Irresistible!! Everything LOVES a livebait!

Ahoy Fisho's This week good mate Wardy and I head out for a session and like every other day, it's a bad day to be a livebait! The mackerel are thick and they find them absolutely irresistible!
Our game plan for the session is to slow troll the live baits around in search of Spanish Mackerel (king mackerel). It doesn't take long before the first bait gets smashed kicking off one of the best mackerel sessions I've ever had! I even picked up a few tips and tricks from the mackerel king himself!
Hope you enjoy the episode guys!
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[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

What a session! Thanks for watching guys!! Don’t forget all your favourite SHF merch is available from www.sammyhitzkefishing.com 🍻🍻

[@ajimaster287]

We want two episodes a week please.

[@loganeaston5864]

great video. when do we get to see a sailfish or swordfish video?

[@sfowler8942]

Great content! Been binge watching past episodes and the new ones are a weekly highlight. Thanks for having us along.

[@ticdelarue]

Here in Texas about 36 miles South East of the Galveston coast my brother hooked into a much large similar fish we call a King Mackerel. When he was holding it up for a photo it flopped and it's sharp teeth unzipped his lower leg from just below his knee to slightly above his ankle. With the assistance of a roll of Duck Tape and a 2.5 hour rough sea ride back to shore he was delivered to the Galveston UTMB Trauma Center to get it stitched back up.

[@TaylorRobinson93]

We have king mackerel too. They’re VERY similar. One has a higher mercury content which I thiiink is the king mackerel

[@cameronsharlen-robertson1068]

@@ThorbjornHale Just a couple species people mix up. kingfish or king mackerel isn't a spanish. Kingfish/King Mackerel(Scomberomorus Cavalla) vs. Spanish Mackerel (Scomberomorus Commerson). Spanish are a wider bodied, bigger growing species. African Pompano/(or what we call a) Pennant Fish(Alectis ciliaris) vs. Diamond Trevally (Alectis Indica) BlackFin Tuna(Thunnus atlanticus) vs. Longtail/Northern BlueFin Tuna(Thunnus tonggol). Longtail are a longer/bigger species. Jack Crevalle(Caranx hippos) vs. Giant Trevally (Caranx ignobilis). Just an all round different fish. A really big mix up is also the "Bonito' or False Albacore (Euthynnus alletteratus) and Mack/Mackerel Tuna(Euthynnus affinis), which are basically the same apart from location and some key features

[@socalsaltwateranglers]

Wow!

[@TaylorRobinson93]

@@ThorbjornHale Yeaaah nah King mackerel still aren’t Spanish that’s almost like calling large mouth nanny a red emp. I grew up with Grants Fishes Of Australia on the dinning table for 25 years hahaha

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Yeah you gotta watch out for those teeth! They’ll make short work of anything they touch!

[@FishingtheThinBlueLine]

Excellent video, Sammy! Great catches! Thanks for sharing! Stay Safe and Healthy!!

[@smee103]

Awesome effort Sammy always learn a heap watching your Sunday specials

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Glad you’re enjoying them mate! 🍻🍻

[@chrisralston294]

Always good when you fish with people in the know

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

That’s it mate, definitely helps speed up the learning process 👌👌

[@Mark-ux7yh]

Always gotta love a loaded up sabiki, all the potential in the world, never know what you're gonna get with em. Great video as always!

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

That’s it mate! Once you got the bait is game on! 👌👌🍻🍻

[@user-wr3gt1il1i]

Thank you very much

[@flippa1976]

Another great vid, cheers Sammy.

[@russellward9662]

Great stuff Sammy and Steve! Nice haul of excellent eating goodness. Steve makes it look easy with livies and a dropper, but it has probably taken him many sessions to perfect that method. Worth it when you get onto a patch like that. Cheers

[@bobtaylor9959]

Thankyou for sharing

[@kmac.jimmy123]

What a cracking session! Awesome feed and plenty of fun by the looks of it 🤘🎣

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Cheers mate! Always a good time when the spanno’s are on! 👌👌

[@zakarialouati]

Well done! Great video! Thanks!

[@ariwetwet9657]

the bait is cool boss, keep on fighting joss

[@willkitching]

Another great session Sammy, well done mate! 🙌🎣 They are such a fun species to chase, no matter how you target them! 😂 When they school up like that it’s on for young and old hey. Love your work, enjoy those tasty fillets!

