I can’t say it enough. The best fishing channel on RU-vid. We are incredibly lucky to have you sharing your knowledge with the masses John. Thank you ! Your a class act in the fishing community. Can we call you daddy ? 😆
Thanks John. I’m a 50 yr old guy fishing Sandy Hook NJ but grew up fishing in Long Island as a kid in the 70’s and 80’s. You think you know what’s going on down there sometimes and I’m very surprised to see how hesitant some of the fish are especially the Sea Bass and Porgies. They give the impression that they just slam everything they see. And I never would’ve guessed Fluke would follow behind like that and opt not to strike. I always thought meals were hard to come by down there and they took advantage of that. Thanx again for the great footage...
And it's a nice shot of what orange gulp looks like dancing at 85'! That looked like a pretty good fish. Thanks for finding that. I knew it was in there somewhere.
More....please, more underwater videos like this. There is so much information in watching these to help being a better fisherman. Thank you for all of your videos.
It'd be great to watch this alongside the depth sounder readout. I'm amazed that y'all don't catch 15 Sea Bass for every fluke given the apparent numbers of Sea Bass. Really great stuff to watch, Thanks!
John I love your videos, they have been very informative to me, I'm from indiana and hit the east coast twice a year, southern outer banks, emerald isle to be specific, I've tried your technique for the last two years, surf and off shore, the only thing I can say is my catch rate has improved dramatically, especially in some what touristy area, anyway keep the videos coming we all enjoy them, especially those of us who are land locked most of the year
Thanks for your Videos john,Ive been fluke fishing for 25 years around Misquamicut block island and montauk.Ive had good days and and not so good days and what I have have surmised its all about wind direction and stages of the tide...But I have always wondered how many fish are following or looking at your offerings....These videos are proof that that they are at least looking at them LOL....Good job appreciate your efforts
Another great video John. Your videos have been such a great help to me for the two months that I have been fishing. I have learned so much from you in that short period of time. I finally caught two flukes while fishing on the crossbay north channel bridge in queens last saturday. And it's all because I used the techniques l picked up from your videos. Keep catching doormats and uploading great content.
It would be great if you could get some under water footage at the race when the outgoing tide is ripping just to see whats stacked up on that underwater mountain.
Check out this bass vid under the montauk light. We had a 3-knot current. It's just too fast and turbulent for good video. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-efZ-29PWdh8.html
John, your the man! I grew up fishing greenport to orient. Your living out my dreams of "I wonder whats going on behind my bait?" Thanks! See ya at "secret beach"
It’s really sad/disappointing when there Is such a large swath of area with little to no fish. It’s nice to see there are still some, however I don’t think it’s as good as it could be. Essentially there is always room for improvement. Thank you for sharing your videos. I’m an avid fisherman myself, and really enjoy the ocean fisheries. This is rather insightful as to life down there, or there lack of in some areas.
Hey John, cool video. In regards to the color change which is really cool. Maybe you could do a short video to see the color change on different color Bucktails, glups. And possibly at different depths. I think that would be quite interesting to see
Its really cool when you see the true "knuckle-head" c-bass show up and trail the bait...There knuckle really shows up down there...Calling in the females...;) Good stuff !
Yes a short video of your camera set up would be great. I’ve been trying to get a set up and have not been able to come up with anything that gives me enough steady video and is easy to work with.
thanks john for all your hard work of recording all your videos and sharing.. but if its ok with you i have 2-3 questions to ask you, since im not a fluke fisherman as of yet, but will start this year,for now im gathering info doing research for when i do start..i wanted to ask you if you have tried strip bait on a jig head and or bucktail jigged off the bottom as you do with gulps? ., and not trolling off the bottom, as in this video, wouldn't the results be different...? being that seabass and flukes are opportunistic fishes ..and seeing an injured fish/ or a stripof to attack mode...or you feel that gulps would be superior to strip cut fresh bait... im only asking due to that i saw another fisherman video, where him and hes friend were fishing for flukes initially with the gulps and were not doing good and as soon as they changed adding only strip cut baits to there bucktails it significantly made a difference..one even caught ..hes biggest flounder of 10lbs...what's your take please ..?...thanks
Absolutely we will sometimes tip the jigs and teasers with fluke or searobin strips. These do a good job of standing up well to the interference fish (seabass, porgies). Generally we find the gulp works better, but there have been times that they seemed to prefer the strips.
Great video i was hoping you would record some footage of that area good to see what is below i now have a better understanding next time try some thick sliced Bacon , Its true every thing is better with bacon picked up three nice ones last year , would like to see the colors of the other teasers under water if possible
I have a problem getting my bucktail to sink to the bottom. Even shallow water I can never seem to feel bottom with it. Do you have any tips? I find from a kayak by the way
Sounds like you need more weight on the jig. Keep an eye on the spool rotating while the offering sinks. The point of contact with the bottom should seem clear by the sudden slowdown in the spool rotating. You want to let your rig freefall to the bottom.
Great video, John! I’m wondering if this rig/camera setup could handle a little surf casting... sure would be interesting to see what’s right there in front of those of us who don’t have boats 😎
The color change is for us and the camera because of the change on light reaching the bottom but do we have any idea of what the fish see as far as color down there?
I am becoming addicted to your numerous videos in spite of the fact that I haven't fished in many years. It's almost like therapy for me and your steady pleasing voice on every video makes watching enjoyable. A good friend is one of the top fly fisherman around and in season he's always got customers on his boat. I'm sure you've run into him on the water many times. His name is Jeff Palmer. He keeps nothing but is on the water every day providing the wind permits. I'm a Sag Harbor resident.
John this video tells me the strike zone for fluke may be higher than I thought, which means I don't necessarily have to consistently bounce off bottom. I'm just tired of losing rigs in structure. You concur?
It depends where you thought the strike zone was. I'd like to keep my offering a foot or two off the bottom. It seems the porgies and seabass are much more willing to go higher, but that's not surprising given the fluke is built to lay flat on the bottom.
John as you know i call you the pope of Long Island fishing , quick question, these bucktails don't look like anything resembling a bait fish no flutter no motion at all , wonder why the fluke fall for this poor motion of a bait .
Thanks John- we haven’t fished in many years and would like to purchase a reasonable flounder set up for dock and waters edge. The button release for casting without too much bird nesting caught my eye. Starting simply would equal more fun my intentions anyway. We enjoy your video and are subscribers. Have you done any fishing in St Simons sound? Would like to see those as that is our targeted location to get back into the sport. Friends in GA
Hey John, what if you put the rod with the camera on the wrong side of the boat that way the rod will not be in the way so you can fish your bucktail right in the frame of view?
It's not a bad idea, but then I couldn't keep an eye on the camera rod. Also, when I snag the camera rod it would be on a terrible angle and might break.
I should be talking about fishing - but instead - what is with the green color of the water? That is not normal. I wonder what causes it. I've seen blue, red, brown, grey, but never antifreeze green in the North Atlantic. Not in 35 years of fishing.
