The best video I seen is from your fellow KZreadr. Outdoor chef life Taku and Jocelyn the video that I am talking about is where Jocelyn stuck her head in front of camera and made everyone jump out of there.....seats. We are going to miss them this year in the bay area. Think of it as a going away gift. Great video Adam. I am 6'2" and am afraid of standing up in my kayak hahaha

Die hard trophy 2022!! Sounds legendary!!Godspeed brother

Herring roe is absolutely delicious fried in a little butter and eaten on a Ritz cracker..

Got your bait. It's going to be a great year of fishing. Happy 2023! 🎉

@DieHardFishing

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! You too!

Happy new year man!

Anything from Pelagic pursuit. Matt is LEGEND!

Incredibly satisfying!

That was very entertaining watching throw your cast net for a bit. I jig up herring in Alaska every spring on a Sabiki rig. We usually will bring an extra rod so when you bring up your jig full of baits you can drop the other and jig until you get another on. The tricks is leaving it out there when you feel the first jiggle. You need to use about a 3-4 oz weight and keep your line from getting slack or you will have a mess on your hands. When you go to take the herring off you should drape the bottom 3 herring in your cooler and take the top 3 off first. I like to salt my herring the day before so the do not come off as easy as well. I hope this helps if you try this out. I usually would do this and get a couple hundred every time. Good luck!

@DieHardFishing

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for all the tips!!!!

You are right about catching bait with the net being satisfying. I love catching about of smelt ! Halibut candy

It’s nice to meet you in person bro; I’m Von by the way, the dude in the parking lot. Hopefully we can go fishing together someday.

@DieHardFishing

Жыл бұрын

Nice to meet you too! Hope to see you again on the water. Did you have any luck?

@voncabalsi9916

Жыл бұрын

Yap, just one tray; about 50 herrings. Fell out of a kayak 😅. Still a rookie!

I use a dip net for my herring or a jig if i have too. I got 25 lingcod videos and 14 Coho salmon videos for season 2022. Take a look my favorite for lingcod is ( Monster Lingcod I realest last day Gopro on bow ) For Coho salmon is ( My nicest Coho so far at possession Bait beach 9-13-22) Got lots of other videos on ling and Coho. I think your last one was a great video. Thanks for sharing your videos Adam and good catch.

Cheeky seal keeping an eye on you @ 6:27

can’t wait till they show up again after these storms. awesome success from a kayak.

great video as always. i hope your your next video is longer. i really enjoy your longer videos.

@DieHardFishing

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback, hoping to do more videos of that style this year!

12:06 the sea lion comes on screen from the left.

Just as far as fishing videos in general go... the funniest video ever- If you haven't already seen it, search for "guy from Boston freaks out when he sees giant sunfish". It's freaking hilarious... You can totally sense his confusion and disbelief at what he is seeing... I think it went viral...They had t-shirts and interviews on TV... and more importantly I've probably seen it six or eight times and laughed my ass off every time. peace.

Im over in the East Bay and every single lake has been closed for a few weeks! Finally get some time off work and these damn storms! lol

Best video 2022 you and taku and the great white... man that was a wild encounter

@DieHardFishing

Жыл бұрын

That was an interesting one, haha

Did you all see the water doggos behind him popping their heads out after one jumped next to the yak? Cuteys!

Luv seeing Olaf!😂

@6:27 a seal of approval.

Great Video. I can’t believe just throwing the cast net got you 16 trays of herring. That’s awesome! Keep up the great work. Are you going to be going for steelhead at all?

@DieHardFishing

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍, steelhead coming up next!

You can load a bucket just using herring jigs on a rod n reel. They come up with 5 every drop. Fun!

Idea for name… “Die Hard Fishing’s Favorite Featured Fishing Films” I highly recommend watching “Big Toads Surf Fishing, I got barbed by a stingray while surf fishing for halibut in Ventura, OUCH!“ because it was me that suggested the lure 🤣 Off the pier in Oceanside I remember using a Sabiki rig and jigging harder than typical for mackerel and limited in about half an hour…I’m going to have to go back and try and see if it still works… I’m not sure we can cast net here in SoCal

@DieHardFishing

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the nominee!!!!

Call it a “Fishy” like an Oscar but a Fishy lol

We use sabiki rigs here in NY, same time of year, from the shore. The Award could be the Master Baiter, this we over well with most of the recipients, some not so much. We never saw them again.

Have you ever done a video on your kayak/ kayaking setup?? I’ve always wanted to get into it but have been scared to without info

@DieHardFishing

Жыл бұрын

I would recommend doing a guided trip with my buddy Nick Fish!!!

Need your help. I know you are running the old town these days but am looking to pick up a new kayak this year and am really torn between the outback or the PA 14. I know you have experience with the Outback but any experience with the PA?

I think you get such a satisfying reaction to pulling up herring from the cast because humans have been doing it for millions of years. It has to be in every human's blood on some level.

@chrisluttor2275

Жыл бұрын

Humans have been engaged in a particular activity for millions of years? I don't think so.

@DieHardFishing

Жыл бұрын

So true!!!!

