Unlocking A New Fish Species

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Heading out to a new island off the California coast line to try my luck at catching a new species of fish

[@TomMendoladrums]

CAVY IS HERE!!! Welcome to California! The home of Calico Bass (your first fish), White Sea Bass, Black Sea Bass, Yellowtail, Blue Fin Tuna, etc. Happy to see you here.

[@kirkward1055]

Calico. Hey from Florida

[@treesandfishing6532]

Home to some of the worst people on the planet

[@mjnatty968]

Cavy in Cali! Finally. So many spots to fish from Salt to Fresh. Can't wait to see where he goes.

[@Nobodybaby78]

Hopefully he doesn’t stay long or else that POS governor may find a way to tax him

[@Daystars153]

That first fish you caught was a calico bass! They are very aggressive around the kelp beds where you are fishing. They are good eating as well. The best way to fish that area is from a boat, casting into the kelp. Any orange fish that you catch in that area are protected! They are called Garibaldi‘s. They are the state fish of California. You catch one and you got a hefty fine if you get caught with it. I’d be fishing with artificial squid or with a gummy squid on lead head

[@Morgancj]

Yeah raping the island. Soon there won’t be anything left lol.

[@Morgancj]

You can google map this spot and see atleast 20 boats in the vicinity . It’s overkill. Ridiculous

[@robertconnell5160]

I’m California raised but now live in Missouri, but I would be fully willing to fly out there for a chance to fish with you Cavy. The fact that you’re in California right now is freaking amazing. Can’t get enough of your videos please please keep them coming absolutely come back to the US as much as possible, maybe my dream will become reality someday.

[@scottburk4083]

Beautiful scenery and wild life in this video. Thanks for sharing Cavy! Take care and Blessings to you Brother!!!❤😊

[@adamstevens3661]

You were in my city! Newport beach. You were at the world famous wedge. I used to go body board those waves after school every day. Orange county was honored to have you cav dog

[@CavyFishing]

The wedge was cool to finally see in real life bro. Nice place! Thanks dude

[@kauaimurph]

Indeed. My town I grew up in. Some great fishing in the bay for spotted sand bass. They are just like the kelp bass you caught except fight even harder. Still one of my favorite fisheries. I try to hit it up anytime I’m home to visit.

[@johnhaugie4555]

Welcome to SoCal Cavy! Your passion for fishing is infectious!! Huge respect for your C.P.R. (Catch, Photograph, Release). Your videos are incredible!! Keep up the great work! Make sure to go bluefin tuna fishing before you leave SoCal. Tight Lines!!

[@GymRat339]

So glad you came out to my hometown in California and fished here. I’ve been fishing here for over 20 years I’m glad you were able to experience some of it. The best is our giant bluefin tuna fisherie, we get em on big stick baits and topwaters just like you guys do for GT. They are one of the hardest fighting fish in the ocean alongside the GT and dogtooth.

[@thomaslewis9985]

Watch where you fish on Catalina, lots of protected areas where fishing is prohibited.😮

[@CavyFishing]

Yeah I was with locals they know exactly where can and can’t fish brother

[@LiamStewart-hc6hq]

My good man. I say several magic words at this time of year: Catalina. Live bait. Freeline. Kelp garden. Yellow tail. Chaos. Possible Mako. Burnt fingers. God I miss it!

[@marcalain3729]

Cavy, absolute delight in following you on your fishing adventures. I envy you all the different species you have managed to hook up on. Keep them coming ❤🎣🏝️

[@Travis3500]

Maaaan I’ve been waiting for this for so long! Seeing your land based fishing in Aus would make me so jealous I’m glad you got a taste of what it’s like here! 🤙🏼🤙🏼

[@skhwj]

Welcome to CALI I hope you had a blast here!!!🤙

[@wizkeyjack]

Yewwwww! Welcome Bro! Cheers! Wow Catalina! You don't understand how many memories I have of this island. Stoked! :j :j

[@Veritas84Aequitas]

Yeaaaa bro! Kelp Bass those 1st couple fish. Good eating

[@steve2meter]

Those Calico Bass make great Ceviche. Caught a bunch on a charter boat out of San Diego last year. Great to see you over here. The wedge is fun to body surf.

