GREATEST CATCH AND COOK OF ALL TIME | Alaska Coastal Foraging, Red Lingcod, and Hot Springs 

I am nearly 75-years old. I have been a sports fisherman and outdoorsman all my life. I have become an amateur chef in the last 30-years. Your videos are so enjoyable! I still catch a few salmon, Dungeness crab and dig razor clams. I am retired and live in Astoria on the Oregon coast. I imagine myself taking part in your adventures. It brings me joy!

Taku is living the life almost every man dreams of

As an Alaskan, I'm very glad you consider this trip to be the best trip you've had. Watching you jump up and down out of excitement when you first walked in the cabin brought a smile to my face, keep doing what makes you happy man!

No idea who this guy is but his childlike innocence and enthusiasm is a breath of fresh air,just like the land,cabin and hot springs with a gorgeous view.

It takes a lot to get me to watch a 48 minute video, but this was totally worth it. Beautiful place, wonderful food, and incredible people. Thanks Taku and Jocelyn!

Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: My kids live in rural AK . They subsistence hunt and fish utilizing some of these cabins. It's comforting seeing y'all stay and make your video here. Unfathomable beauty! Thank you for packing me up and taking me along on your adventures!

Your content is timeless, I imagine people in 100 years from now still enjoying this. Keep up the good work, thank you for sharing and leaving a legacy

Man I see some of the hate in comments, crazy. First of all the videos and editing have only gotten better imo over time. The creativity in them is amazing and I absolutely love the the shots and music to go with it is perfect. Taku and Jocelyn definitely deserve to reap benefits for the skill and effort that goes into these videos and it shows. Hope to keep following along these adventures or just chill times :).

This is to the both of you, both Taku and Jocelyn. I've been watching outdoor chef life for a while now, and being a PNW kid I really like how a lot of your videos have been in places i can recognize from either being there or seeing it in passing before. So I bought an RV, sold all my sh*t, and I'm currently renovating it to go do what you do. Not for youtube, I have neither the face nor voice for it, but just to go explore and do what you do in the day to day. You guys pulled my head out of my bosses ass, and I can't thank you enough for it. Keep it up.

Hey, I'm from Portugal... to harvest the "percebes" you can't pull on them, you have to scrape the rock with something sharp so you don't break the little black arm part that is full of sea water and delicies juices. When you are harvesting them in the video you can see the juices dripping out. The way you cooked them was perfect, just simply boiling water and a good amount a sea salt (ideally the same concentration of salt you would have on sea water) Love the videos!

I'm have always been an outdoorsman but for the last little while I have been severely disabled. I destroyed my back in a horrible motorcycle accident. Now I live vicariously through videos like yours. I thank you for the content you put out. I'm a new subscriber to the channel. GOD BLESS YOU SIR!!!!

Taku, it's your little kid-like excitement that makes me love your videos so much!! I mean the wilderness, information and awesome recipes are great too, but your enthusiasm and love for life are FANTASTIC!!

I've been watching you for about two years, give or take. You need to pitch this show to Netflix. Imagine going all over the world Bourdain style, but fishing, foraging, and hunting, rather than eating at restaurants.

You weren’t lying when you said best catch and cook of all time!! This was absolutely stunning. The scenery was like a painting. And to top it off a delicious meal in the hot spring..!! Nothing is better then that right there 👌

It's been a minute (about 3 years) since I watched your videos, Taku. You're much more comfortable talking to the camera now haha. Glad to see you and Jocelyn are still together and living the dream!

When im having a shitty day, just watching your videos and how wholesome they are really brings a smile to my face. dont stop with the videos bro, you re awesome.

I've been catching ling's my whole life and I've never seen one red like that!!! So cool 😎

This was an incredible episode Taku! From the red ling you pulled, to the insane feast you enjoyed from an indoor hot spring in a remote Alaskan cabin

I love this episode. I have rewatched it a couple of times . Definitely one of Taku's best episodes ..

he's such a down to earth guy, girl your lucky to have him. embrace him and keep growing you two 🤘🤘

it really pisses me off that I can't like this more than once.. I know you haven't been gone but I'm glad you're back man. This video was unmatched.. You're upbeat personality an just all around good energy makes me feel at home. I literally got off the couch an started clapping with the biggest smile when you pulled up that ling. Safe travels bud

Thanks for letting us live vicariously through you Taku! This was definitely one of your top catch & cooks. And I'm glad you two actually got to enjoy your time there too, that's always an important thing for content creators to remember!

