Have the Jacks started running where you are? Do you use a spinning reel or conventional when throwing lures at the jetties?
@RubenakaChupacabra4 жыл бұрын
Puro conventional!
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
@@RubenakaChupacabra alv old school jetty rat.
@1093lilsmoke4 жыл бұрын
Spinning bro. That drag screaming is sensational
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
@@1093lilsmoke Yeah I do enjoy hearing those spinning reels scream but we didn't let our Jacks run that much we tightened up our drags early on.
@1093lilsmoke4 жыл бұрын
Matt's Saltwater Fishing only bad thing is I can’t tighten the drag too much. I lost jacks b/c of that. (Still Learning how to fight them)
@BeachBomberFishing4 жыл бұрын
That's power SON!!!!
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
That's power!!! 💪
@miguelvaldez6837 Жыл бұрын
Great action at the jetty
@MattsSaltwaterFishing Жыл бұрын
Thanks! We're waiting for Spring so the Jacks can start showing up at the jetties again.
@AnotherFishTail4 жыл бұрын
Nice! I need to hit the jack run. It looks like so much fun.
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
Yes sir, get them while the getting is good! We had a blast out there, the walk back was a different story. lol
@ramjam747919772 жыл бұрын
@@MattsSaltwaterFishing What time of the year is the Jack running?
@rodfather_bass_fishing3 жыл бұрын
Recently moved here (C.C.) from the PNW, and I HAVE to go do this soon! Already making plans... great video. Big thumbs up!
@MattsSaltwaterFishing3 жыл бұрын
Oh wow that is quite the move! Thanks for watching. Currently they are doing repairs to the Port Aransas Jetties so it seems to be closed during the week but open on the weekends. Another spot you can try for them is the Packery Jetties but those jetties are smaller and get packed. Good luck out there!
@FishFactsTV4 жыл бұрын
Cool page man! Liked and subbed. Its cool how yall out in Texas get the same fishing as we do here in North Florida. Those things always fight so hard.
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
Thank you I really appreciate it! Yeah our fishing down here in South Texas is pretty good, the water isn't quite as nice as Florida but it's nice enough lol. Sorry for the late reply but I didn't get a notification.
@MH4Designs2 жыл бұрын
great video
@MattsSaltwaterFishing2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@DJBanco214 жыл бұрын
Badass bro, can’t wait to get some action at the end of the month.
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Good luck out there!
@brentnanita39394 жыл бұрын
I use both. My gear is heavy so I have to use 3oz to 5oz spoons to really get a good cast. my spin reel has 50lb of drag. Conventional has 35.
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
With the Harrington 724 I'm using the lowest weight (to load up the rod) I can use is a 3oz, the sweet spot for that rod is 6oz. What spinning reel and conventional reel do you use?
@brentnanita39394 жыл бұрын
they are running in freeport and galveston too.
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
I saw some pictures where they tore them up in Freeport and off 91st.
@ReelLocos4 жыл бұрын
Great video I need to hit the jetties but I'm working my four nights I'll be out there tomorrow
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Good luck out there!
@ReelLocos4 жыл бұрын
@@MattsSaltwaterFishing appreciate it 🤙
@johnnycortez464 жыл бұрын
There's the 724.. I was looking for the video. I'm excited about getting my new/old rod next week. That rod handled that jack pretty easily. See you got a Sealine 50 on it. Nice reels
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
It's a great rod for handling those Medium sized fish. The only downside is that it gets a little heavy when you throw lures with it all day. If you're still on instagram send me a pic of it when you get it.
@johnnycortez464 жыл бұрын
@@MattsSaltwaterFishing sorry bro im not on it no more. But I'll figure something out:)
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
@@johnnycortez46 sounds good. Do you know the condition of the rod? O you plan on fishing with it as is or getting it rewrapped?
@johnnycortez464 жыл бұрын
@@MattsSaltwaterFishing going to fish with it. And scale 1-10 ill give it a 8. I think I'll make it one of my bullred or drum rigs..