[@kaseyrutherford5145]

Looking healthier, bro! Beautiful drone footage of the seals. Loved the whales and the surfing at the end! Few nice Calico too! Cheers, Cavy!

[@bobbyeth7789]

Hey Cavy! Thanks for coming to So cal! Sorry you couldn’t catch any big fishes but hope you can come back and catch some yellow fins off the coast of Catalina!

[@hazza196]

Amazing location man! Those bonito look like fun to catch!

[@jeffoff7795]

Welcome to the USA! I spent some of the best years of my life in California. It's a beautiful coastline.

[@mikemckinney3523]

Love to see you in my backyard- so-cal & baja. Hope you had good times & met good people.

[@Dogsrule777]

In my back yard! Nice man! I think that first fish was a calico bass. What an awesome day with the dolphins kickin it and that Whale…. Sick. Enjoy LA man! Eeewww! 🤙🏽

[@danieldoss1987]

Nice going on that Bonita. One of the biggest I've seen! I've been fishing the backside of Catalina a few times. The seals will shut off the bite. They follow the boats. When that happens the fish just hug the bottom until the boats/seals go away.

[@pathua7692]

Can’t believe you’re fishing in Catalina! I always love that island! Keep up the amazing journey❤

[@mileswells4029]

I've been waiting for ya to come to California for a couple years, and it was well worth it! if your still semi close i recommend spending a solid amount of time until late June early July, maybe even august cause that's when the fishing is nothing like you've ever seen. you can get super consistent yellowtail bite, then shoot out for some bluefin tuna, and follow up with some mahi mahi kelp Paddie action. unlimted options when fishing peek summer bite!

[@joangeddes380]

Epic video as always looking forward to your next adventure cavy loved seeing the dolphins and whales 🐋 👋🏻🤗👍🏻🥰👌😍💯🩵💙🎣🐠🐟🐬

[@Travis3500]

Those boats were just stunned to see a guy fishing by himself on Catalina haha it’s quite rare to see that

[@socalsaltwateranglers]

You're in my neck of the woods Bruh. Yeww 🤙🏻 First fish was a Calico Bass aka Checkerboard and of course your Bonito. Catalina is also know for Sheepshead, lingcod, big yellowtails and the elusive White Seabass 🤙🏻

[@localguy8]

Welcome Cavy , hope you get on the boat and get a bluefin tuna , a yellowfin also. 👍🏻❤️ enjoy US 🍺

[@nougatledog]

Your drone shots are gettin really good. !

[@CavyFishing]

Thanks man! Some people say I’m a good pilot but I still crash it all the time 😂

[@stevec69]

been waiting bra 1st Calico The Wedge cavy trout fishing? looking forward to

[@eberd.c4644]

Cavy we’re waiting for some Florida fishing video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cheers mate!!!!! And also Central America slays as well!!!

[@SWFL_FISHING_239]

Chekc me out I'm in swfl

[@MikeTOrangeCounty]

Yo Cavy🤙🏼🤙🏼welcome to Southern California USA🇺🇸awesome to have you here brother! Those are my fishing grounds too - Catalina Island and Newport Beach! Yeeew! Tight lines!

[@supervisorone5960]

Cool of you to swim out to the boat because that guy took a big risk dropping you off on that rock he was lucky

[@CavyFishing]

Yeah back home in Australia the drop offs are more easy because we used to it! But yeah he’s a good captain for sure! And chef for that matter! 🔥

[@kauaimurph]

All my years of fishing SoCal offshore islands and I’ve never seen anyone shore fishing. Leave it to Cavy! Come back in a couple months when the pelagics come in more. I’d love to see someone get a yellowtail from the rocks.

[@CavyFishing]

I think where i wanted to go around the back (was apparently to many waves, but i think it was fine!) would have been much better than the area i fished :(

[@kauaimurph]

You were actually in a good area for shore fishing, just not for yellowtail. The back side can be great but pelagics are usually in deeper water. You should try spots around middle front side of island where there is deep water close in (without giving names away).

[@erickrobertson262]

Great vid Cavy. You are in my hometown I grew up in. Lived on the beach near the Wedge where the surfing was. Also fished and dove those islands my whole life. Big white shark zone you were in out at the islands. If you continue the fishing on the coast you need to go up the coast near Big Sur, fish for California Ling Cod. You will be blown away by that species.

