East Coast of Florida Archives

September 27, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

Now this is how you catch a big tarpon from the beach!

If you aren’t familiar with our friend “Team Googan”, he has made multiple appearances on the Salt Strong video page.

Here are a few of his “Must See” fishing videos:

“Googan Catches Two Slot Snook On A Kid’s Spiderman Rod!” (watch it here)
“Wait til’ You See This Kayaker Land A Sailfish On A YoYo!” (watch it here)
“Kayaker Experiences One Of The Wildest Tarpon Fights Ever Caught On Film!” (watch it here)

Now check out this solid tarpon fight from the beach during the mullet run.

Well done Team Googan!

Related Video: “The Craziest Mullet Run Footage Ever Caught On Film!” (watch it here)

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September 27, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

If you have followed our friend Capt. Jeff Maggio (aka Lunkerdog) for any amount of time on YouTube, then you know that his favorite time of the year is the “The Florida Mullet Run”.

It’s like Christmas in Fall for Capt. Jeff…

Countless mullet pass through Capt. Jeff’s fishing grounds in South Florida, and he makes the absolute best of it every year… in fact, he coined the term “Happy Bait”, and has a massive following of anglers that tune it to his “Happy Bait Updates” throughout the Mullet Run.

This video below is some of the first footage of this year’s mullet run.

Check out Capt. Maggio as he shows you how to cast net for mullet, and gives you some “reel guy” behind the scenes views of the Ft. Lauderdale mullet run.

Enjoy!

Related Video: “This Is The Craziest Florida Mullet Run Footage You Will Ever See!” (watch it here)

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September 24, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

What should you do when you come across a nice cobia hanging under a manta ray and you just can’t get it to hit your lure?

Pretty simple solution…

You have your buddy put on his mask and fins, grab his speargun, and then jump out of the slow moving boat to pluck off the cobia for you.

This video is also a little sliver of redemption for diver Joey Antonelli, the same guy that had tens of thousands of anglers watch him in pain as a triggerfish bit him in the groin area… (you can watch that video here)

Even though Joey wasn’t the diver that made the shot, it was his camera, and he did all of the editing.

The diver that plucked off the cobia was Nick Furrow.

Great job Joey and Nick!

Enjoy.

Related Video: “This Is What Happens When A Triggerfish Gets The Ultimate Revenge On A Diver. OUCH!” (watch it here)

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September 18, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

Alex Fogg, “The Lionfish Killer”, is back!

And he even has Alan Pierce (the same guy that risked putting his arm down a Goliath Grouper’s mouth to take out 6-feet of steel leader – you can watch that video here) with him to help pluck of these invasive fish we all know as “Lionfish”.

In this video, Alex, Alan, Heidi, and Mike (The Reef Rangers) were participating at the Guy Harvey Lionfish Safari this past weekend.

And of course, The Lionfish Killer’s team won first place.

It’s kind of like having Chuck Norris on your team… you can’t lose.

Here are Alex’s notes from the Guy Harvey event:

We harvested 415 lionfish and took first place! All lionfish collected were sampled for science and filleted / served at the Guy Harvey Outpost. Couldn’t have done it without the support of Dive Rite. Thanks to Reef Monitoring for putting on a great event.

Great job Reef Rangers!

Related Video: “The World Record Lionfish Massacre: 1,399 Lionfish Killed” (you can watch it here)

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September 16, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

What were you doing in your spare time when you were 16 years old…

Chances are good that you weren’t catching 43-inch SLOB Snook from a public pier like it was going out of style…

But that is exactly what 16-year old Ryan Izquierdo (he turns 17 this Friday so a Big Happy Birthday Ryan) and his buddies do any chance they get…

Whether it be on someone’s boat, the beach, or this Snook-infested pier (Juno Beach Pier), these guys are outside getting their fill of fishing.

In fact, catching monster fish is all Ryan thinks about… his ultimate goal would be to have his own boat and to make a living on the water teaching others how to catch fish.

