Nice catches. That Ray was insane. Awesome sheepshead too. Great video. Thank you for taking the time on vacation to bring us great content. Be safe and enjoy your vacation.
Sheephead are tasty. Gnarly as hell teeth, but so good! Allow me to add that it's SO nice to come here and simply see and hear about simple fishing. A LOT of the other fishing channels are making videos focused on the GS guys and their drama with Favorite Rods and their alleged troubles with 6th Sense blah blah blah. Thank you for keeping it realistic!
I've heard some people cut off a ray's barb before releasing it so they don't get barbed...but that's not entirely necessary as long as you're just more careful about handling them. How you handled it with the net seemed to work just fine.
Thanks for more no BS fishing. Hate to be one of those "you should" guys, but...if you get one of those micro burners to screw onto a little butane/propane mix tank you can pack it with you on trips like this with a cheap little frying pan and enjoy surprises like that sheeepshead right on the dock. Better fish meals than most restaurants ever provide, as long as you have a little butter, salt and pepper. Thanks again!
The ray looked like some type of skate. They have the same little spines on their back and tail. The ones I've caught have had a longer tail, around 4-6 inches, but nothing like a stingray. Perfectly safe to handle.
That sheep's head looked like it had a few nasty teeth. I have never heard of a tailless ray I'M guessing it was either attacked by another ray when it was young or by a predator It was the first one i have ever seen but I'M no expert on rays or salt water fish either. LOL Thanks for taking the time to watch the great fishing video while your down on the coast. Hope your having some nice weather. Have a great time down there!!!
late in the season on Cape Cod out at Bishops & Clerks we would catch sheepheads. They're like over sized porgy, pretty big size ( 1 1/2 to 3 lbs) and a lot of fun to catch. I never really ate one but they're supposed to be fairly good eating. What's really good is sea robin tails. The tail is the only edible part but when done right they taste similar to crab or shrimp. Most folks throw them away like junk fish but if you get a bunch of them filleting the tails is worth it. By the way great video, thanks.
Any saltwater fishing without Hardheads is a good one, nice Sheephead. Watch your fingers with the Sheepshead their teeth and jaws are built to crack open crabs,oysters and snails
I love the pikachu shirt,you always have great content. I've learned a lot from this channel and it has helped my fishing out a lot. One if the best fishing channels on RU-vid, right to the point without the weird challenges or trying to be overly hyped
I love these videos where you are fishing down on the gulf coast/Bon Secour area. My wife and I were in Gulf Shores at Thanksgiving. I caught some whiting and some pinfish off the state park pier down there using using tackle similar to yours there. Thanks for keeping it realistic!
Those croaker make perfect bait live or cut, and so does that crab. If youre near n.e.florida we should get together. I can put you on some salt water fish here in jacksonville.
@@RealisticFishing yeah theyre always a problem. Ive caught some monster fish on cut croaker and live ones. From reds to black drum to trout. Tight lines brother
Where Are You? I Love all the piers behind your hotel! I’m starting saltwater fishing seriously next week and it’s so cool to pickup tips on rigging, baits and tackle on RU-vid!
I'd say someone cut off that ray's tail. Always enjoy your videos. I've been a shore fisherman all my life . Hoping to change that this year. Thanks for sharing your fishing time with all of us.
I think that ray did have its tail cut off. Ive caught at least 100 of them in the last year and never have i seen any ray without a tail, even when researching the different kinds. Id guess someone who caught it panicked and cut off the whole tail to be sure it didnt get them while they take it off the line. When theyre flipped over the barb can be broken off at the tip which i hear is like cutting our fingernails for them and it grows back soon and it also shouldnt be able to flex towards you when its upside down but it can flip itself back over fast with that powerful tail. Also some people use rays as shark bait so it could have been someone harvesting the tail as a neat piece of bait because of how dense it is
Thanks for the video. Very helpful. Hoping to hook-up on something saltwater fishing. I think I’ve been using too short a leader on my Carolina rig similar to yours. It looks like your leader length from the barrel swivel to egg weight is about 3feet long?
@@RealisticFishing ok. I found not many people eat anything they catch. I haven't kept one in over 20 years to eat. Lol btw I love the fact you but old loaded tackle boxes. I bought one off ebay awhile back. Well worth it. Enjoy your vacation!
