SECRET Bait (That's in your Pantry) Catches GIANT Sheephshead!
Today we find out if frozen peas will out fish live fiddler crabs. the results were pretty shocking as we targeted florida sheepshead, black drum and redfish. This could change winter fishing in Florida when you can't find fiddler crabs!
All Fish were caught on TASLINE BRAIDED FISHING LINE!
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good morning guys it is a cool brisk
morning on choc toache
Bay we're going to go do a little test
over the next couple days today I'm
going to be fishing the bridge here with
fiddler crabs uh we're g to see if the
sheep's head are in black drum maybe uh
we're just going to go along try and
catch as big a fish as we can see how
many we catch tomorrow I'm going to try
something completely different I've
never tried before I saw online
somewhere that it works so we're going
to give it a shot we're going to take
frozen peas and fish with those tomorrow
in the salt water here don't know if
it'll work maybe a total bust but we're
going to give it a shot we're going to
see what does better live bait frozen
peas today we're hitting it with the
live bait so let's go get started and uh
catch some big fish all right o
stinky let's get our stinky
crabs on
here and I forgot my rod holder today
gosh dang it I always like to use two
crabs if they'll fit because it just
gives it a bigger profile I think it's
easier to see there we go all right got
two nice crabs on here let's my frisky
fins knocker
jig
okay got tasline
braid nothing happened right off the bat
so I resorted to scraping the barnicles
off the piling to Chum the water up
hopefully if there's sheep's head
that'll get them fired up finally after
about an hour of jumping pilings and
scraping get finally paid off there we
go all right
finally oh yeah this is
sheap come on stay on stay on stay on
get out get out here a little
ways my ego fishing products extendable
net is inval valuable when I'm sheep's
head fishing from the
kayak this is a good one whatever this
is oh it's a black
drum right all right at least we broke
the
ice the second other species I expected
to catch
didn't think those head shakes were
sheep cuz didn't have the real hard
sharp head shakes all right all right
nice little puppy drum First Catch of
the morning oh he's got another hook in
there from somebody else
let's let's get that
out there we go all
right there that all feel
better he's gone
woohoo broke the
ice sometimes the sheep's head bite can
be really slow and if you get caught
daydreaming like I am here it can really
screw you
over that had to be a
drum that was freaking big
all right let's retie real quick not
going to risk losing a fish CU of a Nick
in my
line so the bite was really finicky so I
was using a light rig a 15lb
fluorocarbon leader with a split shot
and a number two mosquito hook this is
my go-to setup when the bite is really
tough
the number one priority here is to get
the fish away from structure so when
they swim out away from the piling
that's a
blessing all
right this feels like a
sheep oh boy and it's a good one oh man
yeah holy
moly that might be my
PB
wow that look at the mouth on that
sucker wow almost 8 lb look at that
almost 8 lb I'm not going to keep this
guy he's just too massive too massive uh
we'll keep a smaller
one wow all right guys nice8 lb sheep's
head we're going to let him
go there were zero bites this day when I
didn't scrape so basically at every
piling I had to scrape some barnicles to
get the fish fired up
all
right
wow all
right
oops got my power set
up this is my more powerful sheep's head
setup the bait caster gives me more
torque there we go and a better gear
ratio for getting that fish out and away
from that piling quickly all right got
my tasline braid on this
one let's catch monster fish
this is another big
sheep oh my gosh yeah another good one
another good one oh this the eater sweet
we got a
eater get keep this
one okay got a good eating size right
here
we're going to get him
blood and
into the
coola this bik caught me off guard and
unprepared cuz I was changing the
battery in my
camera come on
man I basically just got owned
there broke at the
leader leader
not oh he chafed it yeah he got me in
the structure it's all right I needed
new a new longer leader
anyway oh that
was that might been bigger than an eight
pounder jeez
got it when I wasn't paying attention
that's got to be a sheep I think it's a
small no what is that oh little red
fish that's funny
all right stop stop
stop there we go all right you are not
what I'm looking for oh my gosh he tore
that
up all right nice little red cute little
guy pretty
spots all right guys that's going to do
it for today I will see you back out
here here at the boat ramp tomorrow
morning and uh we will get back after it
and see which bait works
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better good morning I am bundled up and
you can tell it's not summer anymore
