Beginner Boat Fishing It's TIME To Tell The TRUTH 

G'day Everyone, we were pumping the sea sickness tablets into us on that trip, I can tell ya! Anyway, fishing and gardening are my two biggest passions (besides family and friends), and I'm excited to bring you fishing content once again. There is a surprising amount of crossover between fishing and food gardening, so working the two into each other should be a ton of fun! Thanks for your patience and support... Get out there! Cheers :)

It's so refreshing to see a fishing channel, taking this down to earth approach. It's going to be fun watching, as you become more and more experienced along the way. Sooner or later, those bigger fish will come and I hope we might even see some of them cooked up, with your home grown vegetables and salads. Enjoy and safe boating.

I never realized this channel existed and I've been watching you garden for like 5 years

Totally agree about the fishing and gardening can go hand in hand, after our fish is filleted my husband boils the frames and heads for cooking stock and all the waste then goes into the garden for the veges 😊

cant put a deadline on good content! take as much time as you need to be happy with the amazing content you provide! keep up the solid work! great to see you back on the waves!

Beautiful boat. One day!

G'day Mark, Long time fan from your gardening channel, love the fact you're doing a fishing channel too. At the end of the say there really is nothing quite like a fully self sourced meal, both the protein and the salads/veg. I'm a keen fisherman too and like you suffer sea-sickness...big time. I'm not sure how it works for you but I find Kwells dries out the mouth and makes me tired, so I looked into alternatives and Paul Worsteling from I-Fish put up a FB post about him using scopolamine hydrobromide gel. The stuff is magic!

I’m glad you cross-promoted from your gardening channel! You’re such a positive person and you’re a joy to watch.

Awesome to see Mark! I actually grew up on Moreton Island as a young bloke. Moved away when I was 7 or so. My old man used to boat me over to straddy for school on a stabicraft like yours! Recently brought back up in kooringal on the south side of Moreton 🙂

If this is for a general interest audience, perhaps you could explain terms like livies, perlies and trolling as you go through. If the channel is just for avid fisherman, that no worries that's ok too.

Hey guys, well done on the video! Good to see you guys filming your adventures and learning from your time on the water 👍🎣 it was cool to see you pop my RU-vid channel up at the end too! 😁 Just a tip for you- if you’re at the beacons and your bait jigs are getting bitten off like that, it’s school mackerel! They’re most likely eating your livies on the way up and snipping you off! If you cast some chrome slugs, let them sink, and then wind them back in fast, you’ll hook up! Or even float a pilchard down on gang hooks. They’re a tasty feed and fun fight! Tight lines guys, keep up the videos 👍

Orange sky at night, Sailors delight. Orange sky in the morning, Sailors take warning.

Hahaha the shot of you with your cheeks puffed out looks like you are ready to start chumming the water, lol. I grew up on the ocean since I was 4. The waves I seen looks like our calmest waters here in New England. So glad you purchased the best pleasure boat ever constructed. I'm very jealous of you. I got to drool on a bright orange one here. I hope we get to see a lot more of it and am looking forward to watching your fishing trips. Can you please show us all the fish you catch up close and tell us more about them. We don't have any of the species like you have. We are mostly striped bass, haddock, flounder and cod and a few other species. Were you trolling really fast or was that the way the camera made it look? When we troll for striped bass it's usually at around 5-10 mph. All depends on the species. Anyways it's nice to see you on the water and bonding with your boys. They must absolutely love it. Be safe out there!

Wow this makes me so happy! My biggest passion is fishing along with Woodwork. Gardening is a close second to those two. I never knew you had a fishing video I could subscribe to and I love the idea of doing the novice stuff and visiting basics. I have bad anxiety doing trips like this just from a preparation point of view but this is great! Thank you.

Love the Gardening show and Im sure the fishing channel will be Great Love your presenting style

Good to see you back! Just a pointer I learned from experience: If your live bait is dying off prematurely, it´s likely because the well is too high. That and too little water in the well creates a slosh that really damages the baities. Cheers!

Well done. This is the sort of fishing channel for me! Look forward to seeing more videos.

