At 24:00 Billy the Greek describes an experience where the bunker from his live well were being dropped by the bass. That was likely because when live baitfish are caught and placed in a livewell, they become stressed. When that happens, they begin to emit excess waste, which results in an ammonia buildup, usually resulting in the livewell's water becoming clouded. Not only is this deadly to the fish if not controlled, but it will ruin the baitfish's scent and taste and thus repel the gamefish you're after. You need to change the water in the well often, but the best solution is to fish live bait as soon as practicable.
It was Labor Day weekend 10+ years ago on LBI in Beach Haven... We were next to the jetty & caught nothing all day... At 6pm an old timer wheels his surf cart over & puts like 4 clams on a #10 circle hook. Lobbs it over in front of the jetty @ nearly a dead low tide. It was like a softball size of clams... 2 min later his pole is being yanked out of the sand... He hauls in a 46" Bass. I made a fist and stuck it in the fish's mouth and did not touch the sides.. It was crazy.
Thanks, sir, very helpful info. Man I would love to spend a day fishing with this guy, would have saved me countless days of getting skunked at the beach!
Mr.Poseidon Hi ladies Gents and Billy the Greek 😁We all understand wanting to catch fish and the big one, I mean I love it! But let’s never forget its all about the company also! Friends being out together. Telling stories, beer ,laughing, beer, reminiscing on old times, beer lol. You guys get the picture. The fish will come the main thing is to have a great time! What’s a better day spent fishing with your son or sons. Your daughter or daughters. Your wife, your girlfriend or just you and your buddies! I mean it’s great and if you do catch fish or the big one that day, what a party it becomes! Even if you're alone which is where I find myself most of the time 😁 Have fun fishing guys and Thank you so much Billy for this GREAT informative video!
Great stuff Billy, awesome info. I don't know if you remember me. I ran into you one summer night at 3am about 25 years ago maybe 1995 walking the beach at field 6 or tobay I think. I was the guy who just moved from calif. We were talking the difference east coast striper vs west coast striper. Glad to see you're still heavily into it.
God damn, I'm not even halfway through this video but the things you've touched on are so freaking HUGE! This has definitely given me more confidence in my approach. Being a Snook guy from Florida, I've had to adjust some things but I'm definitely heading in the right direction. Awesome explanation and your mentality is one that has been lost because of laziness! 🎣😎
@@FishingLongIsland ooohhh man, putting me on the spot. Lol 😄 this morning I got a 30.5" so not a jumbo. (We call em " dinks" down South) If I get a 40" or bigger I'll send that. I'm over in NJ not too far from Sandy Hook. Should pick up with bigger fish here real soon. 🎣 Definitely gonna watch the rest of this. Thanks again.
@@FishingLongIslandhe said so himself right around the 10 min. mark. I applaud the mindset. There's a big difference between guys who go fishing and those that hunt fish. That's why the hunters don't like company.
Billy , excellent seminar , out of all the things that were asked and you covered , no one asked about a falling BAROMETER , what is your take on it I have great memories of when my brother and I would fish the Cape with my dad , mid 50;s the bass population was so good , but we did not knowing any better than , what would happen Frank T
I hope I get the chance to meet you. I’m a seaford resident. You are the fishing legend !!! I think it’s soo cool that you’ve been just hammering these cows for Eon’s ! Much Respect from this jo shmo “ angler... 🤙🏻🤝✊👑💪🏻🎣
Bravo re ! thoroughly enjoyed listening to you ! a lot of what you said applies to any body of water, I am on the west coast and we have stripers, but they're smaller and less in numbers than east coast, never caught one just started surf fishing, I've being fishing all my life, Grew up in southern Africa immigrated to the states 33 years ago and what you said about hunting for fish and looking at patterns of how fish feed applies to all waters fresh and salt ! will be looking at more of your vids !
This good stuff. I live in SLO County CA, and we actually have a decent striper population. I didn't fish them as a kid, but after seeing some of the monsters while diving I'm getting fired up. I guess I've never thought of them like other bass, because I can anything else in the ocean or lake, but never seem to hook striped bass.
