A Fish that ALMOST Went EXTINCT. Catch Clean Cook (White Sea Bass)
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Date: 2022-08-04
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Louis
Hi Victor, thanks for your videos, I don't miss a single one! This video however shocked me a bit by the number of fish you caught without releasing them.
If I'm not mistaken, you bring back at least 14 fishes of more than 10/15kg on a non professional boat. I want to believe you that this fishing was done legally, but I wonder if it would not be more responsible given your reputation to convey a more responsible message so that the mistakes of the past are not repeated. As you said, the White Sea bass has been almost extinct in the US, it has also been the case in Europe where its massive fishing has caused a strong decrease in the number of specimens. In my opinion, recreational fishing must remain a leisure activity and respectful of natural resources so that our children and grandchildren have a hope of seeing what we have seen.
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Hi Victor, thanks for your videos, I don't miss a single one! This video however shocked me a bit by the number of fish you caught without releasing them.
If I'm not mistaken, you bring back at least 14 fishes of more than 10/15kg on a non professional boat. I want to believe you that this fishing was done legally, but I wonder if it would not be more responsible given your reputation to convey a more responsible message so that the mistakes of the past are not repeated. As you said, the White Sea bass has been almost extinct in the US, it has also been the case in Europe where its massive fishing has caused a strong decrease in the number of specimens. In my opinion, recreational fishing must remain a leisure activity and respectful of natural resources so that our children and grandchildren have a hope of seeing what we have seen.
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Jerry
Stop apologizing for catching fish!
99% of people won t even try harvesting their own food regardless of what it is.
They know nothing about what it takes to do it and don t deserve any kind of apology! You pay for whatever licenses that it requires, keep other families fed from your purchases of gear, tackle, boats and tons of other expenses that go unseen. Not to mention it s work and with all the hours of not catching fish and time invested, it s probably the the most expensive fish you will ever eat!
It s the love of reconnecting with our innate abilities of feeding ourselves from nature s bounty! I love watching your show and am happy for your success.
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Stop apologizing for catching fish!
99% of people won t even try harvesting their own food regardless of what it is.
They know nothing about what it takes to do it and don t deserve any kind of apology! You pay for whatever licenses that it requires, keep other families fed from your purchases of gear, tackle, boats and tons of other expenses that go unseen. Not to mention it s work and with all the hours of not catching fish and time invested, it s probably the the most expensive fish you will ever eat!
It s the love of reconnecting with our innate abilities of feeding ourselves from nature s bounty! I love watching your show and am happy for your success.
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Joe
For this that may not know, in the 80 s the white SeaBass (not a bass but a croaker) numbers we re dwindling down and over 30 years ago the Ocean Resources Enhancement and Hatchery Program in Conjunction with Sea World started to raise thousands of juvenile white SeaBass started from small fry and released them when they were over a foot long and this has undoubtedly saved the species and has allowed anglers across Southern California to enjoy fishing for this species again.
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For this that may not know, in the 80 s the white SeaBass (not a bass but a croaker) numbers we re dwindling down and over 30 years ago the Ocean Resources Enhancement and Hatchery Program in Conjunction with Sea World started to raise thousands of juvenile white SeaBass started from small fry and released them when they were over a foot long and this has undoubtedly saved the species and has allowed anglers across Southern California to enjoy fishing for this species again.
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Adam
You can also cut the cap of the head out and expose the brain, the otoliths will be sitting on either side of the brain. You cut above the eyes back to about the edge of the gill plate. Then cut down from top of the head to meet that first cut. You can feel when you break the brain case, stop there. Pop the cap off and they otoliths will be right there. Works on any fish with otoliths. Did thousands of them when I was working in Alaska.
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You can also cut the cap of the head out and expose the brain, the otoliths will be sitting on either side of the brain. You cut above the eyes back to about the edge of the gill plate. Then cut down from top of the head to meet that first cut. You can feel when you break the brain case, stop there. Pop the cap off and they otoliths will be right there. Works on any fish with otoliths. Did thousands of them when I was working in Alaska.
