Fishing The CRAZIEST Jetty In Florida For 4 Straight Days!

every year at this time in southeast Florida two epic things happen almost simultaneously the Mullet Run begins and snook season opens the Mullet Run puts on display the harsh and unforgiving side of survival of the fittest and fastest of marine life and snook season coinciding with this provides an opportunity to harvest arguably the best tasting fish in salt waterer so join me as I try to take advantage of this convergence spending four straight days at Sebastian Inlet trying to catch the biggest baddest and some of the best tasting fish the Atlantic Ocean has to offer let's get started good morning guys we are in Melbourne Florida Today first trip to Sebastian Inlet snook or in season and that's one of the things we're on the hunt for today is a slot snook they have to be between 28 and 32 in it's one of the best eating fish you can find uh I'm really pumped I hope we get one we're going to take it back and cook it but uh I'm here today with James from frisky fins and Justin Reed from Justin Reed fishing so we're going to get set up we got some live shrimp we're going to net some bait if we got need any uh and uh we're just going to get started fishing ah so they do lock it up yeah I don't know if it's all the time or just like if there's a hurricane or morning so we started out Freel lining some live shrimp in the surf oh how in the golly how in the fudge knuckle nothing like getting tangled up on your first cast of the trip I thought I was getting a bite and it was you quit screwing around catch a fish what's your huh where's your fish he's still out there screwing around you no I found one I've had a couple PS no I got thumped yeah we had a painfully slow morning and Justin and James were going to go get lunch now I always stay and fish through lunch and just have them bring something back for me on these trips and it always has paid off and it sure did this trip yeah I messaged my my buddy over on the other Jetty too see what they're doing what he said he didn't message me back so the free lineing shrimp wasn't working so I decided to put a split shot on to get my bait Down Deeper there we go the hell dang how's that for a fat mang gr that's a fatty that's a tank all right guys we got us a big old fat mango it's not a snook which is what we're looking for but I'll never turn down a big old fat Mangrove like that I saw someone hand him that fish he's lying to you look how fat that is that's a good bangr dude so James and Justin left for lunch and I decided to go down to the end of the pier and try my luck one of the cool things about Pier fish fishing is there always seems to be a group of guys that are always willing to help each other out whether it's netting a fish or getting untangled and there's always some good guys on the pier so if I get the chance to help out a fellow fisherman I'm always going to do it so if you're fishing on the pier take that attitude help each other out going flip oh God KN I'm always happy to see another angler catch a beautiful fish and then like clockwork Karma came knocking and something special happened we go the guys were at lunch and I hooked into what looked like the biggest Tarpon I've ever hooked I thought it I thought he broke me when he jumped all right finally hooked up on something decent guys I knew this was going to be a long fight because I was using my lightweight rig with a 2500 Reel with 20 lb tasline braid dang thanks on the bottom yep can I fit through there oh barely I was so nervous with all the jumps this Tarpon was making and only 30 lb lader and 20 lb braid I was scared to death I was going to lose it he's small enough to net isn't he yeah he's not that I know this wasn't 100 pounder but this would be the biggest Tarpon I've ever landed P land kayak or boat come on just want to land them on the ninja dagger come on hold on and the longer the fight wore on the more I began to worry about the leader chafing I thought he was done I think he's about D take another F of a biscuit coming through coming through come on this dude is whooping me every time I'd get him close to the that he would turn and make another [Music] run P your P straight down oh your pull straight down there you go okay there you go he keeps catching the Rope oh my God thanks man all right guys got him my phone's down there there he goes all right guys that was pretty freaking awesome just land that's the biggest Tarpon I've ever caught plenty big for that uh Florida fishing products 2500 but it handled it with the tasline the 20 lb tasline braid handled them so the guys got back from lunch I told him about the tarpon but nothing eventful happened the rest of the day so we went home and got some rest all right let's see here all right guys good morning we are back at Sebastian Inlet today uh we've been out here a little while they both caught a snook already this morning and I hadn't caught nothing uh so we're got live shrimp we're probably going to net some mullet here soon so I got the tarpon and the uh Mangrove yesterday so really want to snook bad so I'm just going to concentrate on that all day today and hopefully we get it done so uh let's get started if I catch a mangrove you want them to drop okay you the real one right there I Dro like 15 foot Mangrove down there everybody was looking at me crazy as [ __ ] like oh you taking a keep Mangrove down there that was a young fisherman I met on the pier this week named Yaya we'll see some more from him later in the video chasing goliaths there we go I think it's a mangrove this may be your bait no what is that a catfish need to get a picture for Jack Jack likes to call me the Catfish King send it to Jack send it to Jack yep oh oh oh hopefully you got a hard head too James you want this son of a so I looked down and Yaya was getting a bite on his Goliath bait get out of here this is such a difficult place to land a goliath grouper with all the structure all around he drop it I F out my bait I out my bait you see him yep he had him oh my go he had him so good he like just missed the hook didn't he you I you should rehook him yeah I would hey you him