I Bet You Won’t Eat One Raw! (Foraging for the Best Oysters in the World )

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[@joshthibodeaux6770]

This is by far the best video I've seen from you yet. Educational and old stories work well. I felt like I was there just by watching. Good stuff sir.

[@joco6851]

that's so true Gabe, the world has changed so much in my short lifetime, just the simple things can make such a difference!

[@brandonskidmore2741]

Boy it's good to have the old bluegabe back again that means the old school videos are going to come back even better now glad to see you back big boy sorry about all the other stuff that happened in your private life but just really love to see you to see it in life you do awesome work on your KZbin channel

[@newsomeassoc]

I've watched thousands of catch n cook videos and not once was my mouth watering until this video! Well done boys!

[@jacobbouser4190]

I have always loved oysters: smoked, raw, etc. But those are the most delicious looking oysters I have ever seen. Man, would I ever love to try one. Well done, brothers!

[@mtyhntr49]

Its all good, 0 judgements here. We thoroughly enjoy your channel and your brother's channel. Always be safe out there. Dan&Cindy/Utah

[@livinglife4309]

Love watching you two guys hang out. More of these dynamic duo videos!

[@dantrailwilliams8801]

What's up Gabe? I'm terribly sorry that I can't make the trip out there to see you, due to my work schedule and family , but I just want to say, I do appreciate you for reaching out to me. Love you man

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Two of my favorite Florida mans! Great job boys. Keep rolling Gabe.

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

👊🏽

[@randykeller6108]

@@TugTrashOutdoors rock on ian you are a awsome person and cant wait to see a steady stream of content from you. Your mind though is not just fishing videos i really enjoy the life day to day i believe you are going to be making. If your ever up to the great north canada shoot a message i am in b.c on the shushwap lake. You cab make some great content from anywhere. 💯%

[@scottbishop7899]

Better to say foraging than scavenging I'd say, foraging gives the impression of purposefully searching rather than scavenging as it sounds more like you're looking for scraps or leftovers from something else lol

[@scotthoughton7245]

One of your best videos. Humbling yourself reminds us what matters in life.

[@sherriward8766]

I've seen you do a lot of cool things. This was top 5 favorite of mine. Simple, real and just fun. Good friends, good fun ....great video!

[@BluegabeArrington]

Thank you

[@paulyoung8464]

People get off the Kelly thing although on UTube they have a private side as well. Pray for them and just watch both of their channels. Enough said.

[@sarahfisher8844]

I know people keep bringing up Kelly and how much they miss her but y'all know she has her own KZbin channel where you can watch her videos yes the relationship between her and Gabe didn't work out and not all relationships are forever. They do have a life outside of social media and we only see what's on that but all good/ fun things don't last forever we are all human we all make mistakes we all have that soul mate it just takes longer to find the right one when your constantly making videos and then your viewers demand an explanation when that's their business.

[@BluegabeArrington]

Thank you 😊

[@carricofernandes270]

No way they broke up

[@gregspencer251]

But he did say he was going to explain it.

[@kymberlini8510]

I agree, I don't know why we can't just enjoy the video and move on .

[@hookin-n-cookin6451]

Well said

[@elvesaandjesusrios8347]

Hey bluegabe you and your brother are an inspiration to me I am 17 years old been watching you for about 3 years now I've been going through some depression and watching yours and your brothers videos makes me happy I it also been my dream to go hunting and deep sea fishing but I know someday I will it's also my dream to meet you guys. Love Jesus 😊

[@michellechilders-garrison7996]

I used to do this with my great-grandfather grandpa and dad in North Carolina. Always learned something i can now teach my sons. Keep the videos coming.

[@Pharm_NYC]

100% respect your knowledge and experience. I have learned a lot from your videos and for that I am grateful. I must add, you have sold out bro! The sponsors completely own you! Last count on this video was 13 "plugs" albeit, verbal or photo" Much respect on the other end of the line...make that bank!!!

