THAT'S WILD, IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF JURASSIC PARK THOUGH YA KNOW.
YES.
ESPECIALLY WITH THESE LOW CLOUDS.
WELL THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKIN' FOR, LAID DOWN KELP WITH SOME WATER OVER THE TOP
OF IT A LITTLE OFF COLORED WATER.
THIS IS SO MUCH LIKE BASS FISHIN' BUMPIN' AROUND A BUNCH OF LILY PADS YA JUST
GOTTA PICK A HOLE HIT IT AND THEN SWIM IT ACROSS THE HOLE LET IT DIVE INTO IT DROP IT
DOWN PULL IT UP DROP IT DOWN PULL IT UP YA NEVER KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GONNA GET BIT BUT
YPU GOTTA EXPECT A BITE ON EVERY SINGLE CAST.
NO MATTER HOW TIRED YOUR ARMS GET FROM CASTIN'.
(LAUGHS).
I KINDA RELATE IT TO FLATS FISHIN' YA KNOW WHEN YOUR OUT FLATS FISHING AND YOU GOT THAT
CHECKER BOARD BOTTOM WHERE YOU HAVE GRASS AND THEN THE SAND PATCH LITTLE POT HOLES CAST
OUT AS FAR AS YOU CAN BRING IT BACK OVER ONE OF THE LITTLE HOLES AND DROP IT IN JUT LIKE
FLATS FISHIN', EXCEPT WHAT DID YOU SAY JUSTIN JUST IN SIXTY FEET OF WATER.
YEAH.
YEAH SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE COMING UP INTO THIRTY TWO FEET OF WATER COMIN' UP TOWARDS THE BEACH.
THERE'S A FISH.
YEAH BLAIR.
I CAN FEEL HIM OVER THERE GET OUTTA THAT KELP.
YES SIR, THAT'S A PEACOCK BASS (LAUGHS).
NICE FISH BLAIR.
OWH GOD I ABOUT WENT SWIMMIN' AGAIN.
IS THAT AN AVERAGE SIZE ONE IN HERE OR DO THEY GET MONSTERS?
THEY GET MONSTERS FOR SURE.
WHAT WOULD BE A BIG BIG PEACOCK BA, PFFT, PEACOCK THERE I CALLED IT A PEACOCK
'CAUSE THEY FIGHT SO MUCH LIKE ONE BUT A FOR A CALICO WHAT WOULD BE THE BIGGEST THAT YOU
WOULD GET IN HERE?
SHOOT YOU GOT A CHANCE AT ANYTHING FROM TEN TO FOURTEEN POUNDS ON THIS ISLAND.
WHEW I COULDN'T IMAGINE A FOURTEEN POUNDER WHAT THEY PULL LIKE.
I CAN'T EITHER BUT THAT'S WHY WE COME, Y'KNOW.
THE BIGGEST ONE I'VE GOT FROM HERE IS A Y'KNOW A LITTLE OVER NINE POUNDS AND MAN THAT'S A
STRONG FIGHTIN' FISH.
YOU EVER BEEN PEACOCK BASS FISHING?
NO SIR BUT I'D LOVE TO IS THAT AN INVITE?
UH WELL SURE.
YOU TAKE THE TICKETS TO BRAZIL AND A I'LL COME ALONG WITH YA.
RIGHT, LET'S GO.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE DUDES TO EAT.
YEAH THERE'S GOTTA BE MORE FISH AROUND.
PRETTY INCREDIBLE PLACE MAN.
THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.
SO AWESOME.
DIFFERENT KIND OF DUNES THAN WHAT IM USED TO.
WE'RE JUST HITTIN' ANOTHER SPOT RIGHT HERE DOIN' THE SAME THING FISHIN' THE KELP BASICALLY
GOT MY A GOT MY AIRHEAD HERE RIGGED WEEDLESS RUN IT THROUGH THE KELP DROP IT DOWN IN ALL
THE LITTLE HOLES THAT YOU SEE KINDA LIKE WHAT WE WERE DOIN' WAY OUT DEEP AND A CATCHIN'
FISH WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
THERE HE IS.
ALRIGHT HERE WE GO.
(INAUDIBLE NOISES).
DOUBLE UP.
NOPE.
THIS GUYS DOWN IN THE KELP.
