Fish of a Lifetime: 46 lb Striped Bass at the Cape Cod Canal
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- Fish on @ 9:45 (if you want to go right to the fight)
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I had the great privilege of catching the fish of a lifetime during the crazy new moon blitz in August at the Cape Cod Canal. On this day, I was targeting cow stripers, and I discuss the things I did to maximize my chances of making that happen. The fight from a fish like this is epic, and I'm so glad I was able to get it on video to share with you all.
Enjoy and Tight Lines!
Opening photo credit: Priscilla Chamessian (www.priscillaco...)
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skip to 9:30
How does this not have more thumbs up? You saved like a solid 8 minutes of my life lol
Thank you sir!
MN Creek Water thank you very much
thanks
100th.
What a fish! Great release. Good to see someone more concerned with putting it back than getting all the camera time. Much respect
Could've thrown a saddle on that thing and toured the canal! Nice one!!
Lmao that's my new favorite fishing phrase. Thanks man
Haha 😂 That’s a good one
Did the right thing by getting that fish back in the water so quickly..nice catch!
David C. Yea I always like to see someone showing some consideration to the fish
What?! I would’ve kept that fish.
Devinn Cleveland yea man that’s no prob if your going to eat it, but when your just fishing for fun and planning to release it’s always good to keep the fish in mind
Devinn Cleveland Poor form. Always throw the biggest ones back, they’re the breeders
i thought it was funny he said get a camera pic, Dude had a go pro strapped to his head lol.
Awesome catch!
2018 about a quarter mile down from the bridge my buddy got a 53lb stripper, such good fishing on the canal!
That's one anorexic stripper!
What was her name?
Since you're doing catch and release, holding a fish that big in a vertical position while weighing is a big no-no. Gravity's effect on a fish of that size vertically can be fatal due to damage to internal organs. If you care about weight, you should buy a bag to hold the fish horizontally while you take your measurements. I hope you see this, because you seem like an ethical fisherman. You probably just didn't know you were handling the fish improperly. Nice catch though!
KAREN no one asked you
get a life!
nice release on a big fish! it's nice to see fisherman put the big girls back. congratulations!
not sure why, you want to keep the big ones, who cares its a fish, it will just die by a shark
Great fish. Not a great release. Never move a fish forward and backwards when releasing, it messes with their breathing and puts more stress on a fish
bjtimmer3 instead of stating what he did wrong why not add your tips on how it’s supposed to be done because I’ve always believed you work the fish back and forth getting water into the gills until the fish shows the strength to swim off I’ve released hundreds of fish this way without ever a problem just like in this video so I guess I’m doing it wrong to please Inform use on the right way?
Ralph Potter bla bla bla bla
Its even nicer when they don't repetitively drown it while trying to release it
Good man, good man. Love to see people care about the future of these fish
Great fish! One release tip I would suggest- just hold the fish by its tail and support the body while shaking the head back and forth gently instead of moving it back and forward. Their gills aren't meant to take water in backwards and it can kill them. I ended up keeping a large striper that I couldn't revive once because of this. Doesn't always happen but they're slow going if they get water in backwards
Chris Rodgers thank you. I'll do that next time.
Chris Rodgers : So right you are, I learned that years ago at a ProAm Largemouth Bass Tournament ( I was the Am 😬 ) But yes Chris you are so right and what an opportune time to discuss this, if you just grab her tail as Achamess did, For one thing, believe it or not, it's kinda on the same lines of ( especially with that big of a fish, fighting against you & the current, she's pooped ) you running a mile or two, and as your trying to catch your breath someone is pulling and pushing your body rapidly as your gasping, and with no support from her tail forward ( at like 46"s ) she barely has the strength to stay upright, so, as yours did the come side up, this pro I was blessed to fish with & many other anglers there, after weighing in would release there own fish ( as opposed to weigh master ) He told me of numerous studies done that even though they swim off ok, within the next couple hours they end up floating on there sides & dying, So by taking them in weigh bag, back to boat being its deeper water then the ramp or shorelines, lay down and hold the belly for support and just slightly move the tail back and forth, never pulling them backwards and only fwd gently while holding the mouth open about half way, and ONLY if the gills weren't moving properly on there own, he explained ( by then the obvious) that especially in warmer water temps the stress & fatigue factor, and by supporting the belly area ( most of the fishes weight ) and moving its tail like that stimulates the fishes natural swim habits, the mouth opened half way while slowly pushing forward ( again only if needed and never backwards) it stimulates the gills moving at the speed they should be, So again awesome fish, thanks for releasing our resources, and next time walk out a lil deeper and support there body's because she needs it after just losing a epic battle to you !!!!