I've been a follower of your gardening channel for years and migrated to Australia from the UK last year. Its crazy knowing you was at the Spinnaker sounds marina at the same i was! Im glad to find this channel!

Great stuff Mark, every one has to start somewhere and as you say there are plenty of other channels if your an advanced fisho or boatie, I love your style and honesty and think your approach is great and I've been doing it for over 50yrs and still entertained me.

Good to see someone keeping it real and honest👍🏻as there's plenty of content out there claiming to be experts that really don't have a clue, as a river estuary & impoundments fisho for 30 odd years I'd be lost at sea too..😅

I've watched you for years, I've always watched Rokkit Kit (Gold Coast) for years, very similar outlook on content. Just happy to see your fishing stories though, whatever they are!

While you were away I spent the time going through your backlog of videos. Nice to have you back !

Awesome Great👍love your channel i'm so touched💕I subscribed and liked💁‍♀️💕Boat fishing biginner Momy💕

U got a po Box I could send you my first hand carved home made lure too LoL I haven't had any chance to use it I commented on someone else's channel under my old account when I seen you comment on your fishing channel on someone else's channel LoL never got a reply tho

Great to see you back on the water Mark and "enjoying yourself" lol I can relate to your wavy trip back so well !! It often blows up like that on the eastern end of Lake Ontario. Especially when I'm out salmon fishing lol 👍🐟👍

It's so great to see you doing what you love with your boys. Moments that count. Cheers!

Nice! I follow your gardening channel, didn't even know you did fishing too, sooo good!

I can't wait to get out on the water again. Winters here in New England (Massachusetts) is to darn long. My brother in law just picked up a new 30' boat and I imagine we'll be out on it 4-5 times a week. Putting up a couple new 4x8 foot raised beds, relocating 8 blueberry bushes I planted last summer to close to a fence (still less than 2' tall) Lots to do in a short time. Got a bunch of seedlings started covering my kitchen table right now on a 4' heat mat, ugh time is moving much to quickly. Still need to restring a few reels and get my tackle set up. Yet I can't stop watching your channel. Hope you land a lot of nice fish this season and looking forward to more videos. Till then may you always have tight lines and good times!

Mark, just a comment from someone who has been hunting, fishing and growing food for > 60 years. If you want to keep the "self sufficiency" theme pure than calculate how many kilos of (usable) fish you have caught per litres of fuel used. If you do, where and the way you fish will change. Just as you have measured and changed your gardening systems. All the best with your venture.

Great beginning! Suffishent-very punny. Enjoyed the ride and wait for more! Love #Self Sufficient Me as well. Always enjoy what you do or don't bother. Best wishes ❤️

Thank you for sharing this 1850 boat experiences, still deciding on whether getting 1550, 1650 or 1850 for usa ocean costal fishing. 1850 is def a better choice, but price tag is a little too much.

Heading outside always go on an empty stomach Mark.... at most have some dry toast. Try to get Slimmies not yellow tail (Yakkas).... much better baits. Also speak to someone about what transducer you have for your sounder, and what you can get to upgrade it... more powerful transducer will give you a clearer and more detailed image. All the best and tight lines boys👍👍👍

Nice I have watched your Gardening channel for ages and Didn't know you had a Fishing channel. Nice :)

Love it mate, we're travelling out in Moreton bay more and more and it's so much fun. Tomorrow is looking promising. I think I saw you in person semi-recently and you had your Self Sufficient Me shirt on. I'd love a Surtees or Stabicraft next (with a Yamaha of course)... let me know if you ever want to sell, hard to beat the safety element of Stabi

Holy Heka. Didn't know you were this local. I'm on Bribie and fishing was my life before some mental health issues from a work accident and the legal process. Yeah ya did that sesh wrong. There's lot's of big easy fish to catch just off the marina if you think outside the box. I'm trying to grow food in a tight yard environment. We could swap tips. Even go for a run?

