I'm pretty sure one of those Island Venture OCV vessels helped us out during the ADSFR a couple of years ago. We became dead in the water about 90 miles out and the engineer that came on board told us they were just treating us like a training exercise lol They took our batteries back to their vessel, charged them up and brought them back to us. Awesome guys to have save our butts. Gave them every fish on ice we had 👍
Haha that's unfortunate that happened to y'all but definitely an experience to remember. It's so hard to fathom how they do not budge in those seas at all.@@ParkerForSale
When I was a kid, I fish the Gulf of Mexico. I’m an old man now, but I remember those days we used one our bandits with 10 pound weights and we did it all day long commercial fishing was one of the happiest moments of my life.
I got the opportunity last May to fish this very same rig. We left out of Panama City Florida. Caught my first yellow fin, black fin, and rainbow runner on that trip. Was incredible!!!
That boat is amazing!!! I would love to be able to have something a third that size, let alone that one! Tuna is definitely a fish on my bucket list that I'm itching to be able to fish for!
Thanks man! Haven’t been able to get back to the states to fish. Offshore fishing is something that’s still on my bucket list. P.S. thanks for your service as always. Thanked a soldier hier in Germany when he was on his way to be deployed. He looked at me like an alien, and I know why. My dad served until ‘71
That was awesome beautiful boat and a great day at sea and it shows where the luck is, and that is with you and your boat haha but still a valid time and a good experience going that far out to sea in great weather
That looked like a great day with great friends! Coming down to OB in May for my annual trip. Hope to catch some Spanish and Mangroves under the bridge and along the sea wall. Did pretty good last year. Maybe I will see you out there!! "First Team"!!
Wowzers, whatta nice boat ! I think I saw it ( or one just like it) around New Years. Hard to beat a cat hull for the ride smooth enough to sleep during. Lol. It makes my Worldcat look like a bathtub toy. 😂
That big boat next to the oil rig is a Edison schuess boat I probably didn’t spell it right lol but I dealt a lot with those ships when I worked in port fourchon, la I’ve been on those boats before doing alignments and basically whatever they needed to make them go back offshore
My boys and I went out of Venice LA last year. We fished the oiled rigs for tuna. Got 7 giant yellow fin. We were in a 42ft freeman. Amazing experience for sure
We were cruising at 55. I believe it can top out at 65 plus mph , even 70+ . This one had quad 400 Verados and it's just insane how effortless a 20,000lb vessel can pick up speed. Crazy.
Nice video! I'm still learning about the offshore setups and had a few questions. It looks like the 50W's are spooled with all mono. Any particular reason you went that way rather than using braid and a mono top shot? What pound test are you using and who makes those adjustable bent butt rods? Appreciate any advice or feedback you can give.
@@BamaSaltwater I appreciate the immediate response. I'm looking to purchase some 50W's soon and I've heard the hollow core braided backing is the way to go. What pound test are you using for the braid and topshot? I'll mainly be fishing out of Ocean City, MD in the canyons when for tuna when I'm fully setup. Just looking for some advice.
It’s funny how you go so far and catch one fish and you go by yourself on a bay boat and have a blast catching dozens of fish 🎣. Here in California where I’m from, is also hard for me to get into good fish 🎣 inshore or offshore, especially when I’m limited because of my 19 foot bay boat, but it’s always fun fishing no matter what. Some days I’m done by 12 o’clock because it’s one after another fish and I have my limits, other days I barely catch a fish not to get skunked. Love the videos as always 👍🍻🇺🇸
I would have had a hard time trolling out there around those oil rigs. I know that's the gig for the target species, but I would have been itching like a monkey to drop irons on bait around that structure.
I do a lot of offshore fishing down here in Florida. I look at boats like that and I just think maybe one day you have a lot of people in the comments saying that’s not $1m boat the prices are through the roof. It’s a little over 1 million.
As my great grandfather used to say, "the boat doesn't make the fisherman good the fisherman makes the boat look good"! Great contrnt ss usual brother in green!
