DNA Fishing Podcast

We're back with tales of Lesbos ornithology mixed with ultra clear water fishing. Dan finally banks his first Scorpion fish of the season which officially means light game season is OPEN. We celebrate our first Ballan boat prize with a PB of 51cm during the Sea Angling Classic Meet N Fish which we are claiming as a worlds first.There are misty eyes as we mourn the untimely end of one of our favourite charter boats but we look up not down on this pod so its full steam ahead with a bumper lure fishing calendar with hopefully plenty of pod content to enter your ears. Apologies for. the schoolboy jokes!Keep catchin'Dan n Ad Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The sun is shining, weather is sweet. Makes us want move our lure-ing feet. We're back back back with Perch Turbo reports, Light Game frustrations and Ads first boat session proper of 2025. There is a new comp on the calendar courtesy of https://www.lowen-chy-angling.com/ Lure Jam in August and Tacklewave do us a solid by donating to our JDM giveaway prize pile with some of the exquisite Keitech Shad Impact soft plastics as mentioned in Ep26. Well done everyone, we've all been spared and have made it to another Spring so dust off the plastic and get involved. Please get in touch with us at dnafishingpod@gmail.com or find us on the socials. We love to hear what you're all up to whilst wasting some time by the water. Enjoy the tightest of lines and thanks for letting us into your ears. Dan & Ad Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ladies and Gentlemen, we reveal a lure that has not only accounted for lots of 40cm plus Perch but has also created memories that will last a lifetime. The Keitech Shad Impact unlocked a method that has won us competitions, caught PBs and given two silly saltwater anglers a fighting chance in the freshwater predator angling scene. So, sit back and indulge us as we talk about a soft plastic with such fondness it borders on being creepy!!We will be Perch fishing up at Rutland in April hence the timing of this one. The sea temps are slowly improving and the sunshine is getting us juiced up for another season but we still hold our stripy friends very dear and will wax lyrical whenever we have the chance. See you on the sea!Dan & Ad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Finally, we announce how you can get your hands on some JDM goodies, so listen hard for how to enter. More listener questions, some February retail therapy and much more besides.We mention the excellent fish species ID book called Identification Guide to the Inshore Fish of the British Isles, here's the link.https://www.pisces-conservation.com/softfishid.htmlPlease spread the word and keep hitting us up with your questions.Peace and Love. Dan & Ad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Let's make X Layers great again! It's a simple message but after Ads visit to the BASS show he's reminded that sometimes the OGs are great for a reason. We discus TPR bait and storage and more Kit Kat chat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

More listeners questions this week. Comp tactics and saltwater bow mount are the subjects up for debate. We learn where Japanese Kit-Kats are sold and we discuss our 2025 competition opener as we head to the Gloucester canal to fish the first Elite Pro League event of the year. All this and much more on your award winning DnA Fishing Podcast. dnafishingpod@gmail.comTight lines, Dan & Ad Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We asked and you delivered. 2024 Game changers, Xmas wish lists and we finally break down your fishing food choices. Have a great fish filled 2025. Dan & Ad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As we approach the end of 2024 we discuss buying from the Chinese mega-suppliers and from the USA, is there a difference? Some belated boat action from before the storms set in.Be light-penetration ready this winter for maybe the best bite of the day.Ad goes beach fishing and Dan dreams of Flounders. All this hoopla and much more besides.DNAfishingpod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We've hit 20 episodes so a big thanks to all our loyal listeners. In this episode Dan has hit an inevitable funk but Ad keeps the fishing alive. We discuss fish spreadsheets, bass fishing, Rutland, Team Englands successes and much more besides.Tight lines D 'n' A. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We made it. One year of quality output ends as it began at the Cornish Lure Festival. We plot our way through awful weather, pastry and meeting great anglers along the way. If we met up along the weekend and promptly forgot your name then please hit us up as were getting old!Huge thanks to everyone that has come along for the ride over the past year, we still have plenty to talk about so you will have to put up with our voices for a while longer. Tight Lines everyone. Dan & Ad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome folks! In this Ep we breakdown our heroic failure in a Zander Comp, we look ahead to this years Cornish Lure Festival and we answer some listeners questions which we love to do. Please find us across all socials and if you have any questions, advice or just want to brag about a catch then drop us a line on Insta, just search for DNA fishing pod or individually @mradamkirby or @therealdansissonsThanks and tight lines. P.S Our next Ep will kind of be an anniversary special a year on from last years CLF so we hope to record some audio throughout the weekend ready for the next episode. Find us for a sticker. Dan & Ad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back Baby! This time we're discussing a recent boat fishing trip targeting Bass on lures with our friend, 'the King of Rutland', Richard Coles. We crown Weymouth as the capital of UK light game fishing (again). We attempt to answer listeners' questions. Plus we talk through our plans for the Lure Anglers Society's Zander Cup at Grafham Water. All this and much more besides. