How To Catch A Fish Without A Fishing Pole

[@jasonK812]

Kids having fun and an adult who monitors them safely. A rare youtube video. Thanks for sharing. Love how gentle the fish are returned. I was half expecting to see the fish "launched" back in. We'll done!

[@maxradke2189]

if you guys are crying over the kid holding the fish by the tail then consiter this... these are bluegill fish. look at their top fin. see how thick they are? ill tell you why they are thick, its because they are SPINES. these spines are coated with a very irritating mucus that, if injected under the skin, can cause WEEKS of swelling and pain. best way to hold a bluegill? use your finger and thumb and make a ring grab and slide the fish down the righ from head toward back, stop midway. as long as you grab tightly and keep the fish from wiggleing he wont prick you and you will have a firm grasp. but a child often does not have the understanding to hold tightly. so the 2nd best way is to hold it by the tail so that if it wiggles you can simply drop it without harm.

[@KimberlyChisholmJustcallmeEll]

+max radke When I was a kid I held them by the mouth. Little fingers have no problems with that. When I got bigger I held them tightly in my palm like you suggested.

[@mikep5541]

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[@NelsonCreekOutdoors]

Just make sure the kids get into the great outdoors any way they can!

[@subroto1961]

Thanx for treating the animals with care and teaching kids the right things

[@SleestaksRule]

Alex minerS Would you just bite into it raw? My kids have grown hungry since I posted this video, 5 year update coming.

[@SalteeChip]

***** I would only eat it raw if i had to.If cooking was an option i would cook it.

[@Mistraker]

You're* Also, if you eat freshwater fish raw, you're going to get parasites.

[@SLOROB55]

Jumpstart Jimbo if you think that is bad don’t search KZbin for cleaning pan fish or frying them.

[@baconsoda]

Excellent! Those are the moments that children take with them for the rest of their lives. Best Wishes, Brendan.

[@lolc223]

I can't believe the stuff some of you are saying about this kid because he held a fish by the tail... or he didn't catch it with a pole... hes just a kid, A KID for fuck sakes! If that kid is having fun, then leave him the hell alone!

[@SleestaksRule]

Thank you.

[@EdnaBaptist]

***** the mans right, its just kids goofing around, hell, i'm 24 and i like doing stuff like this for fun. was an interesting watch too, what did you end up doing with yours? i caught some at the cottage and took them home and put them in my tank, two of them died but the smallest is still alive months later and doing fantastic.

[@joshsteiner815]

It's fun, Let the Kid do it, I AGREE!

[@freddypina4014]

Thank you that kid is just having fun dang some people are mean

[@hunterjordhamo1028]

Y ea

[@bnelson9533]

You sound like Mr. Rodgers!! Not talkin smack. I think your awesome. America needs more fathers like you.

[@SleestaksRule]

Thanks :)

[@chadyost146]

Blue Gill are EXTREMELY resilient!! I remember as a young child fishing in a very small pond on a friends farm and catching the same five over and over and over in the same day and they never seemed phased at all..... Those same five fish were caught hundreds of times in that summer... Now I realize the torture there, but I didn't at the time....

[@bravohuey]

Not sure if it's been ID'd yet or not, but that big fella you caught first was definitely a Bluegill/pumkinseed hybrid. I've caught lots of hybrids down south but never that one as we don't have pumpkinseeds down here. I've caught bluegills with a hook tied to my big toe before but never like that. Tell the kids Great Job!

[@numonik99]

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[@Anklestab1]

I remember a few years back i did the same thing but with a big ol' carp.. i was so excited, it was amazing..

[@wan2shuffle]

@BecherGaming It depends on the fish. The minimum I would use for a mature Bluegill is a 30 gallon. 40 gallon breeder or 55 gallon for a LMB but You would have to upgrade to a 75 when its at full size.

[@76Darkcloud]

Very cool. Thank you for this. Really good idea and great to know if I were in a survival situation.

[@InKa4484]

In my state you are allowed to catch bluegills any way you want. You can't keep them if they are over 5 inches if you don't use a pole. But the smaller ones you can. They breed 5 times a year and are extremely abundant so i don't know why they'd have any restriction. They do taste good but i think of them more as a baitfish than a gamefish.

[@fuerstmetternich5935]

killkick 177: here in the u.s. there are also many rules for fishing, both for fresh and salt water. sometimes every body of water has different size or amount limits for different species of fish! if u fish here, its good to get a guide book at a tackle shop, so u don't screw up. of course u need a fishing license(i'm talking about florida, don't know about the rest, except california) both for fresh and salt.

[@COMB0RICO]

So simple that I don't think I would ever thought of this. Thanks for sharing.

[@tequilasmom43]

Great video! Your kids are really good at this!

