Fishing in Florida and Catching New Species!

BlacktipH
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3 Video Views·Mar 12, 2023
My Florida fishing trip continues! We started with some inshore fishing. With gusts up to 22 mph, the conditions were tough and were exacerbated by the fact the rental boat lacked an anchor... I still managed to add two new species to my list - a speckled trout and a barracuda, both coming off a keitech swing impact swimbait rigged on a 1/4 ounce jighead.
Day two in Florida.
We were going to go Goliath grouper fishing, but we're about to have some massive storms.
We're staying inshore instead.
We're going to fish for redfish, snook, trout, stuff like that.
Trying to get this, uh, sea trout, man, speckled trout.
Trying to get this car packed up.
Not sure exactly where I'm going to sit, but we'll figure it out.
Oh, nice.
And what model drone is that?
The 4, going out.
And we got the boat rental here.
Ready to rock.
We're going out.
I don't know where we're going, but hopefully we catch some fish.
Oh, there's one.
Fish on.
Got him.
Nice.
There we go.
First one of the day.
Nice job, dude.
Woo.
First ever sea trout.
Yep.
Little guy.
We'll take him.
Does he have teeth?
Yeah.
All right.
I'm not going to lift him then.
Oh, yeah.
Look at those teeth, guys.
Teeth.
First one.
Look at those teeth.
I'm afraid to get my hand.
Dude, that hook got right between his teeth.
Man.
Get him unhooked.
First fish of the day.
Beautiful little sea trout.
All right.
Let him go?
Let him go, yeah.
Let him go.
See you, buddy.
Man, it felt good to get that first fish.
Really tough conditions out here today.
Super freaking windy.
I don't know if you guys can tell, but I just caught that last fish.
Ate my bait using the Kytek Swing Impact on a quarter ounce jig head.
Just reeling it slow and steady.
Kind of fishing this flat.
I don't really know what we're doing, but throwing this out there.
Got one fish.
Let's get some more.
It's not shallow enough.
Yeah, I'm going to jump over now.
It's shallow enough to jump out.
All right.
Josh is jumping out.
He's going to go chase the mullet.
That's dedication right here.
Good luck, man.
Oh, a shark.
He didn't believe me.
Bring it in the mullet.
Time to catch the big fish, right, man?
Yeah.
Whoa.
It's a barracuda.
Barracuda?
Let's freaking go.
Get in here.
We got something.
All right.
Let's go.
Dude.
All right.
I got hyped.
We've been working so freaking hard.
How hard have we been working, man?
Oh, my God.
You got a kuda on the back?
I got a freaking kuda.
There we go.
Oh, man.
This thing has a hard mouth.
Dude, look at those teeth.
There we go.
Let him go.
See you, buddy.
Rob, tell us what happened when we tried to go back from that spot we caught the bait.
How tough of a ride was that?
This has got to be one of the worst rides I've ever been on in my life.
It was like, we're hurricane conditions.
Look at the weather.
We're literally in a tornado warning.
And we've been working our ass off for these fish.
Finally got one.
I know we didn't have an awesome day, but just catching anything felt good.
All right, guys.
Calling it a day.
Raining.
Thunder.
Lightning.
Massive storm coming in.
Tornado warning.
This dude's calling us in right here.
Tough day on the water.
Only caught two fish.
The only bait that was productive was a little Kytex Wing Impact.
Not even live bait would work.
But, you know, that's the way it is sometimes.
All good.
Still caught two new species.
I'm going to head in before we get electrocuted.
Feeding the pelican.
Last thing before we go.
Oh.
Did he get it?
I think he missed it.
Here we go.
Ready?
Feeding the pelican.
Before we get electrocuted.
Oh, they can come in?
Oh, look at them.
Oh.
We got each other.
Oh.
They're fighting.
Dude.
They're fighting.
They lost it.
Stupid thing.
Hey, hey, hey.
Guys, day three in Florida.
You can see that.
Not looking too good.
Not sure exactly what the plan is going to be.
But they're getting some coffee.
I'm going to grab something to eat.
And we're going to head out and try to figure stuff out.
Savage.
All right.
Let's go fishing.
So we're walking to the pond right now.
And we got the Gardens Mall security right there.
Uh oh.
Gardens Mall security is going back over there.
This is going to be interesting.
Something popped right here.
I have it.
Fish on.
Saw him pop.
Or is he stuck?
