Hard work there Simon. I had a late run 24-25lb Tyne fish last season, I'm 58 and it took me 1hr 15 to net it. Unhooked it and it swam off straightaway. Started fishing again and thought "I actually don't want to catch another" So I packed up and went home. Epic battle and an epic fish, well done !
@Simonc262
4 ай бұрын
Thanks we are lucky to still have some of these fish
@spazzymacgee5648
4 ай бұрын
It's a sadly, very rare sight now.
@nairnfly
4 ай бұрын
Outstanding video and what a absolute belter of a springer well done !!!
@noelfleming3567
4 ай бұрын
Spring run salmon usually called springers
@ROSSLINDEN0
4 ай бұрын
Had to turn the volume down or my neighbours would think I'm sitting watching porn with all that heavy breathing going on 😂😂😂
@Simonc262
4 ай бұрын
Not the 1st to say that 🤣🤣
@Simonc262
4 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Laura-hf8jy
4 ай бұрын
After seeing this comment I swear I was sitting on my own in ABSOLUTE hysterics laughing at the thoughts of anyone just hearing this !!!! The panting lol 5:45 to 5:51 The climax lol 😂😂 at 6:44 That's all I'm telling you! HE'S BIG, the fuckin back on him 😂 9:39 Your not massive but your big enough😅😂 😂 9:47 The purrrr !! 😂😅 10:55 You Fuckin Whopper...I'LL BATE YA ! COME UP ! COME UP FOR ME LOL 11:00 OHHH LOVELY YA BOY YA...You'll get a fuckin rest and let me get a rest !!! . Seriously ! Well if I didnt know there was someone fishing ! 😂....I'm thinking u need a rest after all that panting 😂 Well I'm swear I havnt laughed as much in a long time !!! 😂❤ Brilliant Oh and Congrats on the fish !!!! HE WAS BIG TO BE SURE !
@Laura-hf8jy
4 ай бұрын
@@Simonc262Ah Simon ! I never laughed so much ! As I pictured what neighbours would be thinking if they heard you without seeing you !!!! 😂 but on a more serious note ! Fair play to you ! That takes some doin .... Fair play 🙌! He was huge.....did u get photos?? I hope so 😊😊
@robertdoesfishing
4 ай бұрын
What a fish, well done. Absolute bruiser 👍🎣👏
@kevinanderson1700
3 ай бұрын
That’s an incredible catch
@shuggiemcg1
4 ай бұрын
This is the size of my biggest Salmon 24.5lbs i Lost it one day, i was using my 15ft double handed rod and it snapped my leader after 20 minutes, next day I was fishing for Sea trout in the 9ft rod with a 6lb leader and I caught the 24.5lb Salmon 45 min fight as it was the lighter gear! Got my leader and fly back from the day before lol Thanks for sharing great video
@benelli370
4 ай бұрын
Wow what an amazing specimen of a fish and full respect to you for the fish welfare and safe release 👍👍
@Simonc262
4 ай бұрын
Thank you
@RichardWoodhouse-kp6zb
4 ай бұрын
Brilliant fish, many congrats. Good to see Britsh made Bruce and Walker rod being put to good use. I do, however, hate to see someone struggling to get a net ready whilst they have a fish on, as it is so easy to lose fish when this happens. I wish they still made the extra large Whitlock salmon fold over net with extending handle, as fold overs are far easier to deploy.
@Sivart4329
4 ай бұрын
Nice fookin’ fish there, Simon!!
@rivercityfishing9103
4 ай бұрын
Well done catching the fish of a lifetime and getting it all on film! I was wondering if you actually felt the take or if you just started stripping line at the same time as the fish took the fly? From our viewers' perspective it looks like it was a soft sneaky take which probably went unnoticed until you began to strip. Congrats!!
@Simonc262
4 ай бұрын
I was about to retrieve and it felt like somone pushed the rod butt. I actually thought it was my buddy.🤣🤣
@MattyMurtagh
4 ай бұрын
Catch and release seems to be working on the river in recent seasons. Well done. Haven't seen a fish of that quality coming out of there since the early '70's
@campbellanderson2100
4 ай бұрын
So nice to see a video showing the rod and rot tip in action. Most fishing videos only show the reel and hands reeling and the rod does not the most important part of fighting a fish.