[@kjm5448]

they aren't the same thing. yellow Perch (which is probably what you are talking about) are in the walleye family. There were no perch in that video, just pumpkin seed (in the net) and blue gill (in the bucket)

[@dofishbuster]

In order to have bigger fish you could need to be harvesting some. Overpopulation will stunt fish especially those in the sunfish category (bream, bass, crappie). As it stands in my own pond we have a largemouth stunting problem if you want to call it that. We have lots of large gills and shellcracker which are fairly easy to catch and small bass that are too easy to get.

[@kjm5448]

Just as an fyi, the fish that was shown caught in the net was the pumpkin seed, and all of the fish in the bucket were blue gill. you switched the names of them around. I use to do this too. so much fun

[@charlesissleepy]

little sunfish like these are a ton of fun to catch on the lightest rod you might have. They're small but they have a lot of fight in them and they're just about always biting

[@rjp985]

whole kernel corn works great for bluegill also,a small can goes a long way

[@OS253]

That was awesome. You would need a lot of patient and food to trick the fish to come over to the net. Have you ever watch Man vs. Wild with Bear Grylls or Survivorman with Les Stroud? They catch their fish with a stick. The stick is shape into a spear.

[@sherriek3476]

Lol loved this video my kinda fishing I didnt even know you made videos I'm subbed now and got that bell

[@SleestaksRule]

Thanks Sherrie. That's at our Wisconsin place. The video is 9 years old and the kids are grown. 18 and 21. The lake is about 5 feet deeper from all the rain last year....loads of fish.

[@virginia7191]

Simple, but ingenius! Beats standing with a pole for half a day while the fish ignore you. Great video!

[@1ranger800]

@ Dale Carpenter...It is technically a 'sunfish'..but when a sunfish is 'THIS' color it is called a 'Pumpkinseed'!

[@earthnwaters]

that's pretty awsum..I just caught a few this morning nice size off a small hook but that looks fun good idea..I would've never thought of that..I have to try it now

[@vengence666]

i believe its a hybird of a green sunfish and a regular bluegill. I used to catch these suckers all the time when i was little. Amazing little buggers.

[@elvislvr111]

Why is everyone so mad at this video? It was informative for a novice. I'm looking to use it as a survival technique in the future.

[@SiskinOnUTube]

They look like nice fish. I've heard Bluegills mentioned in films before, but never thought to look them up.

[@Turrnado]

looks like those kids are having a blast. great job, good video.

[@lukacszoli5736]

Agree, that's what kids should have, FUN and lots of it!!! great video well done!

[@RuthandKenzie]

Do blue gills have spines or is that some other fish?

[@1208ink]

It's a shellcracker good size to. I like to sneak into the golf courses here in FL at night and hit with a cast net :) but don't tell yendor1232

[@LegalizeGoblins]

with sunnies if you grab them on both side kind of above their gills and near the center of their body, you can make them not jump or squirm. idk y, it just does it, dnt be to tight or to loose.

[@fuerstmetternich5935]

to titusx19: a bluegill is not a pumpkinseed(different species). what u mean to say is sunfish. the sunfish family includes bluegills, pumpkinseeds, shellcrackers etc. even crappies and largemouth bass. don't get mad people, this info comes from a reputable fishery biology book, not from me! also good fishing method, no hooks!

[@1ranger800]

Largemouth bass are not of the sunfish species...they are of the Black Bass species along with Smallies.

[@fuerstmetternich5935]

in the book "panfish" from the "hunting and fishing library" on page 21 black bass(i.e. largemouth),smallmouth, crappies, etc. are included in the sunfish family. remember, this comes not from my imagination, but from fishery biologists

[@SeanDBlade]

Perciformes in other words.

[@fuerstmetternich5935]

to my discredit, i wasn't sure what you were talking about, so i dug around for about half an hour. the result was that Sunfish are a sub group of the order of Perciformes(perch like fishes), which includes quite a few species, among them Cichlids and Blennies, for example...and of course the Perch(lol!!!!)

[@SeanDBlade]

Well, I'm glad you understood.

[@Nerdypurdyz]

I hate having to pull hooks out of their throats or stomachs. It hurts your hands and is messy. I'm glad you guys found an alternate way that's faster and cleaner

[@saif316]

what fish are they by the way ?

[@chriscanmoreofficial]

These kids gotta be 30 years old by now

[@SleestaksRule]

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[@SFLRailFan]

Very cool! Enjoyed... Thanks for sharing.

[@opalprestonshirley1700]

Slick technique. Thanks for sharing.

[@dnothing23]

unless you catch a pan fish upwards of a foot long they aren't really worth mounting... they are just fun fish to catch no matter the method. also these bluegill are rather small actually. i have caught bluegill and perch outa my grandfathers pond that are as big as my hand, which you'd be looking at about 7, maybe 8 inches tall, and nearly 12 inches in length. probably between 9 and 11 inches most of them.

