I have ZERO interest in fishing but my other half always watches your videos. You are such a positive person and you can feel the love for the animals, the sport, and just full appreciation for life itself. It's like watching a southern Steve Irwin ❤ You're an absolute pleasure to watch keep up the great work and God bless!!
I hollered at you the other day when I was leaving J&M. You were turning into the parking lot, pulling your boat. You could have been a snob and ignored me, but you gave me a nice wave. So cool.
Great video! Some of those back waterways are absolutely beautiful. Just a nice quiet place to drift into, throw a line out, and just relax and admire the beauty all around you. Yes the bright sunshine, emerald color of the beach side is always nice, but to me, its just as important to enjoy and admire the backways as well. They bring their own special something.
That looked like a blast. My favorite kind of fishing is just getting into multiple species and having fun with it. Wisconsin is cold and snowy. Some day I'll dig the boat out and get after some fish. In the meantime, I'll continue to watch you get it done. From one Vet to another, thanks for bringing us along!
I fully agree! I wish for some warmer weather for ya! On a positive note, at least the mosquitos and no-see-ums aren't eating ya up! Thank you for your service !!
🤣🤣 figured so. When I was down there last October I took your lead and risked being made fun of for using pink. But my first catch I doubled up on small pomps and finished out the trip with 15 total pomps 6 of which were keepers during the 2 days I got to fish. Pink bamasaltwater rigs on just pink fishbites.
Popping corks are one of my favorite ways to fish. You're the first person I've ever heard say you can use a yo-zuri under a cork. I ran out of shrimp one time in SWFL and tied on a small suspending silver yo-zuri under a cork and caught trout & Jacks like every 2 or 3 casts for hours! What a blast. Love your videos.
I throw a live greenback about 30" under a popping cork on the grass flats on the inside of Ft. Desoto for trout right about this time of year November to first week of March. Then Redfish & Snook start getting active on the intercoastal. Great spot for huge Snook is in hurricane pass on the outgoing tide, free lining live grunt big as my hand. 👍 Great spot for Reds is on the south jetty at Blind Pass, anchored up near the rock warning sign on the incoming tide. I use the Ugly Stick Elite 6.5 & 12 lb line on a Penn Battle reel, free lining live pinners about silver dollar size, 14" or so of 20# fluorocarbon & a #2 mustad. TONS of big Redfish, you can get a few keepers in the slot but most are over 27". 😊PERFECT 🥰 fishing 🎣 😉
Another amazing video captain Stephen! I've been a huge fan of your channel because of how informative and entertaining your videos are and you're a super friendly and great person yourself. I'm going to be heading down to gulf shores a week and a half from now and I really want to catch a few sheepshead especially after your last video, do you have any tips on how to catch them?
Fish next to structure: pier, jetty, seawalls. They should still be biting. IF a shop has livebait, that's the best choice but they'll eat fresh dead peeled shrimp, sand fleas and barnacles as well! Good luck!
I do a lot of salt marsh fishing in Louisiana and I love watching your chanel. I've learned a couple of things from you. We do vacation in Orange beach and might bring our boat over there some time
Nice Speck! It's amazing how similar the bayous and creeks look. I'm just a few miles west of you as the crow flies on the Mississippi Coast and it looks like you could be fishing in my backyard! LOL
What a great video👍👍. I really like that you always take time to go over the regs and seasons of all the fish you catch. Counting down the days till we'll be down there on our two week vacation n can't wait to try some of the tips you use on your channel.
Went out yesterday in Orange Beach, and the Flounder we on fire. Caught 5 flounder (3 keepers) within an hour and I ran out of Bait. Only had a dozen shrimp. I could have caught more had I had more shrimp. Fun day it was indeed.
Hi Steven. Ever thought about going out with or taking out other Vets in the area or maybe linking up with Mission 22 as a sponsor? I'm not affiliated with them, but I am a Veteran. I'd like to start something up like that once I get my boat out more. Not sure how I can do that without starting a channel (which I'm too shy to do). I do love your content, but was hoping you could make something on the 22 Vets that lose their life to s*cide daily. I've actually have a few battle buddies I've lost since I've gotten out.
To be honest...here in Louisiana, in regard to that first trout..I would consider that a "breeder" and throw it back. NICE fish though for sure! Popping cork is always go-to.
Hey Stephen, I know I am late to this party, but so I been watching this video, I just don't understand how that popping cork method works. Can you take me fishing and personally show me how it works? I am really good with hands on experience. Awesome video!!!!