@Simonc262
4 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@doddereye7765
4 ай бұрын
Fish of a lifetime Simon ! Congratulations , class angling and then released . Well Done !
@sixfingerslinger2671
4 ай бұрын
Learned about a new fish today and where the soap Irish Springs comes from lol thanks for the video.
@trevordavey6747
4 ай бұрын
Fabulous fish, well done to catch this on your own. Imagine what you would have been thinking had you lost it😮😮
@edwardoutthere3189
4 ай бұрын
Some fish ,thought u hooked onto jetski 😂
@johnkirwan9585
2 ай бұрын
Well done Simon - that's some fish. Great video - good to see big springers back in the Boyne.
@Simonc262
27 күн бұрын
Thanks 👍
@montetanktankkiller700
4 ай бұрын
I just can't understand how you don't prepare your landing net beforehand. I see this in so many YT videos. This is simply the elementary school of fishing. Still, good video. I liked.
@georgehughes3832
3 ай бұрын
And there was me expecting you to land a spaniel. Too much guinness or was it such a battle?
@Charlimarteli
4 ай бұрын
I thought a dog was gonna come out of the water...
@onboard4793
4 ай бұрын
Amazing buddy
@zzp1
4 ай бұрын
Hell of a Salmon. That's what we call a fighting fish. Would cost you a buck in Holland, smoked and well.
@dougdumbrill7234
4 ай бұрын
I was kinda thinking “springer” spaniel for a minute there! 😳😂
@garrydogireland5961
4 ай бұрын
Amazing springer Simon, well done 👏
@Laura-hf8jy
4 ай бұрын
This is just brilliant ! 😂👏👏👏👌🎣👊🦈🙌 Deadly !! 😂😂 ...
@jasonbazzard4881
4 ай бұрын
This is what it's all about!! FISH ON !!! :)
@bowlocks
4 ай бұрын
Marvellous commentary, I dont know what weight he is but he's fecking big, cracking fish well done fella
@darragh2511
4 ай бұрын
6:21 Agreed, great commentary…and the ‘phone a friend’ twist made it even better
@jpchvt
4 ай бұрын
Thought it was much more expensive. Great video6 and great catch. All the Best 😊😊
@ianhealey4181
4 ай бұрын
Absolute beauty of a fish. Well done 👏. The running commentary was priceless and I would have been just the same.
@noelfleming3567
4 ай бұрын
The tangled net d crak up myself 😂😂😊
@joedennehy386
3 ай бұрын
An angling achievement, the drags a little bit sticky. Well done
@alanevans3509
4 ай бұрын
Brilliant springer well done
@ivoroconnor2132
4 ай бұрын
Fantastic fish Simon, top man, a Blackcastle beauty, some river for the big ones!!
@TheJonnyzeus
4 ай бұрын
Sometimes only one word (that word) will do!😂
@stevenrichardson1843
4 ай бұрын
My heart was pounding, every fisherman knows that feeling.
@goopee76
4 ай бұрын
What a fish Simon! Well deserved as always!
@keithfleming7293
3 ай бұрын
Can u do mee a favour..git mee a permit fir that river..
@leftmono1016
4 ай бұрын
That’s some fight, such a big powerful fish in that flow. Amazing!
@TheJonnyzeus
4 ай бұрын
Epic Struggle. Marvellous stuff.
@gerroe7851
4 ай бұрын
Savage fish. Well played. Nice reel too :)
@thedoggedangler
4 ай бұрын
Woah! Excellent! Congratulations and well done! Not easy on your own, loved the sound effects from yourself....think that you were more exhausted than the amazing fish!
@noelfleming3567
4 ай бұрын
D power of these fish is unbelievable
@deerdown8355
4 ай бұрын
Nice fish buddy! ✌️🇨🇦
@est9662
4 ай бұрын
What a beauty and good vid you realy know how to build up tension that was horror sometimes there you fiddling with the net and a 12kg fish on😎👍
@Simonc262
4 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@gc641
19 күн бұрын
Beautiful to watch a Spey cast
@brownie.4833
4 ай бұрын
Wow well done.Love the unfiltered commentary 😂🎉
@eglwysfawr4076
4 ай бұрын
Well done 👏 fantastic fish ,I dip my cap to you sir.
