1 00:00:01,367 --> 00:00:03,567 [Ethan] First trip we go on, I promise you would have given 2 00:00:03,734 --> 00:00:05,100 me the rod. -[Capt. Justin] Oh, yeah. 3 00:00:05,100 --> 00:00:06,800 [Ethan] If you had hooked one, you gave it to me. 4 00:00:06,967 --> 00:00:09,166 This time, like, Hey, man, you're on your own. 5 00:00:09,166 --> 00:00:10,500 "There's the fish. 6 00:00:10,667 --> 00:00:12,467 Present the bait the way you're supposed to. 7 00:00:12,633 --> 00:00:14,767 Do what I taught you to do. And execute it," right? 8 00:00:14,767 --> 00:00:16,266 That's where we're at on this trip. 9 00:00:16,266 --> 00:00:18,767 Oh, yeah. It's a fair battle, all right? 10 00:00:18,934 --> 00:00:21,767 It is competitive. And I'm out here to win. 11 00:00:21,767 --> 00:00:23,200 [Ethan] This is a competition, OK? 12 00:00:23,367 --> 00:00:24,767 You beat me last time tarpon fishing. 13 00:00:24,934 --> 00:00:25,934 Today's my day. 14 00:00:27,567 --> 00:00:30,767 Ethan is going one mission. Bait in water. 15 00:00:30,767 --> 00:00:33,100 Catch, three fish. 16 00:00:33,266 --> 00:00:34,367 I'll tell you what, you're talking about being on 17 00:00:34,533 --> 00:00:35,767 a lucky streak. -Hey! 18 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:38,900 Yeah, look at that! 19 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:43,300 -Oh! -There it is. 20 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:47,400 Yeah, that's a good one. 21 00:00:48,300 --> 00:00:53,367 [narrator] "Chasin' The Sun" is brought to you by Florida Watersports. 22 00:00:53,533 --> 00:00:57,567 Get all you need for the water at FWS.fish. 23 00:00:57,567 --> 00:01:00,867 Humminbird. Simply. Clearly. Better. 24 00:01:02,700 --> 00:01:03,867 Minn Kota. 25 00:01:05,667 --> 00:01:08,700 And by Pirates Cove Marina. 26 00:01:08,867 --> 00:01:11,567 You enjoy the Gulf, we'll take care of the rest. 27 00:01:13,567 --> 00:01:23,266 [soft music] 28 00:01:23,433 --> 00:01:24,400 [Capt. Justin] Appreciate it. 29 00:01:28,066 --> 00:01:32,100 It's summertime in Panama City Beach, and what that means 30 00:01:32,266 --> 00:01:34,166 to me is it's tarpon time. 31 00:01:34,333 --> 00:01:38,900 Well, we got you on them last season, and you weren't a pro 32 00:01:39,066 --> 00:01:42,567 yet, but you got pro status now, so it's time to get some 33 00:01:42,734 --> 00:01:43,700 redemption, put something on film, 34 00:01:43,700 --> 00:01:48,266 and try to rewrite this story a little bit. 35 00:01:48,266 --> 00:01:49,467 There you go. I like that. 36 00:01:49,467 --> 00:01:51,900 [Ethan] The water's absolutely gorgeous, and I think 37 00:01:52,066 --> 00:01:54,266 it's gonna be a tremendous day. -[Justin] It's getting me excited. 38 00:01:54,433 --> 00:01:55,500 Let's get it done, doesn't get any better. 39 00:01:55,667 --> 00:01:56,667 Let's quit talking about it. 40 00:01:56,667 --> 00:01:58,834 Let's go do it. 41 00:02:01,367 --> 00:02:04,667 You know, there's always those three factors I'm looking for 42 00:02:04,834 --> 00:02:05,900 when I'm sight fishing. 43 00:02:05,900 --> 00:02:09,266 It's water clarity, sunshine, and the light winds. 44 00:02:09,433 --> 00:02:11,667 Today's one of those days where we have all three of them. 45 00:02:11,667 --> 00:02:14,367 When we're in 12 feet of water, I can see every grain of 46 00:02:14,533 --> 00:02:17,567 sand on the bottom. That's exactly what we want. 47 00:02:17,734 --> 00:02:19,800 I know visibility is gonna be good, but when we first pull 48 00:02:19,967 --> 00:02:22,100 out of the pass right here, and I can look down and see 49 00:02:22,266 --> 00:02:25,300 those spotted eagle rays just as clear as day, when you see 50 00:02:25,467 --> 00:02:28,567 that first animal in the water, that's when you first realize 51 00:02:28,734 --> 00:02:29,867 how good the clarity is. 52 00:02:31,567 --> 00:02:33,467 And they just swim up and down this beach. 53 00:02:33,467 --> 00:02:37,800 I think they're like plankton feeders, and a lot of times 54 00:02:37,967 --> 00:02:41,000 you'll see them on current edges, like right here at 55 00:02:41,166 --> 00:02:43,700 the pass when you have the bay water flowing out, 56 00:02:43,867 --> 00:02:46,100 and then you have this clean Gulf water where they meet. 57 00:02:46,266 --> 00:02:50,000 Some reason that creates that perfect scenario 58 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,100 for them to feed, I guess. 