Fishing a FAMOUS Bridge With LIVE CRABS for HUGE SHEEPSHEAD!

[@nathanankersen4695]

Here I am thinking you're the Flounder whisperer, and SURPRISE you're putting on a masterclass on catching convicts. One of things I love about the channel is you're a conservationist at heart. Not scraping barnacles to protect the future of the ecosystem is something I never even considered. Raising the collective cognition, love it man!

[@southernsalt]

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[@southernsalt]

Thanks brother! Yeah it took me a while to realize some of my best spots were drying up and when I looked harder I realized all the barnacles were gone from people chumming the pilings. There may not be much to it but it’s my theory anyway lol

[@Purgatory1]

Leave you boat in the water for 3 to 7 days it will have barnacle’s all over the haul . They grow so rapid it will blow your mind

[@Purgatory1]

Your spots are not drying up man. They are thick around the bridge’s during spawn. Record your best days , tide , temperature, date .

[@RenoGFX]

What a day! Looks like yall had a blast!

[@southernsalt]

Man it was awesome

[@craig_g1176]

We use to boil them like you do crawfish and crabs. They have alot of bones. Definitely fun to catch.

[@southernsalt]

Man I’ve never heard of boiling fish but I’ll definitely look into it!

[@moblack5883]

I've been wanting to do that

[@southernsalt]

If you try it let me know how it goes!

[@mikemcgeehan4321]

Wow! Great fish.

[@southernsalt]

Thanks brother!

[@gonzalocabrera8718]

Great catch and release.. I try to teach my grandkids about that every time we fish. Love the action and great video .. keep them in there so often and let them make more for us to catch and enjoy the fight.

[@southernsalt]

Thank you sir!

[@allenwood6224]

OBX , NC, scrape mussels off pier pilings , 8 lb n up 👍 , put small clusters on hook. We use # 10 or #12 trebble hooks. 2 on a rig

[@southernsalt]

I’ve never heard of using trebles for sheep’s… interesting

[@jameschism7814]

Really fun fishing! Awesome video

[@southernsalt]

Thanks brother it was incredible out there!

[@kitchencarvings4621]

I've got to try fishing a spot like that with a fly rod, sinking line, and a crab fly. I bet it would be a hoot. I'm just picturing laying down a cast in between those pilings and counting it down.

[@southernsalt]

Oh man that sounds fun!

[@bayoubanditcharters]

AWESOME video brother! Love the camera angles. Those convicts were stacked up!

[@southernsalt]

Man they were so thick! Thanks brother!!

[@kenp247]

I wish I was there with you. Awesome!!! "Great job!"

[@southernsalt]

🙌 thanks man!!

[@seanvarone6380]

Boom! That was an AWESOME video brother! You put on a dang gum clinic yesterday! I did not see one dink caught!!! Great job as always brother! Thank you again for all that you do for the sport that we love!!!

[@southernsalt]

Man I appreciate you brother, can’t wait for the next trip! Had a blast out there!!

[@stevehogan8829]

I've been hearing about how good SheepsHead are since the 60's. When I was young I would hear about old men fishing for Sheepshead, and now I are one. Definitely put up a good fight.

[@southernsalt]

Man they’re good fight and a ton of fun!!

[@stripermanly]

Great action

[@southernsalt]

🙌 🙌

[@kenm9292]

Good video I would have had a hard time letting my buddy take the 22" fish home. It has the big fish genes you want to have passed on to its young-ins. I really appreciate the tip you provided about the missing barnacles on the pylons.

[@southernsalt]

Thanks man I appreciate it and try to drop good tips in most of my videos. We through the 22” back in the water for another day. He was released unharmed

[@tomnorman2668]

Call me when it's time to eat!!! I will be on the way!!! Don't eat 'em all!!!!!! Awesome fishing!!!!!

[@southernsalt]

Lol right on!!

[@claylyons8160]

Love it brotha! Jesus, you caught a mess of nothing but big ones!!!

[@southernsalt]

Man I’ve never seen anything like it lol. I’ve got to get back over there lol

[@hookandcookreellife]

Oh man, some nice sheepshead..❤️❤️🎣🎣🐟🐟👍

[@southernsalt]

Thanks brother!!

[@trentbryant5504]

Take an old green with a red dot h&h on a jig head with a small piece of shrimp and jig the pilings. We smoke em at the platforms in Venice!

[@southernsalt]

Nice I’ll have to check that rig out!

[@MississippiSalt]

Awesome video man! We tore them up as well at Ingalls yesterday.

[@southernsalt]

Man I’m hit that area soon, I’ve heard of some good ones there!

[@Purgatory1]

Take a flat head small shovel, scrape the pilling 1 or 2 times. Barnacles are the dinner bell .

