Fishing an Abandoned Power Plant.. (Insane Fishing)

[@FirstStateFishing]

What's the coolest place you've ever fished??🎣🤔 I did not expect to hook into what I did in this vid😳

[@montrealfishing4762]

Abandoned citadel caught a monster catfish in it

[@FirstStateFishing]

btw I originally thought this place was abandoned.. but I guess it's not haha still a crazy place to get back to fish

[@FirstStateFishing]

that sounds crazy! @@montrealfishing4762

[@302FISHING]

Damn that Tarpon was a nice size at the beginning. Awesome jump! Great looking Jacks as well and sure the fight was ridiculous....next time you go bring some crabs and fish right next to them bulkheads and concrete pylons...see if there's some sheepshead or tog next to them...Great vid Mike!!

[@Owen_WILD]

I forgot what it was called but I caught a massive bass (and I saw a black fish oh shore)

[@CreekFishingAdventures]

That was awesome. We all are going to be looking forward to a follow up to this place!!

[@Powerpro78k]

I just watched one of your videos

[@hieptran7029]

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[@eduardoselestrim7108]

Hey man, great video! I used to fish tarpons with my dad in Brazil. This fishing is really particular, it is a visual fishing. You should observe the water and just wait for the fish to come to top water (just like on 23:23 and 23:30) and then you cast just behind it. Reel in aprox. 3 times, stop for half a second, and keep doing it this way. You'll catch'em a lot more! The white shad you're using is great choice, by the way. Good luck on your next adventures!

[@alphaking7715]

I put up all that fencing on the sea wall with a double decker pontoon boat 🤣😂 The screened baitfish and shrimp return is what is dumping back in. Best winter spot around.

[@RMRCV]

Nice Tarpon jump, thos always raise the heart rate.👍🎣🎣👍

[@Carl-r5f]

PLEASE GO BACK WITH LIVE SHRIMP AND FREE LINE THEM you won’t be disappointed 1/0 circle hook no weight you’ll slay them

[@jonlambert4904]

Yes do this

[@patrickhagan8244]

Did not know this thank you for the good advice

[@nanocheney]

This is the way

[@Powerpro78k]

Or mullet

[@Carl-r5f]

@@Powerpro78k def

[@anthonypouesi9287]

I love fishing new spots! Definitely worth your trip! Awesome brother I know you had a blast! 😅

[@TacticoolCraig]

You should try trolling when you have a long peddle like that.

[@riccochet704]

Jacks are so much fun to catch. And they make awesome shark and grouper bait.

[@ChrisTremblay-t4r]

I admire your faith in that one lure. If it was me I would have changed it like 20 times😂

[@EPATMML]

Same

[@dissyice5462]

Yo saaame

[@adriansivak9907]

Bruh

[@adriansivak9907]

I’m a new fisherman

[@vicentecomptez]

4:00 damn that semi turbo sound just perfect 👌

[@WesleyAPEX]

Getting that Tarpon would’ve been epic

[@LazyCan109]

How. Sub?

[@Kaderichy]

Love your videos keep up the good work I’ve been subscribed to you since 2019 and you’ve never let me down

[@robertmyers6176]

Thanks for the hunt in unknown areas, I'm just getting started up here in Omaha. From what I have found out there are a bunch of spillways avail. Keep up the hard work brother

[@MRF983]

Awesome fish man! Its really awesome the places you get to go and catch monsters! Love the vids!

[@keitheads4882]

Dude! You are fishing in my favorite creek to fish when I lived in jacksonville!

[@jasondemers8522]

That was awesome dude! Great catches!

[@fishingwithyoshi]

GONNA BE A BANGER 😤

[@FirstStateFishing]

💪🏻💪🏻

[@Ken.gone.fishin]

Awesome video!!! The best one yet!!! 🙌🙌

[@CheKazzo]

Jacks fight above their weight class for sure. Really fun to catch, big or small

[@TriflingToad]

woah! i live just a town away from there! youtube recommended me a fishing video a week ago and i never expected this rabbit hole to get so close to home! I loved those big towers as a kid as at nighttime they would blink out of sync which was fun to watch. There used to be 2 big thick ones that were my absolute favorite but they got torn down a few years ago. Never knew it was right next to the river lol. Pretty mindblowing.