Really enjoying your channel! Found this by accident and have been binge watching your vid‘s all night. I don’t even fish and I’m 62 years old but have found this to be the most interesting channel! Really happy I ran across this! Your happy face is priceless man! ✌️from delaware

I want to thank you for this incredible content Taku. I was born in Juneau and grew up in Sitka and later moved to the interior, I have been to all of the places in your Alaskan series and you brought me right back there. I have been stuck in the Midwest for far to long and miss home. So thank you and Jocelyn for sharing these amazing experiences, great footage!

love how appreciative and giddy you are to be able to experience this. Thanks for taking us with you

Taku is the first human ever just snap randomly in Alaska coast n made a crazy good n luxury dish out of it !! Beat me 🤣🤣🤣

Taku’s excitement, jumping up and down with joy, is just priceless😁👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🙌🏾That’s what’s up man!

I hope to live life like you guys one day! Its always such a joy watching your videos. Nothing but good vibes

So beautiful to see what you do! To be with nature, with someone you love, and with delicious food made from your own two hands. This is life!

Amazing!! As a Tlingit, I appreciate the respect you have for the ocean! Also, I appreciate your videos of how you cook and eat all that you collect! And AWESOME fish! Keep the videos coming!

I have to agree that hot spring and cabin are the most spectacular beautiful things I've seen in a long time

I’m so happy for you all, thank you for sharing this beautiful journey

Taku: An Alaskan from 1967 for 38 years. What more can I say how you dealt with coastal Alaska weather in late August (RAIN) with a smile and adventure. Your fish filleting/butchering skills are incomparable. Your beach/surf side food foraging, food prep, cooking and presentations are astounding. The lures of AK are the blue fox Vibrax and Pixie; but you landed an arms lengths ling barely above legal size for non residents. in AK: Sea planes are "float planes". Woods are "forests". BIG Brown bears are coastal (interior browns are grizzles, in cold country long hibernating seasons) that feed lots on salmon with short hibernating season. Black bears can be coastal and interior but mix much only deadly with either brown/grizzly when they mix. Blacks may eat you. Browns just want to dominate you. Glad you enjoyed your stay at White Sulfur Springs near Sitka, AK. I very much enjoyed your Alaska travels.

Love seeing this type of content, everything else you two do is great, but there’s something about catch and cooks for big rockfish and lingcod off the rocks that will always just slap. Also nice cedros! Crazy drag stacks in those things for how inexpensive, light and compact they are.

Your happiness is contagious! Thank you for providing this experience for those of us who can't ever do it. Stay safe!

When watching a video like this, I'm brought along by either the excellent filming and audio work or the pure childlike excitement the people are experiencing. Thanks for bringing so many of us with you to Alaska, Taku. Can't wait to see where you take all of us next.

Everything about this video made me so happy. Epic location, epic fish, epic cook! Congrats Taku!

With a title like "BEST Catch and Cook" I was suspicious, maybe clickbait, but after watching the whole thing, I must say you convinced me, that was absolutely fantastic!

It is so peaceful there, I could watch an entire series of the day to day life living in this cabin & of you foraging the land surrounding it. The rain, the scenery, & the amazing fishing & food. It seems like everything about this trip was just beyond epic. Thanks for bringing us a long. Cheers!

Dude. You killed it. I am a lifer from Juneau. White Sulfer is one of the best places on the planet and your forage on the beach, landing of the ling, and preparations were just superb. Nice job chef.

Thankyou for taking us all on your Alaska adventures.

The peace at the end had me dying 😂😂😂😂😂 overall this video and the content that you put out is all so amazing and weirdly undescribable. We see millions of couples doing this on RU-vid but this feels very cool watching you too more because of how much pride you take in cooking not bullshitting the meal you just caught. So amazing. ❤

Man watching these videos makes me want to explore the world. All these experiences we're missing and the memories that could be made.

Amazing!!! What a blessing,I am out here in Pennsylvania,woke up at 4:30 am wanted to go fishing but it's a little cold so I decided to just make me some coffee and cruise RU-vid. Finding your video... brother this was just as exciting as me catching the big one...your adventure was just thrilling to me... thanks for taking me with you!!!!✌️❤️

That was one of the best things I've watched for awhile, so good well done. From the first landing at the hot springs setting foot off the boat onto the rocky shores. I new this was going to be good. And that was just the beginning of the adventure. Terrific sea harvest and cook.

Your videos just get better and better! I love the genuine joy you bring to each one. You inspire me!

I Love this kind of adventure, fishing, cooking story. What a great adventure host! I felt like you welcomed me into your epic story. SO well done, I'm hooked!

Great stuff. Love the video. As a cook myself, it's always a blessing to watch people cooking things I've never known about. Thanks for creating.

