Will SALTWATER Fish eat a NIGHTCRAWLER?? (Fishing Experiment)

Fishing with earth worms aka nightcrawlers as bait in the OCEAN for whatever bites off the pier in Florida! Would saltwater fish eat a worm? We know that nightcrawlers are one of the best baits in freshwater. How about for saltwater fishing? What kind of fish would be around a pier like this?? Will something BIG bite one of our baits? I did not expect for this to happen..
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[@FirstStateFishing]

What's the number 1 fish to catch on your fishing bucket list?? 🤔🎣

[@Jai.money.]

Gar

[@brodymessina1399]

Tuna

[@Bassinwithbillet]

Peacock Bass

[@mattferguson767]

Definitely the water fish 😂

[@BillyWaltman]

Musky or hammer head

[@vjabonador1067]

No idea if you guys have different species of earthworms/nightcrawlers there but here in the Philippines, we don't use earthworms in saltwater, their bodies dissolve in the salt and eventually fall off the hook. Bloodworms are better suited as saltwater bait.

[@charliejamison4924]

same everywhere

[@mmfish]

he was doing it as an experiment

[@thepatriotsrage661]

Same here in South Africa. Bloodworm is only legal in certain provinces, so where I fish; they're illegal.

[@austinjohnson6982]

@@thepatriotsrage661don’t get caught 😮‍💨

[@thepatriotsrage661]

@@austinjohnson6982 Yeah... it's hard to enforce anyway.

[@TonyOnTheInternet]

"HOPEFULLY HE DIDNT SUCK MY WORM OFF"🤔🤣🤣 all love good fishing man

[@justinbolger2755]

Hearing that the most chill fishing KZbinr listens to NLE Choppa has me dead. Great vid first state!

[@nikesinthetrash]

12:32 "oh jeez a freaking bug just freaking kamikazed my glasses" had my dying of laughter for no absolute reason

[@ninosproducerchristi]

That guy swimming in and out the video had me cracking up. 🤣

[@Fisherman503]

“Florida man caught swimming into fishing l-“

[@ninosproducerchristi]

@@Fisherman503 "baby shark doo doo doo doo"🤣🤣🤣

[@mitchellwest174]

Love your channel keep up the great work

[@thepatriotsrage661]

Thanks for sharing, very interesting parallels between Florida and the KZN coast of South Africa. Bluefish or Shad as well call them, can bite you; but it never happens. We catch them down here, they make fantastic eating and even better bait, especially alive. The Sabiki's we use for catching bait mostly, like off reefs or off the artificial reefs. They work well for Mackerel. Take a live Bluefish, same size as you caught and slide that for a BIG fish. Best wishes from S.A.

[@katmelo6473]

The Sabiki can be used without any bait. Typically used with a floater for casting. Usually used to catch juvenile jacks. Which was the second fish that you landed.

[@RT42069]

Also good for herring, and the bigger sabiki rigs (especially the ones with colored yarn or tinsel) work for Spanish Macks

[@ouissandy2806]

Some of the best spots to fish are spillways when it rains. Fish wait for heavy downpours to wash things like earthworms into saltwater. So yes saltwater fish know what earthworms are.

[@johnharpin8039]

Many years ago, "night crawlers" were the number 1 bait for flounder in the estuaries of the NE of England. Caught many specimens using them.

[@joegrande4848]

I use catch either grubs or nightcrawlers as a kid. I took a Tupperware container that was labeled live bait. Friday after school, I'd be outside collecting grubs or nightcrawlers. Saturday afternoon, we'd go fishing using grubs or nightcrawlers I caught. We'd catch trout or small mouth or large mouth bass. Also, we caught catfish.

[@joegrande4848]

If we ran out of grubs and worms, we used trout eggs and corn. Or power bait trout eggs and corn all together. We'd catch big fish with trout egg power bait and corn. Don't get caught using corn it's illegal. They have trout eggs that look and smell like sweet corn that works too. 😊

[@NorthmassRails]

Great Video! I love to watch your videos man!

[@patrickvess4272]

When using a sabiki rig, the best method in my experience is using small pieces of fish bites. They stay on the hook and work extremely well.

[@seahad4744]

amen, and you catch bait so easy

[@TheFloridian5]

Cut squid stays on really well also.

