Here at Salt Strong, we come across a TON of fishing videos…

Some are good, some are great, and some are nothing short of amazing.

Well, this video below from Dustin Dykes and Savage Charters (with Capt. Chris Law) fits in the amazing bucket.

As you will see below, it is nothing short of every inshore angler’s dream… to see and catch tons of inshore fish. And they didn’t just capture one species on film… their drone footage captured just about every inshore Florida fish imaginable.

In fact, the worst part of this video was all of the time it took me to agree on a headline for the post. There was just so much over the top footage that I couldn’t decide on what to focus on!

For instance, in this amazing Boca Grande video, you’ll get:

  • A bird’s eye view of how many fish (and how they move) on a Florida grass flat
  • What happens when a shark comes up to a school of tarpon (the drone footage of this is epic)
  • And a whole lot more!

If this doesn’t make you want to fish Boca Grande, then nothing will.

Enjoy!

Related Video: “The Best Tarpon Video To Ever Come Out Of Boca Grande” (watch it here now)

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If you like snook, you are going to love this video!

About a month ago, we posted a video that went crazy viral of a few guys taking a GoPro down to the bottom of the Sebastian Inlet (you can see that video here)

So when I saw that two other guys did an entire NEW drift dive of Sebastian Inlet, I knew it was going to be awesome.

And as you will see below, it didn’t disappoint.

I don’t think there is anything cooler than seeing exactly what is down under the water of places that you fish (except for catching the fish of course…)

Here are the notes from the owner of the video (311Pope):

“In the summer, Sebastian Inlet opens up with gin clean water and a small group of us take the annual incoming ride. It was filmed at the switch of the tide under the north catwalk. Seems like those fish came out at the switch because I did 4 or 5 drifts that day and didn’t see them until the tide slowed.”

Check out all of the Snook and Grouper sitting down there just waiting for your bait!

Enjoy!

Related Video: ‘These Guys Take A GoPro To The Bottom Of The Sebastian Inlet. Check Out What They Found!” (watch it here)

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Whenever I get a message from FlatsHQ founder Shelby Ramsey with the words “video” and “Dan Decibel” in the first sentence I know it is going to be good…

Why?

Because every time he and Dan Decibel (you can see all of Dan’s videos that have made the Salt Strong Viral Video section here) get together on a boat to film a video, magic happens (and they get pictures like this)

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Capt. John Stark with a nice snook

In the case of the video below, Shelby says that when his alarm went off at 4:30 that morning he wife told him to cancel the trip because it was cold, windy, and pouring down rain.

But cancelling was not an option because they had already invested too much into getting this video done…

Thankfully they did, because Shelby, Dan, and Capt. John Stark had an epic day down in the Everglades (despite the cold weather) and caught loads of redfish and snook.

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Another redfish captured on film by Dan Decibel in USIENDE

Check out their awesome video below.

Enjoy.

Related Video: “This Has To Be One Of The Best Topwater Redfish Videos Ever Created!” (watch it here now)

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Have you ever seen a snook hit a live bait, get hooked, fight for a few seconds, spit the hook out, and then slam the same hooked bait just seconds later?

Ironically, this same scenario was part of our rebuttal to PETA about catch and release fishing when they made some outrageous claims that fish feel pain the exact same way humans do.

(You can read the full rebuttal to PETA about Catch & Release Fishing here)

One of the many points we made in our rebuttal was asking PETA how can a fish can possibly feel pain from a hook the same way a human would, yet strike a hooked bait just minutes (or seconds) after being hooked?

I know that if someone hooked me in the lip and pulled hard, the last thing I would do is have my face near hooks for quite some time…

At any rate, this awesome snook footage is from our friend Capt. Mike Slattery’s new show called the “Charlotte Harbor Chronicles” that is featured on the Sportsman Channel.

Pretty cool show in our opinion because it is based in Port Charlotte where my brother and I have spent most of our lives fishing.

Check out this super hungry snook that Capt. Mike hooked (twice).

Enjoy.

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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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Have you ever wondered what it looks like below the surface just seconds before a snook crushes your grunt or pinfish?

Then check out this amazing up close underwater view showing exactly what goes down between snook and small baitfish.

Of course, this might not be precisely how it occurs every time in nature due to the fact the diver was using his flashlight to zero in on the grunt, but then again the snook was probably a bit more cautious than usual due to the diver right behind him…

At the :21 mark, the grunt almost does an accidental turn around into the snook’s mouth! It looked like it was just inches away from being eaten!

It looked like it was just inches away from being eaten!

I guess the snook was still inspecting his food…

But at any rate, it never gets old seeing a snook stalking his dinner before going in for the kill like a lion.

This video definitely makes me want to hit the water and go snook fishing!

Related Video: “How To Properly Rig A Pinfish For Snook, Grouper, And Tarpon” (watch it here)

Related Blog Post: “5 Shortcuts To Catching Snook In Florida” (see it here now)

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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.

Enjoy!

Related Video: “Fishing In Our Soul: Official Music Video”

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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.

Enjoy.

Related Post: “5 Shortcuts To Catching Snook In Florida”

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Fish On.

When I first saw this “Snook Spearfishing” video, I wasn’t sure if we were going to post it or not because of the reaction it might cause with Florida snook anglers like ourselves (even though it was a completely legal shot where this video occurred, and we have to assume that the diver was going to eat it for dinner).

But after doing a bit of research, I found a shocking amount of illegal snook spearfishing happens here in our own state of Florida every year!

From snook poaching, to newbies that just don’t know the rules, to tourists that don’t realize we have different rules on how to catch snook, there have been numerous snook spearfishing incidents (like the guy arrested for spearfishing snook in Port Orange, Fl this August – you can read about it here).

So I wanted to use this video to raise awareness that it is ILLEGAL to spear snook in and around the state of Florida, and you can and will be ARRESTED if you spear snook in Florida.

This video came from somewhere in Brazil (the Snook is also called “Robalo” in many parts of South America), and the snook down in South America have completely different rules than we have here in the Sunshine State.

So for the diver in the video, great shot and enjoy your snook dinner.

For all of the up to date rules on spearfishing game fish in Florida (including the list of fish that are illegal to spear), check out the FWC rules here.

Related Post: “5 Shortcuts To Catching Snook In Florida(read it here)

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