[@superiormemes6529]

2:27 he grabs the tail only to find out the fish has poison spines LMAO

[@wekanud38]

What did you throw in the water for the fish to come?

[@SleestaksRule]

Just old bread that was going bad.

[@simonpaynter5027]

Awesome Well done Great stuff Great catch Great video That's looks like fun That's awesome Love ya work

[@Amerikaner25]

:) This is super - I was surprised the fish weren't startled by the kids' throwing the crumbs (movement + noise)

[@howardjohnson2138]

I'm curious. Why would you feel it necessary to copyright your vid? I don't find many folk do that.

[@PSLVY1996]

How many food did u guys use to get 1.

[@danielgomes-ur3rm]

U guys should make a video on how to catch bluegill on minnow traps

[@mainlinesin2]

The first one was a really good size pumkinseed sunfish. Those are really good tasting compared to the 49 other species of sunfish.

[@destinyking8610]

I tired this at a local pond and it worked thank you for this video

[@kycatfishguy671]

Them are perfect sized bait for big catfish. I use a throw net and catch them. And before people say its illegal bluegill are not a game fish where I live.

[@WaltRBuck]

That might be one of the most humane ways to catch a fish I've ever seen. It's almost ironic except in this case when you're going to catch and release.

[@OutofWORKoutdoors]

i use to do this when i was younger. seems like the kids enjoyed it. -konerri

[@GhamPlays]

thats a nice pond where is this

[@filiphugo7967]

this is fun I will try it at homw question what was your son droping into the water ?

[@ANTHRAXDELTA1]

Most likely bread.

[@masen136]

i live in mcfarland wi, whers that pond at

[@alraizuli]

Looks like fun for the kids, but this would be illegal here in Oregon. Chumming and netting, you get a fine and no fishing license for two years. We used to be able to chum catfish, use a light and fish at night for them. I'm pretty sure that all of that is illegal now.

[@jerkisim]

That is a fishing technique that is called chumming. Basicly you throw bait or chum into the water so that the fish will "overcome their natural cautious nature". "Assorted types of chum are cat food, ground-up fish cereal dog food, and bread"

[@Catfishhunter2013]

@chacoal depends how big the gold fish are

[@kapatsos3]

where are u are u in toronto

[@mrkingserge]

2:17 "Big one" 2:18 "Aah thats a nice little fish"

[@goshawk1974]

Not here in Northern California, a guy caught the record Bluegill @ over 3 lbs.

[@megamegaO]

Nice! I should try that trick, but wouldn't it work better if your children were laying on their bellies since the fish wouldn't be that cautious?

[@thebestofall007]

I'd love to have an aquarium like the ones you find in bass pro shops to put these fish in.

[@qamp749]

What was the kids throwing in the water, was it bread?

[@slick3047]

cool what kind of fish is it

[@LeonRFpoa]

that is ingenious, thanks for showing me this technique!

[@ohdear5671]

I don't see why people are moaning about this. It's much safer for the fish to be caught in a net rather than with a hook. XD

[@woodolphlorfils4299]

Exactly I was wondering the same thing , rather than hurting the fish from the inside with a hook. But yet netting them illegal.. what a world.

[@MemphisMojo15s]

Woodolph Lorfils by, they're gonna eat them. They put them in captivity so why would it matter if they used a hook? Just curious

[@Coopersboy7]

those are bream buddy. crappie are silver in color. I think they are both in the pan fish family tho.

[@HoneyBadgerRy]

In indiana you can keep what ever size crappie, bluegill, or perch that you can get in the boat. But bass need to be 14''.

[@imoose5804]

I came from videos about electricity..I thought he was gonna zap the water...lol

[@SleestaksRule]

+iMoose I may have tried that in the past. Shhh!

[@imoose5804]

lol

[@020Dutchy]

Did that... And my mother wondering what that strange sound was coming from the meterboard...

[@sangamonjack]

Those bluegill, pumpkinseed species are some of the tastiest fish of all.

[@saif316]

very informative video thanks for posting

[@lMONKEYxSWAGl]

what is that power bait?...

[@NotMyUsernameLol]

If the lake/pond is on your property there are pretty much no rules. Hunting is not the same though. There are different seasons for different game.

[@Dem0D1ck]

Nice lookin pan fish there. My Grandfather would have fileted them and Grandma would have breaded and fried them, served with tater tots and corn on the cob, great dinner for me and my sis. Great memories of fishin with Grandpa too.

[@imqahlo4454]

where were you at that time

[@lukebroadbent3456]

I tried your method, and i got 10 fish in 20 mins, thanks guys😊😅😄

[@petepetereckless]

did you guys eat the last ones?