Taku your filet skills never fail to impress, those cuts with the knife at 33:00 are seriously impressive given what you are working with

How cute when you start bouncing because you're excited like a kid in a candy store with a sack full of money! Lol! I'm so glad that you got to leave the restaurant and be a full-time RU-vidr. You and Jocelyn (I hope I spelled it right) make the most awesome videos. Now I have my whole family hooked on watching your videos. God bless and be safe on your travels. 😉

Incredible. Hot springs are one of the wonders of the world. So amazing. And how they utilize it in the cabin.... Absolutely incredible

This was definitely the greatest catch and cook of all time!!!

This has got to be the best video/adventure to date!! Love it! Taku is the man!

Seriously loved watching this! Was awesome to see how happy you guys were!

You caught the red Gyarados!! This was truly an epic catch and cook 💯💯💯

The cinematic footage from the hot spring was amazing, made me feel and wish I was there for sure, you’re definitely sooo lucky. To enjoy it all with Jocelyn is even better. Wish I had the opportunity to do this with my girlfriend for sure.

the drone footage in the hot spring building..loved it..nice job

That is such a beautiful cabin and a beautiful place in Alaska can’t wait to go there someday!! 🙏🏻🤙🏻

This is beautiful. Thank you so much for making this epic trip and posting it.

This video was amazing. So happy for you and glad you are able to share these wonderful experiences on this platform.

How awesome is this that it's owned by the forest service so everyone can enjoy this place. That was some nice fileting skills Chef, and quite the spread. Great job! I hope you guys stocked some wood for the next visitor to the site.

I love your energy man, I felt like I was watching myself fish.

I love how you gave her the first drink. You are a gentleman in my book my man. Awesome video!!!

Your excitement is intoxicating. Love you love Jocelyn. It's 5:30 a.m. and YOU started my day excited. Woohoo let's see what the day brings for all of us😊

I believe I was your 10th subscriber.... so when I say I've been watching ya'll since day 1... it's no joke. So thankful for ya'll and all your adventures, tips and tricks, and work you put into your content. Thank you for years of smiles...for helping my soul when I was depressed...I wish I knew how I could tell ya'll what ya'll have done for me. I lost 2 jobs coz of covid... my identity was stolen and I got 0 help from any aide... my health took a nose dive... i lost multiple friends and family members including last September when I lost 3 in 2 weeks...and helping kids in need, which was my air, had to take a back seat...I was and still am struggling at the amount of loss I've endured over the last couple years Thank you.... Infinitely.... I'm back to volunteering and helping kids the best I can with what I've been handed... thank you! Sending good vibes to yall from the gulf coast.

Taku…THIS was truly amazing. I’d write more but I’m seriously lost for words. Keep the good adventures coming! PS-I can see a new home for you guys in Alaska. It suits you and certainly, the thought had to have crossed your minds 😏 “I’m 3,000 miles away from home, yet…everything feels so familiar…” -Taku 2022

You never disappoint us Taku. Thank you for taking is with you.

man, what a breath of fresh air on youtube. Watching this was so relaxing and exciting at the same time!

Hey Taku, just came across your channel tonight and I had to subscribe. Living in Alaska has always been a dream of mine, especially being able to fish in some of the most beautiful places in Alaska. Really enjoyed this video, really makes me want to move there now lol. Can't wait to watch more of your content.

I started following from nearly the beginning of your channel. I remember seeing the amount of subscribers you had just increased exponentially out of nowhere. You started you're own line of knives. And now you got crispy kelp?! Love the scenery in your vids. One of my favorite vids was when you had strangers come on your channel and you shared food you had just cooked. That was really cool

You can say now that you lived on the Coast of Alaska and foraged for the plentiful food the Ocean has to offer. And I must say that the ling Cod you first caught would have provided you and your partner a nice meal the first night in the cabin. You would have had two perfect size filets that would have been excellent. but the nice red Ling Cod was actually a BEAST and will give you food for a few days. What a pleasure it is to be in a cabin so far removed from everywhere else and then a natural hot spring to soak in and rest the sore muscles from hiking afterwards is perhaps the biggest reason to go there, I mean the entire package is fantastic but the Natural hot springs with its own building is a bonus and a half. And is almost a mirror of Japanese food, just on the opposite side of the pond from Japan, and perhaps a little further North than the main Island. That kind of life is what I lived for as a young man and have had a number of experiences similar to this only for my part the fishing and foraging wasn't nearly as good as what you had. What a perfect location and perfect cabin to be able to access. How did you get to be able to use it? I'm sure not everyone can access that cabin and use it. I'd have to say that you struck a lucky streak and got access to a cabin hardly anyone can use! Thanks for sharing your adventure with us. I am particularly grateful because I can no long travel because of my health issues, to being able to live vicariously through other doing it is the best I can manage so I am indeed grateful. I would rather visit that cabin, eat fresh caught fish and sleep in that single room cabin on the Pacific Ocean than stay in a five-star hotel because as nice as man can make things, Mother Nature's retreats are su much more valuable to me than anything manmade. Man cannot even come close to the beauty that this Earth has to offer.