I don't even know if I have him still.
It's a giant.
It's a freaking giant.
It's a giant, dude.
It's a giant.
Is it?
No, it's not.
Oh, he got it.
Oh, he just got off.
We saw him.
We saw that.
That counted as a catch.
These pads look really good.
Just try flipping and pitching them.
No luck.
I'm going to try some sight fishing now.
You want that bass?
Here's a couple right there.
Bring that sinker right up to him.
Oh, he's looking at it.
I'll get him.
I got him.
There we go.
Oh, there you go.
You got him, bro.
Sight fishing.
You got him, bro.
Alright, he released himself.
Dude, look at all these tadpoles here.
Oh my gosh, look at that.
Dude, I might have to throw the frog.
Where'd you guys go?
See you, buddies.
There they go.
Alright, we're at a different pond now.
It's adjacent to that other one.
The water's dirtier here.
I'm thinking frog.
Whoa, jeez.
First cast of a toad.
Alright, I think I might figure something out here.
God, I got too excited.
I set the hook too early.
That would have been the biggest fish of the day for me.
Whoa, gosh.
There's a freaking giant right here.
Dang it.
Oh my gosh.
God, I hate frog fishing.
Oh my goodness.
God, it drives me crazy.
Got him.
Ah, damn it.
Dude, I keep missing these fish.
That last bite, both legs gone.
I'm thinking that was a snakehead.
Oh, you got it?
Dude, you missed it.
Dude, a snakehead right here.
Dude, stand right there.
Hey, stop, stop.
Cast right there.
Cast right here.
Right there.
There he is, there he is.
I got him.
Oh, it's a bass.
That one's a bass.
Yeah, it's a good bass.
There's a snakehead there too, though.
Throw your bait in.
Dude, throw your bait.
There's a snakehead in there.
Yeah, it's a good one.
Dude, they're killing the frog.
We figured out the bait.
Oh, he's stuck in the weeds.
There's a giant snakehead over there.
Oh, dude, it's a nice fish right here.
No, no.
No, it's like a two or three.
It's like a three.
It's a good fish.
There we go.
Finally.
Finally, one decent one for the day.
About two and three quarters.
Nice fish.
Whew.
Figured out the pattern.
Had to go through like ten different baits.
Saw those tadpoles through the ribbit.
That's what we get right here.
Going to let this beautiful fish go.
See you later, girl.
There's another one.
It's stuck in the weeds.
Oh, he's in the weeds.
Get him out.
The little guy, little guy.
Another one on the frog.
Getting him now.
All right.
Nice little chunk.
Turning on now.
Storm's coming in.
Getting right before the storm comes in.
Stepping on fire ant tail on a fire ant.
F**k me, dude.
Oh, my God, you are.
That's stinging.
F**k.
F**k, ants are all over me.
Dude.
What the hell?
Dude, they're still on me.
Call for drastic measure.
Dude, you got to go in the water.
You got to go in the water.
F**k me good now.
Oh, here's what I stepped in right here, guys.
Red fire ant freaking nest right here.
Those things sting.
Calling at the pond.
The weather called for massive thunderstorms.
You can see that is clearly not the case.
We're going to do something else.
I don't know what.
It's Florida.
We could do bass fishing, salt water.
Who knows?
Guys, we're leaving the mall.
Just got a little Chick-fil-A.
And here's the security officer who told us not to record.
Bye, buddy.
Guys, this is exactly why we are not out fishing right now.
Look at this rain that is coming through.
It is just...
What is with this Florida weather?
There's a bridge right here, and you can't even see it.
Like, what the heck, Florida?
I'm actually using Mike's camera right now.
He's asleep.
I left mine down in the car.
You guys want to see Mike?
Yeah, it's recording.
Yeah, depends on what it is.
Tomorrow, Rob, let me ask you.
How much are you willing to sacrifice to catch an enormous amberjack?
Are you willing to get wet?
We are getting wet.
Are you willing to get wet all day long to catch these amberjacks?
Because I have not cracked them yet, and I'm willing to do whatever it takes.
Whatever it takes.
If it's raining this hard all day long, I'm not moving.
This dude's nuts.
Absolutely nuts.
We're going to probably go get some food here in a little bit.
I don't know what the plans are for the rest of the night.
We wanted to go fishing.
Maybe if the storm passes all the way through, we'll go fishing some more.
I don't know yet. We'll see.
