Good to see you back man! There definitely aren't enough kayak tourneys. Casting Coastal does a whole bunch, but most of theirs are trout-centric above New Bern and it usually ends up being the same 20-25 of us each tourney, but what a great group of dudes!. Great work considering you jumped in late, I'd expect no less!
As a kayak fisherman, I will watch jigging all day before watching someone sit with live bait soaking. I started fishing on jigs, and I will always favor a jig fish over a live bait fish.
Glad to see a new video from you, I was starting to get worried and purposely would look on your page for a new video, hope everything is well, I know most of us really enjoy you content!!!!
You were committing a crime. You possibly damaged 2 flounder that the NC DMF had earmarked for a commercial license. 😂 Enjoyed the video. Glad to see you back.
Nice catches Elias especially the 40 inch class Bull red's and big sheepshead, here in the Gulf a root beer paddle tail with glitter works well for trout in the 20 to 30 inch class and it also works well on drum! Great video keep on making them I enjoy seeing you catch all kinds of species!
Smoked bluefish is so underrated! One of my favorites is smoked bluefish dip on the grill or trager if you have one! Delicious! Let us know if you ever wanna come fish in Ocean City MD!
Bought some gear from ya recently, caught a 2lbs green bass on that giant white swim bait you have on your site. Made me chuckle🎣 Tight lines and good times😎
OMG, thought you quit and went back to a "regular" job. God knows fishing is work in a yak. I have NEVER seen big schools of reds like that in SW Florida. Just AMAZING fishing. You truly are the best at what you do Elias. I might have to get me a Night Ranger. Congrats, on the bright side (for the 1st pl winner) someone can say I beat Elias in a fishing tournament. Greatness last more than 1 tournament.
Bluefish in the 15- 20in. range are great eating if ya take care of them which you did. We make fish cakes with them using the recipe for crabcakes on the can of old bay.
Thanks for the video, sir! Question: when you jig for Bull reds, do you use a loop knot on your jig head? I use it for slot Reds, but I haven’t used it for Bulls.
You always seem to amaze me in good spirits when I watch your videos. How's the certate performing. I have the LT 5000D XH ARK. I use it for the plugs and holding up so far. Loving the reel. Great Action 💯💪
Yeah, tried to get below it, but it is slow from Murrells inlet all the way to Lockwood Folley. Did catch a 28.5" still chasing that 30 though. Maybe next year they will give us our gracious 1 again. Lol
Shhhheeeettt mannn them bled cleaned and fried the same day bluefish strips/nuggets aren't bad at all.. didn't eat them forever due to word of mouth and while they aren't the best or something I pick if I have options but the first time we said what the hell let's see... I was kind of mad because I'd come home empty handed a lot of times and threw blues back all day because they "didn't eat good"
Old man can be offending to some. I was kayaking and some young ass working on the street yells out, "hey oldtimer how is the fishing?". Suck on my wrinkled old balls.
love your videos. just a suggestion for the sound. loosen the drag on the reels you don’t use. the whistling sound can get a little bit annoying with an hour long video
I'm using the Jigging World Night Ranger in this video - www.tackleworld.com/products/jigging-world-night-ranger-72-custom-spinning-rods?_pos=2&_sid=d5a34b109&_ss=r&ref=1qf4xxkai8
Also we never use live bait, I prefer vertical jigging and always use artificial (other than when fishing for sheepshead or tautog etc.) but jigging is the way!!
Why would anyone give you a hard time about keeping fish to eat? If they do, who cares? Some people need to learn to keep their comments to themselves. Do you bro.
In general I don't - I figure with the mandatory reporting coming up next year I probably won't be keeping red drum at all so thought it would be worth one last try.
OK Mister.... Do you know how worried we were that something happened to you?! Where were you? You didn't call or write or drop an explanation... YOU"RE Grounded.... Now go fish.... And don't disappear for that long again! Now I have to call my Sheriff and tell him you're ok and call of the dogs.
