A suggestion… Just started watching your channel, and live in New Zealand. Great content in your vids. I have been fishing for over 50 years, both in boats and off the rocks but my passion is rock fishing. There are scary, life threatening risks being taken in this vid. Watch an area for a good 15 minutes before fishing off it. If the waves are breaking onto the ledge you are going to fish off, or look like they may in time, don’t go onto it. An outgoing tide doesn’t mean it will necessarily get safer either - the wave amplitude, length and crest can get worse on incoming or outgoing tide. It was pretty obvious even early on in the vid that swells were cresting over the rock. Emotions play a very big part in fishing, and it is easy to get caught up in the moment. No fish is worth dying for. Always be watching the sea. You are a good guy, a superb chef, and produce great vids. Let’s make sure they keep coming for a long time into the future. Be safe. Thank you.

Taku, just some advice on plugging for monsters off the rocks. I do the same out here on the big island of Hawaii. Get yourself a pair of rock spike tabis. Gamakatsu makes a really good one that's spike/felt bottom but they only sell it in Japan. Also, you probably want a pair of long reach needle nose pliers for dehooking. What happened to you could've been way worse. I had a friend who got the treble stuck in his hand while still attached to the fish. It was a big bluefin trevally and it was still kicking while attached to him. It's not a bad idea to carry a first aid kit with your tackle. For antiseptic I like to use antibacterial hand soap with benzalkonium chloride. It's the same stuff surgeons use to prep incisions. It wont burn you like other antiseptics. And lastly I know you have a deal with Okuma but according to the Morning Tide Fishing guys (Brooksy, Briggsy, Cavy) they ssy you have to have the best of the best when it comes to fishing GT's, any weakness in your equipment will show. That's why they fish Zenaq and other top Japanese rod makers. Cheers from Hawaii bro! Stay safe and keep the videos coming!

Dude glad you’re ok… I always wonder what would happen to KZfaqr’s that go out by themselves.. I’m sure most have someone they know that know where they are or are going to be.. but it’s scary to think that you could fall and not even be incapacitated.. just to injured enough to climb that rock face.. glad your good bro keep it up.. love my Taku Tuesdays. ❤

You know, as I'm watching this video, I am convinced that the haters who said you were too small and weak to reel those fish in have no idea what they're talking about. Every time you lost a fish with the exception of the one that basically attacked you with the hook, it was because the line snapped. That has absolutely nothing to do with your physical strength or stature. At any rate, I love this video and I hope you continue making these.

Damn, what a crazy catch. The size, the rod breaking, the injury, and the wave to top everything off...

Holy cow, that was intense. I felt like I was there with you. Glad you’re ok though but LETS GO!!! Nice redemption Taku!!

definitely one of the best videos in terms of Storytelling... It had all of it danger, drama, tragedy and redemption.... great job on this one.

I was going to suggest bring Jocelyn with you. She seems like she brings you a lot of good luck. She was there when you caught that big king fish and now a big GT! Congrats Taku finally did it! 😁💪👏

This episode is probably my favorite you’ve ever made and I’ve been watching since the beginning. Congrats, man!

Being that it’s the 2nd time you’ve been there, I’m so shocked at how unprepared you are to fish that location. Equipment to easier land the fish, a fish clamp so it’s easier to de-hook the fish.

I'm glad you got that wound taken care of, some people don't know it could be deadly. A Texan fisherman died this summer after getting poked by a gafftop catfish and he didn't get it disinfected. I carry a small first aid kit for that reason.

Haters are going to hate, but takes a big man to be open to criticism. I have watched and seen your advancement from a chef attempting to fish to becoming an accomplished angler. Always love your content!

My heart was racing this entire video! Even more suspenseful knowing you were going to get hooked in the leg after seeing it on IG. I was wincing the entire time waiting for it! Glad you landed the GT! Those are narly fishing spots!

Dang Taku! Please don’t die on us😂 fr though I’m glad you’re alright

Glad you’re okay Taku! And so stoked for you on your ʻulua! I nearly cried at the end when everyone was there to cheer you on as well. 😂 congrats brother!

