This is Why You NEVER Jump Off A Dock! (it was just waiting!)
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- If there's one proven method to catching monster fish, it's to get a big bait and throw it under a dock.
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"Mine was a little bit bigger."
-True Fisherman 😄
I always love when random passersby get caught up in your videos. It's so great to see nice people help.
I also love how the guy in the yellow shirt talked about the bull shark he'd previously caught at the Florida Keys, as being "a little larger than this one". Seems like every fish in every fish story ends up being "larger" than what everyone else catches!
@@HighlanderNorth1 Fisherman talk, am I right?
Yeah but the shark photo bombed the video
When you are prepared with the right tools (which you should be anytime you throw a line in the water) and know what you are doing, this is what happens.
I applaud him also for not being like many people who catch sharks for views and don’t even remotely try to get the hook out.
help what?
Honestly, anyone can get a shark to bite the bait, some people can pull them in but few would reach the pliers into its mouth the release the hook...
That took balls...respect.
Just don’t catch sharks in the first place please, it causes them huge amounts of stress.
@@KylieJonkman It causes huge amounts of stress, to be in an area with a lot of sharks and not even try to catch one, too.😁
@@KylieJonkman does that make the soup less tasty or something?
@@TchSktch 😂
What does pliers into its mouth the release the mean?
Thats what i love about being a fisherman, most of the times meeting another fisherman you just share that instant connection with each other over a caught fish or what bait to use etc. Its amazing.
Yep met a navy seal the other day when I forgot my net, he netted my 20 in red band rainbow trout I caught on a wolly bugger. Found out that he was in an organization that helps disabled veterans like myself (I'm a former infantry Marine combat veteran).
Except when you go and try to fish off a pier in florida and many of the locals instantly dislike you no matter how friendly you are because you don't live there.
Toss each others salads??
@@jayener4161 It’s 2023. No one is tossing salads anymore. Docking is the new trend and you can do it with a Bluetooth headset.
“Falcon 1 initiate approach velocity burn, hatch is open, you are cleared for final approach and docking.”
“Roger that. Initiating autonomous approach and docking sequence in 3… 2… 1… Ready for pressurization and crew ingress.”
True. I often went fishing with my dad before going to university. He and his fishing buddies would gather almost every weekend and I tagged along quite often - catching fish, sowing me how to tie hooks, how to use a fishing rod and etc. It was fun and they sometimes also brought their families with them. I would at some point give up the fishing and go play with the kids, get yelled a bit for splashing in the lake and scaring the fish... Good times. I also never learned how to use a fishing rod properly - after the 10th time I hooked someone's shirt or some plant, dad decided to let me stick to the pole where there was no reel. I am pretty good using it but the downside is that I am limited in the range a 5 meter pole allows me.
Hey everyone! Thanks for watching. To be absolutely clear, sharks do not normally attack people under most conditions. They might, however, investigate (usually by taking a bite) if you make yourself seem like a more common food source. You can do that by swimming at night, dawn or dusk, swimming near running bait or distressed fish, or by swimming in areas where fish are frequently caught, cleaned, and discarded... like a dock.
So remember, sharks aren't after you but they *are* wild animals and it's on *us, the humans,* to avoid potentially dangerous behaviors that might cause sharks to mistake us for their preferred food sources.
Sharks are incredibly important parts of the ecosystem and deserve our respect and protection.
Do you think the shark can survive still after going through the immense stress?
@Goo Kar Hwee yes, it was released quick enough
100%
Sharks don't like our taste. Mark Rober put out a video where he tested it. The sharks just about ignored human blood in the water. Fish blood, they went wild.
@@realulli that was a good video
I was nearly pulled in by huge bull (around 300lb) in islamorada it went like a train, thankfully there was a stranger fishing near me who grabbed my belt waist and stopped me from going for a swim, needless to say I didn’t get mine on the bank either not that I wanted it on the bank it was bad enough in the water. Good catch thanks for the upload 👍🏼
LIAR!!!
Thats the sharks you can catch in australian rivers ...... 800 Miles away from the ocean side!
