The First One Was HUGE…But They Kept Getting BIGGER!

There you go teamwork there you go go go go Today we're fishing some nearshore reefs and wrecks in Marco Island, Florida This was the first drop of the day and all we were dropping today was big live baits Sorry, man Oh damn he's I'm not in full drag. God dang it. There we go He's not very big So first drop of the day produced the first fish of the day But I had no idea what was coming on the rest of this trip Yeah I don't know. Yeah I had no clue that this was going to be the smallest one of the day for me There we go, this is a good little warm-up here All right I got you now All right, guys first one of the trip He's kind of long and slender But yeah, we're gonna let him go. We're gonna try and get a bigger one. That's too easy But it didn't stay easy the last couple fish of this trip were giants So let's go back to the beginning of the trip and how we caught our bait Good morning guys. We are back in marco island this morning with fourth story charters with Captain jason. He's getting us ready And bo And uh y'all remember jack If you watch my channel then you know my most hated fish in the gulf are catfish I can't stand them Oh, yeah Oh nice one I was more than surprised when captain jason said we're gonna go catch catfish right off the bat They're great bait. So we went ahead and filled up the live well with about 25 catfish All right, guys, we're at the next spot. This is a rock pile, right jason? Okay, we're on a rock pile here All right, guys, this bait here. We're dropping. It's a sail cat Drop all right And he wasn't joking when he said be ready sometimes they got hit before they got to the bottom Oh, here we go There you go After this fish I immediately upped my max drag on the reel it just wasn't enough for these massive fish There you go Thank you boys Oh, yeah, that's a lot bigger. Hey All right, look at that. Where's your gloves at? Yeah, let him chill out. Okay Woo Watch that one. Oh, he's so heavy watch your fingers All right, we're gonna let him go this was just one of several double ups jack and I had today swimming back down We're going big while my back's still good All right, guys Fend me and i'm gonna feed you to a grouper He was fat for his size. You got to be careful when handling these catfish because they've got venomous spines It'll ruin your day catfish Yeah, i'll be ready now, I know how fast it's happening here I snipped so hard. You see the right on the side of my hands? There you go, you're on go go you got him Get a shot Little one little guy, it's a baby The last two grouper of the day could have swallowed this one whole Yeah, i'm gonna drop one more at the big rod try one more big catfish bait one more big catfish All right, i'm gonna let you go first jack We were catching a lot of small to medium sized ones So we decided to switch to spinning gear to make it a little bit more of a challenge That was quicker than a 50 This is where we need a good like 15 pound jack, you know, the little ones won't mess with it Nothing hit it immediately So I need to try that Oh, I will while jack was getting his release. I dropped my bait. I did it last time and it whooped me Oh, he dropped it Ed little one small. Yeah Yeah, he's pretty one oh he barely hooked Watch your ankle I'll put in for a tag this year, but I didn't get drawn Yeah, they're so fired up here. They don't even care. I'm just using dead ones now All right. Let's see Little bait equals little grouper or elephants eat peanuts, too Just go ahead and get in a position Okay on bottom They're feeding. Yep while they're fired up. I'm using the dead ones Dang sean get him I took off like he was it was almost like these smaller ones were hitting to lull us into a false sense of security Hey, mine was bigger This was definitely the most unexpected part of the trip So captain jason's son was throwing a live catfish trying to catch this cobia hanging around the boat and lo and behold He hooked it You catch them on the catfish. Oh, they're going behind them. Was that a cuda? That's a cuda I think bo's hyperventilating We knew it was going to be close to a keeper size cobia but to play it safe captain jason wanted to net the fish Instead of gap it You're good you're good. I got it. You're fine. I'm just pushing the line away He's getting real tired now Got him got it Let's go. What a catch for bo. I don't know many fishermen that can say they caught a cobia on a catfish. Good job, bo Watch that hook still in there jack. Unfortunately, it was an inch short All right guys Dropping this nice mangrove down Oh gosh I hate this It was my turn on the spinning rod. And of course, this is when the big fish start biting when you pull out the light gear All right, we're on bottom Should not take long I'll have that ready Tucked and ready. We got an eight thousand size florida fishing products spinning rail on a custom catfish rod Here we go. Yep It's a little one it's a bail we still got our bait sweet you're good Gotta love it when you get multi drops out of one bait. All right fish number two on the mangrove. Oh damn that was quick We might have a bigger one here. Oh dang get him up That's a good one Did he get me in the structure? All right, guys. Let's drop another catfish down That was a good one He's not big That's bigger than I thought Was that mine or yours? Oh, that was bigger than I thought he didn't fight very hard definitely Oh, he's gonna try and swim down So while I was over here trying to keep mine on top captain Jason was helping jack because jack was hooked up to an absolute tank Oh god On this lighter tackle if the fish swims under the boat, you're pretty much defenseless by yourself You almost have to have someone help you get this fish vertical again That's a good one Oh my gosh guys look at this thing Are you gonna get in the water with it? Guys He's pretty chill now, I think I could have done without you jason teamwork. Oh boy. He's got that hook down deep Look at that. He's pooping. Yeah Came out All right, switch me switch me rods now You need a break So we got to the last spot, which is a wreck that should be holding some bigger fish That that worked that worked. Oh crap Go go go This fish swam immediately under the boat, which took away all my leverage There we go He's not that big A little bigger than I thought So I was really happy with the size of this one on spinning gear. It's not easy to do But I was saving the best for last Good job These were our last two baits of the day, so I decided to put them both on the hook at once Hopefully enticing a monster put that mangrove on first. So he's the last to come off All right You think that is jason? No Good good He's got soft skin. I'm gonna have to hook him a little deeper And if you're wondering the mangrove snappers we used today were all at least 10 inches So I had a black snapper and black margate sandwich on the hook Is that a margate Black margate. All right guys This is it last last hurrah, yeah, it's got a voice Oh, there you go, there you go, there you go get him get him get him jump back down There you go. He's on get him Come on sean and of course he swam under the boat again Damn There you go teamwork, there you go, that's a big one sean There you go, oh my gosh, he's huge Hey, yeah, he's a nice one. Oh sean. Oh my god On spin and tackle Oh I touched the leader though, right? That's definitely a two-person job when that big I don't think there's no way out of the way around it Not when I go under if he stayed out there I could get leverage on him. Yeah All right guys That's gonna do it for today Hope you guys enjoyed the video big thanks captain jason four-story charters Yakking with jack and uh catfish cobia bow so, uh Don't forget to like and subscribe I'll see you guys on the next one