Tampa Bay Fishing

Just another great day of fishing with friends here in Florida!

[@timmyverh4219]

Hey Zoff, When you stopped at your local bait store, that was a nice cobia. They are excellent to eat. The trick is to anchor a little away from the structure and bring your grouper rod. Send a bait (a medium pinfish, sea bass or a 4" crab )to the bottom then bring it up about five feet or so and put the rod in the rod holder with the drag tightened down. Then start to sabiki up some bait. this will attract them and get them feeding. They will take you into the structure and break you off if you do not have your drag tightened down. As the water warms up (April, May, June) you will start to see more cobia gathering on structure and some of them get big. Oh yeah, don't bring them into the boat green. Made that mistake once. it about broke my buddies ankle.

[@edwardrossiter9612]

Love the videos! I love when you catch Jack and sheep heads too.

[@CHAPPER15]

Welcome to Tampa Bay, nice video as always and looks like you were here on the perfect day

[@guidocasero1178]

Good job! When I watch I can count on unique footage, boat coming up the trailer nice touch.

[@rob512350]

Great video! Looks like it was an awesome day on the water... Looking forward to video from the new boat soon.

[@winnnerxx]

we are under water up here in east TX.can not get on river so thank you for taking me with you and your friends.I like all your videos.when water goes down some I will be back at it on caddo lake looking for crappie

[@nestoroniFL]

All those greenbacks in one net? That's insane! Nice fish too. Keep up the great videos.

[@Rich_ard]

What a great day it must have been. Another awesome video, tight lines.

[@RobbsHomemadeLife]

the underwater shots were cool. what a great lot of fish, they sure were biting.

[@fishinfunk3504]

Good to see the bait finally showing up. I enjoy watching your videos. I fish off a paddleboard in Tampa and have been waiting for spring to arrive. I hope to post up some vids this year. I have a couple videos uploaded on my channel.

[@brenda8721]

Another awesome video! Thanks for sharing!

[@UncleHarley]

Nice video guys, I'm headed to Tamp next month and it sure looks like a lot of fun!!

[@franciscoantoniouhl203]

The best videos man keep them coming

[@dalarc0n]

How can someone not like this vid, cool Marty..!!

[@Gfwarforge]

Love all of your video's man

[@Andysfishing]

Nice Snook fishing. Bet is felt good to not have to kayak all day. Not that kayaking is unpleasant, just a nice change for you.

[@benjaminclark3478]

Love your channel

[@Andysfishing]

Benjamin Clark thanks, you should tell others about it, ha ha.

[@anthonychiappetta9225]

when im not fishing and relaxing, im watching your videos and relaxing. good shit marty

[@John_Smith__]

Oh yeah, Great fishing !!

[@walkabout29]

I didn't know to wet my hands before handling a trout. Great info there Marty.

[@MashingAudio]

Man I miss Tampa/St.Pete fishing... Nice vid

[@naturesfinest4218]

Ol buddy didn't want the pole up the butt, but he wanted to snuggle captain on the ride home. Gotta earn them snuggle privileges, LOL!

[@sonny.1009]

awesome vid!!!!

[@atlfisherman3413]

Another nice one.

[@narucraze]

Love watching your Videos man. I get updates on my android when they are uploaded. Always excited to see your next excursion. Keep it up. Oh btw do you do any surf fishing? If you have a video of it I've missed it.

[@silascaldwell2785]

love your vids not sure if you interested but the lady fish are in the thousands at the gandy bridge in case you ever wanted to do a lady fish vid for some reason. i have noticed they show up super thick there in the beginning of march the last couple of years you could use that shoelace trick. i could be something to do if the good fish aren't biting, i caught well over 100 last night from 7pm - 2am and they were still biting any lure i through when i was leaving, they are so thick there right now i dont think it maters what time you go there or the tides. i used a smaller one as bait on a large hook hoping for a monster cobia or shark no luck yet anyway love your vids and figured i share the hot spot for lady fish for anyone who might enjoy catching fish with lures easily

[@henrymontero4470]

awsome marty!

[@Gary-ex9rg]

What rod was capt. using? I like the action. I have a TFO that has that type of action. Thanks Zoff great VID.

[@dylan10harris]

Great video

[@mbswolf2003]

Heading to Fort De Soto this fall, hope to hook up with some snook and reds. I'm ready!

[@zanereifers3871]

Nice vid marty

[@MrStukid]

Great day on the water. Makes me wonder how DHS can have a security zone, yet still let some folks fish there. I have a colleague who has a permit to fish off the docks there. Between Manasota and MacDill, there are two great fishing spots the average Joe like me can get to with out the risk of being busted.

