Chumming 101: #2 Yellowtail Pro/Commercial Secret Tips. Chum, Sandballs, and Yellowtail Slop.

[@ryanthomas33]

You’re a legend. Most educational video on chumming I’ve seen. The diagram was the one.

[@martinr6107]

Very comprehensive presentation good job! Have been gone from the Keys since 2005. Your videos create homesickness!

[@manmarvel]

dont use sand in your chum balls!!! very bad it kills the reef. it distrubs the natural balance of turbidity and sand dispersion, ultimately affecting chemistry as well as light dispersion (very important for reefs!!)

[@martinr6107]

@@manmarvel didn't usually put sand in. Rolled oats, thawed block chum and a little squirt of menhaden oil if you want to jazz it up a bit. If water is crystal clear, lighter leader till you get the bite back. They are smart and can be leader shy

[@manmarvel]

@@martinr6107 awesome, yea sand is horrible for reefs. its unnatural disturbance.

[@TheMrTopman]

Great video. Your teaching and demonstrations were very good.

[@ClarkNienhuis-fs4hh]

Great presentation. 👍

[@jerrycraft7738]

Awesome video! I look forward to the next one in the video series!

[@randyruney5704]

Love your videos. The more you teach us the better we can do.

[@manmarvel]

dont use sand in your chum balls!!! very bad it kills the reef. it distrubs the natural balance of turbidity and sand dispersion, ultimately affecting chemistry as well as light dispersion (very iportant for reefs!!)

[@bowlsandthings]

Your videos are Awesome! Thank you for the information and attention to detail. You have inspired me to take this adventure, I’m now less than two weeks out from my two week trip!

[@manmarvel]

​ @Brandon Mann don tuse sand in your chum balls. sand balls are very bad for the reef. very very bad. dont use sand!!!! it distrubs the natural balance of turbidity and sand dispersion, ultimately affecting chemistry as well as light dispersion (very important for reefs!!)

[@cmanferrara]

I make 2 to 3 trips a year to the Keys I love all your informative fishing videos I have put more fish on the boat because of you thank you

[@manmarvel]

dont use sand in your chum balls!!! very bad it kills the reef. it distrubs the natural balance of turbidity and sand dispersion, ultimately affecting chemistry as well as light dispersion (very important for reefs!!)

[@brunocauin]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge Steve!

[@captnjerry4950]

Thanks for your videos. I always learn something. Ive been watching for quite a long time. Just purchased some of your chum nets, jigs and maps. I'm retiring in July . My wife and I were fortunate enough to get a place in Islamorada and will be coming down in august. Maybe I will run into you! Keep fishing!

[@wegottafishdude]

🤘🏻😎🤘🏻 Awesome stuff dude Just got done watching full proof barbecue snapper video of yours from five years ago

[@manmarvel]

dont use sand in your chum balls!!! very bad it kills the reef. it distrubs the natural balance of turbidity and sand dispersion, ultimately affecting chemistry as well as light dispersion (very important for reefs!!)

[@firefightergarcia]

Thank you again for all the great tips. See you out there from Big pine.

[@phillipshoes]

Thank you very much for the lesson! Can't wait to try those methods on reefs in my area. I'm sure they will help here as well.

[@neilmattison5721]

Great info I go to key west fishing once a year and I have seen this happen once in a while I ve had this happen exactly thanks Neil coming to marathon in a month

[@GmanfromTexas]

Makes sense. I will try this next trip. I bought a shirt from you last year. thanks for the video

[@wjstewdog]

Love your videos. They helped inspire me to book a campsite at Bahia Honda next winter. Maybe I will see you floating around. tight lines

[@minibar7165]

Excellent tutorial!! I picked up a few pointers for sure. I used some of your techniques for other species, I called them Chum Bombs, sand and chum, where I made them beforehand and hard froze them. They will last a lot longer on the bottom.

[@MuslimReverthelp]

Thank you, great teacher

[@r8drvr819]

Excellent video! BTW, I use your methods and they work in the mid Gulf of Mexico too!!!

[@dariomendez4755]

Your information is very much appreciated

[@Youtuberkit7]

Nice. Love that fish

[@HankWright777]

Fantastic video! Thank You! Really looking forward to your next videos.

[@manmarvel]

dont use sand in your chum balls!!! very bad it kills the reef. it distrubs the natural balance of turbidity and sand dispersion, ultimately affecting chemistry as well as light dispersion (very important for reefs!!)

[@johnkeriazesakadoc7271]

Excellent explanation with your diagram!

