Alright guys, I gonna show you how to scavenge for your own bait
You don't need to go to the bait shop
if you know how to catch your own bait
Right now, I'm here with Chip
He's gonna show us how he likes to catch sand fleas
I know a lot of people have some trouble
identifying where sand fleas would be
They're not in every spot
and they're not always there
So, how do you go about finding it and how do you go about catching it?
Hopefully, you'll be able to learn a thing or two
[Chip:] When we look this way down the beach you- you can see
all of the different
spots
Now
you can see that they're coming up to the surface
If you walk towards them, they will go away. They will scurry, so
You gotta understand that, too so
When- when using a sand flea rake, it's easy to do it
Let the water come in
go attack the sand flea, open up
and pull on top of 'em
[Erin:] Oh yea
Look at those puppies
[Chip:] Let's put 'em in there
[Brendon:] Alright
[Chip:] Sand Fleas Galore!
[Brendon:] We ended up catching a whole bucket full of sand fleas yesterday
but we didn't get a chance to use 'em
So we're here now at the sunrise, fishing with my Dad,
Jack,
My friend Loi
and my friend Mike
Let's see whatw we can catch!
Alright, so yesterday we got a bunch of bait. Now, we're at Jacksonville beach, it's the next day
and uh we're gonna throw 'em out and see what we can catch
I'm hoping for Pompano, but really anything will bite a sand flea
So I'll just throw these sand fleas out and see what bites
[Loi:] Oh!
[Brendon:] Get that!
on?
Yea buddy!
It's something!
[Loi:] If it is, that's your first pompano, huh?
[Brendon:] Yea
I don't know if it is
I'm not sure, not much head shakes
Pullin'
I don't know what it is, bro. I don't think it's a pompano
A stingray?
you see it?
[Erin:] Yea
[Loi:] Stingray?
[Erin:] Yea
Watch out when it turns around!
[Brendon:] We're good
That was kinda tiring on my arm. I thought it was like a
I kinda figured it was a ray after it didn't wanna give up
Pompano would've given up by then
Pompano!
Yes!
I'm pretty sure this is a keeper
Earlier, we caught some pretty big sand fleas
But we also had a lot of little sand fleas in the mix and that's what- that's what the fish are really-
keyed in on right now is these smaller ones
for whatever reason
These fish are picky
Y'know, they-
They will sometimes be keyed in on one bait
and they won't touch anything else. Like the other day, they wouldn't- they wouldn't hit blue crabs
But sometimes, that's all they hit
I simply put
One on just like this
that's it
and I'm casting it out as far as I can
crossing my fingers
[Erin:] How does it feel?
[Brendon:] It's a pompano, I'm pretty sure
not a ray
That's a nice one!
on the little tiny flea
Hi
[Erin:] Hi, baby
[Brendon:] Did you make sandwiches?
[Erin:] I did
[Brendon:] Let me cast this out and I'm ready soon
MMMM
[Erin:] Give me your sandwich!
[Brendon:] Two Bluefish!
that was crazy!
[Erin:] Your dad's on, too
[Brendon:] Woah! Whatcha using?
[Mr. Mike:] Sand flea
[Brendon:] Oh my gosh, that's a big one!
[Mr. Mike] Woah! My arm
[Erin:] You arm?
Are you tired?
[Mr. Mike] Yea, this is a- oh my god!
[Erin:] That's a nice pompano!
[Mr. Mike:] Yo!
[Erin:] Yoooo
[Mr. Mike:] It's a HUGE one!
[Erin:] That is a pretty hefty one
He's hefty
[Brendon:] Ok
So
Under here, you see that tail right here? That-
right here
First of all, under here, usually, there's- there's orange eggs, right?
And, you wanna keep that in there
So, you wanna hook it
through this triangle part right here
just like this
and through the head
and it keeps the eggs in
a little bit better than usual
There was a fish hooked here the whole time!
[Erin:] Wow, Brendon!
[Brendon:] Yea, buddy!
*laughing*
I have good luck today!
[Erin:] Yea, look at you!
[Brendon:] I haven't seen it yet. Oh!
There we go
Look at that board!
Nice!
[Loi:] Hey, let's move our stuff down here!
[Loi:] How big is he?
[Erin:] Mmm, I'm not sure
[Brendon:] That's a big one!
That's a biiig one!
I got a fish on!
Woah!
AMERICA!
Pomp!
Pompano!
Let's see if it's too short
1/4 inch short
it's a little short
[Erin:] So I didn't just film this catch because I just reeled this in and caught it myself, but look
[Brendon:] I just saw my line way over there
And then I- look at that!
That looks like a 12 right there
[Erin:] Could be!
And a flounder!
Look at the teeth
That's both keeper?
[Brendon:] Yea, that's litterally best case scenario right there
good job!
There are swimmers out- there are swimmers out there! I don't wanna catch a human!
oh my god!
[Erin:] Are they on your line?
[Brendon:] Hey!
oh my god!
I almost caught a swimming person!
[Erin:] Loi!
[Loi:] Which one!? Which one!?
[Erin:] Red!
[Loi:] Sometimes- sometimes I think there will be two in there,
you know?
yea- and and and one pops off, you know what I mean?
cuz I was wondering why it was so heavy
But it's small
Hey look, I hooked him in the eye
That's- aw. Poor pompano
[Erin:] That's a nice one!
[Jack:] Yea, that's a big one, baby
[Brendon:] That rod right there
[Erin:] On a sand flea?
[Brenodn:] Yea
[Erin:] Woah!
[Brendon:] That's a big ass lady fish!
That was two lady fish in a row
and that one- that's a BIG lady fish
oh my gosh!
[Erin:] That's a big one!
Brendon:] Here's our limit, guys. We got
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 pompano
Between Jack,
Erin,
me,
my dad,
That was awesome!
[Erin:] How was your day?
You limited out!
[Brendon:] I limited out
On pompano
One of my favorite fishes to eat
It seemed like the pompano really liked sand fleas
I hope that these tips can help you guys get on some fish yourself
We're out here, trying to teach
trying to explain how wed do things
And hopefully, it'll inspire some of you guys to go outside
and do something about it
If you wanna learn how to catch pompano for yourself
or you just want to learn how to fish in the Florida area,
we have written lots on ebooks
about how to do so
Most recently, I put out a book on um
The float rig- how to use the float rig
Um, how to catch pompano
All the gear that you need for the beach
And we have a sur- an entire crash course on surf fishing as well
And I put these books to- to really help you guys get on some fish
Um...
We just recently put out a free article on
big entire packing lists of everything I bring to the beach with me
to get on whatever fish are really running
I encourage you guys to check that out in the link in the description below
Give it a read and comment below! Tell me what you think!
The sand fleas worked so well today
I wanna thank Chip for showing us how to find it
I wanna thank Loi for taking us out fishing
Thank you guys for showing us an awesome time
and I'll see you guys next week!