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
@@johnnycortez46 the 724 is perfect for that. I hope you enjoy it and put it to good use. 💪
@pitpit80804 жыл бұрын
Would a tranx 200 and a 7’11 rod rated up to 3oz work for these fish?
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
We have caught and have videos of us catching them on 200 sized Curados spooled with 30lb braid and Trout/Redfish rods. That being said a larger reel would make the job a lot easier.
@MrStinkeyWinkey3 жыл бұрын
I use a old 300 ej with a 711 phenix m1 inshore 20lb braid to 30lb leader never have any issues
@Michael-gj6du4 жыл бұрын
Dammit! Y’all had a blast..need to make my way that way since pack is closed
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
Sorry for the late reply but I did not receive a notification. Port Aransas Jetties and fishing on the beach in Port Aransas is banned at the moment. Packery Jetties is supposedly still open from 8am-8pm but I heard if there is too many people on there/close by eachother then CCPD will be called out and break everyone up.
@EthanPriceOutdoors4 жыл бұрын
Great video! Nice
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@TheEastbourneFisherman4 жыл бұрын
Keep up the good work Subbed from uk 🇬🇧 channel
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
Awesome thank you!
@quantumaquatic17674 жыл бұрын
Did yall see any bonita?? Aparently they were around for a day or so. They usually linger south padre alot
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
There was a little school of them running up and down the jetty at the same time.
@nathangarza1814 жыл бұрын
@mattssaltwaterfishing was this during the week??
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
Yes sir it was. Thank you for watching.
@rehsa21942 жыл бұрын
What do you do with all those Jacks?
@MattsSaltwaterFishing2 жыл бұрын
Shark bait.
@skiddieleet4 жыл бұрын
Think they’ll still be around after this front? Planning on fishing tomorrow afternoon/evening
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
They'll probably still be around, I just checked the water temp at the Port A station and it's 71 degrees at the moment. Good luck out there!
@quantumaquatic17674 жыл бұрын
They span through March end of may
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
@@quantumaquatic1767 yes sir that's usually when they are there.
@skiddieleet4 жыл бұрын
Matt's Saltwater Fishing Thanks! I saw y’all leaving right as I got there yesterday. Caught one small bull red and hooked a jack, but it got me in the rocks.
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
@@skiddieleet should've said hi! Glad you caught the Red, yeah once those Jacks get close to the rocks you gotta lock it down and pull them up to the top of the water. We were there for a couple hours, we didn't plan on going it was a last minute thing. During the few hours we were there nothing really happened.
@gulfcoastfishing55224 жыл бұрын
Solid sesh there man! Great haul
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, we appreciate it! We had a blast out there.
@gulfcoastfishing55224 жыл бұрын
@@MattsSaltwaterFishing When do the kings run out there bro? I gotta knock that one off the bucket!
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
@@gulfcoastfishing5522 I know they start running at the pier around May so I would say around mid April or May at Port A.
@gulfcoastfishing55224 жыл бұрын
Sweet man ill have to make a trip out there see if i can get on some king action! Thanks 👊
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
@@gulfcoastfishing5522 sounds good best of luck to you!
@baldemarhinojoza64594 жыл бұрын
Good catching... What size of test line are u useing on Jetty's?
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
Thanks. We were using 40lb mono on the Sealine and 65lb braid on the International 975.
@FMateoVela4 жыл бұрын
How are conventional reels at the jetties? I have a 5500 slammer and 5500 passion that work awesome but have never tried a conventional reel.
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! A majority of people use spinning reels for throwing larger lures so they don't have to worry about backlashing and winding the line with their thumb. I had to wind the line on the Sealine and Ruben didn't because his Penn International 975LD has a worm. We use Ambassadeur 6500s and Curado's for our smaller jetty setups.
@viktortymchynskyi3 жыл бұрын
What was the weight of the spoon?
@MattsSaltwaterFishing3 жыл бұрын
3 ounces.
@jmend19704 жыл бұрын
What brand and oz. spoons were you using?
