Extreme Philly Fishing

10/24/2025

Here is another batch of photos from my Qingdao, Shandong, Lifelisting trip!!!
The following galleries dropped on my Smugmug Fish Photo Database (https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/) for the Inner Circle:

🐟 Japanese Halfbeak (Hyporhamphus sajori) [LIFER 570]
🐟 Shuttles Hoppfish (Periophthalmus modestus) [LIFER 571]
🐟 [No Common Name] (Takifugu alboplumbeus) [LIFER 572]
🐟 [No Common Name] (Opsariichthys bidens) [LIFER 573]
🐟 Blackhead Seabream (Acanthopagrus schlegelii) [LIFER 574]
🐟 Horn Dragonet (Callionymus curvicornis) [LIFER 575]
🐟 Japanese Sillago (Sillago japonica) [LIFER 576]

Which one of them is YOUR FAVORITE?! Comment below and let me know!!!

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Enjoy!

10/23/2025

Did you know that the name WISSAHICKON is derived from the Lenni-Lenape word "Wiessahitkonk," which translates as "Catfish Creek" or "Stream of Yellowish Color?!" Hey... don't ever say that you don't learn anything by watching EPF contents on social media, alright?! 🤣😂

On a side note, the Eurotackle 1" EPF Swim strikes again at the Wissahickon Creek in Philadelphia, PA. STAY TUNED for the FULL VIDEO dropping on YouTube TOMORROW, OCTOBER 24th, at 4 p.m. EST. Tune in and learn much more about the Wissahickon Creek and about how healthy its lower portion is nowadays.

10/22/2025

TAG that friend who is ALWAYS AFRAID OF THE FISH or AFRAID OF TOUCHING THE FISH...!!! xD
On a side note, EP5 of Nicaragua just dropped on the YouTube Channel (link in page's description). You can go there to watch the entire Ben vs. Eel interaction, as well as all the OTHER COOL SPECIES that we landed that day!

10/22/2025

Mark it on your CALENDARS...!!!
EP5 of Nicaragua is dropping on the YouTube Channel TOMORROW (10/22) at 3:00 p.m. EST.

In it, Eurotackle Ben and I fish the waters around Playa Escameca in Nicaragua...!!! Make sure to TUNE IN for multiple different species of fish — BIG and SMALL, including a very challenging LIFER caught on camera!

Meanwhile, I hope you folks have been wetting thy lines out there and ESLAYING the species around your area!

Tight lines & FISH ON!

10/19/2025

Here is the first ever FRESHWATER UPDATE from the Qingdao, Shandong, Lifelisting trip. These galleries dropped on my Smugmug Fish Photo Database (https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/) for the Inner Circle. More photos will drop consistently for the next WEEK OR SO.

Here are the LIFERS that were recently added to the Database:

🐟 Rosy Bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus) [LIFER 565]
🐟 Stone Moroko (Pseudorasbora parva) [LIFER 566]
🐟 Amur Goby (Rhinogobius brunneus) [LIFER 567]
🐟 Freshwater Minnow (Zacco platypus) [LIFER 568]
🐟 [No Common Name] (Squalidus wolterstorffi) [LIFER 569]

Which one of them is YOUR FAVORITE?! Comment below and let me know!!!
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Fishing videos on YOUTUBE: https://bit.ly/37c57JN My travels & life on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/extremephillyfishing_lifelists/ Latest Database updates: https://www.scribd.com/document/901181159/Epf-Smugmug-Fish-Photo-Database-Upload-Schedule

10/19/2025

NEW CATCH-&-COOK VIDEO JUST DROPPED ON THE CHANNEL!
I am leaving its link below:
https://youtu.be/KYxkugiAYzQ

In today's episode, I return to the Hammonton Lake in NJ to catch some Black Crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus) for a NICE FISH BAKE for dinner...!!! If you folks are into cooking fish, make sure to check the FULL RECIPE in the description of the YouTube video!

10/17/2025

NEW PHOTO GALLERIES from Qingdao, Shandong, dropped on the Smugmug Fish Photo Database (https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/) for the Inner Circle. They will drop consistently for the next WEEK OR SO.

