The Most GROTESQUE and ENORMOUS EEL I've EVER CAUGHT! + Catch and Cook!!

Well, today I'm going to determine why I love this place so much or why I won't be coming back here for a while. Butter-stuffed crab-stuffed fish fillet sandwich. That's today's plan. The first thing I'm going to try. What I do now is

catch

a fish, obviously I'm going to

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crabs and fish, but please give me some clarification that you can use one rod to catch rockfish and if you have two rods, you can't keep them. rockfish, does that mean I can't let a crab rot while I'm fishing for rockfish? Catching a rockfish and keeping it is that the rule, or is it that I can't have two rods fishing for rockfish and keep one, is it only one rod per species?

Give me some clarification on that because I want to shout out right now while I'm fishing for rockfish too, I mean, trying to use my time, there's no way I'm going to catch rockfish with a crab trap, so this is What I'm using to start with the rockfish I'm using a light color because the water is a little murky and I'm trying to get good visibility because these fish fish by sight

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of the time. We are walking around here, especially now that the high tide has just passed, it is low tide, all these rocks are very slippery, if you can try to find a rock that is not smooth, but is irregular or covered in barnacles or mussels, those are the safest. rocks to stay I see a couple right down there but you know I'll stay here for a while light weight oh launch al

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slipping letting it sink you want to look for the dry rocks too of course it's rocky I like this To feel it I'm going to change this to the metal jig just because I can't cast as far with the one ounce metal jig.

I can cast at least twice as far to cover more fishing area. Try fishing this area first if not. If I don't get any hits, I'll walk along the pier and then I can fish the holes for crabs and rockfish. Alright, here's a metal jig for some releases. I will find a non-slippery place so I can balance it. looks pretty good, look what we can find on the first cast, oh yeah, it casts a lot further, actually this looks like a good seat right here, ah man, maybe I let it sink too long, no, it's well, I'm going to fish this for about ah, man. 10- 15 minutes at least for this area to be good to work on.

A couple of big waves are approaching. I better get out of here now. Three scenarios, let's say you came here, you forgot your fishing license or scenario two, you're stingy as hell, or scenario three. Either way you're screwed, you can come to any boat launch like this or any dock in California and fish for free as long as it's a man made structure. Now, the only thing that if you fish from the shore from the sand, that rule does not apply, it is better that you have your fishing license so that you come here with your family you just want to try fishing do it for free at the pier do it for free at the pier alone follow the other rules and regulations for fishing and rods, well I did On my way to the middle of the end of the pier, you see that thing out there that is the fog horn.

A horn sounds

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y three or four, maybe five seconds, but I'm trying to protect your ears because I want to go fishing. It's deeper out there, there's probably more fish, but I know it's very noisy, so I'm going to try it here to see if I can catch the fish, see if I can catch the crab, if I can't, I'm sorry for your ears. I apologize, but I'm going to be right under that foghorn. I know I've mentioned this in the past. I have these swivels for sale on fishermanslife.net, but yesterday I added ball bearing swivels and shipping is free for orders over. 50 bucks, so if you want to order some jigs, a t-shirt, a hat, maybe a few more spins, check out fishermanslife.net, get free shipping, and get some high quality affordable products.

I got my squid, used a little piece there, boom and I got my herring. I think I could squeeze out all this herring. Actually, I might have to cut the tail. We will use this. We will use half a herring. Half squid. Alright. Half herring. Half squid. Get that good aroma. Close it, so let's count. them one two three four five loops on this crab trap missing one this is the crab trap I found when I was at low tide forging crab traps getting out hopefully there's sand there it doesn't matter if we catch Dungeness crab or we catch rocks The crab is a crab today and that's what we need, we've been there for about 10 minutes, let's see what we have now when you bring it here, especially when you bring it up to the rocks like that, you have to go slow, no. go crazy with it, you want to keep the tension on the trap, okay, don't bounce it too much, I got a rock crab, oh, it came out, man, shoot a rock crab it missed, there's no fish in here, I'm not sure . in the fishing area, so now we go to the center of the foghorn.

If you think the foghorn is making noise, wait a second. I'm still about 200 or 300 feet away. Have you

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had a really slow day of fishing? catch anything and then you decide it's time to fish, well that's what I've decided, it's time to fish for something. I'll check the crab trap first. My mistake last time was that I wasn't in a position to catch the crab. so I'm going to go down here so if I have one I could pick it up and I won't lose it. I have one, I'll take it to the top. My rod is long enough that I can hold it. and keep the tension on him, oh man, it feels good, oh, he's a decent rock crab, get a couple of these, we'll have enough for our meal, okay, just keep the tension on him, keep the tension on him , it's barely hooked, although it's good, it's okay. right man, let's just go two of those and we should have enough crab, so it's just catching a fish, that's a good looking crab.

