No sinker, no swivel, Just a hook and this deadly bait!
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- Ahoy legends, this week I get back to basics, with no swivel, no sinker, just a hook and a deadly local bait to catch a delicious haul of fish! I'm fishing the famous Gold Coast because the weather was too rough to fish offshore, but I tell you what, I had as much fun as I've had on any other fishing trip! You simply can't beat wading the flats! I hope you enjoy the video!
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Hey Sammy, thanks for making these videos and sharing them! You may not realize it but your helping some people on a level you never thought you would. I used to fly fish every day. It was my whole life. In 2020 my life took a bad turn and i lost most everything ive even known. I didnt fish for nearly 3 years and recently started watching your videos. You reminded me whats its about and all the things i had forgotten i missed. Im back on the flyrod now and building my gear back up. I feel like you helped me escape hell. Thank you!
Good for you buddy! Sounds like you are on the comeback! Hope it all works out for you.😎
Hey Sammy, love the show. Watching today's with the yabbies, look after your Oldman, just lost mine it hurts. 😢
@@nickwebb7810 yea me too a few months back. It sux. Try to enjoy and appreciate what you have while they are still here. Once their gone…their gone😪
Nice one all the best mate let fishing take you away
Thank you so much for the kind words. I’m honored I could help even if it was only in a small way. So glad to hear you’re back fishing. I’ve always found fishing was the one thing that cleared my head helped me block out any other noise. All the best mate, happy fishing 💪💪
Right On Sammy. Every near shore species will have a go at a Yabby! My Father in Law would say if You are using live Yabby's for bait and you catch no fish, there are no fish to be caught!!!✌❤🤗 And always TIGHT LINES!!🤙
Sammy, The device you are using we call a prawn pump in South Africa. The yabbies (pinkish ones) are called sand prawns and are a favourite bait for Spotted Grunter (Pomadasys commersonnii) - they can reach a maximum size of 91 cm fork length and a weight of 9.5 kg. They can reach a maximum age of 16 years. *EXCELLENT FIGHTERS* !!
That sounds mad man!
Grantees are kings,golden gladiators
These “bread and butter” vids are always my favourite, Mate!! Looking forward to the next outing with the Phantom 😉
Appreciate it mate! Hopefully more coming soon 👍
Drifting unweighted baits with the flow is 100% my favourite fishing type for the shallow waterways near me. I find fresh white bread unweighted to be the downfall of many a cracking bream 😊
It’s great fun hey! And yes, can confirm bream loveeee a piece of bread!! 👌👌😂
I can't believe you dont have a million subscribers. Some of the best informative fishing content on TH-cam
Hahah that would be nice! I’ll get there one day! Slowly but surely 👌👌
I think you need bare bums to hit the million, not yours Sammy 😂
Sad but true..@@maxfish4770
Love the honesty about the knot failure 👍
Hey. I use your system aswell.
The only difference is I use a ise Cube for casting weight.
Works perfect.
Well that was a tough day on the flats with that wind!
15kn definitely cuts down the ootions.
You might not have even tempted me out there.
Good to see a few nice fish come in and see you enjoy some flats fishing fun.
Sad not to be with you.
We'll definitely have to go another day when I'm back and see if we can find a few to make you fold that ruler out 😉
Hahah looking forward to it!
is your second line code for something that only the to of you understand
Sammy, I felt the hurt after dropping that first one!
Iv dropped every fish iv hooked over the recent 3 trips iv been on! Usually from the fish jumping and spitting hooks (Salmon, Taylor, Kings and Bonito). im itching for another tight line.
Watching your videos both helps scratch the itch and makes me wanna get out there.
Keep it up fella!
Ahhh no! Sounds like you’re having a tough run mate! Hopefully we both shake it soon and land some crackers 👌👌
Thanks for taking us along fishing. I live in SW Florida. We have miles of flats on our Gulf Coast, here, similar to your beautiful area. You really should visit/fish the flats here someday. I think you would enjoy it. Your technique would work well here with live shrimp, bait fish, or artificials with skilled presentation. Your equipment would be best scaled up a bit here. I use 10 lbs braid with 20 lbs leader. Sea Trout, Snook, Redfish, Flounder, Crevalle Jack, and Tarpon, would love to entertain you on holiday here. Thanks again.
Cheers Sammy. Love this style of fishing. Easy for everyone.
