The BEST episodes of Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Every episode of Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing!
Two friends, beautiful places and a good natter. Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse go on a life-affirming, funny journey, sharing their changed outlooks and trying to land a catch.
#1 - Brown Trout – Driffield Beck, East Yorkshire
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/2024
Paul, Bob and Ted head to the historic chalk stream of Driffield Beck in East Yorkshire, hoping to catch a wild brown trout, and Ted is spruced up in a local poodle parlour.
#2 - Ferox Trout - Loch Garry, Scottish Highlands
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/23/2022
Paul and Bob catch the sleeper train to the Scottish Highlands to fish for ferox trout. Bob can’t resist the challenge to look for Nessie in the vast waters of Loch Ness.
#3 - Perch - River Thames, Berkshire
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/2022
Paul and Bob take trusty terrier Ted to fish for perch on the River Thames. Comedian Richard Herring joins the three of them for dinner.
#4 - Carp & Barbel - Reigate Hills, Surrey
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/2022
Paul and Bob visit the heart of the English countryside in the Surrey Hills, where they fish for carp and barbel. Health expert Dr Anand Patel joins them by the lake.
#5 - Brown Trout & Bream - Lough Corrib, Ireland
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/14/2022
Paul and Bob venture to the mighty Lough Corrib, Ireland’s largest lough and one of the best places in the country to try trout fishing. Later, they meet Undertones singer Fergal Sharkey.
#6 - Chub - River Irfon, Mid Wales
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/3/2023
Paul, Bob and terrier Ted travel to Wales to fish in the remote and stunning landscape of the River Irfon and the Upper Wye. It’s also Ted’s birthday, but how will they celebrate?
#7 - Pike - Dumfries and Galloway
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/10/2023
Paul and Bob travel to Dumfries and Galloway in search of a big pike. They stay overnight in a 15th-century haunted castle.
#8 - Roach - River Avon, Wiltshire
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/17/2023
Paul, Bob and Ted travel in style to the Hampshire Avon. Bob makes the most of the unique accommodation, and Ted has a blind date.
#9 - Crucian Carp - Sutton Lake, Shropshire
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/24/2023
Paul and Bob fish for crucian carp at a sequestered lake in Shropshire. In the hopes of guaranteeing success, they'll be staying lakeside in overnight bivvies.
#10 - Wrasse - Burgh Island, South Devon
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/1/2023
The pair head to the incredible tidal outcrop of Burgh Island on the south coast of Devon, where their quarry is wrasse. A very special surprise awaits Paul and terrier Ted.
#11 - Rainbow Trout - Derbyshire Wye
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/8/2023
Bob and Paul return to the Derbyshire Wye and its neighbour the Derwent, this time with Ted, to revisit the place they first fished together.
#12 - Tench – Rocklands Mere, Norfolk
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/2024
Bob, Paul and Ted are targeting tench, and Bob makes Paul’s dreams come true when he reveals their overnight accommodation.
#13 - Salmon – River Finn & River Mourne, The North of Ireland
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/2024
Bob and Paul travel overseas for an all-out Irish fishing trip - it's their first time fishing the rivers of both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
#14 - Grayling - River Dee, North Wales
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/2022
Paul, Bob and trusty terrier Ted travel to north Wales to fish the River Dee for grayling. They try to rediscover their lost youth on this trip, with mixed results.
#15 - Barbel – River Trent, Nottinghamshire
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/2024
Paul, Bob and terrier Ted travel to Nottingham to fish the mighty River Trent for barbel. They stay in a memorable party house and invite a very special guest to join them.
#16 - Bass & Sea Trout – Blakeney Point
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/2024
Paul, Bob and Ted face the elements head on as they fish on the beach at Blakeney Point, taking refuge in Bear’s Cottage for the night to dry out.
#17 - Perch – River Ouse, Bedfordshire
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/2024
Paul, Bob and Ted fish the River Ouse in Bedfordshire, hoping to catch a big perch. Bob makes Paul a dinner he will never forget!
#18 - Rudd – Thornwood Springs Fishery, Essex
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/2024
Paul, Bob and Ted target a large rudd lake near Epping Forest, and all three try 'champing' for the first time – staying overnight in a church.
#19 - Grayling – River Frome, Dorset
Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/10/2024
Paul, Bob and Ted travel to Dorset to fish the River Frome for grayling before turning their hand to mackerel fishing on Chesil Beach.
#20 - Wild Brown Trout - River Itchen, Hampshire
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/26/2025
Paul and Bob travel to Hampshire to fly fish in the idyllic River Itchen with their trusty canine friend Ted in tow.
#21 - Sea Trout - Rivers Towy & Cothi, Carmarthenshire
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/2/2025
Paul and Bob head to Wales to fish for sea trout as the sun sets in Carmarthenshire. How will they both fare in the pitch darkness?
#22 - Rochdale Canal, Manchester & River Dane, Cheshire
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/9/2025
Paul, Bob and Ted have a change of scene and travel to the city of Manchester to fish one of its many urban waterways, the Rochdale Canal.
#23 - Perch - Birley Lake & River Wye, Herefordshire
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/16/2025
Paul and Bob are determined to catch a big perch and head to Herefordshire, where they hope their best chances lie.
#24 - Carp & Tope - Ceredigion, Wales
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/23/2025
Bob wants to catch a tope - a rare species of shark - and takes Paul to Ceredigion to fish the sea.
#25 - Salmon - River Findhorn, Scottish Highlands
Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/30/2025
Paul and Bob head to the Cawdor Estate in the remote Scottish Highlands to fish the mighty River Findhorn for summer salmon.