Keeping it real and simple when making the catch and cooks is the best. We can all follow these examples of good food idea for dinner. Good stuff and fishing is fun too.
I went to Miami for work for three weeks in February/March 2019 and of course had to bring a fishing pole...or course I had to. I fished the canals every night after work and all day on the weekends. Caught a ton of Peacocks, Mayans, a Jaguar Gapote, and some other species. It was so much fun and so easy for anyone to do. I was on the west side right by the Turnpike and just north of IKEA/Bass Pro. Seriously, if you have ever thought of doing it, you have to. Get a hotel for a couple of days and hit the canals. They are everywhere and so are the fish. Way too much fun!!!! I didn't get to eat any since I was in the hotel but I wanted to try them. Glad to see you make this video to show that they are good fish!
nice! where i fish with my mates, we typically leave the peacock bass on the line for an extra while the other guys throw their baits in the vicinity of the already hooked up peacock bass. it sort of keeps a chain of peacock bass landing going once you've got the teamwork system down haha
I just started watching you and Brook. This show is excellent. You answer a lot of questions about what is in all the ponds, lakes , etc in residential areas. Cooking the fish adds "credibility" to your show. I watch your shows every day now. Very entertaining.
I've watched all of your videos, and what really stood out is your advocacy that there's no such thing as trash fish. I am from the Philippines, and here mostly all fish, wether a salt water or a fresh water fish, they're all edible. All parts, aside from the guts. I'm a huge fan. Hope you try stuffed grilled fish next time.
When I was in college, one of my roommates had 4 or 5 Oscars in an aquarium. They were about 4” long when he got them and in less than a year, they were the size of the one Brooke caught. We would go to the bait shop and buy shiners to feed them when they were grown. We would drop 20-25 shiners in the aquarium and the Oscars would demolish them. One Oscar would have 5 or 6 in their mouth at a time. Just couldn’t believe how aggressive those fish were. Great vid as always👍
We had a GIANT one growing up. Had a 400 gallon tank and he was alone most of his life because he killed and ate everything except one GIANT pleco. It was nuts. I bet that thing weighed 4 lbs.
Awesome video, we drive from south Ga every year in april and catch tons of Oscars, cichlids. Talapia, peacocks, and walking catfish. Last year we came home with 770 fillets.
I know this is a year + old but when you broke out the rice a roni I had to post.. On a night my mother wanted to make a quick meal Rice a Roni was definitely a possibility. You are absolutely right, the smell of the butter and seasoning packet while browning the rice is amazing. thanks for the memories.
Have some Mayans that have taken over a local dog park canal. Used to go catch all my mullet bait in it, 15 years later I can't catch more than a dozen for an entire day. Time to give it a try
Wow I am so jealous of the fishery there. I live in SO Cal and have never been very interested in fresh water. But I would love to do that on an off day. Thanks
What a great video and a great take on "trash" fish. Same goes for big game. Handled properly from the start and cooked properly, you can't go wrong. Thanks for sharing this experience!
We love your videos, keep it up! Im glad you keep your content clean and professional. We and my 3 year old can watch your catch and cooks all day long!
Soak the fillets in iced water with salt over night and bloodline taste is gone . Salt draws it out ! Kill the fish your keeping right away and toss on ice makes it even better !
I once went fishing in my backyard levy.... A few cast in and my line was cool, simple retrieve.... And then on the next cast, I cast 10 feet out, retrieve the line back and I noticed....... My line is now yellow green...... Smh I look up river and noticed a homeless person bathing.... No I was not mad, but I fell sorry for that person and left.... I was more glad to see a homeless person bath.... I ended up leaving...
@rickky spanishhh sewage goes to the sewage plant. Polymer is added to separate solids water is treated and solids go out a huge pipe in to the ocean right in front of south beach...
I just noticed something. You might want to consider moving that grill away from being under the over hang on the roof. Houses have been known to be damage by just the simplest grease fire or propane tank malfunction.
