Simple bait, deadly results! Stealth fishing shallow water (catch & clean)

Ahoy legends! This week the Phantom and I are using a simple bait with deadly results to do some stealth fishing in shallow water! That's right we are doing some bread and butter angling for whiting by wading the Gold Coast flats casting unweighted yabbies (or nippers). This is an awesome style of fishing that literally anyone can do, and believe me, it's a stack of fun! To top it off we managed to track down some really nice sized fish including a true giant for the phantom, as well as plenty of bycatch as well. Hope you enjoy this episode!
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[@terrytailor]

I love our back-to-basics sessions. It is where you and I and probably most of us started out. It's great to have some simple, yet quality tackle to make that sort of fishing not only possible, but lots of fun. It's always good to have a fish with you, it was a great day. Also, a big congratulations on reaching 70k subscribers. I admire your persistence and hard work and of course your love of anything fishing. Here's to you Sam 🍻

[@thesolentwarrior584]

Nice words there mate 👏🏻

[@archiesinfield9333]

Tez u are a legend I love it when you are in the episodes. It makes me think about fishing with my dad (except you are a bit better than him haha). Absolute legend.

[@goldcoastrivercharters]

Good stuff Tez!

[@vinniebarbarino-1]

Terry you are a cool cat , just what Sammy needs to keep him grounded , great show , cheers

[@Stevos_HookedonRods4844]

Great, kind and very supportive Terry. What a Krackin fishing ground, all the yabbie holes just blew me away. The 40cm specimen to end / to start the day was a corka. Cheers Stevo

[@Dreama40]

Hi guys great video! My best mate of 40 years passed away last year sadly, we used to go on fishing trips together all the time. I haven't been since he passed, it's just not the same without ya best mate!! Cherish these moments guys.

[@darranadam992]

great to see you and ya dad out fishing together. do it as often as you can. i lost my dad when i was 23 we used to hunt and fish alot togehter really miss our times together

[@adrianfield7126]

Sundays with Sammy going off again. Great to see you getting back to a style of fishing us land based fisho's can have a crack at. Cheers mate.

[@FreqElite]

+1 to that….

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Haha cheers mate! Glad you enjoyed it! 🍻

[@lincoln965]

Congrats on 70k Sammy well deserved hopefully you can get the plaque before 2023

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Appreciate it mate! That would be very cool Indeed 🤞🤞

[@clintblack2250]

This is the kind of fishing im getting my young fella into, he got his pb whitting the other day at 42cm horse of a whiting, thanks for the great content mate!

[@mattsfishingadventures1020]

G'day Sammy and Terry it is awesome to see you to going fishing together. That's what fishing is all about

[@thebat1924]

Hi Sammy you should always leave the big nipper on the yabbie as the white nipper waving around attracts better quality fish and helps scare off the undersize pickers in my experience. Yes they can bite you but they aren’t a mud crab

[@rocketwing1836]

Just about to say the same been fishing with yabbies since I was 3😁

[@johnmclaughlin1804]

Awesome stuff Sammy. Nice of you giving a fellow KZbinr like Rokkit a mention. Keep up the great content.

[@kisdasenglothnam]

Love your fishing videos. I, too, am an avid fisherman, though I haven't taken my boat out fishing here in San Diego, California in a few months. We call those yabbies ghost shrimp. We also use those same pumps to get them out as well. I love using artificial lures to catch fish but at times going out to catch bait, whatever it may be, to go fishing is also fun, especially when I take my young son out with me. He's 11 years old now and I've been taking him fishing with me since he was 6 months old. Love your content and keep on making the videos. I may never get to go fishing where you're at personally but I can vicariously fish through you. Thanks again. Fish on!

[@King_fisho_nz]

Awwwww yea here we go ive got me tins and im ready to watch some sammy 🍺🇳🇿🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Ohhhh yeah!!! Enjoy legends 🍻🍻🍻

[@DCA001TUBE]

Well Done Phantom, what a bloody great whitting. Best catch I've ever had of whitting was down at Jumpinpin on the tip of South Stradie, with a cast net, 12 legal size in one cast. My pomie Mate was amazed, and then when we went back around the corner and the "Ship Shop Cat" pulled up beside us and I went on board and bought two beers the only thing my Pomie Mate could say was "I love this country". Happy Days and Great memories thanks guys.

