Bushcraft Survival Skills - SALT FROM SEAWATER On A Open Fire- Pole Spear Catch & Cook

After getting so many comments on my last solo island camping series about making salt from the ocean, I thought what better way to find out just how much salt you really get and how difficult it really is... Great way to test some survival skills and learn something new. We also catch a fish on the pole spear and need to season it with the salt we make to give us a little bit of a challenge 😅
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[@I_Santos_]

I didn’t wake up today thinking I was gonna watch water boil on KZbin, but leave it to ol’ Rod to make even that interesting 😂 Great work as always, mate 🤙

[@PenguinOutdoors]

SAME lmao

[@toomanyhobbies77]

Rod, I've been watching you for a few years. I really appreciate how real you keep it. You're not trying to sell us something. I look forward to every video you post. You give us beautiful scenery and an adventure. Keep it up dude. Definitely an inspiration for the KZbin community.

[@peterm6199]

You know you’re liked when you film with one hand holding a phone whilst cooking water and people LOVE IT 🎊 Nice one Rod, you’re the man. 👌

[@PricillaMac1]

haha so true

[@rokkitkit]

Haha, cheers mate😁

[@coptotermes]

Haha, yeah we like him! Today’s video is boiling water… Quick I have to watch this! Awesome.

[@wishmeister]

*proceeds to casually make a liner out of the salt and snort it*

[@Nick.Fontana]

Hey rod, while you're in the water spearing etc, could you please put the names of the species of fish you're seeing on the screen? Ybs does it and I enjoy seeing the names of all the fish he see's. If it doesn't make editing more of a pain that is. Love the vids mate!

[@cyclocrossthesea-lionman1824]

He could even do a commentary over some of the diving bits

[@BGAbazor]

@@cyclocrossthesea-lionman1824 I like this idea, but wouldn't want it all the time. I love hearing the sounds of the water and things he bumps up against in the water. It's a very calming part of the video for me

[@ontic2354]

Nice one Rod, I was one of the salt commenters (‘sorry to state the bleeding obvious’ comment) a week or two ago. Great to see you test it. As someone else has said here and I mentioned originally, a decent wide flat tray would be a good addition for this, leave it in the sun and wind and let evaporation do a lot of the work before cooking it. You want to go full survival mode, make a space blanket surround to reflect more heat in. Alternatively, with a syringe plastic plunger (no needle), or even a clean sponge, you could go round rocks and find natural ‘trays’/small-pools of concentrated salty water that have been drying already, and use that water to start evaporating or cooking down instead of sea water. Would save fuel for if you are using your gas, and once you figure out how much you would need you won’t need to cook down nearly so much water. Sea water is quite salty at about 3.5% concentration-think of a cup of seawater-could you drink it or would it be salt overload? If it’s salt overload in a cup of sea water, it’s probably more than enough for a meal😉, hence, do the maths the other way-how many grams of salt do you need for a fish or per day? Recommended MAX daily intake is about 2.4 grams-you will get that much from just 65ml of normal sea water, and less from condensed rock pool water. That should be fine for cooking with gas if you can’t light a fire, especially if you use natural evaporation for some of it. Rock on dude.

[@jordanperks1991]

Came here to say the same. I've never in my life attempted it but I threw the suggestion out in the comments last time he needed salt and it's so cool to see it happen

[@rokkitkit]

Yea true on a lot of those points was good to test the theory and see the results👌

[@teeanahera8949]

If you were going full survival mode you would not eat salt because its going to kill you. It dehydrates you so you’d have to drink more fresh water and salt is not necessary for survival.

[@jjdubuyou1976]

Bring a half sheet pan like from a restaurant on your next trip and leave it halfway full in the sun for a day or two while you camp. The sun will evaporate it, obviously not as quickly as a fire, but you'll have a nice haul of salt.

[@fale892]

Straight into it, nice. Thought I was watching a Chris Bamman video in the beginning

[@danielpitman5140]

This episode on Breaking Nice.. Rod rediscovers chemistry.

[@OldBastardOutdoors]

Dude, I can't wait to try doing this in the coming sea kayaking season. Cheers, and thanks for sharing all your videos from Nova Scotia, Canada 🇨🇦

[@shawnduddridge]

Mate kayaking is a lot more complicated than boiling salt water to get salt... if this sort of thing is news to you you might need to take some safety classes 😛

[@OldBastardOutdoors]

@@shawnduddridge 😆

[@jdubruyn]

Tip of the spear3:30... on the edge of my seat 16:26 ... and/the salt of the earth 21:32 😅 The long and the short of it😂 Sweet video Rod😛🥝

[@Here4ucantbe]

If I am ever shipwrecked on a deserted island, please be there😆I'm beginning to think there isn't much you can't do!! Great video as always Rod XOXOX

[@RealNickTheCoolest]

"Let's get some salt. Mmm yea super salty" - rod, 2023.