@chuck 8094 the drag was set fine but it was on its way to reaching one of those concrete pylon things so I had to try and bully it away, which I committed to by tightening my drag then I found out how hard it pulled, I was fishing from the bridge footings so no rail to stop me it was a close call.
If you choose to personally remove the hook, then I agree with a caught fish. That was the best way for you and the sharks' safety and wellbeing. Awesome Video achieved.
Thanks 👍
I go so far as to count it as caught if I get it close and drop the rod tip, allowing the line to go slack. This usually will result in the fish tossing the hook.
@@wildlifefishingshow what city?
That type of hook called a circle hook is designed to cause minimal to no damage to a fish. It’s specifically designed for humane catch and release
Thats a bullshark, I wpuld have been ok with watching him beach it and watch it suffocate
55 years of fishing and you performed one procedure that is VITAL to success carry a hook stone for Xtra sharp hooks!👍👍 well done young man.
Never leave home without it!
Never leave home with out one
Spot on and never use bait with scales still on ,
@@jeffreystorer4966 why
@@markjamison4256 take a fish scale and try push hook point through it ,acts like little cork on piont
First off, thank you for being a responsible fisherman and even as “unprepared” as you said you were (lol), you still had the tools and experience to remove the hook from this monster’s mouth. You also had the respect for the ocean and that beautiful shark 🦈 that made your month probably with that little game of tug of war he took you on despite your heavy set up.
I love being able to release a fish properly, unharmed, & just like I found it as a way of saying thanks for making my day doing my most favorite thing in the world. 🎣
Great catch. Much respect to you. For me, releasing a great catch so he can fight another day is always more enjoyable than keeping it. Minus a few good eating fish that I’ll keep at a time to eat when I go deeper out on the gulf.
I appreciate that, thank you
That was definitely 100% a proper almighty shark! I've never even seen a shark like thay in my whole entire life so I'm super happy to see it on youtbe. Thank you soooo much, you're such a lucky fisherman! 💗 I wish I could be that good but I ain't never even seen a real one apart from on tv lol. Do u have any tips for a new fisherman? I'm from Cedar Key and caught some redfish n trout but nothing to tell my friend about lol
I 2nd that.
Scary knowing that was in the water so close to people But..
Thankyou for letting him back where he belongs❤️
@@wildlifefishingshow awesome catch!!!!!!
Great catch thank you for releasing him unharmed I caught my first shark when I was 13 years old. It was a 9 1/2 foot Mako shark. I learned in the early age if it was something that you weren’t going to eat, release it back into the ocean you have a terrific channel. Thanks again.🙏🏻👍
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Thanks, I appreciate the support! A big mako sounds absolutely epic!
Heard that makos and their cousins were very good eating.
You are a good man for releasing this fish buddy.
Makos are beautiful. That would be sweet.
you have a lot of supporters people always walking past your videos its just amazing to see and i am very proud of you and your hard working success and i am excited to see more that your plan on doing thanks for shouting me out on your live video the other day you made me smile while blushing i love you so much so proud of you .
I live on the Gulf of Mexico in Florida and you can fish in the Gulf or in the bay, which is also known as the “sound side”. Well, that’s where a lot of people swim- the sound side. However, if you ever looked at an aerial view of the docks on the sound side, you’d see hundreds of sharks swimming underneath the masses of people as they’re jumping off the docks. The only time people get bit is in the pass, which is the narrow section water that’s connecting the bay and the gulf. There you will see thousands of sharks such as Tiger, Bull, Lemon, Hammerheads, black tips and Makos. It’s very unwise to swim in the pass… it’s common to see bull sharks in the bay especially around docks.
Yeah. We surf fish in Grand Isle Louisiana and Mississippi bull sharks commmonly swimming around snagging trout right off your line
. Porpoises do it too.
They will take them right off your stringer while your neck deep in the gulf.
The more you look like shark bait, the more you act like shark bait, the sooner you become shark bait
As a Nebraskan I doubt I will ever step into the ocean ever again. Seems like every other day Im made aware of something else terrible found or happened.
@@KatiTheButcher I grew up swimming in the ocean but after a couple decades in the Midwest, I'm done!