I don't think there's a single youtube fishing video without someone critiquing the fisherman's release method..but you managed to so in a respectful manner.
Chris Rodgers now that applies to most fish right? Makes sense?
Interesting, so if fish were to swim backwards, it could be the last thing they do?
Stripe Bass at the cape is one of the dream trips. I'm from the Cleveland area so big walleye, smallmouth and the steelhead run is the best I've got. A few good musky lakes as well but no good blue or flathead waters. There's a reservoir near me that used to stock stripers and the state record came from there. Had to be pushing 40 pounds which is nuts for a landlocked striper in a relatively small body of water. They're gone now, probably hasn't produced one in over a decade. I remember when I was a kid and saw about a 30 pounder swim by
Lots of commenters know absolutely nothing about striped bass apparently. Congratulations on a great catch and kudos on the release.
Thanks! Yeah. That's what happens when you put your stuff up on the Internet. Everyone is a critic. But it's OK. It was an honor to catch this fish and overall I feel good about how everything went down.
Daniel,you dont know your ass from your elbow,just by that comment....LIL MAN! Better go i hear your mommy calling you!!!!
@@johnbobak9263 whats up dude
"I can't even turn it" hahaha the feeling of the fish having it's way and possibly losing everything. Good job for the guys who took notes and stopped casting.
Glad you let it go man!
thanks for sharing!
I grew up in sagamore mass my back yard was pretty close to where you are now. 1966 around 1974 I was able to go there and fish and hang out.from the filling two garbage cans full of lobster in 3-4 hours to catching a lot of cod fish my heart is still down at the canal.... Love the place....
Beautiful consideration for the fish and nature preservation. I wish you more many huge catches :)
Philip Lauzon so u fish to let them go makes sense
@@flippedurflop8506 there are worse hobbies
Thank you for sharing and congrats. I recently got my first striper (on Canal) , it was 15 lbs fish and I was shocked how it grabbed, spooled and fight. Cannot imagine fish 3 times bigger ...
Oh boy cant wait the fish will be in soon! I got my biggest stone throw from where your standing.Awesome job bro Im gonna rewatch the fight I love the canal!!! Again great job.......
Absolute beautiful cow of a strypa...perfect release and the video quality was definitely top shelf and smooth....
great catch and thank you for releasing when your trying to rejuvinate the fish just push it forward dont pull it backwards it slows down the process of the fishing getting stock
Great video! Excellent fish! A+ Release! Thank you for this video. I live in Wisconsin and have never caught a striped bass before - I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to travel to Cape Cod and give it a go though!
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I clicked for 9:20
And so did you
Oscar Krug thanks bud
Thank you
Salute to you sir
Nope 10:30
Legend
Holy cow! Nice fish! Thank you for releasing it for future generations!
I snagged it with my net on the other side and cooked it up that same night!, i could only eat 3lbs of the 26 lbs of meat i filleted, the rest went into the trash but it was tasty!! Thanks
good video! great fish hope I can do that well this week. my best 46'' and 39 lbs I put him back too.
great job that was awesome. My personal best at the cape in 2017 was a little over 42 inches
Obviously a healthy fishery. Cared for properly by its anglers! Good on you bud!
striped bass are not a healthy fishery. they're hugely pressured. for every guy who can catch and release a fish like this there are probably 2-3 at that canal who hook one and leave gear in its mouth or keep it out of the water for 5 mins taking pictures and send it out belly up. i swam out to a 35 lb fish in the waves on cape anne after two older guys botched a release. i can't say i expected dudes that age to go swimming for a fish in big waves, but they did not have the urgency you would like to see with a fish that is 10-15 years old and produces millions of eggs every year. the young guys in the areas generally do. almost all catch and release, almost always limiting the time out of the water.
Congrats on the fish and the healthy release. I've been fortunate this season to have fished countless days/nights during the epic fishing the last couple months. So glad to see the care you took in reviving the fish and ensuring it was ready before the release. I've seen way way to many dead floating bass the last month or so because of people not real sing the fish properly or keeping the fish out of the water to long for photos. I wish there more more fisherman like yourself who appreciates and respects the species enough to take the care and time in letting the fish go..... and don't even get me started with the countless fish I've seen killed just to show off and post on Facebook.