[@rokkitkit]

I have a way with words😅

[@pootmahgoots8482]

"Lets taste the salt.." *tastes salt* "Super salty." Who woulda thought salt was salty? 😂 great video Rod. :)

[@blairwesterman2635]

Great vid Rod…I was imagining how good that fish must have tasted. Anytime I can find something eatable from nature, it sort of brings on a different level of satisfaction and enjoyment, so I’m guessing the sea salt really made that fish extra good. Cheers! 🇨🇦

[@the1truth420]

You used the technique I mentioned last week when you had no salt...boiling salt water to harvest a batch, Stoked! Love your channel, another beautiful Friday.

[@martinquintana5837]

Epic video Rod growing up in Hawaii we cooked the fish just like that brings back a lot of memories. Stay safe out there and have a blessed day. Aloha from Kansas

[@fredvanleeuwen9996]

In sea water there is typically close to 35 grams of dissolved salts in each liter. It is written as 35 ‰ The normal range of ocean salinity ranges between 33-37 grams per liter (33‰ - 37‰).

[@gretchenjasmer3609]

Your show really makes me happy! Thank you for sharing your adventures!

[@papabear9481]

Nice, here we go again. End of my day and get to enjoy one of my favorite KZbinrs

[@doraexplora9046]

I knew it would be very salty when I saw you use sea water in the Mangroves. But great little experiment and you did get a Lot of sea salt out of it for the amount of water you used. Well done Rod, another great vid. I could taste the BBQ'd lime salted fish through the screen!!

[@ravenfeader]

Well done Rod we would do this often while camping and fishing and the salt is fantastic .

[@claudiodippolito5686]

Hey Rod Thanks for posting your video Miss watching your classic island fishing, cook and camping trips.😢 Hopefully you can one day Cheers

[@cakesnipher7024]

Thank you for the upload Rod 🤙

[@khamen723]

The sound of your snorkel filling up with water relaxes me Nice shot, btw. Pretty murky

[@dutchy7382]

Love all your vids, but actually really enjoyed the raw nature of the informative, phone filmed video. Thanks.

[@akknight1971]

Fantastic adventure and awesome cook up. Now you know when you need a bit of salt and forgot yours back at the house what you can do. Fish on. Tim

[@StElmosFire85]

Best way to start my Saturday morning!! ❤

[@henshooten]

Fantastic Rod , was excited when I saw you’d taken my comment and rolled with it , we usually boil a cup which is good for a meal , probably should have mentioned that using an old pot is the better way to go, but it turns out to be a really nice very salty salt so you don’t need heaps

[@wallybook4154]

Great video Rod, keep them coming!

[@MsTafuna]

awesome vid man, keep em coming🤙🏾

[@codycummins4]

Yes sir! Another great video! Stay safe brother!

[@Pixel2523]

Ahh! Good start to the weekend! Thanks!

[@91Bronco]

Awesome vid as always buddy. Keep up the great work I always love a Friday!

[@peterhansward2183]

Rod's Backcountry Salt Company coming soon to the merch store! Francis Mallmann vibe right here. So good

[@mphmph1198]

Very interesting episode. You're keeping me hooked, Rod.

[@buzzinsmaug664]

Nice one Rod ...that was a good experiment...lots of homemade SEA SALT !!! LIVERPOOL UK 👍

[@herbsmith6871]

Definitely going to have to try that! Thanks for sharing my friend 🤠

[@raynerjoannes]

Mission complete.. awesome vid sir 👏👏👏

[@jandreneethling5664]

Loved this vid mate Used to do this all the time back in the day Keep a quarter cup of rice with you to chuck a few kernels with the salt in the jar if you want to remove the last bit of moisture from it..

[@partrickgaspari2444]

Awesome! It worked! Really happy you tried this out, scratched such an itch. I think home made salt with a home concocted infusion sounds like an awesome addition to the kitchen 😀 Once again thanks for the great content man

[@crazysteve2277]

Was waiting all morning for this 😂😂

[@FondelMikeRotch]

Evening here. But Rod always comes through.

[@johnfishingclown6415]

Wow, Rod! didn't realize how much salt is in seawater, good to know in a survival scenario, thanks for sharing!