Yeah mate spot on! Anyone can do it 👌👌
Thank you Sammy, this is real fishing available to most people around our great country! Excellent, entertaining and informative!
Tight lines! 🎣
Appreciate it mate! Glad you enjoyed it 🍻🍻
Thanks Sammy. Always the smile mate, hard to beat.
Appreciate it mate!
Hey Sammy I want to make you jealous. At the end of March I am going to British Virgin Isles and stay on a 53 ft catamaran for 10 days with a captain mate and personal chef. Get to cruise all around the US & British Virgin Islands and fish as much as I want in 100ft clear visibility water. There are ledges that drop off to 1000 ft. Blue Marlin Wahoo Yellowfin Tuna Mahi and big Gag Grouper. I know its not as nice as what you have but for 10 days if I can stay sober for a while the fishing should be 🔥🔥🔥🔥. 😎
Hahaha well it worked mate! Very jealous! All the best with your trip! Hope you get stuck into them 💪💪
@@SammyHitzkeFishing If I do get into them hot and heavy then I will have to Email some pics! I know right now they are catching some big wahoo in 50-70 lb range along with a buncha med sized striped and white marlin so I hope the bite still stays hot when I get there!😎🤘🤘
Great show Sammy as always . A handy hint for your yabbie strainer is to use a pool noodle and zip tie it around the outside for an effective float
Haha yeah I usually have one on there! I took it off to use the strainer for something else and then never put it back on. Grabbed it out of the boat and went ahhhhhh nooooo! 😂😂
a small bike tyre tube fits really well around them to and isnt as bulky
Few things better than whiting on an ultra light setup. Great stuff.
Yep will happily agree with you on that one!
Don't worry about the first one mate, just a stingray.
Awesome content for us land based fishermen, thanks Sammy!
Thanks mate! Yeah always good to get back to basics 👌
Whitting are such great tasting fish! Cracking episode mate well done!
Imagine if they got to 3-4 kg 😍😍😍
Good job and just love the way you keep all those great tasting fish!! You make it look easy...hopefully I'll get it done here in Connecticut for fluke and pork chops (scup)...nice strippa wouldn't be bad either
Wow super cool to see that you guys have sandshrimp there, here in the USA over in the Pacific northwest we have them as well. And are super good date for rockfish when fishing off of the jetty.
Great stuff Sammy, gotta love a feed of whiting!
Hahah yeah mate you of all people would know just how good they are 👌👌👌
@@SammyHitzkeFishing For sure mate! Absolutely love them, they’re such an underrated fish. That’s a good spot for them too 😎
😁 Great end to the video mate. Commentary made me chuckle ooo rooo 👍
Great fun!
Bloody oath! 🍻🍻
Great vid Mate, makes me wanna dust off the kayak and hit the northern broadwater. Keep up the general excellence.
Really enjoy these type of vids Sammy so keep up the good work mate👍
Appreciate it mate! Thanks for watching 👌👌
@@SammyHitzkeFishing pleasure is mine mate👍
Hey mate just an idea if it’s too windy to fish outside but I fish in the Mooloolah river off my pontoon over a sand flat an have been using peeled prawn under a float and had some spectacular takes by big bream and whiting 👌
Hey Sammy, great vid as always. Me and my dad went out on our boat to day to one of the beacons near Moreton and we caught our first ever school mackerels. I used some tips from ur vids. Keep up the great work mate 👍
Oh that’s awesome mate! Glad you got stuck into a few! Well done 👌👌
Hey Sammy.
Max for south Africa here, always a great time watching you guys fish. My daughter and I love them. We fish with big center pin reels here and catch great fish in 35-60fathom range. We also used to fish super light in Durban Harbour but the pollution is something horrid. Maybe as a different type of fishing try the deep drop on the big center pin. We call them KP here. Shot for the awesome shows. You guys have such a great fishery. Kind regards Max and Leila. 💪
G’day Max!
Thanks for watching mate, say g’day to your daughter for me! I’ve seen those big centre pins in SA before they look wild! I think I like my jigging reels a bit better! But hey gotta try everything once don’t you!!
You have to 😁 at least once!
Love the videos Sammy!
Thanks mate! 🍻🍻
Whilst some ones pumping, it’s best to have a line in the water nearby, especially if you after a feed, they’re hanging about for an escapy, I pump in 1ft water and pool float around my worm sieve
Bream killer and not only!!!😊😊😊
Awesome video. Over here we call them craker prawns and are amazing bait for grunter.