Here are the LIFERS that were recently added to the Database:

🐟 Spotty-bellied Greenling (Hexagrammos agrammus) [LIFER 558]
🐟 Filamentous Shrimpgoby (Myersina filifer) [LIFER 559]
🐟 Japanese Spanish Mackerel (Scomberomorus niphonius) [LIFER 560]
🐟 [No Common Name] (Chaenogobius gulosus) [LIFER 561]
🐟 [No Common Name] (Dictyosoma burgeri) [LIFER 562]
🐟 Six-lined Prickleback (Ernogrammus hexagrammus) [LIFER 563]
🐟 [No Common Name] (Parablennius yatabei) [LIFER 564]

Which one of them is YOUR FAVORITE?! Comment below and let me know!!!
The password for all Smugmug Watershed and Species folders for October was shared earlier this month with the FB Inner Circle Members.

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10/16/2025

Let the FALL CHROWT ESLAYFEST begin, Ladies & Gentlemen!!!
A Pennypack Creek stocked CHROWT video just dropped:
https://youtu.be/Of1VAZ4Qo94

Here is a gentle reminder that the Wissahickon Creek just got stocked TODAY (10/16), and that LEVITTOWN LAKE is getting stocked NEXT WEEK. Come on, folks... now is the TIME. Grab your fishing gear and go out there to ESLAY some CHROWT!!!

10/16/2025

The FALL STOCKED TROUT Season BEGINS, Ladies & Gentlemen!!! Here is a gentle reminder that the Pennypack Creek was stocked on 10/14, and that the Wissahickon Creek is going to be stocked on 10/16. Furthermore, Levittown Lake is going to be stocked on 10/23. That is PLENTY of FISH for everybody out there to catch!!!

Also, here is a gentle reminder that the FALL SEASON for PA is considered the "extended season" for Trout Approved Waters. That means a limit of THREE TROUT PER DAY (Combined Species), and NOT five. Minimum size for them is 7".

There will be a FULL YOUTUBE VIDEO on the Pennypack Trout dropping tomorrow on the Channel at 5 p.m. EST! Stay tuned!

10/14/2025

— EPF LIVESTREAM TONIGHT (10/14) AT 9:00 P.M. EST —
Make sure that you don't miss it. I will leave the YT Channel link below:
https://www.youtube.com/extremephillyfishing

In this livestream, I will about the following topics:
🐟 The benefits of SELECTIVE HARVESTING;
🐟 The consequences of OVERHARVESTING.

If you show up, make it interactive by participating in the Livestream Chat!
Upon completion, the livestream will be up on the YouTube Channel for 24 hours; then, it will be made into a YT MEMBER'S ONLY video.

10/13/2025

Fellas... EP4 of NICARAGUA just dropped on the YouTube Channel:
https://youtu.be/t8xRtyF5KPc

In it, Ben (Eurotackle) and I explore and fish TWO different RIVERS in Nicaragua for ENDEMIC SPECIES OF FISH...!!! If you are into MICRO FISHING for EXOTICS, you definitely can't miss this one!

10/12/2025

— LIFER SPOTLIGHT —

In today's LIFER SPOTLIGHT post, we have a Rosy Bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus) that I caught from the Licun He (李村河; a.k.a. Licun River) in Qing Dao, Shan D**g, China, on August 7th, 2024.

Fun fact of the day: The Rosy Bitterling is usually referred to as the "Tairiku baratanago" by the Japanese folks. You may recognize part of its name — "TANAGO" — from the art of Tanago fishing with Tanago Hooks. The Owner Half-Moon hooks that I use for Micro Fishing on the YouTube Channel are TANAGO HOOKS.

That being said, August 7th, 2024, was one of my "DREAMS COME TRUE" type of day. For the longest time EVER, I had a goal of catching a Tanago-type fish (a.k.a., a Bitterling) on a Tanago hook. But there was only one problem: here in the United States of America, and even down south in Brazil, THERE WERE NO BITTERLINGS to be found. Lol.

Anyways... After catching a bunch of Rosy Bitterlings in China, now I can tell people that I have officially done some form of TANAGO FISHING with TANAGO HOOKS. My next goal now is to go to Japan one of these days and do some TRADITIONAL JAPANESE TANAGO FISHING with the locals for different species of bitterlings in the ditches and runs of rural zones. Well... let's leave this idea for a post in the far, far future. Heh.

On a side note, the Rosy Bitterling has some AMAZING colors, huh?! How many different colors can you SEE from this single photos alone? Myself, I count AT LEAST EIGHT COLORS from this one sample!!! Talk about a beautiful and colorful little fish...