Catching $10,000 fish in the middle of nowhere

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No way. Black Tip is here and Donald Trump Jr.
And T-Food? What the f***?
Oh! I got one on the fly, boys!
Oh my gosh, bro!
It's a video game, guys. Catching more in Don Jr.
What's going on?
Damn it!
Yeah, I can fish, man. He's good. He's solid.
Ooh.
Oh, dude. That's just from impact. I mean, look at that thing.
We got the fish right in front of him. He just got a hook on.
You're just talking incessantly.
All right, Chad. So we're driving two hours into the middle of nowhere with Black Tip Age.
Real, real, real, real.
And Don Jr.
We're going to be catching 200-pound arapaima.
Giant freshwater tarpon thing.
Every single one of these ponds, there's fish in them. Giant fish.
What's up, T-Food crowd?
Chat? Is it Turner chat? Just chat.
Hey, y'all. Hey, y'all.
Watch the ants.
As far as you can.
Oh my gosh. Spencer, put it in your hip. Put it in your hip. Put it in your hip.
Put it in your hip. Put it in your hip.
It's a monster, and it's like 12-inch, like Blue Runner.
These are babies that were bred from bigger ones.
We're the only people that raise them in the United States.
Look at that fish.
One, two, three.
Got it. All right. Let's let her go.
Awesome. How cool is that fish?
I heard Eric can cast better than Don, though.
I think we need a different angle. I just don't think he's working that fly rod correctly.
I think there's too much talking from the peanut gallery.
Josh can grab a fly rod, and then we can play bet.
I'll throw the fly like a complete moron, and something will eat it.
And probably still hook it. That's the only problem with taking this bet.
We got the fish right in front of him. He just got to hook one, right?
You need a horse to water.
Yeah, you can't make him drink it, though.
Oh, I'm sorry. Am I spooking the fish for you?
You're just talking incessantly.
Basic stuff is put it in a loop, like a guitar string.
If it's not tight, it's not making music.
If you lose the loop, it all crumbles.
And you kind of snap in your wrist like you've got a paintbrush in your hand.
Forward. Forward.
Stop. Up in the air.
I want to keep some line out.
So many right here, though.
You're on. Get it to the reel. Get it to the reel.
That was cool.
You're on.
Yeah, I'm on.
You're on.
Okay, let that line slide. Let that line slide.
Reel, reel, reel.
Okay, now keep that rod tip up.
I hooked one on the fly. How the f*** did it do that? It's a coach right here.
Perfect. Keep that tension up.
He's not done yet, but he's big.
Knuckle buster, huh?
Oh, yeah. I can't even do anything. These things are f***ing strong.
All right, he looks big, dude.
Yeah, that's a nice fish, bro.
Oh my gosh, bro.
Here he comes.
My time will come.
We're the rookie video game guys catching more than Don Jr.
What's going on?
Yeah, he can fish, man. He's good.
He's solid. We fished a bunch together.
That's what he's doing.
My time will come.
I have no doubt in my skill set.
Oh my gosh, dude.
That was pretty stoked, aren't you?
Yeah.
Look at my thumb.
What happened to your thumb, dude?
Bust on the reel, dude.
It's called education through pain.
Big fish on a fly ride. You'll learn that one quickly.
Regular reel, not direct drive.
You're going to hurt yourself.
He's going to jump over to you guys.
Gosh, you're in an angle.
I should have just let you be in there.
He's gone.
He's gone?
Oh, dude, that's just from impact. I mean, look at that thing.
These things, they've broken more thumbs than you can imagine.
I got myself once on a tuna.
I haven't made that mistake since. It hurt so badly.
That's a fish on the fly, man.
You had the leader.
Don said that's a good mistake, dude.
It's not. It happens to everyone.
What's your biggest fish ever on a fly?
I caught a humpback whale on a fly once.
That's pretty serious.
Yeah, came up in a bait ball.
Well, no, I mean, I hooked it up legit.
It came up and swallowed.
We were fishing for striped marlin in Mexico, Cabo.
Yeah.
And I mean, it came up and ate the whole bait ball 30 feet from the boat.
And I was just like, I'm in.
So I think I actually hold the record for the largest, not a fish, but you know,
whatever, largest aquatic animal ever hooked on a fly.
Legit in the mouth.
That's the biggest thing I've ever hooked probably ever.
It got me pretty good right there.
Oh, did it?
Oh, they're real.
Boom.
We call it ETP.
Meaning you'll make the mistake once and you won't make again.
It's like a kid touching a stove.
It's like sometimes like they'll do it once.
ETP.
Like standing on a fire and a hill.
Yes, that's another good one to learn.
That's today's message for me.
That's a good one, man.
I got two for a reason.
You know what's worse?
You don't get the fish in.
You did.
Shock to the pride is worse.
So I think you did good.
You do fly fishing?
