Fishing w/ Bacon to Catch Flounder Limit! (NO JOKE, ACTUALLY USEFUL!) Catch and Cook

[@nessawill64]

Have to say you are the only fishing video I watch all the way through rather than fast-forwarding to the good parts. You and Erin make it enjoyable to watch no matter what you are doing. 👍

[@majmarkmiranda]

Same

[@thcxgold]

I caught a massive flounder on Lunchable meat when I ran out of shrimp with my dad when I was a little girl, and first started the passion of fishing 😂

[@bernardmerida2221]

You and Erin are the best . I live and fish in the Keys and using bacon as bait is a first for me and you can bet I will be trying bacon bait tomorrow morning . My wife is going to hate me , but thats OK. Keep the videos coming , they are great .

[@TheWildwoodPicker]

Those are really small throw backs up here in NJ Coastal Waters... We're 2x 17" to17.99" and 1x 18" or greater. I'm surprised they let you keep 14" flounder. That does look like a nice place to be fishing. Fun Fun!

[@gloriaculberson3568]

As a child growing up in the Southern 🇺🇸, my grandmother taught me to fish with fat back pork, it's thick chunks of white meat, very easy to bait your hook with small pieces, we caught some bluegills, that happened more than 50 years ago, I'm 60 years of age.

[@grumpynerd]

Dude, I hope you have some kids you can take fishing to pass grandma's secrets on.

[@eldeRobe]

Greetings from North Padre Island, Texas (Corpus Christi). I really enjoy your videos and always find them interesting and entertaining. You and Erin seem to have a lot of fun and it comes through in your videos. I catch Southern Flounder in the local bays and channels, but I've never tried using bacon for bait. Will try it next time I go out. Please keep the great videos coming.

[@gesarts3625]

I'm a long-time fan and subscriber from wayyyyy back in the Suitcase Erin days (iykyk), and all i can say is..... I'm genuinely happy for you and proud of how far you guys have come.

[@Do0msday]

Suitcase Erin! 🎵🎶

[@ernestinedugaqua6152]

Suit case Erin 😂 I still have a Gx2 ugly stik. That video was entertaining

[@momoividz2861]

Ive been binge watching their videos from the beginning for months now 😂i know suitcase erin very well hahah

[@tvideo1189]

Pork rind has been used as a bait for centuries. Bacon is just one form. Glad it worked for you.

[@TheDustysix]

Josh's years ago.

[@Traveler2112]

I use to keep the white skin of the flounder belly when I fillet them out and cut it into strips and freeze it then use it later on other fishing trips. Cheaper than bacon for sure.

[@tripeee58]

I have to admit that this is one of the most enticing cooking portions you've ever done. It's soooo simple yet so well done. The colors and presentation are phenomenal. It looks so delicious!! Are those sweet or regular potato? AND the bacon bait Yassssss! You had me at BACON!!!!!

[@carlosmartinezreborned6403]

Where are you fishing? I'm in the Bay Area

[@MaureenWhyte-c9v]

I have been watching this channel for a while now , but it only get s better. Thanks for the fishing tips buddy!🎉

[@fposmith]

This works, but instead of bacon, use "salt pork". It comes in one big block and you can cut the size you want. And it's cheaper than bacon, and it's the same thing ! It will also stay on the hook more securely.

[@Americanpatriot602]

Oldd school stuff there! Back in the day it was called a pig n jig! Good fishin there!

[@terryparis]

that brings back the day,,,when i first started fishing like 57 years ago...my friend and i used it for pan fish and catfish in freshwater..thx good vids

[@adamstevens3661]

Pro tip: when hooking live bait through the lips don't hook both top and bottom lips shut. Your bait will not be live bait very long since you essentially prevent them from getting water through their gills

[@joey8567]

Behind dorsal for more lively look.

[@hyltonla]

I would loved to fish every day! I live vicariously through your videos. ❤️❤️

[@jmjm1920]

I miss fishing in my Tonga Island 🏝 from Auckland winter gearing up for next summer 😊

[@henryclark5486]

This is one of my favorite fishing videos I've watched! The cleaning, butterflying and cooking the flounder was awesome 👌

[@outwestmetaldetecting6186]

I am 68. Started fishing around 9 years old on the docks around Port Hueneme California. We fished for what ever would bite. None of us had enough money for a fishing pole so we used a drop line. We would use muscle for bait. But I would steal some of my mom's bacon for bait. It worked great but was hard to keep on the hook.

