I am nearly 75-years old. I have been a sports fisherman and outdoorsman all my life. I have become an amateur chef in the last 30-years. Your videos are so enjoyable! I still catch a few salmon, Dungeness crab and dig razor clams. I am retired and live in Astoria on the Oregon coast. I imagine myself taking part in your adventures. It brings me joy!
No idea who this guy is but his childlike innocence and enthusiasm is a breath of fresh air,just like the land,cabin and hot springs with a gorgeous view.
@@JAPANattacks Dude ik for sure that taku doesn’t want one ounce of thing from you. Saw your other comments from his channel, and it’s a weird, clingy, and hellllla cringe. Please stop ik for sure taku has seen this and wants nothing to do wit your comment or with you. It’s F’d up to say something that you have no idea how they’re life is behind the camera. It really shows what kind person you are in real life :/
As an Alaskan, I'm very glad you consider this trip to be the best trip you've had. Watching you jump up and down out of excitement when you first walked in the cabin brought a smile to my face, keep doing what makes you happy man!
@@l0ndon298 you can get most of the same experience pretty much anywhere on the pacific coast. sure bears and good hunting dont start until northern california but the top notch fishing and remote camping are possible from Cabo to the Canadian border.
Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: My kids live in rural AK . They subsistence hunt and fish utilizing some of these cabins. It's comforting seeing y'all stay and make your video here. Unfathomable beauty! Thank you for packing me up and taking me along on your adventures!
You can say now that you lived on the Coast of Alaska and foraged for the plentiful food the Ocean has to offer. And I must say that the ling Cod you first caught would have provided you and your partner a nice meal the first night in the cabin. You would have had two perfect size filets that would have been excellent. but the nice red Ling Cod was actually a BEAST and will give you food for a few days. What a pleasure it is to be in a cabin so far removed from everywhere else and then a natural hot spring to soak in and rest the sore muscles from hiking afterwards is perhaps the biggest reason to go there, I mean the entire package is fantastic but the Natural hot springs with its own building is a bonus and a half. And is almost a mirror of Japanese food, just on the opposite side of the pond from Japan, and perhaps a little further North than the main Island. That kind of life is what I lived for as a young man and have had a number of experiences similar to this only for my part the fishing and foraging wasn't nearly as good as what you had. What a perfect location and perfect cabin to be able to access. How did you get to be able to use it? I'm sure not everyone can access that cabin and use it. I'd have to say that you struck a lucky streak and got access to a cabin hardly anyone can use! Thanks for sharing your adventure with us. I am particularly grateful because I can no long travel because of my health issues, to being able to live vicariously through other doing it is the best I can manage so I am indeed grateful. I would rather visit that cabin, eat fresh caught fish and sleep in that single room cabin on the Pacific Ocean than stay in a five-star hotel because as nice as man can make things, Mother Nature's retreats are su much more valuable to me than anything manmade. Man cannot even come close to the beauty that this Earth has to offer.
It takes a lot to get me to watch a 48 minute video, but this was totally worth it. Beautiful place, wonderful food, and incredible people. Thanks Taku and Jocelyn!
Your content is timeless, I imagine people in 100 years from now still enjoying this. Keep up the good work, thank you for sharing and leaving a legacy
This is to the both of you, both Taku and Jocelyn. I've been watching outdoor chef life for a while now, and being a PNW kid I really like how a lot of your videos have been in places i can recognize from either being there or seeing it in passing before. So I bought an RV, sold all my sh*t, and I'm currently renovating it to go do what you do. Not for youtube, I have neither the face nor voice for it, but just to go explore and do what you do in the day to day. You guys pulled my head out of my bosses ass, and I can't thank you enough for it. Keep it up.
TAKU!!!! I'm so glad to find you and Jocelyn again!! I was a subscriber for many years. I even bought knives that you talked about when you were in San Fran. My computer died in 2020 and I lost everything. But, you guys appeared as "Suggested" on TH-cam! I immediately came here and subscribed again!!! I have YEARS of catching up to do, now! So glad to see you guys again!
When im having a shitty day, just watching your videos and how wholesome they are really brings a smile to my face. dont stop with the videos bro, you re awesome.
I'm have always been an outdoorsman but for the last little while I have been severely disabled. I destroyed my back in a horrible motorcycle accident. Now I live vicariously through videos like yours. I thank you for the content you put out. I'm a new subscriber to the channel. GOD BLESS YOU SIR!!!!
You weren’t lying when you said best catch and cook of all time!! This was absolutely stunning. The scenery was like a painting. And to top it off a delicious meal in the hot spring..!! Nothing is better then that right there 👌
Hey, I'm from Portugal... to harvest the "percebes" you can't pull on them, you have to scrape the rock with something sharp so you don't break the little black arm part that is full of sea water and delicies juices. When you are harvesting them in the video you can see the juices dripping out. The way you cooked them was perfect, just simply boiling water and a good amount a sea salt (ideally the same concentration of salt you would have on sea water) Love the videos!
I am from Spain neighbor. I agree with you. And with the price they reach i wouldn't sautee them with nothing hahaha. I was terrified about what he was gonna do with them but it doesn't seem that bad. Here in northern Spain traditionally they add bay leaves to all the seafood, which i think is a waste.
