I’d have to imagine that’s best case scenario for something in Florida stalking you

@tdubsoutdoors

15 күн бұрын

That's a great point 😂. I agree!

@masterassassinaltairibn-la4698

11 күн бұрын

​@@tdubsoutdoors quick question how did they get in the river because as far I knew they should be In the ocean not in a river in the middle of Florida

@tonym2513

11 күн бұрын

@@masterassassinaltairibn-la4698they be glidin’ Floriduh!

@uncletiggermclaren7592

11 күн бұрын

@@masterassassinaltairibn-la4698 They swam up from the sea.

@nedspartan9248

11 күн бұрын

​@@masterassassinaltairibn-la4698 it's a manatee that lives in the fresh waters of Florida and canals along with gators

Count your blessings AND thank God they weren't a pair of equally big Alligators

@marcusbullock630

15 күн бұрын

gators would be more interested in stealing his fish the moment he hooks it. they all do that lol

@SmallSpoonBrigade

12 күн бұрын

@@marcusbullock630 From what I understand, alligators don't normally have any interest in anything as large as people. Not that I'd care to test out that idea as they are rather large, can move rather fast and do occasionally kill people.

@Amocoru

12 күн бұрын

Gators never attack humans. It's so rare. You're thinking crocs.

@tdubsoutdoors

12 күн бұрын

@@marcusbullock630 that's the truth for sure! Ive had a ton of gator encounters and never anything really aggressive but when there is a fish in the mix, that completely changes things. I'm really careful when reeling things in! You are 💯 percent correct!

@tdubsoutdoors

12 күн бұрын

@@SmallSpoonBrigade that's exactly right and for the most part they just want to avoid you. I've never had a bad encounter but I do think about it and take all the precautions I can

beautiful manatees!!!!

@tdubsoutdoors

15 күн бұрын

They are beautiful creatures!

@unoriginalname4321

13 күн бұрын

I've seen better

@tdubsoutdoors

12 күн бұрын

They were gorgeous

@williingulfditlefsen669

12 күн бұрын

@@unoriginalname4321 What do you mean? Have you seen better manatees, better fishing, better water, WHAT. Let the man enjoy his moment with a couple of passing manatees without you being such a jerk😠🙄

@budmeasap

12 күн бұрын

​@@unoriginalname4321Your mom? 😂

Had a Manatee by the boat for 45 minutes wanting to be petted then rolled over wanting it's belly scratched, like a big ole dog. I'll never forget.

@tdubsoutdoors

12 күн бұрын

I had that happen once. Literally look down as it popped up right beside the yak and spooked the crap out of me lol.

@RH-sb5co

12 күн бұрын

@@tdubsoutdoors I saw the "Manatee wake" and snapped my fingers under water to attract it to the boat. Scratched it's nose and under the chin. That's when it rolled over 😀

At first i thought they were alligators and im thinking you have to be crazy or stupid to be in a boat that small with alligators on those waters instead it turns out they were manatees which is by far the best case scenario here

@tdubsoutdoors

13 күн бұрын

No gators thankful for that, but it is Florida and the gators are everywhere in the state, so you have to get used to that, if your going to do much freshwater kayak fishing. In 12 years I've never really had any trouble, but I'd be straight up lying if I said it didn't enter my mind

@davescire3004

12 күн бұрын

@tdubsoutdoors I'm from NYC so we don't worry about alligators here but I wouldn't chance kayaking in Florida waters I get most of the time they don't bother you but just like sharks you never know if you will encounter that 1 gator that's hungry or just plain aggressive

@tdubsoutdoors

12 күн бұрын

@@davescire3004 I get that completely and ultimately your right. It is always in the back of my mind for sure. I just take as many precautions as I can. Ive fished my whole life up north and never had to worry about them. Definitely something you have to take into account down here for sure.

@james_robnett

12 күн бұрын

@@davescire3004 Everybody knows the gators in NY sewers are absolutely huge.

