Roadside Ditch Snook & Tarpon Fishing In The Everglades 

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Awesome roadside fishing, that unknown fish was a Mayan chiclid. If you ever find smaller 3”-4” sized ones they make great live bait for tarpon

I recognize where you are fishing from. Fun to see you catch them and glad the gators did not find you.

Fun Video. Love the canals. To me, most important gear is: Line: If you can not see the lure “pickups”, you will lose many fish. I like Berkley Nano-Fil for lighter spinning setups with a 10’+ medium quality fluorocarbon leader tied with the FG Knot which I learned via Salt Strong. Thank you for that too! Reel: Buy the most expensive Shimano, Diawa or Penn you can afford. A cheap reel with cheap drag will fail of the best fish. Also, a quality reel with proper maintenance will last decades. I prefer Shimano. Rod: “Feel” is transmitted from the line through the rod to the reel. Quality rods ($100+) will be lighter (less fatigue), stiffer (easier and more precise target casting), have more sensitivity. That 7’6” might be outstanding. I prefer 2 piece rods for east of storage and transport. Pliers: There is never a need to touch a hook when in a lively fish and is also safer. Just my personal experience. Be Well.

Myan Cichlid. I love catching Bowfin/Mudfish. Glad you had fun down here.

Great video, good to see you trying something new out. I don’t have a boat to get out to the awesome places that you fish. So this is a good change of style of fishing to see. Keep up the great work.👍🏼

Next time you doing this type of fishing buy some marabou crappie jigs. Get 1/8 and 1/16 oz jigs. a 3pk of each size would be around $5. You will do well with the Mayan cichlids and also catch peacocks, Oscars, largemouth, and small snook. I don't know about tarpon, I never manage to catch many of them.

Definitely was a Mayan cichlid. Very prevalent in those waters now.

I caught that same species fish out on the Merritt Island wildlife refuge in a canal five months ago. I’ve never been able to figure out what the hell it was, but it’s definitely in the same species fish that you were holding in the video.

Awesome video Luke and Matt. Me and my buddy will be making our way down to Islamorada in a few days and we plan on fishing along tamiami trail on the way down. Tight lines guys! 🎣

Fished that same spot once and all I got were houndfish or needlefish of some type. Might have to give it another try.

amazing

I think that fish at 11:10 is a mayan cichlid not positive though

Well of course I would have torn the front off and put the short tail part back on...Nice work.

Awesome!

It was a Mayan Cichlid.

Luke, great video, As an Insider Club Member, where can I get the analysis vide info? Thanks

What bait did you use?

how far west on tamiami trail???

What area is this in?

That was a tilapia... Now there's a similar-looking fish it's an invasive species that has 89 vertical striped just like tilapia but it has a turquoise. On its tail those are Mayan cichlids

That last one you caught was a bowfin.

It's called a cichlid

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