Fishing the HILLSBOROUGH BAY...!!! (Multi-Species Assessment)

In this video, EPF explores and fishes the Hillsborough Bay in Tampa Bay, Florida! A full species assessment is performed in order to find out which species of fish live around the area. 😉 This is EP1 of the 2021 "Champa Bay" fishing trip that I did back in February, after the Buccaneers won against the Chiefs.
[February 22nd, 2021 (Fishing Session Number 11)]
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[@justinvillalva7782]

Sitting on the dock of the bay!!!!!!

[@tishakee5946]

I enjoy watching those under water releases 🤙

[@lassehahn1794]

love how this video shows how calm stingrays usually are. In this case it was almost unusually calm for having been hooked and caught but the underwater scene (when you pushed it so it would turn around) is a perfect example for the lack of aggression in these lovely creatures :)

[@CurtisHarley83]

Got my EPF swim and a new video on the same day? Helll yeaaa...

[@tenkarapondfishing4611]

That 'chicken' got EPF!

[@HAPPYPUMPKN]

LEO... Like many others on here, I appreciate ALL of the times you share your life with us & You always make me smile 👌 I'm very excited for your ( New Lure ) products & will order some ... Boyyyeeeeeeeee 😆

[@hooksethijinx4769]

Thank you Mr. Sheng for being such a big inspiration to me. You and a few others were a huge influence on me. I will be creating content for the first time in a few days. I will continue you to support you on this platform until I make my last cast. Thank you sir. Tight lines

[@BY-bj6ic]

as always, thanks for the good times.

[@Fisherman_83]

Love all your videos, but extremely love the FL vids.

[@one2skadoo279]

Great vid!!

[@EanTheNintendoKid]

the month of FEBERERY

[@matthewdecker2299]

In Grand Isle, LA the gulls were hungry (late December) and not afraid at all. They would chase the bait through the air when casting. And rays taste pretty good.

[@ianflux8666]

Sitting on the dock of the bay watchinggg Leo Shengggggggggggg fish awayyyyyy ♫♫

[@pelican4294]

Fun to watch you and educational too. Really great photos of your catches as well as the release video’s. I’ve not heard Champa Bay before... good one. That Indonesian shrimp is making me hungry!

[@rezynrogue1309]

I've been following you for years, realized I wasn't subscribed. I fixed that. 👍

[@extremephillyfishing]

Thanks for the donation on yesterday's Live Stream, brother! I appreciate all the love and support.

[@Matthewfrey562]

Epf should carry bow and arrow and slay those damn chickens haha... i would pay to see that happen

[@monkeyman4131]

Wow ! It's 18, April 2021 and I'm just NOW watching yer video ! Ilook fer yer videos all the time ,even hit the " Bell " ! still missed this till now . Leo , you are my number 1 in fishing videos . Just a great all round person . You always deliver great videos . Thank you . Tom Daytona Beach, FL.

[@billcotton1551]

Nice weakfish Leo.

[@yoonhama7777]

Last year: Leo: HAHA!, let’s put it in the photo tank ! This year: Leo: HAHA!, let’s put it in the live well!

[@Lakhshamana]

Do you think he'll have some exotic JDM Live Tank next year

[@brianlagz1651]

Just got my epf swim baits in mail today👍

[@mexicansuperfunny]

Show some love to norcal 👋

[@SlumpPM]

Loved that Otis Redding cameo 🤙🏻🤙🏻

[@fishingwithjace567]

Red fin pickerel?! You wish 😂

[@extremephillyfishing]

I wish indeed, Fishing with Jace! It will cometh, though!!! Stay tuned!

[@darter216]

Keep up the good work.......

[@ryanwilson5936]

I got my mini paddle tails in the mail today and all I have to say is that they look fricking fantastic! Seriously, good job man! I actually bought them for ice fishing next season and I really think they are going to excel at that. Put them on a Fiskas long shanked tungsten jig and the rest is history!

[@eckoman92]

In Texas, it's very unheard of to have a speckled trout hit on dead shrimp. Also here, people consider hardheads a nuisance!

[@billywilliams548]

bro how could you give one of his vids a thumbs down they are all so good

[@HAPPYPUMPKN]

Speckled Trout rules are different in different counties here in Florida... Most are around 14 to 16 in minimum for a keeper. Here where I am it's 15 1/2 inches 👌

[@Mr_Man_7803]

Love these videos so much!

[@Tdogz5o8]

We need a catch n cook!!!!!

[@barbarak.7637]

A new video from Leo is the best part of my day.

[@JayWillis2120]

Have you fished the skyway pier yet? I find that live fish work the best but different colors of flukes work as well. Steel leaders are a must!

[@alexisdesmarais5275]

Lets goooo!!!! Nice content as usual and brings a bit of nostalgia from past Tampa trips!

[@killianpaul1063]

Hell yea another great EPF video!

[@lobsterspam3616]

Welcome to my hometown!!! Super hyped for this video!