it is sheep's head season I've never
seen anybody do this before so we're
going to give it a shot see what happens
all right guys here
is the secret weapon for the
day going give it a
shot have no
clue what it's going to do let's throw a
few out here just to Chum it up a little
get those th out there okay they're
sinking you see them sinking right
there
ouch let's put a couple on
here H we can fit three let's fit three
on here
there we go all right let's get
turned start letting that drop where
we're going to
go we'll scrape some Barnacles too here
in a minute if we don't get a bite
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soon but oh well so the bite was
starting off slow just like yesterday go
right where I was
scraping I'm on I'm on oh that was a
fish 100% that was a
fish dang
it got to be real gentle putting these
on the
hook all right let's try again that was
definitely a fish 100%
let's go some deeper water guys so it
was going slow again I was jumping from
piling to piling doing a little bit of
scrap and seeing if anything was there
and nothing all
right got
it until I had a bite so subtle I didn't
even notice it except my line was just
barely Slack
all right finally got
something might be a black Dr might be a
black drum but it's kind of fighting
like a good sheep
dang it this is a
sheep oh oh my
God
[ __ ] holy
moly
wow holy
cow how's
that holy cow let me see
here dang he choke that yep I'm going to
to cut that trying to cut it as deep as
I can get
it there we go all
right all right guys uh this is a
beauty been fishing for quite a while
without a
bite
5.57 lb sheep's head not bad
if I was keeping fish today I would
definitely be keeping this one but I did
not
bring
anything let's hold them up yeah that's
definitely over 20 definitely over 20
what a
beauty all right let's let this guy
go yes
all right so now I was getting a little
bit excited realizing that my plan just
might work ke out
too now that sun feels
good oh we're already
on got
them they're already on
sweet it's not a monster but it's decent
it's a decent
sheep oh yeah it's a good one dang I
didn't know it was going to be that good
whoa oh gosh I'm getting nervous now I
got to get this guy up
oh oh my gosh nothing but tanks today
I'll take quality over
quantity every
day holy
cow another
monster oh golly they're just swallowing
those
peas got to cut it that's all right the
hook will Rust Out
let's got to wait on this guy see if
this guy's any bigger oh my
gosh ego Net's doing the job
good let's get over in the sun let's get
a weight on this guy got my ego SC oh
he's biting my net open your mouth open
up there we go I'll stop stop stop stop
fighting 6.25 lbs what a
beauty what a
beauty all
right oh almost lost my
scraper what a
beauty yeah all
right oh I splashed my camera dang
it we got about 2 hours of light
left so catching one sheep on pece would
be an aberration catching two could be
lucky but three would mean it
works there we go let's get turned
around
here all
right so I was on the phone was Brock
when this
happened oh I'm on hold on a
second hold on I'm
on oh this
another oh what is that or is that a
drum that might be a
drum it it's head popped out it look oh
yeah it's a little drum oh man that'd be
good eating size damn
I didn't think a drum would hit the
peas that
is got them all right guys well there's
another species that'll hit frozen peas
look at that a little puppy drum man if
I brought the cooler and he didn't
swallow it man EV every sheep's head
today has swallowed the
hook but luckily this guy
didn't all right well if uh I had a
cooler we'd keep this guy to eat but uh
I'm going to let him go we'll go see if
we can catch some more sheep's
head so the sun was getting low in the
sky and I was really wanting to catch
that third sheep's head the video I sent
you is like twoes long if you have a
chance to just look at it
or I think I'm
right what did you oh damn I'm getting
hit all
right yep I'll haul back at
you all right Big John brought me some
uh good luck doesn't feel very
big oh know it's a decent sheep
yeah that's
decent all right not a monster and he
didn't swallow the
bait all right let me grab
my pliers I should be able to get it
with the
pliers got it sweet all right that
settled it in my mind the peace were not
an aberration what's that four five four
I can't remember now lost count another
eater size but we'll just let him
go all right
guys there you have it uh frozen peas
verse live bait pretty surprising
results not exactly what I expected I
mean I've fished before with the corn
and caught a a couple sheep's head but I
never caught that many big sheep in one
day on corn so the peas are legit uh I
don't know if they think it's Barnacles
falling maybe that they think it's more
Barnacles since I'm scraping the
Barnacles or if they actually like the
taste of them or what
but hey it's for real so uh go get you
some frozen peas uh don't forget if you
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