Does anyone know the name of the books about baitfish and baitfish behavior? Billy mentioned there are some books out there but he did not mention the names.
I think he was suggesting you find books that are applicable to your local area. There are online sources also. Not all sources are fishing sources, there are published bio studies that show pictures and other details, and as a fisherman you may benefit from those also.
Alot of this applies to our seabass in ireland the type of baits and the size of fish is the only difference this man's knowledge is incredible must have been a bass in a previous life
I fish river 20km inland from the ocean only night bitter theres iv learn when the eels come out the bass have left the area and went back to the ocean then you may as well leave
Yeah like he said i also went fishing right at a mouth of a different river my very first chuck maybe second was only there for 10m i got a 29" second one was 15" after that nothing went 2 days after in a row nothing
I thought my first top water STRIPER a few days ago and what happened was I’m walking the dog and I went to sit down my bag.As I was putting my bag down on the floor STRIPER smacked my Luer it wasn’t until watching this I realized that’s Stryper it’s a lure on the pause.Hey since sorry to do this and now I have 9 top water fish In a week and a half.I was never given a fish enough time to go for it
@@FishingLongIsland Thanks bro,By chance you wanna happen to know where I could find any more contact on this guy I found one other seminar on UA-cam Does he have any other videos of fishing just curious
You look like more from Texas than Greece. Greece is all about mentality, not just a name. I guess great great grandfather had something to do with greece
Eh? He is all about ethical fishing (barbless hooks, landing quickly to avoid tiring it out, releasing in the water, only keeps his progressively biggest fish)
Other guys couldn’t catch a fish in a aquarium 🤣, yea skinner I’ll mention him cause he’s a guy you can just UA-cam yea he has real trouble finding the fish with a bucktail
yeah , go get a dozen blackfish in your live well ,,,in nj that would take 12 days , at 1 fish per day ,,,,, i saw a kid come in on his kayak he was fishing tight to the bridge this was a week ago ,,,,i was wade fishing catching speckled trout that come up here to spend the winter ,,, had a dozen in an hour smallkst fish about 5 lbs ,, big fish was 34 inches ,,,,, i dont lift my fish outta the watter but i could not for the life of me not understand how he was not able to switch tactics and hook a fish ,,,,i got back to my truck and he came back parked next to me he said i think im gonna quit fishing i cant even get a bite ,,,i said what were you fishing he said he bouoght a few dozen crabs and even went and grabbed 3 dozen fiddler crabs ,,,,,i said oh shit ,,,,yoiu mean to tell me you dropped fiddler crabs down by the ice breaker and no bites ,,,,last time i tog fished every crab was a fish or cleaned off ,,,on all the jetties off the surf it was extra extreem with hiooking a ten lbs.common everyday ,,,90 percent would never be landed ,,but exacrly where he fished ,,,,,,he said the commercial guys really fucked this up down here he said ,,,,any place you can stand or get to on six gallons of gas has been picked clean with poachers filling live wells an un marked truck sat at a shopping center just off the island pay 10 nucks a pop for every plate sized live tog ,,,,people would run him fifty a day ,,,,,fuck i guess i would have 2 had i known then especially trying to support my habbits ,,,,,make500 a day be broke by am, kind of like the guys who still do it ,,,,,,,its funny hear his tales not half as funny as the video i just watched about the chunking trashman from nj ,,,,,that guy is fucking classic .......he is right about one thing we got resident fish here in south jersey any fish from upnorth dont show up in the fall except for 5 to 10 miles out ,,,,yet every idiot who owns a truck buys 8000 dollars including a silly rod rack holder that costrs more than my car ,,and a beach permit drives up ands down the beach like a dope with big dumb ass plugs ,,,,,and only fish caught are between dec and march on clams ,,,, no more giant mullet run with 20 30 lbs every september for a month ,,,instead its a week with puppy bass and lber blues with few fish to 20m lbs taken during the whole run ,,,,,every fish caught are caught heading up the river to sp[awn on the chunk are giant females everyone that s over fifty lbs is killed photographed thrown in a dumpster cause the meat is shit ,,,,if the regulators cared about the fishery ,,,, you would not let a fish over 24 be killed for the next 20 years ,,,,every dock with a light has 30 fish up to 30 inches thaty lives on that light year round ,,,and there trainable like pets ,,, tand there is 1000 of lights
At 24:00 Billy the Greek describes an experience where the bunker from his live well were being dropped by the bass. That was likely because when live baitfish are caught and placed in a livewell, they become stressed. When that happens, they begin to emit excess waste, which results in an ammonia buildup, usually resulting in the livewell's water becoming clouded. Not only is this deadly to the fish if not controlled, but it will ruin the baitfish's scent and taste and thus repel the gamefish you're after. You need to change the water in the well often, but the best solution is to fish live bait as soon as practicable.