[@southernsalt]

But what happens if I scrape all the barnacles off the bridge pilings? No more food for fish… fish leave… I lost a good spot. Just my thoughts, maybe I’m wrong

[@Purgatory1]

@@southernsalt your not trying to clean the pilings. If you spent the rest of your days scraping barnacle’s you would not put a dent in the barnacle population .

[@mk-xh6jt]

Enjoy your videos a bunch brother!

[@southernsalt]

Thanks brother!

[@corryhudson9804]

Nice work broskis! I should’ve kept my yak. Didn’t see your video about why most people don’t like kayak fishing til after I sold it. All those reasons were so me! Lol. Gotta get another skiff.

[@southernsalt]

Lol man I wish I could of got a trip in with you while you had it, I always got a spare as long as you got the time lol

[@goodman4773]

Those over 20" are the spawning females. Great release and great video.

[@southernsalt]

Thanks brother, absolutely agree!

[@Off-The-Dome-Kobe]

Do you use yozuri line?

[@southernsalt]

Suffix 832 line

[@Off-The-Dome-Kobe]

@@southernsalt lol only few lines out there that can handle such fish

[@adrianveal1071]

Use barnicals really gd free bait

[@southernsalt]

I’ve used them before I just like showing the viewers different options

[@bobmariano3731]

Best tasting fish 👍🤛🎣⚾️

[@southernsalt]

🙌 🙌

[@dragonv7863]

15 limit? what state are you in?

[@dmnguye69]

I’ll have to wait until June until the giants return to my area. Y’all having so much fun.

[@ToddDinkins]

Man, that looks like so much fun... And the best eating too!

[@southernsalt]

It’s definitely one of my favorite things to do this time of year

[@11buttek]

ohhh new video!!! starting with a monster

[@southernsalt]

Yessir!!

[@spencerhollingworth5784]

How do you tell the difference between a puppy drum and a sheepshead?

[@southernsalt]

The overall shape is different but the biggest difference is in the face, sheepshead have teeth and puppy drum have whiskers under their chin.

[@brentknuth]

Anyone who says they’ve never put a fish back with the hook still in it, is lying😂😂. Tight lines!

[@southernsalt]

😂 I know I’ve done it a few times lol

[@80Smetalrox]

Or have never been fishing

[@southernsalt]

Oh come on man 🤦🏻‍♂️ guess you don’t make mistakes

[@mlh1048]

@@80Smetalrox I see the pros make mistakes like this all the time, I guess your better than them. Lighten up a little bit man, it’s ok to laugh a little

[@brentknuth]

@@southernsalt I’ll admit it….I did it yesterday lol. But that probably won’t make the video footage.

[@JBReefer45]

You need to come here to the Eglin AFB area and show us how to catch some sheepshead here. Oh the sad part here is that all of our bait shops are out of fidler crabs, and didn't have much luck with shrimp at all. Love your videos.

[@southernsalt]

Thanks man! I fish around the Shalimar area a few times a year I might head that way soon!

[@dianequince8761]

You had an amazing day catching those sheepshead! Where were you fishing and what do they taste like? I love fish but never tried them. Thanks for another great video 👍

[@southernsalt]

Sheepshead are amazing table fare. They are one of the best inshore fish in our waters to eat.

[@jackjack-bw8ks]

This how it is in Tampa. We would go down to the bridge and climb down jetty catch massive sheepshead.

[@southernsalt]

Nice!!

[@marklaracey6714]

Never heard where your out of! Great video!

[@southernsalt]

I fish out of Alabama

[@randyperfecto7468]

Love ur show

[@southernsalt]

Thank you!

[@mlh1048]

I use oysters for them great video!

[@southernsalt]

Heck yeah, great bait for them! Maybe a oyster vs. Barnacles Vs. crab’s coming soon?!

[@mlh1048]

@@southernsalt that would be awesome!

[@southernsalt]

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[@charleshatcliff5588]

Awesome !!

[@southernsalt]

🙌 🙌

[@craigparkersr.5527]

What’s a googan?

[@charlieridgway1085]

Wate a minute u do charters I'll be checking u out

[@southernsalt]

Yes sir!

[@yingher1663]

What kind of kayak do you have it looks very nice

[@southernsalt]

Hobie Lynx, I love it!

[@Tcott75]

Caught my limit there a few weeks ago. Mississippi sheep are built different

[@southernsalt]

I agree! Insane fishing there

[@paulwelch5570]

What size line was you fishing with

[@southernsalt]

10 pound

[@jpvernoutside3378]

Man that's awesome. I want to go catch some sheepshead so bad..living up in north Georgia, I don't get to do it near as much as I'd love to.. QUESTION... do you ever fish WEEKS BAY or FISH RIVER? My best friend has a house 4 miles up fish river and I'll be going there as frequent as possible. Looking for tips and tricks of that area. It is pretty solid brakish water, catching bass along with reds a lot of the times. Wandering if sheepshead will go up in the brakish water. THANKS again for the great content and helping me live my fishing vicariously thru your videos.