[@w0lfm4n43]

The best method i know of, is using ZERO bait. The idea of sabiki rig is it IS the bait. For eg, it has lil shrimp on the end (can also be glow in the dark lol), or the fake hairs, or imho the best sabiki, the fake shiny fish scale. You drop it down, flick it up, let it fall.. jig the rig, the bait fish hook up. All hooks filled is fun lol Then throw the bait fish on ya main rod for the fish you wanna catch. Long story short.. sabiki IS the bait. If you need to add something, u working it wrong.

[@wgrace07]

​​@@w0lfm4n43came here to say the same. Had some Latino friends show me how to use a sabiki as a kid. Didn't speak a word of English. Showed me you can get them with glow in the dark beads. Set them out in the sun for a few minutes, put a weight on the end, drop it half way down into the water column and bounce it up and down gently. If you get a little baitfish to grab on, leave him be in the water. They struggle and jiggle the sabiki and it makes other fish go crazy

[@w0lfm4n43]

@@wgrace07 at night, u can even use your torch on the glow in the dark 🤪

[@mattferguson767]

I'm here for it. Been wondering if this would work forever.

[@savragon]

awesome video, love watchin these pier video

[@antiserum6776]

Hey I’m early! Love your content man, keep catching fish and posting great videos!

[@overloadedoutdoors7582]

Great video bud I’m enjoying these pier fishing videos keep on the grind

[@ryansam584]

i love how often fsf misidentifies fish 🤣

[@thetrainchannel5125]

On this episodes of Darwin awards, man swims towards active fishing pier and gets attacked by a shark.

[@Avengful]

I was wanting to start pier fishing because of your vids, amazing btw, but what 2 rod and reels are u using?

[@sammylacks4937]

Here in NC each fall during the spot run we use red earthworms to catch spot as well as other bottom feeders.

[@darkgalaxy527]

Love the channel man, watched a lot a couple years ago. Found my way back. Watching FirstStateFishing videos is to me, as a toddler watches Cocomelon.

[@Fragniac]

Man I just got back from SC shark fishing. Some fun stuff. Glad to see this video on deck cuhhhhhh!!!

[@Starlord_333]

Camper!! One of my favorite youtubers.

[@kenbobca]

Great video. You answered my question about will saltwater fish eat a night crawler. Thank you.

[@yetidaddy]

what kind of rod and reel combo is that?

[@natrosenquist]

"I think Popeye's is the best fast food place in general." Truer words have never been spoken.

[@afkstormy]

What would you or a experienced saltwater fisherman what should I throw while surf fishing to catch variety of fish jacks/ ladyfish/ permit / bonito/ basically anything I’ve fished my entire life but not too much experience outside of many flounder

[@marcleblanc6293]

Always used worms in Nova Scotia when I lived there.....caught all kinds of species, sea trout, cod, flounder, sea perch and more.

[@bamaingaoutdoors153]

They definitely do. I use to catch salt water fish in San Diego on worms often.

[@markcross6864]

We used to use garden worms ( earthworms) in the sea for silver eels in the UK 🇬🇧

[@Fishing4Reel]

"Dumb Ways To Die" FirstStateFishing Episode. Swim towards a pier where people might be shark fishing.

[@Elmo-patrisha5]

What time did you go to this. Because when I go, it’s always packed.

[@johnholtz1893]

cape henelopen pier>>>>>

[@turboboy0]

what size reels do you use? i use mainly 4000 but have a 6000 and an 8000 too.

[@theshishasavage7740]

It’s pieces of fish skin on the Sabiki rigs. And you should check out Fernandina Beach for some surf fishing. We caught some decent whiting yesterday.

[@premiumhousewashes6848]

My boy said that nle choppa 🔥🔥💯

[@Muphetballs]

Catching bait for people at the big ole dock looks so fun

[@Cdiddy_821]

brooooo we miss you at cabelas in newark!

[@tftoutdoors6582]

8:23 I always wonder when people wearing a GoPro if they got a channel At least I’m not the only one 😂

[@MerKnight79]

Which pier is this?

[@bigben3163]

Mike are you down in Flordia again?? If so let me know I just moved from Delaware to Naples

[@exitzsplxtzyt6526]

Just what I needed while having Covid

[@petergevisser]

Just cuaght gigantic catfish in the Hudson River our estimate is 15 pounds and 28 to 32 inches on a live white perch I love 💕 all of your 🎣 videos but my favorites are either creek pier or shore fishing thank you for your incredible videos

[@kryptonite9804]

302 HERE! Before the pandemic when we would go deep sea fishing out of Lewes DE. we would use night crawlers. They Captains would be low key pissed because they want to sell the blood worms. The night crawlers worked just as good as the blood worms and we saved money. When we went last year they just gave us squid and the imitation blood worm strips.

