Giant Fish on Light Tackle - Bridge Fishing for Sheepshead and More

All right, we're back at Brooks Bridge gonna do a little sheepshead fishing with Rizzo, what? I met Rizzo at the launch at the base of Brooks Bridge in Fort Walton Beach We were heading out to do some sheepshead fishing So both of us had several dozen fender crabs and we each had our favorite sheepshead setup My favorite sheepshead setup is a pin battle 2500 reel on my favorite Gander Mountain medium light spinning rod with 15 pound braid and 15 pound fluorocarbon leader. And as always when sheepshead fishing I was using the birds of prey swing jigs While Rizzo caught two drum early on my day started very very slow. So let's pick it up for a little action start Got em, yeah, got em looks poisonous whatever it is That's what's been eating all of our fruit, look at that That's what's been crushing my Yeah, yeah, I figured I wasn't gonna touch this sucker that is one ugly son of a gun Yeah, holler at me Take care, man About 45 minutes before sunset Rizzo had to take off and leave. I almost left when Rizzo did but I'm sure glad I stayed Let's go Is that a black drum? Is that a sheepshead? Just a hook something It's gotta be a big black drum Could be a sheepshead It's a pretty good one if it is. Oh My god, yeah, it's a good sheepshead. Oh boy Yeah Yes Whoo Persistence pays off 22 Yes All right. See how I'm gonna get a picture with them Yeah See if we get one more before we go Then no, it's hooked yet Spixen tooth up Well, what is that? That's a drum. That's just big tank Yeah, wait That's gotta be a drum Okay, we got we got 15 pound floor carbon leader So I don't want to I can't horse them. I Got to keep them away from the structure though Oh That's giant Come on, give up Give up Come on man, you gotta be worn out Give up. Oh My god, that thing is ginormous And that ready might be getting ready Get bow worn out No Oh my god Mighty Come on, dude. You gotta be exhausted. Oh Oh my god. Oh Boy, I don't know how I'm gonna do this. He's gotta be 40 to 50 pounds We'll keep you in the water Oh Wow Wait, how big this fish is All right Tail Powerful still That's 35 Right there Six more inches 41 inch black drum Don't know if you can see all that Look at that tail tails bigger than my hand Biggest drum I've ever caught Wow Glad I stayed monster sheepshead monster black drum All right. Let's watch them swim off There's my foot So if you didn't get a good shot of him before he's ready