Brother, as a disabled veteran, I live vicariously through your videos! I haven't been off shore fishing since being stationed in central Alaska from 1990-1995. Thanks for another great trip! God bless you and yours!
Glad I looked up surf fishing and ran across this channel. Been 35 years since I've been to Gulf Shores and looking forward to our trip in June. Hope weather cooperates. Keep up the great content. Well deserved success keeping unnecessary fillers in your vids.
Stephen, you had me sitting on the edge of my seat! Living in the coastal area of NC, we had a fisherman with a hand gaff with the rope around his wrist that was pulling some kind of large fish in and it pulled him overboard and he was never found. That was about ten years ago. Take care of yourself and BE SAFE!
Gotta say that you and Viktor (Landshark) are the strongest fishers out there ! I'm impressed. You could pull an anchor up if it gave headshakes. Keep it up please
You're so awesome, and informative, guess what, I'm gonna be there Sunday and plan on fishing early on the beach directly across from gulf state park. Come on and and bring mama she will catch more than both of us. Thanks for your channel
Great video, "as always". Several years ago, I had a lot of redfish fillets and decided to break out my extra large cast iron skillet and do some blackening on them (redfish fillets). I had much more than we could eat, so I called a couple of friends over. They in turn called a couple of friends, who called a couple of friends, and I ended up with about 20 people at my house for blackened redfish. What to do? I also had some shark fillets. I decided to blacken those as well. Long story short... The shark was gone before the redfish.
Thanks!! And I like keeping the small profile for these Spanish and also , it inhibits the action on these jigs for how I work it. But if im jigging it over a reef or on the bottom, I like a curly tail
My wife and I come down to gulf shores every June and I love fishing from the pier! I know it probably won’t be open so I’m going to try to fish from the beach this year! Love your videos
I grew up fishing on the state pier back in the olden days of the 70s. Many Spanish Mackerel, the occasional King, Ling(AKA Cobia) life was good. Thanks for the video.
I really like the situations where you are fishing with a simple rig inshore. it wouldn't be too hard for the average fisherman to replicate your technique.
The video isn't over but that shark reminds me. I was shark fishing south of New Smyrna, Fl when my big rod shook once and bent over. I dove and caught it at the surf and buddy it was on. 45 minutes of what felt like submarine with an occasional shake and vibration in the line. Headed north in the current, I landed it over 400 yards north of my coolers n stuff. My PB black trash bag...
Another great video,I was wondering if you were gonna be fishing any of the piers anytime the first week of june I'll be fishing the whole week and was hoping to get to meet you and fish with you ,thanks for the videos
My wife, myself, and our three sons will be at almost that exact location in a few weeks! We were hoping the pier would be open. We’d love to say hi in person and have you sign some merch if you’d be open to it!
Great news on the pier. Can’t wait to be back on the rail. But we definitely need to thin out the tax men some. Too many fish wasted on them. Great video bro! 👍🏻🤙🏻
Man thats awesome👍👍 We were staying in the first condo west of the pier in mid april n were slamming blues n Spanish in the evenings from shore in that same spot. Cut one for shark and hooked up twice n lost them both. So many blues and Spanish i think they were hitting the FG knot and cutting off the shock leader.
Those blue fish make some of the best smoked fish dip you’ll ever eat. Try going that route with em and see how you like em. I’ll bet you start keeping a lot more of em after you do. We used to go catch our 10 per person per day when that was the limit just for smoked dip. We smoked what we needed to keep dip while we were there but when we got home all the blues, kings and bones from all the fish we caught got smoked and added to the dip. I miss coming down there at least 5 times a year since my accident. I plan on getting back down there maybe for a week this year or maybe even after the start of deer season and fish until 1 then go climb and stand and hunt until dark. That’s what I really loved to do. We used to fish after we got out of the woods and got the deer taken care of. Throw out some lines with an alarm for when we got a fish in case we fell asleep lol.
Hey Steve, hello from Ft. Hood Tx now that I started the comment I realized my question is stupid so i"ll redirect can you make 2 or 3 videos a year on special occasions of other Bama locations between (fresh & brackish) on foot or your small boat. Still like your content and commentary style all natural and educational 👍.
