Fishing with the Matador
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EPIC Bluefin tuna fishing in Hatteras!
On February 22, 2024 we fished aboard my 31 Contender Fisharound "Meat Wagon" off the coast of Hatteras North Carolina for bluefin tuna. In 180 feet of water, we found a color change where the cold waters of the Labrador current met the warm waters of the gulf stream. Water temperatures were 48 degrees on one side of the change and 72 degrees on the other. This condition creates a prime ambush place for predatory fish and this particular spot held bluefin tuna, blackfin tuna, false albacore, king mackerel, and wahoo.
We found PERFECT fishing conditions and managed to catch a bluefin tuna that we could legally retain and played with some other bluefin tuna that were bigger than we could keep. Great day, exceptional fishing, good group of friends... hard to beat a day like that!
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Look at how good the mahi fishing was in Virginia in October! THEY WERE EVERYWHERE
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After some unsuccessful tuna chunking off the coast of Virginia Beach, we set out trying to catch some fish to fill the box. We stopped in the Norfolk canyon and hit some pot buoys and found every buoy LOADED with nice sized mahi up to 10-12#. When dolphin get schooled like this, the mahi are super easy to catch. It was a really fun few minutes of fishing to catch our limit of mahi up to 14# on...
What in the world is this crazy (and disgusting) sea creature!?!
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While fishing for swordfish in 1300' of water off the coast of Virginia, we cranked up our bait to check it. When we got the bait to the top.after being near the bottom for a half an hour, we found that this strange eel burrowed itself into the body cavity of the mullet and attached itself for the entire 1300 foot ride back to the top and into the boat. I don't know what this thing is. it's def...
Wreck Fishing off Virginia Beach is AS GOOD AS IT GETS RIGHT NOW!
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Doesn't get much easier than that! Meet at the ramp at 7 Leave the dock at 730 Run 37 miles, fishing by 845 Limit of 75 bass by 1045 Run 37 miles and back at the dock before noon. 💥! Wreck fishing in the fall is really great fishing. I have some availability so give me a shout www.matadorcharters.com Nearly 16000 subscribers now! Thank you for all of your support! Please don't forget to subscri...
Lack of SWORDFISH report Oceans East Swordfish Tournament Day 1 10-4 Good buddy!
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On Wednesday, we fished our first of two days of the Oceans East Swordfish Tournament. The weather WAS NOT what was forecasted. It was much worse today. Heading straight into five foot swells with three foot chop on them made for a bumpy day. It was fairly rough all day but the Contender ate it up. We made it out to the canyon at 35 mph despite the seas. Once we arrived at the canyon, we found ...
The FASTEST, EASIEST way to rig a squid for SWORDFISH
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This is a quick instructional how to video about rigging a squid for fishing for swordfish. This is how I rig a squid for fishing for swords. This way is fast and effective and I have used this method to catch over 100 swordfish. Thanks for watching, liking, commenting and SUBSCRIBING! FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO BOOK A CHARTER GO TO WWW.MATADORCHARTERS.COM
Limit of sea bass, a GIANT triggerfish, and everything you need to know about offshore wind...
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On Monday, 9/25 we had a tight weather window that allowed us to get out and fish for probably the only day this week where we will have weather to get out of the inlet and make it to the wrecks. So we met at the ramp with a family of guys from central Virginia and made our way out to the triangle wrecks. The wrecks were absolutely loaded with sea bass. 73 degree clean green water, seas were no...
Check out this HUGE black sea bass!
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This week, I had nice weather one day and no charter during the middle of the week. Lee called me on Wednesday night and told me he wanted to rent the entire boat, just him for Thursday morning. He wanted to go wreck fishing so off we went. We went north to the triangle wrecks and found plenty of sea bass and some triggerfish, but couldn't find a flounder. There were also several other boats in...
My girlfriend caught a GIANT BIGEYE Tuna! 268#👀👀👀!
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On Labor Day my girlfriend Kendall and I went fishing offshore. We had a perfect weather forecast and the satellite shot looked great around the Norfolk Canyon so we packed up the my 31' Contender "Meat Wagon" and headed offshore. We spent the morning pulling a dredge looking for marlin. We ended up catching 2 out of 5 or 6 Sailfish, 2 out of 4 or 5 white marlin, jumped off a blue marlin, and t...
