Fishing w/ Bacon to Catch Flounder Limit! (NO JOKE, ACTUALLY USEFUL!) Catch and Cook

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Ever Catch flounder with a piece of bacon? Ive been hearing so many rumors that bacon works really well for bait. Today we get to the bottom of this! We test bacon using a Carolina rig and a bucktail jig. We were so surprised by the results. We catch our limit of flounder in a couple of hours and make an amazing home cooked meal. Join our adventure this week!
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0:00-0:19 Bacon for Bait?
0:19-2:40 Setting Up Bacon Fishing Rig
2:40-3:42 First Fish
3:42-4:08 Setting Up Erin's Bacon Fishing Rig
4:08-5:18 Fish Bites Bacon Bait!
5:18-6:08 Fishing w/ Bacon Strategy
6:08-6:40 Erin's First Fish
6:40-8:15 Catching Fish w/ Bacon for Bait
8:15-8:56 Switching Rods-- Sure Catch Fishing Rig
8:56-11:20 Bacon for Bait (It's Working!)
11:20-12:05 Double Up Catching Flounder w/ Erin!
12:05-13:59 Using Squidy Bits for Bait
13:59-15:10 Erin (Almost) Misses BIG Fish
15:10-16:47 Answer: Did Bacon Work for Bait?
16:47-17:45 Caught in High Tide (Uh oh!)
17:45-23:13 Best Flounder Recipe-- Crab-Stuffed Flounder
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@tvideo1189 9 месяцев назад

Pork rind has been used as a bait for centuries. Bacon is just one form. Glad it worked for you.

@nessawill64 9 месяцев назад

Have to say you are the only fishing video I watch all the way through rather than fast-forwarding to the good parts. You and Erin make it enjoyable to watch no matter what you are doing. 👍

@adamstevens3661 9 месяцев назад

Pro tip: when hooking live bait through the lips don't hook both top and bottom lips shut. Your bait will not be live bait very long since you essentially prevent them from getting water through their gills

@thcxgold 9 месяцев назад

I caught a massive flounder on Lunchable meat when I ran out of shrimp with my dad when I was a little girl, and first started the passion of fishing 😂

@k9er233 6 месяцев назад

Cool to see you saltwater guys and gals discover what we freshwater black bass fishermen have been using for 50+ years, known as a 'Jig and Pig' rig in the bass world. Basically a jig tipped with a strip of pork rind. The pork rind is cut into a fat lump of pork with skin on in the rough shape of the back half of a frog + legs, or a crayfish with trailing claws swimming backward. With skin on it stays on the jig through multiple hookups. Tough stuff. The bacon strip trailing off the jig that you have rigged has the same profile and wavy action as the old tried and true commercial jig and pig. Drives the fish wild. No surprise to me that it is working for you in the salt. The pork rind 'frog' is still commercially available, often with dyes and patterns on the skin portion. Frog pattern in dotted green and crayfish pattern in striped brown/orange were two of the favorite rigs in my area. especially in the summer. The frog pattern was rigged on a lighter jig and retrieved across the top of the weedbeds and the crayfish pattern was rigged heavy and hopped up off the bottom. Worked very well for stripers as well in my local river during the spawning run. The pork trailers were sold in all of my local tackle shops back in the 70's and 80's. I have not seen them on the shelf lately, since the soft plastic revolution has mostly surpassed them, but they are still made by uncle josh and I found them on amazon. I know that bacon works very well in my area when still fishing for catfish, so I may just try a 'bacon jig and pig' for channel cats the next time I go out to the lake, sort of a dual purpose bass and cats setup.

@terryparis 9 месяцев назад

that brings back the day,,,when i first started fishing like 57 years ago...my friend and i used it for pan fish and catfish in freshwater..thx good vids

@gesarts3625 9 месяцев назад

I'm a long-time fan and subscriber from wayyyyy back in the Suitcase Erin days (iykyk), and all i can say is..... I'm genuinely happy for you and proud of how far you guys have come.

@Do0msday 9 месяцев назад

Suitcase Erin! 🎵🎶

@ernestinedugaqua6152 9 месяцев назад

Suit case Erin 😂 I still have a Gx2 ugly stik. That video was entertaining

@momoividz2861 3 месяца назад

Ive been binge watching their videos from the beginning for months now 😂i know suitcase erin very well hahah

@henryclark5486 9 месяцев назад

This is one of my favorite fishing videos I've watched! The cleaning, butterflying and cooking the flounder was awesome 👌

@TheWildwoodPicker 9 месяцев назад

Those are really small throw backs up here in NJ Coastal Waters... We're 2x 17" to17.99" and 1x 18" or greater. I'm surprised they let you keep 14" flounder. That does look like a nice place to be fishing. Fun Fun!