[@terrytailor]

Cheers. It's a great country to love, that's for sure!

[@louistyrrell4876]

Sammy mate, once again you have inspired me to get out on the water and get back to my roots. Good old bream & whiting fishing. Cheers 🍻

[@tonyosborne4909]

This looks a lot of fun Sammy,love your banter with the Phantom.He would love you…..I am sure.a feel good session,thank you Sammy.

[@brunomerlini4248]

Love that you go back to basic fishing once a year for all species, epic content. Keep up the good work 🤙🤙💪

[@willkitching]

Great video guys, it’s good to see the Phantom in back to back videos getting into some good fish! 👌🎣 this has to be one of my favourite styles of fishing, it’s addictive when you get those big ones. Nice work Sammy!

[@pearcebrown1043]

Love chasing whitting with my old boy the memories last forever. Another great video mate!

[@andrewstone4350]

Gotta love a bag limit of those stealthy little silver suckers, nice one fellas.

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Lovely mate! Best eating too 🤤🤤🤤

[@FishingTasikmalaya]

it's amazing, I want to feel the sensation of fish strikes and strikes as you show

[@paulstemmet2626]

One of the best baits in Cape Town are these sand prawns, caught lots of White Stump and Steenbras on them but they attract many different types of fish species, a great bait. Only available using a prawn pump, other than them their was Blood Worm which were also a great all round bait.

[@lesstalkmorefishing1000]

Wading for some light game, my favorite kind of fishing. Fantastic results mate. Those flats are a great spot

[@FishingandhuntingwithAndy]

Love fishing on the flats! Awesome session Sammy! 🤙🏻🤙🏻

[@tyspoonus252]

Love a good back to basics sesh. 🤙

[@brno2]

As always Sammy, love your work

[@humbertoochoa9144]

Awesome to see that kind of shrimp across the globe, we have the same species here in Mexico and we use it to catch snook and mangrove snapper

[@benturton3358]

Happy Sunday Sammy! I’ve been waiting for a vid like this. Something I can do locally. Cheers mate 🍺🍺

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Oh perfect mate! Enjoy! Always good to get back to bread and butter stuff 👌👌

[@weaselrodent7131]

i never break the claws off so much fun to see your mate screaming in pain.

[@sniktripn7217]

Some quality whiting there guys great job

[@tonyeuler7879]

Well done lads. The old camera got abit dirty, nothing like father and son bonding guys love seeing this. Miss my dad. And haven't been in the salt for over a year.

[@shaunmarais7698]

Great video mate! We fish the exact same way here in South African estuaries. Sand prawn (yabby) weightless on the flats!

[@lorenvanlandingham4003]

The phantom is still taking you to school! Great video Sammy! Cheers mate! 🍻

[@craigtomkinson2837]

Lovely Ep

[@bushmanjake1447]

Gday Sam..your old man must be so proud..intelligent..well mannered...non swearing.."honour thy father and thy mother so thy days may be long on this earth"..you are gonna grow to over a hundred..do you realise how much fishing that is......cheers..jai satchitananda(bushman jake)......

[@seanyuke3249]

The yabby. Old faithful.

[@river9055]

Greatest sound in the world

[@headswillroll89]

Oooo a rodney mention. You guys should do a mission

[@keiran_wilkinson]

great episode guys 👌 well done Terry on that horse whiting! can't wait to move rhe family up to qld, can't come soon enough 🤣

[@goldcoastrivercharters]

Great work Sammy & the phantom! Nothing like back to basics fishing. I see you found the new couch haha. Been there since Aus day, Cheers Clint

[@michaelbarrett2346]

Great video, thanks

[@andrewhartland3841]

Reminds me an awful lot of Clint from Gold Coast Fishing Charters wading for whiting on unweighted yabbies with 3lb fluro straight through. Really fun technique.

[@TheRustedHook]

Cool animal!..Has the body of a snook and the head of a bonefish...With the "fighting" tactics of both. Indeed !

[@sandraharbieh6662]

Keep up the great work 👍

[@savvasefsef]

Deadly indeed,breams can't resist!!!

