Catching Fish Trapped by a Hurricane

We are on the south tip of the Abacos right now with my guy Kai Owens here. We have just found some, what is it? Tell us. We got tripletail, we got tarpon, we got barracudas. We're down here, there's a landlocked pond in here we're about to go into. It's gonna be a catch zone. As soon as you said landlocked tripletail, I was like is there any such thing as that? Yeah, normally tripletail are way out there in a thousand feet of water. These ones are in two feet of water. How do you think they got there? It's got to be from the storm surge from hurricanes washing over these rocks and there's a low spot there so they must wash right over that during hurricanes. That's the only way I could think. Let's do it dude. Awesome. Ankle busters. Yeah, and then I snapped my ankle right here. It shows over. This is a freaking hike. Dude, this is like some rough terrain. This is not your average beach in Treasure K right now. Dude, this is cool. Look at this place. So there's a deep channel right past that big stick in there. There's a deep channel that runs out and that's where I saw all of them. They're normally out here. We got tarpon, we got tripletail, we got barracudas, we got sand perch, we got muttonfish, we got gray snappers, we got permit, we got bonefish. Here you go. When you're wading this, you're way steep in mud pretty much so you don't have a very good vantage point. So what we like to do, we'll put the drone up and figure out where the fish are first before we go trudging all around and we can't find them. So get the drone, figure out where they are, and we're gonna walk right into them. Dude, this is like right out of one of my childhood dreams. It's like being in some place where the fish shouldn't be and there's fish everywhere. Everywhere. Look at this one up in that channel. I'd like to catch a tarpon. I've never caught one. That is so cool. I remember after a hurricane in Key West seeing a bunch of needle guards in puddles in my backyard and thinking how crazy that was and this is like 10 levels cooler than that. Guys, this is Bronson right here. He is this guy's best bud right here, right? Yeah. Part-time cameraman. Yeah. Part-time. It was full commercial fishing, but tag along on most of these adventures. Get out, do something different every now and again. Let's get muddy, dude. Oh, yeah. There we go. Give me my snowshoes. I gotta run. Oh, it stinks, too. Davis. Davis, are you ready for this, bro? I'm stuck. And the show is over. That's it. I'm going down big time, y'all. I'm going this way. I'm past the knee. I'm going this way. Dragging us out here to freaking just leave us in the mud. It's definitely harder with one hand. What was that? Got hit right away. Oh, what was that? Dude, he pounced on me. Yeah, I know. It's right there. I don't know. That's a triple tail. No, that was a tarpon, dude. What? Oh, dude, they're just... Is that a barracuda there? It caught me again. Dude, that is a seriously aggressive fish. This is what I'm tossing right here. These little streamers. And they are pouncing on it. See, because I saw one right out here in the deep spot before we came out here. This is where it was, right? Yeah. Wasn't it close to this? Yeah, they're tiny. Look at that little jerk. Watch for those flies. Honestly, they're laying over there. Beautiful barracuda, y'all. I don't see any of Billy's flies in there, though. Oh, yeah. That was a tarpon. That was the tarpon you've been looking for. That was the one. What is that? What is that? Barracuda, this one. Barracuda stole my fly. Okay, let's go for that triple tail. Dude, that's why we don't tarpon fish with crappie hooks. Let's go find these guys back here. I'm like dying to see this triple tail. What's up? What do you see? Got a triple tail due to the water's so shallow in there. The only option he has is to swim sideways. That is so cool, bro. Sideways triple tail. This thing's easy. 10 pounds, 12 pounds, no doubt. That's sick. Dude, Billy hasn't even seen it yet. He's still back there walking. That triple tail's waiting on you. How much are these boots when I lose them out here? 100 bucks. All right, there we go. No shot. They're coming off of your feet. Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. Oh, my God. He's literally on the mud. Dude, he must be stuck in the mud. Are you kidding me? He's going to bury himself in the mud if he does that. That's so sick. Guys, look at me. This is mud right here. We're just buried in mud. I can't move. That poor tarpon, dude. It's real light leader on this thing, real light. Need help leadering him? Be easy on him. He's barely hooked. Oh, my gosh. That's what it was for, y'all. I want to get this guy back in the water right away because I just feel so bad. There's almost no water left in here for these tarpon. You ready? Yeah. Here we go, dude. Go, buddy. Go, buddy. Go. Go to triple tail. What? No, come back. He's turning. He's right. Stop. Strip. Strip. Strip. Strip. Strip. Strip. Oh, there he is. No way. You got him. You got him. No way. That's him. Yeah, that's him. Grab him, grab. Kai almost had. You almost had him, dude. I had him. Did he jump off? He's right. What is that right there? Is that him? That's him. That's him. I got him. No way. I got him. Lift him up. He's in my net. Pull it up! Lift him up! Pull it up, hurry! Hurry up! The battery's going dead. Dude, please hurry. Hurry, pull it up. No way! No way! That was hilarious, dude! That's him. That's what we came here for. No way! He bit me. But we got him. I hooked the triple tail. We fought the triple tail. Triple tail gets off. This guy right here catches it barehanded in the mud, loses it and then catches it again and the real one that came in clutch right here is our cameraman Davis, down to 0% on the battery. This is like the fish that should not have been. Literally. And we just did it. Dude, that was sick. I don't even know where we are. I stole his boots right now and I don't even know how we're all going to make it back to the truck because this place is a god forsaken s*** back here, really. Straight off the plane into the desert. We got Tarpon laying in the mud. We're running out of water. The water is disappearing in here. We got Tarpon here, here and over here just laying in the mud. We could probably go catch them with our bare hands. As a matter of fact we probably should and help them get back in a little deeper pocket back here. Holy cow! This is work! This is like some surreal dream or something. Like this doesn't even feel like it should happen. There's two coming your way, Billy. Dude, this is unbelievable. Dude, they're swimming right up to me. They have nowhere else to go. David, spin around and show these guys what we're sitting in right now. Just look at like a quick 360. That's it. It's just a little pond back here. All the water is draining out and these fish are just piled up on us right now. Landlocked Tarpon triple tail. My man Kai Owens here. Guys, don't forget to check this guy out. This guy is sick. If you're going to come out here to the Bahamas and the Abacos, check him out. Where do we find you? KaiOwensFishing at YouTube, Instagram or Facebook. I'm Captain Billy Delph. Guys, don't forget to check out the Black Tip Age merch on BlackTip.com and see us next time.