[@forrestthompson8714]

Fantastic drone shots,whales, dolphin,seals, welcome to America. Fishon bubba🤟

[@morrielarsen]

Cavy was in Dana Point and he didn't even tell me. I'm so upset, I'd have brought my fishing drone and everything... You can see how over fished we are here...

[@TheLucidJourney]

Cavy I have a strong feeling you would enjoy fishing Sunset cliffs Ocean Beach and La Jolla Cove in San Diego. Your channel is amazing and wholesome bro Keep up the great work!

[@chinoyhealingfoodstravels8888]

Greetings from Redondo Beach 🇺🇸🇺🇸Nice fishing video. 🍻Cheers 🥂

[@SaltyRips]

Calico bass was that first fish and the main fish out their you catch just got my personal best calico their last week at 7.5lbs

[@imraduin]

can't wait for the trout fishing vid, finally you're entering my realm after all this time!

[@raymonddoerr2523]

Cavdog, you have probably done more fishing in your life than I have mine. However, I would recommend when you’re missing strikes on fish you think you should be hooking, tighten your drag. If your drag is not tight when you set the hook you will hook less fish, in my opinion. Cheers mate, love you videos, welcome to America. 👍

[@chadyates9902]

Been a while. Good to see your still making great content Cavy!

[@socalbass758]

Welcome to the California coast Cavy!!! Can't believe you are here. Curious, have you ever caught a stripe bass?

[@BeachMongoose]

Dana Point (Dana Wharf) my old stomping grounds. Cool to see you out there.

[@michaels2569]

Nice to see Cavy globe trotting and fishing in so many different countries now. Love the new stuff man!

[@CavyFishing]

Not much is going well. I guess not planning trips and listening to non land based fisherman is a mistake already hahahaha but I’ll work it out soon!

[@SilvermanAdventuresFishing]

Don't know what kind of fish that was either. I'm a Florida fish guy. Caught one yesterday in a vid and have no clue what mine was either. Always good vids from you mate. 👍😎

[@cglenn1457]

Cavy's getting hooked on that morning coffee, lol. Great video in my hometown area. Yew

[@coopersfishingadventures]

Great stuff cavy! Sick little spot mate. Keep up the good work, loving the US content, it’s super interesting! You should do some largemouth bass fishing if your still there too.

[@josiahknapp7198]

If you come to Florida I would love to take you out fishing for bass, redfish, trout and snook! In some places that aren’t very touched by humans.

[@DudefishhTV]

California Gold!! Love catching Calico bass 🙌

[@Daystars153]

That first fish you caught was a calico bass! They are very aggressive around the kelp beds where you are fishing. They are good eating as well.

[@andrewmackenzie2471]

Cavy at the wedge! Send it braaaa

[@Sticks_Stones51994]

Thanks for the amazing video it is cool seeing that seal, i cannot explain how good every video is, keep up the vids cavy! Cheers, -Ethan

[@thomasnapoli3117]

I hope you got to ride a few waves while you were here. Trestles or Cottons would work great for you.

[@erickrobertson262]

1st fish was Calico kelp bass

[@CavyFishing]

Are they are prized catch?

[@fishehunteral2280]

@@CavyFishingvery common in that area. Never tried but I’ve heard it’s good eating.

[@Torch4ya]

​​@@CavyFishing, not really. They're fun to catch, and not bad to eat. They do have size limits, though, like many fish here. Come back in a couple months, and the bluefin tuna should be biting nearby, too. Hope you're enjoying my neck of the woods! Yeeew!

[@SD-ft6gs]

Yay, Cavy!! Are you going to make your way to the US east coast after Canada? Would love to see you over here getting some Stripers! And then down the coast for the Red Fish (red drum) and sea trout (speckled trout) and then all the way down the keys for snook and yellow tails and all the snappers!

[@CavyFishing]

Mate I’m hoping so!! After a shocking Mexico trip and not so good SoCal trip I need to try the east coast for sure! But also need to start finding my own spots again. Every time I go with someone else or listen to advice where to go it’s always so bad 😂😂😂 So I’m ready to go with my gut again haha

[@Ukeleo283]

Cavy my man…hey I am so glad you visit California.