@eldeRobe 4 месяца назад

Greetings from North Padre Island, Texas (Corpus Christi). I really enjoy your videos and always find them interesting and entertaining. You and Erin seem to have a lot of fun and it comes through in your videos. I catch Southern Flounder in the local bays and channels, but I've never tried using bacon for bait. Will try it next time I go out. Please keep the great videos coming.

@humpy936 9 месяцев назад

I fish with bacon for catfish, freshwater drum, carp, and anything else that might bite, works great, and stays on the hook well.😊

@Americanpatriot602 8 месяцев назад

Oldd school stuff there! Back in the day it was called a pig n jig! Good fishin there!

@hyltonla 9 месяцев назад

I would loved to fish every day! I live vicariously through your videos. ❤️❤️

@jmjm1920 9 месяцев назад

I miss fishing in my Tonga Island 🏝 from Auckland winter gearing up for next summer 😊

@westfallframing7896 9 месяцев назад

I've never seen flounder prepared that way. I will have to try that!

@Adrian-oz1tm 9 месяцев назад

Hey Erin and Brandon. You guys are really innovative when dealing with baits. Amazing content... From South Africa

@HeySkipper 9 месяцев назад

Haha this wasn’t our idea, I think people have been doing it for a long time already. Very fun experiment:)

@Traveler2112 8 месяцев назад

I use to keep the white skin of the flounder belly when I fillet them out and cut it into strips and freeze it then use it later on other fishing trips. Cheaper than bacon for sure.

@kuma9069 5 дней назад

Floundering about in the water again, huh? 🤣🤣 The deadly bacon of Shaolin is tremendous bait, I see! 👍👏👏👏

@bernardmerida2221 5 месяцев назад

You and Erin are the best . I live and fish in the Keys and using bacon as bait is a first for me and you can bet I will be trying bacon bait tomorrow morning . My wife is going to hate me , but thats OK. Keep the videos coming , they are great .

@mohamednagy8365 9 месяцев назад

From EGYPT we like your videos. Keep going❤

@bobbyd79903ify 8 месяцев назад

Texas commandments: Love thy neighbor. Love thy fishing. Love all BBQ equally. Love thy bacon, and DO NOT WASTE BACON as bait. 🤣😁 😂

@fishwithrichhookum8957 9 месяцев назад

You won’t be taking home the bacon but what a insane catch. Great job. Thanks Richard from Menifee, California

@paulbodner2747 8 месяцев назад

Great job on this video. My family and I always watch you. Also my little boy and I met you at Strike Zone your were so kind. Stay that way. Your the best.

@mikemcintosh9754 15 дней назад

What a good motivating video to show us possibilities! Thank you for this video Will be looking forward for others. Also thank you for showing us how to clean the fish at the end and cooking!

@gloriaculberson3568 6 месяцев назад

As a child growing up in the Southern 🇺🇸, my grandmother taught me to fish with fat back pork, it's thick chunks of white meat, very easy to bait your hook with small pieces, we caught some bluegills, that happened more than 50 years ago, I'm 60 years of age.

@sushichef40 9 месяцев назад

Now that is next level! Good for catfish fresh water too.

@Fishingguy00 9 месяцев назад

Love flounder fishing, so much fun! Gonna have to take some Bacon now lol 🥓

@thomasgentry6201 9 месяцев назад

Waste of Bacon!

@mbart2750 6 месяцев назад

Wait ... so you stand out in shark-infested, waist-deep water with bacon hanging around your neck hoping to catch flounder? Sounds like the inspiration for a Gary Larson cartoon! Now, you've got me hooked.

@outwestmetaldetecting6186 9 месяцев назад

I am 68. Started fishing around 9 years old on the docks around Port Hueneme California. We fished for what ever would bite. None of us had enough money for a fishing pole so we used a drop line. We would use muscle for bait. But I would steal some of my mom's bacon for bait. It worked great but was hard to keep on the hook.

@christrella3134 9 месяцев назад

Pork Rinds/ tails for people are great for fish! I heard Uncle Josh isn't making it anymore. Might as well use bacon! Everyone loves bacon!

@outwestmetaldetecting6186 9 месяцев назад

Who doesn't love bacon, right, Lol.