I was looking for comments on how you shouldn’t pull percebes out like that! They grow all over the place here in Oregon and I always end up with some when I get mussels. I still like the picoroccos better.
20:20 as a fellow Portuguese, you are absolutely right, it's one of the vast delicacies here. We are crazy about fish and marine life in general and we do everything in our power to protect their ecosystem, wish more countries could follow suit. Thanks for mentioning Portugal, you earned a subscriber
Man I see some of the hate in comments, crazy. First of all the videos and editing have only gotten better imo over time. The creativity in them is amazing and I absolutely love the the shots and music to go with it is perfect. Taku and Jocelyn definitely deserve to reap benefits for the skill and effort that goes into these videos and it shows. Hope to keep following along these adventures or just chill times :).
yeah, there are weirdos who comment on things like jocelyn not cooking or her hair or some other dumb shyt. ppl are miserable and unfortunately, comment sections are some sort of outlet for their projections.
Taku, it's your little kid-like excitement that makes me love your videos so much!! I mean the wilderness, information and awesome recipes are great too, but your enthusiasm and love for life are FANTASTIC!!
It's been a minute (about 3 years) since I watched your videos, Taku. You're much more comfortable talking to the camera now haha. Glad to see you and Jocelyn are still together and living the dream!
it really pisses me off that I can't like this more than once.. I know you haven't been gone but I'm glad you're back man. This video was unmatched.. You're upbeat personality an just all around good energy makes me feel at home. I literally got off the couch an started clapping with the biggest smile when you pulled up that ling. Safe travels bud
Amazing!! As a Tlingit, I appreciate the respect you have for the ocean! Also, I appreciate your videos of how you cook and eat all that you collect! And AWESOME fish! Keep the videos coming!
I want to thank you for this incredible content Taku. I was born in Juneau and grew up in Sitka and later moved to the interior, I have been to all of the places in your Alaskan series and you brought me right back there. I have been stuck in the Midwest for far to long and miss home. So thank you and Jocelyn for sharing these amazing experiences, great footage!
Thanks for letting us live vicariously through you Taku! This was definitely one of your top catch & cooks. And I'm glad you two actually got to enjoy your time there too, that's always an important thing for content creators to remember!
Really enjoying your channel! Found this by accident and have been binge watching your vid‘s all night. I don’t even fish and I’m 62 years old but have found this to be the most interesting channel! Really happy I ran across this! Your happy face is priceless man! ✌️from delaware
It's so nice in Alaska during the Summer. As for grizzly bears, it's probably not a problem unless you were staying in a cabin or camper in the Winter when they're hungry with limited food sources. Nice fish!
Dude. You killed it. I am a lifer from Juneau. White Sulfer is one of the best places on the planet and your forage on the beach, landing of the ling, and preparations were just superb. Nice job chef.
I used to fish in northern california and catching lingcod is such a treat. They are so clean and fresh eating. I had made stuffed ling cod for some guests, and they were wowed by how sweet and fresh it tasted. Put the meat in aluminum foil, squeeze some lemon juice all over it, put a pat of butter on it, salt and pepper, slice some lemons to place on the fish. Sprinkle some parsley over it. Wrap it up and bake at 350 for maybe 15-20 minutes. Comes out so tasty.
Taku: An Alaskan from 1967 for 38 years. What more can I say how you dealt with coastal Alaska weather in late August (RAIN) with a smile and adventure. Your fish filleting/butchering skills are incomparable. Your beach/surf side food foraging, food prep, cooking and presentations are astounding. The lures of AK are the blue fox Vibrax and Pixie; but you landed an arms lengths ling barely above legal size for non residents. in AK: Sea planes are "float planes". Woods are "forests". BIG Brown bears are coastal (interior browns are grizzles, in cold country long hibernating seasons) that feed lots on salmon with short hibernating season. Black bears can be coastal and interior but mix much only deadly with either brown/grizzly when they mix. Blacks may eat you. Browns just want to dominate you. Glad you enjoyed your stay at White Sulfur Springs near Sitka, AK. I very much enjoyed your Alaska travels.
Thanks Taku for posting this awesome video. I work many hours in my job and right now my life is just that. I’ve been fishing pier and jetty but haven’t been lucky. When u hooked on to that huge fish it brought a huge smile to my face. I wish I’ll be blessed someday to go on a fishing adventure like this.
Your excitement is intoxicating. Love you love Jocelyn. It's 5:30 a.m. and YOU started my day excited. Woohoo let's see what the day brings for all of us😊
When watching a video like this, I'm brought along by either the excellent filming and audio work or the pure childlike excitement the people are experiencing. Thanks for bringing so many of us with you to Alaska, Taku. Can't wait to see where you take all of us next.
I believe I was your 10th subscriber.... so when I say I've been watching ya'll since day 1... it's no joke. So thankful for ya'll and all your adventures, tips and tricks, and work you put into your content. Thank you for years of smiles...for helping my soul when I was depressed...I wish I knew how I could tell ya'll what ya'll have done for me. I lost 2 jobs coz of covid... my identity was stolen and I got 0 help from any aide... my health took a nose dive... i lost multiple friends and family members including last September when I lost 3 in 2 weeks...and helping kids in need, which was my air, had to take a back seat...I was and still am struggling at the amount of loss I've endured over the last couple years Thank you.... Infinitely.... I'm back to volunteering and helping kids the best I can with what I've been handed... thank you! Sending good vibes to yall from the gulf coast.
