Pier Fishing w/ TINY Hooks for BIG Fish!

[@ChrisWiles-nu4sk]

already have caught a 30# Blue Cat off of these (going to try to get a 60#+ next year). kzbin.infoUgkxzXmlErSqVAEGWFEKO530BvTqFDw53QW3 Definitely very strong, and sharp. Additionally, the gap is wide enough to actually hook a fish (not always the case with circle hooks). I purchased the 8/0, but probably should have got the 9/0 (they seem slightly smaller than other 8/0 hooks). Additionally, having the point in-line helps if you drift fish. I have yet to get a serious snag with one of these hooks.

[@raydenbarrett]

I’m a better fisho then u 😂

[@farukcntr]

When the dolphins around pause the fishing for a while. But the dolphin attack was an epic moment. Thanks for the video. Greetings from the Med coast TURKEY

[@ravisobha1805]

I love the truck setup.

[@dhirenm3173]

wet your hands brother, that way you dont remove to much of the protective slime , dry hands are like sand paper.they will live longer the less you touch them..... just some tips from down south... Durban South Africa...

[@TheScoville1990]

Lemme get summa dat Durban Poison

[@justinbennett9998]

Thanks man

[@staceybailey8163]

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[@siscodeeznuts9570]

Yeah,in singapore the fish are called tamban

[@Thonny]

My man! Let’s link up again soon!

[@HeySkipper]

Oh yes! You should come across to Jacksonville!

[@IvoHarrisIII]

@@HeySkipper where do you fish in Jacksonville?

[@Goooog237]

Great company! Thony the snapper master and Bushy the Pompano master. I wish I was there with all of you guys!

[@brettwatchorn1099]

Loved this video, especially the dolphin! It's good to see that even the pros don't catch everything every time, but reading the water and adjusting your tackle is really helpful.

[@Downtoadventure25]

Love fishing with live baits. Always a fun day catching smaller fish and working your way up to a bigger fish!

[@IrieNation808]

I would love to see you and Fisherman’s life do a fishing session together!

[@devin1618]

The problem is fisherman’s life is in Cali

[@MattLaClear]

The dolphin footage was epic.

[@HeySkipper]

Yea!!!

[@atixgaming2878]

It sure was

[@teddyjohnston3823]

You're a great fisherman. I'm going to Florida soon and I'm learning alot about surf fishing from you. This will be my first time but I'm ready with big spinning reels and bait caster with 8ft and longer. Hopefully I will catch something but I've learned alot from you. I will let you know how my surf fishing was like. Thanks for all the help

[@ricosshooter805]

How did it go?

[@fewcan2065]

here's a tip for trimming tag ends on hooks, lures, etc. use an inexpensive set of fingernail clippers and attach it to a string and wear it like a necklace. That way a person can trim most any line and the clippers are always at the ready. no more fumbling for scissors and not chip your teeth on heavy line

[@markpangelinan2143]

You shoulda threw a popper when those birds were eating! Way too tempting 😭

[@marquezfamily2378]

Hey Skipper awesome video. Have you tried slide baiting keeps the fish under the water and prevents birds from stealing your bait. I would suggest Aussie Slides fish can't swim back up the anchored line. Also snail your circle hook the fish will set the hook when they take your bait. Also here's another tip with keeping fish alive drill holes in a bucket and let the bucket drift in the water attached to a rope. When you need bait you just pull the bucket out pop the lid and drop it back down. Plus with aerators you have to change the water constantly just to keep the fish alive. Anyways be safe, Mahalo for the Videos🤙

[@HeySkipper]

Oh that’s a great idea!

[@pathua7692]

Ohhhh shit thonny!!! He’s skyway grouper’s worst nightmare💪💪💪

[@GHOST0766]

Sounds like a skip jack / leather jacket. Careful they can be painful.

[@assassinotis]

I’ve fished that region! I think it might be a Leatherjacket!

[@bennyspins]

Correct. They are poisonous!!

[@Prone-Ski_BX]

Cool, Thonny and Hey Skipper, Together

[@HeySkipper]

Haha, yea it was awesome collaborating with thonny and fish on Channel!

[@kevinbatchelor8532]

Baby Spotted Mackerel...Worth catching when they are about 4-6 kilo...They look like a bit of fun on 2-4 lb tackle

[@xxxneoxxx]

You an Aussie Kevin? They were tiny spotties, out here in Moreton Bay it's usually all 4 to 6kg models, we usually just spin metals for them though at schools of fish busting up.

