loads of Youtube vids, rarely reads anything about fishing. He didn`t even know you needed wire leaders for pike, and he`s trying to fish maggots for perch on 20lb line. His mate, who I also gave some lures to, had even less idea. Once the lockdown eases i`ll get him out fishing and show him some stuff. Just shows most Youtube s***e has absolutely no educational value....it`s just braindead entertainment for the masses. No different to the mind numbing crap we have to endure on tv nowadays...
That's all it is, entertainment for those the slow of wit. The same kinda crap as most of the photography channels. "I've been for a day out and caught these jacks/taken these crap landscape photos."
Yet again I marvel that there are over 56k people who subscribe to watch that kind of stuff.
All these channels are identical - sensationalist video titles, a thumbnail of them pulling some stupid face while shoving a lure/rod/reel/their a**e right into the camera. Blind leading the blind is a major understatement. And they all have thousands of subscribers who think its all great.
My ex neighbour`s lad popped round last night to pick up some lures i`d sorted out for him. He watches loads of Youtube vids, rarely reads anything about fishing. He didn`t even know you needed wire leaders for pike, and he`s trying to fish maggots for perch on 20lb line. His mate, who I also gave some lures to, had even less idea. Once the lockdown eases i`ll get him out fishing and show him some stuff. Just shows most Youtube s***e has absolutely no educational value....it`s just braindead entertainment for the masses. No different to the mind numbing crap we have to endure on tv nowadays...
That's all it is, entertainment for those the slow of wit. The same kinda crap as most of the photography channels. "I've been for a day out and caught these jacks/taken these crap landscape photos."
Thankfully I got rid of my TV years ago!
That`s the thing Dave, it`s not just fishing, it`s every subject on Youtube people make vids about. The videos are identical regardless of the subject. My tv gets turned on to either watch an old film, or a fishing dvd and that`s it
PS don`t ever search Youtube for "stret pegging"....you`ll be inundated with dodgy videos of people waving dildos about....the world`s f&cked!!
Yet again I marvel that there are over 56k people who subscribe to watch that kind of stuff.
All these channels are identical - sensationalist video titles, a thumbnail of them pulling some stupid face while shoving a lure/rod/reel/their a**e right into the camera. Blind leading the blind is a major understatement. And they all have thousands of subscribers who think its all great.
My ex neighbour`s lad popped round last night to pick up some lures i`d sorted out for him. He watches loads of Youtube vids, rarely reads anything about fishing. He didn`t even know you needed wire leaders for pike, and he`s trying to fish maggots for perch on 20lb line. His mate, who I also gave some lures to, had even less idea. Once the lockdown eases i`ll get him out fishing and show him some stuff. Just shows most Youtube s***e has absolutely no educational value....it`s just braindead entertainment for the masses. No different to the mind numbing crap we have to endure on tv nowadays...
That's all it is, entertainment for those the slow of wit. The same kinda crap as most of the photography channels. "I've been for a day out and caught these jacks/taken these crap landscape photos."
Thankfully I got rid of my TV years ago!
That`s the thing Dave, it`s not just fishing, it`s every subject on Youtube people make vids about. The videos are identical regardless of the subject. My tv gets turned on to either watch an old film, or a fishing dvd and that`s it
PS don`t ever search Youtube for "stret pegging"....you`ll be inundated with dodgy videos of people waving dildos about....the world`s f&cked!!
When I first got on line someone who had been on from the start told me the problem (20 years ago) was that thick people had now got computers. The trouble nowadays is that thick people have also got video cameras (in their phones FFS) and instant access to Youtube!
There is some good stuff out there but it's nigh on impossible to find it among the tsunami of utter s***e!
Yet again I marvel that there are over 56k people who subscribe to watch that kind of stuff.
All these channels are identical - sensationalist video titles, a thumbnail of them pulling some stupid face while shoving a lure/rod/reel/their a**e right into the camera. Blind leading the blind is a major understatement. And they all have thousands of subscribers who think its all great.
My ex neighbour`s lad popped round last night to pick up some lures i`d sorted out for him. He watches loads of Youtube vids, rarely reads anything about fishing. He didn`t even know you needed wire leaders for pike, and he`s trying to fish maggots for perch on 20lb line. His mate, who I also gave some lures to, had even less idea. Once the lockdown eases i`ll get him out fishing and show him some stuff. Just shows most Youtube s***e has absolutely no educational value....it`s just braindead entertainment for the masses. No different to the mind numbing crap we have to endure on tv nowadays...
