Rock Fishing In A Rain Storm - Catch And Cook 

I'm here just to say you deserve a million followers already because your videos are top notch quality. Definitely an underrated RU-vidr.

You know you have watched a lot of Rods tube clips when after he takes a bite of his finished master piece you find yourself saying mmmh before he dose after his bite 🤣🎣👌

16:32 The level of organization this man has is bloody inspirational.

Hey man, been following a few years now I'm glad to see the channel reaching almost 500k! You're a beast man! Keep doing what you're doing, much love ❤️ Wales, UK

Enjoying the land based ocean fishing action.

It must be a nightmare trying to create content with the miserable weather we've had this year, and yet you come up with another awesome vid!

Love smoked tailor dip. I’ve been making a dip after my annual trip to Fraser for years. Can eat tailor for longer after returning home if ya smoke it AND make a dip, it’s so delicious. Little camp smokers do a great job, and they’re cheap.

Fishing is fishing, regardless of land or boat. We outside! Keep posting Rod!

Rod, you are an absolute top notch gent. Such a good hearted soul you've got. Of course we all have our qualities and weaknesses but few people can maintain their integrity, heart, and smile through the good and bad the way you do. Don't focus on the negatives too much, they'll always be near and are not worth the thought invested in them by the few good ones out here. Ps. Still waiting to get you out on the water out here in LA. The boat's always ready and waiting for ya when you make it back out to the states. Thanks for the great content as always, bruddah!

Your content is the best. No one can say otherwise. Thank you for what you do. Cheers!

It was a blast and as always, I'm drooling! Blessings, K.T.

For those interested, a great metal slug is the Spanyid Raider. Not the easiest to find in the shops these days. When I lived on the Gold Coast, I always caught fish with it. I used a slightly larger one than the slug in the video with a high-speed spinning reel.

always enjoy watching your vids! cheers all the way from Vancouver Canada!

Yum. Smoked Taylor is one of my favourite. Save yourself work and mess and leave the scales on. Smokes better too and skin peels easily. Also, a couple of hours dry brining in sugar and salt is ideal-seasoning and flavour penetrates deeper and it improves the texture. Love ya work Rod.

You're up at the spit! Every time I walk up there I wonder how good the fishing would be. Happy to see you caught some of decent tailor. You've convinced me to give it a go this coming week

Very cool to see you fishing off the rocks, Rod! Hoping to see more rock fishing videos like this 🤙🏽

love it how you mix it up so much, definitely keeps the video interesting!

Rod you are 21 bud 100% . This was Awesome… You are the best …

I prefer butterfly smoke fish than whole,but definitely, I give it a go. Looks good 😋

That was great, I love the 'bread and butter' fishing trips like that. Yum, I need to get some salmon for my smoker this winter ! Nice !

Maybe one of the Ontap portable showers would suit you mate. Tank, pump, shower, washdown etc all in one unit. Simple to chuck in the car when its needed or even in the boat for longer trips..

Hell Yeah! I've caught some of the biggest fish during weather like this. Only a select few fishers would come out and endure the challenges that this type of weather brings but can be very rewarding! Nice video!

Hey Rokkit just wanted to say thanks for the great videos. They really get a lot of us through the days and nights. I particularly love the catch and cook videos. Your recipes look delicious. I want to try the tar tar one you tried with your son when I get home. Looks simple enough. Thanks again “mate”. Cheers from California USA

I love rock fishing. Landing the fish can be a bitch sometimes. I've snapped two rods lifting choppers up onto the rocks🫤

16:06 as far as water goes for cleaning up try to keep weight off the roof, more kilos on the roof is creating a higher centre of gravity in your car and can lead more easily to 4WD rollovers, a vehicle should slide in a sharp turn rather than tip over. EBay has 12v pressure pumps for about $20 (the same ones caravan outlets sell for $180) just connect it to a 20L water container on the floor in the back with a hose and a tap, turn the tap on and the pump starts. A fun weekend project. 😅 or you could just gravity feed a 20L container out the tailgate with garden hose fittings and drinking water hose, keep that container on the floor for the lowest centre of mass for your car. They put a bitterness agent as well as the colour in metho to try and avoid consumption.