No, not really.
I like to fish for sport though.
I'm like that with you.
Like I, you know, half the fun I have is going up in my cabin and going like trout fishing.
Yeah.
You know, so they're small.
They're never, but like just fooling them on a, you know, whatever they're eating and
watching that dry fly eat.
Like it's, it's epic.
I know.
I need to get into fly fishing more.
I do.
It's on weekend.
Come up to my cabin.
Like we just go out.
You gotta teach me how to fly fish a little bit better than this.
I know.
You figure it out quickly.
All right.
Since we're, you know, kind of shooting fish in the barrel a little bit,
might as well do it with style.
So we're going to try to catch an arapaima on a kite with a live tilapia.
Carter, you need helium on that kite.
You can't get it up.
I've heard that Josh definitely can't get it up.
That's what I heard too.
You do need helium, but I think my tank might be a bit too strong.
You want me to try it?
I have to get it in there.
No, I won't be able to do it.
Oh boy.
I've never seen anyone use a truck to get a kite in the air.
Oh really?
Cause we did it in San Sal.
Did we?
Yeah, we did.
What's the problem with your helium tank?
You gotta open it up right here.
I missed it out.
Yeah?
Turn that valve.
Let's see it.
Turn the handle, Randall.
What the heck?
How heavy is it?
It's heavy, bro.
No, there's nothing in there, bro.
Did you fill it?
Or did you just buy the tank?
Josh, I thought you were going to get the kite up, dude.
So your success with the fly was right down near the bottom.
Because with the heat coming up like this,
there's a good chance they drop down a little bit to get away from the sun.
Colder down there?
Yeah, not that they're overheating since they're a South American fish.
So these are native to like the Amazon, Brazil?
Brazil, but these guys came out of Peru.
What gave it away, dude?
I'm actually about to wet my pants, bro.
And Donald Trump Jr.
And T-Food?
What the f***, bro?
I made this with some Asian ladies up front.
Fried arapaima?
This looks insane.
Look how white it is.
That is really good.
Dude, fifth one hooked up.
Luck ain't with me right now.
Everyone's going to catch one before Don gets one on a fly rod.
When you get one on fly after throwing it so many times, it's so rewarding.
Don's going to have a heart attack when he actually hooks one.
It's not like it's an impossible feat.
A lot of people do it.
Give me a fly rod.
This is going to be good.
Stand by and stand down.
I don't even know how to use this stupid thing.
Who's going to catch the first fish?
Josh or Don on the fly?
It should be Don, but for some reason it's going to be Josh.
Josh, you got to let go of him.
Oh, whatever, dude.
Just watch.
Why are you reeling up all your...
Because I'm walking.
Josh is like Artemis.
Oh my gosh, Josh.
Landing and flying both on.
I hate this thing so much.
Reel.
All right, show your pops how it's done.
Oh my gosh.
Look how big he is.
You got that little buddy?
Those things are so strong.
Come on, Spencer, get in here, buddy.
You got it, you got it, you got it.
Come here, Spencer.
Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.
We're holding him down.
You can't hold him up.
I got him.
Can't pick him up out of the water, remember?
Got it?
Yep.
Buddy, have you ever seen anything like that?
Look at that thing, dude.
That's awesome.
Oh, yeah.
Now you got to get one off.
You're a more patient man than I am, Don.
Dude.
All right, potato.
Give me some.
Congrats.
I'm fishing the Penn Battle 5000 right now.
That's the real one.
You're going to hook one right now and Don's going to keep wondering what's happening.
Wait, don't, don't.
Far pond where I was fly fishing and then go give it another shot over there.
I don't know what's worse, though, Turner.
Don not being able to get one on fly or you buying a helium tank without any helium in it.
Both are rather gooky.
I was just inhaling it the whole way here.
You didn't hear me answer the phone call.
I was like, gosh, I'm out of the way.
Did you bring the helium tank?
No.
All right, I'm going to get one right now.
I'm going to hand the rod to Don.
I'm not taking the rod.
No.
They're a Pima and then I'll hook you.
You got to make that same shirt, but in like orange.
Dude, he bit the tail right off.
They want to switch that up.
I think they like that vibration.
Yeah, I think I'll get another one.
The security on the hill.
They're everywhere.
They're all around here in the bushes, but you better watch out.
Get too close to Don with that camera.
They'll think it's an undercover CIA.
They're going to get you.
We have a large koi facility in Atlanta.
Like the finest koi fish in the world.
I mean, like, I don't know.
We'll probably have some of the largest over a meter long koi.
So you can catch them?
No, no.
Josh just wants to catch them, which is not probably.
Well, you know.
It's socially not acceptable with koi.
That's a good video.
Just hold one or something.
I got him, man.
You can put a lure in his mouth.
I would like to catch the same one and then get the fly out of his mouth.