[@dawnlark629]

Leo youre avery good youtube fisherman bacuaseyou dont ask for constant subbers and you arent crazy excited when you get a big fish. Calm excited but not too excited and humble. KInda like richard gene who i also love keep it up epf. Hope u can collab with 1 rod soon after this awful pandemic

[@jesseking5600]

Amazing video as usual!

[@The215fisherman]

yay Florida

[@codysfishing484]

Nice video

[@myoni1234]

Nice fishing video😊👍🏻

[@bucfan23]

We come here all the time we’re from Tampa

[@TheFerdifikri]

Indonesian shrimp? Nice bro😁

[@tylercahill7859]

Come on leo gotta get that sashimi hardhead 😂

[@sallinger87]

They must have loved you on that Amtrak with your tupperware of shrimp bait

[@sallinger87]

And I speak from experience... I used to fish for stripers all day in sheepshead bay Brooklyn and take the subway into Manhattan covered in cut bait and fish blood

[@richardcolbert6264]

👍👍

[@justinj5665]

So close to home for me EPF, as a recent USF Tampa grad I love seeing some familiar Tampa spots🙌🏽

[@davetheheretic295]

I will never forgive you for your April's Fool prank.

[@Ben-ve2fp]

Forgive my ignorance, but what did he do? 😂

[@stephenmandelbaum2027]

@@Ben-ve2fp He said he was gonna drop multi=species for Bass fishing i think

[@Lakhshamana]

@@stephenmandelbaum2027 lol Leo suddenly getting to pro bass tournaments That said we need The Leo and Mike Team-up in a bass tourney sometimes

[@Ben-ve2fp]

@@stephenmandelbaum2027 lol

[@rep302]

@@Lakhshamana Mike??? Is that First State Fishing?

[@sterlingwilson1565]

love the multi species love the video epf tight lines

[@imnotirish3221]

Gotta watch out for those chickens. I was fishing on a pier today and the chickens would sneak up behind the fishermen and eat their shrimp bait.

[@brentr.3260]

Been waiting for this boiiii! Here we gooooo!

[@grandwonder5858]

Feed the hardhead catfish to the bird. There are way too many of them since nobody eats them! In Texas many people throw them to the shores and let them die because sometimes you could spend an entire day catching very little of anything else except hardhead catfish! I typically take them home and make fertilizers out of them. They grow very large tomatoes and luscious basils and peppers!

[@GameChanger_Chris]

Next time you are in Tampa I’m down to fish with you brother

[@mitchelbrady169]

Awesome video Leo! As a landlocked Iowa dweller, it's always a pleasure to see some beautiful saltwater species.

[@marksauer7163]

Love the intro my man!

[@nice2yeetyou193]

Epf: *does anything* "You can't make this up!"

[@Lakhshamana]

To be fair he probably doesn't use makeup beyond sunscreen...

[@KamenRaiden]

@@Lakhshamana us Asians dont need sunscreen

[@minty5259]

What the heck bro! Chickens suck! I was down in Florida a week ago and the chickens terrorized me and my cut pinfish aswell

[@quickresponsefishing]

Awesome video bro! 🔥Can't wait, this Sunday I'm going out with the EPF Swim!

[@JayWillis2120]

This Florida boy called mhard head before you ever pulled it in! That was about the perfect size to eat! Any smaller and it's not worth cleaning, any larger and they get a little "fishy"!

[@beastman2513]

Almost forgot you made this trip. Lol

[@yosephchang4881]

Leo LA loves you

[@josephnywayfarer1345]

Indonesian shrimp all the way from Philly on Amtrak?!? People on the train must have been giving Leo the side eye, scrunching their noses thinking there is something fishy about this guy 🤣😂😉

[@mirandamaher9465]

The inside bridges should be stacked with sheep.

[@fishingwithjace567]

Feberary

[@adamgable4346]

Call the 👮🏻‍♂️, EPF was robbed !

[@allmaxedout96]

Got my EPF swims today 🔥🔥🔥

[@tickstudio1651]

Very nice fishing trip. 😘💞

[@jack.m017]

Hope you paid a visit to the skyway again

[@jimringo2569]

Needle fish should be the cut bait, or bird fodder.

[@dillpickl3429]

Ever caught a snapping turtle on a spinning pole? I have

[@rickyyang3357]

Goddamn chicken lol

[@Nigel_BC]

You should see what the EPF swim can catch in Florida!

[@juantorres4894]

Bro you need to go gandy in the groves at night with pin fish no light tackle tho

[@Lakhshamana]

Ayy sup Keep healthy, hydrated, and happy you magnificent people

[@Lakhshamana]

Also Indonesian represent

[@extremephillyfishing]

Your shrimp is...🔥🔥🔥!!!

[@Lakhshamana]

@@extremephillyfishing it's a pretty big industry here!