I want a collage video of every clip you have tossing a fish back into the water while looking straight ahead at the camera… I think that would be a cool little video short
That first one is the same size I caught when I was a kid fishing for fluke in Sandy Hook Bay New Jersey, there's gonna be a lot of fish with sore mouths swimming around 😂😂
I use Power Pro Super Slick V2 on most of my reels. I also like the Spiderwire Ultracast Invisibraid and I really love the Nomad Ammonite Jigging braid for my jigging reels!
I like them all, but I am growing more fond of my Daiwa Saltist MQ's. Both reels start out very smooth and lite, but through hard fishing, my Daiwa's are still smooth and lite without making any additional noise. I loved the Shimano Stradic Ci4+ and tried to like the Vanford, yet it didn't hold up like it should for a $220+ reel. I am very unimpressed by the Vanford. I really like the Shimano Stradic FL's, Daiwa BG's, and the Daiwa Saltist MQ's. *I spent my own money on them and this is not a sponsored post*
@@BamaSaltwater Thanks for that. I have 3 Daiwa's in my amazon cart and just wanted to get your opinion before I invested that kind of money. I'm a LEO and this is a huge investment for me.
It all depends. If I'm getting eaten by PinFish like crazy, I'll usually make a move or tie on an artificial. Also, bringing a lot of extra bait can help too.
Toadfish makes a good Two-Piece rod that'll handle it. I also like the St. Croix Triumph Medium 2 piece www.tacklewarehouse.com/St_Croix_Triumph_2-Piece_Spinning_Travel_Rods/descpage-MBTST.html
I usually agree with a lot of your philosophies, but keeping a +20" trout to eat is confusing me. You just talked about the spawn coming up and things like #RO20 have been explaining the benefits of releasing +20" trout for a while, with one of them being that the +20" trout are usually female and are the primary trout breeders. Very confusing that you'd keep that one.
I fish for food and fun!! I kept one to eat, it's not going to hurt the population at all! The Alabama limit allows you to keep 6 Speckled Trout with a slot of 15"-22" including one oversized if you want. It'd be a whole different story to me...if i had caught and kept 6 20"+ fish, even though it's completely legal and allowed. I contribute my releases to releaseover20.org/ all of the time. It won't kill the population keeping one to eat! Thanks.
Keep on trying, my method is "less is more". Location is 99% of fishing. Make sure leader length is about 6" + higher than depth of fishing ! You'll get it ! Good luck
@@camirencanales3151 Heck yeah, would love too! I lived in Texas on and off for almost 5 years. Always wanted to get down to the coast but work got in the way.
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I have ZERO interest in fishing but my other half always watches your videos. You are such a positive person and you can feel the love for the animals, the sport, and just full appreciation for life itself. It's like watching a southern Steve Irwin ❤ You're an absolute pleasure to watch keep up the great work and God bless!!
Love it, thank you! Happy to share the sport with everyone!
Good for you. Your significant other is lucky to have someone so supportive to do life with. You guys seem to have something special!
I hollered at you the other day when I was leaving J&M. You were turning into the parking lot, pulling your boat. You could have been a snob and ignored me, but you gave me a nice wave. So cool.
Good deal! I had to get some boat glass, glad you waved!
Great video! Some of those back waterways are absolutely beautiful. Just a nice quiet place to drift into, throw a line out, and just relax and admire the beauty all around you. Yes the bright sunshine, emerald color of the beach side is always nice, but to me, its just as important to enjoy and admire the backways as well. They bring their own special something.
I fully agree! It's nice to get back and relax out of the wind and bustling city sometimes!
Once again a great day of fishing not much to keep but it’s enjoying thx u sir!..🇯🇲🇯🇲
Man, I have never wanted to fish so badly until I found your channel. Keep them coming. Love it!
Thank you for inspiring me to go fishing today. That first speck was beautiful.
Great video Stephen! I always enjoy watching! So informative !
That looked like a blast. My favorite kind of fishing is just getting into multiple species and having fun with it. Wisconsin is cold and snowy. Some day I'll dig the boat out and get after some fish. In the meantime, I'll continue to watch you get it done. From one Vet to another, thanks for bringing us along!
I fully agree! I wish for some warmer weather for ya! On a positive note, at least the mosquitos and no-see-ums aren't eating ya up! Thank you for your service !!
I’ve even caught fish in the surf using a popping cork It’s my favorite set up. Great video !!
Was it a pink popping cork though? 🤔🤣
@@rick_inflorida yessir. You kno it.