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More of the Great Greek please. Such a soothing seminar.
Yes indeed
Best video I ever watched. Blows all these other guys out of the water.
Thank you.
It was Labor Day weekend 10+ years ago on LBI in Beach Haven... We were next to the jetty & caught nothing all day... At 6pm an old timer wheels his surf cart over & puts like 4 clams on a #10 circle hook. Lobbs it over in front of the jetty @ nearly a dead low tide. It was like a softball size of clams... 2 min later his pole is being yanked out of the sand... He hauls in a 46" Bass. I made a fist and stuck it in the fish's mouth and did not touch the sides.. It was crazy.
Great story
Thanks, sir, very helpful info. Man I would love to spend a day fishing with this guy, would have saved me countless days of getting skunked at the beach!
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Hi ladies Gents and Billy the Greek 😁We all understand wanting to catch fish and the big one, I mean I love it! But let’s never forget its all about the company also! Friends being out together. Telling stories, beer ,laughing, beer, reminiscing on old times, beer lol. You guys get the picture. The fish will come the main thing is to have a great time! What’s a better day spent fishing with your son or sons. Your daughter or daughters. Your wife, your girlfriend or just you and your buddies! I mean it’s great and if you do catch fish or the big one that day, what a party it becomes! Even if you're alone which is where I find myself most of the time 😁 Have fun fishing guys and Thank you so much Billy for this GREAT informative video!
It's not a family sport. Try miniature golf.
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Lol.
@@Machster10 lol 😂
Thanks for uploading this one Joey. This was a great talk.
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Great stuff Billy, awesome info. I don't know if you remember me. I ran into you one summer night at 3am about 25 years ago maybe 1995 walking the beach at field 6 or tobay I think. I was the guy who just moved from calif. We were talking the difference east coast striper vs west coast striper. Glad to see you're still heavily into it.
Thank you for watching. I’ll let Billy know
God damn, I'm not even halfway through this video but the things you've touched on are so freaking HUGE! This has definitely given me more confidence in my approach. Being a Snook guy from Florida, I've had to adjust some things but I'm definitely heading in the right direction. Awesome explanation and your mentality is one that has been lost because of laziness! 🎣😎
Daddy McSnacks thank you for watching. Send photos when you get the jumbo
@@FishingLongIsland ooohhh man, putting me on the spot. Lol 😄 this morning I got a 30.5" so not a jumbo. (We call em " dinks" down South) If I get a 40" or bigger I'll send that. I'm over in NJ not too far from Sandy Hook. Should pick up with bigger fish here real soon. 🎣 Definitely gonna watch the rest of this. Thanks again.
Such helpful information. Thank you!
Jose Gonzalez anytime
This guy is not a fisherman.
He's a hunter.
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lol 😂
@@FishingLongIslandhe said so himself right around the 10 min. mark.
I applaud the mindset.
There's a big difference between guys who go fishing and those that hunt fish. That's why the hunters don't like company.