Dedication Rod 10/10

you could put a line thru the eyelets to the bracket from the pole, could give you a little more head room

Put some oil on the grill before placing fish ,won't stick much . Also try to mix 50/50 brown sugar with salt and garlic mixed with dill. Smells amazing.

Rinsekits are damn good for the portability, use one when I'm camping, or cleaning up myself/gear after a day of fishing.

Thanks Rod. I've spent many morning hours pelting metals off the Sydney rocks for Tailor, Salmon, Bonito. So much fun and productive. Nice to see you doing the same up your way and hearing the story about your early years off Clovelly with your dad.

Awesome video ! No matter what weather, Rod is out by the ocean and he loves it - me too lol ! 👍Thank you Rod, you are so blessed in Down Under to have your place to go out and catch fresh fishes as you like❣😋i see a new cooking style from the whole fishes, i bet they taste delicious...

Dang I am so hungry now. My dad loved to smoke fish. Thanks man for sharing.

Great video, love the change of pace!

Great vid as always rod, if you wet the chips first you will go through a 1/2 the amount

14:38 that’s an Osprey. How odd to find one so fearless of humans, perhaps he gets a little treat from fishers now and again.

Hey I live in Jervis Bay! If you’re ever down again Rod I’d be happy to show you around!

nice love catching them, we have these on the east coast of the US we call them bluefish, I remember being about 8 years old and getting my dad to dad to cook the bluefish we caught at 3 in the morning, after being at sea fishing for 8 hours, the 'cheeks' of the bluefish are pretty good...

This made me so hungry 😁 My boat in the garage is giving me the side eye...going to have to head out shorty and try some smoked fish 👍

Rod, that fish looked soooo good!!! I could almost taste it! Another great vlog...as usual!! XOXOX

Wicked Rod. Let's go, buddy. Love the channel!!

Nice video rod! You brought back fond memories of fishing the same rock. We avoided the pumping jetty due to over crowding.

Great fishing, but the food sublime. Yummo 😊😊

love those lumpy water days fish close in in any lee

Dude, you are not helping my attempts to get slimmer. My mouth is watering like a Las Vegas sprinkler watching this food get made.

Another one of your recipes that I'm going to steal, Rod!! Already stolen the mango ceviche, lol 😅 Looks delicious and we get heaps of Tailor here in Perth as well. Awesome vid as always, loved the fishing story from when you were younger. Next time bring Foxie or Dash with you so they get to pass it on to their kids.😊

Man you slay/ your videos bring a sense of nostalgia

Grew up fishing with the Alvey in Northern Rivers area great fishing. Bushyboy Oz

Look into a garden pump sprayer for water holder for the truck.

Great meal for the family. And you worked for it! Cheers!

Thanx man

The Aussies, angler to spot ratio is nuts. Relatively few people and 1 million killer fishing spots to avoid them. Saltwater Heaven.

This was different and very nice to watch thank you

They look similar to our Bluefish off North Carolina's coast. My first one was 45yrs ago when I was 12 and I didn't see the teeth because of the thin lip they have that cover the teeth. I lipped him like bass and laid my thumb wide open. If your fish are like the Bluefish here, they're not very good for regular cooking cause they're really greasy but they're really awesome when smoked.

Having flashbacks to Rod getting a hook through the hand on that first fish 😅

I find it funny that in the land of giant fish your Taylor or Bluefish are so small. In The Northeast we get big ones, we call them Choppers or Gators, the record is close to 30 lbs! We love them smoked as well. Another great vid!

I learned one thing after watching many of your videos. DO NOT start watching them if you're not full or you don't have any snacks around you xD

You are the best Rod.