The cinematic footage from the hot spring was amazing, made me feel and wish I was there for sure, you’re definitely sooo lucky. To enjoy it all with Jocelyn is even better. Wish I had the opportunity to do this with my girlfriend for sure.
Love seeing this type of content, everything else you two do is great, but there’s something about catch and cooks for big rockfish and lingcod off the rocks that will always just slap. Also nice cedros! Crazy drag stacks in those things for how inexpensive, light and compact they are.
Amazing!!! What a blessing,I am out here in Pennsylvania,woke up at 4:30 am wanted to go fishing but it's a little cold so I decided to just make me some coffee and cruise TH-cam. Finding your video... brother this was just as exciting as me catching the big one...your adventure was just thrilling to me... thanks for taking me with you!!!!✌️❤️
How awesome is this that it's owned by the forest service so everyone can enjoy this place. That was some nice fileting skills Chef, and quite the spread. Great job! I hope you guys stocked some wood for the next visitor to the site.
I Love this kind of adventure, fishing, cooking story. What a great adventure host! I felt like you welcomed me into your epic story. SO well done, I'm hooked!
With a title like "BEST Catch and Cook" I was suspicious, maybe clickbait, but after watching the whole thing, I must say you convinced me, that was absolutely fantastic!
Thats so awesome and setup so nice for people to explore the Alaska coast. And an enclosed hotspring..... omg omg. Fantastic video young man. Your joy is infectious!
How cute when you start bouncing because you're excited like a kid in a candy store with a sack full of money! Lol! I'm so glad that you got to leave the restaurant and be a full-time TH-camr. You and Jocelyn (I hope I spelled it right) make the most awesome videos. Now I have my whole family hooked on watching your videos. God bless and be safe on your travels. 😉
The peace at the end had me dying 😂😂😂😂😂 overall this video and the content that you put out is all so amazing and weirdly undescribable. We see millions of couples doing this on TH-cam but this feels very cool watching you too more because of how much pride you take in cooking not bullshitting the meal you just caught. So amazing. ❤
I just love your videos. You and Jocelyn together are so calming and have a really nice energy. I am so happy for the both of you to be able to live the life you are living because there are very few people in the world like you two and you both deserve everything that you get to experience 💕 I'll always watch and support even if I know zero about fishing and costal foraging lol just because I love y'all's relationship that much.
@@JC-wn1sp well based off what I do see I like their relationship.. I'm sure all couples have difficult times. I'm married and we have an almost 4 year old so I know the struggle. My husband is a 1911 guy so if that's what your username is referring to then I see why talking to you is so difficult because he is the same. But it's all in a joking manner. I'm not being serious in the least bit.. none of this social media or TH-cam banter stuff is taken into my everyday life. I say what I say and then move on.
I’m turning 18 soon but I’m really going to struggle to become an adult and work like the average joe. In recent time I’ve really started to appreciate nature and want to live a life doing things like this. You’re living my dream life and I’m so happy for you assuming you like it as much as I do.
I started following from nearly the beginning of your channel. I remember seeing the amount of subscribers you had just increased exponentially out of nowhere. You started you're own line of knives. And now you got crispy kelp?! Love the scenery in your vids. One of my favorite vids was when you had strangers come on your channel and you shared food you had just cooked. That was really cool
👍Loved the coastal foraging. You found some interesting stuff. That Gumboot did not look edible, but once you cleaned it, it looked like abalone. I'd like to see more coastal foraging.
It is so peaceful there, I could watch an entire series of the day to day life living in this cabin & of you foraging the land surrounding it. The rain, the scenery, & the amazing fishing & food. It seems like everything about this trip was just beyond epic. Thanks for bringing us a long. Cheers!
Im soo jealous,we used to catch lings like that in the early 70s off the calif.coast s.f. i remember those huge fillets the absolute best flavor ever. Enjoy my friend you have earned it!🙂
some other old timer I ran into was telling me back in the day there were a crazy amount of fish in SoCal that he would catch some whoppers all the time
@@Mundanesoup4 yes,its true, if you look at the history we had a 35 mile ocean border. China came along with its huge ocean trawlers and scooped up all the fish,they took everything. Thats why our ocean border is 200 miles now.
Hey Taku, just came across your channel tonight and I had to subscribe. Living in Alaska has always been a dream of mine, especially being able to fish in some of the most beautiful places in Alaska. Really enjoyed this video, really makes me want to move there now lol. Can't wait to watch more of your content.
I just saw you on TV, not relevant to this video but just thought that was so cool, started showing my mom all your videos :) thank you for producing such quality content
Taku…THIS was truly amazing. I’d write more but I’m seriously lost for words. Keep the good adventures coming! PS-I can see a new home for you guys in Alaska. It suits you and certainly, the thought had to have crossed your minds 😏 “I’m 3,000 miles away from home, yet…everything feels so familiar…” -Taku 2022
What an amazing trip you have had. My life’s dream has always been to make it to Alaska and enjoy all that the ocean has to offer. I will never get to live that dream so thank you for sharing your experience with us. I’m so happy I happened upon your show. I will be following now!
