Food Chain Fishing Challenge 3 - Flying Fish to Blue Marlin

We're currently in 3,000 feet of water off the coast of Costa Rica, and for this food chain challenge, we're going to start off catching squid using this thing right here. This is called a squid jig. Right now the squid, when the sun's up, they're down on the bottom at 3,000 feet. At night, they come up to the surface, we have lights on the boat, we're going to beam them straight down, squid come up in the lights, and we'll throw these squid jigs down there and catch them. Before we drop this jig in the water, we want to charge it up so it glows in the dark. That's what attracts the squid. They want to see this thing glowing in the dark. I'm just dropping my line down deep, you know, a couple hundred feet. We're going to jig it. First drop down, we got one. Here we go, here we go. We got a squid! Yes! There it is guys, the squid. He's shooting ink at you. That's our bait for tomorrow. Tomorrow morning when the banana come up, because the banana, they're not going to feed right now. They're going to feed Hopefully, guys, here's the big surprise. Oh my gosh, that was a big surprise. Okay, now here's the big surprise. We're going to use the Bonita for bait to catch blue marlin. This flying fish, guys, we got we got flying fish coming to the light. I'm going to scoop one up. That's the best bait ever. Come to the light, come to the light. Come on, come on, keep swimming, keep swimming. I'm going to fling you in this boat you've never seen something like this before. Come on, come on, come on. Oh, he's in the boat. He's right here. Oh, he's right here. No, he escaped. Oh my gosh, he's right, he's in the boat. He's in the boat. What is he doing? Ah! Oh my gosh. Dude, I'm going to get him. I'm going to get him. I'm going to get him. Where'd he go? He's still jumping. He's hopping around like a frog. Oh, I got him. I got him. Yes! Oh, we got a flying fish. Look at the nuts. I'm going to put him right here. There he is. In the live well he goes. Oh my gosh. That right there is going to That's going to get eaten for sure. Got him. Flying fish, baby. Look at that, guys. Baby flying fish. Guaranteed to catch a bonita in a while. Hey, buddy. It's a purple. I got him. Yes. Oh my gosh, he's right there. Are you freaking kidding me, dude? Come to the light. I got him. Our original goal was to catch squid. Okay, we got two of those, right? But the flying fish have totally thrown me off here. I'll be honest. It's going to be a toss-up. We're going to try squid and flying fish. We're going to see which one catches the next bait. We got to catch a bonita for a blue marlin. Phase two coming up tomorrow morning. It's early morning. Our flying fish, unfortunately, did all die in the live well. They need a lot more water. They're an open water fish, but they're still good dead. Here's one right here. We're going to put him out on the rod. There's a bunch of tuna and bonita jumping all around us, so it shouldn't take long for this to get bit. We're going to try him and the squid. We'll see which one catches the bait first. There they are behind the boat. They're jumping. They're jumping. I saw one jump. Oh, he's got a bite. There it is. He ate it. Fish on. Good size fish, too. Yeah. Got him? All right. Marlin bait. Yellowfin tuna caught on a flying fish. There's a lot of them out there. Look at those big satoro fins. Honestly, though, this one's a little big for bait, so we're going to let him go. We're going to keep trying to get a smaller fish, preferably a little bonita. Hey, buddy. You know what's crazy, guys? Out here, there are so many yellowfin tuna. You go to Florida or Louisiana or Texas or wherever, and you catch them like that, you're like, oh, it's a good day, catching yellowfin tuna. Oh, there we go. Fish on. He's smoking me. Still going. Oh, yeah. Another yellowfin tuna. Out here, there's billions of these things. Billions. But back home, you catch these and you're like, it's a good day. All right, buddy. All right. Next bait out. Oh, yeah. There we go. Fish on. Here we go, guys. Phase two. Start with the flying fish. Here we got. Come on, now. Oh, we got a bonita. On the flying fish, guys. That's our marlin bait right there. We're going to bridle him up. When we get our teasers out, we're going to skip him across the surface, and marlin's just going to absolutely swallow. Phase one of the Food Chain Fishing Challenge was to catch flying fish. Actually, we started off catching squid, and then we caught flying fish. I was like, you know what? These flying fish are cooler than the squid, so we're going to eat the flying fish. Now, phase two, we just completed it. We got a bonita on a flying fish. We got to catch a bunch more bonita before we start marlin fishing, though. We got a couple bonita in the bucket. We need to get about a dozen or two dozen bonita. Then we're going to start marlin fishing. We're going to put teasers out, and when the marlin come up, you'll see them. They'll be swiping their bills. We're going to pitch the bonita back at the marlin. Hopefully, he eats it. Carlos is going to show us how they bridle bait in Costa Rica. He's got a special technique. Through the bottom jaw up to the top. He's got a single piece of wax thread. He's going to tie a knot. All right. Ties another knot. It's a half hitch. All right. Done. You're making a knot. Knot. Put this in here, and then you close it on the hook. Perfect. Then you're just like this again. This is the first time I've seen this technique for bottling. Then he splits it like this. Knot. We got a hook, a piece of wax thread. The hook's fully exposed, and then he closed the gills. When we skip it, the gills don't open up and grab water. Fish, fish, fish, fish, fish, fish, fish, fish, fish. Right there, right there, right there, right there, right there. Oh, he got it. He got it. He got it. Marlin on, baby. He's going. He's going. He's ripping. Smoking line. Oh, my gosh. He's going crazy. There he goes. There he goes. He's going nuts. He's jumping. He's jumping. He's jumping. He's way over there. There goes the bonito. Slow down on the backing up. Slow down. Hold on. He's trying to get tight. He's jumping. There he goes. He's jumping. He's jumping. Still going. Unreal. Oh, yeah. He's going down. He is going deep. That's the key. People don't realize. You got to relax. It's the same game. Hey, when he's running, there's nothing he can do. No. Short, fast pump. It's the secret. I see the fish. Leader, leader. Everybody, grab the leader. Grab the leader. Grab the leader. All right, pull him in. I'm going to jump in with him, right? Oh, wow. We're back here in our studio. We normally film these outside, but due to coronavirus, we can't do that. So we're here. And let me tell you guys, the food chain challenge part three was a huge success. I was really optimistic about using the squid, but once we saw those flying fish, that was it. I mean, flying fish are so cool. 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