Florida Road Trip 2 - Wading Biscayne Bay for Bonefish, Barracuda and more

Day 2. This was a Saturday which had all the parks filled and roads full with traffic. Struggle was so real. We caught some smaller fish like Barracuda's Mojarra's Snapper and Melissa got the fish of the day with a Bonefish. After trying to access random spots all afternoon we were all feeling pretty defeated, but we also knew the weekend would be the worst time to fish and that the coming days would yield better weather and less traffic.

[@flounderwetspot8524]

This shows the true facts of fishing. It's not all monsters and glory. It takes time, money, and effort. Keep grinding Chris.

[@shadowrslayer]

Can't wait for the next episode! Even though you didn't catch any monsters, it's always entertaining to be with you on your trips

[@fishermandave5283]

I caught 2 tarpon off the fishing pier in South Point park Miami beach last summer.Being from the UK, nobody was more surprised than myself.I had some brilliant sport off the beach further north near Boca, big Jacks and bluefish in the surf on poppers.

[@bcask61]

Love the honesty of your videos. You show us the good and the bad, without the super-annoying heavy metal soundtrack that every other guy seems to have. Thanks Chris, from a fellow Philly native. Hope to run into you someday on the beach.

[@coolkayak5255]

Hey brother you are living the life!!! Keep it up, and keep making good videos for us!!

[@chstinne2000]

Had my best day fishing a creek this year with spooks, largies all day. Can’t wait to get out to the bay and do some of this stuff once it warms up!

[@Tanner_B919]

Love your vids man keep up the good work

[@jazstar91]

Dude u kept throwing perch back those are delicious

[@chrisrae4401]

Great video sea money....keep fishing hard .

[@FLjuanMatos]

Hi there, finally caught my first bonefish, and caught it at key Biscayne. Thanks for the inspirational video

[@oatie374]

thanks man that just made my day i live in Florida and catch many variation of fish

[@JT-kr3dg]

I miss your freshwater adventures down there. I grew up in central FL but now in Ohio. Folks up here don't believe my fishin stories, gators, cichlids, giant gar, oddball aquarium fish, snakes, drunk southerners, hellacious thunderstorms. Even if you don't catch anything its still an experience.

[@commonjones6902]

J T good freshwater fishing in central fl,especially up by Gainesville and Ocala. then cedar key has great saltwater fishing on the NW side of the state.

[@JT-kr3dg]

common jones Couldn't agree more. Even if the bass & game fish weren't biting I always had a blast. Throw out somethin live & you might hook a river monster.

[@thefortniteplayer2155]

Love the video keep it up

[@saganworshipper6062]

Now that you have those bobbers, I know you're gunna kill it!

[@ChrisMcIntee]

haha game changer! gotta love random people like that

[@saganworshipper6062]

Dude, you are the best fisherman on youtube. I do my grinding on the shores of Long Island Sound here in CT. I'm friends with the striped bass WR holder, his name is Greg and I could hook you up with him if you ever wanted to have a go at a monster cow.

[@robertdrugich8339]

very good catch, Melissa!! That spot under the bridge, caught a 3 pound flounder once, other than that , a bunch of cutlass fish...really DEAD there.

[@tracybradshaw1362]

Great videos!

[@EliteBassStickFishing]

A1!!! Awesome vid!💯💪👊LET'S GO!!!

[@codeysobrino3343]

Great video

[@walldog1457]

Hay Just enjoy the adventure..Thanks for the vids..Some of us are at freakin work.lol...

[@steveg8322]

Nowhere is fishing always great.

[@robertdrugich8339]

the Miami River has some huge snook and good tarpon, I fished there before the condos, etc. Right under the Brickell bridge...

[@robertdrugich8339]

the first one from the bay. There was a tackle shop nearby that had pictures of them, plus I had one hit a spoon and jumped, so big that I just froze and didn't set the hook. Plus with my light tackle little chance, it hit next to a piling at the channel...looked to be around 50 pounds.

[@compagotv]

At 2:45 that looks to be a Pinfish or a Grass Porgy. Thanks for the video.

[@mueshow]

That was painful... Sometimes you make it look too easy, Chris! :)

[@TennesseeCheeZe]

It is so hard to find water access in Florida.. Ive spent hours on Google maps finding spots only to get there and have it posted no trespassing.. If you have your kayaks with you then its on . Idk if you use it but there is a app called "go paddling" or "launch points" that shows you every legit local access spot.