Wow someone release a fish from the canal. Place looked like a bass holucaust when i was there a few weeks ago.
lol.
Its a tried and tested method the more fish you keep the more fish there will be never ever fails
Thank you for releasing that big female.
Lmfao funniest comment ever
That shit pisses me off u don’t need to keep every single striper u see
Awesome video! Thanks for sharing that experience. Fantastic job on getting that fish back in the water as soon as you could!!!
Way to release it man. Kills me seeing ones like this on the bank.
Classy release. Many people have them mounted on the wall. But a picture and video is sooo much better.
Good catch even better release my friend keep them lines tighter than a lesbian nun
Emilio Solis 😂
Then a lesbian nuns butthole
😂😂😭 tighter than a nun on Christmas morning
Best comment on any canal video 😂
Nothing like the adrenaline pump of hooking up to a monster like that one! Great job and excellent choice on the release.
Awesome. Congrats on an amazing fish. Nice to see u let it go.
PrecisionAngling it probably had worms
I love catch and release vids like this! Like you said these big fish are very important to sustaining a good and healthy population if the fish! Thnx for the vid and keep it up!
11:20 "that might be a great white"
Jacob Freeze I wish the thrashing and wake could be seen better on the video. This thing looked huge evenfrom afar. I think that's why those people downstream actually stopped casting.
That was an awesome catch and display of friendship and sportsmanship on behalf of your buddy and yourself, oh before i leave CONGRATULATIONS.
everything about this is good. bravo
Great fish and great release!! Congrats. Feels good to release an egg layer like that. Thank you for sharing.
good for you! nice release, lot of people wouldn't have let her swim away. u got her on film and video good enough job on the release, she swam away is what matters.
Thank you!
Congrats on that fish! I caught a 47lber on the Chesapeake this trophy season trolling. Hell of a fight and a fish of a lifetime for sure! Well done!
On release don't pull backward it will drown a very tired fish .just hold upright and let it regain strength and will swim away on its own. Loved the vid great job.Most people never even see one of those monster bass let alone catch one. Awesome job good luck on your quest for a 50 lber.
Thanks for the tip and kind words! I'm very fortunate to have caught this fish.
Gary Lukas I was thinking the same thing
I watched this video the other day and that night ended up landing my pb (significantly smaller) bass. My fish came under much different conditions but your video and narrative deff put me in mind for success. Great work, I watch a ton of youtube fishing and this one is a gem on a bunch of levels. Nice going man, and congrats on a great catch.
Thanks for the kind words. I'm glad to hear you landed your PB. If this video helped even a little bit, I'm so glad! Tight lines.
Dude Phil Swift can hold 45lbs in one hand
Phil swift here for flex tape!
Nice work! Always Glad to see other catch and release fisherman.
Hi,
How’s the Spring been so far? Really enjoy your videos. Keep uploading!
All the best.
Nice vid Broheime. You were surprisingly calm. Pretty sure I would have been freaking out. Thanks for posting this, it was fun just watching you reel it in... and LANDING it.
Very nice catch! Awesome release! Wish more people had your outlook.
outlook is shitty, not getting any of my email and it keeps locking up..
Bessette Jesse you win
WOW !!! Congratulations on that monster. I’ve always dreamed of catching or fishing for Stripers, where I’m from, we don’t have them. It just proves that once again, large baits bring big fish.
Compendium Updated: Legendary Striped Bass
Blackhawks1337 RED DEAD
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Lived in Plymouth many years and visited canal often, some fishing but nothing like this
Great job 👏
ayeee who else here from the cape?
What a great video!!!! That was perfect, and that cow will go make so many more fish!!!! Great job!!!
Good man, letting her go. No idea why people keep the big girls. If I keep it's only at most 30". Let me the big girls breed.
there is no shortage of them, people taking them actually helps most of the east coast fisheries stripers reach their full potential
lukkyluciano that doesn't make much sense. Reports show the striped bass fishery is in trouble from overfishing
where? which reports?
lukkyluciano y do u think the limit got moved down to 1 fish a day
It wasnt from recreational anglers taking 2 home.....the limits are unchanged where I fish. Limits are adjusted for various reasons...A storm rolls in while they are spawning and it's a bad year for fry, too many hooked during dog days of summer, a chemical spill in a river, etc. And it isnt anywhere near an exact science, they are guessing. You arent counting in a lake. Striper are in no danger and no fisherman should feel bad about taking a big fish home. Like largemouth, catch and release has been over emphasized with striper and a lot of other species. You will never see another 20lb largemouth in their native range, there are simply too many of them in 99.9% of the bodies of water. You have to go to California or Japan to even possibly see a 20. Where largemouth dont belong. Other species like walleye, perch, etc we do take too many home.
