Florida Keys Kayak Fishing - 7 Mile Bridge Jig Hopping For Tasty Critters

7 Mile Bridge fishing on a windy day with some small jigs. Sharks, jacks, and snapper fishing with slow pitch jigs, soft plastics and more!
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[@blakeboling8099]

I feel like I’m a pretty good fisherman. But Elias holy cow - You are an amazing fisherman and that’s the reason why we all love coming back for your Bitchin content. You absolutely slayed them in this video. Thanks for sharing.

[@stevehogan8829]

Bar Jack says edibility POOR. You caught some naice Mangroves out that that day. Thanks for taking me along Elias,

[@matthewbadiali8746]

Love these videos. I used to be a boat captain in Islamorada back in the early 1990's. I haven't been back down in probably 15 years. However, I do have a few spots for you to try. I loved Big Pine Shoal. Pretty sure you can get to it by Kayak. Caught lots of large yellowtail snapper trolling there, back in the day.

[@EliasVFishing]

Thanks for that. So much to check out and fish.

[@JohnJohn-bp5ci]

Great video, Elias. I may be wrong, but the ones you called Bar Jacks I think are called Skip Jacks, but I could be wrong. Just recently subscribed for your Florida Keys episodes. Those Mangrove Snappers, Mutton’s Snappers, Yellowtail Snappers and Yellow Jacks are some of the best table fare! Looks like you got some good eating there this winter!

[@EliasVFishing]

Food has been plentiful and good! Thanks for watching!

[@mikeknottscreek8183]

There's the Mangrove video! Looks like you had a great time. I would definitely turn brown with those big sharks by my kayak. Great work, Elias!

[@G-Force_70]

Great segment Elias!

[@toogirthy7677]

You have inspired so many trips for me with these vids, love em!!

[@kevinkeiderling9505]

Love the variety of fish and some really nice mangroves!!! Enjoy your time in Florida

[@sharonherzog7884]

Love the uncut videos

[@EliasVFishing]

More coming - message was loud and clear with the last one!

[@chonkyx]

Hey Elias! I met you here at this spot during this day! Was excited to meet you and thank you again for the tough tugger paddletail! -Fadzly

[@Qcefer]

loving the vids from the Keys!👍 Merry Christmas to you and your wife Elias!⛄⛄

[@johnminoughan9386]

That Jack was 1st of that color I've seen. A beauty. Great day

[@kevindeuschle3413]

Made some smoked blue runner dip a few weeks ago. Was amazing. I'd always keep a few if they're around.

[@foreverevolving5759]

Nice to warm up watching you in The Keys as I'm freezing on LI.

[@Saltloony]

Great day, good size mangroves.

[@ninobarbieri9508]

Beautiful video!! I'm heading down to Bahia Honda for the week of Christmas to go camping. If you're still in the area, I would love to join you out on the water with my kayak.

[@Turcik713]

I love that you are doing all this fishing with artificials. All the locals in the Keys seem to fish exclusively with bait. When I asked about artificials, they weren't sure if a fish would even look at them. Gives me hope to keep trying (if I ever get back there)

[@EliasVFishing]

Bait will out fish artificial 5 to 1….seen it first hand many many times. But on a kayak live bait is more work than it’s worth. On a boat I wouldn’t touch these googan techniques 😂

[@Chricke87]

24:03 Elias you gotta show us a catch and cook with those bizarre lookin fish! Bet one of those on the grill would be a great thumbnail too haha.

[@johnzeetee6747]

That first fish you caught look like the gar we have here in the south

[@ctcraftii]

Great work as always. Thank you for sharing

[@jonathanloyd4066]

Great video! I'm definitely getting some of those jigs!

[@StanSmithSmittyfish]

I’m sure no one has ever call you are me a pretty boy!!!!! lol. Nice fish!!!

[@ronkrauser1543]

Very nice!

[@PTBCANADIAN]

Yellow Jacks are GREAT eating, fried baked sashimi you name it.

[@robwasnj]

We just caught one today, I didn't know any jacks were good but someone on the bridge said "oh, don't throw that back" it was a yellow jack. It was big enough to feed 3 of us for dinner, really delicious. Didn't try it as sushi.

[@creeeg999]

im jealous spent three days in st Pete watching the occasional dolfin sitting on the beach came back home to CNY and wading in the South shore of Oneida Lake for walleyes felt like the Bearing Straight!

[@robwasnj]

Funny, we just came home from fishing that part of 7 mile bridge, (fishing bridge) I think I may have seen your kayak out there today. We caught dinner but WAY too many small fish ate up our live shrimp. At the end of the day we wound up with one yellow jack that we ate for dinner and a few decent sized grunts. All the mangroves were under 10", hard to believe we couldn't catch at least a few with 3 dozen live shrimp. Never used lures, always live bait with egg sinkers or jig heads so this video is really interesting.

[@EliasVFishing]

I think chunks are the way to go over live shrimp there. Bait is far superior to lures in the keys.

[@robwasnj]

@@EliasVFishing I believe you're right with chunks being the way to go, going to try some ballyhoo. I did cut up some grunt but seems it just caught more grunts and the snappers only liked the shrimp. Never saw someone catch mangroves like you did here on soft plastics, I'm amazed and impressed at your skills!