59 00:02:52,100 --> 00:02:55,000 We live in paradise here in Panama City Beach, 60 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:56,166 and every day on the water you get 61 00:02:56,166 --> 00:02:57,400 to see something different. 62 00:02:58,467 --> 00:03:02,567 We made it all the way to Regency Towers and Watercress, 63 00:03:02,734 --> 00:03:07,500 and not even a half mile or a little, maybe a mile. 64 00:03:07,667 --> 00:03:08,567 [Capt. Justin] Probably a hundred fish. 65 00:03:08,734 --> 00:03:09,967 Oh, look, that boat's got one. 66 00:03:10,133 --> 00:03:11,867 [Ethan] Oh, yeah, they got him at the boat. 67 00:03:11,867 --> 00:03:14,367 [Capt. Justin] All right, let's join the party. 68 00:03:14,367 --> 00:03:15,967 These tarpon are in a different place every day. 69 00:03:16,133 --> 00:03:17,567 You don't know where a school's going to be at. 70 00:03:17,734 --> 00:03:20,100 It's a feeling of relief because you go, all right, 71 00:03:20,266 --> 00:03:22,467 we're in the game. We have the right bait. 72 00:03:22,633 --> 00:03:24,266 Now we have a big school of tarpon. 73 00:03:24,266 --> 00:03:25,700 I got something to work with here. 74 00:03:26,867 --> 00:03:28,800 Your hospitality, the first tarpon trip I was 75 00:03:28,967 --> 00:03:30,767 with you, was first class. 76 00:03:30,767 --> 00:03:33,000 Hey, and I'm not hooking your bait on for you. 77 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:34,567 You get you get to pick your own bait. 78 00:03:35,567 --> 00:03:38,266 You you can select one of those or go get you a fresh one. 79 00:03:38,266 --> 00:03:40,867 Our true friendship came out on this trip was like, 80 00:03:41,033 --> 00:03:42,000 "Hey buddy, you're on your own. 81 00:03:42,166 --> 00:03:43,100 "I taught you what to do last time. 82 00:03:43,100 --> 00:03:45,367 If you don't remember, that's your fault." 83 00:03:45,367 --> 00:03:47,567 Come on, get your get your bait in there. 84 00:03:47,567 --> 00:03:49,100 Don't wait for me. 85 00:03:49,266 --> 00:03:50,266 I'm not gonna wait for you. 86 00:03:51,266 --> 00:03:53,567 Hey, when you're fishing with friends, 87 00:03:53,734 --> 00:03:54,867 it's a fair battle. 88 00:03:54,867 --> 00:03:57,300 All right, it is competitive, and I'm out here to win. 89 00:03:57,467 --> 00:03:59,300 Now, I don't feel like it's a fair fight if you don't 90 00:03:59,467 --> 00:04:03,467 know the rules, and so that's why the first trip, I at least 91 00:04:03,633 --> 00:04:05,000 teach you the rules to this game. 92 00:04:05,166 --> 00:04:06,767 That's how you know I really love you, when I start giving 93 00:04:06,934 --> 00:04:08,567 you hard time. -That's good, man. 94 00:04:08,734 --> 00:04:10,967 School seems pretty big. I mean, running from here, 95 00:04:12,100 --> 00:04:13,233 kind of 30, 40 yards back. 96 00:04:13,233 --> 00:04:17,100 Yeah, I just really see a big nod of them right here. 97 00:04:18,100 --> 00:04:20,367 [Ethan] The times that I fish with you, I've learned that every 98 00:04:20,367 --> 00:04:23,166 group has its own mentality, their own MO. 99 00:04:23,166 --> 00:04:24,900 I fought a tarpon last year. 100 00:04:25,066 --> 00:04:27,667 I broke him off, caught hooked up with another one. 101 00:04:27,834 --> 00:04:30,367 He chafed through the leader, fought him for a while. 102 00:04:30,367 --> 00:04:31,700 It's all in the details, right? 103 00:04:31,867 --> 00:04:35,467 And tarpon fishing, it's a very finicky thing. 104 00:04:35,633 --> 00:04:38,767 [Capt. Justin] They feel our presence. Now, they won't leave. 105 00:04:38,767 --> 00:04:40,300 They're not gonna turn around and go back where 106 00:04:40,467 --> 00:04:42,567 they came from because you spooked them. 107 00:04:42,734 --> 00:04:44,367 But what they will do, they'll start riding a little 108 00:04:44,367 --> 00:04:45,367 lower in the water. 109 00:04:45,533 --> 00:04:47,867 They'll give you those indicators that they 110 00:04:48,033 --> 00:04:49,266 don't like what you're doing. 111 00:04:50,567 --> 00:04:53,266 I mean, I'm on the edge here, and they go all the way to 112 00:04:53,266 --> 00:04:55,166 there, and you're dead centered on them. 113 00:04:56,166 --> 00:04:57,367 Like somebody's got to bite. 114 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:02,300 What is Ethan working with? 115 00:05:02,467 --> 00:05:03,900 I don't know, man, I don't feel anything. 116 00:05:04,066 --> 00:05:05,667 You know, it's kind of a weird feeling. 