[@johnfishingclown6415]

thank you, Rod, I just enjoy watching your Vids, please give the giveaway to the next subscriber. keep up the great content!

[@samuelmedina1801]

Amazing content bro. Love from New York

[@JasonMcCann841]

That is a good amount of salt from that pan. Flavoured salts for the win.

[@patrickcavanaghkilmartin]

I'm watching this now. Great that you are making salt. I remember a day, in the late 1970s, when I was a kid & my family decided to make salt in Suffolk, England. We made a fair bit of grey looking salt that no one wanted to use. Yours looks much whiter. The boiling pot was black for ever more. It hung in the kitchen to remind us of that day.

[@robstone9628]

Mate such a simple video and it was great! Wouldn't mind more like that and it is close to home.

[@twinflowerfioretta]

Hi Rod, wow, super beautiful underwater footage and loving the sound of bubling glug glug,🤿. What a stunning experiment with delicious result for your fish lunch, lol ! Ty for sharing an other great adventure, BIG Like 👍💙🤩

[@andrewvillanueva3722]

Awesome job rod!!! Love your videos bro

[@tjeffjenkins6226]

NICE going Rod, now you are a true old salt!

[@Adam-wc1wj]

Cool video! I like the survival stuff and island camping, underwater stuff is all good. It's cool you have a line tree in the backyard 😎

[@Chungers79]

Great vid as always Rodster :)

[@AnglerBiduk2]

very well done if we need a kit.😁. Salt with a special taste‼️

[@darrenthompson8376]

Thanks Rod

[@bluedoggum8373]

This topic showed up in old man and the sea. A classic topic

[@leroythehooker]

amazing vid bud. I enjoyed it

[@swim2kill]

I am actually surprised how much salt was rendered by evaporating just 1 pan of salt water. That's really neat I will have to try that some day. Very cool

[@prodbykosi]

A1 content as always! Definitely going to try that salt trick

[@RogueCorps]

That's funny. I didn't comment but was wondering the same thing. A while back crabbing out of San Francisco, our Capt. buddy steamed dungeness crab fresh on the deck in a pot of seawater. It was both too salty for me, and delicious to have crab that fresh. Nice job!

[@bradfordpalmer2298]

Man, that's awesome. I wouldnt have thought it would be that much salt!

[@rokkitkit]

Yea I was surprised how much there was too👍

[@sandyfaichney4538]

enjoying the vidz rod keep them coming

[@desgamble7643]

Super salty. Funny about that mate. 🤣

[@BeefyReefy]

Smart idea with the boogie board mate 👌

[@100catfishing7]

Great video! Cheers!

[@nonservitium]

When I made that comment, I didn't realize that you couldn't have a fire... but yeah, takes forever, but the yield is substantial

[@davidmcclelland9263]

Real good show, great

[@manueldinoris843]

Another awesome video Rod, how good was making your own salt, not to shabby mate, well done. Thanks for sharing ur adventures buddy

[@BRZZ-xw4hd]

great vid really enjoyed it thanks....peace out

[@highalpine7321]

Very cool Idea. Thats alot of salt, way more that you and I thought.

[@danyoungy]

That’s cool as man, I’m going to try this

[@jonmark1347]

Brilliant innervation with the boogy board. Nice work mate!! Bummer about ya cameras rod

[@danjensen8184]

so so cool! Amazing for sure.

[@rinrat6754]

A hard way to make a beautifully simple dish.

[@ElkinsEric]

Every time I see the orange spear I’m reminded of that little tiny orange fish that hung out with ya and wanted to “school” with the spear…lol

[@rokkitkit]

Haha, yea I remember that guy😁

[@gretchenjasmer3609]

And that right there is why you never drink sea water!! That was so awesome!!

[@rockbande98]

Rod, I know this comment is late, I'm not sure if you've learned but instead of doing an entire pot which takes forever you do very small layers so they burn off quickly and you will have the salt faster and you repeat until you have enough vs waiting an hour to have too much

[@fesp7728]

Sorry to hear about your GoPro troubles Rod. This is another great video. I’ve always been curious about this and now I know. Hey Rod just curious…have you ever shared how you got into fishing and survival? What did you do before you got into youtube? Just curious as a big fan of your channel.

[@waterassassinfishingbuilds6122]

Super cool!!!

[@9279chomp]

Flavoured salt is such a good idea. You should try it.

[@MikaeleIosefa714]

Hook up baits. We use these here in So-Cal and they work great.