We had the worms in the 70s lings and rock fish we removed what we could then as long as you cook the fillets to 165 internal temp they cause no problem. I ate so much of this im ok and never encountered a problem.
You know it's a plus for a man to like cooking and fishing together ❤️ Super amaze 🙌 gotta comment twice on this clip. Some tv channels only shows fishing or cooking separately. Have me clicking, switching that back button, the recent channel each time a commercial comes up from cooking to fishing. 👍
I stayed at that same cabin with a friend who was formerly in forestry. Amazing it is indeed... but I wish we thought to check tide pools. We had no luck finishing anywhere near the cabin, it was always a far hike away to the outer point. I’d love to go back...our trip was cut short due to unexpected snow. That’s not a place you risk chancing it.
Same, our timber cruising bog got filled to capacity and we were placed there by the FS. You can do pretty much anything there considering how remote it is. A lot of work and time is needed to maintain these cabins
@@JC-wn1sp what content do you make? For someone that really hates on all his videos and only comments negatively I'd assume you just wouldn't watch him 🤷🏻 but go off..
@I love cracklins right? The suspense... Way to leave the people hangin. "If you only knew" wtheck is that supposed to mean? Lol 😂 tell the people if you know so much.
@@JC-wn1sp I mean... they are putting their life online and making a 50 minute movie basically to entertain us. Take into account the time, the effort, the cost, the planning, ect.. I'm just saying just because you think he might have "overcooked salmon" you shouldn't just disregard the effort of the whole entire video by leaving such a short meaningless simpleton comment about one part. When it's a whole production.
@@JC-wn1sp or "not appealing. presentation needs work" like he's cooking octopus balls on rocks next to a lake over a campfire.. gimme a break. Dude is just working with what he's got. And you still haven't told us the top secret reason why he got fired 🥸
I am nearly 75-years old. I have been a sports fisherman and outdoorsman all my life. I have become an amateur chef in the last 30-years. Your videos are so enjoyable! I still catch a few salmon, Dungeness crab and dig razor clams. I am retired and live in Astoria on the Oregon coast. I imagine myself taking part in your adventures. It brings me joy!
Thanks for sharing the passion with us. ❤
And the location is so beautiful I feel like it would be worth the risk of bears.
You’re not an amateur chef. You’re an amateur to moderate home cook.
Chef is a professional title that is earned.
That’s awesome man 💪
@@vdoza33 30 years is a long time. He has earned it
No idea who this guy is but his childlike innocence and enthusiasm is a breath of fresh air,just like the land,cabin and hot springs with a gorgeous view.
LOL
Hi. He's Taku! 😂😂😂
his wife is really lucky
Taku is living the life almost every man dreams of
@@JAPANattacks wut?
@@JAPANattacks Dude ik for sure that taku doesn’t want one ounce of thing from you. Saw your other comments from his channel, and it’s a weird, clingy, and hellllla cringe. Please stop ik for sure taku has seen this and wants nothing to do wit your comment or with you. It’s F’d up to say something that you have no idea how they’re life is behind the camera. It really shows what kind person you are in real life :/
@@JAPANattacks you're for sure single
Idk about “almost every man”
the life real men dream of
As an Alaskan, I'm very glad you consider this trip to be the best trip you've had. Watching you jump up and down out of excitement when you first walked in the cabin brought a smile to my face, keep doing what makes you happy man!
Now everybody would want to be in that place!
I would love to visit Alaska ! The view it has and especially view of nature .
Hell yeah that was kewl feeling to be in the outdoors l!
I got to Bristol bay every summer
@@l0ndon298 you can get most of the same experience pretty much anywhere on the pacific coast. sure bears and good hunting dont start until northern california but the top notch fishing and remote camping are possible from Cabo to the Canadian border.
Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here:
My kids live in rural AK . They subsistence hunt and fish utilizing some of these cabins. It's comforting seeing y'all stay and make your video here. Unfathomable beauty! Thank you for packing me up and taking me along on your adventures!
There is nothing wrong about being house bound. Most of us young people are same way and we love it. Hope you take care of yourself.
You can say now that you lived on the Coast of Alaska and foraged for the plentiful food the Ocean has to offer. And I must say that the ling Cod you first caught would have provided you and your partner a nice meal the first night in the cabin. You would have had two perfect size filets that would have been excellent. but the nice red Ling Cod was actually a BEAST and will give you food for a few days. What a pleasure it is to be in a cabin so far removed from everywhere else and then a natural hot spring to soak in and rest the sore muscles from hiking afterwards is perhaps the biggest reason to go there, I mean the entire package is fantastic but the Natural hot springs with its own building is a bonus and a half. And is almost a mirror of Japanese food, just on the opposite side of the pond from Japan, and perhaps a little further North than the main Island. That kind of life is what I lived for as a young man and have had a number of experiences similar to this only for my part the fishing and foraging wasn't nearly as good as what you had. What a perfect location and perfect cabin to be able to access. How did you get to be able to use it? I'm sure not everyone can access that cabin and use it. I'd have to say that you struck a lucky streak and got access to a cabin hardly anyone can use! Thanks for sharing your adventure with us. I am particularly grateful because I can no long travel because of my health issues, to being able to live vicariously through other doing it is the best I can manage so I am indeed grateful. I would rather visit that cabin, eat fresh caught fish and sleep in that single room cabin on the Pacific Ocean than stay in a five-star hotel because as nice as man can make things, Mother Nature's retreats are su much more valuable to me than anything manmade. Man cannot even come close to the beauty that this Earth has to offer.