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
Just the no name 3oz crocodile spoons from ebay.
@jmend19704 жыл бұрын
@@MattsSaltwaterFishing Thanks for the response brother. Great videos. Looking forward to seeing more.
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
@@jmend1970 you're welcome and glad you enjoyed the video. I got some Kingfish videos if you haven't seen them yet.
@treshijasfishing23784 жыл бұрын
What type of leader set up did you use for those 3 oz. Spoons in those jacks... nice videos and great action. 🎣🎣
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
Ruben was running a 10' 100lb leader tied with an FG knot to 65lb braid and I was using a 4' 100lb leader tied with a double uni to 40lb mono.
@treshijasfishing23784 жыл бұрын
@@MattsSaltwaterFishing 👍🏽 thanks.
@daimonmarks64234 жыл бұрын
What rod is that ?
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
Harrington 724 (10') and an American Rodsmith 4-8oz (10').
@joegarcia16744 жыл бұрын
Why do you keep the Jack fish? Aren't they real bloody and boney?
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
Great question! They are a very bloody fish which makes it great shark bait! Thanks for watching.
@MADFISHINREELS4 жыл бұрын
Bonita are good shark bait too! That 724 putting it in. You don’t need no water break on the jetties man! 26” Red and a Mack! It’s going down. If I don’t get some Jacks, I know where to go for one! 😆 You need to rent a jetty mule to haul that stringer out of there. DAMN
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
Yeah we would have had a better chance at them with a 1oz mann-o-lure. Lol throwing that heavy rod and reel gets a little tiring! Good luck out there, those Jacks are a lot of fun! It's so rocky at Port A that if we brought the jetty cart we would have to pick it up to hop the rocks and that would be a pain in itself.
@MADFISHINREELS4 жыл бұрын
Matt's Saltwater Fishing Y’all boys got plenty of bait now man!!! Jacks and Rays.
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
@@MADFISHINREELS Yeah all we need to do now is go shark fishing and hook up to a monster!
@khounkhmer14494 жыл бұрын
Does the jetty still open?
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately they closed it down a couple of weeks ago.
@khounkhmer14494 жыл бұрын
Does the packery jetty still open ?
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
@@khounkhmer1449 no they closed it tonight till Monday.
@joebudin91484 жыл бұрын
@@MattsSaltwaterFishing for good or for a while
@RubenakaChupacabra4 жыл бұрын
That jetty workout, drag ~100 lbs of Jack's down the jetty. Gonna have to patent it.
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
Lol yeah no kidding... get a jetty rat body in 90 days or your money back.
@CastNBlast4 жыл бұрын
i need to go to Port A to catch these monsters
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
Yes you do! They are pound for pound 1 of the hardest fighting fish.
@chriscothren81704 жыл бұрын
Get some mojo on that UT rod!!! Make it bend!!!! Hook em up!jack em up! Catch em! Up!!! Great job!
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching, Chris! We planned on putting the UT rod to work down PINS next week but due to the cold front, high winds (25mph+) and the modelo bug going around we're now unsure.
@chriscothren81704 жыл бұрын
Matt's Saltwater Fishing ever clear is the cure!
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
@@chriscothren8170 lol I'm more of a Jack and Coke guy.
@ComeOnRedsFishing4 жыл бұрын
That is some extreme jetty cowboy stuff and I love it! Con la spoon!
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
Lol thank you! We had to get those Jacks in for a shark fishing trip coming up soon.
@cagonzal134 жыл бұрын
Those Jacks make you work for it impressive
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
Yes the Jacks keep fighting till the end. Where as a Kingfish has 1 good run and that's about it.
@cagonzal133 жыл бұрын
Thank you KZbin for suggestion this in my inbox today again. Bad to the bone Jack'em up session
@tokay9994 жыл бұрын
pura pinche pesca perrona!!!! I like to watch your videos I'm from San Diego, what is your instagram ?