More great NEARSHORE fishing- spadefish, XL sea bass, triggerfish, MAHI
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On September 3rd 2023, we left out of Rudee Inlet in Virginia Beach aboard the 31' Contender "Meat Wagon" with a group of guys who fish regularly from the Richmond area. These guys initially wanted amberjacks, but a couple of days of cooler weather made amberjack fishing an uncertain bet. So we decided to do the sure thing and go wreck fishing. We had a great day on the wrecks, catching a limit...
There are STILL plenty of GIANT spadefish off Virginia Beach!
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While fishing off the coast of Virginia Beach at the end of August, we stopped to catch some spadefish and found some huge ones. This time of year most people have given up on spadefish but they are still around, they can still be caught very easily with clam the same ways they have been caught earlier in the summer, and in the same places as they were caught earlier in the summer. Spadefish ar...
FINALLY! Some fall weather CRUSHING Black sea bass!
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After a long hot summer, the weather has finally snapped with a few cold fronts pushing through off Virginia Beach. Every cold front that comes through after fall pushes more and more sea bass onto our wrecks off Virginia Beach. On this trip, we went to the triangle wrecks, in appx 100 feet of water, 35 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach and had a really great day targeting black sea bass. T...
More GREAT mixed bag fishing in Virginia Beach! MAHI FLOUNDER SEA BASS SPADEFISH
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On Auguat 13 I took a father and son, friends from Floyd, VA fishing on the nearshore wrecks off Virginia Beach and we really had a great day of fishing. We caught mahi, sea bass, a couple flounder (with one big one), and then I some spadefish while they caught some on the rod with a citation sized spadefish in the mix in that as well. The summer fishing on the wrecks off Virginia Beach has rea...
Inshore MAHI on light tackle!
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Inshore MAHI on light tackle!
Little kids catching BIG fish!
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Little kids catching BIG fish!
Great nearshore mixed bag fishing!
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Great nearshore mixed bag fishing!
INSTANT Amberjack fishing!
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INSTANT Amberjack fishing!
The best AMBERJACK fishing Virginia has seen in years!
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The best AMBERJACK fishing Virginia has seen in years!
Catching a BIG BULL SHARK during SHARK WEEK!
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Catching a BIG BULL SHARK during SHARK WEEK!
SPADEFISH EVERYWHERE! Plus a loggerhead turtle!
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SPADEFISH EVERYWHERE! Plus a loggerhead turtle!
LOOK at all those SPADEFISH!
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LOOK at all those SPADEFISH!
Great inshore mixed bag fishing in Virginia Beach- spades, jacks, flounder
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Great inshore mixed bag fishing in Virginia Beach- spades, jacks, flounder
more AWESOME Amberjack fishing!
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more AWESOME Amberjack fishing!
Making live bait in Virginia. How to get small live baits for amberjack cobia flounder rockfish etc
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Making live bait in Virginia. How to get small live baits for amberjack cobia flounder rockfish etc
AWESOME Virginia Beach AMBERJACK Fishing
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AWESOME Virginia Beach AMBERJACK Fishing
Take a kid SHARK fishing in Virginia Beach!
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Take a kid SHARK fishing in Virginia Beach!
Great deep drop fishing off Virginia Beach 6/30/23 LOTS OF TILEFISH
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Great deep drop fishing off Virginia Beach 6/30/23 LOTS OF TILEFISH
WRECK FISHING tackle tips! HOW TO STAY ORGANIZED for sea bass flounder triggerfish etc
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WRECK FISHING tackle tips! HOW TO STAY ORGANIZED for sea bass flounder triggerfish etc
New policy with Matador Charters! Take care of stuff! Pay attention!
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New policy with Matador Charters! Take care of stuff! Pay attention!
FLOUNDERS! 6/24/23 Fishing report
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FLOUNDERS! 6/24/23 Fishing report