yeah where's Ned at if it's one that'll fit in the [Laughter] net hopefully [Laughter] so I told y yaa later on in the trip we'd get together and try and get him hooking a Goliath on film you on you got snug what I thought it was you Sean that's what funny I was like why are you reacting like that way are you getting net he got oh okay I was just going to film Nobody wants I got it hey guys we're going to watch Justin catch his fish since I can't catch one today John had his day yesterday he C his paring we went from lunch and he out here wearing them out hey I'm I'm certified all right you're certified I am not a certified shrimp or was a shrimp of course right after I go put a mullet on it's a mutton yeah that's a mie for me hey that's that looks like 18 to me got measure on you I do not we do we got a measure on the cart we do I'll check it 16 16 and a half are those these 4 in each let me get a picture I want I want to catch for memory you got no sweet is this side just as pretty oh yeah yeah nice sweet here long arm him for Jack sticking way out tell what do all right let's get him back let's get him back hey buddy hey he was fighting like a snook he was fighting hard yeah I thought it was a snook Justin caught some great fish on this trip so if you want to see the rest of his catches go to Justin Reed fishing on YouTube and check him out good content there all right guys we are heading back to the house this is probably it for me today I'm bet Justin and James are going to fish more I've got the dreaded crotch crickets uh I am chafed bad I was waddling like a duck so I'm going to go back Gold Bond up hopefully it heals good enough where tomorrow I can get back after it and fish all day so I will see you you guys in the morning all right good morning guys we are back at Sebastian Inlet we are on the other side today uh the first two days we were over there fishing and today we're going to be on this side they had some good luck yesterday caught some big fish over here uh James talked to a buddy of his and they did really well so we got up this morning we went and got some cokers and some fresh shrimp and uh we're all rigged up so uh we're going to get busy and get started fishing okay I've never jigged for pompo before but this is a frisky fence pompo jig we're going to have him explain real quick how it works all right tell everybody how this works so basically cast it out let the jig hit the bottom use the jig as the waist so you want to use as much weight to get to the bottom slowly the teaser when you pop it it's going to pop up most of your fish you're caught on the teaser barrier retrieve one pop two pops let it sink one pop let it sink three pops let it sink wait for a bike okay so we're going to try it so this takes more skill than throwing out a pompo rig so I may not be very good at it but we're going to give it a shot let's see how he's doing it pop pop all right and this is on my 7t ninja dagger with the 2500 Osprey C with with 20 lb tasline and I believe I got a 20 lb fluorocarbon leader on this what okay all right James is the pompo expert so if he's putting up his pompo Rod I'm going to go put mine up just float the kroer I don't think it's new I might throw and this is b-roll of Justin getting b-roll so you think SP shot maybe just to keep it in place how you going to hook these cokers know what he was saying okay we got our setup here ow ow ow that hurt oh there's a nice little one do you want one I want a little one there's a little one right there on the right James got word from Matt bird that the snook were crushing cokers we got our kroer hooked we're ready to go oh okay I'll just to go here anyway all right guys so we got the Coker out going let him have a little line and then we're going to see where he go hopefully he'll take up the flat yeah he's swimming out now all right so yeah he's going down pretty fast wonder if I need I'm going to put another Sinker on see how this guy does huh I think that extra weight's forcing them down to the bottom so to land these fish on the South Side you have to get down on the Rocks ah the water all these rocks on the South Side do make a little bit more of a challenge to land the snook down over here come on come on got a good one might be a slot might be a slot ah all right that might be there we go they in my backpack do yeah I need a boost up here get those in there and then all right thank you come on be slot let's go come on come on come on I think it's lot it's going to be close what is it James 2832 wait let's get it all the way up there yeah let me get this off so you can actually see it yeah 28 32 I keep that is it the fork or overall no it's overall okay we're 29 you're good yes you want these all right guys first slot finally got a keeper what three years we've been coming down here so finally we're eating snook tonight all right all thanks [Laughter] man all right guys I'm going to go get some ice and uh I'll be back no there have been a couple more hits down there so the pressure was off now for today and the rest of the day it was just fun for Catch and Release yeah yeah no if you got C I'd take myot off yeah there's not much current right now I wouldn't worry about so I got a fresh bait on and got back to free line in the cokers and it didn't take long for stuff to start happening oh damn it yeah he definitely got thumped yep here we go no I even let him take it did you see it what the and just as I was reeling my bait up to check it he thumped it on top there we go you see that there we [Music] go he came back for it he jumped out and ate it o that might be another slot stay out of the rocks [Music] what all right there we go and sorry before before I could even hold him up to get you a good shot of them my camera died remember the more time you take the more he can rub that leader Justin hooked up again to another tank and if you want to see what it is go to his channel Justin Reed fishing all right guys that's going to do it for today this was a very successful day everybody got a keep her so we're going to go home we're going to have some snook tonight for dinner no grouper but that's all right and uh we