It takes a lot to get me to watch a 48 minute video, but this was totally worth it. Beautiful place, wonderful food, and incredible people. Thanks Taku and Jocelyn!
lmao didnt even realize it was a 48 min video such a great vid.
That double-tap to the right of the screen works wonders...
Wow an entire 48 minutes... 😂
Jocelyn did shit
Your content is timeless, I imagine people in 100 years from now still enjoying this. Keep up the good work, thank you for sharing and leaving a legacy
Really - what like an historian or philosopher
Optimistic 😊
I feel like that's one of the best compliments a creator could ever receive.
This is to the both of you, both Taku and Jocelyn. I've been watching outdoor chef life for a while now, and being a PNW kid I really like how a lot of your videos have been in places i can recognize from either being there or seeing it in passing before. So I bought an RV, sold all my sh*t, and I'm currently renovating it to go do what you do. Not for youtube, I have neither the face nor voice for it, but just to go explore and do what you do in the day to day. You guys pulled my head out of my bosses ass, and I can't thank you enough for it. Keep it up.
Go live your life and be safe! 👍
It's not about the face or the voice, it's about the attitude. If you feel like doing TH-cam, do TH-cam.
o7
How are you going to make money. I genuinely mean that lol
Well done 😊
TAKU!!!! I'm so glad to find you and Jocelyn again!! I was a subscriber for many years. I even bought knives that you talked about when you were in San Fran. My computer died in 2020 and I lost everything. But, you guys appeared as "Suggested" on TH-cam! I immediately came here and subscribed again!!! I have YEARS of catching up to do, now! So glad to see you guys again!
When im having a shitty day, just watching your videos and how wholesome they are really brings a smile to my face. dont stop with the videos bro, you re awesome.
I'm have always been an outdoorsman but for the last little while I have been severely disabled. I destroyed my back in a horrible motorcycle accident. Now I live vicariously through videos like yours. I thank you for the content you put out. I'm a new subscriber to the channel. GOD BLESS YOU SIR!!!!
You weren’t lying when you said best catch and cook of all time!! This was absolutely stunning. The scenery was like a painting. And to top it off a delicious meal in the hot spring..!! Nothing is better then that right there 👌
Hey, I'm from Portugal... to harvest the "percebes" you can't pull on them, you have to scrape the rock with something sharp so you don't break the little black arm part that is full of sea water and delicies juices. When you are harvesting them in the video you can see the juices dripping out. The way you cooked them was perfect, just simply boiling water and a good amount a sea salt (ideally the same concentration of salt you would have on sea water) Love the videos!
I am from Spain neighbor. I agree with you. And with the price they reach i wouldn't sautee them with nothing hahaha. I was terrified about what he was gonna do with them but it doesn't seem that bad. Here in northern Spain traditionally they add bay leaves to all the seafood, which i think is a waste.
Agreed.
I was looking for comments on how you shouldn’t pull percebes out like that! They grow all over the place here in Oregon and I always end up with some when I get mussels. I still like the picoroccos better.
I’m from Alaska. Moving to Portugal in 3 weeks. :)
20:20 as a fellow Portuguese, you are absolutely right, it's one of the vast delicacies here. We are crazy about fish and marine life in general and we do everything in our power to protect their ecosystem, wish more countries could follow suit.
Thanks for mentioning Portugal, you earned a subscriber
Man I see some of the hate in comments, crazy. First of all the videos and editing have only gotten better imo over time. The creativity in them is amazing and I absolutely love the the shots and music to go with it is perfect. Taku and Jocelyn definitely deserve to reap benefits for the skill and effort that goes into these videos and it shows. Hope to keep following along these adventures or just chill times :).
Never read the hate comments these are ignorant people who try and punk everything.
Not worthwhile.
It's the internet, there's always gonna be haters. Just ignore them.
yeah, there are weirdos who comment on things like jocelyn not cooking or her hair or some other dumb shyt. ppl are miserable and unfortunately, comment sections are some sort of outlet for their projections.
cant lie i dont even see any hate comments
Haters gonna hate
Love seeing the pure joy on your face when you arrived. Love to see genuine people enjoy and respect nature for what it is
This was an incredible episode Taku! From the red ling you pulled, to the insane feast you enjoyed from an indoor hot spring in a remote Alaskan cabin
Taku, it's your little kid-like excitement that makes me love your videos so much!! I mean the wilderness, information and awesome recipes are great too, but your enthusiasm and love for life are FANTASTIC!!
Yeah...it makes me smile too.
I've been catching ling's my whole life and I've never seen one red like that!!! So cool 😎
I've seen greenling that color, and TONS of smurfs...buy yeah, that's the first red ling I've ever seen.
Diet, diet, diet
It's admirable that one thing can be done for so long
Fun fact, that Red Lingcod, is not a Ling or a Cod. Look it up.
I love this episode. I have rewatched it a couple of times . Definitely one of Taku's best episodes ..
love how appreciative and giddy you are to be able to experience this.