@davescire3004

12 күн бұрын

@tdubsoutdoors I hear ya I guess when you live in Florida you're uses to gators and you still go about your day I personally love gators but they're also much more dangerous in water then on land but at the end of the day you just have to live your life take precautions and go about your day

Priceless..thank you

@tdubsoutdoors

13 күн бұрын

Appreciate that, didnt catch much that day, but was really cool to encounter them

Manatees! How awesome is that! 😁

@tdubsoutdoors

12 күн бұрын

Very cool! I've seen them quite a few times on the yak but it never gets old

I used to go to Crystal River every February to see some manatees with my kids and they are beautiful creatures, most of the time the mothers will swim by us with their babies, it’s so cute

@tdubsoutdoors

11 күн бұрын

Manatees are really cool! My kids love to see them as well!

I thought they were alligators about to tag team you. 😂

@tdubsoutdoors

2 күн бұрын

Id been paddling as fast as I could have!!

Outstanding cast!

@tdubsoutdoors

12 күн бұрын

Thank you!!!

Your kayak might look like a fellow manatee, from underwater and at a distance. They probably wanted to say hello.

@tdubsoutdoors

4 күн бұрын

They were very curious

Awesome!

@tdubsoutdoors

15 күн бұрын

Thank you! Appreciate it

i swam with them as a kid. was an awesome experience. 🍻

@nedread6700

16 күн бұрын

Those same ones, wow

@tdubsoutdoors

15 күн бұрын

They are very cool, curious and gentle

Those were some full figured mermaids.

@tonym2513

11 күн бұрын

I do not envy the headache you will have when you wake, but in the meantime rest well and dream of large women

@tdubsoutdoors

11 күн бұрын

Yes they were

@bigrich6750

11 күн бұрын

@@tonym2513 Not large - VOLUPTUOUS!

@zacharyhicks6237

10 күн бұрын

Inconceivable. ​@@tonym2513

Whoa! At first, I thought they were sturgeon! Where I live, they're catch-and-release, and they get used to having people reel them in just to pet them and let them go again. It's almost a rite-of-passage with some of the younger folk. Just beautiful...

@tdubsoutdoors

11 күн бұрын

I wish! One of these days I love to see a huge wild sturgeon, that's for sure!

@ChelleLlewes

11 күн бұрын

@@tdubsoutdoors Come to the Fraser River Valley in British Columbia! That's about sixty-ish miles east of Vancouver...

Dude that's cool!

@tdubsoutdoors

12 күн бұрын

Thanks, it's really cool to see them. They really are curious and pretty chill!

The two closest show evidence of being hit by boats. Not as common as it used to be, but ir happens.

@tdubsoutdoors

15 күн бұрын

I saw that too, at least on one of them. It's a shame that some boaters do not slow down in the manatee zones. These animals are so curious and gentle.

Nice casting!

@tdubsoutdoors

13 күн бұрын

Thanks!!! Appreciate that

@tdubsoutdoors

13 күн бұрын

Thanks appreciate that!

they are just chilling having a BUD. hehehehe

@tdubsoutdoors

12 күн бұрын

Hahaha they definitely act like that!!! They are so chill

So cool!!!

@tdubsoutdoors

12 күн бұрын

Thank you! Love seeing them and even luckier seeing them while fishing

Really cool!

@tdubsoutdoors

14 күн бұрын

Appreciate that!! I've seen them before many times but it never gets old!

Running the yak over the top of a sleeping one just before first light wakes you up better than a big cup of coffee.

@tdubsoutdoors

14 күн бұрын

I accidentally got the kayak over one in like 4-6 foot of water and it swam up and about throw me from the yak so that definitely woke me up 😂

@kurtzFPV

14 күн бұрын

@@tdubsoutdoors yes. It's happened to me twice, but only once when it was almost completely dark. Until my brain could process what happened, I felt like a topwater lure that had been hit by a whale sized snook. Almost had to change my underwear. They can move fast for big fat men. 😁

You can see the wound on the ones back. Poor creatures do not hurt anyone, and should be protected better.