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have done the canal and we've competed on the boat but for the third instalment of DNA Versus we head to the sunny south coast for a lure based species hunt. There's some useful tips, some giant Scorpo's and an aircraft carrier-this episode has it all. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trophy fish come in all sorts of shapes and sizes and if you know anything of our work you'll know that we adore the smaller, more obscure species that inhabit our shores. Today's topic is the diminutive little Butterfly Blenny which we have been lucky enough to stumble upon and on a recent July trip we went back to see if they're where we left them almost two years ago. We also get into a game of fish target Top Trumps which could've been a whole episode on its own.Thanks for all your comments and may you soon catch a rarity.Dan & Ad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here is the much delayed episode that follows our adventures fishing the Sea Angling Classic this year. The awful weather, the colds and the race to win a boat are all laid bare in this pod that we've had to drag back from deletion after some tech issues. Apologies for the delay everyone and please enjoy our annual bait fishing extravaganza. dnafishingpod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Summer Zander fishing is a rare treat for us, we're usually getting salt on our lures in June but we had to fish this event for many reasons and not least to catch giant Zander in shallow water.....or so we thought!Join us as we break down our weekend away Zander fishing hoping to get another podium finish at Graham Water. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here we go. As promised, our latest DNA Versus episode is the inaugural edition of ‘Wrasse Pro', fishing head-to-head against each other out on the boat. Big colourful Ballan Wrasse are the target and in a slight twist we weigh all captures to gain our total top five fishes combined weight, inline with what we've come to see in the US bass fishing tournaments. We've never put a Ballan on the scales at sea before so what does a 40cm Wrasse weigh? You're about to find out. This was a lot of fun to record so please sit back and place your bets. Wrasse Pro is about to begin. Do check out hard.rockfishing.co.uk for all the lures, rods and tackle we used through the day, as well as pictures of the stunning Ballan Wrasse.Tight lines, Dan & Ad Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This time around Adam gives us the lowdown on his Kefalonia Kebabs mixed with some Med clear water lure fishing. Dan explains his awful start to the year including tanking at Pike Maniacs! We discuss the first ever Wrasse Pro which is the exciting new comp devised and fished by the DNA crew but mainly its two mates catching up.Thanks to everyone for listening and tight lines. DnA Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this award winning episode we report from the recent Lure Anglers Society Canal Cup match on the Oxford canal with mixed results, for us at least.Ad gives us the lowdown on some of HTOs 2024 line up including some quality entry level rods that defy their price point.Dan has been poached by the LAS!Listeners questions finally get answered.We are nearly ready for the saltwater games to begin but Dan has to get some Pike fishing out of his system first.We exclusively reveal how to pronounce IMAdnafishingpod@gmail.com Facebook and Insta is where you will find us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome aboard. We're back, back ,back with a very late episode that covers our visit to the Big One show and more specifically the Lure Live section ran by Predator tackle. It was a nice gauge of where the lure scene is at in the UK and whilst it isn't yet shoulder barging the Carp guys into the long grass it's certainly holding its own. We spent a few quid, met some great people and ate some wonderful cake. Please sit back, fluff up a cushion and excuse the poor audio. Like and subscribe when you can. Enjoy the tightest of lines, Dan & Ad Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ad manages to stay in the country long enough to record episode 8, after a pizza-filled, dream trip to Lake Bolsena, Italy with Lowrance - the marine electronics experts.In this episode we discuss what it's like to be a 'Bass pro' for a few hours. Ad shares the nuggets of information gleaned from a genuine, Italian bass fishing professional. And of course, we bring you detail of an exciting, new launch of fish finders - the Lowrance Eagle.It feels like the appropriate time to delve into the back catalogue and discuss some pivotal moments in our angling where technology played a key role.Thanks again for taking the time to listen. As ever we appreciate it. The main fishing season is getting closer! Tight lines, Dan & Ad Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back, back, back! Having mostly recovered from jet