We got our Buts Kicked!!! Fishing this local reef *** The Big Mouth Tax Man got us.

Added: 2026-05-06

[00:00:12]Well, good morning, Jay Rockers. Welcome back to Jetty Rocks Outdoors. I'm Captain Mike D. I have Robert and Gary with me today, and we're sitting here at the jetties.

[00:00:22]We're going to basically just do some jetty fishing today and see what we can get into. Hopefully, we get into something good. I just heard those guys over there just caught something. They are jumping and hollering, screaming.

[00:00:30]They're still screaming. It's a good thing. So, we'll see what we can get into. Wish us luck.

[00:00:46]All right, y'all. Well, the current was really bad at the jetties. We didn't do no good there. So, we have come offshore. We're about 7 milesi off the beach, and we'll see what we can get into.

[00:00:56]Oh, he just got eat. No. No. No.

[00:01:00]Oh, >> Goliath grouper.

[00:01:03]>> Got a good one, didn't you?

[00:01:04]>> Yeah, that was a Goliath grouper. Got my good fish.

[00:01:09]Oh, you got something good, buddy.

[00:01:11]What you got, man?

[00:01:13]>> Let him fight. Let him fight. Let him fight. Keep your lio. Let him fight, though. Let's see what we got here.

[00:01:22]Oh, yeah. We got good fish.

[00:01:26]Oh no.

[00:01:28]>> Keep reeling. Keep them coming.

[00:01:33]There we go. Nice sp that's a big old Spanish mackerel, buddy. That's a good one.

[00:01:41]>> That is a Spanish mackerel and a big one at that.

[00:01:50]Yeah. Don't don't don't release it on me. Keep it Yeah. Pick it up. Keep it tight. There you go.

[00:01:58]Yeah, that's a good one, my friend.

[00:02:00]>> All right, >> that's a nice fish.

[00:02:05]That is a dandy of a fish right there.

[00:02:11]Very nice.

[00:02:15]>> Yeah, we need a bunch more of them. Come on. Keep them.

[00:02:20]Keep them coming.

[00:02:22]Don't let that Goliath get you, buddy.

[00:02:26]Oh, gone.

[00:02:29]>> Nope, but he's gone. He came off.

[00:02:32]>> Yeah.

[00:02:33]>> Yeah, he lost Looks like he lost everything.

[00:02:41]>> Yeah, looks like it lost everything. Got you in the structure. Soon as you hook them, you got to reel >> fast as you can. It was going around the motor and everything.

[00:02:48]>> Fast as you can.

[00:02:54]What you got here, buddy?

[00:02:59]What is that? A red snapper.

[00:03:03]Oh, red one.

[00:03:06]No, he swallowed it. Dog on it.

[00:03:14]Pick up reel down. Pick up reel down.

[00:03:16]Keep them. Keep him coming. Keep them coming.

[00:03:20]Don't let that GL grouper get you.

[00:03:25]There you go, bud.

[00:03:27]You got him coming. You got him coming.

[00:03:30]That one's acting kind of like a red snapper. Goliath got you. That's why I said you got to real quick. They will get you. Yep, he got you.

[00:03:42]That was most likely a big mango then cuz they won't eat the red snapper.

[00:03:46]>> Yeah, I see.

[00:03:56]Tell you what, man. These things. You all right? You rest all right?

[00:04:00]>> No, I'm good.

[00:04:02]>> Yeah, these fish are no joke.

[00:04:04]>> Fish overboard.

[00:04:06]>> Man, overboard. Yeah, keep them coming.

[00:04:08]Don't let him stop. That might be a That might be a good fish. It's kind of acting like a grunt, but it might not be. It might be something good.

[00:04:22]What's he doing?

[00:04:23]>> Red snapper.

[00:04:26]>> All right.

[00:04:26]>> Ain't none of them out there.

[00:04:28]>> Yeah, there ain't none of those out there.

[00:04:32]>> We got him, though. Here, I'll get them for you. Hold on one second. Let me get this.

[00:04:40]>> Is it got your hook in your mouth?

[00:04:45]>> Let me see. I got him on this side, buddy. There we go.

[00:04:56]There you go. You got him. Keep him coming.

[00:05:01]Goliath got you. Goliath got you.

[00:05:05]Yep. I said you got to reel them quick when you get hooked.

[00:05:11]There we go. Reel that up real quick.

[00:05:13]Got him coming. You got them coming.

[00:05:16]There you go.

[00:05:18]You might get this one.

[00:05:26]Yep. You got him. You got a red snapper.

[00:05:30]Red snapper.

[00:05:31]>> Yep. And he swallowed it.

[00:05:41]All right. He was just coming up with you. Whatever was going on, he's just coming up with you. I got a red snapper.

[00:05:47]Let's see what you got.

[00:05:50]Keep him coming. Keep him coming.