There is an old expression that perfectly describes fighting a shark on spinning tackle. "Too much sugar for a dime". They are really hard on your reel's gears and tons of rods have given up the ghost messing with them. They would be fun on some of the new reels like the speedmaster. You could put the screws to them.
Hey Steven! Love your channel bro! I’m Coming through Alabama first week or so of August. Is it possible to schedule a fishing trip? I’d be glad to contribute whatever you request!
You should pop by soldier creek sometime, where I launch from. State record snook was caught back there this week. Only 7lbs which is kind of funny that it’s our state record; they’re rare up here.
Haha, definitely! I've caught two in there so far. Small but cool for Alabama. I wish they'd make them catch and release only in Alabama until they really populate properly.
Awesome video, thanks for sharing. Every time you threw a Blue Fish or Shad as we call them here in South Africa, I cringed!! They are actually superb eating fish and an even better live bait. One of those as a drift bait using a 8/0 to 10/0 circle hook will get you something large, be it a Zambezi Shark (Bull Shark), Big Couta, GT, Grey Shark/Spinner Shark, Blackfin Shark, Wahoo, maybe even a Dorado or a Tiger Shark, you get the point.
Any chance you could go over what weather and any tips when you go off shore? Do you leave your single engine running the whole time? Do you change your fluids or do you have a marine service?
Which types of shark do you eat? I had black tip that I caught on that pier 30 years ago but that is the only type I have tried. I liked the blue fish caught on that pier when promptly bled and well cleaned.
Sharks are so powerful you can barely hold them down once they're on shore and boy are they dangerous. Unlike other fish they can reach back and bite their tail no problem!
I fished for a living for 35 years Sandbar sharks are the meanest I have ever handled in a boat they are know fun they are so strong and they will try to bite you I have to straddle every one of them and they don’t like me lol
Stephen, I may be coming down that direction soon and I plan to go surf fishing for small sharks within 20 pounds. What type line and pound do you recommend and also what leader? I would put it on a 7000 size reel
I'm sure you know this, but years ago there was a giant hammerhead that used to hang around the Gulf State Pier that had leaders hanging out of his mouth like trophies !!!
Hey man my family just got a condo on little lagoon and I was wondering if you could give me some advice on fishing there because I fish freshwater and I am trying to get into salt water fishing
Berkley Gulp 3" Shrimp in New Penny color. 1/4 oz Red Jighead. You can catch anything on that! Also early morning and late evening, use a topwater like the Nomad Riptide Fatso or Zara Super Spook
@@BamaSaltwater thank you man so much you are a great guy and I gladly appreciate you for giving me advice I could not thank you enough for what you have done god bless you
I landed a 14ft hammer head on my king rig on the 4th of July off the end of a pier that thing decided not to go for deeper water, he went for the surf! And he went through where he pleased! By the time I got him landed on the beach every one was pissed at me, no one wanted to get back in the water 😅😅😅 And then I told them abt the tracking app for the great white the cruises NC water and like a pack off fools they decided to try it out just to find out it was with in the 30 mile radius on the app and had been in that radius for 3 days. Not many ppl went out past there knees that day, but we didn't have swimmers in our lines anymore...
Brother, as a disabled veteran, I live vicariously through your videos! I haven't been off shore fishing since being stationed in central Alaska from 1990-1995. Thanks for another great trip! God bless you and yours!
God Bless! Thank you
Awesome reel screaming fishing video!!! What an adventure! Thanks for taking us along. May God bless.
I love fishing around that pier. I hooked a giant jack that straightened out 2 prongs of a treble hook after 20 mins.
Glad I looked up surf fishing and ran across this channel. Been 35 years since I've been to Gulf Shores and looking forward to our trip in June. Hope weather cooperates.
Keep up the great content. Well deserved success keeping unnecessary fillers in your vids.
Hard work pays off. Congratulations on the success of your channel!
Really enjoyed thanks !! Fished many of days off the old pier !
Another first! Woo-Hoo! Thanks again, Stephen! God Bless you and your family!
Stephen, you had me sitting on the edge of my seat! Living in the coastal area of NC, we had a fisherman with a hand gaff with the rope around his wrist that was pulling some kind of large fish in and it pulled him overboard and he was never found. That was about ten years ago. Take care of yourself and BE SAFE!