Makes me proud to see teenagers like this out there with a burning desire to fish and to help others catch fish. Certainly millions of times better than staying inside stuck to their phones or an Xbox…

And yes, this is the same “Snooky” Juno Beach Pier that we featured a couple of weeks ago where some anglers jumped into the water. It was called, “These Anglers Jump Into The Largest School Of Spawning Snook Ever Caught On Video!” (you can watch it here).

Great job Ryan!

Keep on fishing man!

Related Post: “12-Year Old Xbox Addict vs 2-Year Old Fisherman” (you can watch it here)

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September 9, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

I’ve been holding on to this video for quite some time, just waiting for the right moment to post it…

If you recall back on June 23rd I posted a video with the title, “The Biggest School of Redfish Ever Caught on Film?” (watch it here if you never saw it).

And at the end of the video, I asked the amazing Salt Strong audience to send me any redfish footage that can beat it.

I received a couple that either beat it or were really close (sorry, but I didn’t have time to literally count all of the redfish), and I posted them shortly after the “Biggest School of Redfish” video.

Here they are:

“Wait til’ You See Why This Guy Is Screaming Holy Redfish!” (watch it here)
“How Would You Like To Run Into This School Of Redfish?” (watch it here)

And then I received this video below…

It didn’t beat the redfish count (although it was certainly close), but it stuck out because of the bad to bone music that got me all fired up. In fact, I would be willing to be that it will have you humming one of the two tunes for the rest of the day.

And they even catch a nice cobia (from what looked like off of a whale), along with a crazy school of redfish.

I honestly can’t recall if Capt. Brad Sperling of the “Brassy Hooker” sent in the video, or if it was angler Mark Galloway, but either way, awesome job gents!

Salt Strong material for sure!

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P.P.S. – About halfway through they get some awesome underwater footage of the massive school of redfish.

September 5, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

Back by popular demand… Joey Antonelli!

If you don’t know Joey, he was the diver in the crazy Viral fishing video where the “Triggerfish bites him in the Family Jewels” (you can watch that video here if you never saw it).

In this new video below, Joey has another run of bad luck while he goes cast netting for some pogies on his SUP (Stand Up Paddleboard) while tarpon fishing in South Florida.

After a nice cast from his paddleboard (which isn’t easy if you have never done it), Joey starts to pull in the cast net and notices that it is a bit heavier than usual…

He quickly notices that all of the pogies are moving to one side, and the next thing he notices is he has a HUGE HOLE in his cast net!

I won’t ruin it for, but you might want to watch this video more than once!

Related Video: “This Is What Happens When A Triggerfish Gets The Ultimate Revenge On A Diver. OUCH!” (watch it here)

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September 3, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

Who needs a heavy duty rod and reel for land based shark fishing when you can just use a Cuban YoYo!

If you have never seen anyone use a Cuban YoYo before, it is pretty basic.

But it’s not as easy to use for a first timer as you may think… especially fighting big game fish.

Let’s just say you might need to warm up your forearms and wrists before fighting blacktip sharks on a Cuban YoYo!

If you never saw our friend “Team Googan” fight a sailfish out of his kayak with a YoYo, then click here to watch that awesome video!

Related Video: “You’ve Got To See This Kayak Angler Fight A Tarpon On A Kid’s Spiderman Rod!” (watch it here)

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July 29, 2017August 28, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

THIS…

IS…

PAINFUL!

And his friends laughing hysterically at him make this hilariously painful spearfishing video even that much better!

When we saw our friend Joey Antonelli’s video title “Triggerfish Gone Nuttz”, we first thought to ourselves, “No way.”

But then we watched the video…

And after replaying it a couple of times last night I literally had tears coming down my face.

I won’t ruin it for you, but let’s just say this was a painful spearfishing experience. And you know it is serious when you have to pull a sharp dive knife out and direct it towards your family jewels.

By the way, these triggerfish have some of the meanest teeth in the ocean!

Wowzers!

Enjoy!

Related Video: “Giant Trevally Steals GoPro And Leaves Wicked Bite Marks!” (watch it here)

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