We call the yabby, a ghost shrimp in the USA, and many of us use some sort of sticky thread to keep the shrimp on the hook.
Not a bad idea! Will have to give it a whirl 👌👌
do you think it could be some bait mate cotton i feel that might squash or cut the nipper @@SammyHitzkeFishing
Hey Sammy, that first hook up no doubt was a stingray. They run like that and feel like a gumboot on the end of the rod.
Dunno how many times I’ve done that my knots have failed again
Keep up the good work mate ❤
Looks good Sammy brilliant video,
Went out today and caught a 33cm bream which was nice all bread and butter species go hard on 1k 4lb.
Brillant work Sam
Thanks mate! Glad you had a good session as well 💪💪
We call them ghost shrimp here in the states and they're absolutely deadly for pompano
Well there you go! Cool
To hear they are available in different countries!
Tight lines from West Texas!
Same to you mate 🍻🍻
howdy partner
Gday Sammy love the videos mate 🤙🏼🐟
Thanks mate! Appreciate the kind words 🙌🙌
Damn good fishing vid, I thought I'd put my tw bob's wort in and mention it's probably a state thing but in SA, yabbies are usually found in fresh water.
Yeah we call them crayfish in the fresh, yabby’s in the salt 🤷♂️
The two bucket system has the phantom written all over it 👍
Hahah you know it! 😂😂
Long Tom brilliant big Mackerel bait if nothing else..👍
Break off the beak and troll them behind a teaster head like you would with a big Garfish.! Cheers from Bluefin. ⚓🎣
I throw out scorpions in AZ once in awhile with a 11ft 2wt fly rod. Sinktip 2wt fly line & furled leader.
Love a feed of yellow fin. We are having a bumper season of them in our local inlet on the south coast of WA lots of fish over 38 to 42. Best this season has been a 44. Bloodworms are the best bait here
Strewth a 44 is huge! That would go bloody hard on light gear I bet! 👌👌👌
15 years ago it was unheard of to catch yellow fin down here now every January they appear and always big fish full of roe and we catch them for about a month to 6 weeks then they disappear as the weather cools down. Haven’t got them to take a lure yet but they hammer bloodworms when you do a slow retrieve and pause
Gees @gavinroocke2936 that s awesome,
I'm in the southwest near Bunbury , am catching a few whiting this season in the inlet here but nothing over 30cm .
Whereabouts do you find those big ones. Thanks
@@peter18610 Walpole
Great video for us that do this type of fishing regularly. You might want to get a few more tips from Clint as you were close in your set up but not quite right for the numbers. Oh and the first hook up would have been a stingray which happens there all the time. Thanks for a great video.
Hey mate, glad you enjoyed it!!
Yeah I think he uses 4lb leader or 3lb straight through doesn’t he?
I’ve hooked plenty of stingrays out there, I thought I felt a few head shakes on this one which made me think (wish😂) it could have been a flattie 🤷♂️
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@@SammyHitzkeFishing yeh between 4 to 6lb Fluor straight through on a 1000 reel. Rods fine though I like an Arrows estuary a little shorter than you were using with the same hook you were using works a treat. Also walk more with your bait in the water to find the schools.
I actually used the straight through fluro in the first video I did fishing the flats like this. I found I could cast the yabbies further with the light braid and it’s way more sensitive. Would come down to personal preference though.
Not sure if you made it too the last half of the video but used the bait walking to catch the last 5 fish, they were loving it. Also seems to cut down the break a little bit 👌👌👌
"Knot a happy camper" lol
Good to see you again Sammy ! I was wondering if in your part of the world. Do the whiting show up in more numbers when the water temperature is lower like they do here in the eastern U.S ?, or are they plentiful year round?
Hey mate! You can catch them all year round but we find our summer time is the best by far!!
Do you anchor your boat in the shallow water or beach it? Keen to try this but worried my boat is either going to drift away if I beach it or the tide comes in and I have to swim to where I anchored it!
Bummer that we didn't get a look at that first fish! Knot failure happens and it always sucks
Yeahhhh not my proudest moment unfortunately 🫠🫠
at the end of the day you where out there.....as they say beats working ♥
It surely does! Thanks for watching 🍻🍻
yes the worst day fishing is better than the best day working
It's a bit windy out there mate. 🍺 cheers to ya
Hahah just a bit!