I don't even have to measure it because I know it's over four inches, it needs to be four inches to keep up with your rock crab and you can keep 35 of these things a day 35 a day I definitely don't need 35 of them I just need two more in the sack he goes, let's catch some fish and see how my bait is suitable according to my weight. To get the bait as close to the bottom as you can, but you can also swing it in the water, the goal now is to catch an eight to ten inch rockfish, maybe a black, maybe a blue, I'm not too sure yet, many small fish. here, but there might be some big ones mixed in the group, okay, nothing, let's keep moving, it's like pushing with a fishing line, there's a fish, oh, that could be a crab, it feels heavy, it's not fighting , although it feels heavy.

Wow, look at that big rock crab guy, oh my gosh, that was a seven inch rock crab guy. Damn, now you're technically not supposed to keep the rock crab away from the hook and line, so you know I'm going to turn off the camera. I'm just kidding, I'm just kidding, damn, that was cute, that's what we want, actually, that reminds me to go check the crab trap, so this is where that big red rock crab was. I'm just going to set the trap down here, I'm not going to drop it, hopefully he gets the center of this, he comes over and eats it, maybe another crab comes over with a very high chance of that, especially because of the rock, so 9 26 I'll leave it here for the man 5- 10 minutes it's not even necessary to leave it there that long we'll probably keep fishing.

We have a fish. Oh, it's decent too. It came off. It's a decent fish. Although right here, look, look, look, I don't know. I don't know if it's decent, man, it's hard to say, hard to say, it might be small, but there's a hole in here, I just don't think it fits through the hole, okay, let's check that crab trap, it's been about six minutes, I've got one , oh yes, very fat. pretty rock crab, just like the first one, big claws on it, hell yeah, I always call him a she, but it's a he, that's one, damn, I was expecting that big red one, but this will do.

I just need one more crab and I'm good, man, look at that thing that's a beast, it's a beast that's trying to grab me, trying to grab me, oh man, look how big its claws are, but look how small its body is, so we should measure this, this must be. Four inches long, yeah, and he's over four and a half years old, so he's a bag keeper, he's going fishing, fishing, baby, that's what I'm talking about, that's what we're looking for today, no, I'm not is not at all, this is too small. if we could get one ten times bigger it would be good and they are here there are some rockfish like that but this guy is too small very good although any crab here does oh cute it feels like a red rock crab maybe oh there aren't two of them oh I got that big red rock crab that's what I'm talking about dude come on man oh this one on top isn't even hooked so let me grab it before it comes loose look he's just holding on Come on, not even it's

caught

on this one above but bro look at this big red rock crab that's the one we hooked earlier and now it's

caught

so it's legal check it out check it out well that big one almost.

I didn't worry too much about it because man, this big red rock crab is enough meat, look at that thing, man, hell yeah, that thing is huge, bro. I'm pretty sure this was the one we hooked earlier. I'm lucky. I brought that crab trap, look at that thing that's a rock crab beast, look at that and we have another one too, we have two, but that one in my right hand, that thing is huge, look, we have enough meat now that I need some of fish, we need a decent sized fish so we can get a nice fillet and put these guys in the bag, hell yeah man all the males look good too, baby we're done putting crabs in the bag, She goes, look at that thing, God, I have the. crab, I need to make this dish and I'm thinking I'm just going to catch small fish on that side.

I know there's a chance of getting some bigger ones, but it's not that likely, so I'll throw them into the ocean here. I'm going to walk to the end of the pier this foghorn is right in front of me I know it's loud I don't do it I don't like using this phrase very often, but please bear with me a little while I catch a fish. Once I do, I'll stay away from this thing. Why don't I like using that phrase? What does that mean? it even means bear with me where did that come from please bear with me that means two bears are hibernating and spend a lot of time together when in the winter they don't want to so please bear with me is that where does it come from please bear with me You know, it just occurred to me today when I went out here, I was going to bring two rods, two rock fishing rods and now it occurred to me that I have my rod to catch crabs, it's kind of like going out into the ocean with two motors. , you have the main and the kicker, if the main dies, you obviously don't want to use the kicker, but at least you have something, so there is no need to bring a second rock fishing rod.

I have the fishing rod for a second rod if I need it. Can you see where the water is cloudy here and it becomes super clear? That's where I'm trying to launch right at the edge of the clear water and I hope there's still some rocks underneath there are two kayakers out there one of them just flipped one of them just flipped right now but it looks like it's okay I'm ready to call 9-1-1 right now yeah, I'm going to call Right now a guy went crazy, that's no, that's not, that's scary, man, okay, it seems like he's fine, they wrote to him, man, that's a craziness.

