Video of the Day: Sea Bass and Barramundi on Estuary

This is another YouTube find shot back in September by chihwei0117, a prolific Taiwan fishing video poster on the site. Unfortunately, I can’t read Chinese so I have no idea where exactly it was filmed. Most likely, it is near a river mouth on the west coast of the island. The guy and his buddies are nailing small to medium sized Japanese sea bass (Suzuki) and barramundi. Because the two species look a lot alike at first glace, you have to pause the video to tell them apart. The bass have a more or less forked tail and symmetrical head, while the barramundi have a rounded tail fin and pointed head. The anglers look to be using lightweight spinning and bait casting rods and soft plastics. Chihwei0117’s YouTube channel is full of fantastic amateur fishing videos shot around the island, including several snakehead fishing videos.