[@billcotton1551]

I'm curious , in episode 1 when that guy cut your line, was it wrapped in his motor?

[@radareddy123]

Hey Man. I get skunked all the time. But you know what they say. Getting skunked outside on a nice day in the warm weather is better than w--!

[@ujhomeimprovements]

West side of Florida is where the fishing is great.

[@manmarvel]

your sleeeeeeep dude. i catch 15 inch snappers in biscayne bay all the time

[@nicholasneri4327]

Nah been there done that florida fishing is fucked now cause all this algae were getting

[@calallen8786]

West side ain't crap. I fished both east and west. Both got it own perks.but east definitely more bigger fish

[@vols1171]

Yeah, Key Biscayne at the end point is no good, but were you were fishing at under the causeway bridge at the 12:20 mark on this video is good at night. Really big Jacks, Cuda, Snook, & Tarpon roll through there at night smashing mullet. Live bait or a blue crab under a ballon in the current will produce good results.

[@marlonm1596]

its alright, i live down here and access is extremely limited. Just keep on moving forward. :)

[@FishingBiodiversity]

You are the most unpredictable with the frequency of video uploading hahah

[@ChrisMcIntee]

yea theres no rhyme or reason.. I was just trying to get these first 2 days up and out of the way so I can edit the better days

[@buckfutter99]

Welcome to the world of fishing😂. It's not called catching for a reason.

[@jaczekdertuerke]

You missed a not.

[@miamiwax5504]

i went to high school across the street from that beach. i used to take my rod and go fishing before school.

[@benh5774]

Great videos, the grind can be brutal in Florida.

[@ChrisMcIntee]

most gamefish species in the world but also one of the hardest places to fish ive ever been, would be a different story if there was more access, I will be back to florida smarter and stronger in the future

[@benh5774]

Sea-Money Fishing I go back to visit the parents there a few times a year (fishing in Northern California is brutal too), part of it depends on fish migration so planning when to come for certain fish helps. (Pompano season now), access without a boat or from shore is hard. Piers and jettys are only fun for awhile.

[@crabcrusher9602]

Sarasota county has tons of boat launches and all the beaches and parks are free

[@deanstanley2125]

Big fishing pier in Naples on the Gulf side.

[@kaisyoutubelife6596]

Hey get out of my spot lol great spot especially in winter lots of bones and permits with a crab of course! And if you had a yak you could explore more of that islands opportunities as well as the island past the next bridge a boat would be best that way you could cover allot more territory. And yes it’s a mojara. Come to Miami for the mullet run snook and tarpon everywhere. Again Miami has become an anti fishing city so spots are few and far between tight lines from Captain Dax

[@fett2002]

"Some kind of fish." lol!

[@instintodepescador3015]

Saludos mi amigo god fishing god bless you

[@Ernie012Gaming]

I can’t wait till I get to take a trip to Florida and catch some fish down there something different from Maryland

[@pbfishing5153]

Lots of fishing access in the fort Myers/Sanibel area

[@atlfisherman3413]

Love saltwater fishing. Next trip try fresh shrimp.

[@misterinadequate3518]

You didn't catch a lot, but you caught some. That's fishing... at least you showed the truth of it. I like watching the videos of people catching fish after fish, but you have to wonder how many hours of not catching they didn't show. You at least showed the reality in that you were not catching a lot. Thanks

[@Xostrich12X]

There isn't too much for shore fishing in Miami. I'm glad you didn't get kicked off the Virgnia Key beach. The police usually don't allow fishing from the beach. Overall I'm sorry the fishing trip isn't going to well in Miami. Rude people, horrible traffic, Biscayne Bay being way over-fished and polluted, limited access, etc. This place is way overrated. I NEVER go fishing on the weekends. There are weekends at Bill Baggs State Park where you can hardly breathe by how overcrowded the park is with fisherman. I only ever fish from my hobie kayak now. It makes a huge difference in how enjoyable the fishing can be in South Florida. Right off of Virginia Key where you were catching the marjorra are a couple of secret wrecks I fish often. Caught the biggest grouper and mutton snapper of just kayak fishing a couple hundred yards off that beach. Fishing the reefs off the beach is good too. Here's what I recommend if you ever come back down here again: Dania Beach pier near Hollywood, the south jetty at Bal Harbor (park at the beach and then walk across the bridge), or head down south and fish the bridges below Islamorada. Otherwise if you want to do anything beyond that then I highly recommend that you bring your kayak.