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I'm pretty sure one of those Island Venture OCV vessels helped us out during the ADSFR a couple of years ago. We became dead in the water about 90 miles out and the engineer that came on board told us they were just treating us like a training exercise lol They took our batteries back to their vessel, charged them up and brought them back to us. Awesome guys to have save our butts. Gave them every fish on ice we had 👍
I'm happy to hear that!! It's such a good thing to have good people that are willing to help. That ship is huge for sure
@BamaSaltwater huge! Pulled up a couple hundred yards from us and calmed the seas cause it blocked the wind haha
Haha that's unfortunate that happened to y'all but definitely an experience to remember. It's so hard to fathom how they do not budge in those seas at all.@@ParkerForSale
@@BamaSaltwater hi Stephen, gyro stabilisation and gps position lock is the reason
Yup!! It's just amazing at the engineering behind it (and money haha)! @@Al-oe8ib Same with the Floaters.
When I was a kid, I fish the Gulf of Mexico. I’m an old man now, but I remember those days we used one our bandits with 10 pound weights and we did it all day long commercial fishing was one of the happiest moments of my life.
Thanks for bringing us along on your fishing adventure today. Great Vid.
Thank you!
I got the opportunity last May to fish this very same rig. We left out of Panama City Florida. Caught my first yellow fin, black fin, and rainbow runner on that trip. Was incredible!!!
That boat is amazing!!! I would love to be able to have something a third that size, let alone that one! Tuna is definitely a fish on my bucket list that I'm itching to be able to fish for!
Nice video, Cap'n Stephen! We were in GS right before you filmed this. Looks like we got out before the weather turned!!
Thank you for the content and thank you for your service! Love watching your videos!
Thanks man! Haven’t been able to get back to the states to fish. Offshore fishing is something that’s still on my bucket list.
P.S. thanks for your service as always. Thanked a soldier hier in Germany when he was on his way to be deployed. He looked at me like an alien, and I know why. My dad served until ‘71
Thank you for sharing !!!
Oh yeah, this is a good Tuesday now. That's a really nice boat too. Thanks Bama Saltwater for the great content bro.
Very fun to watch! Thanks Stephen!
Glad you enjoyed it !
That was an awsome $1,000 boat ride, too bad you didnt catch much.
Prob more along the lines of $3500, not including fuel :)
@@Wayneright wow🤯
That was awesome beautiful boat and a great day at sea and it shows where the luck is, and that is with you and your boat haha but still a valid time and a good experience going that far out to sea in great weather
Haha 100%% some days are awesome boat rides and other are just fish slaying days. The experience is amazing no matter what
Thank you for sharing my friend 14:44
Looked like a great time!
Awesome video man! Like watching your videos while eating, keep up the great work.
@6:26 that is the BP Na Kika PQ. My home away from home!
That boat was awesome. Thanks for sharing. I did feel like I was there lol.
It was just amazing to be out for sure!
Have you ever considered collaborating with Captain Collier on one of these long range trips, he's in Alabama too🎣🐟🐠😁
Im Glad you appeared in my recommended again! Love your content!
go ahead and subscribe my guy
Have been for a year
Nice boat ride and sight seeing. But when it comes to fishing you da man bro 😂
Awesome boat and trip! Love the highlight and the vlog there at the end! Nice change up!
Glad you liked it!
That looked like a great day with great friends! Coming down to OB in May for my annual trip. Hope to catch some Spanish and Mangroves under the bridge and along the sea wall. Did pretty good last year. Maybe I will see you out there!! "First Team"!!
Go Mustangs!
Hopefully Russ got that autopilot worked out. I never got a chance to come back out and look at it. Awesome vids always.
Love the video live nearby ya and been learning a lot from ur videos. I’d love some longer unedited videos of you just fishing. Keep it up!
Will do! Thank you
that’s the off shore gamble! the long ride back hurts a little more when the boxes ain’t full! lololol
You got that right!
Beautiful boat!
That was an impressive experience, huge vessel.
You catch way more fish heading out with your Momma
Can you go kayak fishing for speckled, trout and redfish?
Wowzers, whatta nice boat ! I think I saw it ( or one just like it) around New Years. Hard to beat a cat hull for the ride smooth enough to sleep during. Lol. It makes my Worldcat look like a bathtub toy. 😂
Beautiful boat! Love to fish offshore!
Cool video! Ya need to get that kayak out and get us a video.
thanks...interesting and fun video.what a beast of a boat...
unreal ride great boat good info..staysafe..
that thing is sick
It really is dang cool. Just glad im not the one who pays the fuel bill haha
love the vids keep up the good work
You need to try the next Cuda you catch. They're really good ceviche and fried
Gotta get down to Venice man.
