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July 25, 2018June 26, 2017 by Joseph Simonds

Holy snook catch on the year!!!

Or should I say holy on the money cast of the year!

Wait until you see this video below (filmed on my iPhone 7)

Here’s the backstory…

While we were having our Salt Strong “Monday Company Meeting,” I happened to be standing by the glass window and couldn’t help but notice that there was a snook sitting right down near the water’s edge waiting to ambush the bait fish that are known to roll through the area (turns out there were two snook).

I mentioned the snook to Luke and we all agreed it was worth ending our meeting early to see if we could get a cast on the snook without spooking it.

So we told Tony (who was still on the conference call line while we debated what lure to use) that we’d call him back after we did some snook balcony fishing (probably the first time that had ever been said on a business conference call).

Thankfully we had a rod ready, and Luke got the honors to see if he could catch a snook from three stories high.

Not only were we 3 stories up, but it is a pretty long distance from where we were to where the snook was and there was a tall palm tree in the way.

But Luke had his magic touch, and after a money cast that had the lure go just a few feet in front of the snook, a botched second cast, his third cast had the lure bounce just inches from the snook’s nose, and the snook couldn’t resist!

Thankfully we had three of us there as Will was able to run down, catch the rod, and land the snook.

Talk about an amazing way to end your Monday morning meeting.

Enjoy the first ever snook fishing from a balcony (video shown below).

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October 17, 2015October 17, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

Holy Cast Net Pancake!

Not to mention, this thing must have weighed a TON!

I can still remember the Christmas when my brother Luke and I both received our very first cast nets. They were 4-foot cast nets, and they were awesome (especially for young kids).

Of course, over the years we have upgraded our cast nets, and now Luke can throw his 10ft or 12ft cast net with his eyes closed (I am a bit rusty myself as I haven’t thrown a net in years due to going mostly artificial).

So when I saw this video below of a guy throwing the largest cast net I have ever seen (the note on the video says it was a 40ft spread in its longest area), I just had to share it (and I hope you will too).

Can you imagine how many bait fish you could catch in one cast with this guy on your boat?

WOW!

I don’t know who this angler is, but one thing is for certain… he is 100% Salt Strong.

Enjoy.

P.S. – Make sure to check out the video below this of Luke showing you exactly how to throw a cast net pancake (with or without using your mouth)

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August 18, 2015August 16, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

Guess Who?

Yep, the Lionfish Killer Alex Fogg is back at it again…

If you don’t who “The Lionfish Killer” is, you can watch one his most popular videos, “The Ultimate Lionfish Massacre” here.

And this time he is lassoing lionfish (aka using a lobster snare), lassoing Florida spiny lobster, and then smoking more lionfish like an underwater wrangler.

If you didn’t know, the FWC (Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission) approved a new ruling for the 2015 mini-lobster season that you can keep one extra lobster tail per day if you kill 10 lionfish in the same day (click here to read the FWC rule).

So for divers like Alex Fogg that can kill lionfish faster than Chuck Norris could, it equates into an extra lobster both days of mini-lobster season.

Now if you didn’t get to read Luke’s “Ultimate Guide To Catching Lobster In The Florida Keys While Snorkeling” (you can click here to watch/read it), he left off one of the options to catch lobster (using a snare or “lasso” to catch lobster).

But thankfully for the Lionfish Killer Alex Fogg, you now know exactly how to get a snare behind a lobster and into your boat.

Well done! And what a heck of a ledge at towards the end of this video! Wow!

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June 20, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

OUCH!

I have personally never been barbed (aka Stung) by a stingray, but I did watch my dad go through the pain and agony of having to remove a stingray barb that was lodged way up in his foot after pushing our boat off of a sandbar years ago… and it was painful to watch!

And to say that I want no part of feeling the pain of a stingray barb myself is an understatement. People describe it as feeling like your foot is on fire, and the pain doesn’t go away quickly.

Now although this video doesn’t have anyone actually fishing, it does give some helpful stingray tips if you are ever barbed by a stingray while out fishing or wading out in the saltwater. Not to mention, it helps newcomers to fishing understand the difference between a stingray and a flounder…

It is also smart to always do the “Stingray Shuffle” where you shuffle your feet in the sand while walking in the water. That way you never plop your foot right on top of a stingray barb. Will save you hours of excruciating pain (just ask anyone that has been barbed by a ray).

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January 30, 2015January 17, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

Have you ever been seasick before?

What I have found is even the most “seaworthy” anglers all have at least one story in their life where the sea got the best of their stomach.

In my case, I have been on the salt water countless times since I was a little kid.

And in that time, I have only been seasick once (and it wasn’t due to drinking alcohol the night before like Darcie mentions).

But boy, do I remember it like it was yesterday.

I was 12 years old, I was out with my dad and his friend off Daytona Beach in our 23ft Wellcraft boat trolling for anything that would hit…

And I made the biggest “seasick” mistake out there…

I was hanging out in the small cabin, drinking Orange Crush Cola (do they even still make that drink?), and staring at anything but the horizon (or even the water).

Before you know it, seasickness Orange Crush was all over the boat.

I was like an Orange Crush dispenser…

But I stuck it out and let my dad and his friend catch some fish, even though I continued to feel like crap for hours.

So a big thanks to Darcie of Darcizzle Offshore for this great video on the 6 ways to avoid getting seasick on a boat.

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