Thats sharks, they have much more politeness than people. Animals know people are trouble and rarely bother them.
Why I don't swim in the ocean is because we are by a strait where a mysterious neurological disease is going through the population that the governmnet denies exists. Shit, I can't believe I'm writing that becaues it sounds so conspiratorial, but its literally true, just look up New Brunswick Canada.
Its LIKELY from contaminated shellfish, but since its a big industry they don't like to talk about it. Meanwhile, the most popular bay in the region is almost completely enclosed but for a narrow strip of water, and around the bay is completely developed so all the municipal waste and agricultureal runoff runs right into the bay.
About half the year its closed to swimming because of bacteria counts, but you are LITERALLY swimming in what is a wastewater lagoon. In a nearby city when the river gets low the blue green algae count is SO high that dogs die just from going in the water.
Sharks don't scare me at all.
Ron is a great guy helping out.
What a beautiful shark, glad those guys were there to help get the fish off while getting good footage.
Definitely, they saved the video
Props to the fellas helping him out and congrats on the beautiful catch!. What a rush! 💪🤘🤘👍👍
Thanks! It took a team for sure
I just wanted that guy to break into some Lawrence dialog from Office Space. Ask him what he'd do with a million dollars. 😂
A loooooooong time ago, my dad and I spotted two gents fishing off a municipal pier on a southern NJ border island, and they were catching sharks - sand sharks. They kept them for the meat. I just wanted to catch one to catch one, so dad and I went out late one night and, armed with the hints the two guys had given us, started fishing. Dad was sleepy and went to the car to nap, and of course that's when the fish hit my line. It took me awhile to reel it in, but it also took me awhile to wake up my dad in the car while I was doing it. Dad had a gaff hook in hand when the fish got up near the pier, but it was a good four or five feet down to the water. We didn't know what to do. In the past, when we'd used the gaff on our boat, dad only ever put it in the fish's mouth to avoid killing it, so he tried that. It knocked the hook out of the sharks' mouth and the fish was gone in an instant. We figured it was about 5' long, and that the best possible outcome had happened - got to catch the fish, no harm, didn't 'have to haul it way up out of the water, etc. I guess we could have cut the line, but honestly it was so long ago - like 40 years - I don't remember if we even had a pocketknife with us. A bit ill-prepared. Pretty cool experience in the very creepy darkness of the municipal pier....
Thank all the Dads that bring the wild, fun and adventure into a Son's life and may the Son's appreciate the Fathers by being a Great Dad to their Sons.
That’s a great story
Thanks for sharing
Do you remember what southern NJ town, I'm also from southern NJ as to why I'm asking ? Great story 👏
@@Alphafreedomfighter It was Stone Harbor. Back then, they used to periodically send....unclean water....into the back bay at that pier (there was a pipe running right out the bottom of the pier), which is what attracted sharks. They don't do that anymore. I've tried a few times in recent years just to see, and what happens is I pull back bait that the crabs have been enjoying.
@Moosewhizzer Dave I'm right outside of Atlantic city, so I fish all the barrier islands .
Woah !! Nice catch ! Makes the whole trip extra special when you get something like that. I am actually impressed that you were able to keep that big fella out of the dock and pilings. Great job ! 👍🎣🎣
For sure, I think I got really lucky
That’s so cool! Random passersby stepping in to lend a helping hand! Great job, Ron!
He was the coolest dude I've run into in a long while
I wonder if it was the bull shark that jumped or if it scared another fish into jumping? I sure miss living in Clearwater, they've really done a good job revitalizing the waterfront.
Its not Clearwater, its Sullivan Park in Deerfield Fl.
Americans are lucky, What a wonderful place to fish. There seems fish in every creek, river or pond. Wonderful fun video.👌
When I was at Ft. McClellan Alabama a soldier dove off a dock into a deep lake and broke his neck. He was paralyzed for life. Nobody could understand what he hit as there was nothing in the water and then they figured out his head hit a big turtle swimming just below the surface of the water. They were everywhere and most were the size of Army helmets and bigger. Always go feet first!
That’s actually terrifying and now a new fear! Terrible luck for the soldier and I’m sorry for the man one mistake costs so much of your life.