[@azaroncunningham4144]

Awesome stuff bro thanks for sharing

[@tonygville2969]

Steve, I've been looking for Bits and Bob's 🤨 they still owe me money 🧐😂😂😂😂

[@manmarvel]

dont use sand in your chum balls!!! very bad it kills the reef. it distrubs the natural balance of turbidity and sand dispersion, ultimately affecting chemistry as well as light dispersion (very important for reefs!!)

[@therriansandlin8382]

This is the content I like 👏🏾

[@oriolcuba]

Great video!

[@jelly_fishing]

Great video Steve !! Great information

[@manmarvel]

dont use sand in your chum balls!!! very bad it kills the reef. it distrubs the natural balance of turbidity and sand dispersion, ultimately affecting chemistry as well as light dispersion (very important for reefs!!)

[@hstetser5376]

Great video steve!

[@manmarvel]

dont use sand in your chum balls!!! very bad it kills the reef. it distrubs the natural balance of turbidity and sand dispersion, ultimately affecting chemistry as well as light dispersion (very important for reefs!!)

[@hunterday6552]

Can you make a video on how to find structure And things to look for on the the depth finder display ?

[@UrbanFisherman]

Great info 👍🏾

[@gruntaholicfishing8352]

Thank you great info.

[@Steve-Jody]

Now I have to go find 3 other videos you mentioned in this, types of chum, types of chum nets how to make chum balls…. Smart way to get those numbers up. Literally wasted the first 5 minutes here to. Oh my free tip: in the slop/soup mix a half gallon of pogie oil or simple peanut oil into it.

[@MikeSteimelMusic]

Hi Steve, I'm taking my boat to the Keys for vacation fishing for the first time next week, so this is very helpful! Good info on chumming, but what bait should I use for this scenario to flat line out to the Yellow Tail? Cut menhaden?

[@brandonmann4652]

Bonito, ballyhoo chunks or pilchards

[@manmarvel]

​@@brandonmann4652 dont chum like this, sand balls are very bad for the reef. very very bad. dont use sand!!!!

[@martinr6107]

We used glass minnows AKA mahua in the keys. 3 on the hook 1st one through the eyes, turn and back through the body next 2 through the eye sockets and drift it back in the chum line same speed as the rest of the chum. This hides the hook and is a natural prey item for yellowtail. Toss 2-3 in along with your baited hook and wait for the line to start ripping off the reel

[@brandonmann4652]

@@manmarvel I never said anything about sand

[@manmarvel]

yea i know, but keep watching the videos and youll see. steve is going to teach yall the controversial topic of chum-sandballs.

[@miguelmartinez-ew9hv]

cool video. thanks

[@11ccom]

Good stuff.

[@manmarvel]

dont use sand in your chum balls!!! very bad it kills the reef. it distrubs the natural balance of turbidity and sand dispersion, ultimately affecting chemistry as well as light dispersion (very important for reefs!!)

[@fishingwithsauce]

great info

[@MusMasi]

if you do not want to use sand because of the damage it could do, could you use weights to lower the chum container down to the bottom then gradually bring it up to provide that profile through the water? Or something similar to what they do with drop stone fishing in the pacific?

[@stephenstev6156]

I'm from South Africa can u help me with the chum

[@manmarvel]

i hope you make am effort to tell people not to use sand in their chum constantly droppping sandballs on the reef has been proven to be bad for reef. it distrubs the natural balance of turbidity and sand dispersion, ultimately affecting chemistry as well as light dispersion (very iportant for reefs!!)

[@richardleetbluesharmonicac7192]

I use oatmeal It looks like scales

[@JMall0R]

Ok

[@renerusso3332]

"Yellowtail have gotten much smarter to catch, Tuna type fishing is much, much harder now. You only catch very small fish. DUH!"

[@dongorgon612]

I would just use a net and scoop and throwback the little ones

[@Reload77725]

Haha!!

[@ricklayman9345]

Most of us locals stop throwing sand all over our reef. It was killing the coral heads

[@ricklayman9345]

Thousands of truck loads of sand thrown all over the reef the last 40 years

[@Jonathan-hz5ub]

I like your Channel but I think you need to start fishing because the channel is getting boring

[@manmarvel]

dont use sand in your chum balls!!! very bad it kills the reef. it distrubs the natural balance of turbidity and sand dispersion, ultimately affecting chemistry as well as light dispersion (very important for reefs!!)

[@Trump2024_USA]

To sum up a pointlessly long video Use chum balls

[@guillermomateo2744]

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[@renerusso3332]

HELLO 👋

[@renerusso3332]

IT IS NO SECRET TO CATCH SMALL YELLOW TAIL SNAPPER BUT TO CATCH FLAGS YOU NEED TO BE A PRO!