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  • @Simonctghjufghz
    @Simonctghjufghz 2 дні тому

    What’s the lure your using? I’ve been looking for one that moves like that for way too long

  • @Ryan-hw7ow
    @Ryan-hw7ow 7 днів тому

    I had problems with my Helix 7 and finally tracked it down to a bad barrel connector where I spliced power in. You probably have a power problem too. No matter what voltage you read, there can be power issues in a connection creating a lack of amperage. This screen is very bright and it's power hungry. You need to make sure you have good voltage AND able to push enough amperage to the unit!!!

  • @newkeds
    @newkeds 8 днів тому

    Holy shit!

  • @kennethlitten2251
    @kennethlitten2251 8 днів тому

    WTF u could have been canoeing through that 😂😂

  • @nickshelley3118
    @nickshelley3118 8 днів тому

    check out haulover inlet for some wild shit

  • @JohnwickGaming-fy9vb
    @JohnwickGaming-fy9vb 12 днів тому

    That is the cheapest fad I ever see

  • @tommyrussell1415
    @tommyrussell1415 20 днів тому

    Floyd is an awesome county. It's out near Radford. Some of the nicest folks you'd ever care to meet out there.

  • @sultanagunghunting8142
    @sultanagunghunting8142 28 днів тому

    ua-cam.com/video/GqoedT1FVj4/v-deo.htmlsi=5GZiRjA2l5DNav5Z

  • @sultanagunghunting8142
    @sultanagunghunting8142 28 днів тому

    ua-cam.com/video/XmzBh_EHxis/v-deo.htmlsi=sriB-BVlhmffLIIU

  • @sultanagunghunting8142
    @sultanagunghunting8142 28 днів тому

    Good morning sir, let me introduce myself, my name is Muhamad Tamrin from Indonesia, I want to offer the results of my rope sale, where the rope I am showing is specifically for making fish houses in the sea/FAD, whose function is to help fishermen in finding fish because there are fish houses. artificial, then automatically within 2 months we can find a group of fish gathered in the artificial fish house that we made. This method is very effective in helping fishermen find fish without having to go around especially to look. With this artificial fish house, fishermen just have to come to the point of the fish house that we have made first and this method has been proven to be effective in my country. Every fisherman who wants to fish must always bring ropes and buoys along with other types of equipment that are needed to make a fish house. There is an average of 1 fishing boat company in My country has more than 10 fish house spots because that is to help them find fish sustainably because the fishermen have not only 1 spot, if you are interested in my produce, you can contact me directly via WhatsApp at +6282379070732, the rope that I produce Maximum length is 200 meters, we adjust the size according to the customer. That's all from me before I say thank you very much for the trouble and time

  • @sultanagunghunting8142
    @sultanagunghunting8142 28 днів тому

    Good morning sir, let me introduce myself, my name is Muhamad Tamrin from Indonesia, I want to offer the results of my rope sale, where the rope I am showing is specifically for making fish houses in the sea/FAD, whose function is to help fishermen in finding fish because there are fish houses. artificial, then automatically within 2 months we can find a group of fish gathered in the artificial fish house that we made. This method is very effective in helping fishermen find fish without having to go around especially to look. With this artificial fish house, fishermen just have to come to the point of the fish house that we have made first and this method has been proven to be effective in my country. Every fisherman who wants to fish must always bring ropes and buoys along with other types of equipment that are needed to make a fish house. There is an average of 1 fishing boat company in My country has more than 10 fish house spots because that is to help them find fish sustainably because the fishermen have not only 1 spot, if you are interested in my produce, you can contact me directly via WhatsApp at +6282379070732, the rope that I produce Maximum length is 200 meters, we adjust the size according to the customer. That's all from me before I say thank you very much for the trouble and time

  • @paulmoss7940
    @paulmoss7940 Місяць тому

    Killer recipe . Ima try it soon.