[00:05:54]I like to see what you got. If he was coming up with you like that, I'm curious in this one.

[00:06:03]Oh, you got a red snapper. There you go.

[00:06:06]All righty. What did your bail release or something?

[00:06:09]>> Yeah, it must.

[00:06:10]>> Oh, your bail. Okay, that's what >> my line.

[00:06:12]>> Oh, that was what going on. He bail released.

[00:06:15]All right. Well, you got that one.

[00:06:18]>> Yep.

[00:06:21]>> Pretty >> pretty fish. Big one. Get him turned.

[00:06:25]>> That is a big one.

[00:06:31]Hopefully Goliath won't eat that one.

[00:06:34]Hopefully. Hopefully. Hopefully.

[00:06:38]There you go.

[00:06:40]Keep them coming, buddy. Keep them coming.

[00:06:51]Goliath got it.

[00:06:53]>> Yeah, Goliath just got it. Yep. Soon as it stops like that, >> that means a old grouper came and got you a fish, which that means that was a good fish. That was a big mango or something.

[00:07:05]>> That was something he wanted.

[00:07:06]>> Yep, he wanted it. All right. Thought he had a grunt, but he's got a nice little lane, y'all. Hold on. That's a keeper fish, buddy.

[00:07:18]All right.

[00:07:20]Tying to line the line knot right quick cuz we got broke off.

[00:07:27]There we go.

[00:07:33]All right.

[00:07:35]All right. Nice little lane snapper, buddy.

[00:07:39]You can't see that.

[00:07:40]>> Oh, yes you can. That's lunch.

[00:07:44]Very nice. Get him coming. Get him coming. Come on. Come on.

[00:07:53]>> Oh yeah.

[00:07:54]>> There we go.

[00:07:56]Got him away from that Goliath anyway.

[00:08:00]>> Yeah, it's a good He swallowed it. Dog on it.

[00:08:04]I might be able to get you out. Here we go.

[00:08:12]That's a good one there, guys.

[00:08:17]>> Yep. He got to go in time. There you go.

[00:08:23]>> There you go.

[00:08:26]>> Pick up real fast.

[00:08:28]Yeah. Keep them coming real. Just keep it fast as you can to keep him from that Goliath. Getting them.

[00:08:34]There you go.

[00:08:39]is what it is. Help you. I help you. I hope you come.

[00:08:46]No, Goliath got you. Whatever it was, you had something good.

[00:08:55]Come on.

[00:08:58]Dang.

[00:09:00]It won't let it go.

[00:09:06]Golly.

[00:09:11]>> Yeah, that was definitely a grown one.

[00:09:15]>> That's a big old big old big one.

[00:09:24]Goliath got it. Dog on it.

[00:09:29]He's going back.

[00:09:36]Florida, we have a problem with these dog on Goliaths. It is ridiculous, man. All right, get him fast, fast, fast, fast, fast, fast. Get him turned.

[00:09:50]Get him turned.

[00:09:52]You got him coming. You got him. Keep them coming. Keep them coming.

[00:10:04]We are constantly getting broke off by Goliath, y'all. Every fish we hook, we lose. Oh, that's a good one, man. There we go. Nice. But see how you got that one to the boat?

[00:10:14]>> Yeah.

[00:10:14]>> Golas don't like these.

[00:10:18]You hook a mangro or a big porgy or something. A big lane.

[00:10:22]>> No.

[00:10:23]>> And they'll eat it.

[00:10:26]See you later. Stop. Get him. Stop.

[00:10:29]Turn him. Turn him. Turn him. And get him up quick. Reel. Reel. Reel.

[00:10:42]You got him coming. You got him coming.

[00:10:45]Keep them. Just don't let up on him.

[00:11:02]Here you go. Nice try.

[00:11:10]>> Another big red one.

[00:11:11]>> Another big red.

[00:11:14]>> Yep.

[00:11:15]>> Yeah. Nice.

[00:11:16]>> That is a nice fish.

[00:11:18]>> Like 34 of those.

[00:11:19]>> Yeah.

[00:11:24]>> There's a good one, y'all.

[00:11:27]>> Need sunscreen.

[00:11:28]>> Oh, no. We're good.

[00:11:30]>> Get them up. Don't stop. Don't stop. The Goliath are going to get you indeed.

[00:11:35]>> Here, I'll help you out. I'll get him up and hand it to you.

[00:11:54]I'm glad I got it all the way up here. I just seen him take it. Golly, stop.

[00:12:04]My goodness.

[00:12:07]Coming. Keep him coming. Don't stop reeling. Don't stop reeling. You got him going. Come on.

[00:12:13]Don't stop. Don't stop. He's going to get you. Don't stop.

[00:12:18]Keep going. Don't stop.

[00:12:30]He's coming. He's coming. Nice. It's a nice red one. There you go. You got him.

[00:12:36]There you go, buddy.

