So Many GIANTS Under This Little Bridge It Will SHOCK You!

some of the most gigantic fish you will ever hook into are located around bridges that is why Bridge Fishing is one of my top choices when it comes to kayak fishing when you consider the size and power of these fish the structure that they're swimming in and factor in that I'm doing this all from a kayak makes it a super high degree of difficulty to land these fish but that won't deter me because I love a good challenge and as you will see I'm not afraid to screw up to figure things out all right good morning guys we are out at Rocky Bayou bridge this morning got a beautiful flat calm light North winds a beautiful morning we got a box full of fresh dead blue crabs I've got a few mud crabs in the bucket here we're just going to drop down and see if we can catch anything big at the bridge for the Blue Crabs today I've got my Shimano travala jigging rod with my live liner my pen live liner on here I like using this for like the big black drum dropping crabs and stuff let's go ahead get this guy ready so when cutting Blue Crabs they have this little flap on the back the males and the females both have it and you just pull that flap back trim it off and it makes cutting them in half way easier all right got crab ready and when hooking these crabs with a circle hook I like to break a couple of the legs off and then go in through one of the leg Knuckles and then come out the one next to it all right take that go in one knuckle come out the other knuckle okay go half a crank keep the weight off all right we're good when fishing for black drummer sheep's head around a bridge it always helps to do a little chumming but this is not the way to do it I went about the whole first hour and a half without getting a bite and I made the cardinal sin of losing focus okay we're on we're on so on this reel I've got mono line on it instead of braid we're going to see how that works today yeah oh boy there's the wait oh should have loosened the drag some damn it God dang it oh was out of the structure I should have loosened it that was a monster I got the drag locked down in case they go straight into the structure and you kind of caught me off guard there I wasn't really thinking dang it ah that was my screw up my screw up okay here we go here we go let him get it make sure he's got it good nope you did not get the hook all right let's drop it back down he got the he didn't get the meat you did not get the meat who okay see where this guy's going so this monofilament line was making it tough to horse the fish so my thinking was that the monofilament line will provide abrasion resistance when these fish get get into the pilings but what was happening was it was allowing way too much stretch all right leave that meat on there hook it again there we go all right oh here we go here we go these giant fish are so powerful just look how quickly the fish turns the kayak around come on get out of there stay away from there oh he's trying to go back the other way all right keep working them dang it I really thought I had that one but I guess he got a second wind they're whooping me this morning let's go back over here let's do it like this that one we had him he just he got over and he just cut the leader like right on the piling so he barely got past the piling but once they get on it you're pretty much toast unless you can figure out exactly which one they're on and you can go through there but man it's so tough there we go all right we're on now oh yeah this is a big boy got to keep him centered keep him in the center of the kayak oh yeah that's a good one oh yeah finally woo jeez that took long enough guys how many how many fish did I have to go through jeez Louise all right yeah this is a good one let's see here that's a nice one not a giant I know I've hooked bigger ones today but we're going to let him go he is gone all right our last two halves of crab I know what you guys are going to say why don't you loosen your drag and let them run and not put all that tension on them I've tried that here and these fish are so smart they know they head immediately to the pilings to wrap you up and to break you off you notice not a single one of these fish has headed out to open water water all of them have headed straight to the pilings so your best bet is lock down drag stay mobble in the kayak so you can use the petals to put more tension on the fish and just try to use pressure to keep them away from the pilings once they get into them your toe I mean I've got mono on here but still I mean these oysters are so sharp and the pilings have just so much sharp stuff barnicles rough edges I mean you pretty much can't get let the fish get to the pilot so we got two halves left okay here we go did he take it I don't even know if he's got it yeah he's got it he's got it God dang hook pulled jeez all right guys I think we're going to call it a day we're going to come back tomorrow morning uh I'll be a little more prepared I'm going to beef up my gear a little bit I mean I was expecting 20 to 30 lb black drums but uh I think several of these I hooked today were way over that so uh I'm going to come back with some 50 lb braid all right guys I'm back at the scene of the crime from yesterday a little different strong East Winds choppy water and we got severe storms rolling in around lunch so you can tell I beefed up my gear today I brought my avit I brought my Saltiga and I brought my floor flid to fishing products on the teramar the 6000 so all of these have braid on them it just seemed like yesterday I thought the all mono would be good here because of how often those black drum run into the pilings thought it would help with the brachion resistance but there was just way too much stretch even with the drag lock down I think they were stretching that line out and getting to the pilings before I could do anything so probably going to have some break offs today uh with the braid but I should have better luck horsing those guys so we're going to come over do some chumming lost my scraper yesterday so had to bring a uh hammer but anyways we're going to get over here and we're going to get started okay first drop I hooked up on the 8ft teramar rod but I got broke off and I didn't want to make you guys sit through another break off switch to the Saltiga we'll have a lot more control over this a Long Rod gave that fish too much Leverage all right this one's kind of small here let's just use the whole thing they'll save a lot of the meat from getting pulled out by pinfish and stuff I have found that when you get the smaller Blue Crabs cutting the legs off and using the crab hole it really lasts a lot longer and the smaller black drum have trouble fitting the whole crab in their mouth all right all right here we go getting a bite I think oh yeah all right I changed up my tactics today and decided to leave the line in free spool until I was out away and clear the pilings that way I could pull the fish directly away from the structure and not giving him that room he needed to swim into the pilings so as soon as I was clear I locked the drag down and went to work come on all right I got him out all right loose some drag just a little got him out of there oh he's trying to go back now yeah the braid is definitely the way to go oh boy I just saw him Flash it's a good one oh my gosh oh yeah this is going to be my PB that's for sure 100% oh boy thing massive God come on ah all right braid was definitely the way to go look at him look at him oh oh my God lad lad had to bring out the heavy gear but oh my word holy crap oh hooks free yeah golly see if we can get him out of the net what who about to lose my net I always clamp on my thumb how's that for a big boy oh yeah ha finally been trying to catch one of these big beasts look at that tail all right we're going to let him go I think he's ready oh yeah swimming right off wo I love it when a plane comes together all right that worked really good if you didn't see what I did I left it in free spool and backed all the way out here so he was going to have to drag the kayak against the current to get into the pilings so that worked out perfect hook still good all right there's another good hole one there we go Perfect all right oh damn already on where's he at okay let's go ah all right I got him coming out I got him coming out he's swimming with me swimming with me he's GNA try and turn all feels good but may not be as big as the last one oh maybe he's turning me God these fish oh what happened the hook pulled should have loosen the drag up some God dang it dang it had him I had him 100% whooped okay here we go is he on or am I yep he is oh boy get him out here I'll loosen the drag come on keep coming keep coming keep coming loosen the drag a little oh not that much oh God this guy's strong we're going to have to get him way out come on keep cruising buddy all right all right now loosen it a little it's coming up going down oh I just got a glimpse he is pretty dang big might be bigger than that last one I landed oh oh did you see that oh my God it is bigger than the last one oh oh oh oh my God all right oh woo all right let's see if I can get the hook out all right I'm going to have to bring him in hopefully I can do without tipping oh he just broke my net he's so heavy oh wow holy cow oh all right now let's see about getting oh that hook wasn't coming loose holy oh all right let's see look H holy cow how big is that wow all right let's see if he's ready oh oh yeah I was going to try and revive him but I guess he didn't need it he SAR right off all right guys it's getting really nasty out I'm going to head in uh I hope you enjoyed the video I learned a lot the past two days uh about fishing this spot and uh the best way to do it that's usually how I learned things trial and error so uh hope you guys enjoyed it uh don't forget like the video if you liked it subscribe tight lines everybody I'll see you on the next 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