[@marcusbob5136]

“They were listening to Nle choppa”🤣🤣

[@BORNEOJOURNEYFISHING]

Nice brother ❤

[@edwinvalle-yh1hk]

We use small fish like them here in the Texas coast !

[@GazBoyZ]

What pier is this?

[@hayeshopkins2466]

are u in jacksonville flordia I went to a pier and it looked just like that

[@coletiemann7991]

What you are calling a butterfish is actually an Atlantic Bumper. I’ve caught them in North Carolina before.

[@XXmrlongbotomleafXX]

Pomfret

[@rondoslice412]

You should try fishing in Myrtle beach piers

[@danielplotkin]

I was literally wondering bout this earlier today.

[@jesserogers2302]

What pier is this

[@ericmusetti8201]

The second fish i believe is called a leather jack.

[@ImagineAsylo]

I’ve used nightcrawlers and earthworms and have caught mackerel, blue perch and another breed but not sure what it is either a poor cod or pollock but it was just a small one, pretty sure it was a pollock. I’d also combined with my secret bait and a fake shrimp bait and caught mackerel and blue perch. My dad caught so many pollock with earthworms. (Nova Scotia Canada, dock fishing)

[@stoni_fishing]

3:33 “Started this sh*t ima finish” The shrimp

[@McXerYT]

one of the first to comment love your vids man .... do a 5 doller garage sale fishing challange love those !!

[@foxxygearreviews7754]

Which pier is this? My favourite one was lost in a hurricane and we’re looking for a new place to stay down there.

[@dannypeters8126]

Been doing this for over 40 years mate,not new, been catching flathead, big bream,sole and whiting on red wrigglers,garden worms as i use to do trout fishing before i started doing Saltwater fishing.

[@MiyoTv-dr8jv]

I caught my first ever saltwater fish on a nightcrawler because I had no idea what I was doing and it was a really nice sized whiting

[@scottierobert3548]

The bobber rig you have, I use something similar for catfish.

[@Bolsaa]

Is that jacksonville?

[@ajwilliams5830]

I won’t lie @19:36 took me out mannnn if you fish the pier you know that voice from a mile away… “is it a keeper” 😂😂 I know exactly who that was he didn’t even have to get on camera dude is a trip.

[@J.M.IIphotography]

what pier are you fishin on? is it near walton county?

[@mightyemacstarz9193]

I heard pinfish and butterfish make good bait fish. You can use em to catch some decent size fish

[@bigman5881]

Here in Australia we use beach worms for salt water fishing I can send you some

[@Muphetballs]

In Wisconsin until I catch every fish known here. At 42/hundred something 🤣 then I will conquer the seas with you 🎣🎣

[@elijahbl5745]

Fun fact, mullet will... Somewhat... In a lake actually, lake Moultrie, I was fishing with my dad and he hooked something big, like we had to land it on a little beach at the end of the wall, like we were just fishing for panfish, and he hooked it, it was like a 25 in mullet or something, wouldn't fit in a cooler, huge mullet, on a piece of a nightcrawler

[@seanwilliams5953]

You have to try maggots it’s my favourite sea bait. I absolutely destroy them but I’m in Europe and I fish the Black Sea and we have totally different species but it will make for a hella interesting video!

[@rileyhrocks4731]

Ofc they would lol they have wild instincts

[@Irage365]

Had butter fish in Mexico....delicious! Thought they called it that, because they cooked it in a lot of butter, which made it that much better! But it was awesome! Second, curious why you didnt just rig up a pinfish?

[@Kmprukop2608]

Butter Fish is sort of a nickname. It’s actually called an Atlantic bumper.

[@ronaldthomas7918]

Nice Talkshow Night crawlers dissolve in saltwater in California.

[@goodtalker]

In the Colorado River near Yuma, Arizona we "hunt" stripped and large mouth bass, but nightcrawlers are not usually the bait of choice. Further south in the Sea of Cortez, it seems to me that bass of just about any saltwater species will hit, virtually, anything--and I mean anything! Thanks for reading.