@@LeeBro999 I was on the fire dept. for 33 years. In that time I saw 4 houses get destroyed by either an over filled propane tank that vented while they were cooking or they started a grill right under right under the over hang. Even the radiate heat from a grill can start a fire. The best place to get propane is from a store that has an exchange program. They fill it to the legal weight and check every tank they fill. It's their reputation and insurance if something goes wrong. A lot of gas station propane fill stations really don't know what they are doing. A lot of times the bottle will say it's a 20 lbs. tank put it on the scale and fill it to 20 lbs even though the tank weighs 15 lbs empty. So your only getting 5 lbs. of gas.
Excellent video as always Victor!... I'd like to see a Bowfin catch, clean, cook vid please! Tip: don't let the fillets come into contact with water as it will make the meat mushy, clean them carefully and blot them with dry paper towels. 😉
What’s up Victor and Brook. My three boys have been following both brook and yourself. Have a major question about the freshwater fishing vid. What happened to the Crappie? I grew up in the bayous of Louisiana, and that’s I would fish for as a child, and till today at Lake “O”. You have to try to it!!!!
Peacock bass sustained us daily while our small crew was"trapped" rebuilding a part of Homestead after hurricane Andrew. Work during the day, catch a couple peacocks in the evening, eat, sleep, and do the same thing the next day,, for 6 months!
I don't fish freshwater in Massachusetts for 1 simple reason. Due to regulations, it is unsafe for pregnant woman or woman would want to become pregnant and children under 12 to eat native freshwater fish due to Mercury and PCB contamination. Even adult males can only eat a limited amount of fish each month. It is safe however to eat fish that were stocked in lakes but I don't particularly target these fish (trout mainly). I wonder if Florida has the same regulations?
Mercury tends to be higher in predator fish like bass,gar, pike,catfish since they eat other fish panfish have way less mercury. Florida's warnings are for bass, and gar mostly in south florida
Get a meat grinder, load up on invasive cichlids, and grind them up for chum. Add some menhaden oil to it to give it a nice oil slick. My neighbor used to do this for reef fishin for yellowtail snapper. Be a great way to help the environment and save yourself a few bucks on chum.
When I was a kid in the 70’ we used to say If you want to know what a fresh water fish tastes like; drink some water from the lake and that’s what it will taste like. Now that I am older Realize it’s all about taking care of your catch.Like you always say no bad fish just bad cooks. Greetings from N.Y.C. Are season should be in full swing in a few weeks. We kill time trying flies and Fly fishing for trout. It’s a blast, you should try it down in Florida. And the trout are delicious!😋🎣
Great video Victor, listen brother all with love, keep you're hair the way you have it now, I bet Brook would agree. Awesome video's brother, keep them coming!!!!!!!
@@LeeBro999 I've been watching Victor and Brook for years now, I hadn't subscribed to their channel, it's not that "I love his hair", it makes him look more mature as opposed to the buzz cut and he looks like a professional fisherman plus he is now engaged.
I thought it looked local...im in margate...i go east on royal palm evey morning and come home on coconut ck pkwy...i knew that looked familiar !....thanks for the heads up.
Just a handy tip for spices that you make at home, save the parmesan cheese containers and fill them with your spice blend after a wash. makes it much easier to store and to shake on foods.
I have eaten extensively out of south FL. canals. The only muddy tasting fish out of the 3-5 fish you tested that I have eaten was female Peacocks. Thats the Peacocks with no pronounced head hump. So I only ate the male Peacocks.
What is sad, is that the Cichlids and Oscars were aquarium fish that were dumped in the waters of Florida and they thrived and multiplied into an invasive species. The same with Peacock Bass, only someone transported the first ones from Mrxico
I caught a peacock bass and it got gut hooked and floated back up after releasing so we put it in the cooler and in my opinion it better for the environment than my dinner plate lol but snakehead is the bomb , filet and release only
The Mayan I like pan seared with old bay and lemon pepper then I’ll put it on a salad kale or spinach and the peacock love it fried into strips!!! Anyway good catch
You should try to introduce Philippine Milkfish in Florida. It is not an invasive species like snakehead or Asian Carp. It taste great after you debone it.