[@kevinroberts9580]

About 20 years ago my brother used to go out and get buckets full of oysters and he built a smoker that looked like an upright piano with like 4 rows in it. Though we're good😋

[@markhottman2652]

21:23 catch clean and cook on an oyster bed 👍. Rock Star 🌟 afternoon!

[@TinyAndersontinysauto]

Gabe, you look a lot happier in this video. Hopefully life's going a little better.

[@TinyAndersontinysauto]

@Joe Gabe kind of keeps his life private. But he does have a new girlfriend.

[@gearedup01]

Ian was a great guest, great personality. I'd love to see more of him on the channel.

[@kjnk2030]

Thank you for the awesome videos you put out. And also thank you for not turning this into a springer channel its no one's busy of your personal life shit happens most aren't here to see that. Keep up the awesome vids.

[@billwhite7099]

Springer channel?

[@sixeightguy6723]

Jerry Springer

[@eugeneschroeder7359]

awesome words in the beginning about albreys operation, how people treat each other...true words. awesome vid buddy

[@kevinlee6881]

My wife knows two different people that died from eating raw oysters. It hasn’t stopped us though. Life is a crap shoot. I’m gonna enjoy it while I can.

[@stephengile530]

I just love to walk down the street and say good morning or good afternoon to everyone I pass. The reactions are unique. LOL

[@allenmoring6786]

enjoy these new type of videos. keep up the amazing work and living your dream. God Bless and stay safe 🙏

[@davidstewart7840]

Loved how chilled out this video was Gabe - smashing the great videos out!! Tug has a new subscriber as well

[@granada025]

another subscriber for tug trash here

[@mattheworam6388]

Sorry to hear about Cole's dad. He very likely did not die from eating the raw oyster, but developed a skin infection from a cut from the oyster or other contact with the oyster. The bacteria likely responsible, vibro vulnificus, can cause severe GI illness when infected through the GI tract (eating the oyster) and severe skin infection such as necrotizing fasciitis when infected through the skin. That being said, people can die from vibrio infection from eating oysters, but most people who do have risk factors such as old age (>70), diabetes, liver disease, alcoholism, or other diseases. Big fan of the channel!

[@davidbarclay4968]

100% accurate. Also this bacteria can infect from any raw seafood. There is a ton of eating of raw fish on this channel and no one has ever mentioned this fact.

[@JDDOWDY]

Awesome eats and good friends. Thanks for sharing your video.

[@royvincent9250]

Apalachicola oysters are some of the best I've had Galveston bay oysters are really good too. worked on the oyster dredges when i was younger for a few seasons then commercial fished the rest of the year

[@brianwright874]

Gabe you (like me) are so much more relaxed when you are not the skipper. Funnier too!

[@BluegabeArrington]

Yeah because 99% of the stress is gone then 👊

[@AM_INSHORE]

Gabe & Ian r 2 great human beings

[@10thGenOutdoors]

Tugs about the only guy I seen can completely fill a rubber boot! love ya Guys

[@mattpowell06]

Best part of fishing here in st Augustine is exactly what they are doing: eating oysters right off the oyster bar waiting for a red to take your bait🙌 Mr Tug trash is doing it right

[@tarathulung5074]

I know him too coz few months ago I watch his video tug trash outdoors but now I see him with Gabe enjoying together ❤️

[@jerryd8788]

I’ve been watching Blue Gabe and Tug sense there first videos 👍 love y’all’s crabbing videos and now there oyster videos.

[@BluegabeArrington]

Thank you

[@stevemcfarland875]

I got a kick out of Gabe talking about steinhatchee resort and his partner in crime this afternoon is wearing a Sea Hag shirt !! I know both those places very well ! 🎣🎣

[@lisas9034]

Oysters harvested by professional oystermen have to be tagged which tells the registered boat, the date, time, and area from which they were havested. That tag is attached to the bushel bags the oystermen use. So, when they are shipped, those oysters are known.