Thanks for taking us with you
It's been a minute (about 3 years) since I watched your videos, Taku. You're much more comfortable talking to the camera now haha. Glad to see you and Jocelyn are still together and living the dream!
it really pisses me off that I can't like this more than once.. I know you haven't been gone but I'm glad you're back man. This video was unmatched.. You're upbeat personality an just all around good energy makes me feel at home. I literally got off the couch an started clapping with the biggest smile when you pulled up that ling. Safe travels bud
Out of all the California fishing TH-cam channels you post the most . Just keep it exciting because once I stop watching the TV I change the channel.
Amazing!! As a Tlingit, I appreciate the respect you have for the ocean! Also, I appreciate your videos of how you cook and eat all that you collect! And AWESOME fish! Keep the videos coming!
I want to thank you for this incredible content Taku. I was born in Juneau and grew up in Sitka and later moved to the interior, I have been to all of the places in your Alaskan series and you brought me right back there. I have been stuck in the Midwest for far to long and miss home. So thank you and Jocelyn for sharing these amazing experiences, great footage!
Thanks for letting us live vicariously through you Taku! This was definitely one of your top catch & cooks. And I'm glad you two actually got to enjoy your time there too, that's always an important thing for content creators to remember!
This was definitely the greatest catch and cook of all time!!!
I hope to live life like you guys one day! Its always such a joy watching your videos. Nothing but good vibes
This is so beautiful. No noise, no traffic jam. Just amazing beauty. Thanks for sharing.❤
Really enjoying your channel! Found this by accident and have been binge watching your vid‘s all night. I don’t even fish and I’m 62 years old but have found this to be the most interesting channel! Really happy I ran across this!
Your happy face is priceless man!
✌️from delaware
he's such a down to earth guy, girl your lucky to have him. embrace him and keep growing you two 🤘🤘
It's so nice in Alaska during the Summer. As for grizzly bears, it's probably not a problem unless you were staying in a cabin or camper in the Winter when they're hungry with limited food sources. Nice fish!
Dude. You killed it. I am a lifer from Juneau. White Sulfer is one of the best places on the planet and your forage on the beach, landing of the ling, and preparations were just superb. Nice job chef.
I used to fish in northern california and catching lingcod is such a treat. They are so clean and fresh eating. I had made stuffed ling cod for some guests, and they were wowed by how sweet and fresh it tasted. Put the meat in aluminum foil, squeeze some lemon juice all over it, put a pat of butter on it, salt and pepper, slice some lemons to place on the fish. Sprinkle some parsley over it. Wrap it up and bake at 350 for maybe 15-20 minutes. Comes out so tasty.
Taku: An Alaskan from 1967 for 38 years. What more can I say how you dealt with coastal Alaska weather in late August (RAIN) with a smile and adventure. Your fish filleting/butchering skills are incomparable. Your beach/surf side food foraging, food prep, cooking and presentations are astounding. The lures of AK are the blue fox Vibrax and Pixie; but you landed an arms lengths ling barely above legal size for non residents. in AK: Sea planes are "float planes". Woods are "forests". BIG Brown bears are coastal (interior browns are grizzles, in cold country long hibernating seasons) that feed lots on salmon with short hibernating season. Black bears can be coastal and interior but mix much only deadly with either brown/grizzly when they mix. Blacks may eat you. Browns just want to dominate you.
Glad you enjoyed your stay at White Sulfur Springs near Sitka, AK. I very much enjoyed your Alaska travels.
好喜欢您的点评耶，邀请有机会来加入我们阿拉斯加鱼乐时光呀。。。
Thanks Taku for posting this awesome video. I work many hours in my job and right now my life is just that. I’ve been fishing pier and jetty but haven’t been lucky. When u hooked on to that huge fish it brought a huge smile to my face. I wish I’ll be blessed someday to go on a fishing adventure like this.
Taku your filet skills never fail to impress, those cuts with the knife at 33:00 are seriously impressive given what you are working with
Your excitement is intoxicating. Love you love Jocelyn. It's 5:30 a.m. and YOU started my day excited. Woohoo let's see what the day brings for all of us😊
This has got to be the best video/adventure to date!! Love it! Taku is the man!
Man watching these videos makes me want to explore the world. All these experiences we're missing and the memories that could be made.
Everything about this video made me so happy. Epic location, epic fish, epic cook! Congrats Taku!
When watching a video like this, I'm brought along by either the excellent filming and audio work or the pure childlike excitement the people are experiencing.
Thanks for bringing so many of us with you to Alaska, Taku. Can't wait to see where you take all of us next.
I believe I was your 10th subscriber.... so when I say I've been watching ya'll since day 1... it's no joke. So thankful for ya'll and all your adventures, tips and tricks, and work you put into your content. Thank you for years of smiles...for helping my soul when I was depressed...I wish I knew how I could tell ya'll what ya'll have done for me. I lost 2 jobs coz of covid... my identity was stolen and I got 0 help from any aide... my health took a nose dive... i lost multiple friends and family members including last September when I lost 3 in 2 weeks...and helping kids in need, which was my air, had to take a back seat...I was and still am struggling at the amount of loss I've endured over the last couple years Thank you.... Infinitely.... I'm back to volunteering and helping kids the best I can with what I've been handed... thank you! Sending good vibes to yall from the gulf coast.