[@MasterBaiterFishing69]

Cavy in Cali! Oh yeah. I broke a finger on those slippery rocks. Glad you didn't. And keep up the good sun protection!

[@eionmark7424]

Pretty cool seeing Seal live. I love that one song he sings about making out with roses. That place seems wild dude. Gotta love Americans “hey there’s a guy on an island, we have the whole ocean to fish but we’ll fish right by this guy in the middle of nowhere”

[@CavyFishing]

Yeah kind of the same everywhere in the world with boats.. just a hard gig sometimes when land based fishing

[@cory_hugs7850]

@@CavyFishing thanks for not blaming all of us American like Ol boy just did! What a kook 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@avi_s0ncin0]

5:32 Calico Bass/Kelp Bass. Very popular gamefish in Southern California and Baja. In the Paralabrax genus which the spotted and Barred sand bass are also on. All 3 are very similar species which are very common catches from LA county down to Baja

[@caseychipley1671]

Love to see you back in full health cav dawg and thank you for always keeping it 💯 ❤❤❤

[@CavyFishing]

Not yet full health but getting there!!

[@Morgancj]

Bro I was born and raised on this island , super cool to see you fish it , I was posting in the comments of past videos saying to fish here. I am really happy to have stumbled on this. I really respect your land based approach to fishing. As an islander , having sport boats and psycho fisherman come and rape your home ground is honestly sickening at this point. Unfortunately California is not like AU , you can’t catch anything big from the rocks generally. The chances are so low from all the overfishing with sport boats , and just the terrain sucks so bad. We don’t have those beautiful rock ledges that get deep water.

[@CavyFishing]

Hey man! Yeah naturally it’s a beautiful island! I wanted to fish the other open side but the boat dudes said was too rough… but the rough side had the huge halibut!!! From shore would have been amazing!

[@DieCensor]

Glad you're feelin better Cav dog

[@kevinfimplejr-mn5li]

that's mad bro I'm right across you I've always wanted to go to Catalina I'm living in San Pedro at the moment right across the island YEW!!!!!!

[@ColoradoDave]

Those fish that you caught off the shore are called Calico Bass. They get much larger than the ones you caught, and they are good eating. The red/orange fish you saw were probably garibaldi, the State Marine fish of California and they are protected. Garibaldi are abundant around Catalini Island.

[@chrisbetter3820]

G’day Legend, At 11m45s , what is the metallic structure we can see in the background ? Regarding the fish you asked us to leave a comment about , in my humble experience , I think it is from the grouper family. Buy again, I might be wrong…😂 Thank you once again for the adventures Chris from Crete

[@wgp8ntballer]

Nice calico bro 🤟🤟 Glad you're over here in cali, you need to come to the Channel Islands for some white seabass fishing 🎣

[@deefa_damo]

Sweet! Great to fish new places, no so great to be shadowed by boats. Cool to see the wedge in real life.

[@charlescoult]

Super cool to see you down in our neck of the woods but there's no way you're gonna find anything more exciting than a GT around here! haha

[@michaeljordan3084]

Your reaction to getting bit by the pelican was iconically Aussie.

[@Kevin-l5u3t]

What a beautiful boat

[@centraltexasbassfishing]

Cavy the Orange fish you see are Garibaldi's the state fish of Cali. The more you know.

[@teenagenegasonicwarhead7570]

Those first fish on Catalina Island were ‘caloco bass’ xlnt eating as well.

[@TheFishCatcher]

Welcome to California man ! We also have big largemouth bass and stripers here

[@okieking8329]

1st fish was a Kelp bass also called a Calico bass. Cool to see you fishing pretty local to me! Same state anyways…

[@BasicFishingNZ]

lol bird feeding went wrong 😆so did the rock landing lol pretty sic u landed what it looks like a calico bass at 5:33 planing to go to texas next to target flounder, red drums and speckled trout?

[@rahmadprayudha2802]

When will the cavy go to the sea on the Mentawai Islands again?

[@danieltam5790]

Welcome to Cali!

[@suezqcamacho]

OMG ur so close I can almost c u!!!! Welcome to cali!!