[@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus]

🧂🧂🧂🧂That is so cool you gave the idea of making salt a crack Rod 😀 Definitely one for places with fire though. Really cool vid.

[@lukeeldridge]

Nice vid rod, I thought the same after last vid when you said you had no salt, however I wondered what it would be like if you brined your fillets in sea water before cooking etc. I wonder if it would be ok, much simpler way to put some taste in then evaporating etc. just listening at the end and I was thinking the exact same, I have lemon myrtle growing here that I use in cooking. Keep up the good work Rod

[@SloanRanger61]

Awesome video! Just kidding, haven’t watched (it dropped only 4 minutes ago), but I’m sure it will be awesome.

[@JamaicanSureFishing]

Blessings brother

[@flysubcompact]

Good video. Seeing how you live on warm, sunny OZ, maybe make some using solar dehydration. Mock up a drying pan on an outdoor table. Just use a sheet of plastic for the shallow pan. Sun dries and sterilizes the product with UV.

[@flysubcompact]

@Ross I was just thinking he could do it in his back yard. The man is a good cook. He could make his own natural salt for the kitchen.

[@smokertwashington]

Love your Chanel brother! Keep it up! One note though, you’ve been at this long enough now , bring a small tripod so you don’t have to hold your phone! Much love!

[@Jake-ky9ed]

Pretty cool to DIY anything - didn’t think you’d get so much from a single boil either??? Good stuff, I’m still gonna use a grocery store as long as the world hasn’t ended and I got to boil my own salt -

[@kennyhall1057]

Well done mate rokkitdile Dundee does it again ☺️👍

[@rokkitkit]

🐊🐊

[@erikbertaud8327]

I would seriously love to see you and John (Lost Lakes) collaborate on some "foreign exchange" vids where you go to the Great White North and join him for some canoe fishing/camping trips and he goes Down Under to join you for some tropical island adventures. That would be rad. Not like your individual vids don't rock. Just Y'all are my favorites and my brain sez... DOUBLE NUKING!!!

[@gonefishing5214]

That bottle is a valuable survival tool

[@Arbyofuchprawnage]

Its been a while since I saw an Elemenopee, takes me back to my younger years on the boog scene.

[@WhoKnowsAnyway]

i would recommend using 3 stones positioned in a triangle shapen between each other withthe right amount height of elevation, that way you get to maximize the fire that is heating under your pot. plus you don't have to keep watching it if the sticks are breaking and will probably save you the hassle of worrying if it might spill or put out your fire. the only maintenance you'll worry about is if you're running out of firewood to heat whatever you're cooking.

[@WhoKnowsAnyway]

@RoKKiT_KiT_ thanks but i am no idiot 😂 try better next time

[@nicebikemate]

Lemon Myrtle Sea Salt, coming to a Rokkitshop near you!

[@stevenz2109]

Check out Opito bay salts in New Zealand. They produce sea salt and add all different herbs and spices to it. Delicious ,especially the mushroom or chilli seasalt.

[@PenguinOutdoors]

I'm surprised in an area so vastly different and sandy than the underwater shoots you nromally do that there is still so much sound from the marine life

[@rokkitkit]

Yea those pistol shrimp are everywhere👍

[@jayfromtexas6718]

Great job mate! Love, love the survival videos! Cheers! (How ‘bout that Australian accent)?

[@marchebowes6966]

Hi Rod...if you do the salt from the ocean again you should do about a cup of water at a time then it wont take as long

[@Alberthoward3right9up]

I would try the king's camera for underwater footage. Apparently the sound ain't real good. But they are 1080. And hold a 32 gig card. And if they did they are only 40 or 50 bucks a shot. And they come with a pretty good mounting kit. And I will say king's seem good with warranty. I had an inverter pack it in and they sent me a new one before I even posted the old one back. I still did send it back tho (for those wondering)

[@rokkitkit]

Unfortunately with bad audio and only 1080p resolution he kings camera might not do the job these day. But still o might check out some different options this time instead of go pro👍

[@Alberthoward3right9up]

@@rokkitkit oh ok my dumb arse didn't realise the went better than 1080. Kings may be better than that. I haven't looked in ages. And I was more talking underwater where sound would matter so much. And I figured that would wear them out quicker

[@luwenmoodley8357]

Kicking it old school on the Phone..Rod. GO PRO should sponsor your vids .make it national.#vlog

[@deepg7084]

I have also gone through several gopros. Their video quality is great but they seem to die out far too often. Don't know if it's a quality control issue or just the elements. Either way very interesting video. Had no idea there was that much salt in such a small quantity of salt water. .