[@alimitchell5346]

Another great watch 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Thanks mate! Cheers for watching! 🍻🍻

[@CarlSegers]

Got yourself a Yammy! Nice!

[@nathanadams4619]

So sick mate, love the live bait session, yewwww 🍻

[@Dan-yw8yh]

Live bait the way to go!!! Should do an episode live baiting for flat head with poddy mullet

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Yeah that would be a bit of fun! I’ll ad it too the list 👍👍

[@colincardinal7801]

few droped fish, bloody great content...

[@DCA001TUBE]

Thanks Sammy, that Deckee App is amazing

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

It’s good gear hey! 🍻🍻

[@dannyhartles2979]

On ya Sammy, good session 👍

[@craigtomkinson2837]

Awesome ep boys, and lovely fish

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Appreciate it mate! Cheers 🍻🍻

[@lovingburnettheads2190]

Nice work once again Always fun Cheers

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

🍻🍻🍻

[@richardcochrane8119]

Well done Sammy.

[@nathanjupe3947]

Love watching all your videos mate. Only had my boat about a year and a half and really only fished inside the bay so far but pretty keen to do some live bait fishing for Mackie's. Next time you're out live baiting I'd love some tips on how to find some good lives. Cheers

[@socalsaltwateranglers]

Bloody Good Session Mates! Yeww 🤙🏻

[@terrylawson5404]

Been waiting for this one mate. 🤙🤙🤙💯💯💯

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Enjoy mate! 🍻🍻🍻

[@deefa_damo]

Great session, thanks for the vid.

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Cheers for watching 🍻🍻

[@Fuego1000a]

Great Macks!!

[@pearcebrown1043]

Great video always love a good Shaun whale jab!

[@nunya9034]

Geez you guys done alright with the weather we have had around for the last week. Looked a bit lumpy out there. Nice catch

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

This was from just before the wind and rain mate, even still was pretty sporting out there! 🍻🍻

[@nunya9034]

@@SammyHitzkeFishing Champions!

[@bennieknape4857]

Fish on.

[@grahamwade1505]

Great video as always and an excellent catch One question is there any problems with ciguatera up there

[@dandrma6081]

Amazing catch man

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Appreciate it mate! 🍻🍻

[@petercoulton4192]

good stuff old mate 👌

[@rockfishing6117]

Hey guys..excellent

[@terrytailor]

Well wasn't that a cracker Mackie session! We'll done boys. I love the Sea Hunt set up Wardie. A lot of thought has gone into that. 👍

[@gregstephens361]

Great session guys ,have you used live slimes ,they seem to be the go to in nsw ,try a large live bonito off the downrigger ,this caper is a big fish magnet ,Wardy needs a longer fish box

[@alexvanrensbusrg7870]

Howsit Sammy. Bud please drop a link or something for that trace box your mate was using at about 9min30 seconds. Really nice box

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Hey mate, it was just a fly large fly box 👍👍

[@adorablepup3318]

Howzit hawaiian

[@CahyonoPutra7]

Good job man

[@knensaifc6263]

Woww big king mackrel 🥰🥰

[@lesstalkmorefishing1000]

Oh man how I want to have one of those fillets to just throw them on the grill with some lime, great haul mate!

[@michaelbarrett2346]

Great video Sammy

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Appreciate it mate! 🍻🍻

[@scotthumpries-norton3942]

Hey legend awesome video once again….. it definitely seems to becoming secound mature for you, just curious if you filmed this today I’m just trying to get an idea of the weather on the 24’s to cross reference our lovely weather app’s 🤙👍today being the 15/5/22 🍻

[@laulbad]

Nice fishing trip! Congrats! I can't really see on you video: are you weighting the line with the live bait or they go on the bottom by themselves? These Makrele are a nice drill!

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Hey mate, we had one on the surface and one on a downrigger 👌👌

[@laulbad]

@@SammyHitzkeFishing thank you very much!

[@petemacgregor5332]

Awesome Vid gents, onya Stevo.

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Cheers Pete 🍻🍻

[@stopbeingstagnant]

Hey Guys! Great video. Do you have a link for the filet table/ bait board?