@Warwick_Hunt
4 ай бұрын
Stonking fish. Congratulations. Very nice indeed! Pete 🏴
@Simonc262
4 ай бұрын
Thanks 👍
@ffsFonix
4 ай бұрын
cracking fish that
@perfectleveladventurefishi619
4 ай бұрын
new sub good stuff
@bigtoothfilms3595
Ай бұрын
beautiful salmon!
@bobcaygeon4533
4 ай бұрын
From Canada. Never heard of a springer. It sorta looks like a Brown trout we have here.
@awilderireland
4 ай бұрын
It's an Atlantic Salmon. Caught during a springtime run.
@TheNewMediaoftheDawn
4 ай бұрын
Yes, and we do have them here, Ontario, Quebec and the east coast.
@noelfleming3567
4 ай бұрын
Well done great fish
@squeesmyth9025
27 күн бұрын
lovely stretch , do you do any guided tours ? amazing on the fly
@Simonc262
27 күн бұрын
No, sorry guiding not allowed on this water.
@fredericthill7813
4 ай бұрын
Great fight 👍💪🦾
@MatteoMartinoglio
4 ай бұрын
GREAT WORK SIMON!
@pronoun_dilemma
4 ай бұрын
Wow that's an amazing fish. Glad to see you return it also. You sounded exhausted after that!! 😀
@leejohnston6513
4 ай бұрын
Thats what you call adrenaline 👌👏
@williamh5103
4 ай бұрын
Wonderful!
@jackdobson3156
4 ай бұрын
Amazing, well done
@baabbylon
3 ай бұрын
Respect 👍
@trevorclarey3336
4 ай бұрын
Lovely fish , wow.
@roberto4001000
4 ай бұрын
Brilliant Simon well done 👍
@windowledge731
4 ай бұрын
Fare play to you there’s nothing like hooking a spring fish 🎣 to get your adrenaline going.
@martin7955
4 ай бұрын
Wow what a fish
@martinmccoy185
4 ай бұрын
Nice one on the dangle too👌
@davevincent5453
4 ай бұрын
Great achievement
@busher2174
4 ай бұрын
A belter well done 🎉
@montetanktankkiller700
4 ай бұрын
I just can't understand how you don't prepare your landing net beforehand. I see this in so many YT videos. This is simply the elementary school of fishing. Still, good video. I liked.
@ValentinSerrano-nj4dc
3 ай бұрын
That is one beautiful place 😢 quiet, alone just peaceful 👍
@K3v1nGr3z
4 ай бұрын
Great video 🎣
@martincorcoran8263
4 ай бұрын
Well done
@sniperrana
13 күн бұрын
which flying reel and rod you have?
@Simonc262
6 күн бұрын
@@sniperrana Saracione and 14ft B&W Shooting head rod.
@codytucker5969
4 ай бұрын
What river ?
@ANGLERSPARADISE91
4 ай бұрын
Hats off to ye brother. What had ye on the end of er?
@Simonc262
4 ай бұрын
Frodin Willie Gunn.
@jamalhanratty5999
4 ай бұрын
savage fish
@StephenKelly-m8e
3 ай бұрын
Some fish Think the net was thought about too early mate What river where you on 😊
@MrJmor1
4 ай бұрын
Some fish
@davep2322
4 ай бұрын
class
@MrKveite1
4 ай бұрын
That is the most calm and nice 24 pounder i have ever seen in my life, it did absolutely nothing what so ever, just dropped with the current a few times without a single run. Did you pour sedatives in the water before you started fishing?
@Simonc262
4 ай бұрын
He wasn't let run. I was using serious heavy gear stuff I use for big Baltics.
@MrKveite1
4 ай бұрын
@@Simonc262 I live in Norway and i have landed 2997 Atlantic salmon with the largest at 54.6 pounds and trust me when i say you cant hold a 24 pounder if it wants to run. It didnt even try to run and as i said it did absolutely nothing.... Extremely calm and nice fish indeed.
@Simonc262
4 ай бұрын
2997 Wow,thats almost 300 fish a year for 10 years or 100 fish a year for 30 years. 54.6lb wow .I must start counting my fish.Theres a thing called a clutch on my reel when you tighten it it makesit harder for the fish to make that clicking noise when he runs.You should try get a reel with one of them.