Rodney, you wouldn’t catch me standing on a slick, wet rock right above an angry sea. Wow, you are a trooper for being out in that catching dinner. Your smoked fish cream cheese dip would be delicious on bagels. ❤

I think this one was totally cool. You should do more shore fishing and catch and cook videos

Dinkumrometor was going off with the pluggers on the rocks in that sloppy weather 🇦🇺 love the work and dedication to a feed mate. If you don’t mind me offering a little constructive criticism, my only piece of advice would be to use table salt instead of flake/rock salt as you get a more even spread on the fish, on top of that once you’ve salted and sugared it leave it sit for a couple of hours before smoking. You’ll notice the salty sweet taste will penetrate it a lot further.

Fresh taylor grilled over hardwood coals, folding wire grill, delicious.

Awesome vid, rod. I like the more casually beach fish really. Also you fishing in bad weather is so calming to watch i dont know why, keep it up :-)

Love you vlogs mate, cant wait to visit Sydney, 12 days away.

Eagle or hawk wasn’t happy with the rain either. 😂

Haven't been up there since the early 90s but that looks like the end of Letitia Road. Great looking water.

Caught the biggest greenbacks from that very spot back in the early 90's :) smoked or baked also they make great fish patties

Another great video ! Re the better wash down solution comment , found a great Australian made 20L/12V jerry can wash down kit from a Sydney based company called OnTap . Bought one for our Stabi 1450 / car / camping . Very handy and portable . Keep up the awesome content !

Nice work , that's some stay in bed weather.

Dude, you need to come to Brazil! Santa Catarina has beautiful beaches, it would make incredible content.

Rock fishing is some of the best fun rod!!! The recon rod had the goods buy the looks. Nice feed there.

15:45 Getting a stainless steel 'soap' bar (legit just a soap-shaped piece of stainless steel) from bunnings would probably be a good idea, it gets rid of the fish smell from your hands and would probably save you a bunch of water that you'd otherwise use to wash your hands. I've tried all kinds of soaps to get rid of fishy hands after fishing, and none of them work as good as the good ol' stainless steel soap, and it'll last you your whole life.

I've been watching Rod since 2019. Great content, video quality and most importantly great bloke! GL with the business!

We need another island camping trip soon rod i personally love those videos

Congratulations on opening up the new shop man 👌🏼👌🏼

just thank you for your videos

Fantastic

Hey mate! 'Ontap' sell a jerrycan which holds 20L of water. You can also get a cable which attaches to a cigarette socket and it pumps the water out. I have had one for a while, which I take out on the boat.

my Friday is complete! lets go!

I hope you get too a million bro I'll keep sharing.

The 1st fish are called *SHAD* or *ELF* in South Africa - nice fighting fish and has a somewhat "smoky" taste to it!

looking good Mate!

Get a pressurised garden sprayer, cheap and you can get some that hold over 10 litres if that's all you need

Rather than dulling a knife, have you tried standing on the tail of the fish on the grass and squirting high pressure water from the hose against the grain of the scales? Quick, easy and fertilizes the grass :)

nice to see not always sun down under Lol

Tough fishing. You deserve those fish. I love the rock fishing and looking forward to the beach fishing.

Thank you, bud.😮😮

If you ran a bungy chord from the bow to the stern pole, through those external loops on your tent/tarp, then that might give you even more room and stability in your tent?

Still haven’t got yourself some reef shoes!

I do cold smoked salmon too , maybe it would work for tuna :).

In florida we caught a couple kingfish and the neighbor guy showed us how he smoked em. and we made similar dip and man.. i ate it like breakfast lunch and dinner till it was gone

Going to have to try that with the next lot of Tailor I catch. Great video

Total mission!

Oh man i still use those old mitchel 302 reels!! Things are beasts, ive brought in some nice bull reds and jack crevails.. great videos and tight lines

Love going there, good little drive for me though. My first tailor there 😊🤙🏿

Got me drooling like a fat kid in a candy shop!!😂 much love from the coast of Maine 🤙

This might sound strange but when you cast you should be able to use the reel straight away the forward hand shouldn’t coming off the rod which means you have the handle on the wrong side but guess it what your use to🎉

enjoyed that bit of a change bud

Pepper seeds n'all , you aint scared 😂

I keep a pump up spray bottle with lockable trigger in the car as a mini wash station

That spoon flip was smooth.