It looks so calm when did you film

I was there during that mayhem Adam, there was you, ensai, Nick fish, and Taku. You guys were right next to me 😂

@DieHardFishing

Жыл бұрын

That was a fun one!

I've always wanted to do this. Bait is getting Way too expensive. I need to get my arse back up to NorCal soon lol

Yak O the Year Award…tacu and the white shark.

@DieHardFishing

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the nominee!!!!

Yeah, it's that time of year. How did you process your bait before vacuum packing them?

yooooo pickle them and smoke them, sear them, dehydrate them, they are so nutritious and tasty!!! seriously fresh Herring is a luxury that should definitely be consumed directly not primarily as bait!

You had a seal or sealion following you bobbing his head up and checking you out!

Adam you need to spin it like a frisbee.

reminds of the great sardine die off in the Santa Cruz harbor many years ago, did that stink!!!

That Sea Lion was checking you out.

Our seasonal creek overflowed and took out my driveway, my wife and I will be locked in the house for a couple weeks until we can get the drive repaired. I'm just outside of Yosemite. Oh well, it happens! Best video's? Well, I have seen some from Florida with really hot babes wearing strings fishing. Your going to have to go pretty big to beat that!! They even catch fish but really, no one really cares!! Standing and tossing a casting net from a Yak, that was mighty impressive!!!

@DieHardFishing

Жыл бұрын

Hope you can get back up and running again soon!!!

I think my favorite was one of yours fishing steelhead on maybe Seoquel Creek. The one where someone thought you couldn’t be fishing there. Other than that Taku & Jocelyn in Alaska. Man, all of your videos 2022 were amazing.

@DieHardFishing

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!!!!

set aside for bait like you did, but put some on the BBQ grill and smear them on a lightly toasted french baguette.

your last video the one u got huge lingcod good luck man!

A Sabiki may have been in order too.

6:26 Looks like seal or sea lion popped up right behind you when not looking

No recommendations, but glad to see Olaf! 🐕

Last year was my first time for the herring spawn. I used a sabiki for an hour or two and then got on a major spawn and was filling my cast net all from shore. Ended up with over 200 in about 20 mins/8-10 casts. See ya out there, Adam!

@DieHardFishing

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it can get crazy in a heartbeat!

@sylvainlaurence1554

Жыл бұрын

How can you catch fish when they spawn? There’s no wildlife preservation in your area? Not good for the species..

@carlcalvin1479

Жыл бұрын

Come on do the math. 200 herring out of 20 million is nothing. Sea lions and birds eat more than us. And going on for thousands of years and will continue. Even if a thousand people get 100 each, do the math

@sylvainlaurence1554

Жыл бұрын

@@carlcalvin1479 it’s not about math or numbers, it’s about preservation.Right now it’s 2023 , doesn’t matter wath people’s doing for thousands years, when it’s spawning time don’t fish the rest of the time there’s no problem.Are You able to think about preservation or it’s the new world of the day ! Just to keep it going and maybe getting better, give life’s a chance.

@carlcalvin1479

Жыл бұрын

It is just nature. The sea lions and birds get their share and we get ours. Nobody is wasting anything. For sure we have to be sustainable fishing for the future of fish species to survive. Do you eat canned tuna fish? Hahaha

Are you able to see the schools of herring on your graph?

@DieHardFishing

Жыл бұрын

Yep!

i would suggest anything from "The Fish Locker"

are herring good to eat

What kind of freeze sealer do you use?

@DieHardFishing

Жыл бұрын

just a regular vacuum sealer

Those eggs r no joke. I literally had to sand them off my stainless steel sink.

Few folks can throw it farther than a top notch high school baseball infielder

I didn't know herrings are available in SF Bay. Great video. It looks very similar to Saldines. How can I distinguish between Saldines and Herrings?

@mastrickland3964

Жыл бұрын

Sardine's have black spots on their sides .....

@JammyPajammies

Жыл бұрын

Sardines have very noticeable black spots on their sides and tend to be more cylindrical than herring. Herring are more thin from the front and ovoid side-on.

@DieHardFishing

Жыл бұрын

That is correct!

Dive Hard Fishing! Pelican edition.

do a video on saltwater catfish

Is this legal to use cast net for bait in California?

Are you allowed to use the net outside the bay ?

@th3rmalvison445

Жыл бұрын

Yes

Very interesting that commercial herring purse seiners in Alaska can bring in big hauls of spawning herring that when pursed up tightly, suffocate, lose their O2 buoyancy, sink and ultimately pull down and sink the commercial seine boat.

@DieHardFishing

Жыл бұрын

Thats crazy!!!!

@DieHardFishing

Жыл бұрын

Glad that didn't happen to me and my kayak

If I tried to throw it from a kayak I'd most likely rock it and tip over

Ah yes! The rare Olaf sighting! Hi Olaf! ☺️

Lets get together this year and fish. Would love to make a video with you. Maybe the rock wall in a few months? Anyways lets make it happen and keep in touch. Tights lines

Free bait!!!!