That could have been a thousand times worse than what it was glad you’re okay keep up the great content Taku

May I make a small highly divisive suggestion? Switch to a Left hand retrieve reel. You seem to be Right-handed, small guys like us need every advantage we can get with big powerful fish. Fight with your strong arm, reel with the weak, and use your legs to power the fish. What was that first fish? Do you know? Looked kinda like a Cubera Snapper to me. And I would have called that a perfect release. You win the battle even with a broken rod! Crazy!

This is definitely my favorite video you’ve posted, and please don’t fish for big fish alone. Probably should have a buddy just because of the location but I get that. Fish safe!

Dude!!! Awesome man. So happy for you. There is nothing like the purity of the joy on your face w that one. So cool bro. Yesssssss!!!!

Such an amazing video Taku!! This rarely happens to me once in a while but somehow my emotions were fully connect to this video, it felt like I was fishing with you.

congrats on bringing in the gt!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 and glad you're ok! that was some gnarly fishing and those fish were humongous! continued travel mercies and blessings.🕊

Damn this episode had my heart racing!! Be careful out there Taku! As a long time fan and hopefully speaking for others as well, we need you around for more videos!

Very intense. Great fish and even better job staying as calm as possible after a big treble wound!!

That was one of the most exciting videos you've created. Super happy you got your GT. Safe travels and keep up the good work.

Now this was a movie! Happy for you, Taku! Love your content! Please be safe and take care always Taku and Jocelyn!

Monster! Stoked you still landed it. Crazy how you can hear it hit your lure!

Kind of crazy how anyone says you're too small for these fish lol.. its that cliff that is hella sketchy man. Have anyone big or small go there, one slip forward and youre gone. So small minded some people are.

Wow, that was an intense fishing video. I'm glad you are safe, and you eventually caught your GT. I was with you the entire time, rooting you on. Stay safe and keep providing quality videos.

Great content, bro. As a Niuean living in Brizzy, I also fish. I have a saying, "Never take a knife to a gunfight." I get laugh at over here on the fishing charters until I land mine. I'm not a sports fisherman, I'm after a feed. I use 80lb braid and 200lb 9 foot trace, and that's with a Saragosa 2000. How I'd love to get my hands on a Stella...Nice fish, too. Well done.

Congratulations 🍾 Had your Lady with you too! What more could a man want!

Congratulations Taku!💪🏽

first off, very glad you're ok Taku! secondly, I personally would've quit trying after so many broken lines and lost lures, mad respect to you for continuing to chase those big ole GT, and eventually catching one! very happy for you Taku, Excellent video as always!

I'm so proud of you ❤ That is a story to tell the world and you have the scars to prove it 🤘 I'm glad you're ok 😊 as a fisherman you have to do some crazy stuff to catch your quarry. Keep it up, Godspeed.

Love you taku! So stoked for you on this catch 🤙🏼

Congratulations! You are a badass. Not only reaching your goal, but landing that coral cod with only a reel. Pretty amazing. Thanks for the content and of course the Chef skills/recipes.

Congratulations Taku on your Mission accomplished. that was fun to watch

Wow, Taku! Incredible. Congrats

Congrats! This chef can certainly fish!!!

congrats on your catch taku you deserve it you stayed in it and never gave up ...Big Respect to you

Amazing fishing, glad you got what you came for!

Awesome video to wake up to! Cant say it enough times, your videos are just great! Keep them coming!

BROOOO IM SO PROUD OF YOU!!! YOU DID IT!!! I can’t wait to see you come back again and land that Banded Coralgrouper again!!!

Congratulations, to you! So awesome!

What a bloody roller coaster of a video mate, thoroughly enjoyed 👍🏼

So happy for you, Taku. You're a warrior! I think that big fish that spiked you may have been a coral grouper (aka coral trout). Huge specimen if it is!

Well done! You got there in the end, happy for ya'

Happy you accomplished what you set out to do! That was a nice catch! Pretty scary watching those waves hit you on that cliff! That broken pole was too much!