[@jams1533]

lol Yuma.

[@josecalderon7627]

Did you take the 3:10 to yuma?

[@goodtalker]

LOL LOL LOL@@josecalderon7627

[@davesboatingfishinggaming]

Yes because I use them on a semi regular basis for salt water fishing

[@user-od2ph3so5q]

u should fish in the jetty in fort pierce and sebeke rig or just cast far out u can catch huge snook and sometime see manatees and turtles

[@raps0514]

hey what part of florida is this ?

[@poepflater]

poor guy was snorkeling, the coolest stuff are under piers. my coffee came out my nose when you said suck my worm off.

[@Rowan.C700]

Yes bet I got first again,anyway great vid again,can’t wait till you get back on the kayak and do some crazy challenges

[@DaGodds]

Is that Vinny from jersey shore? 😂🕺🏾🏃🏾‍♂️

[@pstrip9451]

Is that lake Worth Pier in West Palm Beach

[@daveobsoleteammo4547]

A worm is a worm as long as it is alive . Only bloodworms leave the scent trail in the water . The problem with the earthworms and the nightcrawlers is they deteriorate super fast in saltwater , and if one is cut the guts get shaken out and you pull back a husk not a worm . Since they wiggle around and show movement they work for bait as long as the fish can actually see them but you get one cast normally and whatever is left has to be replaced for another cast .

[@Elmo-patrisha5]

Since your new to the Jax beach pier Always fish on the right side

[@clintkaufman1011]

Is that a 5000 sized diawa bg

[@corispeed1635]

You should do fly fishing at the beach it's a cool idea

[@thatguyblue4811]

Looked it up. Those yellow tailed fish you were catching are Atlantic Bumper aka Hornbelly.

[@RT42069]

That guy swimming under the pier probably played on the road as a kid

[@AmongUs-oq8js]

bueno el video😃

[@BigBass-xf5yi]

When did they reclassify Jack crevalle as blue runner? Lol. And dude, you should have put one of those pinfish on a Carolina rig. Something nice most definitely would have sucked it down.

[@Rokoyuko]

You can use google lens if the signal is ok, to figure the fish species nowadays. On 7:33, it was an Chloroscombrus chrysurus, according to my search lol

[@andrewmichael7230]

What's ur best Jacksonville spots g

[@jaycebeverly6254]

1st fish was a pin fish good for bait , 2nd fish was what we call a skipjack. Bloody and the bottom 2 spikes have some venom that stings pretty bad. Be careful😂

[@watch_This.572]

It’s a pilcherd

[@jasondraughon8825]

We call them Leatherjacks in TX.

[@brianfitch5469]

Here on the gulfcoast of Mississippi no one cares if you swim towards piers. Go for it. Usually lots of jellyfish waiting around them. Florida piers are way to high up.

[@luigiprovencher8888]

What kind of reel is that?

[@mikegary6183]

Just wanted to say - we were getting worried about you. I hope all is well with you and your wife. We absolutely love and look forward to seeing your videos.

[@xavierpearsall8306]

Are they separating or something.

[@mikegary6183]

​@@xavierpearsall8306idk, that would be a shame, they just got married

[@bChipps]

What makes you worried?

[@mikegary6183]

​@@bChippshe hasn't been putting out videos that often no more. Use to be 2-3 week. Lately 1 a week. More or less. That's all.

[@bChipps]

@@mikegary6183 ah he’s talked about the recently the boot has really been holding him back and just general life stuff. Don’t think it’s anything with too terrible based off what he’s said.

[@Sammm1473]

Dr first state doin experiments

[@bakerbro4055]

Gotta ditch those Oakes for some costas. Once you go glass you won’t go back.

[@centralfloridaoutdoors6340]

Great vids bud! Hit me up when you want to fish in Central Florida

[@Saltwaterfishing77]

You should go here from 6 pm to 10:45 pm there is some great fishing at that time on the Jacksonville beach pier

[@Salami255]

What bites out there? I’m like an hour ish away

[@Saltwaterfishing77]

@@Salami255 spot, butter fish, whiting, speckled trout, white trout, saltwater catfish, blue fish, and probably more I haven’t caught

[@kidfisher1588]

Nah fam. Early morning they crush the redfish and flounder

[@Saltwaterfishing77]

@@kidfisher1588well that’s probably 2 I haven’t caught there