[@scheniseboomer2569]

I adore bluegabe he is so well rounded. He’s right people aren’t as loving as they used to be.

[@clementeluna7173]

22:51 priceless "ont get no fresher en nat!"

[@brodiedavisalmostprimitive1262]

Brings back memories. Those oysters looked perfect. Enjoyed the video gentlemen. Subscribed to Tug Trash too. Looking forward to seeing more of Florida

[@tonyyelverton92]

I love your blog style videos… Ian is a cool dude. I’ll definitely have to check out his KZbin channel…

[@nickbeckham8549]

I'm from cedar key FL just south of steinhatchee and I oysters for years in cedar key...and oysters in fact DO sit on the bottom in singles in some areas...we tong them up into a board until it's full then we cull then off the ones that are in clumps...and that oyster bar y'all are in is a gold mine..there's so much money on that bar, theres alot of nice oysters there...and where I'm from you have to have an SPL salt water product license to oyster...me and my cousin would go out and bring back 16 to 18 bushells all in about 6 hours to a shop and sell them...we had to tag each bushell with the zone we harvested them from and the date

[@waynewade6723]

That is the exact way I would want to eat them sitting on the oyster bar awesome!!! 💯🔥

[@kevinlee6881]

My problem isn’t the amount of charcoal, it’s the match light charcoal. It gives food a funky taste because of the infused lighter fluid.

[@MitchellAman-q3q]

Great video. Thank you Tug for sharing the "how to cull the oysters".

[@jamesblanton3744]

I love seeing the Sea Hag marina tee shirt I live just north of Steinhatchee in Mayo

[@DonGrigorianFishing]

Blue Gabe: Golly this is a nice Oster bed! Oster: Squirt Blue Gabe: I should call her!

[@BluegabeArrington]

🤦‍♂️🤣

[@DonGrigorianFishing]

@@BluegabeArrington just trying to cheer you up bud 😜

[@henriksonnichsen2497]

Heat your oisters, in brownd butter with parsley and gralic, served on toast, the best meal ever

[@TheDrummergirl33]

But can you smell it ? Emmm , oyster lover here , dang it man , now I want some grilled oysters

[@VinceGonzo]

I love it Gabe has tried so many fish has had all types of good eats from the sea and lovesss his filet o fish !!!! 😂 I love them too

[@johnfrancis7176]

Love the videos, I feel like I am right there with you!!!

[@pammager7135]

Nice video Tug Boat! You did a lot of work today, while your guest sat there in an unusual calmness!

[@garyammerman2153]

Gabe. FYI: I've been eating raw oysters all my life (86 yrs old) here in WA State with no ill effect. However, we only take and eat oysters in moths that have an "R" in them (fall thru spring) when water is coldest. Also you never gather and eat oysters when there is a "red tide" as you can get very sick. Thanks for quality vid!

[@randymack1234]

First , congratulations on making it to 86 yrs old ! here in Florida, you can't go by months with "R's" in them. IE: Sept and Oct, Because the water is still hot ! Mid 80's . We always eat oysters , and seafood for Thanksgiving, instead of turkey . Raw on a cracker with a splash of hot sauce , yummy .

[@oldmanriver1057]

Give me a BLT WITH EXTRA BACON 🥓 😋!

[@josegarcia-lv2wb]

It's been time since a had some oysters 😋 Blessings 🙏 from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 😎✌🏽

[@teveler]

Pop them on a hot grill and wait till they smile and crack them open. Keep the salty mixture inside of the shell, add a little of tabasco sauce and enjoy. Oysters are my favorite! I can eat a few dozen by myself.

[@jimmelton7299]

I'm a n old man now, an I've lived over half my life here. I was always told that you only get oysters that are under water at low tide. Any oysters that come out of water was called a coon oyster because it was easy for coons to get an eat.

[@1OFGODSOWN]

We have also never taken any oysters that were above the water at low tide because supposedly they will make you very sick so we always got the ones that were submerged and we never had any issue.