[@jc3944]

It's always a great feeling to catch a fish that's too big

[@gregkerr725]

Enjoyed the video. I have seen quite a few videos featuring Snook. Everyone throws them back. Are they not good to eat or is it just a fish like the large mouth bass, that lots of people release to be caught another day because they fight so well?

[@ReelGuyTv]

Them snook are making a serious comeback. Think next one I catch I'm taking him home. lol Been some years now of letting them go.

[@edzkos59]

good video BUT been there done that I Love the simple, quiet life of kayak fishing at my old age. lol.

[@twoface2937]

YES NEW VIDEO !!!!! :D

[@chrisreumont]

Marty, a while ago you gave us a teaser video of catching a bunch of bait fish. Is this the rest of the video from that day? I noticed the second trout you caught had a red mark on its back. Was that a leaf or did something bite it? Any way nice video.

[@Thatonelandscaper]

what day where you on the water cuz today I was out there and I didnt catch anything but catfish

[@jamesfinch2971]

What kind of kayak is the old red one?

[@zanereifers3871]

Thats a nice cobia

[@twinbee13monsterhunter]

Is that spot by a Power plant ? That's why u need a special permit or flag ?

[@zoffinger]

It's a shipping port that is watched closely by Homeland Security.

[@andyelkins883]

zoffinger what is that at 1:06? and what were those little fish???

[@gordonfreeman3735]

CaptainSolo I guess that other boat out there had ''privileges' too? Hmmmm

[@mobeious]

What inlet was that in the beginning of video

[@Charsept]

4:30 Largemouth Bass do the same thing :)

[@sealtite904]

What does the captain do for a living?

[@docandry77]

I noticed you DIDN'T stick you thumb in that speckled trout's mouth like you did the snook. :)

[@saltwaterfishing6005]

I get my bait for fishing at the tower that they were at 1st

[@ksero9]

nice;-)

[@samjones24566]

what reel was the guy who caught the first redfish using

[@bradenwetzel3345]

Looked like an Okuma hx-40

[@CaptinSpurgey]

Hey I have a question! why was that fish to big to keep?

[@zoffinger]

Some fish are illegal to keep if they are too big. Reasoning is that the big ones all turn into breeders and are very important to keep the next generation of fish plentiful. I think the little 19 inchers taste better anyways.

[@CaptinSpurgey]

oh interesting! Thanks for the info

[@Alpatriod]

I was gonna say small young fish tast better

[@jiachunlim5180]

zoffinger quite true smaller fish tend to have more tender and sweet flesh

[@gavinocucurellao5551]

Wow amazing u should check out reel time fl sportsman and try to fish with him

[@BassAssassin123]

Did you guys chum at all for that bait?

[@zoffinger]

Yessir.

[@BassAssassin123]

zoffinger Thanks, and how long did u chum before the bait showed up?

[@zoffinger]

I haven't been privy to bait netting long enough to see the same results twice. Some days are good. Some, not so much.

[@jonathannguyen4715]

Was that a cobia am I right or wrong

[@swampwizardmf]

When?

[@jonathannguyen4715]

+L0N3R! When they were getting bait at the beginning

[@westernnewyorkangler4273]

yes that is a cobia

[@eliasburgos8608]

What part.of tampa is tha ?place

[@ArcticGator]

What do those pilchards taste like?

[@sburnswensel]

You don't eat them

[@ArcticGator]

Shane Burns-wensel I don't know, if i lived in florida with the abundance of species of fish they have i would probably eat any of them at least once, as long as they weren't poisonous lol.

[@caseybahl9891]

Where is this

[@yordanysrodriguez4418]

Take me fishing ?

[@chacmyster]

Anybody know what kind of bobbers they're using? Thanks

[@zoffinger]

Cole Chaco Weighted Comal Tackle Floats

[@chacmyster]

Thanks man. Just subscribed few days ago looking forward to see more vids! Tight lines and be safe!

[@joshconnell6073]

So many bait fish in the water but they go for his fish

[@zoffinger]

Mine looks wounded and is easy prey.

[@joshconnell6073]

+zoffinger oh ok .thanks for the awesome vid

[@chasebrewer8570]

First

[@yvonneloder1872]

hay zoffinger cam fishing with me sum time neer march 31 reepliy

[@tydeess]

why do so many americans use left handed reels? they cant all be left handed...

[@nathanrieck2112]

I dont really know, I'm right handed and cast right and the reel in with my left, I have a friend who is right handed and after he casts right he traded the pole into his left hand to reel with his right hand, seems weird to me, the way i do it feels natural

[@illest121]

you are not to use the phrase "master fisherman "again..thats my saying

[@yvonneloder1872]

reply if you want to now were and wen ok