[@stone.stoner.fishing6335]

I live in Tampa I would love to go fishing with u while you’re in town

[@tenkarapondfishing4611]

Leo, I noticed that you seem to leave a lot of room on your spinning reel spool. That is, there isn't that much line on it. Is this intentional, and if so, what's your reason? Thanks. David

[@davidritchie2727]

His spool is completely empty

[@nera4088]

You should come back to Socal Leo! Or maybe Norcal if you haven't been there before?

[@Flarexxxx]

Been following the 1000 species acct since it started haha

[@joshcostroff6008]

EPF is still my favorite youtube fisherman

[@ashtoncunningham6981]

Ya I love his content it may not be as loud or as fast pace but his content rarely is same ... I like when it's new fish and targeting everything

[@nnlow5871]

Same

[@joshcostroff6008]

I don't know how he doesn't have 500k subscribers yet.

[@juangamez2434]

You should try Apollo beach preserve. Im. 10 min from it lol🎣🎣

[@6atlantis]

You’re not supposed to carry certain baits across state lines for some reason. I can’t remember why but I couldn’t bring surf clams from MA to ME.

[@extremephillyfishing]

Different states have different regulations when it comes to bait, 6atlantis. But you are correct! You have to be careful what type of bait you use, because you may introduce foreign/invasive organisms in waters where they don't belong. As for Florida, there are no rules and regulations saying that you can't use frozen shrimp from the Supermarket as bait for fishing.

[@1albertoknot1]

😂That bird got cohones

[@juangamez2434]

The little manatee river is also good. Under the 41 bridge is nice not alot of people go.

[@randomtube8226]

Not sure if the Asian folk is harassing that bird or if that's his pet chicken 🤔🤣

[@fallenatticus]

Bro if you need a covid shot I got you! Here in philly for another month stop by the convention center!

[@normanvictor2561]

Leo, been watching and enjoying your videos for years. But have to tell you, please please PLEASE get the fish back into the water faster!!!! There are a lot of young and new fishermen who you influence, a few seconds is all we need to snap a photo and release

[@extremephillyfishing]

Norman...I appreciate the concern, but just letting you know: in-between shoots and camera angles, especially 1st POV to 3rd POV, I always return my fish to the live-well and give them more water. In other words, when YOU watch the KZbin video, it may seem like the fish has been out of the water for one minute straight. Behind the scenes, the fish is placed in the live well while I adjust the camera angles and get the footage. I understand how people who don't work in this field would easily miss this, though. And I will continue emphasize it in the future how anoxia is bad for fish, and perhaps even emphasize FURTHER that behind the scenes, the fish are placed in the livewell.

[@ScottBarnden]

Not sure if you should be showing off using imported uncooked shrimp (or as we Aussies call them, prawns) for bait. They can carry a number of diseases that may not be present in your local waterways that are not killed by the freezing process. Fishermen doing that here in Australia introduced white-spot disease which has decimated some of our local prawn farming operations and wild crustacean fishing industries.

[@extremephillyfishing]

That's not a problem at all, Scott. I don't know how the bait market is in Australia, but here in the USA, tackle shops and bait distributors use species of shrimp that are not limited to the USA. As a matter of fact, more than 50% of all frozen squid and shrimp that folks buy from tackle shops come from international waters -- a lot from South America and a lot from Asia.

[@ScottBarnden]

@@extremephillyfishing in Australia we are extremely strict about bio-security. But bait prawns and human consumption prawns have different bio-security regulations, which ended up allowing white spot disease into some Queensland waterways when fishermen used supermarket prawns for bait instead of tackle shop bait prawns. Cost the local industry millions and put bans on certain types of fishing in place. Of course Florida is already rampant with introduced species so all the diseases may have already established themselves and become endemic by now.

[@KRUDDYMUNGUS]

Hahahahahaha champa bay.. bruh your ridiculous!!

[@_sacrifice_300]

EPF you should come to Texas and catch some huge catfish I promise you there’s no crazy chickens!

[@Larsenbr4h]

ay you shouldn’t use imported shrimp, it can cause disease in the domestic shrimp.

[@jamesblair3990]

Never ever turn your back Leo on the big guy or gulls or pelicans, C'mon man!!!

[@imoney5839]

Old ass video huh lol jk keep up the good work epf

[@extremephillyfishing]

Heh. Yes, I Money. This entire series was shot back in February! Some more OLD VIDEOS packed with HEAT coming up. :D

[@nathanyazzie9044]

✌EPF!!!✌🐟🐟

[@shawnhooker6958]

i am from tampa and have a boat and know spots hmu if you needs some

[@aojeda611]

Carnal! Lmao

[@LombreFan]

HEEYYYYYY WHAAATTT'SSSS UUUPPPP YOUTUUUUUUUBBEE

[@logancarignano443]

Leo!!!!!!!

[@gregthomas2904]

Do that many people still attack you about release practices? You are very overly conscious about the release and pick up. People who follow you should know how well you do it and take of the fish by now.

[@hosshayden7530]

First

[@extremephillyfishing]

Congratulations on being the first one, Hoss! Fast Fingers!

[@hosshayden7530]

Thx