@MrKveite1
4 ай бұрын
@@Simonc262 You are forgetting something, an Atlantic is a fair bit stronger than the baltic and if that fish WANTED to run there would be NOTHING, you could do. I am 6'3 and 220 pounds and i dont play with the fish but there is a HUGE diff between a fish that turns and give it the beans and a fish angling a little on the current and letting the current take it some meters downstream like that one did. I have seen 15 pounders flatten a 16 feet 12 rod stripping 200 meter of line in one single run many times and you cant stop them. Not going to happen. I have also landed a 32 pounder in 3 min so it all depends on how the fish behave and if you hook an angry one that just turn and burn downstream i promose you it wont care about your heavy gear for baltics for ONE sec. I doubt it beats a 16 feet 12 weight anyway..
@MrKveite1
4 ай бұрын
@@Simonc262 Oh yes i forgot to mention that i have been fishng salmon for 49 years.
@albertcross4275
3 ай бұрын
I bet your Guinness was magic that evening. 🎉🇫🇷🇫🇷
@windymiller6908
4 ай бұрын
What was stopping you from getting the fish onto the grass to weigh it....much less chance of damaging it.
@sharkinadark
4 ай бұрын
Very poor fish care !, letting it smash itself on rocks when there is grass 1 meter away
@johnwenlock4848
4 ай бұрын
hi , ive had one of them rods for around 8 years an i tried a few casts with it but it was awful ,what line are you using ?
@Simonc262
4 ай бұрын
650gr Nextcast Zone 2D and 180gr 18ft guideline 4D tips rocket off that rod. B&W are way out on the line rating. Would you sell it?
@johnwenlock4848
4 ай бұрын
@@Simonc262 Thank you , well maybe its like brand new as i cast it maybe 5 times an gave up but maybe i should try it with your set up and give it another chance ,you can give me your contact details if i decide too
@derrickmccall3032
4 ай бұрын
Nice fish well done you can only dream of a fish like that
@stevekelly4020
3 ай бұрын
Ireland 🇮🇪 forever!!!!
@jamesrattray8548
3 ай бұрын
Brilliant video, I was there with you, loved the phone call for help. Thank you for sharing it with us all.
@Simonc262
27 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@jpchvt
4 ай бұрын
How much for 1/2 Day on this pool ? Great catch anyway 😊
@Simonc262
4 ай бұрын
Full day €35
@Isthatujohnwayne
4 ай бұрын
God, what a meal
@etee08
3 ай бұрын
Nice fish!
@robb9457
4 ай бұрын
What river is that
@peternicholas4323
4 ай бұрын
What an amazing fish, and great battle. Well done. A pleasure to watch and enjoy with you! Lovely to see the fish returning.
@softlad68
4 ай бұрын
Brilliant catch, real fish porn
@Jimmy-nr4kr
4 ай бұрын
Nice real nice.
@andrewmaccallum2367
4 ай бұрын
Fish handling skills = Nil 👎
@Warwick_Hunt
4 ай бұрын
I was thinking that. Few scales lost maybe, but kudos to the man for returning it.
@andrewmaccallum2367
4 ай бұрын
@Pete_Gribs A ludicrous obsession with getting a photo of a fish, which was already on video. I'd be very surprised if it survived that ordeal. Just really painful to watch, i'm afraid 🤷♂️
@Warwick_Hunt
4 ай бұрын
@andrewmaccallum2367 absolutely, I am a carp angler and I'm obsessed with fishcare. Trust me, that fish would have been knocked around a lot worse on its trip upriver to mate.
@ericluscombe3272
4 ай бұрын
nice fish couldn't make out the make of your reel what kind is it my fave is the hardy silex but I really like the sound and look of your reel as well. are you guys ever allowed to keep a salmon from the river??
@Simonc262
4 ай бұрын
Saracione Mark IV
@ericluscombe3272
4 ай бұрын
@@Simonc262 thanks is it old and where is it made if you don't mind I really like it want to find out more cause I want 1 I'm on Vancouver Island B.C. Canada if you find yourself here anytime and want to fish for are salmon and steelhead you are more then welcome.
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