So he's not swimming around in the pond.
Oh, we broke it off.
They're very hardy fish.
You hear your hunter yelp when he reaches into one's mouth later.
You know it's the one.
Wow, what is that?
Harvesting these fish.
Nobody knew anything.
We're the only people that raise them in the United States.
I mean, we had to learn that you don't tame these fish like you do a normal fish.
They're tough as nails.
Yeah.
You could bring them up on the bank.
The frequency that they're being caught and brought up on the bank.
We don't want to take a chance.
So we're doing all the perfect ways to handle them.
Lift them up.
They have a swim bladder.
Not really a slim bladder.
It's a very rudimentary lung that attaches to the rib cage because they're air breathers.
If you get them up, it can mess that lung up and they'll just actually bleed to death and die.
The lung will like, it'll like spin?
No, it's not a lung.
Actually, lung type material, the bones or stuff can puncture that lung.
Oh, okay.
And then they're going to die.
Like you see them rolling all day long.
Are they're actually like gasping for air when they do that?
Yeah, they're getting air.
So they're not breathing the water.
Yeah, it's really cool.
Beginner's luck on the fly, huh?
You're the only guy.
You can crow a little bit up here.
I was like, I always like to fish too with guys that listen.
And y'all listen and y'all are also fishermen too.
He's got a tilapia.
We're going to use the drone right now.
Watch this.
So throw this right here.
Drone.
What can go wrong?
Everything rigged, I just.
At least there's a Josh thing.
It is kind of funny.
Just see it.
Hilarious.
Josh, you're standing in an amp hole.
No, I'm not.
It's not funny, dude.
Dude, what's falling on me, bro?
Stop doing that.
Stop.
I'm going to kick you in the head.
Josh needs so much more of that in his life.
Look at him.
Holy moly.
This is it.
I'm almost embarrassed for myself right now.
Actually, it's a real, real, real, real, real.
We got him.
Come on.
Real.
Hold up.
Yes.
Yes, Don.
That's right, buddy.
Don't doubt the drone now.
He said it's a Josh thing.
Who's hooked up?
That's right.
Dude, I can hook him for you.
I can do a lot of things.
It ran.
It did.
Then it comes off.
How big was it, Don?
I didn't see the eat.
I just felt the take underwater.
Was it a good take?
It's coming up.
Here he is.
Oh, yeah, dude.
Beauty.
120.
140.
Oh, my.
Luck is not with me today.
Don, you want to do the drone?
No, I'm good.
So we're going to try one more pond.
Let's get it, and then we'll go.
It's exponential depression.
Yeah, two more.
Really?
We just want Don to get one.
I just cannot.
Oh, for nine.
Come on, Don.
Two more calves.
Come on.
You're not going to get one for it.
And I'm not taking a rock out of someone's hand.
I'm not a seven-year-old.
This is for Don.
I'd do the same way.
I don't want to.
Shut them down, bro.
They don't like it.
Come on in here, guys.
It's coming up.
Thank you.
Don, for you and the kids.
Thank you very much.
Look at these things, bro.
It's a computer, man.
Yeah.
They sold out in 30 minutes.
You can't even buy them anymore.
Seriously.
Yeah, they resell.
How does this next to a computer?
Thank you, man.
I don't know how light this is.
This is what I came with.
What?
It's like it's nothing inside of it.
It literally weighs nothing.
It's light as a feather.
Yeah.
Wow.
That's the best mouse on the planet.
What do these retail for?
People resell them for like 500 bucks a piece or something.
Probably not catching up to that.
That's epic, though.
He got one for you.
Get one from your dad, too.
It's a mouse.
Your brother's probably going to use it.
Who's that handsome man?
Hey, man.
Good to see you, man.
Farewell.
See you soon.
Good to see you, Naka.
The only place in Florida that you can catch arapaima is at Jurassic Jewels.
There's nowhere else you can go.
In all of North America.
That's it.
This is the guy right here, Hunter.
I'll take care of you.
He's a legend right here.
Thank you, bro.
Great having you all out here.
To be continued.
This is to be continued.
There's going to be a day where I got like a powder right on my chest.
Episode two, Turner's revenge.
Turner and Don get revenge.
All right, Chad.
We're done fishing at Jurassic Jewels.
I did kind of catch one on the fly.
We got leader, but he came off.
But those types of fish are, you know, it's probably the best release I could have got.
You know, I did want to get a picture up on the bang holding it.
But it was good to see Black Tip and Don out there with me.
And we're all just having a good time.
And a lot of people in the comments are going to be like, you're shooting fish in the barrel.
True.
But these fish you can only catch in South America and like the Amazon.
So the fact that we're in Florida catching these fish, even though, you know, they are
farm raised, it's still cool.
You know, it's still a dope experience just to see those animals rolling and
busting on the surface and just how big and strong they were.
It's just really cool.