OH LOOK AT THE FOLLOWERS, THERE WAS A BUNCH WITH HIM MAN, LOOK AT THE COLOR OF THAT FISH
SO GORGEOUS.
THAT IS PRETTY COOL.
COM'ERE BUDDY.
A LOT OF FOLLOWERS DOWN THERE.
LOOK HOW ORANGE HIS JAW IS.
Y'ALL KEEP 'EM AND EAT 'EM?
OH THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST EATING FISH ON THE COAST BUT SLOW TO GROW SO LET
'EM GO.
SLOW TO GROW.
SLOW TO GROW LET 'EM GO.
FOR THE MOST PART, IF THERE'S A AN OCCASION TO CELEBRATE LIKE FISHING WITH CAPTAIN BLAIR
WIGGINS SOMETIMES WE KEEP 'EM BUT TODAY THIS GUYS PROBABLY GONNA SWIM FREE.
SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD CELEBRATION TO ME.
RIGHT?
(LAUGHS).
I LOVE EATING FISH.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL FISH.
THAT IS A GORGEOUS FISH.
YOU WANNA KEEP HIM WE CAN.
YEAH I'D LIKE TO KEEP A COUPLE.
OK YEAH LET'S KEEP A COUPLE THIS IS ACTUALLY PERFECT SIZE OUR SLOT THAT'S NOT
A LEGAL SLOT BUT WE TYPICALLY GO BETWEEN FOURTEEN AND SEVENTEEN INCHES AND THIS IS PROBABLY
A PERFECT SIZE FISH RIGHT HERE.
NICE.
YOU SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO WIND THROUGH ANY OF THIS WAGGIN' A FISH IT'S PRETTY CRAZY.
WHAT KIND OF BOTTOM STRUCTURE WE GOT GOIN' ON IN HERE?
BASICALLY IT LOOKS LIKE THE BEACH TILL ABOUT TWENTY FEET OUT THEN IT JUST GO
TO SAND.
HOW DEEP, HOW QUICK'S IT DROP OFF?
A WITHIN LIKE FIFTY YARDS OF THE SHORELINE IT DROPS FROM PROBABLY LIKE SIX EIGHT TEN
TWELVE FOURTEEN AND WHERE WERE AT LIKE TWENTY TWENTY TWO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND IN ANOTHER FIFTY YARDS IN ABOUT TWO HUNDRED FEET.
YES SIR.
(LAUGHS).
YOU EVER HAVE ANY TUNA SWIM ALONG THE SHELF OUT THERE?
NO BUT THERES YELLOWTAIL THAT FREQUENT THE FRONT SIDE OF THIS ISLAND A LOT.
PRETTY POPULAR AREA FOR A THE SPORTS BOATS TO COME TARGET YELLOWTAIL.
UNLIKE OUR YELLOWTAIL THEIR YELLOWTAIL LOOK LIKE A WHAT AMBERJACK?
YEAH.
JUST LIKE 'EM.
AND THEY TASTE A LOT BETTER THAN AN AMBERJACK FROM WHAT YOU SAID RIGHT?
OH THEIR DELICIOUS.
THEY MAKE A.
PERFECT FOR CEVICHE.
THEY MAKE SUSHI OUT OF IT TOO DON'T THEY?
UHM-HUH.
IT'S DEFINETLY A NICE EXOTIC BI-CATCH WHEN YOU HOOK A YELLOWTAIL.
OWH THERE'S A BIG OLE HIT.
NICE, NICE.
ABOUT YANKED IT OUT OF MY HANDS WHILE WE WERE TALKIN'.
NICE.
OH THAT'S A GOOD FISH.
NOT A BAD ONE THERE HUH?
HE INHAILED IT TOO.
THAT'S A TACO.
THAT'S A TACO?
OH YEAH THAT'S A TACO.
IT'S AMAZING THEY THAT HIT JUST REMINDS ME SO MUCH LIKE A PEACOCK BASS IT'S UNBELIEVABLE,
WHICH IS JUST WHACK THAT ONE ALMOST YANKED IT OUT OF MY HANDS.
AND CAUGHT HIM ON THE AIRHEAD, NICE LITTLE FISH THOUGH BUT A I'M GONNA RE-RIGG ANOTHER
AIRHEAD Y'ALL STAY TUNED WE'RE GONNA BE RIGHT BACK WITH SOME MORE ADDICTIVE FISHING AND
SOME CALICO BASS.