[@andrewhayes1420]

I live near a now decommissioned power plant. When it was in operation, the cooling tower outflow was 10F warmer than the surrounding water. It housed migratory fish like striped bass and bluefish year round. Now, fish still show up there, but not nearly as much.

[@mikeh2520]

Oyster Creek, NJ?

[@andrewhayes1420]

@@mikeh2520 Yessir.

[@mikeh2520]

@@andrewhayes1420 I used to fish there too. The first time I went, I paddled up the creek in my Kayak and I got out and fished from the bank near the bridge. A little while latter, I was greeted by a NJ State Policeman and a NJ National Guardsman who had a big automatic rifle on his shoulder. They told me it was OK to fish but the "boat" was not allowed there. Apparently there were signs on a fence saying so but the bushes had obscured them so I had no idea.

[@andrewhayes1420]

@@mikeh2520 Yeah, back in the day, they took security VERY seriously. Pulling into the dirt lot across the road for too long would result in a bunch of Humvees surrounding your car. I know people who hopped the fence on the western side of 9 and fished there; they said the fishing was better, but you would be confronted by the aforementioned rifles before too long.

[@Haveawesomeday]

yay, love the feeling of seeing a new vid

[@the_florida_experience_6891]

Let's gooooo!!!!!!!!!!! I know it made your day hooking that fish... Because it made mine.lol.keep the 🔥 Coming my guy💯💯

[@WildChuco]

They look like a form of trevally from us in australia. They both have that signature grunt hence their nickname “grunters”. That’s awesome to know they have cousins in Florida. We also have Jacks in australia but they’re mangrove jacks and they’re a whole new box of biscuits. Great vid mate

[@monfishing]

WOW I love this

[@kengyang1908]

Alright alright alright bro two headed glowing fishes yummmmmmy

[@Fragniac]

29:01 “I’ll tell you what” 🤣 cmon now Florida man getting acclimated are you? Loved this video bro. Get em out the way 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@FoulOwl2112]

We call them biting gnats No-See-Ums. They're about 1/100th of an inch long. But have 6inch fangs. They can be pure maddening.

[@ericdavis9210]

They are freaking awful 😂

[@Kuckerkarlson]

They get bad down here in south Florida. Brutal in the swamps

[@FoulOwl2112]

@@Kuckerkarlson I hear you brother! I live in the Panhandle. Funny story: Me and my ex were enjoying a beautiful day on West St. Andrews Bay. All was right with the World. Then the No-See-Ems swarmed us out of nowhere. I started trying to pull start the lil 15hp Mariner on my Zodiac. She was standing over my shoulder screaming "Go Go Go Go".... With me a'yankin on yhat pull cord. I guess somewhere in the chaos she got a little too close behind my "pull cord yankin' hand" and we connected.... I knocked that poor girl clean-cold-out !! She came to about the time we got back to the landing.

[@seahad4744]

yoooo the foot is healed?! happy for ya man. Arent jacks so fun?!! Regardless of their size, they FIGHT!

[@copeman5902]

Remember, jacks have a very familiar fight to tuna and bonito. They like to do circles and they have that pulsating feel when they make their runs.

[@jamessontankersley2255]

Love the yak videos!! Would love to see a backwater swamp type vid

[@ItzzAdrianLol]

Find a ancient depth serpent i dare you

[@LukeHandique-sj7bi]

How about a north star serpent

[@chrisfegan3475]

Fished a few in Florida. Giant fish love the water cooling outputs from power facilities. Back in the day...they put restrictions in how close you can get.

[@adrianholden875]

Anougher great video. Always something different.

[@iadubber]

Awesome place you found Mike!