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Ronald
Hi Vic that was an awesome bite reminds me of a red drum bite we go on back in the late 1990's on a head boat I was working on out of NC only problem was as we were federal waters not state waters we could not keep any of them. Our 40 customers were mad that we stopped them from fishing and threw close to 35 red drum back in the water after our captain explained how much the fine would be for each fish they were OK with it.
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Hi Vic that was an awesome bite reminds me of a red drum bite we go on back in the late 1990's on a head boat I was working on out of NC only problem was as we were federal waters not state waters we could not keep any of them. Our 40 customers were mad that we stopped them from fishing and threw close to 35 red drum back in the water after our captain explained how much the fine would be for each fish they were OK with it.
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Amer
Another awesome video! I went after White Sea Bass in CA a few years ago but I tried to get them while spearfishing. I managed to get just one in 3 days of diving. I cannot believe how many you guys caught! However, it seems that you guys were in the right spot. Loved the way you prepared the fish and as always your culinary skills are outstanding. Nice family dinner to cap it all off.
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Another awesome video! I went after White Sea Bass in CA a few years ago but I tried to get them while spearfishing. I managed to get just one in 3 days of diving. I cannot believe how many you guys caught! However, it seems that you guys were in the right spot. Loved the way you prepared the fish and as always your culinary skills are outstanding. Nice family dinner to cap it all off.
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Zubair
They called ocilets and they are the ear bones I think and are used to age the fish in Australia they call these sea bass mullerway but here in South Africa we call them cob or salmon and we have a 4or 5 different species of them the biggest grow over 60kgs 120pounds come to south Africa someday you will love it
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They called ocilets and they are the ear bones I think and are used to age the fish in Australia they call these sea bass mullerway but here in South Africa we call them cob or salmon and we have a 4or 5 different species of them the biggest grow over 60kgs 120pounds come to south Africa someday you will love it
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ShoreCasted
Nice ghost, that s a prized catch in these parts! The trouble is just finding where they re holding and having that spot not be too thick in the kelp beds. Looks like you guys followed the squid lights?
We catch them from the surf when the squid are near shore and a king tide comes in around some kelp.
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Nice ghost, that s a prized catch in these parts! The trouble is just finding where they re holding and having that spot not be too thick in the kelp beds. Looks like you guys followed the squid lights?
We catch them from the surf when the squid are near shore and a king tide comes in around some kelp.
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Luis
Hey vic. love all your videos and me been a fisherman my self a understand the excitement. we have days like that here in raritan bay and it is what we live for as fisherman. . also love that moving weight sweater you have on. nice to see you supporting your friends as you always do.
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Hey vic. love all your videos and me been a fisherman my self a understand the excitement. we have days like that here in raritan bay and it is what we live for as fisherman. . also love that moving weight sweater you have on. nice to see you supporting your friends as you always do.
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Stephen
So what you guys were cutting out of the head is basically like the ear bone You can actually age a fish by by getting a cross-section of it and counting the rings under a microscope it will show you the growing seasons like a tree pretty neat
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So what you guys were cutting out of the head is basically like the ear bone You can actually age a fish by by getting a cross-section of it and counting the rings under a microscope it will show you the growing seasons like a tree pretty neat
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ZP
The only other fish I ve heard of getting stones like that from are freshwater drum. I ve caught several around the 3LB mark and they have stones just as big or bigger than those! I d be interested to see if redfish or black drum have them as well!
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The only other fish I ve heard of getting stones like that from are freshwater drum. I ve caught several around the 3LB mark and they have stones just as big or bigger than those! I d be interested to see if redfish or black drum have them as well!
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TMC
unreal bite man, i really knew nothing about these fish (being an east coast angler) and I am definitely going to have to take a trip for these guys in the future! keep up with the amazing content man, love all ur vids!
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unreal bite man, i really knew nothing about these fish (being an east coast angler) and I am definitely going to have to take a trip for these guys in the future! keep up with the amazing content man, love all ur vids!
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MrAcuta73
Cool yer keeping the otoliths! Even better is to have the full skull mounted, but good luck finding anyone to do it (it is NOT easy to do. My Mother will do it but the bribes needed make it not so worth it. lol
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Cool yer keeping the otoliths! Even better is to have the full skull mounted, but good luck finding anyone to do it (it is NOT easy to do. My Mother will do it but the bribes needed make it not so worth it. lol
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