[@ChrisMcIntee]

good advice thanks. Yea I would definitely bring my kayak if I were to come back.. will probably try the gulf coast next time I go back down to fla

[@fett2002]

I'm headed down to Ft Lauderdale for 5 nights in June. I will take advantage of your info. Looking to get pretty much any species I can get.

[@nicholasneri4327]

Katos beach in jupiter is good to quite a few rocks around for a good habitat

[@kayakengineer]

Sorry to hear about the bad fishing. Secret to Miami/South Florida fishing is that you have to go either at sun-up, sun-down, or at night due to the high pressure and set ski/boat douchebags. Keys a little better during day but Miami/Ft. Laud. require early/late timing.

[@maremduc]

The shiny, silver fish that look like porgies are called mojarras. They taste awesome!

[@kayvonhaghighiii7779]

Yo bro, goin down to Miami doin a little fishing road trip with my bro, was wondering if maybe you could point us in the right direction for those nighttime poons, a lil hint as to where u guys we’re catchin em would be epic.

[@jeffknowles3952]

Go to hualover inlet. Anywhere deeper water, current, structure and shallow water are going to be best. Also you can get guided kayak fishing for 85 dollars a person. From David at eco adventures in Miami. There is also a guy called the bone fish whisper that guides you in a canoe in Biscayne bay. He's also pretty cheap.

[@ChrisMcIntee]

thanks. we're back home now. we did end up getting into a few good bites, just took some time to figure it out. the canoe bonefish whisperer sounds awesome

[@deanstanley2125]

Haulover is the north end of Bay Harbor Islands right,? If so I've fished there. I also used to fish behind my grandmother's condo about a mile north of the Pompano Pier, not a soul in sight.

[@Lake2Bay]

Sweet! Only thing is I would try not to keep those bonefish out of the water so long. They need more oxygen than regular fish because of their fast metabolism. Dont want to see our Miami bones dying!

[@moparcity4130]

Fish the bridges at night with mullet for tapping its good rn big rods like your vanstaal 30-50 lb braid with 60-100 lb mono there’s a lot of tarpon in Miami rn

[@moparcity4130]

For tarpon , and snook

[@guycasey6826]

Night time is the only way to go, not much happens during the day.

[@jeremykusturin2843]

Might be a decent cobia bite down there tarpon are thick in places like bridges heavy current is always good.

[@jeremykusturin2843]

I rent a boat when I go to the keys it's not to bad on the price.

[@kcd845]

You were concerned about stepping on a stingray... along those lines, how is your foot healing from the screw?

[@ChrisMcIntee]

foot is all healed, Im trying to be more careful where I step haha

[@cybernick8495]

We get home fish in South Carolina every so often

[@Msquad321]

I call 'em big-eyed mojarra.

[@tygoom]

That song was good notorious BIG

[@tygoom]

JustinBieber hahahhahahaha

[@Rodg470]

Use fish all those bridges in South Florida when there was on signs on them

[@ebetancor217]

Bro I think fishbrain app may of helped you looking for spots around that area! I’m kinda curious to see what you think of the app! Let me know if y have the time! Great videos keep it up bro

[@ladawda]

Can someone tell me where this spot is please?

[@arielpoholek-noaafederal1796]

Should try out the west coast of Florida, you'd have much better success fishing for all sorts of inshore fishing, lots of good access to flats, bridges, piers, and beaches over there!

[@javierrodriguez4125]

Can someone tell me where he’s fishing?

[@captainzumafishing772capta9]

Hell yeah!!

[@blesssixone1902]

Should have went to Pensacola!!!!!!!

[@christopherpalermo5409]

That fish u caught on the jighead and shrimp..might have been a bar jack

[@brianfarrell5737]

How's the foot?

[@markpetricevic3368]

Chokoloskee florida is a great place to fish

[@chrisgeorge2717]

Hit the Indian river on the way out for snook and reds.

[@Rodg470]

Over by the Seaquarium used to be good

[@jonathansantiago6627]

Sand brem. Good snook bait

[@dantheman4956]

A for effort. Pretty beat fishing though. Keep trying! Can't catch if you don't fish 😎 p.s.cool shades

[@kentpaul99]

Where is that beach? Key Biscayne?

[@Jacksonskipslegday]

Should of had the kayaks with you.

