Have you ever been curious as to how fish can get past a dam when it comes to spawning season?
Well, the folks at the Gadmerwasser Kraftwerke Oberhasli AG dam in Switzerland were.
They put cameras throughout this entire “Fish Gauntlet” to see just how many fish are coming through the complicated labyrinth of things a fish has to get through in the dam.
One thing is for sure… only the strong survive and get past this damn.
The news reports on something positive for a change…
I have pretty much given up on watching any and all news due to all the negativity and the never-ending presidential election circus, but this video gives me hope.
I take that back, Chasten Whitfield gives me hope.
It’s pretty awesome to see this kind of maturity, awareness, and selflessness in someone of this age (or any age for that matter).
And the fact that Chasten is changing lives through fishing makes it that much better.
If you want to make America great again, girls like Chasten should be our role model.
Keep up the great work, Chasten!
Can’t wait to see all of the impact you make over the years to come.
To learn more about Chasten and Fishing 4A Cause, check out her website here.
P.S. – Chasten, if your dream is to have your own fishing show, give me a shout as we’d gladly pitch in any way we can to help give you a larger platform.
Here is another video of Chasten making the news last year.
Is there such thing as an entire school of redfish without spots?
Makes you wonder after Capt. Jimmy Nelson (from Extreme Fishing Adventures) and Luiza Barros (from Fishing With Luiza) catch back-to-back redfish without spots in the exact same area.
Jimmy and Luiza were fishing in the Crystal River, FL area (doing some filming) when they caught these two spotless reds in a matter of a few minutes from each other.
Amazing!
Capt. Jimmy + Luiza = Redfish Strong!
Have you caught a redfish without spots?
Ever caught two in a row?
Let us know in the comments.
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Wait til’ you see this dolphin launch a jack 13 times before finally finishing him off.
Luke and I were down at the end of Davis Island in Tampa yesterday filming some new footage for our online redfish course and we saw this massive school of jack tearing up the bait fish.
Not more than a couple of minutes later, a handful of dolphin came in to feed on the jacks.
We grabbed our other camera (the nice one with the professional lavalier mic was hooked into the tripod) and followed the feeding frenzy around the point.
And all of a sudden I saw a dolphin with a jack crevalle in his mouth (see the screenshot from the video below).
And then a few seconds later, the dolphin was throwing around the jack like a football!
I can’t wait for you to see the monster toss at the 1:15 mark.
What a pass!
Talk about playing with your food before you eat it.
Have you ever seen anything like this with a dolphin?
Ever been kayak fishing for bull redfish at night?
Check out what our friend Brandon Barton and a couple of clients got into the other night.
Talk about some nice redfish!
And these were all caught on artificial lures (white jerk baits – see below):
Pretty awesome!
What’s the biggest redfish you’ve caught at night from a yak?
Let us know in the comments (and show some pics).
And if you are ever up in the Florida Panhandle area and want to do some nighttime sleigh riding, then hook up with Brandon and his company Emerald Waters Kayak Charters here.
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What comes to mind when you hear “Public Lands Transfer”?
For many of us, it probably goes in one ear and out the other with all of the other noise out there in the news…
But this is a serious deal that could negatively impact your kids, grandkids, great-grandkids, and every generation after that.
Why?
Because the word that should come to mind when you hear public lands transfer is “STEALING”.
Sounds tough, but that really is what happens during a public lands transfer.
You see, the public lands in America belong to all of us.
You, me, our neighbors, everyone.
Do you know how much land we own?
640,000,000 acres!
And most of them are wide open for us to explore, hunt, fish, camp, and enjoy with family and friends.
But when a public lands transfer takes place (either from a state transfer or selling directly to a private group), we lose our rights to use the land how we like.
Here is why you should care:
When a state takes over public lands, they have the right to tell you that you can no longer fish, hunt, or camp on the land
But even worse, when states get in financial trouble (which the vast majority of them are in currently), one of the first things they sell is their land… and when it sells to a private owner, not only can you not hunt or fish on that land that used to be yours, you can’t even step foot on it
The National Parks and federal lands employ 6.1 Americans currently. If this land is sold, the states are not required to keep these jobs in place
Help spread the word and educate your friends and family on why they should not support public lands transfers.
Great job Trout Unlimited and Sportsmen’s Access for putting out these videos.
Note: There are two videos below on this subject of public lands transfer.
Watch and share.
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