[@tentsandreels]

Raw is the only way I eat them. A squeeze of fresh lemon and a dash of Tobasco hot sauce ...my mouth is watering just thinking about it. I would have a seat right in the middle of that bed and eat them raw until I couldn't move! LOL!

[@jimconway3301]

Born in Maryland .I like any way they can be cooked and raw. Also Oyster stew Chesapeake Bay style.

[@lanaridley-ahukanna8644]

I really appreciated this tutorial on how to harvest oysters... dont be greedy gunks...I know taste of quality.thats good eating!!

[@halwertan5780]

Love the channel I have an oyster farm our Oysters come out the water and go in a chiller on the boat at 45 f They are washed in processed in a walk in cooler at 45f. We do Oyster meat samples every harvest to make sure the public gets the best safest Oyster to eat. I have been an Oyster farmer and harvester of wild Oysters for 40 years. I am retiring in two years when I will be 62. Oysters have minerals in them that we need in our bodies.

[@cheryladams7945]

Best oysters I've ever had was at a golf resort. Had a basket of fried oysters for lunch. YUMMM so good.

[@DG-lj9qm]

I remember back in the 60s we go pick oysters some were South Miami with my parents. There was not sure if still is a little private beach we paid 50 cent. It was fenced off. On low tide you could walk out on the beach all oysters beds My home made speacial tool for each of us from a wooden handle putty knife he ground it down to a half inch blade that worked great faster cleaner and safer for us kids. We all sat there with our own plastic little beach buckets to put in when I had enough I wash them out good with beach water add lemon Tabasco and suck them down just hours of picking. I was 6 years old I never heard of anybody that died from eating oysters. I still love and eat them but not as much its been many years I haven't pick any fresh ones and way too expensive,

[@JermainColbert119]

I've been eating shellfish all my life until this year I've developed an allergy for shellfish. Ended up in the hospital. I can't do it. Hey gabe I know you gonna figure it out. We gonna keep watching.

[@Atinyfish1386]

Have them make that two pieces of fish double fillet of fish. Twice as good

[@ericpohlman5131]

Blue Gabe: I recently went partially blind while welding offshore. So now I simply listen. I enjoy you and Ian. Really, You Dick!

[@coffeehunter8742]

🤣 ..might want to edit that, Eric!

[@ne634]

They have a oyster festival in a town here in Virginia this coming weekend I think. Urbana oyster festival. I doubt I ever eat a raw one again though after that story..

[@saltlifejayfishingchannel]

Another banger video and a good collab best way to enjoy them oysters 🦪 right on a bed of oysters great video Gabe keep em coming!!!

[@Bendertrickster]

I order 10 dozen at a time through Hama Hama oysters in Washington! Top notch I love oysters. Hope to start a farm one day

[@garyturberville5999]

Dude I'm watching your and when you brought up about your brother falling into the oyster bed face first. I automatically hit pause to write you, that's and amazing story. Like you said wish, wish we could go back to those days.

[@sashcraft51]

Loved this happy fun vlog. Great info, fun friends, Florida waters, and oysters.

[@panamacitybeachbum]

As a life-long Floridian from Apalachicola, we call that activity "hogging" oysters.

[@fantich1]

Hey there blue gabe!! I’m going deer hunting for the first time ever and I’m 24 and my gf has been hunting all her life and since I’ve been watching you the past 2 years I’ve been dying to go!! Super excited and hoping to get a deer and ima dedicate my hunt to you because you’re what got into all this!

[@seekinfindin5669]

This was as real as it gets. I used to oyster as a kid, I would eat them right off the oyster bars. 3 inch oysters were small. I only harvested the 5 inch or better singles. How did I do that? I would "knock" the singles out of the clusters on year and move them to where I could harvest them the following year. Thanks for the video.

[@BluegabeArrington]

That’s a awesome idea

[@andreuzee9455]

That why around here you only eat oysters in months that end with the letter R (fall and winter) because back in the day oyster boats did not have refrigeration.

