tomino2112
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Hi,
I am watching quite a few fishing channels on youtube and they are all mainly American. Apparently there is major difference in fishing over here and over there. You rarely see any carp, bream eg "British" style fishing over there and you rarely see any spinning, baitcasting eg "American" style fishing over here.
Diff no. 2 is the places they are fishing. While 90% of UK fishing is done on commercials, they seem to have abundance of publicly accessible streams, ponds etc.
Diff no. 3 the gear also seems much different. While they cracking 6' foot rods with baitcasting reels it seems that anything under 12' rood is a faux pas over here.
Diff no. 4 as they mainly use spinning you pretty much don't see any live bait over there. They do use worm sometimes, but never seen maggot/casters over there. On the other hand, when I take out plastic lure at the local lake other anglers looking at me like I dropped from the moon.. That also goes for so so many of different boilies and such that you get over here.
Diff no. 5 American videos: "So I have arrived to the lake with my ultralight rod and lure. Let's cast, All right fish on! ...(30 minutes later)... Looks like a good day, I have had 5 fish so far" British: "So I am dragging my barrow with XX kg of stuff down the bank... (1 hour later)... My bivy is setup ...(1 hour later)... My rigs are setup, lets cast out ...(6 hours later)... Good, time to pack up, I have had one decent carp."
All in all, it just seems much simpler over there, while it seems they catch much more fish then you would over here. The overall attitude and setting seems more relaxed and it looks like they have heaps more fish.
It is a little upsetting as I would definitely enjoy the American-style fishing more.
Any ideas why that is? Is it just because US is bigger? Is it because they have more waters? Is it because they have different type of fish?
And at last, is there a chance to do similar fishing over here ? I mean I do not expect pulling one bass after another, but I am seriously getting bored of carp...
I am watching quite a few fishing channels on youtube and they are all mainly American. Apparently there is major difference in fishing over here and over there. You rarely see any carp, bream eg "British" style fishing over there and you rarely see any spinning, baitcasting eg "American" style fishing over here.
Diff no. 2 is the places they are fishing. While 90% of UK fishing is done on commercials, they seem to have abundance of publicly accessible streams, ponds etc.
Diff no. 3 the gear also seems much different. While they cracking 6' foot rods with baitcasting reels it seems that anything under 12' rood is a faux pas over here.
Diff no. 4 as they mainly use spinning you pretty much don't see any live bait over there. They do use worm sometimes, but never seen maggot/casters over there. On the other hand, when I take out plastic lure at the local lake other anglers looking at me like I dropped from the moon.. That also goes for so so many of different boilies and such that you get over here.
Diff no. 5 American videos: "So I have arrived to the lake with my ultralight rod and lure. Let's cast, All right fish on! ...(30 minutes later)... Looks like a good day, I have had 5 fish so far" British: "So I am dragging my barrow with XX kg of stuff down the bank... (1 hour later)... My bivy is setup ...(1 hour later)... My rigs are setup, lets cast out ...(6 hours later)... Good, time to pack up, I have had one decent carp."
All in all, it just seems much simpler over there, while it seems they catch much more fish then you would over here. The overall attitude and setting seems more relaxed and it looks like they have heaps more fish.
It is a little upsetting as I would definitely enjoy the American-style fishing more.
Any ideas why that is? Is it just because US is bigger? Is it because they have more waters? Is it because they have different type of fish?
And at last, is there a chance to do similar fishing over here ? I mean I do not expect pulling one bass after another, but I am seriously getting bored of carp...