I don't know who told you that freshwater fish was somehow inferior to saltwater fish but they mislead you. My family has enjoyed everything from Snook to Yellow Perch and both girls prefer freshwater fish every time. I'm 50/50. But crappie, perch, sunfish and walleye DOES NOT take a back seat to snapper, grouper or dorado. Not a chance. And cichlids, tilapia and oscars are every bit as good as walleye and crappie. I could do a hogfish vs Mayan cichlid taste test for you and you'd struggle to pick a winner.
I've always been told not to eat those fish out of the canals cause they are high in mercury and those canals are not sanitary.. but hey what do I know
I literally have all those fish in my fish tank. That's crazy!
Thats how they get in the south FL. waterways. lol
John Averick they escape the fish tank? Lol jk
Haha me too! Wonder how they taste sometimes but I love those fish
Keeping it real and simple when making the catch and cooks is the best. We can all follow these examples of good food idea for dinner. Good stuff and fishing is fun too.
Terry Byrd I just did a primitive catch and cook! Would Appreciate a sub
Its pronounced my-en cichlid not mae-en
Thank you.I was just going to post the same thing.
Thank you. Was going to say the same thing. Either way they are great eating but still.
Shame you didn't watch the whole video.
Maine* makes more sense. Mae is pronounced the same as Mayan.
I was just bout to write that down too lol
I went to Miami for work for three weeks in February/March 2019 and of course had to bring a fishing pole...or course I had to. I fished the canals every night after work and all day on the weekends. Caught a ton of Peacocks, Mayans, a Jaguar Gapote, and some other species. It was so much fun and so easy for anyone to do. I was on the west side right by the Turnpike and just north of IKEA/Bass Pro. Seriously, if you have ever thought of doing it, you have to. Get a hotel for a couple of days and hit the canals. They are everywhere and so are the fish. Way too much fun!!!! I didn't get to eat any since I was in the hotel but I wanted to try them. Glad to see you make this video to show that they are good fish!
nice! where i fish with my mates, we typically leave the peacock bass on the line for an extra while the other guys throw their baits in the vicinity of the already hooked up peacock bass. it sort of keeps a chain of peacock bass landing going once you've got the teamwork system down haha
I just started watching you and Brook. This show is excellent. You answer a lot of questions about what is in all the ponds, lakes , etc in residential areas. Cooking the fish adds "credibility" to your show. I watch your shows every day now. Very entertaining.
I've watched all of your videos, and what really stood out is your advocacy that there's no such thing as trash fish. I am from the Philippines, and here mostly all fish, wether a salt water or a fresh water fish, they're all edible. All parts, aside from the guts. I'm a huge fan. Hope you try stuffed grilled fish next time.
Great day of fishing. I would like to see and Brook fish freshwater more often.
When I was in college, one of my roommates had 4 or 5 Oscars in an aquarium. They were about 4” long when he got them and in less than a year, they were the size of the one Brooke caught. We would go to the bait shop and buy shiners to feed them when they were grown. We would drop 20-25 shiners in the aquarium and the Oscars would demolish them. One Oscar would have 5 or 6 in their mouth at a time. Just couldn’t believe how aggressive those fish were. Great vid as always👍
We had a GIANT one growing up. Had a 400 gallon tank and he was alone most of his life because he killed and ate everything except one GIANT pleco. It was nuts. I bet that thing weighed 4 lbs.
I have 3 and they are never not hungry I fed crickets today and one had like 4 in it's mouth.
how big was the tank, jesus
*13:51* Except for salmon, which stays a pinkish color.
Awesome video, we drive from south Ga every year in april and catch tons of Oscars, cichlids. Talapia, peacocks, and walking catfish. Last year we came home with 770 fillets.
Maine cichlid? Or Mayan cichlid! 😆
Shame you didn't watch the whole video.
Mayan cichlid.
I know I was cringing the entire time he said that
Mayan
I have pet fish and I have 2 oscars and 1 peacock bass 2 and 2 channel cats they make good pets
I know this is a year + old but when you broke out the rice a roni I had to post.. On a night my mother wanted to make a quick meal Rice a Roni was definitely a possibility. You are absolutely right, the smell of the butter and seasoning packet while browning the rice is amazing. thanks for the memories.
13:26 TACTICAL NUKE INCOMING!!
lmao like a airplane or something
Mayan Cichlid are good fighting fish and they are good to eat.
