Since I wrapped filming on this video before a few questions came in, here's some short answers... Q: fighting (MMA, boxing, etc.) or fishing? A: This is easy, fighting. Been a martial artist much longer than a fisherman and it's much more important to me. Q: what features do I look for when fishing for gar in a new area? A: I'm filming a whole video on this but short answer is what the fish would be looking for. Food, safety (structure), and energy conservation (current patterns, eddies). Q: do I prefer fishing alone or with friends or family? A: generally speaking, definitely alone. I like knowing any decision I make about time, dealing with the elements, and the physical effort required are going to depend only on me. I also really, really enjoy being alone outdoors (it provides an incredible mental reset that I highly value). Q: what do you do for a living? A: full time KZreadr now. Before, I worked for the Houston Zoo. Q: what inspired you to take up fishing? A: it's a means to an end, that end being able to film an incredible group of animals that most people will never see otherwise. I was initially inspired by the lack of comprehensive freshwater aquarium exhibits in comparison to saltwater exhibits in many zoos and aquariums. Q: will you ever fish the San Antonio area? A: yes, I have a trip planned for late spring/early summer Q: have you ever fished Brays Bayou near Kirby Drive (in Houston)? A: not that specific spot but upstream and downstream from there with consistent, amazing results over the years.

@isaacmccartney6604

2 жыл бұрын

Hey man love the vids especially the gar vids, i just subbed and ur channel is pretty neat, i saltwater fish all the time along with gar fish if you want any to fish saltwater during the October and November months and produce tons of fish lmk Ik you said u want to do a little more but keep up the good work lmk if u want to do some fishing sometime

@jaysinner313studios

2 жыл бұрын

Any fishing down in the Bolivar peninsula?

Nice beautiful blues 😀😀

You are very impressive with great magnetism , you are one of the shows' every time I go to KZread MKL&ML

Whenever you decide to start your mixed martial arts channel I will be one of the 1st subscribers!!!👍

@nathanjasper512

Жыл бұрын

Here me out... Mixed martial arts vs Fish. Some of those Gar look pretty tough.

“Maybe play it safe this time.” Big fan of Corwin too. You’re a natural teacher.

Holy crap!! Just realized you're at nearly 65k subs...too soon to congratulate you on 100k?... it'll happen, and we'll deserved. Making Southeast Texas proud my friend!

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, we're getting there with support from subscribers like yourself 👍

Thanks for the Q&A! Keep up the great work!

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Those ambassadeur reels are perfect for this. They're really more of a winch than anything, especially some of the older ones. The first ones had a gear ratio around 3.8:1 if I recall correctly.

Once you get on the big fish bite on the rivers, most other freshwater fishing isn't quite the same. There really is nothing else like it. New sub. Keep it up, brother. Great content!

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

100% agree

You've evolved so much and so has your gear and techniques..you were always very knowledgeable but in the beginning a bit.. hands on inexperienced ...but now...you've become quite a fisherman. Your videos always entertaining...family friendly...can watch this with family and never a cringe moment. Fantastic channel from a fantastic person. 👏

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I appreciate it. I started watching one of my older videos and had to stop my technique was so bad, lol.

Excellent video, you covered a lot of ground that folks have been curious about! Have a great Weekend!

Crazy stuff, appreciate the insight behind that unfortunate experience. Great video as always, awesome Q&A.

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Love it that you commented on someone's comment way to go. MKL&ML

Nice blues

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

You are doing a great job on conservation. You catch and release and take what you want to eat. I would love to have my freezer full of fish. I think I can survive on fish only.

18:50 I like the possibility of seeing you with reptiles, particularly snakes. I am a life long field Herper, here in Oregon. Spent time with Richard Hoyer and Brad Tylman in the late 80's early 90's.

You are a natural teacher, whatever the subject.

This an awesome channel.I never thought a Gar would be just as big as a sturgeon.Right in the middle of a city.lol

Great show very impressive. MKL&ML

👍👍👍💪 Nice video, good fish 🙂

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Excellent catch!