Kudos, and much respect for her release. Great narration without typical BS hooping and hollering.
Thanks for showing class.
Awesome fish. Great job releasing a cow. Just a note - it helps if you don't swim the fish backwards. Just do a figure 8. Either way, fish still swam away healthy.
MostlyFishing a figure 8 is backwards
Thanks for releasing. Fantastic catch.
Good Man..... I catch and release all fish... Marylands Chesapeake is wayyy to over fished.
Use to be but not anymore
Their mouth must hurt a lot after they've been caught and released a few times.
M P I read that fish can’t feel pain... idk if it’s true or not
Andrew Webster that’s stupid af
Listen, I watch fishing videos almost every day but this is one best fishing video, I can imagine catching that big fish and to be able to release it safely. It's a great fealing. great vide and a great catch.
When is the fishing good for them?
Lance_fishing swfl I think he was referring to how he handled the fish after landing it that was better for the fish than other methods, such as pulling the fish out of water...
depends on where you are but in this area May-Oct is essentially the "season"
Lance_fishing swfl where are you
CONGRATULATIONS to BOTH fishermen. I enjoy catching stripped bass fishing. THANK YOU😍😍😍
17:10 👍, I like how you think , breeding fish, needs to stay alive, so we can keep getting more and more awesome delicious fish all over the globe !!!
Striped Bass have always fascinated me since I was a kid reading stories in fishing magazines. I had one opportunity to fish off a jetty in RI when I was a kid, but got a little too brave and slipped on a rock, hit my head, and was bleeding everywhere, so that only lasted about 20 min, lol. One day I will try again and NOT hit my head on a rock, and maybe even catch my fish crush, the great Striped Bass!
100lber's Willow Beach, below Hoover damn.
Lmao, provide links with that claim.
Fucking lies. World record ever caught/netted was 92 lbs caught by Maryland DNR. Largest ever caught by fishing was 81.88lbs in Connecticut.
What a thrill and what a fine fish! Great job
Your a top notch guy in my book for releasing that beautiful girl
Great Sportsmanship! I was as excited as you where to see how big it was!
Why is this video longer than 2 min??
Thomas Lee because we have a attention span
Why the hell not
or its blatant thirsty behavior for monetary reasons
I know that. I always skip the bullshit.
Good job. I remember my first beer 😂 but really I remember when my dad ,his friend and myself were at the Chesapeake Bay bridge tunnel in a big storm with big waves and we got into a school of strippers. First one we got was 41 lbs ,number 2 was slightly over 60. Back to back Whoppers. Then we went home. I'll never forget it.
Literally looks like a spawned chinook
MAN that's a smasher! Congratulations on the banger!
There's always a bigger fish.
I love how your main concern and focus was a healthy release for this big beautiful breeder size striper. Amazing catch and congratulations. If all those fishing for these incredible sport fish were as concerned about the fishery as you, it would be in much better shape. Unfortunately, many do not and harvest all fish of all sizes including these larger, poorer quality table fare fish and more than the legal limit along the cape cod canal and probably many other places as well. I fished there for two weeks recently and released every fish I caught but saw many killed... disheartening. But, thank you for making me feel better at least temporarily.
They get up around 65 lbs in georgia
I love being on cape, our fish are legends. great catch bro.
I'm dizzy
It was just as cool watching you let the fish go as it was watching the great fight
Nice job!!!
Omg you rambled for 10 minutes of a 18 min video smh
maybe I wanted to learn how to catch similar fish and that's what he's explaining
Nice video, like the way you covered the prep to a PR fish.
FISHING IS THE ONLY TIME IT'S LEGAL TO JAM A SPIKE THROUGH THE MOUTH OF AN ANIMAL AND DRAG IT AROUND. Do that to a dog or cat in your neighborhood and you'd go to jail. Strange double legal standard.
lol
Interesting point B-) Even if someone seen you doing that to any other random animal it'd be all hell to pay.