Awesome, thanks for putting this out there and getting folks to help slow down the invasion.
I can hang out with this guy all day long. Thanks for the video man.
Have some Mayans that have taken over a local dog park canal. Used to go catch all my mullet bait in it, 15 years later I can't catch more than a dozen for an entire day. Time to give it a try
Wow I am so jealous of the fishery there. I live in SO Cal and have never been very interested in fresh water. But I would love to do that on an off day. Thanks
i feel bro, if only socal had more freshwater, and more species
Great video,fishing south Florida is amazing.
What a great video and a great take on "trash" fish. Same goes for big game. Handled properly from the start and cooked properly, you can't go wrong. Thanks for sharing this experience!
We love your videos, keep it up! Im glad you keep your content clean and professional. We and my 3 year old can watch your catch and cooks all day long!
OMG!!!!! More freshwater fishing!!! And... invasive species...even better. Catch, clean and COOK!!!!
Soak the fillets in iced water with salt over night and bloodline taste is gone . Salt draws it out ! Kill the fish your keeping right away and toss on ice makes it even better !
Thanks, I’ll try 😎
For your blackening seasoning mix try a bit of white pepper.
Bleeding the fish matters a ton
i wouldnt want to eat anything in city canals with runoff
clint mink not really a problem I. Florida the waters is always moving canal are a major fishing areas in Florida because the water is always moving
Also the runoff with the chemicals that fwc sprays gets into the canals. Go out to the glades
I once went fishing in my backyard levy.... A few cast in and my line was cool, simple retrieve.... And then on the next cast, I cast 10 feet out, retrieve the line back and I noticed....... My line is now yellow green...... Smh I look up river and noticed a homeless person bathing.... No I was not mad, but I fell sorry for that person and left.... I was more glad to see a homeless person bath.... I ended up leaving...
@rickky spanishhh sewage goes to the sewage plant. Polymer is added to separate solids water is treated and solids go out a huge pipe in to the ocean right in front of south beach...
Great vid as always. I know you say there’s No trash fish but I think you should try a mud fish aka dogfish. I tried it once and will never again lol
Have to bleed them, lots of work.
Hey Victor how about ladyfish. I tried one when I first moved to Florida and it was horribly boney and like mush
Cook em whole, theyre actually pretty good
I've always found that as long as the fish has been bled out that the mud taste goes away.
You and Dear Meat are my two fav channels to follow.
I live near cedar key and new to area and really want to get into those panfish you did your catch and cook on.
I just noticed something. You might want to consider moving that grill away from being under the over hang on the roof. Houses have been known to be damage by just the simplest grease fire or propane tank malfunction.
Bruce Lloyd best not to have to explain to insurance company! You’re right.
@@LeeBro999 I was on the fire dept. for 33 years. In that time I saw 4 houses get destroyed by either an over filled propane tank that vented while they were cooking or they started a grill right under right under the over hang. Even the radiate heat from a grill can start a fire. The best place to get propane is from a store that has an exchange program. They fill it to the legal weight and check every tank they fill. It's their reputation and insurance if something goes wrong. A lot of gas station propane fill stations really don't know what they are doing. A lot of times the bottle will say it's a 20 lbs. tank put it on the scale and fill it to 20 lbs even though the tank weighs 15 lbs empty. So your only getting 5 lbs. of gas.
I would love to know where that spot is. Im looking to try more freshwater spots. Can you please share it. Is that by Markham Park?
Nice video man. These freshwater videos are dope asf
Excellent video as always Victor!... I'd like to see a Bowfin catch, clean, cook vid please!
Tip: don't let the fillets come into contact with water as it will make the meat mushy, clean them carefully and blot them with dry paper towels. 😉
Snake Head fish and Armored Catfish , I've not had either but curious . Thanks for your time and effort , happy trails 👣 God bless 🕊️🌷
Victor, your fillet technique has improved with practice. Well done!
Im from minnesota and crappie is my favorite fish to eat atleast around here. Just amazing.
Crappie is the best.
@@bigchad8929 in my opinion it is. Some people think walleye is the best but i think that is just because of the nice big fillet
Kyle DeAtley btw I just did a primitive catch and cook! Would Appreciate a sub for a small TH-camr
Walleye>crappie=blue gill
With so many invasive species in your area I'm surprised you didn't throw that crappie back.