Second I saw the thumbnail I knew I had to re watch this gem! 💎 red ling has been a dream fish ever since you taught me about them😅
Thankyou for taking us all on your Alaska adventures.
The cinematic footage from the hot spring was amazing, made me feel and wish I was there for sure, you’re definitely sooo lucky. To enjoy it all with Jocelyn is even better. Wish I had the opportunity to do this with my girlfriend for sure.
Love seeing this type of content, everything else you two do is great, but there’s something about catch and cooks for big rockfish and lingcod off the rocks that will always just slap. Also nice cedros! Crazy drag stacks in those things for how inexpensive, light and compact they are.
triggered by your use of the norcal term for good music "slap" lmao.
*Mac Dre noises intensifies*
Taku’s excitement, jumping up and down with joy, is just priceless😁👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🙌🏾That’s what’s up man!
Your videos just get better and better! I love the genuine joy you bring to each one. You inspire me!
I love how you gave her the first drink. You are a gentleman in my book my man. Awesome video!!!
You caught the red Gyarados!! This was truly an epic catch and cook 💯💯💯
I like your lingcod in your profile pic haha!
@@Liamwonders that was a BLUE gyarados. Now I gotta go get a red one! 🐉
Amazing!!! What a blessing,I am out here in Pennsylvania,woke up at 4:30 am wanted to go fishing but it's a little cold so I decided to just make me some coffee and cruise TH-cam. Finding your video... brother this was just as exciting as me catching the big one...your adventure was just thrilling to me... thanks for taking me with you!!!!✌️❤️
Great stuff. Love the video. As a cook myself, it's always a blessing to watch people cooking things I've never known about. Thanks for creating.
Incredible folks. Never eaten that kind of things. but loved the chef loving it all with his gal.
How awesome is this that it's owned by the forest service so everyone can enjoy this place.
That was some nice fileting skills Chef, and quite the spread. Great job!
I hope you guys stocked some wood for the next visitor to the site.
Just amazing! Even uneven sound and lens condensation couldn't hurt this epic trip and content! Thanks, Chef.
the drone footage in the hot spring building..loved it..nice job
好喜欢您的点评耶，邀请有机会来加入我们阿拉斯加鱼乐时光呀。。。
The wonderful fare not withstanding, a beautiful spread and plating.
You really know how to treat a Lady. Well done, Sir.
I Love this kind of adventure, fishing, cooking story. What a great adventure host! I felt like you welcomed me into your epic story. SO well done, I'm hooked!
Just found this channel tonight, and I am happy to report that this is possibly the best video I've watched in years.
With a title like "BEST Catch and Cook" I was suspicious, maybe clickbait, but after watching the whole thing, I must say you convinced me, that was absolutely fantastic!
Such a calm and informative video, exactly what I needed today 5:55
Seriously loved watching this! Was awesome to see how happy you guys were!
Thats so awesome and setup so nice for people to explore the Alaska coast. And an enclosed hotspring..... omg omg. Fantastic video young man. Your joy is infectious!
How cute when you start bouncing because you're excited like a kid in a candy store with a sack full of money! Lol! I'm so glad that you got to leave the restaurant and be a full-time TH-camr. You and Jocelyn (I hope I spelled it right) make the most awesome videos. Now I have my whole family hooked on watching your videos. God bless and be safe on your travels. 😉
Your happiness is contagious! Thank you for providing this experience for those of us who can't ever do it. Stay safe!
The peace at the end had me dying 😂😂😂😂😂 overall this video and the content that you put out is all so amazing and weirdly undescribable. We see millions of couples doing this on TH-cam but this feels very cool watching you too more because of how much pride you take in cooking not bullshitting the meal you just caught. So amazing. ❤
Incredible. Hot springs are one of the wonders of the world. So amazing. And how they utilize it in the cabin.... Absolutely incredible
I just love your videos. You and Jocelyn together are so calming and have a really nice energy. I am so happy for the both of you to be able to live the life you are living because there are very few people in the world like you two and you both deserve everything that you get to experience 💕 I'll always watch and support even if I know zero about fishing and costal foraging lol just because I love y'all's relationship that much.
@@JC-wn1sp well based off what I do see I like their relationship.. I'm sure all couples have difficult times. I'm married and we have an almost 4 year old so I know the struggle. My husband is a 1911 guy so if that's what your username is referring to then I see why talking to you is so difficult because he is the same. But it's all in a joking manner. I'm not being serious in the least bit.. none of this social media or TH-cam banter stuff is taken into my everyday life. I say what I say and then move on.
I’m turning 18 soon but I’m really going to struggle to become an adult and work like the average joe. In recent time I’ve really started to appreciate nature and want to live a life doing things like this. You’re living my dream life and I’m so happy for you assuming you like it as much as I do.
I started following from nearly the beginning of your channel. I remember seeing the amount of subscribers you had just increased exponentially out of nowhere. You started you're own line of knives. And now you got crispy kelp?! Love the scenery in your vids. One of my favorite vids was when you had strangers come on your channel and you shared food you had just cooked. That was really cool
I’m so happy for you all, thank you for sharing this beautiful journey
👍Loved the coastal foraging. You found some interesting stuff. That Gumboot did not look edible, but once you cleaned it, it looked like abalone. I'd like to see more coastal foraging.