[@christrella3134]

Pork Rinds/ tails for people are great for fish! I heard Uncle Josh isn't making it anymore. Might as well use bacon! Everyone loves bacon!

[@outwestmetaldetecting6186]

Who doesn't love bacon, right, Lol.

[@wgcjtc5591]

Wow, what a haul! Great job Erin. That screaming you hear was the witch from Witch Duck Rd in VA Beach. They used to drown witches there. Got to get to Sandbridge/VA Beach for great surf catches. Enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing.

[@johnharpin8039]

Great video, we fish for flounders here in the NE of UK. Will give bacon a try, be interesting to see if it is as effective here.

[@paulbodner2747]

Great job on this video. My family and I always watch you. Also my little boy and I met you at Strike Zone your were so kind. Stay that way. Your the best.

[@henrykosky3919]

I'm just so happy to see a video from you it's been quite a while since I've gotten a notification from your Channel

[@HeySkipper]

Awesome! So happy you are back.

[@Fishingguy00]

Love flounder fishing, so much fun! Gonna have to take some Bacon now lol 🥓

[@thomasgentry6201]

Waste of Bacon!

[@sonnylong88]

Ref: bacon flounder. I’m a Floridian and flounder is my main fish. First time watcher and wondering where this video was from. And the Canadian commenter; I have to assume he was joking. I’ve used all food groups with the exception of beef, but, I’m thinking I may have used beef bologna once but we always have used Pork “bacon” chicken and yes even “fish”.. lol. Enjoyed the show.

[@humpy936]

I fish with bacon for catfish, freshwater drum, carp, and anything else that might bite, works great, and stays on the hook well.😊

[@georgeversluis8442]

As a Florida resident, we used to use Viena sausages to catch Mahie or Dolphin

[@3idraven714]

We used to catch Blue Crabs with bacon on a string and a net.

[@bloodtrail2351]

Thank you, Brandon, thank you Erin. (Forgive me if I've misspelled your names) You give fun, clean living, teamwork and creativity a place in today's run-amok world. I like to watch your stuff with my autistic grandsons because they thrill at your catches and because I never have to worry about you doing or saying something inappropriate. Just thanks. We need more of what you so diligently produce.

[@fishwithrichhookum8957]

You won’t be taking home the bacon but what a insane catch. Great job. Thanks Richard from Menifee, California

[@ShinnecockSaltwaterFishing]

Pork rinds have been used here in Long Island for decades. I dont know about FL, but artificial pork rinds are carried in almost every tackle store on the Island.

[@Fishforage]

Flounders in my area prefer the thick cut apple smoke bacon .. lol great stuff Skipper 😂

[@MarkyMark145]

I don't comment a lot but thumbs up for the choice in music here.

[@HeySkipper]

Thanks!

[@justdoingit.43]

I'm 57 and I caught all kinds of fresh water fish and turtles especially softshell in the ponds around our home in podunk Longwood FL when I was a kid. Bacon fishing has probably been around as long as bacon itself.

[@bengarrott1579]

50-55 years ago, I used bacon for bait quite a bit. Caught bass and catfish in farm ponds.

[@velvety2528]

Damn bro ur old sweet

[@bengarrott1579]

Not old, just oldER! lol (I'm 67) @@velvety2528

[@kuma9069]

Floundering about in the water again, huh? 🤣🤣 The deadly bacon of Shaolin is tremendous bait, I see! 👍👏👏👏

[@majmarkmiranda]

I saw one vid cause my phone listens in on me and I work at a fitter and recently expressed my interest in fishing and wow saw ur vid about a week ago 3days later bought a diawa legalis Lt 3000d-c for some catfishing bass and some salt surf and peir stuff with a legalis G902ML 9" I grew up catfishing and cause of work I want to try salt water and I love skipjack tuna sandwiches haha but dam learning alot didn't know much just like basics but wow 9vids in amazing content not a dull moment very informative happy to say I feel like I picked the right stuff cause I didn't start watching all ur stuff till after my purchase lol

[@k9er233]