We have a small bridge that seems to get Low 🤸♂️Tide Darwins occasionally.
Headfirst only if you can clearly see the depth/bottom/obstructions. Otherwise, feet first is the rule.
That's honestly a much better reason to never jump off a dock
I'm SO jealous of that experience!!
What perfect timing that those gentlemen were walking by at that moment!!
They were cool as hell too 🤣
So glad you were able to remove the hook.
They were characters for sure
Guy: Hey! Can you help me with this?
Me: Hell No I cannot!
I've lived in Florida all my life and I was taught when I was about 7 how to dock fish the intercostals of Florida The best times I've ever had were on land fishing for monsters
Me too!
Love fishing the intercoastal you never know what’ll end up on your hook
Yaaa buddy, every day during summer either surfing or fishing. ✌️
It was a blast 👍
Wow! Congratulations! What a catch!
It was great to see people help you as well!
What an experience!
Thanks!
Dang - amazing Bull Shark, and great that Ron and his buddy were right there to help you. Big congrats man, big congrats!
They saved the video for sure
Yup I agree
Amazing Bull shark! 🦈 Crazy experience glad you could get it in film!
Thanks!
I been watching you since you started and it’s crazy how your channel has grown congrats man .. 1.2 million views in 12 days!
Thanks, I appreciate it
Those bull sharks don't play around. Heck I lived along the coast aboard Camp Lejeune and we had sharks and alligators cruise the waters all the time. It wasn't until several years later did I reealize how nasty those bull sharks could be. Now I'm even more thankful for our super safe adventures we had while on/in the water. Nice catch; full-watch. 👍🏽🤠 1/24/23
Bull sharks are nasty MF's, worst thing about them is they can be in either salt or fresh water, and they don't fuck around, they want ya they got ya
@@thebob3712 You said it man. I still have bad flashbacks about how dangerous it was when we'd drag the inflatable boogie board through the brackish waters that had gators and sharks amongst us. Again I am so very thankful that nothing catastrophic occurred while out.
Going into the water here in Florida really means that you have willingly entered into the food chain. Nice job with the shark.
Grew up in St. Petersburg. Accurate statement. This gave me a big laugh, thanks for that!
Thanks!
Much the same in the Queensland southern waterways, and Sydney Harbour. A Navy diver got killed by a bull shark in Sydney Harbour a few years ago. Great Whites are the most likely to kill you here, but bull sharks are a close second.
@@virginiaviola5097 I have huge respect for whites no doubt. That said, bulls and tigers come as close to scary to me as you can get. They're just too darn unpredictable some days. Enough so I carried a bang stick with me more often then not.
The number of times I've hooked a big fish only to realise I hadn't come up with any plan to land it. 😂
Happens to the best of us
That was so exciting watching you bring such a beautiful shark in! Thank you for sharing!
I appreciate it 👍
Cool video!! Bless my stepfathers heart, he's passed couple years back. Both of us had fishing bags with what we need ready to go at all times. Hook the boat to his truck and we're gone. 29 or 30 years we fished for Stripers at Lake Cumberland KY. Rain, snow or sunny we were there any chance we had. Times we were floating around like driftwood. Times we catch our limit the first hour on the water. Many great times. Thank you Les.
Sounds like good times
Well done for getting the hook out too. Great work!
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Not only is fishing relaxing but it's also a good workout.
If your hiking miles in or catching swordfish maybe lol.
It wouldn't have been relaxing if the shark had pulled him in for a bit of waterskiing without a ski
Gotta be careful with those Sharks bro, my neighbour lost half his hand to one of them, he’s only got like 2 fingers and his thumb left on one hand, he’d already lost a leg in Afghanistan. The dude’s leaving body parts all over the place.
moved away from saint pete florida about a year and a half ago going on two. I met a girl, I love it here in minnesota, but man am I tired of hearing about ice fishing when I know we got fishing like this back at home :')
Great job with the Gar Rod… pretty slick Sam Elliot ( voice ) was there with the assist. For a second I thought he was going to go deep into conversation about the one he caught…….. glad it all worked out.