lag, aggressive cold symptoms and single-handedly propping up the Japanese economy we offer some more truth nuggets from our trip to Japan which mainly consists of what we spent our money on and when buyers remorse kicks in.To kick us off we have the legend that is George Cunningham easing us into episode 7 with the most epic of intros. Recorded in a busy Japanese bar, at a very late hour, after a few refreshing beers. Complete with background noise, it sets the standard in the very best way. For those that don't know, George is the head of Tronixpro and HTO, as well of a host of other well known brands, and his influence on the UK lure fishing scene has been remarkable. We love you big G!As the title suggests we don't know how to say Ima, or IMA. Is it I.M.A or not? Hopefully our IMA correspondent will clarify. Anyway, we finally have a listener (question) to answer, and we almost reveal (by mistake) our most successful lure for catching BIG reservoir Perch. Thanks for taking the time to listen. As ever we appreciate every one of you. Spring will be with us soon. Tight lines, catch that PB, Dan & Ad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the first of our pods telling the story of our recent trip to Osaka, Japan where we immersed ourselves into the JDM motherland. From the insane Osaka tackle show to the delicate Megabass showcase event and everything in between we hope it gives listeners a tiny insight into our adventures some 6000 miles from home. There will be way more to come and we will deep dive into some of our purchases and various lure that we hope to see in the UK in the future. Thanks to all our listeners, we appreciate you more than you know. Tight lines, D & A Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back with some BIG news for Episode 5. In fact, the news is so BIG it demands a BIG intro as well. So, we are honoured to have our good friend and lure angling behemoth, Thom Hunt ease us into this podcast, where we reveal our upcoming travel plans. As well as what we haven't been catching recently and some of the things we are looking ahead to in 2024.January and February can be a miserable time for the fisher-person and that can inevitably lead to spending our hard earned pennies on lures in an effort to get some kind of fishing dopamine hit. And boy, are we going for the biggest, grade-A hit of retail therapy available to anyone that enjoys Japanese fishing tackle! As ever, thanks for all your kind messages. We appreciate every listen, download and play more than you possibly know.Tight lines and we look forward to coming in your ears from somewhere on the planet very soon.Dan & Ad(Our Producers would like to point out that Dan wishes nothing but good things for all bears, regardless of species and that, in hindsight his offer to fight a bear may be at best foolish.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In what is likely a ground-breaking podcast, we pit our wits against each other in the first ever 'live' recorded lure fishing tournament. Fished on the Kennet and Avon Canal in Hungerford, which holds a decent stock of both Perch and Pike. How will we each approach the venue with a randomly selected set of rules, and ultimately who will come out on top? Will it be former and current UK street fishing champion and Hungerford specialist Adam Kirby or will it be Bakery aficionado Dan Sissons? High jeopardy, fish aplenty, Jack pike and even a magic, canal 40cm Perch are all guaranteed.Happy holidays everyone, DnA. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a short hiatus we return to discuss the effect of pressurised fish and how it affects lure choice. We also reminisce about how we used to approach the old British Lure Angling Championships events and wonder how we would fare if we were to enter the Elite series events currently ongoing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After the high-kicking hoopla of episode one we leave behind the mind bending complication of species hunting and instead focus on one of the prettiest fish and indeed hardest fighting targets which is the mighty Ballan Wrasse but not before Adam takes us on an early season recce on the canal. Armed with hard-body lures ranging from small Jerkbaits to micro Shad Baits, this was just an excuse to get some JDM lures wet, but the session quickly became way better than expected.Back in the salty stuff and we both jumped aboard the boat to fish some very shallow ground with the sole purpose of getting the rods hooped up on some colourful rockfish. On a day where the Free-rig dominated proceedings we take a closer look at what makes this method so deadly.Thanks to all you DNAers for listening. Hit us up on the Socials or at DNAfishingpod@gmail.comTight lines. PB it up!!!Dan & Ad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The first of our Pods takes us deep into the UK's West Country to once again test our stamina and skill against some of the best light game anglers around.The Cornish Lure Festival has long provided saltwater anglers a stern test but this year saw some pretty radical format changes that made us have to work even harder for every fish.We break down how small tactical tweaks can reap big rewards and how no matter the experience any angler can lose their sanity when the fish won't play ball!!This bumper episode starts at the beginning and ends at the end of what was an immense weekend.Enjoy and tight lines. Adam Kirby and Dan Sissons. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.