117 00:05:05,834 --> 00:05:06,767 Big fish. 118 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:09,100 Come on. 119 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:11,867 Oh no! I can't slow him down. 120 00:05:24,367 --> 00:05:27,166 [Ethan] These baits are just swimming right back at us. 121 00:05:27,333 --> 00:05:29,400 -And where are the fish? -They're just right there. 122 00:05:29,567 --> 00:05:31,000 It's right here, right? 123 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:32,000 You can go across me too. 124 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,667 You might have to go on the right side. 125 00:05:34,834 --> 00:05:36,467 [Ethan] What's interesting about this trip that I've got to bring 126 00:05:36,633 --> 00:05:39,166 forward to everybody in the audience is the first trip 127 00:05:39,166 --> 00:05:41,800 we go on, I promise you would have given me the rod. 128 00:05:41,967 --> 00:05:42,867 Oh, yeah, yeah. 129 00:05:42,867 --> 00:05:44,400 If you had hooked one, you gave it to me. 130 00:05:44,567 --> 00:05:46,800 This time like, hey man, you're on your own. 131 00:05:46,967 --> 00:05:48,100 There's the fish. 132 00:05:48,266 --> 00:05:50,100 Present the bait the way you're supposed to. 133 00:05:50,100 --> 00:05:52,266 Do what I taught you to do and execute. 134 00:05:52,433 --> 00:05:54,467 That's where we're at on this trip. 135 00:05:54,467 --> 00:05:56,266 It almost looks like they're parting and going around 136 00:05:56,266 --> 00:05:57,200 their nest. 137 00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:58,467 [Ethan] Yeah, literally what just happened? 138 00:06:00,667 --> 00:06:02,000 Yeah, there's your answer right there. 139 00:06:02,166 --> 00:06:03,066 Yeah, I know. 140 00:06:03,066 --> 00:06:05,567 Boy, that bird's just staring them down. 141 00:06:05,734 --> 00:06:07,266 [Capt. Justin] When I saw the bird start working, 142 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:10,367 it was kind of an odd scene, but I realized what was 143 00:06:10,533 --> 00:06:13,967 happening is, there's literally a giant school of cigar minnows 144 00:06:14,133 --> 00:06:16,300 swimming with the school of tarpon. 145 00:06:16,467 --> 00:06:17,867 I think that's why we were having a hard time getting 146 00:06:18,033 --> 00:06:19,266 a bite, because half the time we were throwing, 147 00:06:19,266 --> 00:06:21,800 we were actually casting our cigar minnow into another 148 00:06:21,967 --> 00:06:24,266 school of cigar minnows, not the tarpon themselves. 149 00:06:24,266 --> 00:06:25,567 So I was like, "You know what?" 150 00:06:25,734 --> 00:06:26,834 We'll find another group. 151 00:06:26,834 --> 00:06:29,367 So let's just keep moving because in my mind, I want 152 00:06:29,533 --> 00:06:32,066 to find that perfect big group that's happy. 153 00:06:32,233 --> 00:06:33,166 They're floating. 154 00:06:34,567 --> 00:06:35,667 Not ideal. 155 00:06:37,300 --> 00:06:39,800 Run way down the beach. 156 00:06:39,967 --> 00:06:42,467 -Found another school of fish. -Another school of fish. 157 00:06:42,467 --> 00:06:43,600 Two boats on it. 158 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:47,467 I just knew it was too good to be true. 159 00:06:47,633 --> 00:06:50,667 I won't blame you for being on the boat, but you only have two 160 00:06:50,834 --> 00:06:51,967 options at that point. 161 00:06:51,967 --> 00:06:54,800 You either join the party and go fish a group of fish 162 00:06:54,967 --> 00:06:57,767 with these other boats, or you go do something else. 163 00:06:59,066 --> 00:07:02,000 I have a feeling we're gonna go catch a red snapper. 164 00:07:02,166 --> 00:07:03,300 -They're in season. -Yeah. 165 00:07:08,266 --> 00:07:10,367 Because we've run way down the beach looking for these 166 00:07:10,367 --> 00:07:14,367 fish, we've gotten outside of my snapper fishing 167 00:07:14,533 --> 00:07:15,900 expertise region. 168 00:07:16,066 --> 00:07:18,400 So we are literally, I'm gonna look at this Coastmaster 169 00:07:18,567 --> 00:07:20,667 chart that I have on my Apex unit. 170 00:07:20,667 --> 00:07:22,700 There's a bunch of wrecks marked on here. 171 00:07:22,867 --> 00:07:24,467 I hope they're there. 172 00:07:24,633 --> 00:07:26,367 And I have no idea what's on them. 173 00:07:26,533 --> 00:07:28,467 There's not many times that I get on the water with you that 174 00:07:28,467 --> 00:07:30,367 we're not gonna fish something you hadn't fished before. 175 00:07:30,367 --> 00:07:33,000 So this is a great opportunity for me and you to go see 176 00:07:33,166 --> 00:07:36,266 something new, do something new, and see what it produces. 