Awesome boat! Cat's are very comfortable..ty!
That is the truth! Thank you
Amazing adventure 😊 thanks for posting
Glad you enjoyed it
Damn brother you been eating GOOD
You know it !
Wow, what a boat, what an experience!
Definitely a trip to remember albeit the lack of a loaded fish box. But that boat, the speed, and the open water was amazing!
wow, does he do charter fishing busness.. seems like a massive investment for just personal fishing.
He does not, some people just got it for sure!
Been subbed since 40k I love you channel so much
That big boat next to the oil rig is a Edison schuess boat I probably didn’t spell it right lol but I dealt a lot with those ships when I worked in port fourchon, la I’ve been on those boats before doing alignments and basically whatever they needed to make them go back offshore
Wow! I'm glad you had a good time Stephen! Gotta admit, though, that this isn't my idea of a fun day of fishing!
Thanks!!! I just love the ride out and seeing the insane engineering of such huge structures way out in the middle of no where. It's crazy for sure.
OH HELL NO! The moment I see that twister storm, Im out of there. Your crazy bro LMAO!
I hear ya on that haha
Yellow fin tuna..nice boat bro👍
That was a cool video. Great stuff.
Thank you!
Shiii right out of Venice. That's a mission from GS.
My boys and I went out of Venice LA last year. We fished the oiled rigs for tuna. Got 7 giant yellow fin. We were in a 42ft freeman. Amazing experience for sure
That's an awesome trip and experience!! It was a slowww day of fishing but gah lee, it's still a fun time !
Just exactly how fast will that boat go? Looks like it was scootin
We were cruising at 55. I believe it can top out at 65 plus mph , even 70+ . This one had quad 400 Verados and it's just insane how effortless a 20,000lb vessel can pick up speed. Crazy.
@@BamaSaltwater I know that was awesome. Glad you got to do that.
Dang Russ hit the powerball!
I just subscribed to you. Your channel is amazing!!
Thank ya! Welcome to the channel! Tight lines and God Bless!
@@BamaSaltwater Good luck fishing this summer btw!!🎣🐟
Nice video! I'm still learning about the offshore setups and had a few questions. It looks like the 50W's are spooled with all mono. Any particular reason you went that way rather than using braid and a mono top shot? What pound test are you using and who makes those adjustable bent butt rods? Appreciate any advice or feedback you can give.
Thanks! 50W's have a Mono topshot with hollowcore braid backing. These are custom rods with Winthrop adjustable butts. Thanks!!!
@@BamaSaltwater I appreciate the immediate response. I'm looking to purchase some 50W's soon and I've heard the hollow core braided backing is the way to go. What pound test are you using for the braid and topshot? I'll mainly be fishing out of Ocean City, MD in the canyons when for tuna when I'm fully setup. Just looking for some advice.
Always a good day when bama uploads ❤
Thank you!
Do some more catch n cooks it’s been a minute
We know that rig all
To well !
I bet the guys/ gals eat really well on those rigs
I bet so!!!
Awesome video Brother!
Wow what a boat!
It’s funny how you go so far and catch one fish and you go by yourself on a bay boat and have a blast catching dozens of fish 🎣.
Here in California where I’m from,
is also hard for me to get into good fish 🎣 inshore or offshore, especially when I’m limited because of my 19 foot bay boat, but it’s always fun fishing no matter what.
Some days I’m done by 12 o’clock because it’s one after another fish and I have my limits, other days I barely catch a fish not to get skunked.
Love the videos as always 👍🍻🇺🇸
IKR haha!! That's what makes it fun and exciting cause you never know when it's gonna be a catching day or just a boat ride kinda day haha!
Do you ever use dipsy divers or planner boards
I am fairly a minimalist so I do not. I usually use my angled out rod holders to get the lures to spread
@@BamaSaltwater I was just curious we use dipsy divers when trolling and snagging spoonbill
As an Immigration officer, I had the adventures of boarding a rig, and many other exciting Gulf and Mississippi river floats!
I don't even wanna see the fuel bill. 😂 Bucket list trip right there.
700 gallons were burned , glad it wasn’t my card lol
what does that tuna work out to per pound?