[@chrisd6567]

Thanks brother!! Appreciate ya! Fish onnnn!!!

[@Niko-br9ql]

shoulda had the RAD counter from fallout on the bottom left and have it tick up slowly as you got closer to the plant lol

[@justinpeyton6120]

Super cool love the vids and I hope to start going fishing more often.

[@jamiecampbell4411]

Great spot bro fun fun fuuuuun fishing spot an the tarpon whaaaaat let’s gooooo😅

[@Saltwaterfishing77]

Btw you should go sheepshead fishing with fiddlers or mud crabs in this area the pilings look loaded with oysters and barnacles 10/10 sheepshead territory

[@marcelgarcia7112]

I slayed on the sheepshead in sand key beach today, not sure if you been to Clearwater yet , but I love catching jacks! Some of the best fighting fish , and I’ve caught my biggest off the jetty at sand key beach 😉, fun times

[@aussiebrockoutdoors]

Wicked bro much love from Australia 🇦🇺

[@thekernal0318]

Man I wanna catch a jack so bad! Great video

[@fishflipflops]

I need to see some more tarpon from you👍

[@keitheads4882]

That spot that you saw the water rushing out of the pipe is an awesome trout spot! There is a ten foot hole out from that pipe!

[@InsneevledGD]

Real trout or sea trout?

[@alexbwja]

Jack on ultralight is always amazing.

[@oscarescobar3713]

Loving the kayak vids

[@dwendinanavarro3745]

WE ARE GOING TO GET MEGALODON IS THIS FISCH FANS NOW🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@MsDeborah73]

Nucliar Meg 😂

[@andym1268]

Love your videos man! But I want you to do a catch n cook on the good fish you catch. You usually cook smaller fish and let the bigger ones go🥲

[@FrancisDM204]

As long as the fish don’t glow you are good to go 😂

[@dadentist6757]

Topwater kayak video would be cool

[@bChipps]

Been waiting for these artificial videos

[@chadschaugaard1]

i like the new gopro angle

[@randomeditsfyp]

What a fish, keep up the good work!!

[@pyxisguy]

Looks like Great FUN! What Reel are you Using?

[@FishingNorthernOntarioCanada]

Cool Video!!🔥 because of a power plant the Steelhead from Steeltown have 3 eyes 👀 !! No joke !!

[@Mkcajuan]

Use me as a get a fish finder button 👍🏾

[@trillyoungt713]

That tarpon hit was crazy 😮

[@andrewsgamingshorts]

128th viewer! Up here in upstate ny i havent caught much, theres been no ice but still too cold to get bites

[@CollinShaffer]

Love you first state

[@FirstStateFishing]

Appreciate ya!

[@Matthewargumaniz]

Best KZbinr out there

[@bankmaster777]

Always bring 2 rods, one for small fish, one for big, or do an all setup rod to catch all sixe

[@Mankinds_finest_memes]

Nice fish!

[@FirstStateFishing]

Thanks!!!

[@Mankinds_finest_memes]

@@FirstStateFishing love you man

[@turboboy0]

i love catching big fish and after losing too many due to 30lb mono popping i switched over to braid on all of MY reels. my mom and nephews still use mono so i spooled fresh 12lb on theirs for the upcoming season. i use 30lb braid on my 4000 size reels, 60lb braid on my 6000 reels, 80lb braid on my 8000 reels and 100lb braid on my 10000 reel. 13 rods sizes range from 2.5 feet(zebco dock demon) to 15 feet.

[@hanna2nv]

Idk if you get them in the us but here in Australia we have a lure called a cranka crab. It looks like those small little fiddler crabs and you fish them the same as a live crab bait. Hit the pylon and just let it drift down small twitches rinse and repeat

[@kevinstogner9477]

Should try dipping your white paddle-tails in chartreuse dip if you can't find them packaged like that. I think it makes a big difference. Give it a try.

[@LMBFishing6]

NO fish are trash fish. I enjoy catching them all :)

[@zombiebitefishing]

Great video man ❤

[@Nobaseballnolife]

Try the mepps comet minnow, it's my go to for river fishing and you won't be disappointed.