Sea sickness, I have had people on my boat if I handed them a gun they would pull the trigger. It suck big time, particularly if you just burned 100 in fuel to get to your spot. My thing now is you must take a blue travel calm the night before and one in the morning, or you don't go. It works and eat on the way out, or you will be. Spewing for sure 😂

I remember sleeping in when I was supposed to go to Bundeberg for K86, got 7 days ROPS. God I hated dixie bashing in the Sargents mess, but then again I was only going to be dixie bashing up there aswell.

Firstly thank fk this channel is finally going again, good to see! Just a tip, try not to focus so much on the sounder and how all these “pros” on RU-vid fish with fancy shit, besides Sammy they won’t teach you much besides make ya waste money on lures. Get some cast nets and throw for some bait the day before or morning of, plus you live in a good yabby area so pump them too. $150 tops for a good cast net and pump.

Hey Mark! If you only used your combat experience in the Navy instead of the Army, I wouldn't have to watch this video. Love your work!

I’ve been waiting for this video for a lifetime! So glad it’s finally here! Looking forward to many more from you blokes!

Pretty much somes up fishing 🎣 😊 sick stabi for shizzle Simrads rule 👍

Gardening pays off by the looks of that boat! You probably already read up on it but if you can't help getting sea sick and the travel calm pills do bugger all then you could give compounding chemists a go.. They can make you stronger or better suited sea sickness tablets which might help you. Then again it might just fade away after more time on the water. I imagine you'll be able to use the left over fish frames for compost too.

#Different# keep up the grouse work ✔️💯 MATEY 👍. Should have used a garden rake to bring the fish 🐟 In😂🤣

you have stolen my idea :) not happy about it but hey good luck to you sir. Here is my advice purchase 2 drones 1 as a backup take drone footage when for your intros... and snippets of the entire video ie highlights. Get a bunch of stands for your go pros and 1 for your head. Get the mics that are attached to your neck and have a plenty of spare batteries. Finally film it all and good luck and try to boat out when its a little less wild. Best of all dont hide your locations tell people how you learn when to go out bla bla bla. Also discuss boating saftey and who to call if you run into problems. These are all worth watching specially when it comes to content. I follow all the big timers and they are protect there spots and forget that the viewers are their bread and butter. Also make sure when you get plenty of viewers over time that you will be happy to meet up with them and take a picture and spend 5 mins with them. Nobody likes ppl who are not friendly or stuck up. Good luck as I am sure you will make give it a good go.

Neat channel! Do follow the others 😁 Brilliant video 💪🏻 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

I was thinking how does this channel only have 9k subscribers... then I realized self su-fishing. Well played lol

Hi, I’m Mark from Selfsuffishing Me. Today we are going to find out what vegies you can grow yourself will catch a fish.

Awesome! Fishing is my project for this year. It’s dawned on me that I haven’t properly taken my kids and both are teenagers 😳. Give a kid a fish and they can eat for the day. Teach a kid to fish and they can eat for a lifetime. 😉

Whenever I see you trawling, I think, man he's moving so fast. Where I fish, on the Great lakes, we run 1.5 to 2 mph. If we need to slow down more, we will use drift socks to slow her down a tad more.

Am I the only one who thought the thumbnail was Mark getting stressed in space whlie barbecuing instead of him on a fishing boat? Would make excellent clickbait

I'm very thankful you have turned your attention to a nutritious food source. I imagine your health is improving. Great work.

When driving in slop like you were, stabicrafts like to be driven hard and reasonably fast. Next time the wind and swell kicks up punch abit hard and you will be surprised at how well it can handle a sloppy sea

Self sufishing me LOL! I thought someone was copying you at first😂 Great channel name!

LOL, I caught a fish sooo big it pulled me right over the side of the boat. I would have been a goner if i didnt grab the anchor line. As i climbed back into the boat the fish broke the line. Im telling you it was massive, it had to be to pull me over. I thought it was all on video but the battery's went dead.

You may not be looking to make a learning project out of it, but I would rather learn from somebody making mistakes along the way, as well as successes. I learn more.

You might consider a mobile NVR with a solid state hard drive(s) in it and then run cameras off PoE from the NVR. Hikvision makes some nice NVRs like this and the cameras are great. Throwing that out as an option for the recordings. Looking forward to more fishing!!