Big whiting love soldier, crabs.
ive found the little ones the best wack 3or 4 on ya hook n hang on
I have heard that, particularly at night! But haven’t put it too the test just yet
@@SammyHitzkeFishing a good Burleigh Trail of squashed up big ones and 2-3 small on a hook works best in the middle of the Narang River traffic.
awesome
Thanks for watching 🍻🍻
wow we have the exact same shrimp in california, we call them ghost shrimp
great bait for the bays but it's such a pain keeping them on the hoook. Lots of people who fish them tie them to the hook with orange or pink thread
Yeah they are very soft! You only get a couple of bites and then they are gone! The threads not a bad idea, will have to give it a try! 👌👌
@@SammyHitzkeFishing we also use the hooks that have little semi-barbs on the shanks, they call them "baitholder" hooks in the states, helps too
Anyone know what fish and tackle bags hes using. Or what the pole holder for the hip is called?
I did this at Nambucca with 1kg Fluorocarbon and the tiniest splitshot and could not hookup. No tidal flow, the whiting had their tails out of the water on the yabbie flats and my hookup rate was 1 in 10 if I was lucky. Pissed me off lol. Perhaps I should have let them take it until I had a run but I'm used to surf fishing with sandworms where a bite equals a fish most days.
Hahah yeah that sounds frustrating! Little buggers can be fussy at times!
Great whiting fishing Sammy!
Where can we get the belt rod holder you’re using?
Cheers
Thank mate! Glad you enjoyed it!
You can get them online. Just search belt rod holders 👍
Balls of steal holding a longtom bare handed lol
thats preety cool
Thanks mate! Enjoy 🍻🍻🍻
Hey Sammy is the Phantom Tool ever going to come back in stock?
G'day Sammy I'm keen to see how you bait up your bass yabbies
I think I showed 2 close ups of how I rigged them in the video 👌👌👍👍
Thanks when I go I take one of those small berley pots with me and keep my yabbies in it hanging in the water,they stay alive all day tight lines.😊
What rod , reel & line are you using .
Hey Sammy, did you manufacture your rod holder on the belt or is it something that can be sourced from BCF🍻
Hey mate, nah I just bought it online. Very handy for that style of fishing!!
Did you notice the stingray in front of you at 19:20 when you were picking up the rubbish from the eater?
Good 😊
Thanks for watching 🍻🍻
Looks like good bait for victorians after snapper & gummy.
Yeah probably work a treat mate! I’ve never tried personally but I reckon everything would eat them!
You should head Sth & give our King George Whiting a crack or our Gummy. 2 of the best eating & the whiting are a great fighting fish.
Do you get Springer ( Elops Machnata) in your area
Sammy, where did you get the belt with the rod holder?
Cheers
Bought it online mate! Just google belt rod holders 👍
I reckon you struggled a bit Sammy due to having no sinker on mate. Even if it's a 00 or 0 size, the tide and current will keep your bait moving. You also get a bit more distance when casting your bait in that wind and have the added bonus of having some tension on the line to feel the bites.
Hey mate, yeah a sinker could work in some cases. I prefer to fish without one in these situations though. Casting with the wind is the go, and the tide provides the tension to feel the bites along with light braid.
If the water was deeper I think a small sinker would definitely be the go 👌👌👌
@@SammyHitzkeFishing Yeh, having the wind at your back would of helped and having a moving bait is essential to finding them. Back when I was club fishing we use to hit the S/E tip of Bribie Island (Woody Point to Red Beach section using wriggler worms we'd dig up at Redcliffe and catch cricket scores of whiting at times (August to Decmember with late September being the best) fishing all day. Tides are important as well although they weren't real big compared to a Maroochydore River whiting which are real elbow slappers.
Really enjoyed that Sammy, wont be trying it in the UK, the water is cold enough for you to lose all feeling in your legs, and anything else down there :)
Hahah yeah that doesn’t sound too pleasant at all! 🍻🍻🍻
With the bullsharks and whites swimming round Aus, you can literally lose everything else down there!
any tips to stop the yabbie pump from catching and pumping in one smooth motion
Hmmm that’s a tough one mate. Might be your pump if it’s getting caught?
You set the bar high on your limits so anything below that is quite acceptable!