[@southernsalt]

I fish weeks bay regularly throughout the year. Good fishing in there especially spring and fall.

[@jpvernoutside3378]

@@southernsalt Outstanding, thank you. I already love the Dauphin island side. Can’t wait to get this side figured out.

[@VitaminDeeTV]

LET’S GOOOO!!! 🚀🚀🚀

[@southernsalt]

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[@mk-xh6jt]

Love your Videos. Man..Been one of your beginning Subscribers . Shaun should be letting those big breeders go. They don't eat near as good + it helps preserve the " so called trash fish I've been fishing for ..for 50 yrs..now headed to same fate as every other inshore species in Florida.

[@southernsalt]

Appreciate it man!

[@cajunspeacial6101]

I've always caught them on dead shrimp

[@southernsalt]

I think I’ll try that soon. Maybe do a comparison video

[@justinpootin4021]

Definitely

[@southernsalt]

🙌

[@saltdonkeyadventures8801]

Now that’s a string of legit size Sheeps. What state is this?

[@southernsalt]

Man definitely one of my best days!

[@rickdavis1822]

Dude, start catching, cleaning, cooking and eating them. Now that would make for a truly exciting video.

[@southernsalt]

I’ve done them, nobody watched them 😂

[@hrdustlessmediablasting]

So what famous bridge was you guys at in the gulf, just curious

[@michaelrutherford821]

That bridge looks very familiar 🤔

[@southernsalt]

Ok

[@justinpootin4021]

Live shrimp and caught em on fiddlers but not on the bite y'all on.

[@southernsalt]

Right on! I use live shrimp as well, I’m thinking about doing a comparison video of the 2 to see which one picks up more bites.

[@Jwt-kb3yx]

Where was y'all fishing? 😂

[@southernsalt]

*were 😂

[@taylorcarlson7365]

Insane to see one of my favorite KZbin anglers fish the bridge I’ve been fishing all winter too cool man glad you killed them

[@southernsalt]

Heck yeah man! I will be fishing there again soon!

[@taylorcarlson7365]

@@southernsalt they have a small sheepshead tournament in the area next Saturday. Will be my first tournament I’ve ever entered. I love your tournaments videos. I appreciate the content!

[@southernsalt]

Thanks man I appreciate all the support of the channel!! Good luck in the tournament!

[@douglassmith1632]

Mud crabs

[@southernsalt]

🙌

[@southernsalt]

Love using mud crabs when fidddlers are not available

[@douglassmith1632]

Love using fiddlers when can't find mud crabs. Down here ( Tampa Bay area) mud crabs are sheep candy. Sheeps will spit out a fiddler if a mud crab floats by.

[@southernsalt]

Really?? Dang I might be wrong but I feel like it’s the opposite here on the upper GC. I might do a side by side to see which is better

[@douglassmith1632]

That would be a cool video... I'll tune in for that for sure

[@dsm455]

What’s the name of the bridge

[@lucaskline4725]

Railroad bridge going across Bay St Louis, MS

[@josephgarrity5918]

😂😂😂

[@southernsalt]

Ok lol

[@kbeam531]

This video has everything but the DOGONE HOODWINK !!!

[@southernsalt]

😂 😂 I knew I should of threw it in there lol

[@pieseasmyseas]

Hooks frist man hooks frist

[@southernsalt]

😂 😂

[@vincentrussell7246]

Some videos you cook them up and some good videos you don't why not?

[@Drake_burgett]

1st

[@southernsalt]

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[@peternguyen9602]

this is 5 minutes from where I live

[@southernsalt]

Nice!! This was my first time there in years.

[@jacobhoward5305]

Where you live? 🤔

[@peternguyen9602]

@@jacobhoward5305 in pass

[@peternguyen9602]

@@southernsalt you should fish at ship island great time

[@bksfishingpinellas.797]

Sand flea's

[@southernsalt]

🙌

[@mk-xh6jt]

Too bad they didn't stay a trash fish .down here in Florida people have gone nuts..hundreds of Videos and Tons of pressure now It's gotten worse fishin every yr here

[@southernsalt]

But this is a video too lol

[@altonpalmore3584]

Oysters

[@southernsalt]

🙌 how do you rig them?

[@killuaHunter]

i would shit my self if i in this place instead of u, i get nightmares from waters that color

[@southernsalt]

The whole upper GC looks like this lol

[@ernestjordan7056]

Hey man Great video!!! Are you on facebook?????

[@southernsalt]

Thanks brother! I am on Facebook

[@ernestjordan7056]

@@southernsalt Found you on FACEBOOK, following you now.

[@southernsalt]

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