I Hiked HOURS to Fish this Mountain Lake... (CRAZY ending!) 😯

Published 2024-05-29
Can I catch a fish in the highest altitude lake in the country? We also film underwater trying to catch a glimpse of one of the rarest fish in the UK, along with the beautiful wild mountain brown trout. these kinds of videos are my favourite, a good bit of everything. I'm absolutely loving trout fishing at the moment, especially lure fishing for trout in places like this. It doesn't get much more remote, or much wilder than this. Ever since I started mountain fishing, this place has been on my hit list. But can I catch the highest fish in the UK?

As well as all that, I ended up making a pretty crazy decision at the end of the video that left me shaking... A big step for me that was quite terrifying at the time, and a very long, uncomfortable and slightly embarrassing hike home!

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All Comments (21)
  • Great video.! Even better to see you feature my mug shot with a schelly. Brought back some happy memories of my many hikes up there
  • Class video as usual, the underwater footage is unreal such a cool perspective.
  • @jambobee
    Excellent mate πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»
  • I am glad your ankle is well! Great video and the new underwater footage is a great addition! You do a great job on the video's with spectacular scenery! Thank You!
  • @lexuscraig
    Respect mate, the places you get to are amazing. You deserved that fish and that pool looked amazing. great experience. Love the underwater shots too. Well done buddy.
  • awesome inspiretional video. going fishing tomorrow now for sure. ❀
  • @kenmaylor9207
    I have fished the tarn in the video quite a number of times and have camped there on occasion as well. There’s not a lot of food in the tarns and the trout rely a lot on terrestrial flies getting blown onto the water and using small dark flies in size 14 and 16 tend to work better than spinning or bait fishing. In fact there is a saying of using any fly of your choice as long as it’s black and you won’t go far wrong, but if possible fish in a ripple or wave.
  • @richard7033
    The camera quality is awesome well worth a sub πŸ˜€
  • @palscanley
    very nice, reminds me of my days in the infantry,bathing every 3 daysin small brooks, no matter how foul or cold the weather was, great vid and a very good sceenery!
  • @user-vi9gw8pt9v
    Great content as always, ever thought about an overnight stop up there kind of Hiking/Camping/Fishing trip.
  • @17losttrout
    The creature: Could well be a leech, but the size is hard to guess - it looks a bit like a buzzer. Possibly a water beetle or dragonfly larvae. If I had to make a choice, I'd say it was a flatworm - Planarian. Nice video, and good on you for jumping in. Pheeew!
  • Great video. That critter at the end looked a lot like a midge pupa. Though it seemed a bit on the big side.
  • Great video as always! Glad to hear your a ankle is doing ok. I have to say, looks you have lost loads of weight. Must be all the hiking!
  • @davetevens5080
    Nice one George that certainly was a good workout hike. Not so sure about the swimming tho but fair play in that freezing water. The views were amazing as was the underwater film. Well done on the trout too 😊😊😊😊