[@MrSkybeau]

I know I don't only speak for myself when I say, how do you not have 200k plus subs!?? Keep up the quality, Sammy and they will arrive in droves mate.

[@CHICOOLINDA_BR]

Pescaria muito produtivo.. parabéns 👏👏👏🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🚤🚤🚤🚤🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@ne1273]

Outstanding

[@d_onthebitefishing6811]

Sammy when are we getting a video of the motor upgrade and T Top ? Looks good 👍

[@Unimpressed.]

Hi Sammy. Where did you get that box to hold all your Spanish wire rigs please?

[@jzfishing103]

Do you have any tips on when to strike when using live baits?Do I strike when my rod is bending or it is already screaming drag?

[@tylarsimpson3425]

Keen! beers are cold an ready

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Yewww! Enjoy mate! 🍻🍻

[@BagsRivaRaet]

fish on watching from philippines

[@michaelbulla9231]

Nice work yet again mate . I miss chasing Spanish big time not many down in newy that's for sure

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Thanks mate! Do the get the odd one down that far still though?

[@michaelbulla9231]

They do mate but rare I'll just have to head off the Coffs coast sometime and have a crack 😉

[@michaelbulla9231]

Happy birthday for yesterday mate hope u had a good 1

[@scottkoli9126]

Greetings Sammy love the episode but can I ask why no Maccy Steaks.

[@mistermocelfishing5738]

greetings one hobby from Indonesia 🙏🏻

[@jordanhedrick2018]

Jesus that looked like a bunch of fun. Now i feel like some mackerel. And yes I am still disappointed that I haven't seen a kids rods video.

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

🤣🤣 one day it will happen mate! Hang in there!

[@hendrakpk3104]

Amazing

[@bigbopper143]

Sammy we have been using an almost identical rig with single wire and a stinger, both hooks 9/0 Big red suicide hooks. My hack is the bait, blue fusiliers. They are deadly on big Spanish

[@oldmate_adventures]

You reckon mackies would hit mullet setup like that?

[@silvaorgold]

Sammy love the videos I'm trying to watch every single one of them over here in the USI live over by the Gulf so I see a lot of the fish that you catch the week catch here too but I have a question what is the 1 unicorn the species that you haven't been able to catch yet out in the ocean aren't the ocean I'm dying to know where is there anything left you haven't caught

[@NasirKhan-hl9od]

Wow good cach

[@nevilleyoung7647]

You can’t find live bait in places like out from Yeppoon, so what do you do then ?

[@davidchipman7612]

Sammy Sundays 👍

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

🍻🍻

[@jessejenkins6654]

You should smoke them bad boys up and make fish dip.... king fish / mackerel make great smoked fish dip.... cheers from Florida 🤙🤙🤙

[@UsepBeraufishing]

hello broo, ,this is a cool fishing video broo, ewith great strikesensation, the first strike of large mackerel and other big fish strikes, good luck my fren, thank you.

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Thanks very much! 🍻🍻

[@billyavery3721]

awesome stuff Sammy whats the name of ya mate rig box looks sweet

[@thebayslayer1]

have you tried extracting them with big chrome metals 50-70gram size

[@garrybutler9030]

Well done lads. Got to say though, 2 hour fillet time would have been allowing for a generous hydration session

[@adammalski]

Great video mate. Which Venom are you running when targeting the Spannos?

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Thanks mate! I use a 6’6” pe2-5 overhead rod 👌👌

[@yoyokagana]

Nice bro

[@mahutabros]

Either I’m going crazy or it’s an old footage, you got a Yamaha and t top? How’s that lawn going btw

[@seawayjoe]

Nice catch. That must be not a this week mate. Anyway well done .

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Thanks mate! Yeah this was filmed before the last lot of weather came through 👍

[@scotttucker3673]

Now we are looking at a ridiculous proposed bag limit and boat limit. Love your thoughts on this?

[@rjochheim]

Well done.. Hopefully we’ll get our winter run up here in CQ soon.. Do you brain spike and put in a saltwater slurry..??

[@jorgeferrer7319]

Sammy when you are using live bait is the boat in gear? How fast are you going so you don't kill the baits and they swim properly? Great show bro, as always

[@smithysfishing]

Dead slow idle in gear with outboards. Aim for about 2knots. Sometimes you are in a bit of current and it is a struggle to go into it. Might have to pump the speed up but it can trash yakkas. Slimies will handle a bit more speed. The other week here at the Sunny Coast, we pulled them in, ran to the bottom of the reef and came back downsea/down current each time as it was too hard to go back into the wind and current.