Hey fresh water fish are great I live by the Great Lakes and that’s all I’ve grown up catching. Walleye taste great among many other kinds !
DONT KILL THE PEACOCKS WE NEED MORE NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
There’s peacocks everywhere😂
Dude there fucking everywhere 🤣
They are literally over abundant what are you even talking about lol. I cant throw my xrap here in Broward without getting hammered by these things
What’s up Victor and Brook. My three boys have been following both brook and yourself. Have a major question about the freshwater fishing vid. What happened to the Crappie? I grew up in the bayous of Louisiana, and that’s I would fish for as a child, and till today at Lake “O”. You have to try to it!!!!
Do you recommend just throwing the fish in the cooler or quickly dispatching them before hand?
I really want to visit Florida and just hit this ponds, canals, etc.
Just do some fun simple fishing 🎣
Peacock bass sustained us daily while our small crew was"trapped" rebuilding a part of Homestead after hurricane Andrew. Work during the day, catch a couple peacocks in the evening, eat, sleep, and do the same thing the next day,, for 6 months!
Peacocks are the best eating fish!! Nice job guys, great video!
Also, you've been a great model, and i've taken a lot of inspiration from ur channel, btw many 5 lb+ peacocks are showing up in my backyard lake
Those bass look Awesome!!!!
I don't fish freshwater in Massachusetts for 1 simple reason. Due to regulations, it is unsafe for pregnant woman or woman would want to become pregnant and children under 12 to eat native freshwater fish due to Mercury and PCB contamination. Even adult males can only eat a limited amount of fish each month. It is safe however to eat fish that were stocked in lakes but I don't particularly target these fish (trout mainly). I wonder if Florida has the same regulations?
Mercury tends to be higher in predator fish like bass,gar, pike,catfish since they eat other fish panfish have way less mercury. Florida's warnings are for bass, and gar mostly in south florida
It had to to be the chef Vic seasoning!....😆 hopefully you didn’t catch those near the dump off sample road where I think you were?🙈
The way u fried it made delicious .. 🤤
How about fishing Lake Okeechobee Crappie and doing a Catch, Clean & Cook video.
Hi. I’m heading to Clearwater, Florida the 28-30 this month. Was wondering if I needed a license for fresh water and salt water?
Wow those cichlids get really big out there
I love Crappie. I love fishing for them up here in Iowa.. So very good. Great job Shelby. Enjoy that papermouth :)
The peacock is very common in the Amazon where they are called Tucunaré (Too Koo Nah Ray). In the Amazon, they get really big (over twenty pounds).
Get a meat grinder, load up on invasive cichlids, and grind them up for chum. Add some menhaden oil to it to give it a nice oil slick. My neighbor used to do this for reef fishin for yellowtail snapper. Be a great way to help the environment and save yourself a few bucks on chum.
When I was a kid in the 70’ we used to say If you want to know what a fresh water fish tastes like; drink some water from the lake and that’s what it will taste like. Now that I am older Realize it’s all about taking care of your catch.Like you always say no bad fish just bad cooks.
Greetings from N.Y.C. Are season should be in full swing in a few weeks. We kill time trying flies and Fly fishing for trout. It’s a blast, you should try it down in Florida. And the trout are delicious!😋🎣
what doesn't Vik do a lot of? freshwater fish. lol. you said that so much but I'm not being picky. great video. love peacock bass.
Satisfying content Landshark.Appreciate it.
Great video Victor, listen brother all with love, keep you're hair the way you have it now, I bet Brook would agree. Awesome video's brother, keep them coming!!!!!!!
Noted haha thank you
Tell me why you love his hair so much to make a comment. Generally interested as to why 😂
@@LeeBro999 I've been watching Victor and Brook for years now, I hadn't subscribed to their channel, it's not that "I love his hair", it makes him look more mature as opposed to the buzz cut and he looks like a professional fisherman plus he is now engaged.
Black Croppie are super tasty! Where was that located at?
I totally saw you fishing in my neighborhood yesterday wasn’t sure if it was you. Now that I see the vid yup it was. Township of coconut creek!