🤣🤣 figured so. When I was down there last October I took your lead and risked being made fun of for using pink. But my first catch I doubled up on small pomps and finished out the trip with 15 total pomps 6 of which were keepers during the 2 days I got to fish. Pink bamasaltwater rigs on just pink fishbites.
You slayed them , especially the bluefish!
I’ll be going to panama Florida to fish the gulf in 1-2 days for a week hopefully I get to see you I really enjoy your videos
Favorite Channel. Capt. Stephen you are one genuine dude. 🤝🎣
Thank you! I love to keep it real!
Great video bro! Come snapper fishing with us in June!!! We go out of zekes the first weekend in June! Probably a long shot but we’d love to have you.
Always love the content no matter what it is. Keep it coming Stephen! Awesome catches!
First time viewer, now a subscriber.
You are only person I've seen show size. & catch limits!
Thanks!!!!!!
Popping corks are one of my favorite ways to fish. You're the first person I've ever heard say you can use a yo-zuri under a cork. I ran out of shrimp one time in SWFL and tied on a small suspending silver yo-zuri under a cork and caught trout & Jacks like every 2 or 3 casts for hours! What a blast. Love your videos.
I agree! And yes! Absolutely love using artificial lures under them, it can be very productive just like you said! thank you for commenting.
I throw a live greenback about 30" under a popping cork on the grass flats on the inside of Ft. Desoto for trout right about this time of year November to first week of March. Then Redfish & Snook start getting active on the intercoastal. Great spot for huge Snook is in hurricane pass on the outgoing tide, free lining live grunt big as my hand. 👍
Great spot for Reds is on the south jetty at Blind Pass, anchored up near the rock warning sign on the incoming tide. I use the Ugly Stick Elite 6.5 & 12 lb line on a Penn Battle reel, free lining live pinners about silver dollar size, 14" or so of 20# fluorocarbon & a #2 mustad. TONS of big Redfish, you can get a few keepers in the slot but most are over 27". 😊PERFECT 🥰 fishing 🎣 😉
My dog wondered off last night and I cant find him, but these videos work really good taking my mind off, thanks Bama. 🎣🎣
I hope you find him. 🙏
Hope you can find him!! Good luck
That phone call was me saying "nice catch". 😆
Hahaha! That was the good luck call lol. Also the call that realized I need to put it on DND , I'm fishing LOLOL
Another amazing video captain Stephen! I've been a huge fan of your channel because of how informative and entertaining your videos are and you're a super friendly and great person yourself. I'm going to be heading down to gulf shores a week and a half from now and I really want to catch a few sheepshead especially after your last video, do you have any tips on how to catch them?
Fish next to structure: pier, jetty, seawalls. They should still be biting. IF a shop has livebait, that's the best choice but they'll eat fresh dead peeled shrimp, sand fleas and barnacles as well! Good luck!
Thank you for the advice!
Yessssss!!!!!
8:05….love seeing the cork go down. Such an incredible sight to see. Keep that sort of content comin, sir!
Absolutely, that's always the exciting part !
I do a lot of salt marsh fishing in Louisiana and I love watching your chanel. I've learned a couple of things from you. We do vacation in Orange beach and might bring our boat over there some time
Heading to St. Joe Bay in Florida next weekend for Spring Break. Thanks for the great popping cork refresher!
Have fun, that's a beautiful area !
Nice Speck! It's amazing how similar the bayous and creeks look. I'm just a few miles west of you as the crow flies on the Mississippi Coast and it looks like you could be fishing in my backyard! LOL
They're all so peaceful .I love it !
I would drive from Florida to have a day fishing for trout like that!! We have some good ones down here!! Keep it up...
I knew I should have gone fishing , thought it was gonna storm thanks for sharing your trip
That weather changes constantly haha! Fishing is great before and even during a front, unless it's lightning
You know your blessed when you lose count of your red fish no matter the size. Great video
100% !!
What a great video👍👍. I really like that you always take time to go over the regs and seasons of all the fish you catch. Counting down the days till we'll be down there on our two week vacation n can't wait to try some of the tips you use on your channel.
Thanks man! It's always a fun time being able to get out!! Good luck, I wish the best weather for ya!
Nice day of popping cork fishing Steven 👍
Thank you, i agree! I got lucky
This is the type of day that would get a kid absolutely hooked for life. Awesome video.
100% i always have said, that's the best type of fishing for anyone! I loved cork fishing as a kid and still do!
The look of that little red was beautiful! It reminded me of some beautiful Damascus steel!