[@princebumblebud6745]

Another fun time fishing with u got to do more fishing bekuz I love2 and like always -FishHappy

[@philip7242]

Love it, plus you’re lady has a dump truck! Congratulations

[@lecheff4836]

i thought i was the only one peepin 😝

[@corvette50yt96]

The fish you said looked like a mackerel is probably a yakka

[@ernestocastillo4095]

Absolutely one of my favorite videos all three of my fav fisherman in one episode. You guys were awesome

[@HeySkipper]

That’s awesome! So happy to hear it! I hope to fish with them again in my neck of the woods next time

[@ShinkiZer0]

Hell yeah 3 of my Fav KZbinr! Keep these Vids coming! You guys shud do this often! Great Job guys!

[@HeySkipper]

We plan on it!

[@HeySkipper]

I’m going to try to get them to come to my neck of the woods next time!

[@ShinkiZer0]

@@HeySkipper thats Great news! Always fun when i see 1, 2 or 3 of you together! You just dont know how much ive learned just watching from you guys. =) i really appreciate it. And keep the great vids and content coming! More power!

[@marley9904]

Love his fishing vid too. Tired of watching Netflix, 👍👍👍😂

[@FuglimanFishing]

Man I wish I would have known you were in my neck of the woods I'd have called out of work to fish with you guys and thonny. Add so aquarium stress coat to your bait bucket to help your bait live longer

[@FishOnChannel]

Awesome video! Is always a great time with Hey Skipper in town 😀

[@HeySkipper]

Thank you bushi! We had a blast!

[@HeySkipper]

Next time you you come to my neck of the woods in the fall time

[@whitneyk5926]

All you needed was some soy sauce or ponzu ! they are great for sushi or ceviche , they don’t freeze well so fresher the better ! Loving the collab with thonny and fish on “bushi”

[@frankiev-tech4630]

Yoooo awesome brotha! So happy you linked up with Thonny! He's an amazing fisherman from that area...I subbed him years ago...I've learned a lot from the dude...Bushi I don't know but I subbed him as well. I'm happy you and Erin had a great experience on that pier...tough luck on the Groupers but man the macks were on attack mode. I can't believe you guys threw them back...macks are delicious fish to eat...have lots of Omega3s. Yeah and great advice on situations even dolphins showing up...they're always a nuisance using live bait scaring fish away. Oh and advice keeping baits alive...if you have enough ice...throw enough to keep it cool with the aeration...the sun was too hot and it's what lacks more oxygen.

[@mistermatsuda]

That fish you called a skipjack is called a La'i (La-ee) in Hawaii. The old school guys (pre 90's) used to make trolling lures out of the skin. These days, there are better materials but some still keep the skin to embed them in resin heads for big game fishermen who go after pelagics. They make expensive lure heads out of the skin but I think they catch more fishermen than they do fish.

[@stevechiu8264]

Tampa Bay!! All my Favorite Channel in one!!! what an eps!! By the way, that fish you mention is called a leather jacket!

[@HeySkipper]

Happy to hear you like the show! Is that the same thing as a skipjack?

[@chuckpfeiffer4819]

T.B. is just straight up on FIRE!

[@stevechiu8264]

People around here called them skipjack. In the FWC website, it’s identified as leatherjacket. It’s a cool fish to freeline, you can see them come up and snatch the bait!!

[@discopantsandhaircuts1135]

Your channel has taught me lots, thanks!

[@repo4sale]

Mackerel, Spanish, King and baby tunas show up at breakfast and dinner. Gatorade bottle & 7 feet leader + 1/2oz works great when current pulled away from pier.

[@BlessingsLoft]

Awesome Spanish catches brother! And whack yeah nice yo see your 3 get together buddy looks like y’all had a great time catching fish ! God bless and tight lines!

[@HeySkipper]

Had a blast!

[@justinbennett9998]

Ha! "Just keep lettin him swim" he says. I got my first snapper on accident like this the other day. I wanted to see how much line I had left on my reel so I cast out into the current from the bridge and just let it go. About 100 yards out and a snapper damn near took the last 50 yards I had. (Was at the jetty the day before so I was almost out of line). Man that was an awesome fight. Works for me every time now. I even have a weight rig setup that parachutes out into the current in case my live bait isn't feeling suicidal.

[@moddkilla]

Skyway pier is one of the coolest fishing spots in the United States IMO.

[@ThEFiGeRaToR]

Love from Tampa!! Been watching for a couple years now. ]

[@xavierbrewer276]

O shit my two favorite fishing channel just combined . Dope 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👏🏼 . Thonny help me pick my rod out and hey skipper is a must watch. Great video guys

[@HeySkipper]

That’s awesome! Happy you like the collab!