I thought it looked local...im in margate...i go east on royal palm evey morning and come home on coconut ck pkwy...i knew that looked familiar !....thanks for the heads up.
So was that crappie in broward as well
I would have to say....yes, broward
I live in central Florida I would love to come down and catch some of those fish
I don’t have a boat. How do you fish saltwater from shore?
Way to go on the prep and even better on the eating
I drive down to the glades two hours one way to catch them once a year we load up the cooler come home takes more time to clean when you catch them
Awesome video! We are moving to Florida in July. How does one know if a fish should be bleed out? We are in Minnesota and have never bleed one out.
Dennis Shade just cut the gills and put in water for couple mins
I want to see you get up to north Florida. Lake Seminole or talquin would be a good spot.
Very impressive dinner, I often wondered what Peacock tasted like .
Frank Bollotino it’s kinda bland I’ve had it before
I'll be honest. I like this better than your videos on the boat. Probably just the change up, but I like it.
Just a handy tip for spices that you make at home, save the parmesan cheese containers and fill them with your spice blend after a wash. makes it much easier to store and to shake on foods.
I have eaten extensively out of south FL. canals. The only muddy tasting fish out of the 3-5 fish you tested that I have eaten was female Peacocks. Thats the Peacocks with no pronounced head hump. So I only ate the male Peacocks.
Don’t forget to do a catch and cook on the biggest invasive species of them all, Victor! - the common carp!
Man f them carps, but they are fun to catch😃
common carp are technically not invasive they are naturalized but it depends on where you live in the states or canada
Great video!! What's the location of that canal?
What is sad, is that the Cichlids and Oscars were aquarium fish that were dumped in the waters of Florida and they thrived and multiplied into an invasive species. The same with Peacock Bass, only someone transported the first ones from Mrxico
I caught a peacock bass and it got gut hooked and floated back up after releasing so we put it in the cooler and in my opinion it better for the environment than my dinner plate lol but snakehead is the bomb , filet and release only
Is that sunrise FL? Looks like it lol
The Mayan I like pan seared with old bay and lemon pepper then I’ll put it on a salad kale or spinach and the peacock love it fried into strips!!! Anyway good catch
Keep up the good work,I can actually let my kids watch your vids thanks
You need to fish Lake Erie for Walleye and do a Catch, Clean & Cook.
not sure if you have one yet but how about a catch and cook squid fried rings?
Crappie is DELICIOUS and is one of the best tasting freshwater fish. PERIOD!
I believe any fish that is cooked fresh is good. I think it is the care you take with the fish also.
Very informative catch n cook..thanks!! Hey Mike..GO PHINS!!
What about how to catch baitfish like shiners , shads , mullets , sand fleas ? I think that will be cool !
I'll be in Naples next spring for vacation. Can you give me this spot?
Love your videos keep up the good work and good luck fishing
I’ve caught and eaten plenty Mayan cichlids and I’ve never seen the fillets so yellow there usually really really white
Been waiting for this vid ever since I saw the insta story
Where are you catching the fish at?
I have always wanted to target peacocks but nave new where to find them. I live in Iowa and go to Florida every year
You should try to introduce Philippine Milkfish in Florida. It is not an invasive species like snakehead or Asian Carp. It taste great after you debone it.
Great vid man.. Love it
Where can I get live shiners? All they have in Florida is live shrimp
I don't know who told you that freshwater fish was somehow inferior to saltwater fish but they mislead you. My family has enjoyed everything from Snook to Yellow Perch and both girls prefer freshwater fish every time. I'm 50/50. But crappie, perch, sunfish and walleye DOES NOT take a back seat to snapper, grouper or dorado. Not a chance. And cichlids, tilapia and oscars are every bit as good as walleye and crappie. I could do a hogfish vs Mayan cichlid taste test for you and you'd struggle to pick a winner.
I've always been told not to eat those fish out of the canals cause they are high in mercury and those canals are not sanitary.. but hey what do I know
i lived in Miami for the summer years ago and ate some peacock bass but it said to watch how much you consume due to mercury levels.
Americans: its too fishy..
The rest of the world: 🙄