It is so peaceful there, I could watch an entire series of the day to day life living in this cabin & of you foraging the land surrounding it.
The rain, the scenery, & the amazing fishing & food. It seems like everything about this trip was just beyond epic.
Thanks for bringing us a long.
Cheers!
Im soo jealous,we used to catch lings like that in the early 70s off the calif.coast s.f. i remember those huge fillets the absolute best flavor ever. Enjoy my friend you have earned it!🙂
some other old timer I ran into was telling me back in the day there were a crazy amount of fish in SoCal that he would catch some whoppers all the time
@@Mundanesoup4 yes,its true, if you look at the history we had a 35 mile ocean border. China came along with its huge ocean trawlers and scooped up all the fish,they took everything. Thats why our ocean border is 200 miles now.
man, what a breath of fresh air on youtube. Watching this was so relaxing and exciting at the same time!
I love your energy man, I felt like I was watching myself fish.
I have to agree that hot spring and cabin are the most spectacular beautiful things I've seen in a long time
Hey Taku, just came across your channel tonight and I had to subscribe. Living in Alaska has always been a dream of mine, especially being able to fish in some of the most beautiful places in Alaska. Really enjoyed this video, really makes me want to move there now lol. Can't wait to watch more of your content.
I just saw you on TV, not relevant to this video but just thought that was so cool, started showing my mom all your videos :) thank you for producing such quality content
That is such a beautiful cabin and a beautiful place in Alaska can’t wait to go there someday!! 🙏🏻🤙🏻
This video was amazing. So happy for you and glad you are able to share these wonderful experiences on this platform.
Taku…THIS was truly amazing. I’d write more but I’m seriously lost for words. Keep the good adventures coming!
PS-I can see a new home for you guys in Alaska. It suits you and certainly, the thought had to have crossed your minds 😏
“I’m 3,000 miles away from home, yet…everything feels so familiar…” -Taku 2022
TOTALLY!
a fun episode, an amazing place, part of amazing America...be well, you two good youngsters!
Just casually ate dinner while watching and didn't even realise it was a 48 minute video! Great work!
What an amazing trip you have had. My life’s dream has always been to make it to Alaska and enjoy all that the ocean has to offer. I will never get to live that dream so thank you for sharing your experience with us. I’m so happy I happened upon your show. I will be following now!
I was most curious about the parasites on the lingcod.. and you focused on just that! amazing content as always taku!
We had the worms in the 70s lings and rock fish we removed what we could then as long as you cook the fillets to 165 internal temp they cause no problem. I ate so much of this im ok and never encountered a problem.
You know it's a plus for a man to like cooking and fishing together ❤️ Super amaze 🙌 gotta comment twice on this clip.
Some tv channels only shows fishing or cooking separately.
Have me clicking, switching that back button, the recent channel each time a commercial comes up from cooking to fishing. 👍
Taku is the first human ever just snap randomly in Alaska coast n made a crazy good n luxury dish out of it !! Beat me 🤣🤣🤣
Those goosenecks look really good. The whole meal came out fantastic. Had my mouth watering.
I stayed at that same cabin with a friend who was formerly in forestry. Amazing it is indeed... but I wish we thought to check tide pools. We had no luck finishing anywhere near the cabin, it was always a far hike away to the outer point. I’d love to go back...our trip was cut short due to unexpected snow. That’s not a place you risk chancing it.
How can I find the cabin online? Is it the white sulpher springs cabin?
Same, our timber cruising bog got filled to capacity and we were placed there by the FS. You can do pretty much anything there considering how remote it is. A lot of work and time is needed to maintain these cabins
I'm very happy for y'all. I'm 55 years from Alabama and one legged and Alaska probably would be hard on me but it's beautiful.. y'all enjoy
Okay I’ve stayed at a couple remote FS cabins in Alaska, but never with a hot spring!! How amazing
Great video. The clip flying out of the hot spring cabin was just excellent!!! AK is such an incredible destination.
sorry to hear you lost your sponsor you truly make the best outdoor fishing content/traveling on youtube you deserve more !! love you bro
@@JC-wn1sp what content do you make? For someone that really hates on all his videos and only comments negatively I'd assume you just wouldn't watch him 🤷🏻 but go off..
@I love cracklins right? The suspense...
Way to leave the people hangin.
"If you only knew" wtheck is that supposed to mean? Lol 😂 tell the people if you know so much.
@@JC-wn1sp I mean... they are putting their life online and making a 50 minute movie basically to entertain us. Take into account the time, the effort, the cost, the planning, ect.. I'm just saying just because you think he might have "overcooked salmon" you shouldn't just disregard the effort of the whole entire video by leaving such a short meaningless simpleton comment about one part. When it's a whole production.
@@JC-wn1sp or "not appealing. presentation needs work" like he's cooking octopus balls on rocks next to a lake over a campfire.. gimme a break. Dude is just working with what he's got.
And you still haven't told us the top secret reason why he got fired 🥸
@@JC-wn1sp I'm actually the complete opposite. Thanks tho.
This is the best catch and cook I’ve ever seen. You’re living my dream. Keep up the great work.
I always bring old Bay seasoning with me when I go camping like that you’d be surprised how good it goes with just about everything even eggs
44:08 and that is how you keep a relationship healthy. Great video, cheers!!