[@jb-es5zj]

watched some of this vid on 0.5 speed playback sounded like sammy had had quite a few to many drinks made me laugh so hard 9:20 to 10.00

[@nathanzahl1091]

Awesome Sammy👍 What was the boat you were in mate?

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Thanks mate! It’s was a 208 Sea Hunt 👍

[@billcarson4566]

Would like to see the rig tied. How fast do you troll and are you fishing lumps or drop offs.

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

I’ll try include it in the next one mate. You simply adjust the speed to the conditions. Once you have the baits in the water they will let you know how fast to go 👍

[@ChrisandNaomi]

Hopefully we can still do this next year 👍

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

I know! It would be a shame to lose access to them 😔

[@smithysfishing]

I think we will get next season in the same. They can't finish the process and get it all changed before July 1 when the pros start on their new quota year so it should remain status quo for a bit.

[@ChrisandNaomi]

@@smithysfishing I hope so, there numbers are cooked anyway, first time I ever tried for them this year I got 2 around the same size as in this vid, and dropped a black marlin, but yeh no fish out there

[@georgeamerica3567]

Wish have rod and reel like this..

[@anuksapaya2167]

greeting from malaysia.. nice king..

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Thanks for watching 🍻🍻

[@muxispianojourney4407]

Great catch、could you introduce your rods and reels please mate？

[@dv13fishing2]

Goodj job....

[@steverichardson6920]

I gaffed a mates 18.5Kg Spaniard……..in the process it managed to slash my thumb and severed the tendons, 2nd fish of the day and 50Nm offshore, 3 hour trip back and a further 2 hours by road to the nearest hospital capable of micro surgery hell of a trip 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@trikkotrek7728]

Luar biasa..👍👍 Indonesia..

[@chrisbernardo]

New boat or just new motor?

[@SunilIG]

where is this place mate is it gold coast ?

[@MrAcuta73]

So refreshing to see people that care for the meat and go for good gaff shots, not just belly/body gaff constantly. Waste of good food and no reason for it unless yer being chased by sharks or just plain lazy.

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Yeah that’s it mate, if you got the time it’s best to not pull off a fillet wrecker! 👌👌🍻🍻

[@user-wr3gt1il1i]

ممتاز 👍 excellent

[@allanalexander949]

Hi my name is Allan alias FLEX brother l do love your fishing as l see deep live bate fishing presently l cannot walk properly because of my hips injuries bro l would love too experience your type of fishing big time some day in my life yes l just love ❤ fishing be bless brother...

[@megapint1626]

You say Spanish mackerel and I say you can have at it, but your Spanish mackerel are not the same as Atlantic Spanish mackerel I see. Atlantic Spanish mackerel are extremely strong fishy tasting. I’d love to make a trip for a catch and grill for Gold Coast Spanish mackerel some year. They seem to be close to King mackerel by sight, which are wonderful on the grill.

[@smithysfishing]

There is a guy in the comments with the latin names. Your Atlantic king mackerel is very close to this Indo-Pacific narrow barred mackerel. I like them to eat, lots of people do, but then I have mates who don't like them and will only eat demersal reef fish. Lots of people have different taste buds. We have a lesser mackerel, a spotted mackerel which Sammy has done some episodes on that I reckon it tastes a bit fishier, mostly as they run to colder water on small anchovy style bait, on the return journey when they come back from the cold water on oilier bait fish, they put on a lot of weight quick and have big bodies and small heads and I reckon they taste magnificent, the same as these narrow barred Spanish mackerel.

[@lathselman9772]

How do you banana benders avoid ciguatera poisoning?

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Just run the gauntlet mate, gotta be pretty unlucky to get a fish with it.

[@Amrifishingandtraveling93]

Waw luar biasa kawan manrap 🤙

[@anewrealm]

😋😋😋

[@kane1928]

Do you know what downrigger he uses?

[@smithysfishing]

Looked like a Canon Mag-5 or Mag-10 electric.

[@almosakaf94]

😘😍😍😘😘😘😍