When you’re fishing from a pier, timing is everything.
On a boat, you go to where the fish are.
On a pier, you wait for the fish to come by.
This means you have to know when the tides are,
what the weather conditions are like,
and check with your local fishing reports.
Today is Valentine’s Day,
February 14th, 2017.
We’re here in Florida trying to catch whatever bites.
We've got frozen clams for bait today!
Supposedly pompano really like these,
so, hopefully we can get a pompano, if not I'm sure
everything else likes this.
So, I'm just gonna cut you some little strips, like this.
So you can put it on your sabiki,
and we're just trying to catch some bait fish right now.
It's like mystery fishing,
when you throw a sabiki down there
you don't know what you're gonna catch.
Fishing is a box of chocolates...
Everyone knows we love the sabiki
for its convenience and ability to find fish,
but I can’t feel them bite!
They just keep stealing my bait!
I guess I must be really bad at fishing...
Everything was eaten!
OK, so what do you think is going on?
(Why can't we see it?) I have no idea...
Maybe a bunch of tiny fish eating it...?
We took a peek underwater,
and discovered a whole world of pinfish, porkfish,
jacks, and all other species of fish.
While there were schools of just fish below us,
they didn't seem to be interested in our bait.
However, there was a fish in the water
that that took someone elses’ bait.
(What the hell?)
(Okay....) Woah! Get that on footage!
(What the hell?)
(That is a pretty fish!)
(Woah!) I'd never imagined to catch one of these things here! (Wow!)
What is that?
Now this, we believe
is a Blue Spotted Cornetfish,
a strange, long- bodied fish
with an upturned snout
at the end of a long, tubular mouth.
It can't hurt you or nothing, but it's just
a really unique fish.
Look how small its mouth is, that's amazing! (Yeah,)
that's its long mouth...
It’s pretty strange to see a cornetfish here, because
cornetfish are usually known for
hanging around coral reefs and blending in there.
Our guess is that it has something to do with the
dying coral reefs,
I mean, reefs all over the world this year are
suffering their 4th year in a row of
really bad bleaching due to high water temperatures.
We could be wrong. What do you guys think?
Comment your best guess as to
why this cornetfish is out of his usual habitat.
The bluespotted cornetfish is usually a solitary predator,
stalking and feeding on small fish,
crustaceans and squid,
so we think this guy might have ventured out here
looking for a meal.
The bluespotted cornetfish is actually
related to the sea horse,
and you can kind of tell by the similarity
in the shape of their mouths.
I think the bluespotted cornetfish is
a notable fish for its long,
unusual slender body shape,
and its tubular snout,
its large, red eyes, and its long tail filament that's
lined with these sensory pores that can
help it detect prey.
So, tell us if you’ve ever caught one,
or if you've never seen a cornetfish before and
this is your first time,
comment below and tell us!
One of the nice thing about pier fishing is
the chance to talk to fellow anglers.
As opposed to being on a boat
with just you and some of your friends,
being on a pier allows you to
talk to other people who
share the same passion that you do,
and its a lot easier to pick up tips from other people
who have been doing it, you know, longer than you have.
We met two of our friends while we were out there,
Mike and Evan,
and they often fish this pier,
and they were telling us that the pier
isn't really great fishing now,
but it is hot in the summer!
... Bait everywhere. (Right from the surf?)
It's black! This--?
All this blue is not blue, it's black 'cause of the bait. (From bait?!)
Bait! ($#&*!)
All around this whole pier is black.
We’re going out with Mike and Evan in our next episode,
and we had a blast...
If you want to talk to us more often,
or if you want to join a group of fishermen
who are discussing things online,
join our Facebook group,
Senko Skipper Freshwater Fishing.
If you don't like freshwater, let us know that you want a
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We've been having a lot of give aways,
a lot of discussions, a lot of sharing of photos,
a lot of sharing of stories, contests,
we're having a lot of fun on that page
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go over to our Facebook page,
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and find us over there.
Thanks for watching everyone! Stay tuned for more!