Thanks for sharing!!!!
Former MC-130 Mechanic here. 129th Air Rescue Wing.
Very Kool! Thanks for your service brother!
thank you. 🙌🏼💪🏼
Thank you for your service!
Thank you for your service.
Thank ya man!
Love the videos Steven thanks for keeping it 💯
Gotta say that you and Viktor (Landshark) are the strongest fishers out there ! I'm impressed. You could pull an anchor up if it gave headshakes. Keep it up please
You're so awesome, and informative, guess what, I'm gonna be there Sunday and plan on fishing early on the beach directly across from gulf state park. Come on and and bring mama she will catch more than both of us. Thanks for your channel
My boi Steve thanks for catching what I wish I could God bless u mom brother
smoked bluefish dip!!!!! MONDAY is looking good Dang this rain can quit!
Its amazing how you know what all of these fish are😊 great videos😮 but you should not be out there alone 😮❤
Love that clear water, here in Louisiana we have a muddier water because of the Mississippi river.
Oh the crazy things you do in order to provide us with entertainment. Keep smiling we appreciate your efforts.
Really enjoyed the video as always & I would be lying Stephen if i didn't say that i wish you did a video every day..And twice as long too!! 🐟♥️🌞
Nice and always good to see our Airmen guarding the skies!
Yes, very clear water. Awesome video and you "needed a bigger boat" ....lol 😁 Thank you Stephen.
Water clarity Been nice the past couple days in the gulf 👌🏽
Thanks for the enjoyable video!! 👍🏼😎
Great video, "as always". Several years ago, I had a lot of redfish fillets and decided to break out my extra large cast iron skillet and do some blackening on them (redfish fillets). I had much more than we could eat, so I called a couple of friends over. They in turn called a couple of friends, who called a couple of friends, and I ended up with about 20 people at my house for blackened redfish. What to do? I also had some shark fillets. I decided to blacken those as well. Long story short... The shark was gone before the redfish.
Yess new video thanks man!!! Keep it up!! 🎣🎣
AC-130 with the ramp down! They're watching you brotha! 🤙
Love your videos as always just curious about why you don’t use a trailer when throwing that jig
Thanks!! And I like keeping the small profile for these Spanish and also , it inhibits the action on these jigs for how I work it. But if im jigging it over a reef or on the bottom, I like a curly tail
@@BamaSaltwater thanks for the reply makes sense I bass fish and wouldn’t think of throwing any jig without a trailer
My wife and I come down to gulf shores every June and I love fishing from the pier! I know it probably won’t be open so I’m going to try to fish from the beach this year! Love your videos
Can you make a video fishing video for grouper that is a 30 min long bamasaltwater
Just back to Georgia from gulf shores , Cooke shrimp and fish with the chef Paul, mercy that stuff is great
good vid steven ,good info on stuff ya useing fun watching,u stay safe an godbless..
By no means trying to be a wise guy or something,, It's "Stephen",, Just thought you might want to know,, If not,, Then my bad & I'm sorry.
Love your videos!.i have learned so much from watching.. especially enjoy the catch and cook!
I grew up fishing on the state pier back in the olden days of the 70s. Many Spanish Mackerel, the occasional King, Ling(AKA Cobia) life was good. Thanks for the video.
That water is so beautiful. In SC our water looks greyish green and it's hard to see in it. The fishing is usually very good though. Nice catches.
2 videos in as many days? You are the man, love everything you do man
Puttin' in that work
I really like the situations where you are fishing with a simple rig inshore. it wouldn't be too hard for the average fisherman to replicate your technique.
Another banger video!!!
Dude! That C130 was a gun ship! Nice!
Puff the magic dragon as we called it 83-95!
Great video, we used to use bluefish that size whole in our shark tournaments. You need conventional rods and reels for shark, but this was great.
The video isn't over but that shark reminds me. I was shark fishing south of New Smyrna, Fl when my big rod shook once and bent over. I dove and caught it at the surf and buddy it was on. 45 minutes of what felt like submarine with an occasional shake and vibration in the line. Headed north in the current, I landed it over 400 yards north of my coolers n stuff. My PB black trash bag...