177 00:07:42,867 --> 00:07:44,567 Something. 178 00:07:44,567 --> 00:07:45,667 A fish! 179 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:49,467 -What is Ethan working with? -I don't know, man. 180 00:07:49,467 --> 00:07:51,467 I don't feel anything. It's kind of weird to me. 181 00:07:51,633 --> 00:07:52,600 It's got to be a scamp. 182 00:07:53,867 --> 00:07:55,000 Something wrong with a scamp. 183 00:07:56,266 --> 00:07:57,367 Pretty good call there. 184 00:07:59,066 --> 00:08:01,166 -Pretty good call. -I'll take it. 185 00:08:01,166 --> 00:08:02,900 First bait at my new spot. 186 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:06,166 I don't know if he'll measure, though. 187 00:08:06,166 --> 00:08:09,767 So I'm not sure how we went from trophy fishing to catching 188 00:08:09,767 --> 00:08:11,100 little eating fish. 189 00:08:11,100 --> 00:08:13,900 But if you're gonna catch, you know, the first fish of the day 190 00:08:14,066 --> 00:08:15,000 and it's gonna be really small, 191 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:16,266 it might as well be something really good. 192 00:08:16,266 --> 00:08:18,367 To me, this is the best eating fish 193 00:08:20,166 --> 00:08:21,500 in the Gulf of Mexico. 194 00:08:21,667 --> 00:08:24,867 So we're gonna get him back in the water really quick so 195 00:08:25,033 --> 00:08:28,000 he can head back down and measure next time. 196 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:29,266 That's right. 197 00:08:29,266 --> 00:08:32,100 So competitive analysis here. 198 00:08:32,100 --> 00:08:34,367 Ethan, one. Big zero over here. 199 00:08:34,533 --> 00:08:35,500 Big zero over here. 200 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:37,567 Cooler full of scams, Ethan. 201 00:08:37,734 --> 00:08:39,400 I'm not gonna be that upset about the tarpon deal. 202 00:08:40,367 --> 00:08:43,000 I don't think I will be either, except for you also 203 00:08:43,166 --> 00:08:46,100 don't have to go back and say, "Hey, I still haven't caught 204 00:08:46,266 --> 00:08:49,567 a tarpon on TV." -But it makes it a little 205 00:08:49,567 --> 00:08:51,600 better that at least you've caught them. 206 00:08:51,767 --> 00:08:52,967 It does make it a little bit better. 207 00:08:54,867 --> 00:08:56,700 In my competitive nature, though you caught 208 00:08:56,867 --> 00:08:59,367 a scamp, I'm like, "All right, I get hooked up." 209 00:08:59,533 --> 00:09:01,100 It might be the same thing, Ethan. 210 00:09:01,967 --> 00:09:04,100 He ain't big, but we might have us a little load 211 00:09:04,266 --> 00:09:06,300 of scamps right here. 212 00:09:06,467 --> 00:09:09,367 It's not much of a fight, so I immediately go, 213 00:09:09,533 --> 00:09:10,767 "Probably another scamp." 214 00:09:10,934 --> 00:09:12,500 Could it be possible? 215 00:09:12,667 --> 00:09:14,600 So I'm kind of excited, maybe even getting a little 216 00:09:14,767 --> 00:09:16,367 arrogant as it's coming up to the surface. 217 00:09:17,567 --> 00:09:18,900 If it is, I'm gonna pull that measuring tape out 218 00:09:19,066 --> 00:09:20,567 and we're gonna start pinching these tails. 219 00:09:20,734 --> 00:09:21,800 While you're bringing this up. 220 00:09:22,767 --> 00:09:24,567 -What, you got a snapper? -Yeah. 221 00:09:24,567 --> 00:09:28,367 I'm reeling in a beautiful, Red snapper at the same time. 222 00:09:28,533 --> 00:09:29,633 Nice. 223 00:09:31,100 --> 00:09:33,767 What have we got here? Oh, it's a white snapper. 224 00:09:33,934 --> 00:09:35,867 It's funny, we don't see a whole lot of it. 225 00:09:35,867 --> 00:09:37,667 It's actually a red porgy. 226 00:09:37,667 --> 00:09:39,800 You're still really not on the scoreboard. 227 00:09:39,967 --> 00:09:41,367 There's a lot of people that are going hungry 228 00:09:41,533 --> 00:09:42,467 at your house right now. 229 00:09:42,467 --> 00:09:44,500 I mean, I get a half a point for the porgy. 230 00:09:44,667 --> 00:09:47,166 -Half a point for the porgy? -Can you fillet a porgy? 231 00:09:47,166 --> 00:09:48,166 Beautiful fish, too. 232 00:09:48,166 --> 00:09:51,000 Got some really cool iridescent colors on them. 233 00:09:51,166 --> 00:09:53,266 The meat is just like, it's almost just clear. 234 00:09:53,433 --> 00:09:54,467 It's so white. 235 00:09:54,467 --> 00:09:55,467 They make good tacos. 236 00:09:55,467 --> 00:09:56,700 You just need two or three per taco. 237 00:09:56,867 --> 00:09:57,800 OK, gotcha. 238 00:09:57,967 --> 00:09:59,133 But you've caught how many fishes? 