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Not at all! 🍻🍻

[@michaelbulla9231]

Well done lads

[@mrwellington2613]

Swt another cracking session well done

[@lovingburnettheads2190]

Nice work lads

[@glenwooler50]

Nice vid Sammy, reminds me of me going with my old boy ,special times cheers

[@kizzyaggots1]

Sammy, we grew up fishing like that, my mum said I prefer your fish all crumbed up and shallow fried. Put some oxo chicken stock in with your bread crumbs, they taste lovely. The bigger whiting prefer fresh blood worms, my record is 48cms and weighed 800 odd grams. Thanks for the video mate, I enjoyed it very much.

[@thesolentwarrior584]

Nice bit of fishing sammy 🤙🏻

[@tps.fishing]

Awesome video Sammy, I always enjoy watching your video and your attitude to fishing. Always learning lots from your tips and tricks. Btw, which part of Gold Coast is this, the water looks so beautiful, me and the boy really want to fish in water this clear and beautiful. Cheers and congrats on 70K

[@SeginaldFinklecock]

Love these sorts of episodes not that you ever have a bad one tho

[@Dan-yw8yh]

Love this type of fishing Sammy. Could try sight casting for whiting with small poppers.

[@MaxFISH.]

Good to see flat pack out on the water!

[@filthratt2354]

Sitting at Brisbane airport waiting to board & this video pops up, excellent content & passed the time nicely! Liked & subbed

[@kmac.jimmy123]

Love the RoKKiT KIT reference 😎

[@Workthebag]

Nice one Tez

[@edwardlindsay2892]

See i told you ot would be worth doing one if these mate haha, grest stuff and loads of fun ! Awesome content mate !

[@bluesdad54]

Found your channel and subscribed after watching about halfway.. Looked like too much fun out there. I am in North Carolina, USA, so not up on the species you catch there. Maybe I'll learn a few things! Good on ya, mate.

[@jordangarnsworthy1820]

Gotta love an afternoon on the Bread & Butter!

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

💪💪

[@jakeoldham3267]

COMMENTING TILL SAMMY TAKES ME FISHING week/ep (13) congratulations on 70k to 🐟🍻

[@convoysfishingadventuresjc4975]

Great episode like all ways Sammy feeding the cows n watching Ps don’t tell the boss 😂 Onya mate 👌🍻🍺

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Hahah how good is that! 👌

[@kieranrogers7779]

Hey Sammy, love this type of fishing and can't wait to do it with my son once he's a little bit older. Do you have any tips for finding ground where you can pump for yabbies? We're south brisbane so it's a pretty densely populated area. Growing up in Hervey Bay it was just a matter of finding the closest beach which isn't so much the case here

[@person390]

I bet the spiders and snakes love that couch . I deliver couches but not to the waters edge Hahahaha love your channel thanks for the fishing tips !

[@jameshunt2918]

Some good fish keep it up

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Thanks mate 🍻🍻

[@alimitchell5346]

Been working away and not able to watch on a Sunday...west coast of Scotland is not WiFi friendly or even 3/4 g!....so bloody windy it blows the signal east!!... Great watch...even 6 days late!...last week in the wilderness for me...yay!👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@jasonleerjason5001]

We have the exact same prawn in South Africa called Pinkies , we also get a tougher , darker one called mudprawns usually found in the same estuaries ... target fish are mainly Spotted Grunter , Steenbras , Cob ( identical to Mulloway ) our version of Bream and to a lesser extent River Gurnard ( various sub species , identical to your Flathead ) 👍👍

[@AQUAFISHING21]

Крутая рыбалка! Все отлично! Интересно было посмотреть👍

[@Antipodean33]

Nice little session, we chase the whiting down here in South Oz all the time, especially the KG's. I've got a newspaper clipping of a fella who caught the biggest King George whiting in known history, it was a freak fish, you're not gonna believe this, it was 103 cm long. I forget how many kilos it weighed but it's head was bigger than the dudes head who caught it. He caught it off Kangaroo Island here in South Oz, it's the place for absolutely huge KG's, I've never seen bigger whiting anywhere in Australia. btw don't you fella's burley them up, we burley them up here and it works a treat

[@sanookaus1334]

A couple of nice elbow slappers there mate!

[@rocketwing1836]

I would love to go to the gold coast and do some bread and butter fishing it looks so nice and fun!