[@tao24-88]

Go to Sanibel in Fort Myers. Trout, big snook, big drum and some catfish and other basic little fish. For the drum you want live shrimp and the snook you want a popper or some baitfish like the small green backs and then for trout and catfish the green backs will work well for them too. I hate using live bait but it seemed like they didn’t want anything else besides maybe a popper for snook but that’s all. Good luck and be safe.😎👍

[@williambenner5550]

Man you keep throwing the bait back! A Mojarra is good bait for snook!

[@robertroemer6505]

For all those watching, please do not hold bonefish out of the water this long. Our findings show that bonefish exposed to air longer than 15 seconds are 50 percent more likely to die post release. We’ve lost almost 90 percent of our bonefish in Florida, and they are indeed a very special resource. Thanks for the film, tight lines.

[@adamdominguez9046]

Looks like a perch

[@gk621]

Hope you are heading South to the Keys ?

[@ChrisMcIntee]

we were planning to but never made it down there :/

[@gk621]

Damn,thats where all the good fish are

[@victorfanjul1580]

You should head to rod and reel pier in tampa

[@lagginwagon8267]

Dude, if you're still out there and at least want an epic adventure, check out 10,000 Islands if your group is up for renting a boat and camping on an uninhabited mangrove island. Also hit up Key West Kayak Fishing's channel. I'll bet that dude has some insight on SoFlo fishing.

[@johngriffin618]

If your looking for some freshwater fishing lmk. I have a 14ft topper with a 6hp merc, I live in Miami near everglades.

[@305Tato]

In Miami you need to learn the spots and also go by the tides and at night is the best fishing! Way to many boaters that don’t respect. Also you need live bait!!!! All those spots you tried are Hi pressured and people here don’t go by the laws of size and limit.

[@adamsmith8533]

That looked like a pin fish

[@seanoconnell2123]

Grind!

[@vegbacca]

catching a fish on the first cast of the day can be a bad omen for sure.

[@zachpunancy312]

I lived in Miami for 21 years before moving . Fishing isn't the greatest in Miami from shore especially if you don't know the ins and outs .tons of pressure and not lots of spots you can fish at .Next time if I were you guys I would just skip Miami and go bridge hopping in the keys . I did 95% of my fishing in the keys ( all from shore). Snappers , poons, permit , jacks, snook mainly at night , Sharks, porgy etc etc. Btw best to fish those flairhawk/morning light jigs at night for snook and other things.

[@Mark-yn1gr]

SeeMoney Baby!!!

[@PoolOfTheDead93]

Try going to the space coast

[@geetarzzzz]

come up to sunrise fl and we catch peacock bass

[@nicholasneri4327]

The struggle to fish in south florida is real I love my state but rich people have taken over best places to fish are spots where it's illegal it blows

[@TheThundergator]

Sea-Money next time you go to Miami let me know. I have a brother down there as well as nephews who all fish and hunt. They will put you on the big ones.

[@XtremeH18]

Bill Baggs State Park is not that bad, I caught a nice mutton there.

[@ItzRetz]

Where I live in Australia you'd be lucky to catch ANYTHING during the day (from shore), all the good fishing happens at sunrise, sunset, or at night. I'd be willing to say that 95% of all the fish I've ever caught were at those times. My point is, don't get depressed if you hardly catch any fish during the day, because all the quality fishing happens at sunrise/set or at night. You should also ask some locals or even go to an actual fishing guide and ask where good fishing spots are instead of trying to find them yourself. Sure, a guide might cost you like $50, but that $50 could mean the difference between catching a whole fucking bunch of fish or hardly any.

[@ChrisMcIntee]

very very true. yea fishing midday is usually a bad deal

[@lanceschustereit1896]

So close to the keys hit them up

[@matthewmcgrath3121]

Throw a 4in paddle tail mullet natural color and slow roll the bottom!

[@jessejenkins6654]

Looks like Sand perch

[@cybernick8495]

1st fish was mojara

[@RomoKayakFishing]

that chocolate banana

[@jcmoye1]

You know what the odds are catching a bone fish from the shore line 😂 I don’t that 1,0000ss of time Zero

[@coolgrey1827]

i got spots in dania beach Fl

[@Distantttt]

a lot different from jersey that’s for sure

[@Distantttt]

edit: i lied

[@robertgerber2533]

A bonefish...wow. People go to exotic places and pay big money to fish for Bonefish. They are supposed to be one of the hardest fish to catch.

[@johnnyk8211]

Yup 90% of fish r n 10% of the water

[@coristandish4004]

74th

[@VoiceOfReason5487]

The second fish was just a big pinfish.

[@TheThundergator]

That's a Sand Perch