Cheers from Montana!!
That's a perfect catch and release in my book.
the hook placement was the best you can get
Such cool folks in Florida man! I’m blown away by your video! Wtg! I’d be crap in my trousers! You performed admirably and the help was amazing. Great video brother!
Thanks, I really appreciate it
Long time yacht captain (and now yacht broker) here. Excellent job, brother!
Thanks!
Awesome job. Love my Big Cat Fever rods. It’s one thing to catch some big blues, flatheads, or gator gar. It’s a whole other thing to manhandle a shark that size. You should send this video to them. Quite a testimonial indeed. Might get you a couple rods out of the deal.
I remember catching a 9 footer out in the gulf on 65lb braided test. Fought it for an hour that night before getting it to the barge. Biggest fish I've ever caught.
That's an incredible catch, but it's an absolutely INSANE accomplishment on 65lb braid
@@wildlifefishingshow caught it just east of Timbalier Island. We would catch reds and gafftop in the afternoon and cum the water with all the hardheads that we landed. By nightfall we took the spotlights on the tugs that were with us and shine the water. You knew when to change bait when the sharks would swoop in on the edge of the light .
I just used the drag and let him run himself to death 😂 he almost took the whole line when he first got hooked. The drag was set pretty strong but he took it out like it was nothing and I knew I had something BIG.
An hour later it was almost like reeling in dead weight.
Good times 👍
Way back around 1990 possibly a couple years before, my family and I took a holiday in Florida. I was around 14 at the time .I can't remember the exact location either Clearwater or fort Lauderdale not sure. But one day we hired some rods and spent the day fishing on a pier.. We caught a few small crazy looking fish but the highlight was 14 year old me hooking a small shark or dog fish as one guy called it. It was around the 2ft Mark and somewhere between 15 and 20lb what a buzz and unbelievably for such a big fish the pelicans still wanted to eat it!!! Great memories 👍
Sounds like fun
In 1992 I watched a 8-10 foot long bull shark swim through the channel between the beach and the sand bar I was fishing from. Haven't been off the beach since then.
Lol
I was down at the Bitter End Yatch club in the British Virgin Islands a number of years ago, we chummed the water for about 10mins, tossed a giant hook in the water with a fish head on it and 2 of us (there were 4 others with us) pulled in an eight foot shark by hand. It took us around an hour to get it up to the dock.
One of my most memorable experiences.
Funny thing is, the next day we went kite surfing off Richard Branson’s beach next door, right in the channel where all the sharks were.
Reality is, if you’re in the ocean, they’re under you. Most of the time they just leave you alone.
I’ve been surfing, kite surfing, scuba diving etc all my life and never had an experience where I generally feared for my life.
We all can get along, Jaws, while an amazing movie, really did do a lot of damage.
Yeah, I’m terrified of the ocean. I’d like to be able to scuba dive but then I see a video like this and say nope!
I am a Marine Ecologist, as you can imagine I dive, a lot. Like you I have never had any real issues with the wildlife. The only 'problems' I have ever had are curious seals or dolphins coming along to see exactly what the mad human is doing!!!
Given the title, I hear ya. Years ago I was in Daytona Beach. I swam out and the slope of the shore was very little so I was out about 400 yards and still able to stand as the swells came in. I was enjoying my time. I heard someone blowing a whistle like crazy. As I was bobbing in the swells, I looked toward shore & saw the Life-Guard waving his arms like a mad man. I thought, WTF, go help whomever needs the help, don't just make noise. Anyway, I made my way north then ultimately came ashore, walking back toward my condo. When I got to the area where the Life-Guard was he started yelling at me. "There are sharks out there, blah, blah, blah." I replied, Well, No Shit Sherlock. It's the Fucking ocean !!!! That said, I don't just go into the ocean anymore unless I am on a scuba trip with other folks.
Nice catch. Never caught a shark in the intercoastals, but I'm not surprised it was a bull shark. They tend to hang out in weird places.
Yeah this is really close to the Indian River Lagoon, one of the largest breeding areas for bull sharks in the world, so I was hoping I'd find one here.