239 00:09:59,133 --> 00:10:01,100 All right, in all reality, Ethan's out doing early lures. 240 00:10:01,266 --> 00:10:03,700 But, there's always a but. 241 00:10:03,867 --> 00:10:05,967 Do we keep the first four legal ones and go? 242 00:10:07,100 --> 00:10:08,567 Or do we just sit out here and play with them? 243 00:10:08,734 --> 00:10:11,166 Oh, yours came off? Are you kidding me? 244 00:10:11,333 --> 00:10:13,667 I'm not gonna lie, but maybe I felt a little good 245 00:10:13,667 --> 00:10:15,100 when I saw that rod go... 246 00:10:15,266 --> 00:10:16,700 I sure hope y'all saw that. 247 00:10:16,867 --> 00:10:22,567 Ethan had a nice snapper on his rod and it came off. 248 00:10:22,567 --> 00:10:26,367 And just so happens the knot came undone. 249 00:10:26,367 --> 00:10:28,600 And it also just so happens that Ethan did just retie 250 00:10:28,767 --> 00:10:30,867 it himself. That was not my doing. 251 00:10:30,867 --> 00:10:32,166 [Ethan] I want to give you an opportunity 252 00:10:32,333 --> 00:10:33,467 to kind of catch up. So what I did, 253 00:10:33,633 --> 00:10:34,867 I was like, "Well, I gotta act like I'm 254 00:10:35,033 --> 00:10:36,166 still fishing." -Oh! 255 00:10:36,333 --> 00:10:38,200 So let's barely tie this hook on there. 256 00:10:38,367 --> 00:10:39,467 Let it slip. 257 00:10:39,467 --> 00:10:42,266 Give him a little leeway so he can kind of catch up 258 00:10:42,433 --> 00:10:43,700 with your saltwater brim. 259 00:10:43,867 --> 00:10:45,700 But we're going to get there one way or the other. 260 00:10:45,867 --> 00:10:49,000 And even if I have to do it to help my friend's ego, I'm happy 261 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:50,100 to do it. -Yeah, thanks. 262 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:53,166 Ha, ha, ha. 263 00:10:53,333 --> 00:10:55,367 We're hooked up over here, but he's not... 264 00:10:55,533 --> 00:10:57,100 I think your fish could eat this one but... 265 00:10:58,100 --> 00:11:00,100 Uh-oh. He's got a big one. 266 00:11:00,100 --> 00:11:02,367 Hold him, hold him, hold him, hold him. 267 00:11:11,767 --> 00:11:13,667 I might not hurt the chunk a few here. 268 00:11:14,700 --> 00:11:17,066 Today was supposed to be about your first tarpon. 269 00:11:17,233 --> 00:11:19,767 Our timing was off just by a little bit. 270 00:11:19,767 --> 00:11:21,600 -Optionality, right? -Yeah. 271 00:11:21,767 --> 00:11:24,800 Keeping our options open, as heartbreaking as it is, 272 00:11:24,967 --> 00:11:27,567 you know as well as anybody, you and I love to get out there 273 00:11:27,734 --> 00:11:29,100 and pull on some reef fish. 274 00:11:31,100 --> 00:11:32,166 Big fish. 275 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:34,900 Come on. 276 00:11:35,967 --> 00:11:39,200 Oh no, I can't slow him down! Oh, come on! 277 00:11:39,367 --> 00:11:41,100 Get him up! 278 00:11:41,266 --> 00:11:43,900 [Ethan] It's a great opportunity to be able to do that right now. 279 00:11:44,066 --> 00:11:47,467 And it does happen to be red snapper season. 280 00:11:47,467 --> 00:11:49,667 That's what a Panama City Beach red snapper looks like 281 00:11:49,834 --> 00:11:51,400 right there. -[Ethan] Son. 282 00:11:51,567 --> 00:11:52,667 [Capt. Justin] Ha, ha, ha. 283 00:11:53,867 --> 00:11:56,767 -Come on, baby! -That's what I'm talking about! 284 00:11:58,900 --> 00:11:59,900 You hooked up? 285 00:12:00,133 --> 00:12:02,100 We were hooked up over here, but he's not. 286 00:12:02,266 --> 00:12:04,500 I think your fish could eat this one, but... 287 00:12:04,667 --> 00:12:07,000 If you'd have drove over to this spot right here and looked 288 00:12:07,166 --> 00:12:09,100 at the sonar, you'd have said, "Justin, that don't 289 00:12:09,100 --> 00:12:10,767 mark anything." 290 00:12:10,767 --> 00:12:12,700 Why would y'all stop and fish there? 291 00:12:12,867 --> 00:12:14,400 That's why we stopped and fished there. 292 00:12:14,567 --> 00:12:16,100 -Look at this beautiful lane! -Oh, yeah, beautiful lane! 293 00:12:16,266 --> 00:12:17,266 Look at that. 294 00:12:18,667 --> 00:12:21,100 5,000 years ago. 295 00:12:21,266 --> 00:12:23,600 If you paddled out here to this reef... 296 00:12:23,767 --> 00:12:26,467 If I would have looked about like it does right now. 297 00:12:26,467 --> 00:12:28,567 It's just hard limestone bottom. 298 00:12:28,734 --> 00:12:31,367 You have big coral heads growing off of it. 299 00:12:31,533 --> 00:12:32,500 Tons of life! 300 00:12:37,500 --> 00:12:38,867 Look at here. 301 00:12:38,867 --> 00:12:40,567 Of course mine's bigger, but for a lane snapper, 302 00:12:40,734 --> 00:12:43,100 y'all, that's about as big as it gets right there. 