Mangrove Jack OR Red Bass?? | Epic night & Day at sea

[@mrcrankyank]

The honesty you guys portray and the respect and appreciation for your surroundings is what makes this channel so epic. Keep it up. This channel is going to explode 🤘🏽

[@WildReaches]

That means a lot MR. 🤙🏼 Thankyou

[@janicebiddle6882]

Beautiful again. Especially being around the great barrier island. Thank you for another awesome video 💯❤️👍

[@duncanmacmartin503]

Love the integrity and humility. Need more of this in the world. Keep up the brilliant shows. 🙌🏽

[@WildReaches]

Thanks Duncan

[@nzmarkb8713]

@@WildReaches Yes well said, good o ya boys for standing up and owning your mistakes 🏆🏆🏆🍻🍻

[@davidcristallo3951]

Great channel brother we have been enjoying watching all your videos exc stuff keep it up.

[@WildReaches]

Thanks David. I appreciate it mate 🙏🏼

[@jimfunk1944]

Love your channel guys… not a fisherman, but an avid diver and underwater photographer and mistaken IDs happen… you owned it, and that’s what makes you guys great! Keep up the great work!

[@WildReaches]

Stoked youre loving the channel Jim. Thanks mate

[@wilcosilva4997]

Thanks guys , another great episode, we really appreciate your approach and efforts , thanks working our way thru all the episodes will hook up for Patreon when we have caught up.

[@WildReaches]

You’re welcome guys, looking forward to seeing you over there on the chats. 👍🏼

[@janporinchak5867]

I like the musical score. Catches the mood nicely.

[@WildReaches]

Thanks Jan

[@joshodonohue4836]

Nath don’t be so hard on yourself!!! Any decent reef fishermen can tell you guys are out there for the experience and by no means pretending to be experts. I actually come from a professional fishing family however I completely love watching your vids and they actually provide so Solis away from all the know it all’s… don’t change a thing mate

[@WildReaches]

Stoked to hear that Josh. Thanks mate.

[@JamesBond-gb1do]

Friday arvo....check.........Cold beers......check........Blue heeler fed......check........Wild Reaches hooked up to big screen with 5.1 surround........Perfection........double check.😎👍👍

[@WildReaches]

Yeww! Enjoy mate

[@jayne3480]

Another great vid. You guys do a great job. Such an underrated channel. Have to do a merch comp or something to get those shares of your page out there. Keep up the great work!

[@WildReaches]

Do you really think that would help? I think it may just take time. We’re open to suggestions tho and as long as we’re having fun and doing what we love the rest is a bonus.

[@Jimmyjames738]

I’m so glad you made a video about this. I’m still trying to learn how to spot the difference between a red bass and a mangrove jack. Thanks for reading my mind mate ✌️

[@moorexsive]

Appreciate your cander about the bass. We're not all pros and you guys do a great job and it encourages me to want to get out with some mates and my boys and do the same. Also I can clean a lens. Drive a boat. Have good banter and live on the sunny coast. Happy to come for an interview.

[@WildReaches]

Hahahaha. Stoked you're enjoying the show mate! and so good to hear its coming across that way.

[@scottferrett5905]

Keep up the awesome content boys we all make mistakes no true fishermen gose out to do the wrong thing truth is we love all waterways and do our best to look after them all

[@WildReaches]

Thanks Scott, we will mate

[@jayhaagmans]

Loved it the first time loved it again! Keep up the good work legend! Yeeeeew! Don’t let the haters bother you mate!

[@WildReaches]

Legend! Thanks Jay, try not to mate

[@vicky-annblanch7575]

Awesome video and definitely a red bass

[@WildReaches]

Thanks Vicky

[@OfficialMichaelCarothers]

Love the fire 🔥 talk. We all need to find what helps us stay positive. Fire, a book or just a walk - ya? Great episode mates!!! Thanks for giving me some adventures while stuck in my pandemic Chicago life :)

[@jontucker7411]

I haven't watched yet but I have had a shocker of an afternoon and this early upload has instantly made it better 🤙🏿 cheers boys

[@WildReaches]

On you Jon! Yeww

[@earthfocused8203]

It's awesome to see how passionate you are mate, but go easy on yourself for keeping that fish, we all make mistakes and aren't perfect, and you did all the right things to rectify and own up to it by calling the fisheries etc. Keep up the good work legend 🤘

[@WildReaches]

Thankyou 🙏🏼 we definitely try to do the right thing. We have a lot to learn along this journey.

[@izaiahschwerin7632]

I’ll back that up!! Great humility and took the opportunity to educate us with the mistake!!

[@nevanalthaus2387]

Great episode mate I won't be swapping channels I will always be A loyal supporter great explanation mate cheers

[@WildReaches]

Thanks Nevan, good to hear

[@SouthernCrossGO]

Is this a replay

[@Workthebag]

Love your honesty

[@WildReaches]

Theres no other way mate.

[@bradleymann3954]

don't be sorry, keep it real lads!!!!!

[@WildReaches]

Yewww 🤙🏼

[@MsClara001]

Awesome video. As we live at Starcke where did you launch from and how long did it take you to get to ribbon 9 please. Its a trip of a lifetime for us. Keep up with the videos love them

[@WildReaches]

Where abouts at Starcke? We head up that way in a few episodes time. We launched from Elim and spent about 5 days out at sea camping on islands. We fishing our way out to the Ribbons so unsure of the time it took. Its not massive though.

[@MsClara001]

@@WildReaches I launch off starcke boat ramp normally and camp in homocks ( I think that's how it's spelt) beach. I live about 60kms from boat ramp. At homocks you can launch your small tinny off the beach to get to the north to janine River and some south river creeks.