Did you commandeer saddams boat or something while you were in the army? That’s a dictator quality vessel you got there! 😛

You know about quartering the waves? So you’re punching straight into the chop abit easier riding

watching from florida, crazy looking boat! super cool to see all the differences and similarities

Looks like a great time. I can’t wait for our summer to get into it……

Wow!!! Sergeant Major you are great! I sub to both channels, and both are great content. Keep it up .

Happy to see that you're enjoying time on the water and had a chance to make a video. Not sure if you've tried sabiki rigs or not, but they work great for bait fishing, especially when tipped with a bit of squid. Cheers.

Mate I didn't know you had a fishing channel. Been watching your gardening videos for ages 😅

You want your live bait tank full so they don’t slosh around in there, getting seasick like you mark ;)

I was just thinking about fishing again...I miss it. Want to get a tank and purge them. I love to creek fish.

Your newest subscriber here, looking forward to sharing your future adventures.

Hi are your charts working on your simrad because doesn’t look like they are working

Nice boat and I like the concept of your channel.

New to the channel I like what you’re about looking forward to following your journey

Not a criticism but there seams to be an awful lot of line twist. We use multi bead swivels to combat this on the west coast of canada… cheers any day fishing is better than most anything else

No wonder you seem so familiar I’ve seen the gardening videos, good stuff mate. No one starts a pro fisherman

Incorrect use of bait tank...😂 Awesome video.

Top stuff Mark Didn't know you were a fisho. Keep these Vids up!

Wooohoooo, the fishing channel is back......Yeppers! :)

Have waited forever for an episode of this new chanel great keep them coming.

Nice work gents. Love the facial expression.

Sweet boat man. I started boating 2 years ago. You'll be an expert in no tie!

We need a tour of the epic boat setup AND the rod/reel combos. Pls pls

Great stuff. I have a fishing channel and do the garden stuff on the side. You have a self sufficient garden channel so it's fun seeing you enter our territory lol. Cheers from 🇨🇦

Mate I've been waiting for this video for what feeds like an age 🤣

Well done I subscribed before the 2 minute Mark

Looks like a fun family pouting. Good job.

Gardening and fishing,...Just subscribed

Hi mate will be watching, tylersreelfishing just done a great video on how to film fishing also. I wish i had all that info when i started playing around videoing a few trips. To get good audio you really need to have an external recorder with lav mic and sync up in post, extra steps but worth it.

have just found thischannel......follow you on your garden channel.......much love from Western Australia ♥♥

Great episode! Much love from fellow creators in tassie 😊 I’d love to join you for a trip!

Rookie mistake…Don’t go early😏.

Never ever fish ever ! Up7r destroying the planet!

Just came across your channel, subbed.

Very enjoyable video 🤩

Just a tip for a beginner, boat ramp/launch ettiquite is important. Turn your lights off while backing down the ramp as not to blind others, park out of the way to get everything ready before launching as not to hold others up and block the ramp etc. Great videos, neat boat.

Despite all the advantages of aluminium boats, the noise they make does my head in, this is why I'd never own another one. I had one years ago and the racket it made in our steep gulf chop made it unbearable. I took it out 3 times and sold it. This clip reminded me of that nightmare

I. Brother. I want to know more about fishing

I wish I knew about this channel earlier 👍

I used to fish 5 to 7 days a week before I took gardening more seriously, now fishing only once or twice per week, so, it makes me really happy that you're an angler too.

God bless you Mark, get into it!

Get yourself an Insta360 camera. place it somewhere central in the boat and you will capture everything in all directions at once.

Glad to see you're back. Looking good. Keep yourself in your family safe out there and take care. Have a good day. Talk to you later my friend. 👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️😎😎😎

Ha ha, I made the same new year's resolution. Get out in the boat more!!! Or the Mrs's ess altermatum of Use it or Lose it! ha ha ha 😂 🤣 😆

Hot tip on getting pounded by swell... trim your motor up a touch to keep the bow from slapping and ploughing. Not a huge amount, get a feel for it. Makes an amazing difference.