Cool to see you saltwater guys and gals discover what we freshwater black bass fishermen have been using for 50+ years, known as a 'Jig and Pig' rig in the bass world. Basically a jig tipped with a strip of pork rind. The pork rind is cut into a fat lump of pork with skin on in the rough shape of the back half of a frog + legs, or a crayfish with trailing claws swimming backward. With skin on it stays on the jig through multiple hookups. Tough stuff. The bacon strip trailing off the jig that you have rigged has the same profile and wavy action as the old tried and true commercial jig and pig. Drives the fish wild. No surprise to me that it is working for you in the salt. The pork rind 'frog' is still commercially available, often with dyes and patterns on the skin portion. Frog pattern in dotted green and crayfish pattern in striped brown/orange were two of the favorite rigs in my area. especially in the summer. The frog pattern was rigged on a lighter jig and retrieved across the top of the weedbeds and the crayfish pattern was rigged heavy and hopped up off the bottom. Worked very well for stripers as well in my local river during the spawning run. The pork trailers were sold in all of my local tackle shops back in the 70's and 80's. I have not seen them on the shelf lately, since the soft plastic revolution has mostly surpassed them, but they are still made by uncle josh and I found them on amazon. I know that bacon works very well in my area when still fishing for catfish, so I may just try a 'bacon jig and pig' for channel cats the next time I go out to the lake, sort of a dual purpose bass and cats setup.

[@Adrian-oz1tm]

Hey Erin and Brandon. You guys are really innovative when dealing with baits. Amazing content... From South Africa

[@HeySkipper]

Haha this wasn’t our idea, I think people have been doing it for a long time already. Very fun experiment:)

[@johnfrank8403]

I can’t believe FL allows 14” flounder to be kept. Those fish are so small! It reminds me of how we ran the flounder to nothing here in MD back in the 80s w 12,13,14” keepers and have yet to fully recover. Hopefully they’ll raise it up soon. Good job on the limit though. I usually buy a hunk of pork fat and strip it thick as I want. Cheaper and stays on better than bacon.

[@jasonmachula1472]

Right? Those look tiny.

[@HeySkipper]

I totally getcha. We are from Maryland as well and fished there for many years without being able to collect this much fish. We definitely advocate for following the local regulations, those regulations will continue to preserve the populations so that they are sustainable. Thanks for watching and comenting 👍 using bacon was a fun experiment on what turned out to be an epic day of fishing for us

[@zworm2]

Your logic is flawed. You have a lower size limit and fill your limit with the smaller fish. The bigger fish are the best fish for reproduction. They are left in the population. It is like sea bass. They change sex from female to male as the area needs it. The males are the biggest. Large size limits mean you take all the big males, how are the females left going to breed? A female has to change sex. It takes time. So keeping the size limit here also makes for better reproduction levels. Back in the 80's careless commercial harvest affected the stocks not recreational.

[@jaes8173]

in California our halibuts have to be 22 inches!

[@zworm2]

@@jaes8173 that's a small halibut. They do get up to 30lbs.

[@Cherub117]

The best of the best top tier fishing how 2’s & breakdowns. Ty

[@sheilaholden8467]

I'm new to yours videos, but I really enjoy them. I'll be watching many more of them. Thanks for making them so enjoyable.

[@mohamednagy8365]

From EGYPT we like your videos. Keep going❤

[@TruthLivesNow]

Guess before I see it...Live Minnow. I am not surprised, as I predicted. Bacon worked on the 2nd one...wow. Great job u2! We used to use Squid catching King Fish, (have to cut out the Iodine Sack), on the Santa Cruz Pier. One gets bites on Shrimp, yet it just doesn't stay on the hook like Squid does!

[@mikemcintosh9754]

What a good motivating video to show us possibilities! Thank you for this video Will be looking forward for others. Also thank you for showing us how to clean the fish at the end and cooking!

[@mbart2750]

Wait ... so you stand out in shark-infested, waist-deep water with bacon hanging around your neck hoping to catch flounder? Sounds like the inspiration for a Gary Larson cartoon! Now, you've got me hooked.

[@bobbyd79903ify]

Texas commandments: Love thy neighbor. Love thy fishing. Love all BBQ equally. Love thy bacon, and DO NOT WASTE BACON as bait. 🤣😁 😂

[@boardcertifiable]

Not wasting it if catching a giant fish. I'd say it's a return on investment.

[@fposmith]

@@boardcertifiable Use salt pork instead. It's the same thing, and it's cheaper !

[@stevescuba1978]

​@@boardcertifiable agreed, turn half a pack of bacon into a flounder dinner that you fry in the other half pack of bacon! Win-win

[@jeffrybenavides5000]

Bacon works as jerky when salted or cooked . This was a great experiment but definitely works . Blue runner also love it

[@yfzmike]

love the cooking part at the end. dont stop that :)

[@HeySkipper]

Always!

[@kencomeaux3542]

Reminds me of Uncle Josh's pork baits from the 80's. Great video!