[@loginator3291]

“I’m not convinced that there’s not fish here” is a line I use often

[@JustinOwens-yp4fp]

San Carlos creek used to fish there all the time

[@NpausAsHawj]

nice catches. I'd hope to own a yak someday and go places.

[@RadReelingFishing]

I always enjoy your videos! What rack system are you using on your truck for the kayak?

[@trillyoungt713]

Nice jacks ‼️‼️‼️

[@demarais2424]

Been a bank fisherman for the last 20 years until I finally bought a kayak last summer. I’ve been missing out big time 😂

[@andrewmichael7230]

Bring two rods and troll with the second one

[@jacobriggs957]

As an employee of one of these places, the water going out is cleaner than the water coming in. This appears to be a mixture of coal and natural gas plant. There is no radiation as that is not a nuclear facility. Also there is more radiation in your home than we face on a daily basis at a nuclear facility.

[@bsutherland3946]

water is safe. You wouldn't believe how strict the rules are on releasing water are. I fish Texas power plants all the time and the fish are safe.

[@TriflingToad]

@@bsutherland3946 I heard that people had the idea to take the part of a coal plant that turns 'steam into electricity' and just replace the 'coal burning into heat' part with nuclear but burning coal releases more nuclear waste than is allowed from a nuclear reactor lol

[@skully8676]

Love the videos ❤️

[@thefishingprodigy4217]

Why do you not have rod holders for the tracks on the kayak so you can put rods out the side well your pedaling ? I also have an old town pdl and I have two rod holders one for each side to put rods out and I always troll a lure well moving from location to location and it’s crazy how many fish I hook up with transitioning from spot to spot ! Something you should definitely look into!!

[@flippinfloridaoutdoors8858]

I catch big tarpon under that big bridge!

[@spacesharks4010]

giant massive frickin honker of a ship 😂

[@glennbell7909]

That bridge with the traffic coming off the island holds some of the biggest croaker in the state ..

[@decotapruitt4261]

If you get hit hard with a swim bait stop reeling and let it dead fall to the bottom, usually before it hits the mud or sand the fish will have turned and ate the bait, they are used to blasting through bait balls and turn to eat the injured baitfish....its worked for me a lot

[@jasondemers8522]

Tighten your drag bro!

[@Badge826]

Awesome

[@pastorkristoffer4074]

Nice jack bruh

[@mitchellwest174]

Love your videos

[@FirstStateFishing]

Thank you!!

[@mitchellwest174]

Your welcome

[@super2gohan1995]

your in jacksonville that was damnspoint bridge you were actually really close to a spot for bull reds

[@timmann111]

Was it a nuclear plant? If not i would say youre likely fine. Even then youre fine because the water that flows back is simply used to cool the reactor but doenst become irradiated because its not in contact with radiation.

[@bigbuck1318]

I saw a guy using barnacles for sheepshead on a KZbin video. He carries a scraper and holds a bucket to catch them when they come off the piling

[@DRAGO-forever]

What rod do you use

[@cristofoo9269]

Have you ever hit the Newark area or bear a couple hidden gems over by rt 40

[@dblocksou7350]

Heckscher dr 👀👀

[@Saltwaterfishing77]

If you don’t mind me asking what bait shop do you go to because all the ones I go to in the same area you fish are all either out of live shrimp or the shrimp is way to small to fish with and its ok if you dont wanna tell me I understand.

[@carloshinostroza1727]

I wouldnt eat anything youd catch from that river mike kool video.

[@TriflingToad]

I'd be more afraid of what florida man dumped into it than what the nuclear rector produces

[@okay7325]

You definitely would’ve been spoiled if that didn’t break off. Look’s fun man

[@senditadventures]

thanks for the vid state!

[@wwshadowvv]

What a cool guy sic pic!

[@connor.irving.0289]

love the vids

[@FirstStateFishing]

Thanks for watching em!