Exotic Catch in the MIDDLE OF THE CITY! Fishing a Canal by HOOTERS!
Tropical fishing 7 years ago 488,115 views
Fishing urban canals can yield some surprising results! you just have to get out there and test the waters! Had to bring the smaller exotic to my friend for his new monster tank! should make for really cool future videos! Check out my Instagram @Catch_em_all_fishing: https://www.instagram.com/catch_em_all_fishing/?hl=en Member of Lucky Tackle Box which has Fishing Tutorials like these!: https://www.luckytacklebox.com/blogs/fishing-tips/tagged/fishing-tips-techniques
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Me : I agree
Him : " I'm gonna use em for bait "
Me. WHAT THE -----
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Thanks!
In Broward county?
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ME-OMG I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA KEEP IT RIP FISHY
Second, you mention that it is a "jag" Are you reffering to a Guapote Jaguar. If you look it up, they only live in the waters of Central America (they are yummy yummy fried in butter).
So, there is a mystery. Yes, they look like a guapote but Florida?
There used to be a restaurant in my city called The Hungry Fisherman. Thay had a big, lit, glass aquarium in the middle with one big Guapote Jaguar. It was great to see it feed on live minnow and sardines.....
Happy fishing
This is my city man! Couldn't believe when I immediately recognized that corner of Pines and University Dr. LOL!
I have to go try that canal! Tight lines!
It is not the publics duty to have to catch and remove of fish.
https://www.fws.gov/invasives/faq.html#q5 - if you want to read up on how he is in no way breaking the law.
Its my 3 and am better then u at it .
The peacock bass and grass carp are a good fit, they don't overwhelm.
All the other fish species that are here and not supposed to be though are all a problem. Even in salt water we have the problem with the Lion Fish taking over reefs.
Soooo many damn invasive species here that have set up shop and not leaving any time soon. All kinds of reptiles, fish and plants, and birds, sometimes you hear and see a flock of quaker parrots flying over.
There's even a wild vervet monkey colony in Dania FL, and wild peacocks (birds) in downtown Fort Lauderdale by the court house.
It's a lot worse than most people think.
The peacock bass and grass carp are a good fit, they don't overwhelm.
All the other fish species that are here and not supposed to be though are all a problem. Even in salt water we have the problem with the Lion Fish taking over reefs.
Soooo many damn invasive species here that have set up shop and not leaving any time soon. All kinds of reptiles, fish and plants, and birds, sometimes you hear and see a flock of quaker parrots flying over.
There's even a wild vervet monkey colony in Dania FL, and wild peacocks (birds) in downtown Fort Lauderdale by the court house.
It's a lot worse than most people think.
Thanks again!
In case you're misinformed its actually illegal to return an exotic or invasive species back to the water when caught in Florida. they are either to be taken as food which most are delicious, or destroyed. No matter the size.
Dry hands wipe off the fish's natural bacteria fighting "slime." When dry hands wipe that slime off....the fish can get all manner of infection and bacterial illnesses that cannot be healed, because it's the slime the person wiped off that protects their scales and skin from being infested WITH THOSE "Cancer like" illnesses to the fish!!
Before handling a C&R fish...PLEASE......ALWAYS MAKE SURE YOUR HAND IS WET BEFORE TOUCHING THE FISH!!!!!!!!!
Thank you....
Before it was built up there and it was a empty field this cutout connecting lake was there, it's connected to the canal that runs under the Miramar Pkwy bridge, and I also belive with culvert pipes it connects to the canal that runs up University Dr.
When I used to fish there, there were bass, peacock, grass carp, some gar, and the usual suspects of cichlids, and oscars and catfish an plecos and stuff. It was a good spot, and I don't think many people fish it, haven't been there in a long time, but I never see anyone back there except for people that work at the station. Been thinking about going back, its been a long while.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Miami,+FL/@25.9739408,-80.2390216,455m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x88d9b0a20ec8c111:0xff96f271ddad4f65!8m2!3d25.7603198!4d-80.189209
Above is google maps satellite view of it, its a nice little pocket of water just about anyone could fish all of it from the banks. and it seems to hold most of the fish from that canal system as a gathering point.