  • @jstringer213
    @jstringer213 Місяць тому

    Couldn't imagine running over that bar...my sailboat draws 5'...ain't going there! BTW folks the camera ALWAYS shrinks the size of those waves...good job capt'n!

  • @ThomasKuhar
    @ThomasKuhar Місяць тому

    Got tossed around like it was a 26 ft.!

  • @thomasyoung5452
    @thomasyoung5452 Місяць тому

    You show me where to catch em I’ll show you how to cook. Those poor fish.

  • @Deepimpactocean
    @Deepimpactocean Місяць тому

    I think they should allow for catch and release tourneys but ban for any other tournament.

  • @thomasstreahle2793
    @thomasstreahle2793 Місяць тому

    Worst set up ever

  • @smokey782
    @smokey782 Місяць тому

    Go back to Garmin

  • @Victor-lh3ph
    @Victor-lh3ph Місяць тому

    Waste of time watching that.

  • @Dunkolunk
    @Dunkolunk Місяць тому

    Out at the cannons?

  • @borisbelkin1515
    @borisbelkin1515 2 місяці тому

    😂😂😂😂

  • @volvo245
    @volvo245 2 місяці тому

    Clean build, good finish. Well thought out features.

  • @TokyoNightGirl-fk4cn
    @TokyoNightGirl-fk4cn 2 місяці тому

    💞Wow💛💛💛💗💗💗💛

  • @PHATBASSASSASSIN
    @PHATBASSASSASSIN 3 місяці тому

    I used mine twice two years ago pulled it back out today and I can’t get it to zoom in and out

  • @jasonholmes7065
    @jasonholmes7065 3 місяці тому

    The handfulls of bait occasionally tossed over keeps the school following the boat? And does this method work on smaller skipjack tunas? Or mainly 40lb + bigeye/yellows. Gonna try this in guam waters.

  • @lterra72
    @lterra72 3 місяці тому

    i came here to see this inlet in action. sadly the captain from wicked tuna charlie griffin just passed away coming into this same area. be safe out there.

  • @Smokedout.
    @Smokedout. 3 місяці тому

    Go Georgia bulldogs.

  • @Smokedout.
    @Smokedout. 3 місяці тому

    Why don't you take the plastic off the concrete and try using biodegradable materials please. If you could figure out how to do this process without trashing the environment then good on yah.

  • @brettbuckmaster5128
    @brettbuckmaster5128 4 місяці тому

    Love your channel man. I run out of Hampton and usually fish for cobia and reds predominantly. Had a great day at the CLT last summer on spades. I been hoping to target AJs somewhere other than having to make the run to the towers in NC. Doesn’t seem to be a well known thing, but I may try some offshore wrecks off VA this year.

  • @rayrayfro4940
    @rayrayfro4940 4 місяці тому

    That’s one big ass thrasher shark my first shark ever caught was like 80 pounds yours looks a lot bigger

  • @officialWWM
    @officialWWM 4 місяці тому

    😂😂

  • @SoloSailorDave
    @SoloSailorDave 4 місяці тому

    Thanks for the info...

  • @edwardbat69
    @edwardbat69 4 місяці тому

    Nice, one of these days!

  • @willbaker4754
    @willbaker4754 4 місяці тому

    This video is a masterpiece

  • @bobmuniak2903
    @bobmuniak2903 4 місяці тому

    OMG. Do you need secret service protection after posting this?

  • @killough71010
    @killough71010 4 місяці тому

    Ive had a 5 on my kayak, and I traet it like crap! it stays on my kayak all the time, which is stored outside but covered. Had it since 2019 and no issues. Probably just a fluke man.