This might be the craziest catch I've seen on KZfaq! Nice catch dude!!

this is crazy!!! good stuff man, got the heart pumping!!

So happy for you, man!

Really a poetry in motion taku this is the best video ever you fought through a plug in the leg a tackle from the wave and depression ❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉f-ing love it bro

congrats and good work Taku!!!

Hey, Taku! First, these videos are getting more and more awesome! I also wanted to comment on that first fish, the blacksaddled coral trout. It's a species of grouper, and like most groupers, they are highly delicious to eat, but one has to be careful. Like the other members of this family, they mainly feed on other fish, who in turn feed off algae in the reefs that contain the organisms which cause ciguatera poisoning. Many reef fish species are liable to carry the ciguatoxin. Just wanted to throw in my small dose of knowledge.

Awesome, great video. Congrats on the Fish.

Really scary but gorgeous that spot! Unbelievable. Congratulations for the achievement 🎉

Great video, Taku! Congrats on your first landbased GT! I few things I’d suggest for big game fishing off the rocks would be: 1. To wear some cleats or rock shoes with spikes on the bottom. They’ll save you from slipping off the rocks and are just as important as a life jacket. 2. Wearing an EPIRB or some sort of portable personal locator beacon and/or a satellite communication device. If you ever get washed in and dragged out to sea, it will save your life to have one (or better yet, both!). These safety devices are really important when fishing off the rocks by yourself in remote locations! 3. Using the best of the best fishing gear. Okuma have some high-end reels and rods in the PE8 or 10 models that you can use. For landbased, 8’3” to 10’ rods are ideal as they have enough length to help you stop the fish from ledging/reefing you. Any shorter, you won’t have enough leverage to stop the fish going under the rocks and busting you off on structure. It also can be more dangerous with a shorter rod as you’ll need to get very close to the edge of the ledge to stop the fish from diving under the ledge/rocks. It’s also more difficult to land a fish safely with a shorter rod too for the same above reasons. 4. Having the correct drag setting to start the fight is vital. I like to run mine 1-2 360 degree revolutions loose from being completely locked. Most landbased GT and big Kingfish fishermen run their drags at 10kg as a minimum and on average between 15kg to 20kg drag setting to start the fight. This is dependent on your body weight and strength levels though, so please choose a drag setting you can handle, just try not to have the drag too loose at the start of the fight. The reason for the heavy drag setting is to stop the fish from diving immediately into structure. It also allows you to quickly tire the fish out and pump it into land before it can get its breath back for another big run. 5. Most GT fishermen run Nylon Shock Leader around 150lb-220lb in strength. It absorbs shock of big fish runs and will also allow you to run heavier drag without feeling like you will fall in. Nylon shock leader is also abrasive resistant and because of its stretchiness and shock absorption qualities it also helps with tiring big fish out. Hope the above suggestions help! Looking forward to seeing you catch an even bigger monster off the rocks! 🤙🏽

Wild ride! Congrats!

what a ride! great video Taku!

Wow! The fish looked incredible!

Niue is a beautiful place not many will ever go, the blue lagoons and cliff-like sides of the ocean created the action-pack images of a tropical adventure/quest in search of the elusive GT, Congrats Taku on your catch it looked like the angler coveted Cubera Snapper. , Although it looked a little sketchy at times, it made for great content. safe travels to you and Jocyln.

Taku, I am wore out just watching this show, man talk about ups and downs, that was so cool. I saw the kingfish you got on the other show and that was awesome, then you get the hook in the leg here and almost got washed away to become crab food and then landing that, that was so great. My wife and I have been watching Outdoor Mitsuki and she is turning out like you, that little one gets it. Okay, I gotta settle down here, I am so stoked for you and Jocelyn. My wife and I were just out the other day and had a great trip for rockfish and then seeing you pull this off, man what a cool week already. Hope your leg heals with no infection, that will be a great story in itself. Thanks for a great show.

Congratulations. What a fish.

