My Biggest On TOPWATER

[@redouanepeche]

Thank you fisherman friend for the nice information you give us thank you very much🎣🎣🎣

[@KayakFishingAddict]

Awesome day of fishing Elias! I love it when we can face upstream current, fish the banks, and hit the pockets! Not a bad day at all.

[@TheJaymon1962]

Another great day of fishing. Thanks for sharing!

[@stevesando6695]

Way to go. We're with you.

[@TravelnFish]

Been watching for a bit, love your stuff!

[@jaybarnett3550]

So good, keep up the awesome videos.

[@nathanmorkovsky2855]

Success is sweet🎣

[@slicko69ng]

Dude, you're killing it today, you caught some really nice fish. I just came across your Channel.

[@bryanyerton1664]

Great day of fishing! Those pedals would drive me nuts squeaking all day!

[@dirtyoldfarmhand3]

Nice! Thank you.

[@smokster0604]

Awesome fish 🐟 on....

[@williamhughes5197]

Nice day to fish the outback area. Florida has been crappy weather lately. Halifax river isn't producing anything. I'm planning on going surf fishing tomorrow.

[@brookedavis5649]

Elias, could you talk about your depth finder? Trying to decide which one to get

[@charlesa.wobbly5578]

what was that huge distant splash at 11:16?

[@TopsailOutdoorAdventures]

Congrats on the PB!

[@mmchallengerfishing6517]

Great video bro

[@adamsmith3996]

That's a beautiful trout. I was lucky enough to get a 29 about 9 lbs in baffin bay years ago. That lure looks sick. Nice job bro.

[@danl.909]

Hah! My PB is 29” and it came from the Land Cut just off Baffin Bay. Some scary-big gators down there.

[@adamsmith3996]

@@danl.909 very cool. I got mine back in the 90,s. . Yup some big gator trout there for sure

[@KCsniper79]

Nice vid Elias..🤙🏼🤙🏼..

[@stateniland]

crazy flounder regs..

[@shwimerdimmmer6958]

1 fish flounder limit? That's crazy.

[@jonathane984]

For some reason, North Carolina still has a massive commercial flounder fishery. Marine Fisheries scientist data shows 70-80% of flounder harvest over the last 20 years is commercial harvest. Yet they want to limit us rec anglers to 1 fish a day in a 45ish day season. Makes perfect sense right?

[@dylanzrim3635]

@@jonathane984 having the same issues here in Australia. A commercial netter got mad and posted a photo of an artificial reef caught in his net, couldn’t understand why everyone ridiculed him for being the guy that’s dragging tonnes of fabric and lead along the sea floor

[@dylanzrim3635]

Apparently recreational fishermen putting artificial reefs into the ocean are ruining their catch.... wouldn’t put it past Antifa to do something like that to stop a commercial fisho in his own wake, and make rec’ fishos look real bad in the process.

[@anthonyw9539]

Flounder will still be 15" and 4 per person per boat this year

[@seanwilliams8452]

Correct, limits qre finalized in Aug, please contact NC Wildlife and have your voice heard if yoy want it to stay 4 fish per person creel limit

[@rickneck2857]

Killer fishing, your doing awesome.. Time for a catch and cook again with Meg

[@morrisronald96]

Last I heard the season and creel limit for flounder was the same as last year sad to hear its only 1 a day 🥺🥺

[@EliasVFishing]

That’s what’s been floating around as the proposal to meet harvest cuts. Hasn’t 100% been confirmed yet

[@morrisronald96]

@@EliasVFishing yeah I found that the final call will be right before the season starts 🤞🙏

[@seanwilliams8452]

Yep, please contact NC Wildlife and let your voice be heard if you disagree!

[@LanceMcCormick]

Nice day and catch in the backwater! Wish offshore would lay down so I can get some groceries!

[@pencampbell8203]

Love to see the careful respect you afford the fish you return. Good example for us all. Love your videos. Thanks.

[@rdo6566]

Great job! Elias your channel has grown so much in quality since the early videos! Absolutely love it! Again Great Job!

[@russseff1246]

Nice trout dude.