This is true! Thanks for watching 🍻🍻
Flathead for sure bro ??650??maybe ..
Gets the blood flowing 👍
G'day Sammy just curious mate your belt and the accessories what are they and where can I purchase them?
Hey mate, the bait bucket and belt you can get from BCF, the rod holder you can buy online, just type in belt rod holder 👍
@SammyHitzkeFishing cheers mate honestly didn't think I would get a response. Me and the old man watch your videos regularly get a few tips and give it a go.. you make it look easy😂 love the vids.
For those wondering, the technical name for yabbies like that is Ghost Shrimps…. Took me a while to find that! 😅
Haha not in Australia! Ghost shrimp is the American name 👍👍
I forget how lucky i am getting 5 nippers a pump where i'm from.. No wonder the waistline is growing so rapidly lol
Another great one mate. Camera work was a bit different this time.
Thanks mate! Yeah trying to elevate the quality a bit for you guys and really lift the production value 💪💪
Cracked a beer and i'm now trying to fillet 6 big Dart and watch you at the same time - I'll let you know how many stitches I needed
Hahah how did you go? Still got all your fingers?
@@SammyHitzkeFishing yeah, only nicked the side of my thumb, bled a bit though!
Where ate fishing on the Gold Coast ?
I hate braid. Had "unfailable" knots slip with braid. The only thing I have found is a drop of superglue on the knot once its tied.
In the states we call that a pistol shrimp
Nice mate! Great bait everywhere I would imagine!
@@SammyHitzkeFishing I've actually never tried it they're not as prevalent as they are on your cost
You got ice in that bag? And is it insulated?
Nah mate, it stays in the water so the fish stay cool enough. Then I just make a trip back to the boat and Chuck them in the ice when there is a break in the fishing 👍
That bum bag you have with the rod holder on it…where did you get that from??
The bumbag is just a black magic tackle back the rod holder I bought separately online 👍
Tasty.
Unreal 🤤🤤
Long tong .... garden?... if yes.... I ❤
Not sure what you mean by Garden?
That's Ai for you... garfish.... fuckn stupid smart phone..ha 😂
That first run was a mulloway
Might have been a bit shallow for a mulloway, but you never know! 👌
Thats what she said.
😂😂
Whiting are about the only time we South Aussies beat you Queenslanders, especially the King George whiting which are so much better eating than yellowfin, sand or silver whiting. Although we do get big Kingies, Snapper and Samson fish down here we miss out on all those other prize fish that you fellas get. We probably win in huge White Pointers as well, but no one wants anything to do with those brutes
Hahah yeah you can keep the whites!
But a big king George is definitely on the list of fish to catch!!
Hey Sammy can you please send me the link to buy a phantom tool please
Hey mate, I don’t have any available at the moment, but they should be back in stock soon on my website, www.sammyhitzkefishing.com
Hey Sammy what ever happened to fishing with Shauno yous were unreal together
We fished together 3 videos ago catching marlin from Mojo! He’s often away so we can only fish when he’s back. This Sundays video is with him though 👌👌
You gotta tell migs the camera man to go easy on the zoom!
Hey mate, are you referring to any part in particular? I was really happy with his work! Could have been me stuffing it up in the editing 😂😂
@@SammyHitzkeFishing a few of the zoomed in shots felt really close, you moved slightly and the fish or the bait are going half out frame. Other than that, keep up the good work!
He’s doing an awesome job and it’s good to get a few different angles. He will hone in on the detail overtime
Anybody else see the sting ray swim by?
Knot happy Jan.
Love the intro, no drag, it's big 👌 oops,
Thanks mate! Glad you’re enjoying it!
@SammyHitzkeFishing always enjoyable
How is it you don’t catch stingrays?
You do get the odd one, trying to keep the bait moving helps 👍
Are Long Tom edible? 😅
Yep, taste like garfish but with more bones
Yep! What Chris said, just a lot of admin with the bones. Great sashimi apparently 🤷♂️
Hev ye gist wot eet ees yit?
Fucken hell how many unlegal fish u gonna keep those supposedly 27 cm ones looked about 23s
😂😂😂 couple of points here.
1. I showed you the fish on the ruler in the video.
2. 23 is legal in QLD
3. Smallest fish I kept was 26cm. Biggest was 35.
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The video is good, but I can't understand what you are saying