303 00:12:43,100 --> 00:12:46,066 We're supposed to be catching and releasing tarpon. 304 00:12:46,233 --> 00:12:47,133 You know what? 305 00:12:47,133 --> 00:12:49,100 We're gonna release these onto a grill. 306 00:12:51,166 --> 00:12:53,100 We may have to go visit Chef Paul again. 307 00:12:53,100 --> 00:12:54,166 That's right. 308 00:12:54,166 --> 00:12:55,600 It seems like whenever I go fishing with Ethan, 309 00:12:55,767 --> 00:12:57,767 it turns into a food fest. -[Ethan] That's it. 310 00:12:59,867 --> 00:13:02,066 Man, he's working on me over there. 311 00:13:02,233 --> 00:13:04,867 What have we got here? Could it be that quick? 312 00:13:06,300 --> 00:13:09,066 Got the two reds? Yep, sure is. 313 00:13:09,233 --> 00:13:10,367 Pretty nice one. 314 00:13:11,266 --> 00:13:13,600 Not as big as the first one, but he's probably 19, 315 00:13:13,767 --> 00:13:14,767 20 inches. 316 00:13:16,266 --> 00:13:19,600 You just got to get off the same public wrecks 317 00:13:19,767 --> 00:13:21,767 that everybody's been fishing. 318 00:13:21,934 --> 00:13:24,100 And go hit some of those little smaller pieces of bottom, 319 00:13:24,100 --> 00:13:27,367 and voila, like that. Got my two. 320 00:13:28,266 --> 00:13:30,667 Uh oh. Hold him, hold him, hold him. 321 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:34,567 I don't think he's gonna be what you had, but I bet 322 00:13:34,734 --> 00:13:36,633 you he's gonna be close. 323 00:13:39,100 --> 00:13:40,600 All right, slide left a little bit if you can. 324 00:13:40,767 --> 00:13:41,967 We'll try grabbing. 325 00:13:42,133 --> 00:13:46,300 Y'all, this is -- we fish 30-pound test leaders, 326 00:13:46,467 --> 00:13:48,367 and you don't wanna just grab that dude and flip him 327 00:13:48,367 --> 00:13:49,700 in the boat. -Oh, he's barely hooked, too. 328 00:13:49,867 --> 00:13:50,900 Come on, dude. 329 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:57,000 Y'all see what he's doing here. 330 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:58,266 He's doing everything he can not 331 00:13:58,266 --> 00:13:59,266 to get that fish in the boat. 332 00:13:59,266 --> 00:14:00,767 Hey, I tried to knock this thing off the hook, 333 00:14:00,934 --> 00:14:04,000 but you know what? I just couldn't do it. 334 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:05,667 Man, he's... 335 00:14:05,834 --> 00:14:06,800 What y'all think about that? 336 00:14:08,467 --> 00:14:09,567 Paint the summer red. 337 00:14:10,567 --> 00:14:13,500 It's paint the summer red snapper red. 338 00:14:13,667 --> 00:14:14,600 -I like it. -OK. 339 00:14:14,767 --> 00:14:16,467 There we go. Look at that box. 340 00:14:16,467 --> 00:14:17,767 -Just like that. -That's a dude. 341 00:14:17,934 --> 00:14:18,967 All right. Hey. 342 00:14:19,133 --> 00:14:20,367 All right. 343 00:14:20,367 --> 00:14:22,467 We do know how to kill some snappers now. 344 00:14:23,867 --> 00:14:26,166 Ethan is going one mission. 345 00:14:26,333 --> 00:14:28,900 Bait, in water, catch, free fish. 346 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:32,600 -Here, come grab this. -Here, this is up now. 347 00:14:32,767 --> 00:14:34,300 Here, I'm gonna get this flat line too anyways. 348 00:14:35,467 --> 00:14:37,667 I'm going, hey, make sure everything on the boat 349 00:14:37,667 --> 00:14:38,734 is taken care of. 350 00:14:38,900 --> 00:14:41,200 I need to prep some frozen baits that we can chunk. 351 00:14:41,367 --> 00:14:44,000 I want to have a flat line out, which is basically a larger 352 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:47,800 bait that we're gonna put, cast out with no weight on it. 353 00:14:47,967 --> 00:14:49,567 So it'll swim around on the surface. 354 00:14:49,567 --> 00:14:51,200 You never know what could show up. 355 00:14:51,367 --> 00:14:52,367 Dang! 356 00:14:54,300 --> 00:14:56,266 Man, he ate it out the end. 357 00:14:56,266 --> 00:14:57,367 Look at that. 358 00:14:58,967 --> 00:15:00,667 All right. 359 00:15:00,667 --> 00:15:04,000 That is a quick limit of red snapper, y'all. 360 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:05,633 Plus a lane and a white. 361 00:15:08,100 --> 00:15:09,200 You want to go catch a tarpon now? 362 00:15:09,367 --> 00:15:12,367 -Well, on our way. -Too bad we're not qualified. 