[@brianelbers315]

Nice feed, some decent size fish in there indeed, cant wait to get diwn there in the next few weeks

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Thanks mate! Unfortunately the floods may have put a hold on the flats fishing for the moment 😩😩

[@whatsupshittafabraans1926]

For your info viewers, keep the big nipper attached on but squeeze it broken, that way it looks perfect and the missus or the kids can bait their own hook. More daddy time too - dudes

[@headswillroll89]

Haha was about to say beach bream are great eating if nothing is biting

[@craigmartin9534]

Thanks Sammy. Good to see some good old bread and butter fishing. You have inspired me once again to hit the water in the kayak. Been far and few between with this mixed weather on coast we have had.

[@timshannon8499]

Those yabbies are like crack to whiting;)

[@danielwillaton7479]

Hey mate good tip. Get 2 fingers into the gills and snap the head back. You will instantly kill the fish amd it also bleeds the whitting aswell. AND no fuss getting your hook back.

[@leewood509]

Hi Sammy What gloves do you use. I need for wind / cold and UV protection Thanks

[@jessicabale1360]

Aww yeah 🎣🎣

[@rogerprout5574]

Beautiful clear water

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Hell of a spot hey!

[@JOATMOFA]

Those yabbies are called pink prawns in South Africa and we also use a prawn pump (exactly like yours) to get the prawns. Excellent bait!

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Such good bait! Everything eats them 👌👌

[@ExquisiteTouch.M.M.P]

Gotta admit that was a nice white. I would use it for bait though. Let you guys have fun catching my bait while I have fun catching a fish worth fighting.

[@fishingexpert8836]

Very nice video brother I shaport u 👌👌👌

[@davidlinnegar1811]

Hey mate, awesome to see such brilliant fish in my local waterways. Just curious, what are the leggings the Phantom is wearing, pretty flash :)

[@jayjohnson9668]

Nothing like catching some quality whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatin!😎👍👍

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Bloody oath! Fighting whiting for the win!

[@jayjohnson9668]

@@SammyHitzkeFishing 👍👍😂

[@nathansoutbackfishing]

Congrats on 70k man

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Cheers mate 🍻🍻

[@nathansoutbackfishing]

@@SammyHitzkeFishing no worries

[@blakealexander9957]

Handy tip ! kick the mud /sand up.

[@anaksungaiborneo]

The beast master I'm from Indonesia 🙏🙏

[@bronsonbernhardt8833]

So can u tell us the last whiting tez got was on a weighted rig and he said was the first of the day? So was it a second session ?

[@davidduffy9806]

The last Whiting was called a Kidney Slapper

[@pirththee]

I wonder what those Whiting would taste like pickled. Perfect size.(Minus the Coriander of course).

[@dirkvandermerwe6027]

Those flatties got gnarly spikes on their gill plates hey and they don't hesitate to put them into use...

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

They love to put a spike in you for sure! 😬😬

[@davidphamily6536]

Didn’t think you’ll need a gimbal for whiting fishing! I’ll make sure to bring 1 when I go hunt for whitings 😂.

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

You don’t, it’s got my bait bucket attached to it 😉

[@heyangler4038]

Wow❤️

[@dennisross3477]

I live in the pacific northwest of the U.S. and we call them sand shrimp. Killer bait for salmon and steelhead in our area

[@stevenzhang8815]

Where is the exact location, mate? I am in Canberra and wanting to have a go next time on holidays.

[@fishinfromscratch5484]

We call em Ghost Shrimp here in the states and they are the #1 bait for catching Pompano in the gulf of Mexico. Question: have you ever used miracle thread or string to hold them on the hook better? Those buggers like to come off when you see that school coming down the beach. 🤣

[@tontobb8956]

We call that ghost cotton here in Australia

[@jhtsurvival]

This is basically how I catch trout in rivers with night crawlers

[@andrewsokol3116]

We call then a ghost shrimp in Florida

[@dannyboi5360]

Forgot to comment on last weeks episode but Next time you go mackerel fishing you should try using a snap swivel, it can be really helpful instead of using wire.

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Hey mate, yeah we already run a little clip. It helps a little but when they swallow the lot unfortunately still not long enough to prevent a bite off 😩😩

[@alexevans7916]

You catch more fish if you wind with your right hand...years ago some bright spark says wind with the left and although nonsense folk will follow...blindly😂