Yeah and it's already pricey as a diy if you want the factory motor. As an update, I did my motor replacement in that actual video at the time it was published. Still solid.

I'm going the less expensive way (Amazon). Trim isn't really an issue if it fails where we boat. Worth the savings to try it out. Btw love the fishing line trick... I'll be using it!

@@longstrangejourney4776 All went great! Thank you for your video!

So on occasion, in deeper marshy waters, I've fished freshwater style crankbaits with mixed results. If the fish are biting aggressively, the crankbaits work nicely. A wake bait is simply a crankbait that runs at the surface down to about 6 in deep. It can be really productive when the fish are holding tight to these craggy Limestone structures along the mangrove edge because, when you release tension on the line and stop your retrieve, the lure floats, so it floats free of the hard limestone bottom. Even if your lure snags typically, it's only briefly. If you twitch it a few times it floats free of the rocks. I've purchased two of the Salt Strong "Skinny Lipper" lures, which is basically a floating twitch bait. I'm assuming they work similarly but I just haven't had the chance to put in the time with them.

That’s what I used the other day. Skinny lipper in white and black with chrome sides. Works awesome.

Pretty Easy. Just clean well after use incrementally and not let any oil stain patina build up.

It's definitely tougher there. I usually move to Ozello when I actually want to harvest one in September. So much better habitat for larger ones and so much easier to sneak up on them. We've seen some big ones in Chaz, so I know they are there, but I've come up short so far. In fact Jimmy Tintle and I have fished the Chassahowitzka NWR consistently for the past six years and have only harvested one Snook and that one was just a hair over 28". I think due to the shallow water, they so often see us coming... ;op

Was out there yesterday. Lost an over slot at the boat. Broke leader. Was not expecting snook and only had a 15 pound leader. Missed a few due to jumps. Landed a 24 inch. I’ve never hooked up with so many snook in Chaz.

@@nickhatzistefanou960 Heartbreaking, but fun. I was running 20 lb leader so I was babying it, but with gill plates and barnacles, all bets are off.

The only challenge was, though I found a Hernando County Trout limit of 18" Trout, I couldn't buy a decent Redfish between 6:30AM to Noon.

@@longstrangejourney4776 I'm finding all the big spot tails as far back in the bushes as you can get.....I call the back out creeks......No way and no where to turn around.....LOL!!😎🎣

I need to go way back? I only had a half a day Sunday morning and low water levels. Looking forward to getting back into fish creek again.

@@longstrangejourney4776.... I was way back in there last Friday trying the new motor in pretty skinny water.....I flipped for 15 minutes and lost a Snook and Red and managed 2 hours on the meter.....Definitely enjoying the new play toy!!😎

Sure. I just completed a renovation of the hull itself and the top side two years ago. I'll do a complete video soon. Just waiting for it to get a bit warmer to hit the sandbar to drop a walk around. I just put a new video up today, and there is one in my video list called Running from the Sun.

When you buy the unit it comes with a pigtail that connects into the connector system of the YakAttack and then you would have to crimp that into anything that's not USB. So for charging GoPro batteries or my mobile phone no, I don't need to crimp or cut anything. I just used a USB accessory. But for operating a depth finder chart plotter you would need to crimp it into whatever cabling comes from them. Garmin is different from Simrad/Lowrance which is different from Humminbird so those are not standardized. For powering a chart plotter you would need to crimp the power leads into the YakAttack pigtail.

If I hadn't picked a specific location yet, and I had a boat of that size, I would consider Goodland in the north first. It has much more generous water levels and well marked channels and almost all of the beachy island are unregulated. If you want to stay in the Everglades area itself, Everglades City isn't bad. There is a main channel from there and it goes out to Indian Key Pass. As you go out Indian Key Pass out to the outside, just to the north is Picnic Key. I think that is the northern most boundary of the park, so north of there is unregulated island camping. Indian Key Pass and the narrow channel that connects it to Everglades City is pretty deep. Your boat should be able to handle it well.

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If I can only run as shallow as you, thanks to you and your channel.

@@MirrOlureManiac Thanks James!! You've managed to survive all the landmines in the Refuge.....Very few do and I really enjoy those who can get around.....It's almost an art to find fish in these extreme conditions... says a lot.....FISH ON!!

@@WesLovelace Thanks Wes, definitely learned a lot in the short time fishing there. It's always throwing me a curveball though.

Thanks!! I appreciate the feedback.

Too odd for sure. But we fished so much water that was less than 18" that the smaller soft plastics made more sense. Much quieter entering the water. I did catch one rat Redfish on the mirrodine 27MR in Pork Rinds, while casting into deeper water for trout, but it was funny as the Redfish wasn't much longer than the lure.

Yeah, when you are fishing that shallow hard baits are hard to throw. I do have a trick to do it, but I would have to work it too fast for winter fishing

It has been incredibly windy here, but that caused me to press into a small saltwater pond that is fully surrounded by mangroves which provided nice wind shelter. There are a quite a few resident Tarpon in there, but boy are they tricky to get a bite. Thanks for the watch and the subscribe!

Thanks Nathan. Those Hoodwinks are excellent and work great.

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That’s a peacock

Welcome! Hopefully you find the content both entertaining and helpful.

Thanks!

It was good yesterday, but the tide table was very misleading. We had way less water than we expected and it limited the scope of where we could get. We played it slow and found a deeper flat that was near a zone that the tide had taken all the water out of a big inner bay. We polled around and we're able to sight fish two nice Reds. I need to parse through all the video footage to make the episode, and I will do that tonight, but we got most of it on video.

Nice. They are golden, the oldies work really well when kept clean. I fish saltwater and use two Curado DC reels on a regular basis. Though not technically a saltwater reel they work very nicely if taken down and deep cleaned a few times a year.

I think it was a Lew's. The lettering was badly deteriorated.

updated to camp lulu as well now, we actually video called someone for a shark catch

Great to hear. Yeah they seemed thin last year, both here and there. We are so down on rain this year. Water is super clear and I wonder if it is due to higher salinity levels where we fish. My Maverick is offline to mid-January for the final stage of its restoration, so hopefully it will be good in Feb-March in Chassahowitzka as well.

Yes. If you go to Nocqua's web site there is a splitter cable accessory called the "Pro Power Y Connector" that lets you power two items.

I think my biggest up in Chaz is 31" off the rocks at Fish Creek. Some beautiful fish there. Those two locations, TTI and Chaz do hold a special place. Since Florida's population has exploded over the last 20 years, it's always nice to find a wilderness area to get lost in.

@@longstrangejourney4776 I hear that in spades.....I haven't seen a Red that big since fishing around Mason Creek many years ago.....Went in last Wednesday and found Reds everywhere in North Fish Creek.....Headed to the Swamp today......Sea Ya!!😎

Enjoyed the video! 👍 this is 9th grade stuff.. 😂😂😂 tight lines! 👍🇺🇸

Great video. Congratulations. I hear that. Love my area up here.