I was calling Pillar Point Harbor and they told me to call 9-1-1 in case there was an emergency, but his friend. I turned it over. They are in super narrow kayaks. I'll film them when they get back. Just take a look. It's dangerous here. I have a fish and it feels good. It feels like a big lump or something. What is it? Dude, what is it, what is it, what is it, oh, it's a crab man, a big ass crab, damn, look at that thing, damn, I was in the right place, I felt a little bite in that turbulent water, big crab, look at this, look at that crab man, but we don't want him, we already have our crab.

I'm going to keep trying. There's gotta be some fish out here. There goes the harbor patrol. And I bet you they're going after these guys. Oh no, maybe not. but lucky you, those are the two scary kayakers here, it can be tough, it's tough, I mean look at it, it doesn't look that bad, but it's choppy, since they have to be safe, luckily they had the friend with them now over there. they go safe and sound only they know how close they came to death today oh big fish, big fish, big fish, big fish, big fish, it's in a hole, though oh man, it's a big fish, oh, get out of here Oh, it's big, man, what is this thing? it's big it's an eel or it's a lingcod or something huge it's huge oh what is it oh what is it what is it oh what is this thing oh my god that's a world record eel friend holy heaven look at that heavens that's the eel that's a huge eel look at that thing look at that that's crazy lookthat eel man what the hell bro that's crazy okay i gotta put it in the bag or something rusty fast will squirm for sure oh what the hell have you ever done?

Have you ever seen an eel this big, look at this thing, you know what I mean, I wanted to fish and

cook

, but oh my God, this thing is so big it's rolling around, buddy, calm down man, calm down, calm down, calm down, oh my god. Okay, look, I'm going to put it on its side. I want to measure it. I want to see how tall it is just for my own record. So look at zero. 26 inches. 26 inches long. That's crazy. An eel 26 inches long. Let me. Weigh it if it will stay still, I don't know. if it will stay still or not, but I didn't even know they had this big oh man, I don't think I can weigh it, I mean, this isn't even a wolf eel, this is a spiny eel. with a monkey face.

This is crazy, stay still, dude, stay still, man, trying to get it right, bro, oh my god, he's got teeth too, I don't want to get bitten, I don't have pliers with me, oh my god, I mean, I wanted to catch and

cook

ing, but is it worth making a catch and cook video just to kill this old eel? I mean, I don't think so. I think I'm going to release him. I want to give it a weight of four points, 4.10 pounds, 4.9. pounds on this huge eel I am going to cut the line which is by far the largest eel I have ever caught.

I really think it's the right thing to let go. The thing is huge. I wouldn't let him go. Let's put it. him in the water right there, let him get his energy back there he is, right there he'll still be fine, you know, once he gets back in the water, I mean, this thing is just gigantic, I can't, I can't, I can't. kill it there it goes, oh my god you know I'm not alone here catching and killing everything I see, if it's a big fish like that that you rarely see in your life, is it really worth killing for one? food, maybe two meals, you kill it, you eat it, it's gone forever, whereas if you let it go, it can produce so many babies and it just prolongs the life of this species even more and for me to kill it just to eat something for a day is not it's worth it for me I'd rather keep something much smaller that thing has been here my whole life it's probably 20 years old who knows probably 30 40 I don't know probably older than me that was crazy wow wow I've never done that I've seen one eel this big before we go back down the same hole and that's another eel, it's probably not rockfish hey, it's okay, they're here, that's what I was looking for.

A grass too small or what do you think I do. I don't even think it's too small. I'm going to keep this one. Honestly it's a little small but there's enough meat to make whatever I want and it fits in my pan so I'll stick with this one if I can grab a bigger one, I'll use it as a demo and then fry it at home but this should be perfect for a demonstration of what I want to do and you can do it at home too. I feel much better keeping one of these than that old eel, but I don't know if that's true, is there any reason I should feel better keeping this one than that big old eel?

I don't know what that is. The eel got lucky today, well, it's 120. If I don't catch anything twice as big, then let's demonstrate how to do it. Well, I'm going to demonstrate how to do it with that fish I just caught, but I can. I dig my way into a deep hole like I just did. I don't see why I shouldn't get another rockfish right there. Let's let him eat it for a second. Oh, it's in it, it's in it, it's in it. Get out of there! there and don't break, please fish or what other big eel, whatever, he's a big man, man, when you go out here to deeper water, you get fish, he's on it, come on, get out of here, get out of here there, get out of there, oh man.

