mcnallyoutdoors

Crawfish (or crayfish) are one of the best baits in freshwater for a wide variety of sportfish. Bass, walleyes, catfish and others gorge on crawfish wherever they're found. Here are several ways to rig and use these great baits to catch more fish when you're on the water. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02TR8F3aNOc

This innovative fishing rig allows anglers to fish lures or baits in almost any depth water. Jigs, spoons, live and dead baits can be rigged this way to catch everything from bass and walleyes, to trout and panfish, and in saltwater for snook, seatrout, tarpon, redfish and many others. https://youtu.be/wEwVcW-vzSk

This trio of fishermen prove you don't need a boat or fancy, expensive tackle to catch HUGE crappies from public water.https://youtu.be/MISblk2q48g

Blackening almost anything makes for a great feast, and it's true with shrimp, too. Here's a little insight in this fun and fast cooking method.https://youtu.be/5TtNRHYk9tw

Successful fishing is not complicated, and here's one simple step to catching more fish using jigs.https://youtu.be/fvzF-UN11YA

Rock jetties near open saltwater, with nearby marsh areas, offer coastal fishermen great action, where sometimes they get lucky and catch inshore "slams" of flounder, seatrout and redfish.https://youtu.be/5R_4B4poCzw

When using live baitfish with jigs, skilled anglers are very picky about choosing just the right style leadhead, not only size, weight and configuration -- but the length of hook on the jig, too.https://youtu.be/d8EWE3_Ln24

This is a 3 pound WILD bass taking a live shiner that's feeding on plankton at the surface. Note the spotted gar to the left side of the bass.https://youtu.be/DBku9mdn_xg

http://youtu.be/IX1_1vBYY-Q Plenty of slot redfish around.

Tens of Thousands of Mullet are on their way down the River and into the Atlantic Ocean and beyond---a spectacle of marine nature.http://youtu.be/s7hX56P2CxI

When coastal mullet run ALL manner of fish turn on a feeding frenzy. Check out this MASSIVE school of striped mullet as they cruise along a river toward the open ocean.http://youtu.be/QvwH0USViPE

Cast netting live marine shrimp is great family sport and fun that's inexpensive, and a great way to beat summer and early autumn heat. Making and using home-made bait to attract shrimp to areas for cast netting is deadly effective, and it's easy and inexpensive to do.http://youtu.be/dUJcLH-KGgU

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Late summer is the time to look for flounder as they begin to make their move from offshore to inshore. Smaller fish are the first to show, and they can be caught well using jigs around rocks, rubble, jetties, docks and pilings.http://youtu.be/BsAlmUgnSYA

Few fish fight harder than jack crevalle, and when hooked on tackle intended for use with seatrout or slot redfish, well, things get a little wild, as angler Eric McNally and guide Darien Ladner of Shore Thing Charters learnhttp://youtu.be/2MAwjP2OBzQ

Working shallow marsh grass areas with popping corks and Vudu Shrimp lures is a deadly combination for all size red drum, including some monster fish pushing 30 pounds. Anglers Mike Hayes, Eric & Bob McNally team with guide Darien Ladner of Shore Thing Charters to collect some hefty fish.http://youtu.be/ObLyjvd_fdo

Even small blacktip sharks put up a heck of a light-tackle tussle, as angler Eric McNally discovers while fishing with Sonny Schindler of Shore Thing Charters.http://youtu.be/DI_AMdyJR6Y

Blue crabs are GREAT eating, and here's a step-by-step primer on how to bait crab traps, how to harvest crabs, how to store, cook and even eat these marine crustaceans....truly one of the most wonderful foods available from the sea. Please view the next video in this multi-part series on crabbing.http://youtu.be/XNTSU-ZIxF0

Working docks and tide waters for inshore gamefish. http://youtu.be/94T6qa_673c

Smoked fish dip is one of the most delicious, and easy-to-make horderves. Just a little of this and that, and in no time you can look like a hero to your friends and neighbors over for dinner or watching the game. http://youtu.be/TLTQbbH2KCc

Red snapper season offers a good time to collect a wide variety of offshore sport fish.http://youtu.be/IGlKdJ-pczo

Red snapper season offers a good time to collect a wide variety of offshore sport fish.http://youtu.be/IGlKdJ-pczo

Anglers Jim Anderson and Donald Mooney light up the ocean with light tackle in deep water. Jigging wrecks with medium-weight tackle is a fun and fast way of getting into hard-fighting alamaco jacks.http://youtu.be/CqPF0sAiRp8

While not rare, African pompano aren't caught every day in every coastal area, so they're reason to get excited. Beautiful, hard-fighting, and good on the dinner table, bottom fishermen working reefs and wrecks encounter them. http://youtu.be/HNNOmSWYk6U