@tdubsoutdoors

12 күн бұрын

They are amazing gentle creatures and I agree should be protected more! Seen so many boats flying through protected zones

What body of water are you in, in this video?

@tdubsoutdoors

6 күн бұрын

I'm in a coastal river close to Tampa FL

I had one bump my kayak once. Scared the crap out of me!

@tdubsoutdoors

15 күн бұрын

@@David-qo7lz I hear you on that. Same here! Something bumped my kayak, looked down and it was two feet from me! Lol 😂bout jumped out the yak

I’d have been SO sad not to be allowed to pet them! They’re so gentle and friendly!

@tdubsoutdoors

11 күн бұрын

For the most part they are very curious and gentle creatures. I've had them literally come up right beside me and just stare

Your video title led me to believe you were talking about the game wardens ....

@tdubsoutdoors

2 күн бұрын

😂 I didn't think of that

They’re cows. No sneaking. Just grazing

@tdubsoutdoors

8 күн бұрын

And being curious

Sad both of them scarred up with prop marks we just have so many boats in our state the encounters are inevitable

@tdubsoutdoors

10 күн бұрын

Yea it is a shame. I get that there will be accidental encounters, just hate it when the encounters happen in areas where folks are supposed to follow the rules but don't!

There are probably Crocs in the water too.

@tdubsoutdoors

15 күн бұрын

No Crocs here, maybe 3 hours south

They’re just saying hi.

@tdubsoutdoors

13 күн бұрын

They actually were. I had them come up to me before and just stare at me 😂

@ithico

12 күн бұрын

How rude.👀

Saw a breeding pair at a dolphin sanctuary in Cuba. The staff were totally amazed and excited at seeing them after years of working there. Lucky me was there for just a few hours, in the right place at the right time

@tdubsoutdoors

12 күн бұрын

Thats cool! Its really fortunate to see them!!

Narwol are not in warm freshwater streams.

@tdubsoutdoors

12 күн бұрын

No they are not

You're lucky to be alive!!!

@tdubsoutdoors

6 күн бұрын

Manatees usually don't bite

It's sad to see prop tracks on their backs...............

@tdubsoutdoors

12 күн бұрын

Yes it is, frustrating and sad!

Lucky they weren't gators! _"You're gonna need a bigger boat."_

@tdubsoutdoors

15 күн бұрын

Yes very true. Not going to disagree on that point!

Awesome

@tdubsoutdoors

13 күн бұрын

Thanks!!

@tdubsoutdoors

13 күн бұрын

Appreciate that!

Cool.

@tdubsoutdoors

12 күн бұрын

Thanks!! Much appreciated

Prop tracks across its back, ouch!

@tdubsoutdoors

12 күн бұрын

Yea I saw that true, so sad, as much as can be avoided

@garyb6219

12 күн бұрын

@@tdubsoutdoors And I've heard a great many of them have those wounds. I'm up near Chicago so it's not something I'm familiar with. Thanks for the response!

I didn't realize that Waterway had access to the ocean. When I saw the manatee in that small body of water I was shocked they existed in there!

@tdubsoutdoors

12 күн бұрын

I honestly was surprised too to see them that far up the river, but they can go between salt, brackish and fresh water

Everything in Florida is cute or lethal or both.

@tdubsoutdoors

10 күн бұрын

That's so true!! 😂 😂

manatee, i had assumed gators, and you in a boat smaller than either.

@tdubsoutdoors

8 күн бұрын

Glad they weren't 😂

That is scary as hell

@tdubsoutdoors

12 күн бұрын

It was even a bit more sketchy until I realized at least they were manatees. But as gentle as they are, if you get your kayak over then accidentally in shallow water they can flip you

Both of them had wounds to their backs, usually from motor props, that also kills a lot of them sadly.

@tdubsoutdoors

12 күн бұрын

Yea its pretty sad and I hate to see these gentle creatures with the boat wounds

Don't pet the green bumpy manatees.😮

@tdubsoutdoors

11 күн бұрын

😂 I'll have to be careful

@jimhammond4287

10 күн бұрын

Why not pet the green bumpy ones?