I found your channel this week and am so thrilled!!! I love these videos in Alaska. I will have to go back and check out your earlier content. Such fun! Now I'm hungry. 😁😁😁🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟

👍Loved the coastal foraging. You found some interesting stuff. That Gumboot did not look edible, but once you cleaned it, it looked like abalone. I'd like to see more coastal foraging.

Just found this channel tonight, and I am happy to report that this is possibly the best video I've watched in years.

you warmed my heart man, i love your appreciation for the little things

I just love your videos. You and Jocelyn together are so calming and have a really nice energy. I am so happy for the both of you to be able to live the life you are living because there are very few people in the world like you two and you both deserve everything that you get to experience 💕 I'll always watch and support even if I know zero about fishing and costal foraging lol just because I love y'all's relationship that much.

Im soo jealous,we used to catch lings like that in the early 70s off the calif.coast s.f. i remember those huge fillets the absolute best flavor ever. Enjoy my friend you have earned it!🙂

Just amazing! Even uneven sound and lens condensation couldn't hurt this epic trip and content! Thanks, Chef.

Thanks Taku for posting this awesome video. I work many hours in my job and right now my life is just that. I’ve been fishing pier and jetty but haven’t been lucky. When u hooked on to that huge fish it brought a huge smile to my face. I wish I’ll be blessed someday to go on a fishing adventure like this.

This place looks sick! I love hot springs what an amazing location

Just casually ate dinner while watching and didn't even realise it was a 48 minute video! Great work!

What an amazing trip you have had. My life’s dream has always been to make it to Alaska and enjoy all that the ocean has to offer. I will never get to live that dream so thank you for sharing your experience with us. I’m so happy I happened upon your show. I will be following now!

Incredible folks. Never eaten that kind of things. but loved the chef loving it all with his gal.

I was most curious about the parasites on the lingcod.. and you focused on just that! amazing content as always taku!

it's so refreshing to see you guys enjoying nature's bounty. wish I had access to that instead of the local supermarket.

Hi Chef Taku and your lady friend! We love amazing videos. Thanks for sharing your adventures. It put a smile in our hearts.🇯🇵🇺🇸

That is a beautiful site, the rocks, the trees, the water and the little cabin.

I stayed at that same cabin with a friend who was formerly in forestry. Amazing it is indeed... but I wish we thought to check tide pools. We had no luck finishing anywhere near the cabin, it was always a far hike away to the outer point. I’d love to go back...our trip was cut short due to unexpected snow. That’s not a place you risk chancing it.

sorry to hear you lost your sponsor you truly make the best outdoor fishing content/traveling on youtube you deserve more !! love you bro

Thanks for taking us along, Sir. This was awesome

You excitement in this video is infectious, you just appreciate everything and I love it.

Okay I’ve stayed at a couple remote FS cabins in Alaska, but never with a hot spring!! How amazing

I always bring old Bay seasoning with me when I go camping like that you’d be surprised how good it goes with just about everything even eggs

Livin your best life! Thank you for taking us along! Crazy clean filets. Doesn't happen by accident. I'm sure you dispatched and bled it well. Kudos!

That red ling was so cool! Awesome trip. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you so much for this, it is amazing. It's part of what humans are meant to do as stewards of the earth and I find that exploring, tending, observing, planting and gathering and gleaning (and honestly, just digging in the dirt) fulfill a very specific portion of my spiritual need and outlook. ~~~~ I've tried quite a few explore/catch/cook channels, but have only found 2 that I watch regularly, "Masaru", and yours. You have quite different energies but I'd be really interested to see you meet up somewhere neither of you had ever fished/dived/gathered/survived. I'm not sure if this has been mentioned before, but thought I'd leave a note.

Videos in the rain are my favorite types to watch. Very fun to watch!

You know it's a plus for a man to like cooking and fishing together ❤️ Super amaze 🙌 gotta comment twice on this clip. Some tv channels only shows fishing or cooking separately. Have me clicking, switching that back button, the recent channel each time a commercial comes up from cooking to fishing. 👍

This is the best catch and cook I’ve ever seen. You’re living my dream. Keep up the great work.

48-minute video felt like a 15-minute video, IT WAS THAT GOOD! WOW!