Good to see you're still with us! 👍
Good to see you back man! There definitely aren't enough kayak tourneys. Casting Coastal does a whole bunch, but most of theirs are trout-centric above New Bern and it usually ends up being the same 20-25 of us each tourney, but what a great group of dudes!. Great work considering you jumped in late, I'd expect no less!
Ah that's where you've been! I'm in WNC and this video gave me some much needed joy
Glad it helped 👍
As a kayak fisherman, I will watch jigging all day before watching someone sit with live bait soaking. I started fishing on jigs, and I will always favor a jig fish over a live bait fish.
There's one thing jigs have that live bait doesn't: The Fall .... the slower the better.
Glad you're back, E. Wasn't sure we'd see you again after comments in your last vid. Please keep it coming.
Glad to see a new video from you, I was starting to get worried and purposely would look on your page for a new video, hope everything is well, I know most of us really enjoy you content!!!!
Wow, the number of reds you have storming the Kayak is amazing. Beautiful sight.
You were committing a crime. You possibly damaged 2 flounder that the NC DMF had earmarked for a commercial license. 😂 Enjoyed the video. Glad to see you back.
Pretty much - incoming 70k dead discards till 2030
Thought we lost you in the storms. Glad to see you back
Great video as always E!!! That is always a fun tournament to do I didn’t get to do it this year and congrats on second place finish
Glad to see you back. I thought you had quit. Great video as always.
Nice catches Elias especially the 40 inch class Bull red's and big sheepshead, here in the Gulf a root beer paddle tail with glitter works well for trout in the 20 to 30 inch class and it also works well on drum! Great video keep on making them I enjoy seeing you catch all kinds of species!
Smoked bluefish is so underrated! One of my favorites is smoked bluefish dip on the grill or trager if you have one! Delicious! Let us know if you ever wanna come fish in Ocean City MD!
Glad to see the all is well and you've made it past the rough stuff. Breaking out the fancy tackle today with the Daiwa Certate!
I liked the format on this vid fir the tournament EV, look forward to some pinched tails next year
18:02 had me like omg the way that rod doubled over🔥🔥🔥🫨🫨😂✊🏾
Bought some gear from ya recently, caught a 2lbs green bass on that giant white swim bait you have on your site. Made me chuckle🎣
Tight lines and good times😎
OMG, thought you quit and went back to a "regular" job. God knows fishing is work in a yak. I have NEVER seen big schools of reds like that in SW Florida. Just AMAZING fishing. You truly are the best at what you do Elias. I might have to get me a Night Ranger. Congrats, on the bright side (for the 1st pl winner) someone can say I beat Elias in a fishing tournament.
Greatness last more than 1 tournament.
You're a great angler - no doubt. Maybe putting a negative spin on your efforts reflects how you feel but not how it looked. Thanks for your work.
Bluefish in the 15- 20in. range are great eating if ya take care of them which you did. We make fish cakes with them using the recipe for crabcakes on the can of old bay.
Yeah if not iced pretty much 🗑️
LOVE your competition videos
Love to see Elias pop up in the feed. You could literally just upload raw video of the day and I bet you wouldn't see a difference in viewership
Haha I’m not very motivated by chasing views that’s for sure.
Definitely don't ever apologize for jigging! There are probably a few haters that don't understand it but that's it.
Great great video so much action 1 on the best videos. Thanks be safe 💪
Small bluefish are good eating fish you just need to know how to cook them Cool Video Elias 🎉
Can’t wait to watch!!
Thanks for the video, sir!
Question: when you jig for Bull reds, do you use a loop knot on your jig head?
I use it for slot Reds, but I haven’t used it for Bulls.
I do - I use the loop knots up to 50lb test when vertical jigging.
@@EliasVFishing
Ok cool! Thanks man!!