Way way back in the day he taught me the proper way to bucktail. I think I was 16. We would hit the bridges n jetties
Billy , excellent seminar , out of all the things that were asked and you covered , no one asked about a falling BAROMETER , what is your take on it I have great memories of when my brother and I would fish the Cape with my dad , mid 50;s the bass population was so good , but we did not knowing any better than , what would happen Frank T
Thank you 🙏🏼
I hope I get the chance to meet you. I’m a seaford resident. You are the fishing legend !!! I think it’s soo cool that you’ve been just hammering these cows for Eon’s ! Much Respect from this jo shmo “ angler... 🤙🏻🤝✊👑💪🏻🎣
Don Johnson he is always around Lindenhurst
How did you know ??
awesome talk!!!
thank you for watching
Bravo re ! thoroughly enjoyed listening to you ! a lot of what you said applies to any body of water, I am on the west coast and we have stripers, but they're smaller and less in numbers than east coast, never caught one just started surf fishing, I've being fishing all my life, Grew up in southern Africa immigrated to the states 33 years ago and what you said about hunting for fish and looking at patterns of how fish feed applies to all waters fresh and salt ! will be looking at more of your vids !
Mad Greek Outdoors there is another of Billy on my page. He is talking to high school kids
@@FishingLongIsland
WHAT HAPPENED TO BILLY THE GREEK ? IS HE STILL AROUND ?
Mad Greek Outdoors he is.
This good stuff. I live in SLO County CA, and we actually have a decent striper population. I didn't fish them as a kid, but after seeing some of the monsters while diving I'm getting fired up. I guess I've never thought of them like other bass, because I can anything else in the ocean or lake, but never seem to hook striped bass.
Nice
This was great info
Thank you
Nice Video Good Talk.....
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great video
Thank you
I wanna take this course. It looks totally awesome.
charles barboza thee is another video with him on my page.
Fishing Long Island I will check it out. Thanks.
Nice seminar my friend , your thoughts reflect mine almost to a tee ..
James Brown thank you.
Any tips for us fly fisherman? Great video!
big ron ua-cam.com/video/X4MdrKmPkkM/v-deo.html
Pure wisdom here
Definitely a good listen. Thank you for watching.
Looks like my bud "Jimmy the Greek" #2...SPARTA! who by the way ocean fishes as well...LOL
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Does anyone know the name of the books about baitfish and baitfish behavior? Billy mentioned there are some books out there but he did not mention the names.
I think he was suggesting you find books that are applicable to your local area. There are online sources also. Not all sources are fishing sources, there are published bio studies that show pictures and other details, and as a fisherman you may benefit from those also.
Hondo Trailside thanks
Not sure
Thank you
Alot of this applies to our seabass in ireland the type of baits and the size of fish is the only difference this man's knowledge is incredible must have been a bass in a previous life
Thank u 🙏🏼
Tidal coefficient determines current velocity
Thank you 🙏🏼
What about a shipwreck right on the beach? Inshore? Not open ocean beach, rather a bay. Will the stripers hang around there?
absolutely , unless its concrete and off cape may ,,
I bet they are
At 16:01, Billy said that he did a bunch of videos on fishing that "we didn't put out yet". Anyone have any info on when that gold is coming out?
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tried finding A copy of capt. john demaio book fishing with the bucktail . They are selling for over 200$ :(
I have one in very good shape , I would let go of , if u r interested Frank T
HI Frank still have that book?
99.9 % that I do , give me a day or two to look for it , sorry I had just got this message Frank T
Yes , I just went and looked and I do have it in good to excellent condition Frank
Frank Travaglioi
Frank is that book available for sale?
Did you get that 70lb yet
Probably not
Hey Greek. When are we getting out.
-Bryan
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I have an accurate log. I got 6 kids 😂
lol.
Nova Scotia Canada tide goes up 15 20+ ft in most places highest tides in the world it matter here i wish it would only rise 5f like most places
I fish river 20km inland from the ocean only night bitter theres iv learn when the eels come out the bass have left the area and went back to the ocean then you may as well leave
Yeah like he said i also went fishing right at a mouth of a different river my very first chuck maybe second was only there for 10m i got a 29" second one was 15" after that nothing went 2 days after in a row nothing
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Only two men could ever soak a chunk like Bob the Garbageman, and this Greek ain’t one of them.
lol. 😂
I thought my first top water STRIPER a few days ago and what happened was I’m walking the dog and I went to sit down my bag.As I was putting my bag down on the floor STRIPER smacked my Luer it wasn’t until watching this I realized that’s Stryper it’s a lure on the pause.Hey since sorry to do this and now I have 9 top water fish In a week and a half.I was never given a fish enough time to go for it
Glad it worked out brother and thank you for the report. Keep them coming.