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much

You have some great locations... would love to have places like these in San Antonio.

DUDE! Hit me up, let’s catch some carp! 🤣 Love carp fishing

Hey man been watching since 11 k subs and I’ve got to say the quality of your video’s just jeeps on giving

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I appreciate the long term support 👍

Great monster catch!!

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Good call on your dream fish, I went to Gilhams and caught all three, can highly recommend it!

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

I am extremely jealous, lol

@BenLovell80

2 жыл бұрын

@@wildlifefishingshow trust me, the feeling is mutual, watching you get all the big Gar while I'm sat at my desk at home! Great content mate, keep going 💪

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

What's it like traveling to that part of Asia? Would you say it could be done as a first time trip out of country or would some more traveling experience be useful? When it was all said and done, would you be able to say how much it cost? (Obviously prices and costs for everything change with time). I've been actually trying to work out if filming there is feasible for the channel later this year.

@BenLovell80

2 жыл бұрын

@@wildlifefishingshow I stayed at Gillhams resort for three days while I was fishing and then stayed in Krabi (the local town) for a week or so after. I also travelled to Bankok, Koh Samui and Chang Mai (Some great fishing in Chang Mai too, went out on a boat for Giant Snakehead on surface lures) Thailand itself is just awesome, the people are great and will do anything they can for you and the cost of living is pretty low so you can eat well for very little. I know you like MMA as I do; there's a lot of Thai boxing events always on, I went to one just up the road from Gillhams and it was cool. I'm from the UK so not sure how much more the travel cost would be for you but you wouldn't regret it I'm sure. Stuart is a lovely chap and I'm sure he'd be happy to help you with anything as would his family. His daughter collected us from the airport and as our luggage was on the wrong flight she took us to the supermarket to buy clothes.

BIG CRUSH LIFE!

Parabéns muito booa pescaria.

You widened the hook... Now off set it a little bit for even more hook ups.

Awesome video. I see your coming to San Antonio soon. It would be nice to come fish with you or at least take a couple pics. Never miss a video.

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, not sure when exactly, depends on the weather

nice!!!

Ride with me to Galveston make a video I’ll cover all travel cost and the ride

I had a good chuckle with your opening and some of your comments. Keep up the good videos! Can you eat the catfish caught in these canals?

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't eat them, these downtown bayous aren't the cleanest water, especially post-Harvey

@shawnwright4129

2 жыл бұрын

@@wildlifefishingshow Was just curious. Thank you for responding. :)

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

@@shawnwright4129 for sure 👍

When the catfish flopped on the grass @5:22 😂

Freaking amazing video dude 👊🏻🔥

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Love the video. You have a new subscriber here.

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Enjoyed the content today, great info..by the way carp is pretty good eating! To me it's not a junk fish, give it a try, you will be surprised. I made it in the oven and it was awesome. Been watching you since you had about 4k. Wishing you much more success 😃

@specks-n-spoons4048

2 жыл бұрын

Not out of that spot lol

@davidmolina3520

2 жыл бұрын

@@specks-n-spoons4048 You are so correct!

Omg! 🤣🤣🤣 I think I peed a little!

I wouldn't have thought there would be fish in there.

I'm in Houston and familiar with the bayou's you're fishing. How deep are the cement bayous normally? How deep is buffalo bayou running along memorial thru downtown normally?

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

Normally they are about four feet in the very center (that inner channel in the concrete) but this area is about six to eight feet deep on average and doesn't seem to have the same structure on the bottom (one big channel base). Best I could tell, Buffalo Bayou is about eight or ten feet deep where it runs through downtown and quickly drops to about forty feet deep after that.

is there only mullet located in the Houston bayou? Or where else can I find some, I'm located in Humble.

wonderful video - BBC “cut in motion’ - do / can invasive species stabilise a degraded eco-system ?

I live in Houston area closer to Galveston though, Im trying to get on my first Carp and Koi

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

Clear Creek has a great carp population

From indonesia🇮🇩🇮🇩 11 februari 2022

Haha,” be vewy, vewy quiwite, I’m hunting wabbits “! Haha, that’s what the beginning of your video reminded me of! Anyhow, good deal buddy!