@yfzmike 8 месяцев назад

love the cooking part at the end. dont stop that :)

@HeySkipper 8 месяцев назад

Always!

@henrykosky3919 9 месяцев назад

I'm just so happy to see a video from you it's been quite a while since I've gotten a notification from your Channel

@HeySkipper 9 месяцев назад

Awesome! So happy you are back.

@user-io7to1or9k 9 месяцев назад

What did you stuff the flounder with? It looks so good!

@johnharpin8039 9 месяцев назад

Great video, we fish for flounders here in the NE of UK. Will give bacon a try, be interesting to see if it is as effective here.

@EaterOfSanwiches 9 месяцев назад

Ngl you guys have my favorite content creator intro it’s the best ❤

@HeySkipper 9 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@valerieneal2747 9 месяцев назад

BACON RULES !! THAT LOOKS ABSOLUTELY DELISH !! Y'ALL DID REAL GOOD....ABSOLUTELY EPIC.. TIGHT LINES, Y'ALL !!

@faronwhite6483 8 месяцев назад

Flounder fishing comes in on the 15th of September and ends the 29th of September 2023 in nc..they have to be 15 inches

@marley9904 9 месяцев назад

Looking forward to your video every Thursday night here in Toronto. Hello Erin , Brandon . Hope you do cath and cook with the flounder. Goodluck with the bacon 🥓.

@HeySkipper 9 месяцев назад

Did you enjoy the video?

@3idraven714 8 месяцев назад

We used to catch Blue Crabs with bacon on a string and a net.

@patricklarue2023 9 месяцев назад

Gonna have to try bacon when I'm fishing the sound side. Salted clams worked in the past.

@lfaktore 9 месяцев назад

Bacon works great for catching dungeness crab as well

@COURTZINSESSIONTV 6 месяцев назад

HEY SKIPPER much love n positive vibes from NEW YORK CITY 🏙️🌆❤

@jrockerfrost 9 месяцев назад

Heyy I've been watching you for a really long time I finally moved to Florida and ordered your bait with the thread 😃

@rickhamm4377 9 месяцев назад

Hi I am Wisconsin, I enjoyed your video, keep them coming

@jimmyfowler943 7 месяцев назад

Where I'm from in Florida growing up I use too set turtle lines with bacon.

@josephwagner9201 9 месяцев назад

Going to Naples in September, I might have to try some bacon. Great that you and your wife both enjoy fishing. Where are you fishing

@emeliealegonero4043 11 дней назад

Enjoyed your experiment a lot, I do not need to burnt my skin to have so much fun from Philippine ❤

@tripeee58 9 месяцев назад

I have to admit that this is one of the most enticing cooking portions you've ever done. It's soooo simple yet so well done. The colors and presentation are phenomenal. It looks so delicious!! Are those sweet or regular potato? AND the bacon bait Yassssss! You had me at BACON!!!!!

@carlosmartinezreborned6403 9 месяцев назад

Where are you fishing? I'm in the Bay Area

@Fishforage 9 месяцев назад

Flounders in my area prefer the thick cut apple smoke bacon .. lol great stuff Skipper 😂

@MarkyMark145 9 месяцев назад

I don't comment a lot but thumbs up for the choice in music here.

@HeySkipper 9 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@Fish-df5xc 9 месяцев назад

A garlic Bacon grease dip has always been my secret weapon

@jandoinc 8 месяцев назад

That meal looks so delicious! Thanks for sharing. Will Black Sea bass go for the bacon bait?

@bengarrott1579 9 месяцев назад

50-55 years ago, I used bacon for bait quite a bit. Caught bass and catfish in farm ponds.

@velvety2528 9 месяцев назад

Damn bro ur old sweet

@bengarrott1579 9 месяцев назад

Not old, just oldER! lol (I'm 67) @@velvety2528

@promoter32 8 месяцев назад

It’s awesome to be out there with your lady fishing

@DPW55 9 месяцев назад

I use sausages which stays on the hook due to the thick skins , carp love it ,

@johnfrank8403 9 месяцев назад

I can’t believe FL allows 14” flounder to be kept. Those fish are so small! It reminds me of how we ran the flounder to nothing here in MD back in the 80s w 12,13,14” keepers and have yet to fully recover. Hopefully they’ll raise it up soon. Good job on the limit though. I usually buy a hunk of pork fat and strip it thick as I want. Cheaper and stays on better than bacon.

@jasonmachula1472 9 месяцев назад

Right? Those look tiny.