I have some sweet land locked tarpon spots out in Davie. No idea how they got in there, but again its been years since i've fished any of those spots, and you know how it goes, idiots kill off the fish instead of catch and release.
the fishing is better down towards county line rd. at the Broward / Dade border. there's a canal pumping station there right by the turnpike overpass that sometimes holds some monster fish.
I'm not a dick and don't want to sound like the "fun police" but, speaking as someone who has successfully kept and raised both freshwater and saltwater fish for 50 years, you have a whole lot to learn about handling fish.
The only thing that "sucks" is that I don't have pictures and/or video! The whole fight, had it been recorded, would have competed with any fishing video on YouTube! Big fish? Long fight? Old geezer falls in the water and can't get out? It would have gone viral!
The experience, in and of itself, is more reward than a whole lot of fishermen have ever experienced in their entire lives. And? Considering the fact that I have only started fishing in that particular place for a couple months; I just might beat it! In fact...
The only reason I was able to land the giant sturgeon is that I had already hooked into a couple big fish I couldn't bring in with light tackle. I was fishing with a couple guys near that spot when I hooked into a fish I couldn't beat. They had a good laugh when i proclaimed; "I've hooked into the underground railroad!" That was about the time I started cranking down the drag in the hope I would break off before I got "spooled" but I lost about half my line.
I have seldom used anything heavier than 10lb. test mono in fresh water. I decided to go with 30lb. test "SpiderWire" so I could deal with the snags and, hopefully, pull big fish out of the current. But? The result exceeded my wildest dreams. I was hoping for a 20lb cat and I got a, perhaps, 50 pound sturgeon.
BTW. During the last few seconds of the fight my reel, for lack of a better term, "exploded". No more "WalMart Special" reels for me!
No harm done. I keep far fewer fish than I once did but I do keep any that manage to get the hook down into the gills or the gut and I have some very prolific sunfish lakes near my home that probably actually benefit from having a few harvested.
BTW. Last Monday I was fishing on the bank of the Mississippi in downtown St. Paul, Mn, and caught a 54" sturgeon. My first ever! Did I have my camera with? Nope. Did anyone happen along the walking path and notice me battling a fish nearly as big as me and offer to shoot a picture? Nope. Did I slip on the wet mud, slide into the river along with the fish, and find myself unable to climb back out on said wet mud? Yes! Did anyone decide to come by at that moment and help an old coot climb out of the river? Nope.
I had to swim and wade about 30-50 yards to a pile of rocks I could use to haul myself out and then, since the rocks were covered with the same river silt that gets more slippery than ice when it's wet, I had to wait till I stopped dripping before trying to get back to my spot so I called it a day. Then, since I try to take the bus whenever I can avoid driving, I got to about 5-6 miles from my house when the people in back of me started getting loud about the godawful stench so I figured it would be a good idea to walk the rest of the way home before I got myself banned from the bus line. I swear I still stink like that damned mud! Maybe I manged to get some of it embedded in my nose?
Needless to say; I have a memory that will last me the rest of my days and I will keep telling the story. I'll add about an inch a year to the sturgeon so it will, hopefully, be "trophy class" by the time I die or forget said story.
Cheers!
I have bred and reared everything from guppies to clown fish and even had a pair of "Scooter Blennies" that would spawn every few months though I was never able to raise any of them. There's still some element that we are missing when it comes to rearing them in a tank but I digress.
I have written several articles about fish keeping over the years and won't hesitate to offer my advice when I think it might help. It took about a $2,500.00, in 1970's money, disaster to convince me that all fish should be quarantined before adding them to a tank or pond. The worst part is that a couple of the fish I lost I have never seen for sale again. But it seems like some people only learn via "the burned hand". My hands were well and truly burned and if I can save someone else the experience I will gladly do so.
Cheers!
Then...the fish should go through a time of quarantine while it slowly treated with parasite killing chems. Then, it should slowly be acclimated to tank water. And ONLY THEN....should it be released into the tank. And PRAAAAY....it doesn't EAT EVERYTHING IN YOUR TANK IN 8.7 seconds!!!!!!