still got one more day so uh we're going to go home recharge get ready for tomorrow morning and uh we'll see you bright and early all right good morning guys we are back at Sebastian Inlet this morning we are on the North Jetty right now so uh there's Jetty we were on yesterday uh this is the jetty we were on the first two days uh we're just going to come over here uh I met this young kid over here it's name's Yaya and uh he was going to try and land a goliath grouper the other day and I missed filming it for him when uh we were here so I told him I'd meet him over here this morning before I head over to the South Jetty again and meet the guys so uh we're going to try and catch something cool like that on video this morning and then head over and hopefully catch some snook and grouper yeah I would take it out of that top here you want to get your hands off sliming that's all right I want him to die that's why there you go so I was meeting the guys over at the South Jetty about 8:30 or so for the tide change but first I ran over to the North Jetty to do little Goliath fishing with Yaya I don't know where they are here you know the honey holes all right tell tell everybody what you're fixing to do show show them the lady fish you got a nice lady fish on the uh Rod we cut the tail off of it so it's making it hard for it to swim I'm using a 8 O weight I think 16 o i mean 16 size hook I guess drop it down that's going bite right here oh I bet remember you remember this spot yep that's where you got [Laughter] smoked oh he almost had it looked like he scraped up by the head wasn't he yeah so he got close to getting the hook he went like the bottom oh yeah there you go there you go get him get him oh oh dang it I don't think I bro I don't know how he sna me off he he cut you on the pilin think so he went straight he went straight under there yep that's a tough spot man there's so much Str right there but yeah it's a very very tough spot everything's got to go perfect sweet got two baits now down first I dropped the mangr first yeah right more tasty I'm using a mangrove snapper with a 12 O this time with a 12 O what's the score grouper grouper one Yaya zero all right this time I'm going play a little smart you say say there you go go go oh damn dang that was a good one oh he's still on he I don't know how put it put it pretty shallow you think so yeah I'm drop it to the floor yeah make him make him come up for it come on already all right you got him out oh pull pull pull pull oh damn oh oh better hold up [Laughter] boy took everything [Laughter] y I'll check when I go out to I'm going to go out I'm going to leave here in a second when I go out to the truck I'm going to check and see if I got any hooks in there yeah you don't have to no that's all right I I mean I got to go over to the southide anyway so you you can walk out there with me and check so Yaya was out of heavy hooks but luckily when we went out to the tri truck when I left to go to the other Jetty I found a couple Hooks and later on he sent me a pick and he caught this so I made it back over to the South Jetty and I was ready to get after it I really wanted to catch another keeper snook to bring some meat home it all right guys we are back out at the South Jetty today uh went over and uh tried to get Yaya on film catching some Goliath uh he got owned but he did good he tried good good job yaa but now we're over here we're going to throw some live cokers again we're hoping to get on I mean they've been catching black grouper uh snook what else Tarpon KU Kua big Mangrove so there's no telling what might hit so uh we're going to get after it the day before I quickly found out after one fish that it was a lot easier to start out and cast from The Rocks than to go down to the Rocks after you hook a fish all right guys today we got the Shimano curado with 30 lb tasline braid and the Shimano terar Rod I got uh 30 lb leader and I'm trying to think of what size two wat M circle hook oh he's get my guy's right down there and he's getting nervous he is bouncing around damn he got dumped I knew it oh thank you you got to switch out cokers quite a bit because one thump from a snook and the Coker usually dies soony let me get one of those 30 you got there ouch back hey man how you doing today good how about yourself anything not yet it's been dead over here it'll pick up you just Freel lining James is that how you got your last hit all right let's try free lining oh whoa oh oh oh oh he's on the hold on hold on let me get let me get your Justin's line was wrapped on the Rock in front of me all right now you're loose oh God dang it right after I got it Loose with my rod the hook pulled oh dang I just got thump Yep this was a Saturday so it was way busier than the previous 4 days so Landing a fish was a challenge with all these lines in the water you son of [Music] a normally your fish falls into these crevices and the rocks and it's even or you're not going to be able to grab it they get trapped in there and they can't get out and you can't reach them so I was keeping a death grip on this guy I need someone come grab my pole oh wave right in the crotch my take he just druck W he better be slot I don't know man he look he look close we got a we got a bu board down here woo yeah 28 and a half F here you can cut my line I got I got a mess bud so was that on the M that was on a on a uh Coker easy buddy you're fixing to be retired anyway there now see there you go buddy sorry about that you're all right man it happens thank you good fish thanks 28 and a half die yeah BR my board back okay your all right guys I went and took that snook got them on Ice got retied new hook uh ready to go again we're going to see if we can get at least one or two more hookups before we leave thank you it's my last kroer man I'm leaving after this one get out of here yeah I got a I got a pack and everything and I got to be on the West Coast by 5 thanks for watching the video guys and if you made it this far don't forget to like And subscribe and don't forget to check out frisky fins and Justin Reed fishing and until next time guys tight lines I'll see you on the next next one