This reminds me of a story a friend told me about when he was with his family at a dock in Northern Utah.
Everyone was swimming and having a good time when he thought it would be funny to throw his sister's toy poodle into the water. Seconds after going in, a huge Tiger Muskie took the poor dog whole. Everyone was screaming and crying as they tried to get out of the water and away from the monster as quickly as possible.
He felt bad.
There was an older man that jumped off his pier when I was living in Clearwater(he was in St Pete) in 1999 & landed on a mother bull shark and her baby. The mother turned around and snapped and he had a heart attack. She could have killed him easily just bit him in half. He was taken to the hospital and passed away. He did not know that they were there
Always consider the wildlife. We can be careless & thoughtless but as wildlife you don’t have that luxury.
Respect and be respected.
Thank you for getting the hook and letting him go. They are having to adapt to way too many people.
This just made my morning lol hell of a catch! Randomly ran across your channel and I'm glad I did!
I swam the channel between West Wildwood and Wildwood every day all summer long. Every time there was an Otter that swam up and down the channel with me every time I swam. I'd jump off the bridge but I always stayed away from under the bridge just for that reason!
I dig it. It made me feel like I was there especially the way the other dudes were hip to your situation and helped out. Nice, Word Up 👍🏼
Thanks!
When I bait fish and something runs with it and the fish breaks off, I always let it sit for a minute or two to see if the fish comes back. Sometimes they do or the commotion may atrack another fish. Then I real in to check bait and recast.
Solid tip
One of those priceless moments ✨️ Great job mate 👍🏽
Thanks!
Man I miss fishing the Ohio river in Pittsburgh.
Lotsa instant comeraderie with the anglers.
Always helping eachother out.
We weren’t catching sharks but we would catch carp the size of our legs , muskee, walleye, cats, sheepshead, sauger.
Good times.
Always wanted to fish the Ohio River
@@wildlifefishingshow
Haha…not many people
Would but it is really fun.
Amazing catch!! Did you do any snorkeling on your trip to Florida? The many artificial and natural reefs are great for filming all manner of ocean wildlife. That would make for an incredible video!!
I didn't but I want to go again and try snorkeling and spearfishing
@@wildlifefishingshow I think you should go with some experienced divers who know the local waters. I think you could get into some trouble. For instance, I have heard reports of a 15 ft tiger shark habituated to stealing speared fish off Ft. Lauderdale fringe reefs. Good idea, just be in shape, get good instruction, and some local knowledge, even if you are an experienced diver or spearfisherman. For instance, if you are doing a beach dive, its a 600 yd trip out to the reef in Ft. Lauderdale and back. A kayak might be a good idea but then you have plan for that. Just my $0.02.
I started fishing for sharks 🦈 when I was 12. We caught a 7 footer one night. After a couple of hours got him from the pier to the ocean. The fun part was to shine a light on the line and going out to gaff him and then dragging him on shore..I am 79 now and really miss shark fishing...
WHEW! Not a Tarpon, made the hackles stand up on the back of my neck whenI saw that beast! What do you think it weighed? Ron and his buddy seemed pretty stoked , that was a sweet catch and release! 👍🏻💥👍🏻
I'm honestly not great at estimating shark weights but we all three thought it was about 5 feet long
I’m glad you came prepared with those long handled pliers. That thing was hard core.
I hooked a giant string ray in the shrimp boat docks. That thing smoke my penn reel . it started knocking and it locked up! PING there it went! That was the biggest string ray i ever seen I did get a gimps of it. It looked like a freaking island out there, and the fish went crazy! Jumping trying to get out of there. When it ran there was no stopping it. Out into the gulf it went
Stingray are a different class of fighters for sure, very underappreciated fighters
@@wildlifefishingshow I just Knew if i tired it out. There be scallops on the table tonight. NO WAY. Yep kinda like a shark. It take them a while to figure out there HOOKED he heee Then they run to the hills
I like you man. You seem like a real chill, down-to-earth guy and your vids are entertaining. Also, I love the lines "Connor McGregor yacht" and "What the hell is this?"