Interesting perspective, but fishing is a form of hunting. At least fish have a fighting chance of being released relatively unharmed, whereas hunting land animals like elk, deer, bear, moose, etc etc do not. You can't bait a bear, shoot it in the mouth and then decide to throw it back into the forest to try again. The comparison to hunting domesticated animals like dogs and cats is apples to oranges.
@@jasras5003 Fish are released "relatively unharmed"? Again, spike through the mouth and flesh, with blood flowing. That's injury to the fish with alot of severe pain involved. Fish mouths are so sentient they choose pebble sizes with their lips when building nests. Hunting land animals is also a double legal standard. Almost without exception animals don't die immediately and they feel excruciating pain when shot with a bullet. You'd get jail time if you did that to an animal in your neighborhood, or to your dog if you decided you didn't want it anymore. Both hunting and fishing are done without the same conscience that has given us laws protecting animals where we live. Even abattoirs are required by law to make animal death immediate and completely pain free. Electric shock used to kill the meat we eat is as fast as nerve impulses and so when animals are shocked to death in abattoirs the pain never reaches the parietal lobe of the animal's brain and it never registers the pain. This is required by law so animals don't suffer, but the law continues to allow hunters and fisherman to do what is actually torture of animals. Strange double legal standard.
@@drServitis Again, a fighting chance at surviving after a catch and release. That's my main point, i.e. most of them get to live another day. I get it, you like fish. May I ask what you eat to survive? Just curious. I hope you're at least vegan. The veggies you eat, millions of rodents and bugs die so you can eat your kale salad (btw I love kale). I hope you sleep well at night knowing that those pretty lady bugs are slaughtered for your greens.
Congrats on the huge fish..And for getting him back to where he has been for obiously a long long time..
10 min of talking....
10 min of talking is a fact, nothing to be with education or not. Just an advice to other viewers which may expect to see action from minute one.
You're missing the point. Go watch another channel.
Pablo Benito I put myself in his shoes, it feels like Like I was there, it's exciting to see such a large fish
Nice catch and awesome you released it so many have been keeping them this year
I had on the biggest fish of my life on the 24th, I was using a mackerel plug. The first dive I was stunned. He then made a second run and I couldn't believe how strong he was pulling. I couldn't do anything, so after the first minute I start to reel it in, but he made a third dive and he must have rubbed rocks because my line was all frayed at the ends. It's really disappointing.
Good job on your catch and thanks for the tips.
Well done kid. A pleasure watching.
Very nice fish and a great video. Enjoyable to listen to. Go for the next one.
Duuuude! Awesome fish and proper handling! Great job!
great fish! and i love your attention to releasing. i'm the same way. sometimes i forget a pic to make sure the release is good.
great vidoe! Thanks for sharing, I appreciate the education. Also fun to see how cooperative everyone was down current. Nice release!
Been using a loop knot on the swimmers, it definitely helps with the side to side action
That was beautiful. I don't have stripers in the streams in southwest MS that I frequent but the sport is the same. I love to eat bass and the 1-2 pound fish is delicious and I thoroughly enjoy letting the big girls go. Great job!!
Well done on the catch and release. And I'll give a well done to the guy that assisted you
Congrats on the fish of a lifetime and awesome job on the release!
fish of a lifetime always bite when your not ready lol but what a special fish man congrats dude!!
Nice work my friend, awesome fish. Liked everyone giving you space, had people see me fighting a fish and cast over me, the downer of river run fishing.
One of the best videos I have watchec! Thank you for sharing!
What a catch! Crazy huge striped bass. Nice vid.
Nice fish man... I miss the canal already so much
I was just up at the canal the second week in September, the family and I stayed the week and fished every day we could. I stayed in sagamore and fished the pier on the opposite side and hit the beach on the saggy side. The fish are out there but catching them proved a waiting game. I ended up catching a 34lb striper the last day I was there, but alas that was my only fish for the vacation. Timing was everything and having my 4yr old with me was very difficult to really commit. Spent more time teaching him this trip than really fishing, bit the look on his face was priceless when I pulled that striper in! That made it all worth while! Would love to know a couple good spots if your willing to devulge that info. Great video! Thanks
My PB Striper was around 40in and 36lbs. I love Striper fishing... I lived in southern NY and every year during the spawn was at the river every day, until they were gone...lol Nothing beats a live Herring as bait...
loved to see the release..... Great catch man!