What part of Flarda?

@tdubsoutdoors

13 күн бұрын

Close to Tampa on the west side

@kmichaelp4508

13 күн бұрын

@@tdubsoutdoors I’m straight across from you on the east shore

@tdubsoutdoors

12 күн бұрын

@@kmichaelp4508 I love fishing on the east side, seems like you get more fishing migrating in and out than we do

looks like one had a prop encounter

@tdubsoutdoors

12 күн бұрын

For sure and I hate seeing it!

this happened to me with a couple of salties. i didnt live to tell about it.

@tdubsoutdoors

11 күн бұрын

Yea them salties are a different story, ain't no kayaking then

@fredworthmn

11 күн бұрын

I am sorry to hear of your demise. I am sure you are missed.

Yeah I thought gators.

@tdubsoutdoors

8 күн бұрын

Thankfully not 😂

Me-If you lived in Florida (or Lousiana) why would you ever go near natural bodies of water? Manatees.......us.

@tdubsoutdoors

8 күн бұрын

I like fishing too much!

cool

@tdubsoutdoors

13 күн бұрын

Thanks!!

i seen them at 7 second mark.

@tdubsoutdoors

11 күн бұрын

😂 I know I was too focused on getting past that tree branch

Shit I could see them immediately. I would shit my self.!

@tdubsoutdoors

2 күн бұрын

If they were gators I would of lol, when I reached over for the log, they definitely spooked me! 😂

Anywhere there are manatee...'crocodile and 'gators are. And you're called bacon on ah boat... ☆

@tdubsoutdoors

15 күн бұрын

A peril of living in Florida for sure!

@MrT13

15 күн бұрын

Funny every how alligators seem to always know the exact date and time their hunting season opens though…

So I was hoping for an alligator 🤷🏻‍♂️

@tdubsoutdoors

12 күн бұрын

Lol I've seen them too

Those are Manatees, not Narwhals. Whales do not swim up stream and spawn. There mammals and he is in the Florida area.

@tdubsoutdoors

11 күн бұрын

Yea I've tried to say that several times lol. I appreciate it!

Two Manatees, both with injuries from boat propellers - sad.

@tdubsoutdoors

8 күн бұрын

Yes it is! Totally agreed

Sea cow don’t sneak.

@tdubsoutdoors

15 күн бұрын

Hahaha your right, but they can kinda appear at your kayak very quietly especially in the darker river waters

Cool

@tdubsoutdoors

8 күн бұрын

Thanks!

I assumed it was going to be anti-fishing Karen's sneaking up to disrupt your fishing on "private" property.

@tdubsoutdoors

11 күн бұрын

That would have been a lot more entertaining lol!

@stanmann356

11 күн бұрын

@@tdubsoutdoors but not nearly as rewarding

If it looks good just eat it.

@tdubsoutdoors

14 күн бұрын

😂

Stalked by the rarely filmed narwhale. The boater is extremely lucky that these were juveniles. As they mature and head downstream to the open oceans they develop their trademark spiral tusk, and their paddlelike tail splits into flukes. They only return to the streams they're born in to lay their dark brown, furry looking eggs beneath palm trees near water's edge. Fact.

@jameswahnee-vn5nt

16 күн бұрын

Mr. MARC. What kind of animal are you talking about? I never heard of one before. Thought I would ask. You sound like your quite familiar with these.

@tdubsoutdoors

16 күн бұрын

@@marcweiss5115 😂😂 well they are a little off course from the artic waters, must have taken a wrong turn in Albuquerque and ended up in Florida. Crazy

@tdubsoutdoors

16 күн бұрын

@@jameswahnee-vn5nt these are manatees in a freshwater river in Florida

@koldestever4241

15 күн бұрын

Expert level facts! 😂

@unionsquaregrassman

15 күн бұрын

"If it's a fact, I'll believe it!"

FAKE

@tdubsoutdoors

8 күн бұрын

Yep fake, good catch

Better than alligators!?

@tdubsoutdoors

4 күн бұрын

I cannot disagree with that!