🤪..And you ended up with a great story to tell..Personally,, I'm an Endangered Species (A Florida Native) 😃 🌞
Hahaha!! Thanks for sharing that story lol
That thing musta put up a heck of a fight😂😂
Another great video,I was wondering if you were gonna be fishing any of the piers anytime the first week of june I'll be fishing the whole week and was hoping to get to meet you and fish with you ,thanks for the videos
My wife, myself, and our three sons will be at almost that exact location in a few weeks! We were hoping the pier would be open. We’d love to say hi in person and have you sign some merch if you’d be open to it!
Think you’ll ever do any traveling on the channel? Would be cool to see you try your hand at it in other fisheries.
Great news on the pier. Can’t wait to be back on the rail. But we definitely need to thin out the tax men some. Too many fish wasted on them. Great video bro! 👍🏻🤙🏻
4 crowder rods they're awesome it's nice to see people actually using them Florida boy
Like look at pier can't wait for it to open great job
First. Awesome vid. Love this channel
Love that C130. I like that 1st Cav patch, were you at Hood? 2nd AD for me.
👇 if you want him to reach 200k
Man thats awesome👍👍
We were staying in the first condo west of the pier in mid april n were slamming blues n Spanish in the evenings from shore in that same spot. Cut one for shark and hooked up twice n lost them both. So many blues and Spanish i think they were hitting the FG knot and cutting off the shock leader.
Love the show. What is the brand name of the floor deck covering? Thanks.
Fishing is exciting, never know what you might catch!!
Blue fish are good with lemon juice on it to cut the oil
Those blue fish make some of the best smoked fish dip you’ll ever eat. Try going that route with em and see how you like em. I’ll bet you start keeping a lot more of em after you do. We used to go catch our 10 per person per day when that was the limit just for smoked dip. We smoked what we needed to keep dip while we were there but when we got home all the blues, kings and bones from all the fish we caught got smoked and added to the dip. I miss coming down there at least 5 times a year since my accident. I plan on getting back down there maybe for a week this year or maybe even after the start of deer season and fish until 1 then go climb and stand and hunt until dark. That’s what I really loved to do. We used to fish after we got out of the woods and got the deer taken care of. Throw out some lines with an alarm for when we got a fish in case we fell asleep lol.
That was fun!!!
Hey Steve, hello from Ft. Hood Tx now that I started the comment I realized my question is stupid so i"ll redirect can you make 2 or 3 videos a year on special occasions of other Bama locations between (fresh & brackish) on foot or your small boat. Still like your content and commentary style all natural and educational 👍.
There is an old expression that perfectly describes fighting a shark on spinning tackle. "Too much sugar for a dime". They are really hard on your reel's gears and tons of rods have given up the ghost messing with them. They would be fun on some of the new reels like the speedmaster. You could put the screws to them.
Steve, is that river front property or an inlet/cove on the Gulf? Gorgeous view either way!
Are you fishing in Alabama? The water looks beautiful.
Our boys in the Herc were probably like "That guys got another fish down there!"
I'm homeless now i really enjoy your video's it keeps me alive knowing I'll be out there fishing again one day thanks for video
It’s so cool when a C 30 comes over your house
Hey Steven! Love your channel bro! I’m Coming through Alabama first week or so of August. Is it possible to schedule a fishing trip? I’d be glad to contribute whatever you request!
You should pop by soldier creek sometime, where I launch from. State record snook was caught back there this week. Only 7lbs which is kind of funny that it’s our state record; they’re rare up here.
Haha, definitely! I've caught two in there so far. Small but cool for Alabama. I wish they'd make them catch and release only in Alabama until they really populate properly.
What day did you go out and why is it so calm 😂 I can’t seem to find these days
Haha it's few and far between this month
You are my favorite youtuber
Awesome video, thanks for sharing.
Every time you threw a Blue Fish or Shad as we call them here in South Africa, I cringed!! They are actually superb eating fish and an even better live bait. One of those as a drift bait using a 8/0 to 10/0 circle hook will get you something large, be it a Zambezi Shark (Bull Shark), Big Couta, GT, Grey Shark/Spinner Shark, Blackfin Shark, Wahoo, maybe even a Dorado or a Tiger Shark, you get the point.