Shoot , way cheaper to go to a grocery store lol. But it’s the get away trip that makes it worth it vs just the fish
Your boy loves him some AC/DC
Oh yeah ! I do too haha!
@@BamaSaltwater it was my first concert. I’ve seen them 3x now. Me too
I tested the life boats on Appomattox while it was still in Texas.
Nice ride!
Sure is!
Whats the gallons per hour burn rate on something like that?
Insane to comprehend for sure. I know that 700 gallons were burned on this trip
Good Grief!! What a boat. How much fuel does she hold? Any idea how much you burned on this trip?
Ikr!!! I believe it hold 1000 gallons, I know for sure we burned 700 gallons on this trip. Absolutely insane.....
It only took half of my mortgage payment in gas to go fishing, but holy crap that was awesome!
Insane for sure. Crazy that lifestyle where the engines cost as much as my entire boat haha plus some
I have to say I'm not a fan of robot fishing, but the boat is awesome.
The boat is definitely cool!
I was waiting for a week to watch kkkk
I would have had a hard time trolling out there around those oil rigs. I know that's the gig for the target species, but I would have been itching like a monkey to drop irons on bait around that structure.
I can understand that for sure!!! Lots of opportunities for either styles
Most people are car people.. but cars don’t touch the absolute insane beauty of boats… nor the price 😂😂😂
Ikr it really is insane and hard to comprehend that tier of boats haha
Great boat,but you have more luck on your 24 ft, just saying.
Love it
Which cav unit were you with?
1-8 cav, 2abct
@BamaSaltwater I was 1st ID 3-1 Aviation stationed with a bunch of 1-6 cav so was just wondering. Thank you for your service and god bless.
@@WMoore425 Gotcha!! thanks for your service as well bro!!! God Bless and Tight Lines!
1.2 million seems outrageous
I like more your boat bro more fun more fish more adventure
I love my boat !
I like foggy Bama Backyard lol
It's definitely cool and especially at night when the barges and push boats come by with the spotlight
That’s the FloraBama boat right?
No sir, same brand though! Florabama is the 40ft cat, this one is the 46ft cat . Both super cool
Cruising at 55 mph in the dark in the ocean is crazy to me😂
He has night vision
Russ is my ❤
I do a lot of offshore fishing down here in Florida. I look at boats like that and I just think maybe one day you have a lot of people in the comments saying that’s not $1m boat the prices are through the roof. It’s a little over 1 million.
No it’s not, u can get it for 800-900
Surprised yall didn’t get live bait on sabikis and tried live baiting for tuna
The sound of those engines is enough to make your testosterone levels increase by at least 250 points!! So cool!!!
That was my favorite part!
Appomattox, I actually help build a vessel on that rig. Nice seeing it in your video. Keep them coming. Love watching your videos
I have fished the petronis and the ram powell and BOTH of them are huge.....even the hard tails were as big as snappers or spanish mackerel
What marina is this?
OB Marina
Love you! Stop eating carbs!
i was sitting there like wait a minute thats not bamas boat then i read the title lmao
Haha, maybe one day lmfao!!!!!
As my great grandfather used to say, "the boat doesn't make the fisherman good the fisherman makes the boat look good"! Great contrnt ss usual brother in green!
Definitely!! You can never buy luck but in this case you definitely make it faster and more comfortable haha!
Its really nice to be able to fish with such "few" permits, thanks to our over taxed gov! Nice video.
haha, I dont make them rules lol. thanks!
Where?
Orange Beach alabama
Is he like a charter or do you just know him
I know it's called fishing- and not catching- but how much fuel was burned for that 1 yellowfin 😮
700 gallons were burned that day. Glad it wasn’t my wallet haha! But it’s the experience that makes it worth it for sure
@@BamaSaltwaterwoah!!! Yeah, I’d hate to have to pay for the fuel for that big ‘ol biggun!
I’m pretty sure you don’t need a HMS for wahoo but I could be wrong
I didn’t think so either but it’s almost like you need an encyclopedia for all the regulations these days haha
alabama is really strick on their fish limits
Funny thing is, Alabama doesn't own any fish. It's a scam.
Crazy how expensive center consoles are scout made a 53 and 3.7 million for a center console
So what's your boat type please.. I think 1.2 million is over priced..
I like anything that floats lol