If you are like me, watching snook underwater (or leaping out of the water to hit a topwater plug) never gets old.
So when I found this older footage of a diver stumbling upon an awesome snook hole (with one unlucky grouper) I had to share it.
As you will see, this a great “old school” video showing some awesome underwater footage of tons of big snook on a wreck off of Stuart, FL.
Some of the snook were absolute bruisers that would be close to impossible to pull out of that structure if hooked.
And at the beginning of the video, this diver even filmed a goliath grouper that had a pair of Boga grips latched to its jaw…
Important Note: Always be sure to latch your Boga grip to your wrist so you don’t let a fish swim off with them – especially when dealing with larger fish. Not only are you losing a $100 fishing device, but it is almost impossible for a fish to shake the Boga grip off by itself.
At any rate, enjoy this underwater footage.
Related Video: “You’ve Got To See This Monster Snook Stalk And Crush This Pinfish!” (watch it here)
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The Fort Lauderdale locals affectionally refer to him as “RT”.
The dude had been in jail for over 18 years (for having his way with a manatee), and upon getting released (only due to overcrowding in the Brevard jail system), Ricky started trying to make money by selling Capt. Jeff Maggio’s (aka Lunkerdog) best bait spots.
In fact, his epic videos have been featured five times on our site in the last 12 months (you can see them all here)
And female fly angler Rebecca Courtney almost froze up our site with so many views to her first video on Salt Strong (see it here)
So when I saw that these two anglers came together for a tarpon fishing video, I knew it was going to rock!
Here are just a few things you will see in this amazing tarpon video:
An alligator coming right up the boat
Tons of juvenile tarpon footage
A fast food lady naming the video (OMG)
Great stuff guys!
Keep up the great work.
Note: Here are the full list of characters in this video: Alex Russell, Rebecca Courtney, Dan Decibel, Jason Fernandez, Jeremy Chavez, and Patrick Gringas.
Well, our friend Patrick Rhea of LivitFilms has done it again…
He nailed another amazing inshore fishing video (if you didn’t know, Patrick and his uncle Nick Shirghio were the ones who filmed the 2015 Saltwater Fishing Music Video of the Year, “Fishing In Our Soul”)
But this time he was out there with our friends over at Avid Charters(along with two pro surfers).
The two surfers that ditched their boards for the day to take a shot at some nice redfish and snook are Smith Optics pro surfers CJ Hobgood and Brett Barley.
I can only imagine after seeing that sick mullet run action, those two surfers will be back for more…
The captain in the video is our friend Capt. Rob Rohmann of Avid Charters over on the east coast of Florida.
Check out the amazing footage they captured fishing from Jupiter to Sebastian Inlet.
Would you ever dive down to the bottom of the Sebastian Inlet?
I can only imagine that these divers (Josh Rhein, Vaughn and Nikko) did this dive on an absolute perfect day (and slack tide) for the Inlet.
Because the last time I was fishing the Sebastian Inlet the water was incredibly choppy, not to mention, the water was ripping so fast through the pass that most boats were scared to go through it…
Also, the Sebastion Inlet has been known to hold a few bull sharks… or two… or one hundred…
If you aren’t familiar with the world famous Sebastian Inlet, it is about 12 miles north of Vero Beach, and it is one of the favorite land based (and boat based) spots for anglers to catch snook, redfish, tarpon, Spanish mackerel and just about anything else that swims through the inlet.
There are tons of places to fish the inlet from land, and anglers from all over the states (and even abroad) head over to Sebastian Inlet State Park every year to wet a line.
So when I saw that a couple of guys had the courage to free dive the Sebastian Inlet, I knew this was going to be good.
You will be blown away with how many snook are just hanging out down there!
Not to mention, some goliath grouper, mangrove snapper, cubera snapper, and even some lobster.
Imagine enjoying a nice day on the beach with your family in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida when all of a sudden you see someone with a fishing pole reeling in a monster 13ft Hammerhead Shark right where you were just swimming…
As you can imagine, this scene created some chaos from onlookers at this Ft. Lauderdale beach, and I can only imagine that no one was going back in the water in that area anytime soon (even though it would have been just as safe as before, and that hammerhead certainly went as far away from that place as he could…)
Either way, it certainly made the day unforgettable for the beachgoers that got to see this!
It was a great job on the release (especially considering all of the mayhem behind them), and beach lovers shouldn’t be too worried about sharks like this coming up into the shallows where they are swimming.
For instance, this huge hammerhead shark was hooked hundreds of feet away from the beach while on the pier, and large hammerheads like this rarely come in the shallows of the beach.
Note: The anglers in the video are known as the Infinity Fishing Team.
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!
With what must be his 5th or 6th appearance on Salt Strong, this cinematic Tarpon footage doesn’t disappoint.
And after the insane “viral” tarpon picture that I posted yesterday (below), I just had to follow it up with a great tarpon video.
Photo by Amanda Nicholls
The only thing I can think to compare Dan’s video to is the soothing feeling of watching waves roll on the beach or fire crackle in a campfire.
There is just something unexplainable about seeing the silver king rolling…
This Tarpon video by Dan Decibel (named as one of the Must Know Florida Saltwater Anglers of 2015) is called “Acension” and I think you will understand why after you see it.
Enjoy.
Related Video by Dan Decibel: “This Must Be One Of The All-Time Best Topwater Redfish Videos Ever Made!” (watch it here now)
If you are an inshore angler, you are going to love this story…
It all started with a desire of one man to explore new fishing grounds and catch bigger fish.
Tony Acevedo, an Orlando area bass angler, was many miles from the nearest body of saltwater, yet he was determined to learn how to catch redfish, snook, and trout over on the east coast back in mid-2015…
So he hung up his bass fishing gear and started fishing the flats after purchasing his first kayak.
And it all started with Tony studying my brother Luke’s inshore fishing system…
If you have met my brother Luke, you know that he is WAY too modest and humble to ever toot his own horn… but that doesn’t mean that I won’t…
In one sentence, Luke is one of the most consistent inshore anglers in the state of Florida.
Period.
He has gone up against pro guides and won money in tournaments, he’ll go to brand new areas and outfish most locals, and he has what many call a “Fish Whisperer” trait that has come from decades of patiently studying fish (Luke was the kid in junior high and high school that woke up 2 hours early to go fishing almost every morning at 5:30am).
He even caught a snook from a 3rd-floor balcony (you can see that video hereif you missed it).
And he makes anglers like me look really good (I catch a significant amount of fish every year just by being in the same boat with him and imitating what he is doing).
So back to the story at hand…
This inshore angler that we have featured below is Tony Acevedo, and he had never been inshore fishing as of March of 2015.
And then he applied what he learned to out-fish many inshore anglers that have been doing it for over a decade…
Just check out Tony’s fishing card to see the fish he has been catching every month (hint: lots of grand slams – and this covers just a fraction of his catches over a short period of time).
Big kudos to you Tony.
Guys like you make it all worth it for Luke to spend as much time as he does teaching fishing.
Keep up the great work buddy!
You make us all very proud.
Introducing Tony, “The Redfish Slayer…”
Here’s some of his early footage from 2015.
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Note: The song in Tony’s first video below is the Salt Strong theme song called “Fishing In Our Soul” by Jill’s Cashbox, and you can see the full music video here:
Related Post:To read and download the Inshore Fishing Manifesto, click here now.
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