[@willkenyon3292]

Anyone see that fish swim away from his kayak as he was moving at 3:41 ?? Off the front right of his kayak. Must’ve spooked the fish

[@peteprior8896]

Nice video good work

[@seanwilliams8452]

Great video, you touched on an important note and I'd like to clarify. As of now the flounder limit is the same as last year, 4 fish per person creel limit. They will finalize the limitations in Aug and have proposed changing the creel limit to 1 fish per person. Also a "slot" for flounder has been proposed similar to the drum to prevent harvesting the larger fish. There has been talk of managing the the different species in different ways but this has always come with much resistance. Please contact the NC Wildlife department to have your voice heard on the subject. Once regulations are established they are very difficult to reverse. I think conservation is important but I try hard to feel my family on fish year round that I can catch, seems like a more sustainable way to eat meat than meat farms. Also seems less harmful to the ocean to catch one fish at a time with little to no bi-catch and no effect on the habitat.

[@7citiesfishing]

Ran into quite a few big trout this year so far and alot of bait action but damn if I couldn't get one to take topwater. Awesome video

[@morrisronald96]

Solid video can't wait to getbinto some action like this if only I could keep the flounder off the lures lol

[@jaycooley7841]

Hit 'em with the old KZbin shakedown 😂

[@whitmoresmawley6594]

Where abouts in NC..I'm thinking of targeting specks this year in the assawoman back bay in Maryland and Delaware..do they winter over?

[@MikeJonesBBcom]

Best notification on youtube is when you post a new vid. Another great one sir!

[@lmpbzkt1]

You truly are one of the most humble cats on the interwebs. You’re a legend brother!

[@BobWhittBass]

Spinfisher begging for mercy

[@timgreer7440]

Awesome fishing, these are my favorite type of fishing videos(trouts and reds in the backwater)!

[@jwsmr2]

Elias what's the deal the Hobie drive squeaking, that's got to be annoying? I noticed it around 6:15-7:30 timeframe in the video. What causes that & how do you personally fix it? Thanks.

[@danl.909]

FFS, Elias, you are a trout killer. That big trout might have made my top-10, and I’ve been fishing for specks since the ‘70s in Texas and Alabama. My PB is 29” but my 2nd-best is 26.

[@psmith7781]

Is that squeaking noise a Hobie Mirage drive feature? ;)

[@FishingwithBrewski]

Do you have a hero8 or 9 now? They're soo much better in low light than the older models.

[@EliasVFishing]

Hero 9

[@johningrassia4150]

Nice vid Elias…..love watching you fish my friend.

[@jamesthach4401]

I have been a convert! I love nomad lures. Fishing in New England from fresh to salt and the riptide, chug Norris, and madscad have been destroying strippers to largemouth!

[@ChrisM-lj3zq]

Awesome job as always. I wish i could teach my son to fish like that.

[@austinpurden1186]

Good day of fishing

[@bradys.7967]

How do we fix that squeaky mirage drive? Mine does that sometimes

[@ronmelton9706]

I love fishing those zoom flukes...I am going to order some of those 1/4 oz macks and give them a try. Great video E!

[@stevestory8483]

What kind of hooks (size/type) were you using with the flukes? Great video!

[@Tackle2thePeople]

Epic blowups. Once you go top you never wanna throw anything else! Haha

[@joethebourbonman]

Excited to try your inshore lures, love the albie smashers!

[@Velcrostraps91]

Elias doesn't edit his video's. Hits record fishes and catches for x amount of time says it's a wrap hits stop. Bam. Uploads the vid to YT. Lol.. fkn savage...New to this. Lol riiiiight😎🤝

[@jerseyfreshfishing6613]

Bro..you sent me a pack of the new stuff and it's been blowing 15-20 ever since I opened it. Had to make the first cast in the pool!

[@woodystemms3799]

Good morning on the water with a great topwater bite. Was the Tide near max when you cruised the grass line?

[@EliasVFishing]

Start of incoming

[@jeffboberg2428]

Beautiful sight seeing you release that big girl, sir. My man. 👊 And thanks for educating along the way (wet hands, wet board). If we could get more folks on board with letting bigguns go...

[@lincolnwestmoreland4646]

Did you use a liter for the fluke?

[@stevehogan8829]

Hey Eli,,, Beautiful sun rise. Haven't done anything but work for 2 weeks. Need to get on the water. Wow, huge trout.

[@Motovation.785]

biggest speckled trout i’ve seen in a while nice fishing man

[@FishingwithBrewski]

Surprised to see her still so filled with roe. Seems like the first spawn is usually on that moon that just passed but it seems like they're just getting ready.