[@Lamzilla24]

Wow dolphin!!! That's so cool

[@kevinwhitaker119]

Top work buddy 🍺😊👍🇬🇧 yeah I usually freeline live baits during the summer and Autumn months for BASS ( ATLANTIC ) , and for TORBOT,BRILL ( Both very tasty flatfish ) Using live mackerel or herring 🐟🐟🐟 also during the winter months I have free lined king ragworms tipped off by a small piece of squid for FLOUNDER / FLUKE Anyhoos brilliant videos Skipper keep "*um"" coming ...!!!🍺😊👍🇬🇧🇺🇸🇷🇺☮️☯️🎏🐟🐟🐟🎣

[@cjmprod6240]

I’ve been waiting all week for this video to drop and I definitely was satisfied nice fish skipper

[@HeySkipper]

Thanks bro!

[@cjmprod6240]

@@HeySkipper np skipper

[@ericglenn4644]

Great fishing video with some nice fish

[@justinj5665]

Two legends, glad to see you enjoyed Tampa Bay🤘🏽

[@HeySkipper]

Thank you! We had a blast

[@pedrolguzmanjr.1621]

Good Afternoon Guys n Girl hopefully in the Future you make a Team Name for a new KZbin channel

[@Dinoabil]

I'm fisherman from north Borneo@Sabah . That Fish you catch in early video We call "kutambak" Fish .. Really Like this side, cool 👍

[@johncampbell1191]

Awesome collabo! That pier is where I learned a lot about fishing down here. Hope you enjoyed this heck of the woods! Keep up the good work and tight lines man! Next time you're in the area hit up our beaches for some snook in the surf!

[@FloridaGalFishing]

My guy, Thonny 🔥💪🏽💫

[@briandarrow146]

The fish you're talking about at the beginning is definitely a type of jack catch them a lot down here

[@F00DM00D]

2:20 the fish you’re talking about is called Smelt.

[@kyseroutdoors]

Love your videos snd mentality! Keep it up

[@amccomie]

Hey guys, in the Caribbean isle🇹🇹 (Trinidad) we call the "Spanish mackerel" Carite. Lovely when fried, tender & not too gamey, like the King mackerel.

[@dongkhaoradkr]

Catching small fish bait to to fishing big fish, Nice 👍

[@RustyReels]

Awesome collab!

[@topherstires186]

I think your talking about a Blue Runner in the beginning of the video. It's been awesome watching your progress through the years!

[@mangog8277]

Wow this place looks awesome is this the Skyway bridge in Tampa it looks so different as far as I remembered it was too high to fish from and it was always packed with people!

[@xyoojj]

Looks like it.

[@HeySkipper]

Yup that’s it!

[@benjaminudarbe2052]

Another great video. Thanks,I enjoyed it.

[@justinblaze9423]

First time ever pier fishing was there ... love it

[@CemTuten]

the fish you are asking probably is " Horse mackerel , Jack mackerel" the link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trachurus

[@Poppabill48]

Glad you guys caught fish. I thought if the "Pros" weren't catching fish, I might as well stay home LOL

[@HeySkipper]

They are out there!

[@arnoldtarroza4143]

Nice video...fish on

[@gabrielcastaneda8175]

Very good video. Really enjoy it

[@OtisFisherTV]

we dont have that kind of fish in the middle east..but thanks for sharing the experience and infos..

[@imoney5839]

Bro u literally collabed with thonny! That’s wassup!

[@HeySkipper]

Thonny was fun fish with! We are hoping to go again soon!

[@pathua7692]

When thonny is at skyway grouper stands no chance💪💪💪💪

[@benedicthenriksson8160]

Hey Skipper! You should check out St. Petersburg's downtown pier! Good for catching snapper and sheepsheads.

[@jessejmoralesjr9990]

Hey skipper . I'd really enjoyed this video so very much . I'd like see more fishing like this one . Really wanting see is that fishing for a such very largest fish off the pier fishing . Even something out hear South bay an north bay even some other piers Close to out even if IT'S just little far for me my wife family go to. Please keep in touch thank you God bless you family

[@jonathanpate2024]

Hey skipper. Too bad I missed you on the pier. Maybe I see ya there.

[@betachannelfishing]

Senang sekali lihat video mancing.

[@commonmanoutdoors7517]

Great videos. Keep on fishing and good luck on future catches from Common Man Outdoors

[@AZ-hf9ow]

Looks like so much fun.