363 00:15:14,266 --> 00:15:16,567 You get a flat line out there, you get distracted trying 364 00:15:16,567 --> 00:15:18,000 to get your bottom rod down there. 365 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,567 Out of the corner of my eye that you've got your back to, 366 00:15:20,567 --> 00:15:23,967 that flat line I can watch it too, and it wasn't long after 367 00:15:24,133 --> 00:15:26,567 you put that rod on her it was on. 368 00:15:29,667 --> 00:15:31,000 -This is a competition. -OK. 369 00:15:31,166 --> 00:15:32,667 You beat me last time tarpon fishing. 370 00:15:32,667 --> 00:15:33,767 Today's my day. 371 00:15:34,767 --> 00:15:36,066 I don't know, Justin. 372 00:15:37,367 --> 00:15:39,734 It's either an ice king or a Wahoo, so... 373 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:44,600 -I'd be happy either way. -That's it, man. 374 00:15:46,100 --> 00:15:48,166 Just that speed and the conditions 375 00:15:48,166 --> 00:15:49,567 made me at least get that hope. 376 00:15:49,567 --> 00:15:51,467 I'm like, that might be a Wahoo. 377 00:15:51,633 --> 00:15:53,166 You know what I can tell you, it's not. 378 00:15:53,333 --> 00:15:55,166 -What's that? -We got some color here, so. 379 00:15:55,333 --> 00:15:56,667 It's not a bonito. 380 00:15:56,834 --> 00:15:59,400 That's wild, I mean, to be able to see color there, 381 00:15:59,567 --> 00:16:01,066 because it is a long way. 382 00:16:01,233 --> 00:16:02,367 He's probably still 50 feet down. 383 00:16:05,567 --> 00:16:07,100 Hey, Justin, come here. Come here. 384 00:16:07,266 --> 00:16:09,100 -Come here. -Oh, he's snagged, too. 385 00:16:09,100 --> 00:16:10,200 Here, lighten that drag up. 386 00:16:11,266 --> 00:16:12,800 -Which way, left? -Yeah. 387 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:16,300 Just, oh, don't even pull back. 388 00:16:16,467 --> 00:16:17,800 Let me back over to him. Hurry. 389 00:16:19,867 --> 00:16:21,900 Chasing the Sun has been brought to you by... 390 00:16:22,900 --> 00:16:24,066 Minn Kota. 391 00:16:25,700 --> 00:16:27,867 Florida Watersports. 392 00:16:28,033 --> 00:16:31,266 Get all you need for the water at FWS.fish. 393 00:16:33,367 --> 00:16:36,567 Humminbird. Simply. Clearly. Better. 394 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:41,867 And by Pirates Cove Marina. 395 00:16:42,033 --> 00:16:44,934 You enjoy the Gulf, we'll take care of the rest. 396 00:16:47,367 --> 00:16:50,100 [Capt. Justin] The coolest new attraction has just opened up and we got 397 00:16:50,266 --> 00:16:52,800 a sneak peek at Pirate's Voyage. 398 00:16:52,967 --> 00:16:54,166 Amazing. 399 00:16:54,166 --> 00:16:56,467 You've never seen a pirate like me, right? 400 00:16:57,467 --> 00:17:01,266 I'd lash about five minutes out on the open sea, wouldn't I? 401 00:17:01,433 --> 00:17:03,967 Well, anyway, we're going to invite all of you to Panama 402 00:17:04,133 --> 00:17:07,200 City Beach and for our brand new Pirate's Voyage 403 00:17:07,367 --> 00:17:08,533 dinner show. 404 00:17:08,533 --> 00:17:10,767 And it's gonna be opening up for all the great folks that 405 00:17:10,767 --> 00:17:13,300 live around here and for all the great folks 406 00:17:13,467 --> 00:17:14,867 that come here on vacation. 407 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:20,767 It is a perfect place to bring the next pirate group. 408 00:17:20,934 --> 00:17:24,166 And everybody here in Panama City Beach has been amazing. 409 00:17:24,166 --> 00:17:26,567 They're so great people to work with and they've been 410 00:17:26,734 --> 00:17:27,633 so helpful. 411 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:29,467 Glad to see all of you and thank you. 412 00:17:29,633 --> 00:17:31,900 I'm just carrying this because it matches my boots. 413 00:17:33,266 --> 00:17:34,567 And I couldn't zip my boots, 414 00:17:34,734 --> 00:17:36,967 so I made them look like pirate boots. 415 00:17:37,133 --> 00:17:39,000 Do I look like a pirate to anybody at all? 416 00:17:48,100 --> 00:17:50,266 [Capt. Justin] You know, it's funny, Ethan, when we used to fish 417 00:17:50,266 --> 00:17:53,000 a flatline, it was 99% for king mackerel. 418 00:17:53,166 --> 00:17:54,367 And when it got bit, you knew it was 419 00:17:54,533 --> 00:17:55,800 a king mackerel. 420 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:58,400 Now it seems like when you get a good bite on that flatline... 421 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:00,734 [Ethan] Could be anything. 