Noticed the mic2. Have you been using DJI long? I switched from GoPro this June and love how freaking reliable these are
You always seem to amaze me in good spirits when I watch your videos. How's the certate performing. I have the LT 5000D XH ARK. I use it for the plugs and holding up so far. Loving the reel.
Great Action 💯💪
Love mine so far!
Will you share info on the reel and rod you are using at the beginning catching sheepshead
Yeah, tried to get below it, but it is slow from Murrells inlet all the way to Lockwood Folley. Did catch a 28.5" still chasing that 30 though. Maybe next year they will give us our gracious 1 again. Lol
Florida sheep: Minimum Size Limit: 12" total length. Fork length for cobia, sharks, macks. Great vid thx.
Shhhheeeettt mannn them bled cleaned and fried the same day bluefish strips/nuggets aren't bad at all.. didn't eat them forever due to word of mouth and while they aren't the best or something I pick if I have options but the first time we said what the hell let's see... I was kind of mad because I'd come home empty handed a lot of times and threw blues back all day because they "didn't eat good"
I was wondering if you were still alive. Haven’t seen your truck in awhile.💯👌 Good to see you catching them old man!
Old man can be offending to some. I was kayaking and some young ass working on the street yells out, "hey oldtimer how is the fishing?". Suck on my wrinkled old balls.
Is that the same bridge you caught the sheepshead on a voodoo shrimp?
Same bridge yep 👍
love your videos. just a suggestion for the sound. loosen the drag on the reels you don’t use. the whistling sound can get a little bit annoying with an hour long video
gad to see a 1 hour video I could sit shrough
What’s your go to sheepshead rod? I’m looking for a 7-7.6. Your video description doesn’t say which one you use for sheeps.
I'm using the Jigging World Night Ranger in this video - www.tackleworld.com/products/jigging-world-night-ranger-72-custom-spinning-rods?_pos=2&_sid=d5a34b109&_ss=r&ref=1qf4xxkai8
@@EliasVFishing I’m thinking of grabbing a clash II for my jig rod do you use a 2500 or 3k
Dang, I would hate to fish against you in a tourney 😆 I fished all last week for Flounder.....SC.....wasn't what I expected. Caught a few
Dang that’s tough. Lot of rainwater coming through there too.
The only thing Bluefish are good for is a nice fish dip and thats about it.😂😎 Would never eat them straight up.😳
Love your vids!! Has anyone ever said that you look like Max Scherzer?
👍😎✌
TY Elias
What's the deal with drum being bad to eat?
is your clash 2 a 2500 on your battalion?
Are you still living in the Wilmington area?
Yep
Thought the sharks had got ya! Not much of a live bait person? Like artificial be it casting at structure or vertical? Cheers man
Nothing wrong with baby blue!
we see the tail but what does it mean
Won't get a comment from me on the Bluefish. I just brought home 2 for the table. Wife and I like them broiled
What tournament was that?
CCA Inshore
Also we never use live bait, I prefer vertical jigging and always use artificial (other than when fishing for sheepshead or tautog etc.) but jigging is the way!!
I aspire to show such good fishing ability on my channel! One can learn so much here
I actually caught 2 pigfish in nyc in August
Cool I caught a fish unknown to science today
who said vertical jigging is lame😭 its too much fun fr😂
Why would anyone give you a hard time about keeping fish to eat? If they do, who cares? Some people need to learn to keep their comments to themselves. Do you bro.
I’m wrong either way
A short out of minute 46 would hit
I thought you didnt prefer to eat mudwater chicken..
In general I don't - I figure with the mandatory reporting coming up next year I probably won't be keeping red drum at all so thought it would be worth one last try.
OK Mister.... Do you know how worried we were that something happened to you?! Where were you? You didn't call or write or drop an explanation... YOU"RE Grounded.... Now go fish.... And don't disappear for that long again! Now I have to call my Sheriff and tell him you're ok and call of the dogs.
More vids coming. Summer crowds finally thinning out.
If you are filming in August then this video is 2 months old. 🤦♂️🤦♂️