@HeySkipper 9 месяцев назад

I totally getcha. We are from Maryland as well and fished there for many years without being able to collect this much fish. We definitely advocate for following the local regulations, those regulations will continue to preserve the populations so that they are sustainable. Thanks for watching and comenting 👍 using bacon was a fun experiment on what turned out to be an epic day of fishing for us

@zworm2 9 месяцев назад

Your logic is flawed. You have a lower size limit and fill your limit with the smaller fish. The bigger fish are the best fish for reproduction. They are left in the population. It is like sea bass. They change sex from female to male as the area needs it. The males are the biggest. Large size limits mean you take all the big males, how are the females left going to breed? A female has to change sex. It takes time. So keeping the size limit here also makes for better reproduction levels. Back in the 80's careless commercial harvest affected the stocks not recreational.

@jaes8173 9 месяцев назад

in California our halibuts have to be 22 inches!

@zworm2 9 месяцев назад

@@jaes8173 that's a small halibut. They do get up to 30lbs.

@THESLICKNESSEDM 9 месяцев назад

Bacon and bacon grease in a jar for lures actually works great for many species pike especially

@westfallframing7896 9 месяцев назад

Wow! What a great catch! Flounder is the best!

@TonyDon_fishing_Jamaica 9 месяцев назад

Gotta try that Bacon Bait down here in Kingston Jamaica... Fish on skipper....

@lorraineduncan6257 6 месяцев назад

Were you in the Napa River, near Vallejo, in this vid? Fantastic video.

@peace4peaceful 4 месяца назад

How the rich fish is amazin. 😊 Love catching Flounder. Its usually a by catch for me. Flounder do not get very big in Australia. Couldnt afford to fish with bacon though..lol

@clintsoutdooradventures 9 месяцев назад

Awesome Video! Amazing Looking Recipe Too. Great Content and I Can't-Wait to Use Your Flounder fishing Methods and the Recipe.

@johnlwhite6848 9 месяцев назад

Fantastic job. Thanks for the info 😊

@davidconiglio7577 9 месяцев назад

There was a store that did trout, and there were two sections of this small pond that have on the side for inviting people .the 2nd section was water circulation and trout some stay there and when getting out the store I trow beef or chicken jerkey .when they closed, there were big trout there

@pescaeamigosadrianocastilho 9 месяцев назад

Saudações amigos ! Pescaria sensacional o Bacon deu ótimos resultados parabéns pelas capturas 🎣🎣🎣🙏🙏

@grtan9504 9 месяцев назад

dang this fish looks perfect with the Cantonese-style steamed fish recipe.

@timothydavey7569 9 месяцев назад

Did this the other day 50 miles offshore! The fish loved it! I only do this with bacon that has spoiled though! Otherwise it's a sin to waste such a golden food!

@aussieauto7314 9 месяцев назад

Hey brother that was good fishing video who would of thought that bacon would be so successful

@emcinc9654 10 дней назад

My dad caught a 13lb flounder near the bell buoy outside of the Wildwood Crest inlet using a large piece of squid and a bull head minnow both on the same hook

@marcellusnickles1816 9 месяцев назад

I always wondered aboutork 4 bait. Ow I shall try it

@mikeoneill81 9 месяцев назад

Everything loves bacon!

@richardschneider4775 9 месяцев назад

nice easy cooking good knife skills and bacon as bait and then cook with some fish very nice film.

@roymarshall5586 7 месяцев назад

Hi. I'm from all the way down in the Caribbean on a little called Barbados. Enjoy watching your videos. Pity I can't use any of your rigs or bait but I try to make my own.

@davidsantiago7458 9 месяцев назад

I always watching your blog from San Diego CA.

@HeySkipper 9 месяцев назад

I’m answering comments from maryland

@darthmal 9 месяцев назад

I always use the pork skin from the pork belly. Lasts longer. Cut it in long strips.

@ronmckinney4334 4 месяца назад

Love your videos long time subscriber here. Where do you purchase your bait boxes you put your stuff in??

