Knots and baitcaster basics keep Fishing Explained in use
With no new uploads, the channel's practical fishing catalog brought in nearly 800,000 views.
Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.
Your Favorite Knot Is Costing You Fish
Fishing Explained's week was busier than Paul Messner's for views, though nearby fishing channel catchingcyle had a much larger audience. No new uploads were needed: the existing knot and reel videos accounted for a week of viewing and another thousand subscribers.
The biggest source of momentum is "Your Favorite Knot Is Costing You Fish," now approaching three and a half million views. Its title fits the channel's central concern: the small gear mistakes that can matter more than the size of the fish. The channel's introduction puts bad knots and rushed rigs at the heart of its fishing lessons, rather than treating every lost catch as bad luck.
"The correct way to spool a baitcaster" is the next busiest video for daily views, drawing roughly half the daily audience of the knot upload. Both have been on the shelf for more than two months. Current daily viewing across the channel is comfortably above its usual pace, even with the upload button untouched.
A third active title, "Fisherman have been LYING to you about this knot," returns to the same knot-questioning theme. Between those two knot videos sits the reel-spooling lesson: a useful reminder that Fishing Explained's subject is often the preparation before the cast, not the catch afterward.
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Where next?
The videos drawing views on Fishing Explained right now
- Channel
- Fishing Explained
- Subscribers
- 217,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 797,454
- Videos published this week
- 0
The numbers
Here is Fishing Explained's week in views and subscribers.
💡 Test your knowledge
Which gear detail appears in two of Fishing Explained's busiest video titles?
Both "Your Favorite Knot Is Costing You Fish" and "Fisherman have been LYING to you about this knot" focus on knots.