I could break my line, oh God, it's in the hole, it's probably another big eel, there it is, oh, it went well, it's down here, it's probably an eel, yeah, here it comes, here it comes big, one another big, another big eel, I think oh my god, oh I broke the line, damn everyone, that was big, another big eel, oh my god, I broke the line, just like I promised, I walked away thanks for putting up with me, I walked away a little of the fog horn. I know you can still hear it. It's time to prepare those crabs.

The first thing I'm going to do is bring some water to a boil, maybe boiling, then put it on the heat and then I'll show you what I'm going to do with the crabs. crabs just a second I'm just going to grab a little bit of the social boom of the water yeah, right there just a little bit we don't need too much I'm going to put it on the burner it's not that stable but it's okay, it's okay, that's going to be hot and I have those crabs I have four five crabs I think let's see how many we have we have four we have four they are still alive and kicking now you see this crab here is a good size, but what I What I'm going to do since the fish I have is small, I'm going to tear one off. claw each crab.

Now you may think it's cruel, but what's more cruel is killing the crab or removing a claw. The answer is easy and in this one his claw barely works. Alright, a crab claw back in the water, now one of these claws and the other one is more than enough to fill that fish, so I'm going to rip off one of these claws right now, we have the claw. will regrow a red crab claw in the water this is just a demonstration you can do this with a whole crab if you want you can do this with a huge fillet this would be delicious I'm sure I thought about it the other day but I'm sure That's how it would be.

Now we have two more. Here's another crab. We don't need it. Actually, we don't need it. I must say we are still alive kicking. We don't need them either. They're lucky. Today we have this little rockfish here I'm going to scale it, fillet it and remove the meat. Very simple process. You can do this with a spoon. You can do this with a knife. The water is boiling. Let's put on our crab legs and stuff. it'll just steam right there, so if you're ever looking for a high-quality gift, I don't think you can go wrong with the knife from Adrian Etheridge, who's the friend from the UK who sent me this not long ago.

I actually bought this a while ago and it's super sharp. It is a super sharp pairing knife. A little expensive, but they last forever. I would highly recommend it as a gift for anyone you love or for yourself. Now we're going to cut this fish up so that we can I'm going to try to preserve as much of the meat as possible. The meat looks great cut right there, cut along the loin. It is imperative that I get every piece of meat because this fish is very small so I am taking my time with it now.

Ideally, you would. Make this with a larger piece of meat, but that's enough to give it a try. I've never tried this recipe before, so today's goal is to try this, so my plan is to take this skewer and take this rope of cotton thread. whatever you want to call it and then thread it and sew it all over, stuff it with butter once the crab is done, stuff it with crab, put some avocado on the side and have a little fish sandwich like that, so let's do that first. I'm going to make a hole in the skin because the skin will hold everything together.

Take a look at we have our two fillets sewn completely together when I squeeze it, it doesn't come out, it doesn't go away. Now I did this with more difficulty. way you could do it, I mean, look at the thickness of this rope, this is rope, this is not thread, so if I really had a thread and a needle, I could sew it back and forth across the skin 50 times if I wanted to, I just did it. I did it about six times because it was very difficult to get it on the skin, but this is the idea.

I'm about to cook it now and I'm still glad I didn't stick with the eel. This is just the prototype. The prototype of sewn fish. The crab is ready, I'm going to break it up, fill this with a little butter fried in the pan over low heat. Wow, it will be delicious. Now let's crack these things, okay man, look at that perfect crack. Let's break it again. Oh yeah, damn it, all of you, damn it. Everybody look at that leg, oh man, look at the meat here, that's the red rocktail and that's the raw crab make it thick, let me try this red rock crab just a little bit, damn, that's delicious, let's try it the other. raw crab that's delicious too it has a stronger flavor this is more subtle this is really good this red rock crab I'm glad it came out of that hole and climbed into the trap now let's stuff the fish of course we have our butter , so I'm going to cut about three slices, okay, those go inside the fish, one, two, three, now I'm going to make one more thread on the top and then I'm going to tie it tight, close it, close this thing .

Now remember that this is just the prototype. Okay, this is not the final version. Well, this is the first time this has been done. I already know what I would do differently next time. Next time I would use a finer thread. I would mark the skin of the fish and also remove the bones that way when it is split it will split at the marks and on the edges they will still stay together in theory this side stays together I wonder why the other one broke well let's see how this turned out It's fresh enough to finally eat it, I have the crab inside fully cooked just butter no seasoning, let's take a bite, I have some avocado on the side, I'll eat it with this, oh that's delicious with the crab too.

I'm going kayak fishing with Nick Fish tomorrow and I'm thinking about buying another kayak. I think it's a good idea. I'm going to finish this. Thank you all for watching. See you in a couple of days.