What do you do when you have a nice land-based 100lb+ Tarpon on the line and a lightning storm starts to move in closer?
Well, our friend Brent Bensmiller (aka SHOORTYS on YouTube) of Paddle Naples says stick it out and land the fish!
Check out the awesome fight he had (you can see the tarpon jumping out in the distance quite a few times), not to mention the amazing sunset and lightning clash!
Very cool.
As you will see towards the end of the video, the tarpon measured 6’7″ with a girth of 34 inches (and was estimated to weigh 130 pounds).
Wait til’ you see this big ol’ Goliath Grouper attacking a spearfisherman that had just plucked off a nice snapper.
This beast of a fish certainly shows the diver who is the boss of the bottom of the ocean!
I can only imagine the person filming this was just as shocked as he/she watched this big goliath come out of the blue and steal a free meal from the diver.
I bet they are still talking about this wild dive!
The lesson here: Never turn your back on these greedy aggressive grouper… luckily the only thing hurt was the diver’s pride… and perhaps a soiled wetsuit…
Coming home with a 19 lb red grouper that breaks a new world record on a freediving trip is pretty darn awesome…
Well, can you imagine bagging an 8 lb lobster (by hand) on the way up!
This is one of our all-time favorite videos from our friend Cameron Kirkconnell, and we wanted to play this one today because yesterday was Cameron’s birthday!
Happy birthday brother.
We hope you spent it out on the water with friends and family.
Check out this sick video by Cameron Kirkconnellbelowand prepare to be amazed!
We’ve been following Capt. Mike Goodwine (aka “Blackneck Adventures”) for quite some time…
From his long-fought “Free Mike Goodwine” battle with Facebook about having Capt. in his name (which Mike eventually won), to the mogan redfish and snook he is constantly posting on Facebook and Instagram…
Heck, we even got to meet the guy and have a drink with him at a private Guy Harvey party at ICAST this past year.
And I made the prediction that Blackneck Adventures would be one of the BIG names to watch in the upcoming years when I wrote the crazy viral post named, “The Complete List: 85 Must-Know Florida Saltwater Anglers” (see the full list here).
Last week Capt. Mike posted a beast of a redfish in the Salt Strong Fishing Tribe Facebook group that got a ton of comments and likes.
Of course, I couldn’t help notice that he had his 14-inch Salt Strong decal placed strategically in the front of his boat for pics (see below)
So I started wondering if Capt. Mike had any good videos of these monster redfish he keeps catching.
Well, it didn’t take me long to find a good one on YouTube.
Check out some of the redfish footage in this compilation below!
FYI, you can hire Blackneck to take you out and catch some monster inshore fish by contacting him here: Blackneckadventures@yahoo.com
Note: I told Capt. Mike that Luke and I will be taking him out fishing with us in 2016 so stay tuned for a fun video (and some monster fish).
Enjoy!
Related Post: “How To Consistently Find Redfish In A Brand New Area” (watch it here)
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When Heather recently went Goliath Grouper fishing with our friends from Big Bully Outdoors, little did she know that she would be catching not one, but TWO Goliath Grouper!
And she probably didn’t know that the water was going to be so cold that day…
But when you land your very first Goliath, it’s part of the ritual to get in the water and take a pic with the giant fish (it is illegal to take the adult Goliath Grouper out of the water for any reason fyi).
Great job Heather!
Make sure to stick around for the full video as she goes handlining for another Goliath after her cold dip in the water.
Not only does this Redfish video have some of the most professional and epic redfish footage out there, it also has some of the best fishing lines to date…
“The Colossal Redfish Chase Them (Flys) Like A Fat Kid After The Ice Cream Truck”
“Those big Redfish freaking look like big orange school buses in the water”
I can’t wait for you see this Louisiana winter time redfish video below!
And make sure to stick around for the entire video. About halfway through is when they start getting into the 20lb+ redfish like this one below (including a heartbreaking trophy redfish at the very end).
Good stuff!
It will certainly want to make you head to the marshes of Louisiana this winter. I am already hitting up my brother Luke to do a trip there after watching this.
Who knew that the water was so clear there in the wintertime? Wowzers.
But this time it was our friend Jessica Jae behind the camera filming her friend Kim while she fights what has to be the largest black drum ever caught on a Barbie rod!
Here is a quick pic of Kim holding the monster black drum she caught on the Barbie rod (video is at the bottom):
Kim and her huge black drum she caught on a barbie rod (Video Below)
This epic catch all happened on a recent girl’s trip to Louisiana, and of course, Jessica had to bring along her trusty Barbie Shakespeare pink rod.