[@teamseacts]

hound fish is good eating!

[@dougkelly5459]

Super good video

[@AlexGarcia-ew2fv]

Needle fish as cut bait is awesome..

[@stevehogan8829]

Thank you Elias, Much appreciated and I do the same thing. Shameful what a few bad Papayas can do.

[@dougpearce8019]

Yellow Jacks have a neon blue bar.

[@TheD510addict]

Those Shore Skids look fire. I wonder how they would do from a Jetty? We have alot of fishing that like to smash jigs but they are tight to jetty rocks that are the size of Jeeps and snaggy as hell.

[@davidbell2771]

Great video!! What was the jigging lure you used around 23:15? It was yellow with stinger hooks. I didn't see it in your video description. Thanks!

[@micbarca9777]

Great video as always. According to fish rules they are poor quality for eating. That app is great.

[@timmycottrell8720]

Scared of a hound fish come on man 😂 should’ve done a catch and cook on him.

[@wormway_69]

🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣

[@bsrkoacar8414]

Needlefish are good shark bait? I've tried using them as cut bait because they are really greasy but haven't caught anything with them.

[@TB-xw3vo]

Elias, I live in Tampa and would like to kayak fish the 7 mile sometime. Is there somewhere you recommend launching?

[@davetackett1622]

Looks like your kayak has all the bells and whistles. Can you tell ma about how much one would cost with pedal drive and depth finder, etc?

[@davetackett1622]

Also, really like the coverage, especially the tight editing. :)

[@مطبخمنى-ر6ط]

تحياتي لحضرتك واشكرك على هذا الفيديو الرائع في صيد الاسماك اتمنى لك التوفيق والنجاح أنا صديقه جديده في انتظارك احلى لايك

[@Reese808]

I catch some big mangos on the nomad vertrex max 75 I don’t go fishing without one

[@outcastfisherman]

Damn did you got a certate? Do you like it

[@silascabreiradasilvasilasc5119]

Pescaria show de bola

[@johndoe814]

Awesome video Elias, where are you getting the slow pitch jigs from, can you share a link?? Keep up the great content. Joshua Inner Banks, NC

[@EliasVFishing]

Imported from Japan when they were on sale. Wish I could find them in US

[@caseycole6551]

Can you use the mackinaw shad to catch stripers and other saltwater fish Or is it predominantly for freshwater? The olive silver color to be exact.

[@EliasVFishing]

Pretty good choice for slot and schoolie stripers.

[@caseycole6551]

@@EliasVFishing Thank you for the help

[@rickyvanlenten3083]

I’ve noticed you rarely post videos with your oldtowne autopilot anymore. Do you miss having that spot lock feature? Seems like once you have that it’s hard to go back to pedaling to stay in place.

[@EliasVFishing]

No it’s too slow for my tastes and I like the flexibility of peddles.

[@rickyvanlenten3083]

@ That makes sense. One last question for you. I’m in the market for a fish finder and I see that you own both a lowrance hook reveal and a hummingbird. Which do you prefer/like better. I’ve got a budget of around $500 and trying to see what would work best on my hobie 2022 compass??

[@rickyvanlenten3083]

@ I’ve noticed that you have both a lowrance hook reveal and a hummingbird fish finder. Which do you like/prefer best? I’m in the market for a fish finder to go on my hobie compass and I’ve got like a $500 budget what do you suggest?

[@TheSecretsquirrel222]

Needle fish are tasty. Don't sleep on them.

[@petersymons7817]

Make strips from the needle fish

[@lee8287]

Best place I've ever kayak fished, but the tax man always ends up scaring me a few times.

[@jayjohnson9668]

Its fun catching all these different species dinks all along the bridge systems in the Keys. I have done it for years and it never gets old! Even though they aren’t monsters its still fun catching all the different species. And every now and then you will hook up with a really big fish.😎 Throw a big top water popper or a big plug and you will be surprised! They are out there.😎

[@EliasVFishing]

I need to throw topwaters more here.

[@jayjohnson9668]

@ And Cuda Tubes!

[@rickyvanlenten3083]

What was that jumping in the background at the 6:08 mark a ray?

[@EliasVFishing]

@@rickyvanlenten3083 yep

[@EliasVFishing]

@@rickyvanlenten3083 yep

[@MadYaker]

what jumped out the water at 6:08 in the distance? stingray?

[@EliasVFishing]

@@MadYaker yep

[@FishingwithBrewski]

Imagine if crappie were that plentiful.

[@RI-kd8ku]

The algorithm hasn’t been showing me your videos wtf!!! I thought you disappeared

[@EliasVFishing]

No surprise there. Algorithm fishing.

[@RI-kd8ku]

@@EliasVFishingIf clickbait titles and goofy thumbnails mean I see your videos, then so be it.

[@brianscott217]

Never saw a grown man scared of a lil hound fish . Not a real man

[@EliasVFishing]

Do you lip them?

[@effortkk8931]

the first fish is a hound fish don’t grab them like that they can turn they’re heads and slice you

[@bannedagain1483]

Fishing isn't for pretty boys.

[@thegrouperking]

Is that a Daiwa certate

[@jhonnyinthetrees4608]

Looks like it