[@CavyFishing]

First time in California! In LA now :)

[@suezqcamacho]

@CavyFishing aww. I hope u have a great time. Love ur vids..keep em coming

[@jasonlockhart4647]

Hey Cavy I see you traveling around the world looking for those big fish, but I gotta tell you brother where you live is the best Big rock ledges massive GT's. Would love to see you come to South Florida.

[@CavyFishing]

I’m not really looking for “big” fish just for something different.. I’m pretty sure every single trip I have been on including this one! That I have gone with or taken advice from other people has been basically a complete failure!!! So I now have learned to trust no one and keep finding my own spots to fish hahaha today was the first day since arriving in USA that I choose my own path and it worked out very well!!!! So yeah it’s solo from now onwards 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾 let’s gooooo

[@SaltyRips]

My home island love to see you here Catalina is amazing

[@bobbylee1508]

Welcome to Socal! Hope you enjoyed your stay. Did you happen to buy a fishing license for your trip? Nothing is free in California.

[@khanag3mate]

Whats the PE4 setup, broholio? I just got the newish Saltilga 6000CXH and wondering if PE4 is the go? I've got a Certate 4000 PE3 already. Also, loving the lures mate, thanks for that! Def work on Jack's.

[@adamstevens3661]

Hes alive! You went north to cali didnt you? That looks like my area. Maybe the coronado islands. Or catalina or san clemente. That first fish was a calico bass. That red fish tou saw in the water was a sheep head. The orange ones was the state MARINE fish called garibaldi. Protected

[@Gabbyfromindia]

Epic footage and audio!

[@CavyFishing]

Thanks Gabby

[@BigStick_energy_fishing]

Whenever you are using hookup baits you got to let them eat it for 3 seconds or you will miss more than half the bites

[@seanlmfaowo]

Holy the intro made it seem like I was about to watch an Ants Canada video lmfao

[@CavyFishing]

Hahaha

[@erickrobertson262]

The orange fish are Gerabaldi, they are the state fish of California, they are protected.

[@CavyFishing]

I would have released anyways , but it also mean cannot catch? You can’t choose what you catch sometimes either haha. But I think it’s cool that fish are protected 🤙🏾

[@thomaslewis9985]

Garibaldi

[@LegoMyFueg0]

@@CavyFishing they are commonly bicatch for the opal eye fisherman. i think technically your sup[posed to de-hook in the water. Definetly cannot keep though

[@Bueller32]

Didnt see the red ones you were talking about but I assume by where they were at that they were Garibaldi, the state fish. No use trying to catch them they are omnivores and a big fine for catching them. Hope you enjoy your time here!

[@CavyFishing]

Well good thing I didn’t get one then hahaha and makes sense as to why they flat out ignored the lures

[@gavinjohnson8409]

Great vid man that place looks sick

[@CavyFishing]

Super cool! Wish I was on the other side!! Looked way more fishy!

[@jacknife10000]

Dang youre only 1 state away from me, thats so cool man, enjoy!

[@CavyFishing]

Thanks bro! Will do 🤙🏾

[@schreds]

New Port my stomping grounds growing up ,, you'll have more fun then in BAJA shore fishing on the island tons of calico bass and mackerels from shore ,, but for some real action you'll need to fish from the boat ,, Catalina was over fished in the 70s but stricter regulations have made it world class again depending on time of yr ,, white sea bass are the ones ,, wrong time of the yr M8t summer time is when the pelagic's come around bones are yr round u had all the bait should have done some bottom fishing some monster Halibuts to be had

[@luisthabarberr]

Welcome to socal fishing cavy

[@CavyFishing]

Hahahaha thanks mate!

[@Smokemifugotem]

The Wedge! I’m in Laguna Hills! Would loved to watch you fish in real time!!

[@xxblunted_fishxx1665]

No way you went to Catalina!!! Hope you enjoy out here bro !!! Yyyyeeeewwwww!!!

[@cory_hugs7850]

The Wedge 🤙🏼 your in my neighborhood ….welcome to SoCal mate

[@michaellafferman1136]

your 1st and 2nd catches were small calico bass.

[@mattnewell1477]

Why did you throw that Atlantic bonito back!! That is excellent eating!! Bonito ceviche is my favorite!!

[@CavyFishing]

Because we already catch several to keep 😊🔥