[@0000me0000myself0000]

yes you may try that one if the water is clear to see the bottom......what if not?

[@bbygrl85848]

right..you don't even need a liscence as an adult in ny on private property....or don't matter the season

[@Lifesuccessbyaccident]

That was just plain cool. Good job!

[@chrishuynh7841]

I can catch fish with nets with ease, an easy way is to dangle bait attached to a string a busy place, as a heap of fish attack it you slowly scoop them up I've used this technique to catch fish that in the aquarium are worth over 100 dollars, I catch many Butterfly fish, which in general are expensive, catch Whitebait, good bait for fishing and sever pufferfish, another aquarium fish

[@SandrasKitchen]

I've never had any luck catching fish..I'm pretty good at getting snapping turtles on my line though lol Thanks for your support on my channel. I'm happy to do the same in return 😊

[@nakedfaves4445]

If you have a net you can also catch fish without needing any food. Just drop it in the water and wait 10 minutes or so. Then just pull it up and see what kind of fish you have caught simply by catching them while they're swimming over top of the net.

[@jbbennett2816]

A very old lady taught me an abrupt way to catch fish. Now, mind you, I'll never get in another john boat with her. She scared the heck out of me. You see we were in this tank and this lady was just smiling ear ta ear-she was wicked. She had this bottle wrapped in old torn and tattered clothing and then she had this real heavy piece of something wrapped in some more cloth. Well she sprinkled these flacky pieces on the surface of the water, waited for a fish to come to the surface, and then she whacked it to death with this heavy pipe. Man-oh-man, she caught me by surprise and I almost fell overboard, besides that I got soaked and while I was coming to my senses, I looked into her eyes and asked if I was next? Well like "Geiko's Flo" she said, " you never know". Well the next time I saw here I told her "bank fishin was good enough for me". ATB, Jb.

[@frankdddd8862]

where I live that is netting and illegal

[@iEduardoTheGreat]

Same

[@michellemeans8339]

in all states that is illegal but if u put the fish back in the water its legal

[@drinkbleach436]

+fm ita you can keep the fish as long as there big enough

[@practicalintuition4030]

any idea why its illegal?

[@frankdddd8862]

it is illegal because the fish has no chance

[@megamegaO]

I should try this...I assume this works with most fish, right?

[@shajinair8648]

Nice one.. In our place there is a saying..""catch fish without wetting you hands"" this is it..Thanks..

[@Xanifur]

I catch crawfish with my necklace. They grab onto anything =)

[@isaacmalsch635]

I'm going to tell you guys a story and this is true. so I took one of those crab baskets that lay flat when they are at the bottom of the water and when you pull the rope it turns to a basket. well I didn't have a fishing pole in my back yard at the time but I had one of those because I tied chicken to the bottom and caught turtles with it. Now that day I saw one of the biggest bass I have ever seen swimming around so I threw that crab basket in the water and found some worms and threw the worms above it and the bass would come over the basket and I pulled it up after a few times I got him but I did not realize how heavy he was. he was about 5 lbs (not to big but big enough) and so when I pulled him up he bent the wiring that went all around the basket and flopped out. rip my dignity.

[@Titusx19]

Pumpkinseed is the type of bluegill he caught. It seems as if he knows much more than you. Bluegill is the name of a broad family of panfish that have many different species in them. And if your mother knew you were on her KZbin account, you would be grounded.

[@hawaiidoves]

Looks like lots of fun for the kids!

[@marcosgranados2903]

2:15 what are those

[@SleestaksRule]

+Marcos Granados Pumpkinseed.

[@picklestirfry]

+Marcos Granados WHHAAT AARE　THOOSE. Deez nuts(pumpkin seeds)

[@kodywody480]

Variety of freshwater perch also know as bluegill or in this case pumpkinseeds

[@earthnwaters]

+Marcos Granados There green sun fish, lol there blue gill or perch all in the same family

[@palidus]

so you mean i dont have to jump in and swim around with my mouth open until a fish goes in there anymore?! :o wooooo

[@danielr4640]

One of doing it good idea👏👏. I hope it doesn’t require fishing license though

[@SleestaksRule]

They have not been arrested yet for catching fish to feed the family. I don't know what a license is to feed your family.

[@jewelp081]

I have blue fills in my lake and since its spring they are very territorial keeping all their babies safe so they will try to bite you

[@ougcastMinecraft]

You Know... those types of fish you caught are the fish people use as bait for catfish. and by the way your kids are so cute!

[@ogyywinn6035]

wow, never thought of that, good idea!

[@wifighostcruiser9665]

I've got an idea, instead of going through all that to catch a few fish just eat all of that bread you threw in the water. You're not going to break even on all that bread until you catch a northern pike.