I lived near Sarasota in the early 90s. I recall a newspaper article of a man who would swim off his canal dock most mornings....but was killed by a bull shark one morning. Another story of a woman who walked each morning around a lake and then sat on a pier with her legs over the side. An alligator figured her routine and jumped out of the water, grasped her leg and pulled her in drowning her. Of course, these are exceptions. Sharks and gators aren't a problem...until they are.
When I was a kid growing up in Madeira beach Florida we never jumped off our dock into the bay at night. Just wasn’t something we did. And there were times during the day we didn’t dive off the dock. You never know what’s waiting for you.
I love intercoastal fishing, this looks very similar to Boynton area. Lots of bull, Spinner and other sharks, but a little bit of a scary encounter when kayak fishing.
It’s Deerfield, just north of the Hillsboro bridge.
It's super fun!
Love the adrenaline rush when he hooks up! Don't we all know and love that feelin'!!!!!
It's addictive for sure!
It's friggin amazing, that surge of excitement and a strong undercurrent of scare and fright and the "I've gotta fight this or lose badly!!" Love it! Doesn't matter if it's a bloody gold fish or a friggin bull/mako/great white!!! An amazing super rush that needs to be experienced. Can't describe in crazy minor marks on paper or rock!!
Wow that’s crazy! 😮 congratulations on that fight! Sharks can really be anywhere.
Thanks! I was glad to see it
Bull sharks can even be 70 miles up a freshwater river.
That was smart sharpening that hook. I've noticed that sharks can be hard to hook, just like tarpon. I've had the same shark take my bait 7-8 times and not be able to hook it. It took me a few experiences like that to wise up.
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That's why I don't go in the ocean past my ankles
Hi 👋🏻 there lads. I’ve noticed a lot of fishers in USA bait their hook with the hook only just in the edge of the bait. A fish taking that bait would tear it away from the hook, even though you seem to be getting good hook ups.
I embed the hook in the bait up the shank with the hook tip just protruding out the bottom of the bait.🐟🎣🇦🇺
"Even though you seem to be getting good hook-ups"
Well done, nice to see sharks being released unharmed.
For sure!
Dude had the audacity to walk up with the ol' "mine was a little bigger". 🤣🤣
Amateur (game) fisherman are the same the world over. Happy to help and to swap a story. "We've seen 8 footers in here." Good stuff
Ppl helping ppl w no harm done only educational and inspirational. Yay Humans!!!
Makes the day better for sure
Can you do another video on clear creek because you haven’t done one there in a long time but this time go to Kirby drive behind Lonza and Kelsey Sey Board
Fish there often
Maybe, well see
Great Content... Me and the wife are infatuated with Florida... that place is absolutely gorgeous; it fits our lifestyle to a "T"... My Wife wants to move from Michigan there but I don't wanna quit my Job Here... Again... Great Vid Man.... Very Intertaining.
It's a wild place for sure. I appreciate the support!
Re: moving to FL. Native Floridian here. 72 ys. Yes, FL is beautiful. VISIT don't move!
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@@suzannechance5876 I'll Do What I Wanna Do!
@@suzannechance5876 People are moving to the Free State of Florida because of the great Gov. Ron DeSantis and escaping the covid lockdown livelihood carnage. Not to worry, though, Someone at Cocoa Beach told me the sharks and alligators will pass up a plain-tasting native Floridian when they smell a tasty, juicy New Yorker in the water, supposedly cold-weather humans just taste better. I hear Bostonians are their 2nd favorite after New Yorkers, but Northern Midwesterners will do in a pinch, especially Minnesotans.
I've met some of the nicest people next to me on the dock. Brothers and sisters sharing a peaceful moment.
It's always super cool when fishing neighbors are as cool as Ron
can tell a fellow fisherman always willing to jump in and help.
Yep, and they still say they caught one just like it but bigger.
Yea bud that definitely counts as landing it. Great catch!
Thanks!
We used to go fishing every weekend in my dad's boat. My mum was cursed or something because while we were pulling in Snapper, Gurnard and Trevally, she would catch nothing but Stingray's and Sharks every time we went out. One time it was a white shark that she pulled in and I ran through the cabin and out through the hatch in terror (I was 5 or 6) and was about to jump in the water when my dad said, 'uh, there's much bigger ones in there.' I rethought that plan instantly.