  • @sionmclaughlin9820
    @sionmclaughlin9820 4 місяці тому

    Would you like to sell unit?

  • @MyCustomaryGruel-gv2rf
    @MyCustomaryGruel-gv2rf 5 місяців тому

    That's not a 7 pound fish you dolt

  • @MyCustomaryGruel-gv2rf
    @MyCustomaryGruel-gv2rf 5 місяців тому

    why it's eye like that!

  • @laxman9273
    @laxman9273 5 місяців тому

    What are the coordinates

  • @JohnJohn-wr1jo
    @JohnJohn-wr1jo 5 місяців тому

    Absolutely ridiculous. Don't forget how long it took to land the fish. She was half dead before u got it in the net. Dont know many captains that would allow that slow of a fight during C&R season. Theres so few of these big breeders left compared to 15 to 20 years ago. Close the season for five years until they recover.

    • @CharterFishing
      @CharterFishing 5 місяців тому

      You sound completely unaware that release mortality in striped bass is extremely low once water temperatures go below 45 degrees.

  • @grantd.5438
    @grantd.5438 5 місяців тому

    Good revive, but poor time out of water. Landed 8:30 ~ hit the water at 11:00. 2 min 30 out of water (could have been far less, sub 45 seconds with the tape ready, client ready for the bench/photo, etc). Just my 2c.

    • @CharterFishing
      @CharterFishing 5 місяців тому

      Meh. The water temp was 44 degrees and that fish was A-ok when we released it. Time out of the water and fight time for striped bass is really only significant once water temperatures are above 60 degrees.

    • @grantd.5438
      @grantd.5438 5 місяців тому

      @@CharterFishing (Copy paste my old comment) Now I agree 100 % with the cold water vs hot water facts and relation to mortality, but that relates to the fight and time IN the water. However, that does not change your scenario of keeping the fish dry for well over 2 minutes man. Many professional anglers are doing their part to keep them wet, you should to. This is just a friendly reminder to do better. DNR is starting (thank god) to enforce this stuff during catch and release season.

  • @JackSon-cs5vk
    @JackSon-cs5vk 6 місяців тому

    with all that heavy breathing that low IQ might be the problem

  • @smokey4519
    @smokey4519 6 місяців тому

    Columbia river bar on ebb tide is far worse. It’s the graveyard of the pacific lol

    • @erichammond9308
      @erichammond9308 4 місяці тому

      Not according to the US Coast Guard. The National Motor Life Boat School was established in Ilwaco WA (the Columbia river) because the surf at the 3 Outer Banks inlets (Oregon, Hatteras and Ocracoke inlets) was "too unpredictable and too dangerous for training purposes". Coast Guard Coxswains go to the Columbia river to learn the basics of surf rescue before they come to the Outer Banks, aka the "Graveyard of the Atlantic".

  • @AnnexF
    @AnnexF 6 місяців тому

    That’s why I bought a Boston Whaler.

  • @tomcooper927
    @tomcooper927 6 місяців тому

    My 5 never worked new out of the box and they never backed it up with their warranty.

  • @lonenightdiver6041
    @lonenightdiver6041 7 місяців тому

    Making a video of a lucky mantis shrimp?

  • @sethother8012
    @sethother8012 7 місяців тому

    tuna

  • @Itzjoel23
    @Itzjoel23 7 місяців тому

    What are the best places to fish in Va without a boat? I’m new to Va

    • @CharterFishing
      @CharterFishing 7 місяців тому

      There're many piers and parks where you can fish from shore. Right now your best bet from shore in Hampton roads for saltwater fish is speckled trout and puppy drum in any of the local rivers and inlets.

  • @woodsie7222
    @woodsie7222 7 місяців тому

    We have Mai Mai fish off the coast in deep water out near artificial FADs