[@RONIN2025]

Did I hear him right LOL did he say he would love "living in a van down by the river"😂 rip Mr Farley ❤️

[@garthgrl86]

What a way to spend some time. Love when you two collaborate!

[@PropNut]

Howdy Bluegabe and TugTrash. Enjoyed the video!

[@jamesblake7338]

Yeah I don’t know who ate the first oyster but I’m sure damn glad they did! And now that I know to set trip lines for conches and herding them up I’ll be able to catch more 🤣 great video Gabe, loved this one but was very jealous lol

[@deltaking209]

Another great one Gabe keep them coming!!

[@karensimmons1547]

One of the most funniest enjoyable video ever!!!! Uguise in that boat was hilarious 🤣.......

[@matscaife9014]

Old Bay too 🤑👍🪘👍👍🪘🪘

[@zierwonraynz8869]

In Florida more so than other states in the country, Fishing is a Lifestyle; similar to Japan. Fishing isn't just a hobby or a job for some, for most its a way of life, a paycheck that screams passion and enjoyment.

[@darlenemcgee1046]

Have yall ever found a petal? An what happen woth you and Kelly? You was great together

[@kevjo13]

I really like the vlog style videos when u do then BlueGabe!

[@BluegabeArrington]

Thank you

[@darylmcbride5426]

Gabe idea for fishing with oyster. Letting chicken livers soak in strawberry jello (just the powder mixed into the livers no extra water) for a (5-6)days will toughen the meat so it doesn’t just fall off a hook. Maybe it would work the same if you use oysters not sure.

[@tomhysell596]

Wish I was sitting on that oyster bed with you guys. Those Oysters sound so good I have just finished dinner and you made me hungry.

[@carolcullum7978]

I really enjoy watching you fish but I enjoy your stories about your childhood.

[@neeceeboo777]

Nothings better than fresh oysters right out the ocean.

[@lisas9034]

The first "Thanks Giving" the Pilgrims had with the American Indians who welcomed and helped them, included oysters!

[@GaaMardonGaming]

I just starting to like more fishing channel more and more !

[@JP-tc9fr]

Man I’d give anything to go fishing with you! I am a St Augustine local!

[@reneap9049]

Yes, people have forgotten the ways we were brought up with. If someone was sick or in the hospital, you brought food. Funeral, you brought food, food is balm for the soul, eatable comfort. Food and Prayers solve a lot of heart aches and sickness.

[@TweeknTurtle]

It’s worth it to me, I love picking them and eating them raw right there. Been doing it since I was 7 years old and I’m 53 now. I don’t eat raw oysters from restaurants because I don’t know the storage and handling conditions of them. Also if I purchase a bushel of oysters I steam them on the grill until they just pop open. A good hand picked select oyster has a deliciously sweet and salty of the sea right off the oyster bar. 🤤😋👍🏻 first raw oyster I ever had at 7 my uncle dared me to eat one raw when I went with him to help pick a couple bushels, he offered me a shot of home made shine if I did it and I’ve been hooked ever since hooked on the shine as well 🤣🤣🤣

[@stephenporter322]

Just moved to the Texas coast and love the idea of cooking for oysters. Not a whole lot of info about doing it. Thanks.

[@krisburchfield8463]

Thanks for the info on pink sheen. Just moved to jensen beach on a canal and no see ems (sp?) Are obviously bad. Will be trying it out asap. I'm local and on disability and have plenty of time and experienced fisherman. If you ever need a hand feel free to reach out to me as I'd love to learn the waters down here. I'm from Port Canaveral area and also have 500+ dives under my belt. Great video as always!

[@westindiesfishing8419]

do you straight up spray this stuff on your skin?

[@tjfishing6629]

Best youtuber of all time you are literally the goat

[@donatusshreeves3334]

Hii gabe sir love ur video love from🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@neeceeboo777]

My grandaddy and me used to fish in St Augustine for Sheepshead, under the old draw bridge. Awesome.