COME ON THUMPER. WELL WELCOME BACK FOLKS THE HA-HA THE WINDS KINDA PICKIN' UP
ON US WE'RE GETTIN' RIGHT BACK IN HERE ALONG THE LEE SIDE OF THE SHORE LINE JUST TRYIN'
TO PICK OFF AS MUCH AS WE CAN SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE GONNA SHOW YA ONE OF THEM BIG SNOOKI
OR ANOTHER BIG TROUT THIS KINDA LOOKS ALOT LIKE THE BANANA RIVER CHRISTIAN WE GOT THE
SAME PROBLEM YOU DO AS FAR AS THE GRASS DYING.
IT'S REALLY LIKE A DESSERT AROUND HERE I MEAN A AFTER THE FREEZE IT JUST STARTED
DYING SO FAST AND I NEVER HEARD WHAT'S CAUSING IT.
ONE THING THE BIOLOGIST TOLD ME UP THERE AROUND MOSQUITO LAGOON IS ONE THING
BACK IN 2010 WHEN WE HAD THAT BIG FREEZE ALL THE FISH THAT DIED IT JUST DUMPED IN A BUNCH
OF NUTRIENTS INTO THE WATER AND THE ZOO PLANKTON THAT FEED ON THE BROWN ALGAE THERE WAS NONE
LEFT BECAUSE THEY DIED AND MADE THAT BROWN ALGAE JUST MULTIPLY AND MULTIPLY AND IT STARTED
FEEDIN' ON THE GRASS AND JUST CHOKING THE GRASS OUT SO HOPEFULLY WITH THIS CLEANER WATER
AND THIS REAL LIGHT A WINTER WE'RE HAVIN' THIS YEAR HOPEFULLY IT DIDN'T KILL IT OFF
TOO BAD AND IT'S GONNA COME BACK. I'M TRYIN'. HOW'S THAT?
THERE HE IS.
RIGHT THERE.
GOOD JOB.
THAT FEELS LIKE A GOOD FISH, OHHH IT'S ONE OF THOSE BIG TROUT YA WANNA THROW
THAT TALON DOWN.
YEP.
THAT'S ONE OF THEM NICE SEA TROUT RIGHT THERE JUST LIKE WE'VE BEEN TALKIN' ABOUT.
WHA'D YA THINK THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A GROWN ONE THERE?
YEAH.
THEY'RE DEFINITELY GETTING BIGGER HUH?
YEAH DEFINITELY.
CHANGE THAT OUT TO THAT CAL BAIT AND HE JUMPED ALL OVER THAT BEAUTIFUL FISH HUH
YA GOTTA LOVE THIS, BIG SEA TROUT, SEEIN' GIANT SNOOK HOPEFULLY WE CAN SHOW YA ONE OF
THEM BIG OLE' SNOOK A LITTLE BIT LATER BUT THIS DUDE RIGHT HERE, AHH, IS A NICE LITTLE
SEA TROUT. ATE UP THAT CAL SEE WHAT I DID I CHANGED OUT THAT CAL BAIT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN
SEEIN' A BUNCH A LITTLE TINY BAITS RUNNIN' AROUND HERE EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE WERE SEEIN'
THESE TROUT LIKE THIS COME UP AND SMACK 'EM SO I WENT DOWN FROM THAT BIG BAIT AND STARTED
THROWIN' A LITTLE BIT SMALLER BAIT, MAN THAT IS YA KNOW, THEY DON'T GET MUCH PRETTIER THAN
THAT RIGHT THERE.
NO LOOK AT ALL THE SPOTS ON HIS TAIL.
SPOTS ALL OVER MAN THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL FISH.
PRETTY ONE.
WHOA HE CHOMPPED DOWN ON MY FINGER BROTHER HEY, OH MY GOD IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD
DAY I'M BLEEDIN'.
BLEEDIN' THERE'S BLOOD.
DON'T LIP A SEATROUT.
THERE'S BLOOD.
'CAUSE THEY'LL PUT A HURTIN' ON YA. OUCH. I ALWAYS SAY IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD DAY
WHEN I'M BLEEDIN'. I'M GONNA CATCH A BIG ONE NOW YOU WATCH.
LET'S DO IT.
SPEAKIN' OF NO GRASS CHRISTIAN THIS ONE HERE AINT GOT HARDLY ANY ON IT DOES IT?
NO IT DOESN'T IT'S A DESERT FLAT RIGHT HERE, BUT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE 'EM.
VERO BEACH DESERT FISHIN' A COUPLE COUPLE OF PATCHES OUT THERE.
BLAIR THREE O'CLOCK BIG TROUT SWING TO THE RIGHT, YA GOT 'EM?
OWH, OWH, OWH OWH THERE'S A FISH ON IT.
