lets fucking gooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!! im so happy for you man. dont know you, but i thoroughly enjoyed watching this. good for you man. hell ya. great respect for the release too. almost made me cry the respect you have for the animal and the ocean. although, i hear they taste amazing and that one would have had some great filets on it. Im still new to fishing, so why did you release it? Honest question. Im still learning and im not asking sarcastically. That seems like a keeper maybe? Help enlighten me and teach me what to do in this scenario. thanks for the info.
Brilliant! Congrats! It’s all about putting in the time and keeping the bait in the water. Moving down the beach is solid. Seeing the fish in the surf is rare & fantastic. Nice video! Your enthusiasm and authenticity is great to see! Tight lines!
This is literally my dream, I have caught alot of reservoir and bay striper, and surf perch but never a surf striper, let alone a giant like this. Congrats! Nice videos
Great example of goin thru your tools till one fit. Imagine all the fish we walk away from cuz we cant see they are there, just not into that plug, lure/bait. Change up and hook up! Nice!
Don’t pull the fish in with the line get the line to the reel and fight them that way you will break a lot less fish off you typically only pull them in with line if they are small but fight the fish from reel let the rod and the drag do the work good luck
It's been tough at that reservoir with the grass having gotten so tall, big swimbaits and frogs have been my go to there. It really turns on there during the earliest and latest hours
My brother, #1 Cliff fishing is normal and many sportmens enjoy it #2 You can't control the size of the fish you hook #3 Lingcod and rockfish are very hardy creatures and when released are generally fine #4 even if the fish had died there's plenty of life in the ecosystem that would take advantage of the food, including other sports fish
@@GaryzillaOutdoors 1. I said nothing about cliff fishing. 2. But you can control keeping it out of the water for 10 minutes for pics and video BEFORE measuring it. DFW code states short fish must be IMMEDIATELY returned to the water. 3. I've caught dozens of lingcod and hundreds of rockfish, I don't need you mansplaining anything to me, as I am an accomplished angler. 4. The fish would of never died if it was treated with respect and handled correctly. This is just some googan trying to copy other bay area youtubers and failing miserably.
@@Tiggitytye fish was still kicking when I threw him back and definitely did not have him out of the water no more than 5 minutes. But it’s all good to assume based on clips through RU-vid Pretty happy on getting my first lingcod tho so I had to take a pic but nonetheless thanks for your feedback! Tight lines! 🤙🏽🎣
I suggest making salted shrimp. They don't get stink in your backpack and really stay on the hook. I keep mine in a small Tupperware container in my pocket lol and a slip bobber rig will save allot of headaches someday , weighted with swimbait or bait under it work great
First time watching your "Channel?" and, as an old striped bass surf fisherman of the San Francisco Bay Area, mostly from the Cliff House and the Gate area, say Half Moon Bay to the south to Stinson Beach to the north with occasional forays to Santa Cruz to the south and McClures Beach to the north, I've caught a lot of stripers. Now I realize you were going after surf perch and were geared up for them and not stripers, but there's a few things I might suggest that may help you eliminate or at least minimize some of the problems you were having. 1., If you're goiong surf fishing, dress and gear up like you're going surf fishing, not for a casual walk on the beach while carrying some fishing gear. To me that means a good pair of chest high waders and a decent hooded rain parka cinched around your middle with a "Surf Belt". The kind I use used to ba available in Army Navy stores and were surplus and served two vital functions; a., if you were to get dunked by a wave (I've been there) they keep most of the water out. And b., they accept clip on pouches of various sizes that were made for the belt to carry your gear with you while you cast, follow, fight and land your fish. No running back and forth like a mad man to where you plopped your gear down to get a different lure/whatever. (Also keeps honest people honest when your attention is elsewhere.) While I prefer using conventional, revolving spool gear myself, I even made an 11' one piece spinning surf rod and topped it with a Penn 706 with 20# Stren for any friend I might want to take with me to introduce them to the sport. I use a conventional 11' one piece rod I made with a Penn Squidder that I narrow spooled. There is something I've noticed in a lot of recent videos about striper and surf perch fishing in Calipornia, which is everyone who is using spinning gear has never heard the advice of an old Indian salmon fishing guide, from "Down East" Maine: "When he pulls, you don't. When he don't pull, you do". Yes, the old pump and reel is still the best way to bring in a fish who can make runs. With a conventional reel, if a fish is taking out line and you keep reeling, the fish is still taking out line against the drag and that's it. With a spinning reel, if the fish is taking out line and you keep cranking the handle, every revolution of that bail puts another twist in your line which weakens and - depending on a variety of factors - may start to abrade it. Stop by Modern Bait & Tackle on Mission Street in San Francisco when you're in the area. Not only do they have great manufactured rods and much, much more, including tips and the latest info on runs, but they also do custom rod making as well. If Eddy Banta still hangs out there, tell him I said hello. Don't forget, "The worst day of fishing is still better than the best day of working".
Awesome video my friend!! I just recorded a bass fishing video for my channel and it’s cool to see how other people are doing!! I love watching your videos, keep up the good work!! 🎣🤝🎣