Hey boss I live in Dallas there are quite a few ponds and streams and stuff like that I was wondering if fishing licenses has ever became a issue for small places like this?? Would really help

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, you would need one unless fishing in a state park.

Is it me trippin is that fish grunting.

What kind of rod and reel combos are best for catfish and or gar

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

Well catfish are a lot easier to gear up for. If you're throwing light baits, the Abu and Ugly Stik GX2 I'm using in this video work great. For heavier baits a Big Cat Fever rod with a heavier reel like a Daiwa BG 6500 or Shimano Tekota 600 if you go conventional. For gar, my favorite rods are the Denali Bottom Feeder heavy action, the Big Cat Fever, and the BnM Silver Cat Elite. I use Penn Fierce III 8000, Daiwa BG 6500, and Piscifun Salis X 3000.

Hey can you plz let me know where I can buy some of your catfish rigs your using

The river looks just dead and nasty then u pull monsters out

You really know your stuff! You are entertaining to watch. Any gloves you recommend? And honestly. Join one of our Snake ID Groups I(Boyd Everitt) help run on FB. One group Southeast Texas Snake ID our main guy Caleb has Herp trips around the Houston area from Brazos Bend, Huntsville, Spring Creek etc and esp The Woodlands. We take out our Snake Groups (beginners) and do Smaller Groups(3-6) of us without taking the beginners that you'd be more than welcome to join. We catch from 5-30+ snakes at a time including various toad/frogs, spiders, turtles etc. Chip is our main go to guy for The Woodlands trips. Dude is the one who takes us to his favorite places. Hit us up. March-Oct we hold trips. Copperheads. Cottonmouths. Corals. All the watersnakes. 1 mudsnake. Racers, Rats, rough greens. Hognose etc. Some Parks stay open just for us and a few Park Rangers go along(kinda boring when they do🤷‍♂️)

Where do you get the fishing pole

Have you ever fished Tiger on the Zambezi?

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

No, never been out of the country. Trying to plan some possible trips now, actually but Africa is a little too difficult to start with.

How good do those GX2 rods hold up to big fish and Gar? What's a good spinning rod to catch Alligator Gar with?

@wildlifefishingshow

10 ай бұрын

They can handle decent catfish, but they won't handle a gar much over 50lb. Best spinning rods for gar are Denali Bottom Feeder rods, which are the ones I use and a company I work with now. denalifishing.com/products/bottom-feeder-series I have a discount code, WL2022 that will get you 20% off. Most of my giant fish have been caught on these rods.

@jaycash259

10 ай бұрын

@@wildlifefishingshow how long the code good for? What you recommend for a good casting reel n spinning reel.. was looking at lews lxlc60 with an abu garcia power handle

@wildlifefishingshow

10 ай бұрын

@jaycash259 It's good for as long as I'm partnered with Denali (so until further notice). That reel would work well with the medium heavy Denali Bottom Feeder. If you can or want to spend a bit more, the Abu Garcia C7000 is good too. If you want to spend more, my personal favorite is the Shimano Tekota 600.

Bro I just had a big one got it snagged up against the boat ramp snapped the line bro they bite had two or three get away and I feel the pull

Interesting take on evasive fish culling. For you actually got a good point. So, what is the solution? My thoughts are to actually start a invasive commercial fish industry may actually help lower the population? Your thoughts on this?

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

I think that's a huge part of the solution. The problem they are running into with that is just PR issues (nobody wants to eat carp and I get that).

What name the name of that braid you're using and what Lb test is it?

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

50lb Sufix

Is this a houston Texas bayou ? If so what area

Hi I could not find the cat fish catch n cook

Btw is your leg feeling better

why use 50lb braid if gar get way bigger than that. And will you ever fish for red with lures?