OH IT'S A RED. HE HIT IT YEAH
FISH ON BROTHER (LAUGHS). THERE YA GO NICE WORK. HOW 'BOUT THAT ONE I WAS SITTIN'
BURNIN' IT OIN TRYING TO GET IT TO OTHER FISH THAT YOU SAW AND BOOM I FELT SOMETHING LIKE
IT WAS GETTING' CHASED SURE 'NOUGH BROTHER SHO 'NOUGH HE WAS SITTIN' RIGHT ON THAT GRASS
PIECE RIGHT OVER THERE.
NICE WORK.
NOT A BAD REDFISH EITHER, YA GOTTA BE CAREFUL THOUGHT I WENT DOWN TO FIFTEEN
POUND TEST ON MY LEADER 'CAUSE THIS WATER IS SO CLEAR AND GAVE IT A NICE LONG PIECE
OF LEADER AND HE JUMPED ON IT AS I WAS BURNIN' IT. PRETTY FISH.
UM'HUM
UPPER SLOT.
YEAH.
REDFISH WILL ALWAYS SAVE THE DAY WHEN YOU NEED SOMETHIN' TO PULL ON THE END OF YOUR
LINE. THEY JUST STARTED SHOWIN' UP DOWN HERE PRETTY GOOD DIDN'T THEY?
YEAH I MEAN REAL THICK UM YA KNOW WE HAD THE FREEZE AND YA KNOW KILLED A BUNCH
A SNOOK AND THE TROUT MADE IT FINE BUT THE REDFISH WE'VE DEFINITELY HAD BETTER REDFISHING
THAN WE'VE HAD YA KNOW IN PAST YEARS THEY REALLY CAME ON STRONG AND FIXED IT.
AND CALLIN THAT THING DOWN ESPECIALLY ON DAY WHEN YOU'RE SEEIN' NOTHIN' BUT ALL
THESE FISH SWIM BY YA SWIM BY YA SWIM BY YA.
BIG TROUT OUT THERE JUST SWAM BY.
HE'S RIGHT UNDER THAT RANGER.
THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GRAB THIS GUY NOW. HE MIGHT BE OVER SLOT.
(LAUGHING) HE GREW I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
HE ATE THAT CAL UP I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
HE DID GULP IT GOOD.
COME'ERE AND LAY OVER FOR BLAIR. I'M LOOKIN' LIKE I DID THAT TROUT TO COME UP WITH
A LITTLE STUMP (LAUGHS).
NICE FISH.
LOVELY LITTLE CAL. LOOKS LIKE SOMETHIN' TOOK A CHUNK OUTTA HIS BACK. DOES HE GOTTA
SCAR ON THAT SIDE? IF YA LOOK AT THIS SIDE IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHIN' HIT HIM MAYBE A PROP
A PORPOISE SOMETHIN' GOT A HOLD OF HIM, THAT'S A PRETTY REDFISH YES SIR THAT ONE THERE HAS
DEFINITELY GOT A CHUNCK OUT OF HIM. I'M GONNA GO OVER ON THIS SIDE SO WE CAN WATCH HIM SWIM
AWAY.
NICE FISH.
AND THERE HE GOES, IT DON'T GET MUCH PRETTIER THAN THAT DOES IT BROTHER?
NO MAN, GOOD JOB.
GOOD JOB MAN WELL I THINK I'LL GET RIGGED UP ONE OF THE LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT
WE'VE DONE HERE NOW THE WATER IS SO CRYSTAL CLEAR I'VE DROPPED THIS LEADER DOWN TO FIFTEEN
POUND TEST SEAGUAR FLOUROCARBON ON HERE JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN SHYING AWAY FROM IT
THE SNOOK HAVE BEEN KINDA EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE LOOKIN' AT IT AND TAKING OFF REAL QUICK SO
I WENT DOWN TO LIKE A OH A PROBABLY TEN FOOT OF LEADER ON HERE JUST A JUST SO THEY DON'T
SEE THE LINE I THINK THEIR SEEIN' THE LINE THEIR PROBABLY NOT BUT A I DON'T KNOW I THINK
WE JUST PROVED.
CAN NEVER BE TOO CAREFUL.
CAN NEVER BE TOO CAREFUL ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE DOIN' TO US WHAT THEY'RE DOIN'
TODAY AND THAT'S SPOOKIN' A LOT IT'S JUST UM HIGH PRESSURE COMIN' IN WE GOTTA GOTTA
FRONT THAT'S BEARING DOWN ON US RIGHT NOW AND UH HOPEFULL THEY'RE GONNA TURN ON US REAL
GOOD HERE HADN'T BEEN TOO TOO BAD SO FAR.
NO MAN.
I WANNA SEE ONE OF THOSE GREAT BIG ONES SO YA'ALL STAY TUNED WE'RE GONNA BE RIGHT
BACK CAPTAIN CHRISTIAN YERGENS RIGHT HERE IN VERO BEACH ON WHAT HE'S BEEN CALLIN' THE
DESERT FLAT (LAUGHS).
(LAUGHS)