I am so appreciative that staying to the end of the video that you released this juvenile shark.
Thank you for letting it go. Sharks are so important to the ecosystem. You fought well. What an adrenaline rush. You were so shaky after you got it close and let it go. Happy that you didn't use a barbed hook.
Absolutely, catch and release is the way to go. I was using a hook that has a small barb, but I am trying to use barbless hooks more often (keeping the bait on is the challenge)
Great job, my fellow Texan!!
That first guy was hilarious!! Lol great catch 👍
He was the kind of character you want showing up in your fishing video
Frigging fisherman....."I got one like that in the keys....mine was a Lil bigger though" lmao
I don’t know Ron, i never met Ron, I’ve never ever seen Ron before. But i am 100% Ron is a very friendly guy.
Nice video, thanks fo sharing 🍻.
He sure seemed to be
Most anglers are too cowardly to take hooks out of sharks so they cut the line. Your a champion angler for doing the right thing & removing the hook :) As they get bigger bringing them to shallows makes it easier because they calm down. I'm not recommending this in case you loose a hand but you can roll sharks upside down & they go quiet for a short time. They seem to like a gentle rub on the belly.
Fishermen are so cool. They were pumped you got it, so awesome.
Those guys were definitely on the cool side of the fisherman spectrum (some great, some terrible, and everything in between)
What a great catch and what an amazing first video to find your channel on.
Thank you, I really appreciate it!
I don't live far from there and as kid used to swim off the dock all the time. We used to see sharks all the time. In our kid mind, we would get out if the water until we didn't see them . Thinking oh they moved in! We also used to swim in golf course ponds to sell golf balls at the flea market.
Use to always jump off jetty in Queensland Australia they pretty well known for sharks I believe
I'm dying to go to Queensland
That’s basically why you don’t enter the canals down here on the Gold Coast in Australia. Bull sharks are in there and there is a fair few of them. I know some people who were swimming in one here a few years back and just down from them there was an old couple who’s dog had gone to water. Shark had tried to attack it prior to them letting them know that it was likely going to head their way next
💥 snakehead... the bait of champions!! 👍
That was amazing and a real treat. I’m so happy and relieved that you released the little fella.
Fore sure, I appreciate it 👍
I have a lot of respect for sharks, but I don’t usually release bulls and tigers
Then you don't have a lot of respect for sharks...
Friend caught a giant grouper in FL. It could swallow a person. Beautiful but not allowed to pull them out of water.
Those fish are incredible
First shark I've ever seen was at the beach st. pier in port aransas on mustang island, TX. Some dude had a good sized hammerhead on but the bastard went down, then wrapped around a pylon and that was the last I saw of him. Pretty cool to see a big ass fish lime that irl. I also saw dolphins for the first time on the barge to the island. The dolphins swam along side us like they were welcoming us to the island. It was dope AF!
Dolphins are cool, cool animals
Ive been working in the Bahamas on and off for years. You never go out swimming or snorkeling an hour before 4 or 5 pm and dusk. The Sharks are always out feeding. The Bull sharks were easily 5' to 9' long on average many a late afternoon fishing We would easily hook into one of these monsters. Hell of alot of fun trying to reel in of the docks. They would tend to bite off a fish you were reeling in leaving you w/ nothing but a head of a fish. Looking forward going back soon to the Bahamas and fishing in the early mornings or late afternoons.
What type of work do you do?
Thank you for getting the hook out.👍👍👍
For sure!
How cool was that... and a bull shark too...getting to know the ropes of a new spot!..the big beasts there, come out to play when the sun goes down!..
I figured being close to the Indian River Lagoon a bull shark was a good bet
Last one I hooked like that was off Jamestown, St Helena Island in '59 at age 15. Broke the line.
Years later, guessed it was probably a great-white (having watched Jaws in '75). But yes, your heave on the line maybe felt like panning a huge gold nugget.
Awesome
Reaching down to unhook the Bull Shark, I had the Jaws theme playing in my mind.