[@WildReaches]

@@MsClara001 Thats awesome mate, what a spot to live. We spent a few days camped at Starcke and cant wait to get back. We want to get out to the islands further north.

[@MsClara001]

@@WildReaches so when do you think you guys might be out thus way

[@WildReaches]

@@MsClara001 Coming back in August but not sure if we'll pass thru Starcke. Heading North of Silver Plains for a bit then over to Kowanyama

[@compassadventures6021]

Hey bro what kind of drone yous guys use .. I'm a first time user

[@WildReaches]

Just a DJI Mavic Pro 1, does a pretty good job

[@compassadventures6021]

Thanks for replying back so quickly 🤙🏾

[@compassadventures6021]

@@WildReaches what drone app is best

[@cameronblake7988]

Don’t you mean re-release this episode.?

[@sharkyshepo8167]

Mate no disrespect but is this a 40min replay? And did u repost it to edit the jack call? & yer 100% red bass as Ur probably aware of.

[@WildReaches]

Yes basically. I got 100’s of messages mate and if I left it no doubt 100’s more so iv explained what happened and that we and fisheries are aware of it in this episode.

[@sharkyshepo8167]

@@WildReaches sweet as bro allgood

[@johnharris7866]

Please guys can you please cut the tags off the cable ties it does my ocd in. Great channel love your work great watch

[@TheMorro9090]

Did yas find out what the lucky lure was?

[@kaizanatorcatchncook]

Same place b2b was camp And there was a massive croc stalking them. Same cove

[@kaizanatorcatchncook]

?

[@WildReaches]

Not sure, I think they’ve been a lot further north in recent episodes. They would have passed thru this area tho

[@kaizanatorcatchncook]

Sweet vids keep up the gòod footage.🤠

[@nosamet77]

Because of your mistake, I have learnt something today. Thank you for that! I'll not be changing channels ever!!

[@WildReaches]

Good to hear Terry, thats why I wanted to share our mistake

[@Yossikahalon]

minute 24:41-43 you have crossed a massive school of fish on the stern side of the boat

[@WildReaches]

ill have a look

[@L-0-L1239]

Red bass!

[@erinjuniorteague-suradi3196]

I wasn’t sure what it was the first time I pulled up a red bass, don’t feel disheartened.

[@WildReaches]

It’s time on the reef that’s really teaches to identify fish I think. We spend too much time up the river 😂

[@erinjuniorteague-suradi3196]

Definitely a lot more species on the reef.

[@samdavis456]

3 metre flatty !!!!! 😍

[@nathanharris1989]

Way out? I can see the land.

[@WildReaches]

Are you looking at Islands mate. I was out there and couldnt see land. Maybe you have better eye sight...

[@nicholasmanis3213]

Red bass

[@bretgooding5774]

Red bass all day long

[@lukeedwards7455]

Your still alive, how did it taste 👅

[@lyleatfield1533]

3 metre sausage roll

[@CaptainBax]

You guys wouldn't be the first to misidentified the Red Bass for another member of the Lutjanid family and visa versa, a mate of mine threw back a nice Golden Snapper thinking it was a Red Bass. Life it's a learning curve which we are all on and mistakes will be made, so what did Fisheries do ?. I ask because I had a mate elderly fellow who mistakenly kept a Grunter thinking it was a Bream, which meant it was undersize and he copped a nice little fine for his effort, he said he only kept it only because it was near dead anywhere and the hook was so far down it's throat he thought he'd kept it for crab pot bait. Here's some other distinguishing features of note - www.fishingworld.com.au/news/fish-facts-red-bass Red Bass are a fine looking fish with a typical Lutjanid body shape. Their daytime colouration consists of a distinctive dark brown colour to the top of the body grading to deep red flanks, while at night these colours fade to a paler yellow/red. Red bass closely resemble several other lutjanids including mangrove jacks, but can be distinguished from these by the dark upper colouration of the pectoral fins, the yellow colour of the red bass’s eye and the presence of a deep groove or nasal pit running from the nostrils towards the eye. Young red bass and some adults have two silvery-white spots on their back, one below the middle of the dorsal fin and one below the base of the last soft dorsal rays. These spots lead to some people using the alternative name of “two spot red snapper” to describe the species.

[@WildReaches]

Hey Captain Bax, thanks for the info mate. You’re spot on mate, definitely a learning curve, everyday in every aspect! Fisheries had more of an implemented educational response and we’re still in contact discussing things. I think because they’re not exactly a fish under pressure but a no take fish due to having harmful levels of ciguatera.👍🏼

[@CaptainBax]

@@WildReaches Well I don't want to bad mouth Fisheries because they do a fantastic job but I think in the case of my old mate, he'd been having a hard time of things so me a few mates got together and fixed his boat up for him to get it back on the water after years of sitting neglected. I think that was his first or second trip out in it and I just reckon fisheries are a bit heavy handed in handing out fines and just like the police can be. The fact that they have to meet quotas is appalling because I believe none of us are perfect and we all make mistakes from time to time. A simple warning and education would of sufficed, their job should be more focused on educating the public when it comes to a trivial matter rather then handing out enforcement notices. Yes if you're a repeat offender, then fair enough but my old mate didn't even realise that Grunter were this far south as he had never caught one in all his years fishing he said. Lucky we sorted his safety gear out for him as well, I guess he was not up to date with all the new rules having not fished for many years and I doubt that he even owns a mobile phone let alone fishing apps... sad thing I think it turned him off going out as much he'd like.

[@greglindfield2767]

Your content deserves 100 times more subscribers. It's so sad to know that if you had a blonde in a bikini on your videos like the rest of them you would have a million viewers. Crazy.

[@WildReaches]

Yeah I’m hearing you mate.. BUT, I’d rather have 28k people learning something and having an experience than 280k just watching some booty for 10 minutes.