Can I throw a cast net at the pier

who got the scoop on the herring? where they at in the bay? im trying to squeeze a day out on this baby leave from work 😂

If you catch a shark you'll be going for a ride Man when that sea lion came up I seriously pooped my chones Serious case of thalssophobia . Nice catch

Is San Fransico getting historical amounts of rain? Only if the historical record starts 10 years ago.

Are the stripers still in the Bay down by Alviso and eating all these baitfish?

Great to see you in the bay - a few years ago i discovered i can catch my own bait - It's always been my dream to do that - Nice job

@DieHardFishing

Жыл бұрын

Yeah its cheap and fun!!!

It's called the horn

In the 1980s there was two hundred herring boats, now about two dozen

@axminsterz4151

Жыл бұрын

They overharvested to export the roe to Japan, only San Francisco Bay herring have golden colored roe. The herring themselves used for fertilizer. Not like the Puget sound fishery where they are packaged for bait.

@dogsense3773

Жыл бұрын

@@axminsterz4151 in Stockton,I would see herring boats on train cars coming from Washington and Oregon state

@axminsterz4151

Жыл бұрын

Makes perfect senses, reminds me of the massive crabbing vessels from Washington and Oregon coming to the California coast to put local crabbers out of business. The state had to put a limit on the number of pots a vessel could deploy.

man, storm you still get on the water?

do you live in san fran ? 17:07

Can you comment on where and when it is legal to use a cast net in California?

@ry-man4354

Жыл бұрын

It is legal to use throw nets in salt water as long as it's not within 150 yards of fresh water or south of point conception. This applies to all of CA waters☝️🇺🇲 I was intrigued so I looked it up just now

Herring rate in the top 5 highest in Omega 3 fatty acids. I think you should figure out the most palatable way to eat those. Me, I am more of a sardine guy. Not a fan of anchovies. Way to mix it up and stay upright while tossing!

What happens to the fish in the flooded fast moving rivers?

Hi dear friend, I do enjoy viewing your video ---I love seeing you catching big fishes....When will you come fishing in the big rivers of French Guyana...... some very big soft water fish !!! I am preparing a short aluminum shell 4.5 meters with a small 9.9 HP Yamaha 4 stroke engine --- I would lend it to you with pleasure !!! OK Warm regards from French Guyana

Die-Hard Award cause it rhymes

I forget his name, but name the award after your doggo!

@DieHardFishing

Жыл бұрын

Olaf!!!!

@threengcircus

Жыл бұрын

@@DieHardFishing the Olaf Awards!

I would scout the school with a drone.

Since you are creating the award, call it the Die-Hard Fishing Award, or the DHF Award, or just the Die-Hard Award. Second, have you ever tried pickling some herring. I enjoy the Vita brand pickled herring in wine sauce, and their pickled herring in sour cream sauce.

@DieHardFishing

Жыл бұрын

I have never tried it personally but that sounds DELICIOUS!!!

Throw nets in CA?

@dogsense3773

Жыл бұрын

For the last forty years

@nednakatsuka4965

Жыл бұрын

@@dogsense3773 Huh…

Million of baitfish, where can I launch my kayak. Thanks

"The Gilled Choice Award"

Do you still do the salt and water trick with your ice? Does the spawn ever get towards Alameda??? any help would be great!

@marke.1021

Жыл бұрын

The Spawn moves around most of the Bay. Should make "a" trip towards Alameda. Make a trip every few days look at seaweed or plants and rocks as can easily see eggs if have been there.

@Quackk_Addict

Жыл бұрын

@@marke.1021 thank you i appreciate that info! do you out them in the water/ice/salt method too for best results? im tired of payinf $7 a tray lol I can throw a cast net like pancakes.. and look for birds hitting the water too lol

@DieHardFishing

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I brine them before traying

How come you don’t get that detailed when you fish?

Call it the "Hardie" or "Hardie Award"

THIS ONE - kzread.info/dash/bejne/nXyNptylgKy4YKQ.html

Is it really safe to stand up on a kayak ?

@DieHardFishing

Жыл бұрын

Depends on the kayak

The annual Olaf Award

🤙😎

Use what a lot the KZread fisherman say: the bonk 'em, bleed 'em and eat 'em award

'Try Hard Die Hard 2022'

if u're right-handed....net goes over left shoulder

Check out Keri catches a smelt .

"Do or Die Hard Fishing contest"

@belowknee6754

Жыл бұрын

Thx for the content it's fun to watch and educational! I wish you tight lines in 2023!!

Man, I picked a bad year to take off making videos😂 Call the award “Platinum Catch Award”

@DieHardFishing

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion!!!!

Die Hard Fishing Award is simple and to the point. I would name the top finishers as follows: 3rd Place - Die Hard 2nd Place - Die Harder 1st Place - Die Hardest Last Place/Booby Prize - Just Died As far as nominations (assuming we can't nominate you): any catch and cook from Taku/Jocelyn.

💛...any time you need to use a fishing license, it's fishing... as far as a title, the 'hot dam, it's adam' award, or the dammies...

@DieHardFishing

Жыл бұрын

I like it!!

Fish Flix Award or Fin Flix Award