Yes! The layers of colors were amazing
that Rapala rattle trap probably do fine nice catches 👍
Good job brother, thanks for all the cool videos. May the Lord bless you
Man I gotta say I love your videos your informational but not tooo informational! If you know what I mean! Love your content please never stop 🛑 ❤
Awesome video and very informational with different species of fish
Hello sir, is the float the same weight as lead?
It's weighted with a 3/8oz lead
👍🎣🙋♂️
As usual great video man! Tight lines!
Love it! Tight lines 🤙 Fairhope Rattle ❤🙌
Went out yesterday in Orange Beach, and the Flounder we on fire. Caught 5 flounder (3 keepers) within an hour and I ran out of Bait. Only had a dozen shrimp. I could have caught more had I had more shrimp. Fun day it was indeed.
Solid! Fishings been great in between the weather !
I’ve heard Ladyfish referred to as “Poor Man’s Tarpon”
Yes! They jump and run. Very fun!
Hi Steven. Ever thought about going out with or taking out other Vets in the area or maybe linking up with Mission 22 as a sponsor? I'm not affiliated with them, but I am a Veteran. I'd like to start something up like that once I get my boat out more. Not sure how I can do that without starting a channel (which I'm too shy to do). I do love your content, but was hoping you could make something on the 22 Vets that lose their life to s*cide daily. I've actually have a few battle buddies I've lost since I've gotten out.
We were in Ft. Walton Beach last week (when it got cold) and the only fish we caught when we were not on bridge pylons, was on a popping cork.
Love that you show regulations
Are you in brackish water, salt or fresh? I’m asking because I’m getting ready to start fishing Crystal River, Florida.
Awesome job 👍 and loving that big trout ❤
To be honest...here in Louisiana, in regard to that first trout..I would consider that a "breeder" and throw it back. NICE fish though for sure! Popping cork is always go-to.
Another great educational show Stephen keep it up. Need to get you over here to the Pensacola /Gulf Breeze area to do some fishing together. 😊
Thank ya!! Was up in Bayou Chico the other day and saw plenty of DMC plates on the docks. That's some pretty work ya'll did there!
@@BamaSaltwater thanks man we are proud of our work and our customers are too. They always ask for a DMC placard makes you proud.
Awesome video. Nice catches.
Great episode!
Thank you for your service love this video keep these videos coming thanks Steven
Thank you for the support!!
Hey Stephen, I know I am late to this party, but so I been watching this video, I just don't understand how that popping cork method works. Can you take me fishing and personally show me how it works? I am really good with hands on experience. Awesome video!!!!
Haha you know it! Thank you
Hey, I saw your mom at j and m tackle and ono. I love you vids I’m in gulf shores.
I want a collage video of every clip you have tossing a fish back into the water while looking straight ahead at the camera… I think that would be a cool little video short
Awesome video as always good buddy we all appreciate you
Great job 🎉🎉🎉
fun fishin an that was a whole lot good eatin..(illeagal)..staysafe gotta goin bro..
Really nice content, man.
I took my hobie out yesterday and forgot my popping corks at home but still landed a 20inch trout, 24 inch red fish and a puppy drum
Boom, great trip!
That first one is the same size I caught when I was a kid fishing for fluke in Sandy Hook Bay New Jersey, there's gonna be a lot of fish with sore mouths swimming around 😂😂
Haha! Theyre fun!
What brand of braid do you put on your spools
I use Power Pro Super Slick V2 on most of my reels. I also like the Spiderwire Ultracast Invisibraid and I really love the Nomad Ammonite Jigging braid for my jigging reels!
Was looking for that popping cork on your website but it’s not there. Did you stop selling them?
Good afternoon. We are out in Alabama at the moment from Chicago. And would love to meet up with you. My son watches your channel all the time.
I've been hanging out in Navarre recently but if yall see me out, come up and say hey! (other than at my house ;))
A fun way to catch fish and a day filled with them!
Great video and as always, love your attitude!!
May you continue to have tight lines always!
Great use shrimp as bait
Had to watch rerun but still just as good thanks
Never been a fan of a popping cork but I may give it another try next time
I love the visual aspect of it for sure
I notice you have been utilizing the daiwa reels much more than the stradic's. Do you recommend the daiwa over the stradic?