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! I think you have commented on some of my videos a while back. Instagram is @akamattikins
@BigSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
New sub here cool video I miss port a lot I dropped a video of Surfside jack run this last week they got hot
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
Thank you I appreciate it! I've seen some videos on Facebook of people hooking up over there. I'll be sure to check out your vid.
@JuanMartinez-df1lc4 жыл бұрын
Nice
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
@BigSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
Have all gone out to port A now that’s it open
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
Not yet but I heard the crowd the past 2 days was insane.
@FishingBDGo4 жыл бұрын
Oh wow, how I miss the sea and fishing with friends. #FishingBDGo
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
Hopefully you get to fish with your friends soon. Thanks for watching.
@cuchillosvillarreal41574 жыл бұрын
team conventional! some people underestimate the reliability of mono and star drags. i have lost a lot of fish using braid and spinning reels.
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
I'm using a Harrington 724 and a Daiwa Sealine XSHA 50 with roughly 300 yards of 40lb mono. I figure if I cast 100 yards I still have 200 yards to fight a really big fish 5'+ Tarpon and what not. I think braid is good when you really need the line capacity whether it be for big fish or smaller reels.
@OffTheCouchFishing4 жыл бұрын
Awesomeness!’nn
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@leonardespinoza44754 жыл бұрын
Do y'all eat the Jack's
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
We're going to use them for shark bait. The Redfish was for dinner though lol. Thanks for watching.
@leonardespinoza44754 жыл бұрын
@@MattsSaltwaterFishing yeah no problem my wife and I always watch y'all's videos jack em up tight lines
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
@@leonardespinoza4475 thank you we really appreciate it! Hopefully I can go shark fishing soon and make a shark video 🦈
@yuelex20704 жыл бұрын
why not use a spinning reel instead of a conventional?
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
Most people do use spinning reels but we prefer conventional. We are considering getting a spinning setup just so we can switch hands when we get tired.
@yuelex20704 жыл бұрын
Matt's Saltwater Fishing I got a BG ocean master combo that works wonders out here at surfside and Galveston m
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
@@yuelex2070 I was considering the Daiwa BG, Penn Spinfisher, and Penn Slammer.
@yuelex20704 жыл бұрын
Matt's Saltwater Fishing I hear all good things about the slammer, but I still like the BG, feels like they’re all pretty similar
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
@@yuelex2070 yeah the BG for $100 seems hard to beat for the money.
@fwtailchaser35024 жыл бұрын
That's the way to skin the fish with no need for a knife!
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
lol yeah no kidding.
@partymonsterblogzam4 жыл бұрын
When next cool video 👏
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
I just came out with another video where we catch a Jack and Kingfish.
@yandigilov4694 жыл бұрын
Do you think that next time you can dispatch and bleed those fish right away? It is better for the taste of the meat and far less cruel. Especially if you have a cooler with you, it should work out well for you.
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately that is not the case. We were out here for 6 hours without an ice chest with an hour and a half walk back. If we would've dispatched them as soon as we caught them then they would be spoiled by the time we made it to the truck.
@genesisnkaidence85193 жыл бұрын
Jack em up 😂😂😂
@MattsSaltwaterFishing3 жыл бұрын
Stop 'em or pop 'em 💪
@genesisnkaidence85193 жыл бұрын
@@MattsSaltwaterFishing 😂😂 good stuff brother
@MattsSaltwaterFishing3 жыл бұрын
@@genesisnkaidence8519 thanks and thanks for watching 💪
@antoniosegoviano44394 жыл бұрын
I think you should dispatched first before dragging them alive across the jetty
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
Oh they were dispatched shortly after the initial drag.
@themaskedpeguin26984 жыл бұрын
Should have been throwing a 553 with a sx 🤦🏿♀️
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
I think a Jawbone H542 with an Avet MXL would be better.
@kirktran91564 жыл бұрын
That can't be good dragging them like that..
@MattsSaltwaterFishing4 жыл бұрын
They are for shark bait and they died pretty quick. We didn't have any other way to carry back 100 pounds of fish 3/4ths of a mile back to the truck.