422 00:18:00,734 --> 00:18:03,567 It could be a king mackerel, and this probably is. 423 00:18:03,734 --> 00:18:05,867 But it could be a blackfin tuna. 424 00:18:06,033 --> 00:18:07,033 It could be a Wahoo. 425 00:18:07,033 --> 00:18:09,066 So I'm thinking, all right, we got a Kingfish. 426 00:18:09,233 --> 00:18:10,100 We catch these all the time. 427 00:18:10,266 --> 00:18:12,100 We got a really, really nice king on. 428 00:18:12,266 --> 00:18:13,667 -Hey, Justin. -Oh, it's a Wahoo. 429 00:18:13,667 --> 00:18:15,567 -Come here, come here. -Oh, he's snagged, too. 430 00:18:15,734 --> 00:18:16,700 Here, lighten that drag up. 431 00:18:17,767 --> 00:18:19,367 -Which way, left? -Yeah. 432 00:18:21,500 --> 00:18:24,000 Just don't even pull back. Let me back over to him. 433 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:25,567 Hurry. 434 00:18:25,567 --> 00:18:28,166 When we first got that look at this Wahoo, you can see those 435 00:18:28,333 --> 00:18:29,467 stripes just lit up on him. 436 00:18:30,567 --> 00:18:32,266 Or a Wahoo, how about that? 437 00:18:32,433 --> 00:18:33,533 Ethan's first Wahoo, baby! 438 00:18:33,533 --> 00:18:36,367 Ethan had just said he'd never caught a Wahoo before. 439 00:18:36,367 --> 00:18:38,800 Today was supposed to be about your first tarpon, 440 00:18:38,967 --> 00:18:41,767 but being about your first Wahoo, that's just as good. 441 00:18:41,934 --> 00:18:42,967 That's what I'm talking about. 442 00:18:43,133 --> 00:18:44,100 I tell you what, you're talking about being 443 00:18:44,100 --> 00:18:45,266 on a lucky streak. 444 00:18:45,433 --> 00:18:48,200 Hey, y'all look at this hook job. 445 00:18:48,367 --> 00:18:50,467 Right here in the side. 446 00:18:50,467 --> 00:18:51,600 Wow. 447 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:55,266 -Just fell right out. -Give me some of that, man. 448 00:18:55,433 --> 00:18:57,166 That's so funny. 449 00:18:57,333 --> 00:18:58,700 All right, let's let this guy go now. 450 00:18:58,867 --> 00:18:59,800 Yeah, right. 451 00:18:59,967 --> 00:19:01,033 You know, we are conservationists. 452 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:02,300 I'm gonna show you where we're gonna let him 453 00:19:02,467 --> 00:19:04,367 go, Justin. -Look at them stripes. 454 00:19:04,367 --> 00:19:06,066 I can't believe he never came up and showed us. 455 00:19:06,233 --> 00:19:08,367 -He just stayed down deep. -Man, unbelievable. 456 00:19:08,367 --> 00:19:09,567 Look how pretty. 457 00:19:09,567 --> 00:19:11,667 Seeing those beautiful stripes on that fish and knowing that 458 00:19:11,667 --> 00:19:14,367 was a fish that I had never brought to a boat before, 459 00:19:14,367 --> 00:19:15,467 and most people haven't. 460 00:19:15,467 --> 00:19:18,867 So even though it's a fairly popular fish to target, 461 00:19:19,033 --> 00:19:21,200 it's still a fairly rare fish. 462 00:19:21,367 --> 00:19:23,166 It's not something that a lot of people have caught. 463 00:19:23,166 --> 00:19:25,500 So it is cool to kind of check that one off the list. 464 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:29,367 That's awesome, dude. I'm pretty fired up about that. 465 00:19:29,533 --> 00:19:30,667 Are you? Good. 466 00:19:30,667 --> 00:19:32,700 Just because it's like, "Well, ain't he a giant?" 467 00:19:32,867 --> 00:19:34,266 -No, I know. -But he counts. 468 00:19:34,433 --> 00:19:36,700 You know what? He's gonna taste really good. 469 00:19:39,166 --> 00:19:43,100 So regardless of that Wahoo being foul hooked or not, 470 00:19:43,266 --> 00:19:46,266 the snapper slam has happened on this boat, and you know what 471 00:19:46,433 --> 00:19:48,000 the score is. -Yeah, I'm behind. 472 00:19:53,767 --> 00:19:55,600 The Wahoo is game-changer for me, man. 473 00:19:55,767 --> 00:19:57,266 -Yeah! -First one ever. 474 00:19:57,266 --> 00:20:01,100 [Capt. Justin] There's not too often somebody that lives here, I get to put 475 00:20:01,266 --> 00:20:02,967 on a first or something. 476 00:20:03,133 --> 00:20:05,400 But just in the past week, we didn't catch this part 477 00:20:05,567 --> 00:20:07,900 on film, but Ethan did catch his first tarpon with me. 478 00:20:10,367 --> 00:20:13,166 [Ethan] I can check that box, but in the future, we've got 479 00:20:13,166 --> 00:20:17,467 to catch one with this elephant in the room called a camera. 480 00:20:17,467 --> 00:20:20,567 That's videoing what we're doing right now. 481 00:20:20,734 --> 00:20:22,500 And get us a tarpon to the side of the boat. 482 00:20:22,667 --> 00:20:23,667 That's a goal for me.