I like them all, but I am growing more fond of my Daiwa Saltist MQ's. Both reels start out very smooth and lite, but through hard fishing, my Daiwa's are still smooth and lite without making any additional noise. I loved the Shimano Stradic Ci4+ and tried to like the Vanford, yet it didn't hold up like it should for a $220+ reel. I am very unimpressed by the Vanford. I really like the Shimano Stradic FL's, Daiwa BG's, and the Daiwa Saltist MQ's. *I spent my own money on them and this is not a sponsored post*
@@BamaSaltwater Thanks for that. I have 3 Daiwa's in my amazon cart and just wanted to get your opinion before I invested that kind of money. I'm a LEO and this is a huge investment for me.
Do you happen to know if popping corks work in fresh water?
Oh yeah! They’d tear it up
Hay man, next time you run out of bait and you know the bite is on, would u but a artificial shrimp on to see if the bite is just as good. Thanks man.
100% I love tying on a Vudu Shrimp on there.
Woohoo, 2 new Bama Saltwater videos in 3 days!
Fishing has been good!!! haha, so glad you enjoy it! Makes me feel good!
Mom: how many today son?
Steven: caught like 32 fish
Mom: WOW we’re eating good!
Steven: only going to share one trout momma.
Mom: WHAT?
Good 🎣🎥
You can catch 16 to 26 inch reds in Cameron,Louisiana
I love your videos.
Do the pin fish not clean you out immediately??
It all depends. If I'm getting eaten by PinFish like crazy, I'll usually make a move or tie on an artificial. Also, bringing a lot of extra bait can help too.
Hope your okay because of that massive storm down there
We did good. Mississippi on the other hand didn't unfortunately
i am a huge fan of you your video are so nice
Thank you!!
Congrats on the 103k...
Thanks!
Anyone have recommendations for a good saltwater two piece rod for flounder, trout and the occasions striper
Toadfish makes a good Two-Piece rod that'll handle it. I also like the St. Croix Triumph Medium 2 piece www.tacklewarehouse.com/St_Croix_Triumph_2-Piece_Spinning_Travel_Rods/descpage-MBTST.html
I love your videos but my I do have a complaint. Why don't you post GPS coordinates to where you're fishing? 😊 Happy for all your success.
Lol, riiiiight
If he did that there would be no fish left.
@@wadeirwin7003 I was only kidding.
HAHAHA, here ya go:) 1234 1234. turn left then right then left. Then turn around LOL jk, thank you man
@Bama Saltwater 🤣 I appreciate it and I'll use them tomorrow. I knew you'd point me in the right direction.
I’ll be in your neck of the woods next week, hopefully hook into a few good fish.
Fishings been great in between the random spring weather !
yea fairhope al...i've lived in fairhope before
So you said before spawn release larger fish to carry on making new trout. Yet you kept large trout???
I keep fish within the legal limit, especially if I know they won't live well being released!
here houston red fish 20/28 inchs
Gotcha! Simliar to ours
Fairhope Rattle! Made by my cousin Lyons Bousson and his family at Fairhope Charters! Check them out!
Great people !! Lyons was super nice and down to earth when I picked these up from him.
@@BamaSaltwater yes they are! FYI, sent you an email. You probably get a bunch of junk so see if you can fish it out if get a chance.
I usually agree with a lot of your philosophies, but keeping a +20" trout to eat is confusing me. You just talked about the spawn coming up and things like #RO20 have been explaining the benefits of releasing +20" trout for a while, with one of them being that the +20" trout are usually female and are the primary trout breeders. Very confusing that you'd keep that one.
I fish for food and fun!! I kept one to eat, it's not going to hurt the population at all! The Alabama limit allows you to keep 6 Speckled Trout with a slot of 15"-22" including one oversized if you want. It'd be a whole different story to me...if i had caught and kept 6 20"+ fish, even though it's completely legal and allowed. I contribute my releases to releaseover20.org/ all of the time. It won't kill the population keeping one to eat! Thanks.
Bro. That wind is STOUT
Non Stop man
I've never caught anything with the popping cork. 😢
Keep on trying, my method is "less is more". Location is 99% of fishing. Make sure leader length is about 6" + higher than depth of fishing ! You'll get it ! Good luck
Micro trout😂
IKR! haha
:) A+
first
Appreciate ya man!
love the content, gonna have to get you down to the lower laguna madre down in south texas one day!
@@camirencanales3151 Heck yeah, would love too! I lived in Texas on and off for almost 5 years. Always wanted to get down to the coast but work got in the way.
it’ll come in the future!
GreatVideo as Always BAMA.! Hope to Achive My OZZY MATE Fishing Same as you Doing.. Love your Fishing ALWAYS..!!
Just looked up the Diawa saltist mq4000- damn, that's a $300 reel!
It's definitely pricey. I love mine but there's tons of great options out there for a lot less!