[@maynardbp]

The Baconator strikes again 👍🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣

[@HeySkipper]

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[@richardschneider4775]

nice easy cooking good knife skills and bacon as bait and then cook with some fish very nice film.

[@marley9904]

Looking forward to your video every Thursday night here in Toronto. Hello Erin , Brandon . Hope you do cath and cook with the flounder. Goodluck with the bacon 🥓.

[@HeySkipper]

Did you enjoy the video?

[@timothydavey7569]

Did this the other day 50 miles offshore! The fish loved it! I only do this with bacon that has spoiled though! Otherwise it's a sin to waste such a golden food!

[@westfallframing7896]

I've never seen flounder prepared that way. I will have to try that!

[@alexanderdeguzman4377]

I’m a novice and I learned a lot from your videos. Ty

[@slimpickins9124]

Uncle Josh pork rind baits have been around for at least 70 years as far as I know, They are tuff as heck & usually used by bass guys. Will have to try them in the salt.

[@Stooz850]

This is crazy watcbing for Christmas I got the exact same everything combo your using st croix triumph with a nasci 2500 this is sick

[@lfaktore]

Bacon works great for catching dungeness crab as well

[@slickrick2005]

Baconator for Flounder! Awesome! Need to definitely try one day !👊🏼👍🏼💪🏽🤠🤘🏼Thanks

[@JFrogge1]

3 minutes into this video and I have zero faith in the minnow. I’ve NEVER done worth a didlly with those “mud” minnows!! We shall continue to watch and see! Thx for sharing!

[@peace4peaceful]

How the rich fish is amazin. 😊 Love catching Flounder. Its usually a by catch for me. Flounder do not get very big in Australia. Couldnt afford to fish with bacon though..lol

[@emcinc9654]

My dad caught a 13lb flounder near the bell buoy outside of the Wildwood Crest inlet using a large piece of squid and a bull head minnow both on the same hook

[@MDangk9]

Nice video. The first video I’ve ever watch on U tube with bacon.

[@josephwagner9201]

Going to Naples in September, I might have to try some bacon. Great that you and your wife both enjoy fishing. Where are you fishing

[@johncorreia9041]

nice tip guy, you guy is just awesome together, God Bless, and y'all are.

[@roymarshall5586]

Hi. I'm from all the way down in the Caribbean on a little called Barbados. Enjoy watching your videos. Pity I can't use any of your rigs or bait but I try to make my own.

[@richarddowner4292]

Bacon also works great for catfish.. I'm heading out this weekend to the mouth of the Merrimack river (the north east New England Atlantic Ocean) were where you catching them Flonders? I'm going to try the same with bacon. Thumbs upped and subbed. Great video. Thank you for your time.

[@faronwhite6483]

Flounder fishing comes in on the 15th of September and ends the 29th of September 2023 in nc..they have to be 15 inches

[@groggman4204]

I have used human consumable marshmallows rainbow style so it had two colors on each one worked great.

[@aussieauto7314]

Hey brother that was good fishing video who would of thought that bacon would be so successful

[@raustin0017]

Great video...thanks for showing how bacon can work! Question: Wht dont you fish out of Flats Boat or a Jon Boat to get in skinny water?

[@TurtleDucckk]

Ngl you guys have my favorite content creator intro it’s the best ❤

[@HeySkipper]

Thank you!

[@davidmix284]

I really enjoy your videos I’m new to FL Would really like some locations in your videos I’ve been fishing for flaties with no success I beach, kayak and wade with not a lot of luck

[@spike2794]

I am down in ocean city on the bay side. Have the bay right outside my door. I am gonna try this bacon and see what it does. So far we have not been able to surf fish on Ass Island because of the storm that went through the other day. We fished the bridge and only caught sea bass. I saw you were wearing waders and are in the bay so I am going to give it a try.

[@stewartgainesii4669]

New meaning to Jig and Pork!!!

[@jimmyfowler943]

Grew up in Florida we always used bacon to catch soft shell and alligator snapping turtles.

[@DewayneCarey-r1e]

Never would have guessed that the flounder would hot bacon like that 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

[@davidsantiago7458]

I always watching your blog from San Diego CA.

[@HeySkipper]

I’m answering comments from maryland

[@isickofit]

Read a lot of old memoirs from the days of sail - a strip of salt pork skin cut to look fishy was used a lot for Mahi and Bonito. I can see why, watching that bacon strip fluttering..

[@lorraineduncan6257]

Were you in the Napa River, near Vallejo, in this vid? Fantastic video.