Great video, be safe out there.

Watched both videos and both were awesome!!!! That fish was massive!!!! Exciting video's

Nice job brother! Glad you got one!

what a wild ride! Congrats 😎

Success!!!! Way to go Taku!

Great stuff Taku!!

Awesome! congratz

Great video Taku!

48” 200-250# steel leader. Period. We use that for Cubera Snapper in Baja when fishing the rocks from boat or shore . These monsters aren’t “line shy” This is the way .

You went through it but you did it braddah!!! Congratulations!! GT off the bucket list!!

EPIC...CONTENT...MY GUY!

Absolutely EPIC video, my Man!!! All this film needed was a love scene hahahaha. Fantastic entertainment!!! Bay Area Represent!

YOU DID IT TAKI!!!!! CONGRATS!!! WOOOOOO

Picture perfect way to end! Love the hail mary moment of the last ditch effort even when things were looking bleak. Great stuff man! Hopefully one day I'd like to catch my own GT.

Wow!!!! Those GTs are big fish!! I'm glad you accomplished what you went there for!!! Some times you go on very dangerous adventures haha, You guys becareful out there!!! Love watching you Taku!

Great catches on this one! Glad your leg didn't fall off from sepsis

As soon as you said it Happened . Now you'll have respect for the fish you catch and the hooks. You're one of my favorite channels you're humble and brave my boy.

YOOOO be careful dude holy crap! Glad you are ok. That was a fun fight to watch, and great camera angle for it.

Taku you are an inspiration to us all. Also im very sorry that this happened to you but still an awesome catch even is the waves took it. On a lighter note today I found My first Matsutakes! I wouldn't have found them without your videos so I wanted to say Thanks for all your videos and all the effort you put into each one, and for getting me outside and fishing again, as a teenager I had forgotten that I love the outdoors, but your videos reminded me of how amazing and also how awesomely terrible nature can be. Thanks for all your videos and for being such a cool person. Ps ive foraged , black trumpets, chanterelles, hedgehogs, oysters, and now matsutakes, since starting to watch your videos. Anyway sorry to drone on, Just wanted to let you know your doing good work and to say thank you.

That kind of rock is sooooo prickly! I can't believe I used to walk on rocks like that barefoot when I was a kid in Hawaii.

What an epic battle. An absolute banger of a video! 👏🏽 👏🏽

Love your adventures brother

Nice bro! Happy for you!

That was intense. Glad you got one in the end.

Glad you are good to go. Could have been way worse and glad you are ok. I was hooked through my hand with a huge striped bass plug still attached to the fish and hand. Had a buddy lean on the fish to unhook it. Went to the hospital w a huge treble in my hand. It healed. I got a story. Ahhhh memories!

People have stories to tell about their fishing events. Taku, this episode is one hecka story that you can share with your children's children. And when they don't believe you, have them watch this video. There is a saying that "Bad luck comes in 3s". On that first fish you landed: (1) your rod broke, (2) you got hooked on the leg, (3) that huge wave reclaimed that fish.

Great action, Taku!

Man them cliffs are gnar! Be safe brotha , persistence pays🤙🏽

Congrats on the GT.............!!!!

Man that was intense! It’s crazy how cavy and briggsy makes it look so easy jumping cliffs and landing GTs

Glad you’re ok. I would’ve guessed closer to 50lbs than 30 lbs. Hope y’all stay safe and God Bless!

Congrats! Dude awesome video!

What insanity!! Great job Taku!!

Cheers brother and GT are awesome and stoked up u got one in your hands 🤙🏻🎣🐟🙏 keep it up and watching from Indo 🎣🤙🏻

heck yea buddy!! forget them haters, they be jealous of your fabulous lifestyle. keep up the good work bro and if you're ever in SE FL we can hunt some snook in my Mako.

Coral trout looks like!!!! Enormous!!! I follow many guys from down under, haven't caught something so big!!! Congrats man!!!

REDEMPTION!!! Glad you are ok!

Congrats Taku!!!!