[@azzuhryzafri3998]

Good catch tenggiri bunga

[@joeyvelasco3533]

Wow good spot so many fish

[@lerer13]

Hi Really enjoy watching and learning from your videos. I would be happy if you can show and teach from your experience regarding ultra-light salt water. TNX

[@pandaadventures1461]

Hey Skipper! Awesome vid. Been watching you, and going to Tampa this weekend for first time. Gonna try your recomendations, since it's my first time salt water fishing. Hope I get a bite... Any more recommendations would be great. Keep up the great work!!!!!

[@haileycohen8180]

Awesome vid guys! I'll have to put these tips into practice and get out to San Clemente pier with my salted baits

[@HeySkipper]

You might catch a mackerel like that! I think a sabiki rig would work really well there.

[@wiiwanna]

My dad just retired and moved down to tampa. Hope to meet you and thonny one day.

[@HeySkipper]

We might cross paths one day!

[@redddogg2461]

I can’t wait to get back to Clearwater St. Pete ima fish that skyway bridge piers. What side is better fishing the St. Pete side or Sarasota side? That dolphin was awesome but I know when dolphins are around fishing slows way down!!! Cool channel brother keep up good work!!!

[@dhirenm3173]

hey guys , change the bucket color from white to black , that way you live baits last longer in the bucket , it simulates a dark environment which calms the fish , so they stop darting and hiting their heads against the bucket wall.

[@HeySkipper]

Hmm interesting theory, but have you ever had problems with the sun heating up the black too much? Florida is 🔥

[@dhirenm3173]

@@HeySkipper lol not theory on my side brother , we have tested the theory and they last longer never really had a problem with the sun hey , we arent to different in climate here, keep it in a shaded environment,we travel long distances with this setup in the back of the van no issues ,airstone and you good to go. they like dark environments, and frequent water changes, ,the ammonia build up in a small bucket happens quite fast also try keep handling to a minimum. if you can unhook without touching even better , wet hands when hooking or hook it while still in the bucket. all this is done to maximize survival time while hooked especially with fragile species , which tend to be the favored item on the menu most times .hardier species don't require such intensive care to keep survival rates up . keep up great work brother . god bless

[@bizman45390]

Love the dolphin

[@TripFishingMyLife]

Nice fishing.. 👍

[@adventureinventor1]

I’ve been looking for this video!

[@HeySkipper]

Awesome!

[@HeySkipper]

How did you like?

[@adventureinventor1]

Awesome!!!

[@adventureinventor1]

I loved it, now I’m ready to do it!

[@zamora3D]

I am loving your new content man. Keep em coming!

[@HeySkipper]

Thanks!!! You rock!

[@sammyngaue8473]

@Hey Skipper i believe the fish your describing leatherjacket fish here in Hawaii we call them Lai

[@triptre3638]

I love your Channel

[@PhongMike]

Fun video ..notthing better than fishing with the locals..it is awesome to get the dolphin on video..why you guys threw back the markerel? They are tasted great..

[@atomatogrowsinbushwick]

That was hilarious 😂

[@BlackWolf-sd7cd]

Didn't know you were in Florida that's cool hope you enjoy the fishing

[@HeySkipper]

Thank you!

[@KCB2024]

The fish you are describing sounds like a leatherjacket. Member of the jack family and it has venomous spines that can inflict a painful sting.

[@mikemarks6562]

That’s a nice watch you got on lol

[@tkomatik]

When will you guys come back and fish DMV waters??? Keep up the great work!

[@HeySkipper]

Hey Tony! We have been back for a week now! Been doing fishing around the bay bridge for white perch!

[@maxdillow2900]

I hope I will see you next year after December we could meet up on the peir for fishing Myrtle Beach south Carolina

[@davescheer5038]

Ya, now this was a good collaboration of tubies, I have to admit my money was on my boy thonny , I really thought he’d hook up on some grouper, and then of course flipper and mr osprey decided they wanted sashimi , but it was just another great day in paradise 🌴🌺

[@WONDES984]

VERY NICE GOOD THIS IS THE TOP

[@tituschristoper874]

We indonesian called the bait fish "tembang" or "kembung"...

[@antonymiller1017]

Thanks for another get video.

[@dodaryafishing7865]

Nice 👍 fishing

[@zakaryjones9903]

You can eat puffer.they are really good. I'm watching two of your videos at the same time.

[@jhunedkicau1074]

Good job.👍

[@johnsurf509]

Good video!!

[@tryharddabbler9452]

I think your describing what we Filipinos call hasa hasa... I use diy sabiki to catch those.... don't know the exact name of that fish but i believe its a family of mackerel

[@joshvignolini1]

shrimp and squid lived in harmony until the fish nation attacked

[@breakoutoutdoors261]

We were fishing for Spanish last week and didn't do any good. Them are some beautiful fish

[@HeySkipper]

Darn, sorry to hear that man