[@patrickhanes9902]

I am blown away!!!! I am now a FAN!!!!!

[@HeySkipper]

Thanks man! If you found this helpful you gotta check out my website, I custom make a ton of gear to help you with your next fishing trip! www.heyskipperfishing.com

[@alberthue2934]

Good Job Brendan Erin Good Eats later for Dinner. Thanks for the shows

[@gnarkillgnarkill7725]

I actually learned about bacon from Dorf, He was doing a fishing skit with his "wife" And he kept giving her the bacon. Because it was apparently not the good bait, but she was the only one catching any fish.😂😂😂😂

[@maweeindunna4791]

I love your catch & cook video's.just cool.

[@valerieneal2747]

BACON RULES !! THAT LOOKS ABSOLUTELY DELISH !! Y'ALL DID REAL GOOD....ABSOLUTELY EPIC.. TIGHT LINES, Y'ALL !!

[@iancaen2977]

Bacon is its own food group! Everything goes with it...maple bacon donuts, maple syrup on bacon with pancakes, etc...not sure I could use it as bait without frying it up and eating right there!! Good vid, tho...tight lines!

[@gesarts3625]

That's the trick..... not frying it. It gives the bacon a better chance at surviving us not eating it and leaving it as bait.

[@HeySkipper]

Haha yes!

[@ronmckinney4334]

Love your videos long time subscriber here. Where do you purchase your bait boxes you put your stuff in??

[@sirtango1]

Bacon, it works! And you literally made a pig n jig at the beginning! 😂😂😂 Sometimes a flounder will grab it and hold on. Just start reeling like you’re trying to take it away from them. They can’t stand it and will then get very aggressive! A very sweet lady taught me this trick! She and her husband owned Ma Hats bait company. They asked me to go fishing with them on Hatteras a long time ago. We would troll a two hook bottom rig with strip baits very similar to the bacon. We used a two ounce flat donut shaped bottom sinker. When they grab on and just swim along with the bait just give the boat a little gas! Then hang on! Doormats are known to do that. The smaller flounder not quite as much. 😊

[@jrockerfrost]

Heyy I've been watching you for a really long time I finally moved to Florida and ordered your bait with the thread 😃

[@addicted2fishing119]

My first fish I ever caught was when I was 4 in Lake Havasu on a piece of bacon and eggs from a McDonalds breakfast sandwich my dad rigged up for me…of course it was a 🐱 🐠 😂

[@HeySkipper]

Hahaha

[@jlmckenna10]

Very generous father

[@addicted2fishing119]

@@jlmckenna10 the good ole days when gas was .75 cents a gallon in California, people smoked cigarettes on airplanes, and McDonalds had .25 cent breakfast sandwiches that were cheaper than the night crawlers at the bait shop 😂

[@jlmckenna10]

@@addicted2fishing119 what a time to be alive

[@addicted2fishing119]

@@jlmckenna10 yes indeed, we rolled from Oceanside to Lake Havasu (my 2 year old brother and I) in the back of my Dad’s VW van that had no seat belts ‼️😂😂😂🍻

[@TonyDsMovementsJa]

Gotta try that Bacon Bait down here in Kingston Jamaica... Fish on skipper....

[@GhettoFabulous670]

What is that yellow line called that you put on? And does the bacon rip of easily?

[@colemant6845]

Is this in Cape Coral Florida... That was my You Tube search?... Cape Coral?

[@Neil-Jones]

I'm moving to Astoria in September. Plan on doing a lot of fishing. May I ask what area your fishing out of. (Town, inlet, etc.) Love your show.

[@Neil-Jones]

Man makes his plans but God has the final outcome. I ended up in Virginia instead of Astoria Oregon.

[@quyle9483]

Best part of the video is the cooking. Yeah I use bacon all the time as bait both fresh and saltwater.

[@ZantanaTheDon]

What about salting the bacon like the squidy bits , would it work better 👀

[@DashCamAdventures4U]

Awesome Video! Amazing Looking Recipe Too. Great Content and I Can't-Wait to Use Your Flounder fishing Methods and the Recipe.

[@greggylleck9252]

what are a good pair of light weight waders do you recommend ?

[@Michael-yp1be]

Yep check this out I started catching a lot bigger flounder when I switched to 2 1/2 3 in finger mullet bronze Khale hook 8in leader 12 15lb line leader the same barell swivel the 1/2 to 3/4 oz egg sinker flat sinker my self I like high out going tide

[@littlemanoo]

Great video, thanks for sharing 🙏🏼