[00:12:39]>> Pretty.

[00:12:39]>> Very pretty fish.

[00:12:41]>> He didn't swallow that either.

[00:12:42]>> No, you didn't swallow that one. You got him good. You got him real good. See you, buddy. All right. Come on. That might be That might be something good.

[00:12:50]That might be.

[00:12:52]Don't take it easy on him, though.

[00:12:54]Oh, what is that? It's a red one.

[00:13:09]Awesome. Another Spanish.

[00:13:12]Get him coming. Get him coming. Take it easy on him. That's going to be one of them Spanish.

[00:13:17]He hit it on the way up, didn't he?

[00:13:24]Oh yeah, it's a big Spanish. It's a big one, too.

[00:13:33]Get him up.

[00:13:35]Almost. Almost. Almost. Oh, you got him, buddy.

[00:13:40]There you go. That's a good one, man.

[00:13:59]You know, I was ridden that thing up.

[00:14:01]Shake my bait.

[00:14:02]>> Yep. He got it on the way up.

[00:14:09]>> That is a beautiful one, man. Very good job.

[00:14:17]Very nice. Those are studs.

[00:14:22]All right.

[00:14:31]All right. What we got here?

[00:14:38]See what flavor we're working with.

[00:14:43]Nice lane.

[00:14:45]>> Good job.

[00:14:47]Yeah, that's a good one.

[00:14:50]Very good one. Good job, man.

[00:14:55]Very nice. All right, you got one, too.

[00:14:58]Keep them coming. Keep Don't stop. Keep them coming.

[00:15:05]What you got? What you got? You got a red one.

[00:15:10]All righty.

[00:15:14]>> Very nice, though.

[00:15:15]Very nice.

[00:15:20]I'm going to do a free line deal here.

[00:15:24]Spanish everywhere right here.

[00:15:28]See if I Spanish hit the shrimp.

[00:15:39]>> Yeah, it was Spanish mackerel.

[00:15:43]Let's see if we can't free line get a Spanish cuz you you've caught two just reeling up. So, see what happens.

[00:16:02]All right. Come on. Get him up. Don't let him beat you. Don't let him beat you.

[00:16:09]You got him. Come on. Come on. Let's see what you got here. See what flavor you're working with.

[00:16:18]Get him coming.

[00:16:20]I don't see him yet.

[00:16:27]Here he's coming. He's coming. He's coming. He's coming. It's a red one.

[00:16:33]All right, we got another red one. Red snapper. Little red snapper.

[00:16:46]There we go. Nice. GL got you that quick.

[00:16:49]>> That quick. Like >> that quick.

[00:16:53]Yep. He got you that fast. I got you.

[00:16:57]>> I mean, that was quick.

[00:16:58]>> Yeah, that was quick.

[00:17:05]>> I don't think we're Oh, maybe you're just hung on a rock. No, it's a Goliath.

[00:17:09]Yeah, it's a Goliath.

[00:17:15]Yeah, that's a Goliath.

[00:17:17]Big old carsiz grouper.

[00:17:20]>> About size your boat.

[00:17:21]>> Yeah, they about size of a VW bug.

[00:17:24]Golly.

[00:17:30]>> Dang. He got you instant. Instantaneous.

[00:17:33]>> I hooked him. I'm too late.

[00:17:35]>> Just means you had a good fish.

[00:17:38]That's the That's the only downside.

[00:17:40]Every time they take it, >> it only takes a good fish. It don't take the red snapper.

[00:17:45]>> He's acting like very well could be a lane snapper or a small red one.

[00:17:52]Don't let that Goliath get him though real quick.

[00:18:01]It's a red one.

[00:18:03]It's a red one. Yeah, got spun around.

[00:18:20]>> Yeah, >> get him.

[00:18:26]>> I help you. I help you. I help you. Oh.

[00:18:30]>> Oh, Goliath already got it. Yep. Goliath already had it.

[00:18:35]Oh, we got one coming. Oh, come on. Be a lane. Be a lane. Look like he gave up.

[00:18:44]The grunt. Oh, Grunamus Maximus.

[00:18:53]Get this hook tied up real quick.

[00:18:58]Tell you what, y'all. Goliath grouper have been absolutely tearing us up today. I mean tearing us up. No matter what we do, can't get away from them.

[00:19:27]>> Well y'all, hope you guys enjoyed that video. That was actually a pretty good little trip. We couldn't get past the Goliath groupers to save our lives, but we caught quite a few red snapper. We got some good fish to the boat. Some nice Spanish mackerel, some nice lanes.

[00:19:40]I'm getting ready to put myself in the dock right here. My little hydrol lift and then I'm going to call it a day, y'all. Thank you guys for watching. I appreciate it very much. And uh if you could like the video, put that thumbs up, share the video, and subscribe to the channel if you like the channel if you like the content. And I appreciate y'all. See y'all on the next one.