[@GilAcee]

And I promised I would come home early! 😂. Wouldn't you know it! Hard to stop on days like that. Thanks Elias

[@robertgerber2533]

Do the trout spawn this time of the year? that big one was the fattest one I've ever seen you catch

[@EliasVFishing]

They do!

[@tonysfishingadventures6725]

The sound of reel drag is like the best music in the fisherman’s ears, I can hear this sound all day with mix of water splashes and never get sick of it... just saying.

[@bryankeating8440]

I like the new 1/4 inshore profiles

[@scottpiner2149]

Nice! That’s some gorgeous back water and good-looking fish too.

[@thomasjarosz7406]

Elias, Topwater reel screaming runs, just what the doctor ordered. Show us your day. Prayers sent for Meg,Elias. God bless

[@SunnyIlha]

Wow. Out on the dark early! Could you try an old school Mirrolure.😁

[@Redcrown48]

Do these trout spawn in the Spring like the weakfish do?

[@EliasVFishing]

Yep

[@huh31987]

Elizabeth River?

[@kweeks10045]

That first trout was healthy! I saw a couple caught here in Texas over the past week that were 24"+, but none were that fat. Congrats!

[@_Kere_]

I love how much you hate asking for the ol' "like, comment, subscribe" mumbo jumbo...so because of that, I'll do it.

[@scottmichael3745]

For real!

[@Jontfs300]

Hey you’re in North Carolina too!!!

[@MatindianGirl06]

Beautiful looking Red Drum, nice and healthy fish. Take care and be safe.

[@msgdan1]

Great video...and great catching...AGAIN !!!! But I still think you would rather be in J Bay and Raritan Bay....live lining and catching big stripers on the troll and casting.....but I really do understand why you moved south !! All the best pal, and keep the catching and the videos coming !!!

[@dright1817]

Good 1 Eli 🦈🐟🐙🐋🐠🐡🐳🐊

[@jelly_fishing]

Nice trout !!!

[@timberwolfe338]

You keep sneaking these uploads on me

[@andysummers2742]

just looked at this years flounder regs and daily limit is 4

[@seanwilliams8452]

Correct, final limits to be set in Aug, they have proposed dropping to 1. Please contact NC Wildlife if you disagree

[@andysummers2742]

@@seanwilliams8452 i got email on 5/4/21 from Hope Wade/ ncdenr stating that the creel will 4 fish at 15 ins. just passing on what i was told after Elias said it would be one

[@sprmario123]

Keep it up Edit: Seems your first link to Basspro for you HMG is dead.

[@nickcrimi9657]

Man you make me nervous trying to get out that treble hook.....😧

[@ryanhainer2614]

Nice slam!

[@muddywaters1934]

that trout was a gator!

[@bigstanden]

Just got to bags head ready to hit the surf

[@TriboroFishing]

Sheepshead fishing please

[@philpotter6388]

I don't get it... I keep imitating everything you do and catch zilch!! Dat Elias boy, he got the touch!!

[@scottmichael3745]

A lot of it is experience, "feeling" the bite, hook set, ect. And A lot is luck or time on the water. Example, i grew up with my buddy that could limit out on salmon on the Chicago power plant output (heated water that was used to cool the reactor) and I never hooked up with One frigging fish standing next to him using the same fly. 20 years later and I live in Florida, he came sheepshead fishing with me, he didn't hook a one and I limited out.. in the same boat, using the same crabs. Practice my friend and time on the water. Good luck bro.

[@johnmartin4332]

I believe you could catch fish in a bathtub!!! This man can locate 'em!!

[@TheFishingExpat]

Friggin Gator trout. Lost a gator pike here in Germany on a top water the other day, got it on camera but would have been better to land it like yours

[@tonysfishingadventures6725]

Awesome!!

[@monkeymanstones1]

Promise kept.

[@atoboncos3347]

😍😍😍😍 👍👍👍👍 🔔🔔🔔🔙

[@24-7flounderproblem]

💪💪💪💣✌❤

[@asmalldreamkunjuichay8237]

Hi bro💕

[@johnrickards1908]

Nice slam Elias! No shame infusing for those algorithms too

[@chrishook2213]

Hey bud

[@kirkshiloh2843]

👍🏻

[@gratefullyeric9581]

first