Good one, Stephen
Shark fishing with light tackle seems like work 😂😂😂🙄🙄🙄🙄😄😄😄🦀
Great video. what a fight
Ironically I saw a rope float by earlier when you were reeling in the blue, could have lassoed that shark😊
Let's go dude
Nice
Any chance you could go over what weather and any tips when you go off shore? Do you leave your single engine running the whole time? Do you change your fluids or do you have a marine service?
For sure, and it depends on the situation and I personally like doing maintenance my self. It saves money and you know it was done right!
Smoked Bluefish dip freezes pretty well.
Beautiful AC-130 at 7.20
Which types of shark do you eat? I had black tip that I caught on that pier 30 years ago but that is the only type I have tried. I liked the blue fish caught on that pier when promptly bled and well cleaned.
Blacktip, Spinner, Sharpnose, Bonnethead. Just depends ! As long as it's legal and prepped correctly. It's great!
Mantap kwn keren fishing
Blue fish have a great fight to them. But are fishy tasting if not bled right away and iced.
I would only be shark fishing, it's so fun. The goosa drag is sticking really bad
It's definitely fun and eh, I had it extremely tight , reel is new haha
Sharks are so powerful you can barely hold them down once they're on shore and boy are they dangerous. Unlike other fish they can reach back and bite their tail no problem!
I fished for a living for 35 years Sandbar sharks are the meanest I have ever handled in a boat they are know fun they are so strong and they will try to bite you I have to straddle every one of them and they don’t like me lol
Love this guy
Stephen, I may be coming down that direction soon and I plan to go surf fishing for small sharks within 20 pounds. What type line and pound do you recommend and also what leader? I would put it on a 7000 size reel
I'm sure you know this, but years ago there was a giant hammerhead that used to hang around the Gulf State Pier that had leaders hanging out of his mouth like trophies !!!
Yup! Buddy caught a nice ling off of it one year
Awesome video! What model is that D 4000 ?
Correct. BG MQ 4000
Love the Crowder rod need to go Shimano i pen
Keep up the good work love watching the shows
Put that blue on live with a balloon or a bottle use 210 steel leader with a hey wire twist about 7 ft is all you need
More shark, fishing, please.
Me and my dad went bass fishing this morning and I bought my pb gator 🐊
Should have run a little off shore and got you a 4 it wide with 500 yds of 50 with about 28 lbs of drag for strike
What pound line do u use?
Seems like you could use some help haha, do you always go fishing alone?
Hey man my family just got a condo on little lagoon and I was wondering if you could give me some advice on fishing there because I fish freshwater and I am trying to get into salt water fishing
Berkley Gulp 3" Shrimp in New Penny color. 1/4 oz Red Jighead. You can catch anything on that! Also early morning and late evening, use a topwater like the Nomad Riptide Fatso or Zara Super Spook
@@BamaSaltwater thank you man so much you are a great guy and I gladly appreciate you for giving me advice I could not thank you enough for what you have done god bless you
I've heard that if you filet the blue fish and put it in a bowl of milk overnight it'll take some of the oil out of it.
Do you boil it in milk
@@ZaviaaDHagwood no, you leave it in your fridge.
Buttermilk helps a lot or Milk and lemon juice, dry it off then store or cook it! Not bad but not my favorite fish to eat
that looks to be a gunship version, AC-130. they're all based out of Florida.
what camera setup do you film with?
The taxmen are still hanging around I see haha. Good to know your down there evening the odds!
Can’t use bait like that around New Orleans, just looks like the rest of the trash in the water 😢
I landed a 14ft hammer head on my king rig on the 4th of July off the end of a pier that thing decided not to go for deeper water, he went for the surf! And he went through where he pleased! By the time I got him landed on the beach every one was pissed at me, no one wanted to get back in the water 😅😅😅 And then I told them abt the tracking app for the great white the cruises NC water and like a pack off fools they decided to try it out just to find out it was with in the 30 mile radius on the app and had been in that radius for 3 days. Not many ppl went out past there knees that day, but we didn't have swimmers in our lines anymore...