@@FishingLongIsland Thanks bro,By chance you wanna happen to know where I could find any more contact on this guy I found one other seminar on UA-cam Does he have any other videos of fishing just curious
You look like more from Texas than Greece. Greece is all about mentality, not just a name. I guess great great grandfather had something to do with greece
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He could use some structure in his presentation
Power point woulda been nice. Big ol screen behind him
Explain
Definitely
might not be the most ethical, but he sure knows his shit.
Eh? He is all about ethical fishing (barbless hooks, landing quickly to avoid tiring it out, releasing in the water, only keeps his progressively biggest fish)
Gotta love the Greek
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Other guys couldn’t catch a fish in a aquarium 🤣, yea skinner I’ll mention him cause he’s a guy you can just UA-cam yea he has real trouble finding the fish with a bucktail
I reckon he hasn't read Skinner's book and I doubt he spends much time on youtube. I havent read the demeio(?) book but Skinner's was amazing!
Lol. John’s the man.
Probably not
LOL @this
n u are the worlds expert?
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Truth
Try doing with this guy does now and you will be very disappointed. Not many fish left
yeah , go get a dozen blackfish in your live well ,,,in nj that would take 12 days , at 1 fish per day ,,,,, i saw a kid come in on his kayak he was fishing tight to the bridge this was a week ago ,,,,i was wade fishing catching speckled trout that come up here to spend the winter ,,, had a dozen in an hour smallkst fish about 5 lbs ,, big fish was 34 inches ,,,,, i dont lift my fish outta the watter but i could not for the life of me not understand how he was not able to switch tactics and hook a fish ,,,,i got back to my truck and he came back parked next to me he said i think im gonna quit fishing i cant even get a bite ,,,i said what were you fishing he said he bouoght a few dozen crabs and even went and grabbed 3 dozen fiddler crabs ,,,,,i said oh shit ,,,,yoiu mean to tell me you dropped fiddler crabs down by the ice breaker and no bites ,,,,last time i tog fished every crab was a fish or cleaned off ,,,on all the jetties off the surf it was extra extreem with hiooking a ten lbs.common everyday ,,,90 percent would never be landed ,,but exacrly where he fished ,,,,,,he said the commercial guys really fucked this up down here he said ,,,,any place you can stand or get to on six gallons of gas has been picked clean with poachers filling live wells an un marked truck sat at a shopping center just off the island pay 10 nucks a pop for every plate sized live tog ,,,,people would run him fifty a day ,,,,,fuck i guess i would have 2 had i known then especially trying to support my habbits ,,,,,make500 a day be broke by am, kind of like the guys who still do it ,,,,,,,its funny hear his tales not half as funny as the video i just watched about the chunking trashman from nj ,,,,,that guy is fucking classic .......he is right about one thing we got resident fish here in south jersey any fish from upnorth dont show up in the fall except for 5 to 10 miles out ,,,,yet every idiot who owns a truck buys 8000 dollars including a silly rod rack holder that costrs more than my car ,,and a beach permit drives up ands down the beach like a dope with big dumb ass plugs ,,,,,and only fish caught are between dec and march on clams ,,,, no more giant mullet run with 20 30 lbs every september for a month ,,,instead its a week with puppy bass and lber blues with few fish to 20m lbs taken during the whole run ,,,,,every fish caught are caught heading up the river to sp[awn on the chunk are giant females everyone that s over fifty lbs is killed photographed thrown in a dumpster cause the meat is shit ,,,,if the regulators cared about the fishery ,,,, you would not let a fish over 24 be killed for the next 20 years ,,,,every dock with a light has 30 fish up to 30 inches thaty lives on that light year round ,,,and there trainable like pets ,,, tand there is 1000 of lights
True
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Interesting
37:44 jab at john skinner
I’m goons go see.
He basically said John skinner is a chump- agreed @johnskinner #johnskinner
Where on the timeline
@@FishingLongIsland “ daymo wrote the only true bucktailing book.. the rest of the writers couldn’t catch fish in aquarium”