That's all it is, entertainment for those the slow of wit. The same kinda crap as most of the photography channels. "I've been for a day out and caught these jacks/taken these crap landscape photos."
Thankfully I got rid of my TV years ago!
That`s the thing Dave, it`s not just fishing, it`s every subject on Youtube people make vids about. The videos are identical regardless of the subject. My tv gets turned on to either watch an old film, or a fishing dvd and that`s it
PS don`t ever search Youtube for "stret pegging"....you`ll be inundated with dodgy videos of people waving dildos about....the world`s f&cked!!
When I first got on line someone who had been on from the start told me the problem (20 years ago) was that thick people had now got computers. The trouble nowadays is that thick people have also got video cameras (in their phones FFS) and instant access to Youtube!
There is some good stuff out there but it's nigh on impossible to find it among the tsunami of utter s***e!
Sums it up well mate Watching a lot of it, you can literally feel your braincells dying while doing so
Yet again I marvel that there are over 56k people who subscribe to watch that kind of stuff.
All these channels are identical - sensationalist video titles, a thumbnail of them pulling some stupid face while shoving a lure/rod/reel/their a**e right into the camera. Blind leading the blind is a major understatement. And they all have thousands of subscribers who think its all great.
My ex neighbour`s lad popped round last night to pick up some lures i`d sorted out for him. He watches loads of Youtube vids, rarely reads anything about fishing. He didn`t even know you needed wire leaders for pike, and he`s trying to fish maggots for perch on 20lb line. His mate, who I also gave some lures to, had even less idea. Once the lockdown eases i`ll get him out fishing and show him some stuff. Just shows most Youtube s***e has absolutely no educational value....it`s just braindead entertainment for the masses. No different to the mind numbing crap we have to endure on tv nowadays...
That's all it is, entertainment for those the slow of wit. The same kinda crap as most of the photography channels. "I've been for a day out and caught these jacks/taken these crap landscape photos."
Thankfully I got rid of my TV years ago!
That`s the thing Dave, it`s not just fishing, it`s every subject on Youtube people make vids about. The videos are identical regardless of the subject. My tv gets turned on to either watch an old film, or a fishing dvd and that`s it
PS don`t ever search Youtube for "stret pegging"....you`ll be inundated with dodgy videos of people waving dildos about....the world`s f&cked!!
When I first got on line someone who had been on from the start told me the problem (20 years ago) was that thick people had now got computers. The trouble nowadays is that thick people have also got video cameras (in their phones FFS) and instant access to Youtube!
There is some good stuff out there but it's nigh on impossible to find it among the tsunami of utter s***e!
Sums it up well mate Watching a lot of it, you can literally feel your braincells dying while doing so
Slightly off-topic, are there any lure fishing channels people enjoy that are current? I watch the old stuff plus the up to date fly fishing channels from the states, a lot less frantic and in your face.
Slightly off-topic, are there any lure fishing channels people enjoy that are current? I watch the old stuff plus the up to date fly fishing channels from the states, a lot less frantic and in your face.
I`ve yet to find a really good channel which posts consistently good content Jason. I watch a few vids, think they`re decent and subscribe to them, then delete them when they start posting s***e. I tend to just search for subjects i want to watch stuff about, and go from there. Only usually takes a minute or two watching a video to see where it`s heading and whether it`s worth continuing to watch...
Slightly off-topic, are there any lure fishing channels people enjoy that are current? I watch the old stuff plus the up to date fly fishing channels from the states, a lot less frantic and in your face.
I`ve yet to find a really good channel which posts consistently good content Jason. I watch a few vids, think they`re decent and subscribe to them, then delete them when they start posting s***e. I tend to just search for subjects i want to watch stuff about, and go from there. Only usually takes a minute or two watching a video to see where it`s heading and whether it`s worth continuing to watch...
Yep, that's the same as I do put a topic in the search engine and see what pops up. I have got into my fly fishing and in America, every man, dog and his brother seems to get out fishing, not elitist just people getting out. Some nice channels, not big fish, but just fishing and enjoying being out.