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

Because it's colder right now and there's all that construction at the end of the bayou, the gar have moved out of this little area for now. They'll probably start moving back in when the temperature rises again but in the meantime it's a fun opportunity to use lighter tackle (relatively speaking) where my chances are 99% going to be big blues. Eventually I'll go after reds and such with lures again, right now those videos aren't doing well on my channel.

Indonesia menyapa 🙏🙏

Didn't even know you was a MMA guy.. Izzy rd 4 ko..

Was that trash you hauled in with the second catfish?

@wildlifefishingshow

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, there's mountains of trash on the bottom of this part of the bayou

WOW you look to young for all the different jobs you have had. Do you mind telling us your age? MKL&ML

جميل الصيد جدااا صديقي انا عندك اشاهد من زمان

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@insolentstickleback3266

2 жыл бұрын

"Very nice fishing my friend I have been watching for a long time" Fiske iStockholm Sverige, I agree, a great channel, really enjoy it!

Is that a salt water reel? If so that’s awesome. Also great video.

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Abu Garcia C-4

@eddycountyfishingnm

2 жыл бұрын

@@wildlifefishingshow Nice! I may end up trying that out one day.

did u take the crap out of the water ?

Israel adasanya is going to knock out Robert whiticker in the 1st or 2nd round. I want my fishing reel😀

I like to u ur setup

No ladder? That's death river.

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it can get pretty dangerous when it rains (I intentionally never fish it when it rains)

Is he making that noise? I didn’t know they made a sound. Why do you use light tackle to catch big fish.

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

Well this isn't really that light, it's 50lb line on a fairly stiff rod and a fairly tough reel. It's only "light" compared to my alligator gar setup. And yeah, it's called stridulation, a sound made by the joints.

What's your safety background I'm safety specialist in a shipyard

Bro bro bro let's fish I got the good spot in front yard

What is the rig u use

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

This one is an Abu Garcia c4 6500 on an Ugly Stik GX2

It’s shocking that you can catch huge catfish in a concrete drainage ditch.

Mine is to land a shark

Anyone know what reel he using?

@wildlifefishingshow

Жыл бұрын

Daiwa BG 6500 and an Abu Garcia C4-6501

@sopong4437

Жыл бұрын

@@wildlifefishingshow thank you sir

Do you ever taste your bait to make sure that the catfish will like it?

Komen ke 18

We need more saltwater vids buddy it's getting repetitive thanks and keep it going 🎣 🐟

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

Nobody watches my saltwater videos. If they did the numbers I'd do them.

@rvotbeats

2 жыл бұрын

@@wildlifefishingshow Still have to consider us saltwater fishermen and audience who like to watch saltwater videos. Maybe do 1 every 10-20 bayou videos lol

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

@@rvotbeats The only thing I have to consider is paying my bills Hopefully around March I can get on some sandbar sharks and make us both happy

@rvotbeats

2 жыл бұрын

@@wildlifefishingshow there we go! I remember that huge sting ray you brought in was one of first videos that got me subbed. Lol I thought you were just raw dog with this fishing. And how muddy you'd get do what you gotta do for the views I feel you bro keep it going

Well since i dont care for any kind of fighting i wont win the contest. And normally channels that promot it i wont stay with , but i like the fish you catch so i over look it this time!

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

Bro, I'm a mixed martial artist to the core, it's a bigger part of my identity than fishing. If you have some problem with that you should seriously just stop watching my stuff because MMA is gonna factor into it more and more.

You don’t have the brase

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, my knee is much better, thanks

@joshuamonster1620

2 жыл бұрын

@@wildlifefishingshow that’s good on the video that I watched you got hit pretty hard by that I can’t think of the name of the fish that huge fish you caught

@wildlifefishingshow

2 жыл бұрын

I think that was an alligator gar that did that. My knee was injured during an exceptionally long hike, but it's almost 100% better now.

@joshuamonster1620

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it was as you were pulling it up to shore it whacked you in the leg

@joshuamonster1620

2 жыл бұрын

Also I hear you’re starting at MMA videos

You don't eat fish I respect that; you are fishing for a living I also respect that, but you are damaging the fish jaws and throw them back to the water, that is not acceptable.