@addicted2fishing119 9 месяцев назад

My first fish I ever caught was when I was 4 in Lake Havasu on a piece of bacon and eggs from a McDonalds breakfast sandwich my dad rigged up for me…of course it was a 🐱 🐠 😂

@HeySkipper 9 месяцев назад

Hahaha

@jlmckenna10 9 месяцев назад

Very generous father

@addicted2fishing119 9 месяцев назад

@@jlmckenna10 the good ole days when gas was .75 cents a gallon in California, people smoked cigarettes on airplanes, and McDonalds had .25 cent breakfast sandwiches that were cheaper than the night crawlers at the bait shop 😂

@jlmckenna10 9 месяцев назад

@@addicted2fishing119 what a time to be alive

@addicted2fishing119 9 месяцев назад

@@jlmckenna10 yes indeed, we rolled from Oceanside to Lake Havasu (my 2 year old brother and I) in the back of my Dad’s VW van that had no seat belts ‼️😂😂😂🍻

@johnfun3394 7 месяцев назад

Just went paddle fishing in Grand Lake. Keep fishing!

@raustin0017 3 месяца назад

Great video...thanks for showing how bacon can work! Question: Wht dont you fish out of Flats Boat or a Jon Boat to get in skinny water?

@kennethlaibson6506 9 месяцев назад

It kind of reminds me of a Bonita Strip or Mahi Strips that's used for Trolling for Swordfish, Fishing, 😅

@MDangk9 9 месяцев назад

Nice video. The first video I’ve ever watch on U tube with bacon.

@isickofit 9 месяцев назад

Read a lot of old memoirs from the days of sail - a strip of salt pork skin cut to look fishy was used a lot for Mahi and Bonito. I can see why, watching that bacon strip fluttering..

@grayharker6271 9 месяцев назад

I once caught a nice flounder for breakfast with steak scrap from dinner!

@patrickhanes9902 Месяц назад

I am blown away!!!! I am now a FAN!!!!!

@HeySkipper Месяц назад

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@josephgomes8543 9 месяцев назад

Great video, just found you guys. Where are you fishing the Flounder? Florida, The northeast? Fluke/Flounder are one of my faves to eat.

@bearnic8344 9 месяцев назад

Hey skipper I'm all the way from Trinidad and Tobago

@TruthLivesNow 9 месяцев назад

Guess before I see it...Live Minnow. I am not surprised, as I predicted. Bacon worked on the 2nd one...wow. Great job u2! We used to use Squid catching King Fish, (have to cut out the Iodine Sack), on the Santa Cruz Pier. One gets bites on Shrimp, yet it just doesn't stay on the hook like Squid does!

@momoividz2861 3 месяца назад

Omg the meals u guys had were just amazing

@Michael-yp1be 19 дней назад

Yep check this out I started catching a lot bigger flounder when I switched to 2 1/2 3 in finger mullet bronze Khale hook 8in leader 12 15lb line leader the same barell swivel the 1/2 to 3/4 oz egg sinker flat sinker my self I like high out going tide

@paulp.3429 9 месяцев назад

would you salt beacon like shrimp bits or squid?

@maynardbp 9 месяцев назад

The Baconator strikes again 👍🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣

@HeySkipper 9 месяцев назад

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@craigolson6311 9 месяцев назад

jeez i've never thought about that! perfect for northern pike and muskies!! i'm going to try that!

@maweeindunna4791 7 месяцев назад

I love your catch & cook video's.just cool.

@Many100videos 9 месяцев назад

What is that yellow line called that you put on? And does the bacon rip of easily?

@adobochicken 9 месяцев назад

It works on Carp and catfish just as well.

@richarddowner4292 9 месяцев назад

Bacon also works great for catfish.. I'm heading out this weekend to the mouth of the Merrimack river (the north east New England Atlantic Ocean) were where you catching them Flonders? I'm going to try the same with bacon. Thumbs upped and subbed. Great video. Thank you for your time.

@johnstamos5579 9 месяцев назад

Always watching from Lima, Peru

@HeySkipper 9 месяцев назад

Hey! Thanks for watching:)

@gladegoodrich2297 3 месяца назад

When I was a kid we used bacon to ice fish for trout.😊

@user-nk1rr4wj8b 9 месяцев назад

Been learning from you quite sometime now. Great videos, just wanted to ask for your opinion on how to filter out wind movement on the tip from bites while pier fishing? Cuz i have hard time knowing when to set the hook by looking at my rod tip on windy days. Is a more heavy power rod would do the trick? Thanks!

@TheSecondInitiate 9 месяцев назад

I dont see Skipper focusing much on "setting the hook". I dont either tbh, i play with them when theyre biting to get a frenzy going. When you bait a hook properly, fish tend to swallow them whole and hook themselves. Youll know when a fish is on because they will shake your rod aggressively and pull suddenly as opposed to the gradual pull of the tide. Only the tiniest bait fish nibbles will resemble the wind shaking your line.