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  • I never heard them called possum grapes. Here in NW south carolina they are called muscadines or scuppernongs. Good video.

  • You near Woodville? I've gone hog hunting near Woodville. LOTS of potential food out there.

  • I used to catch those in our catfish pond in Arkansas. I believe they're called brim. I've never eaten one though.

  • I didn't know Lindsey Grahm lived in Texas.

  • its a bluegill

  • that sir, is a barracuda....

  • in georgia we called them sunfish or brim

  • Good video, survivalistboards. In the Southeast, as a kid, we just called them 'wild grapes' (as opposed to 'those fancy domesticated grapes' like in Grandpa's trellis). Musciedime wine is good, too!

  • Could be a yellow perch

  • Could you make wine out of those grape/berry things?

  • Yes, i had it. Its ok, not my fav. though.

  • i agree with KLipneR, i think its sunfish.

  • bluegill?

  • wow... i feel for you coy..

  • sunfish

  • it is a red bellie

  • lmao id look at my dad like he was crazy too if he was running around foraging for berries while i was fishing lol

  • Might the water you are washing the grapes in contain harmful bacteria?

  • theres a point where you can stop worrying. sure there could be, but there isnt much water on the grape. its good to have a general rule of sanitation/purification that you use habitually. but little instances like this can be ok. just dont make it a habit

  • Those who have swam in country creeks with cows understand...the rest never will...LOL

  • If your a city slicker that never does it...yes...stay home.

  • you can shake them off green and leave out in the sun and they will become rip in a couple of days

  • Thanks Kev, as a fellow East Texan, it is nice to know what those vines are since they are all around the creek areas. I remember pulling on those when I was younger playing with friends down by the creek.

    The fish, I would with little doubt call it a bluegill.

    Thank you for all of your recent videos. I am glad you have several this past month. Thanks again.

  • that is a bluegill

  • cory has grown up alot over the past yr...thx for the vid.....looks like a sunfish to me

  • he never did throw that fish back in the water did her?

  • what do you think he did? tie a collar and leash to it to bring it home as a pet? the campera mustnt have been on him when he threw it back

  • well i really wanted to see the fish he caught to go back in the water it is soo cool! but maybe the boy child ,i forget his name, maybe he squished it and did not tell his dad, or maybe he put it in a bag to take it home :)

  • What about parasites in the water getting on the berry?

  • rinse it off in the water a little. theres no way in hell ur gonna get the sanitation you seem to be expecting. eating anything out in the woods comes with risks. that said i would put money on you not getting sick eating ripened berries that look healthy from the wild.

  • looks like a bluegill too me

  • our muscadines are almost black when they are ripe.

  • That is a Bluegill in Minnesota, North Dakota

  • we call them wild grapes in AZ

  • Eh, if its a kind of perch then in Texas it is a trash fish so you don't really need to know what kind it is... but yes, its a red breasted sunfish (there is like 5 other names for them depending on where you live..)

  • Five Stars!

  • In Iowa and Illinois we just call all those fish Bluegills even though there are a few different ones we just lump them up into the Bluegill family unless its a Crappie. They are all very good eating but you have to catch a bunch dont ya! LOL!!!

  • good one.

  • We had muscadine grapes in Fla....made wine with them! The skins are tough...but the grape is sweeeet eating!

  • we have them in portland,indiana we have one on a tree that is 6 inches in width some that are very long

  • great vid but you always want to wash stuff with fresh water if you have it available b/c water-borne diseases like geardia (sp?) and e. coli can be contracted if you get a bit of water on your lips or on the food that you washed in the water.

  • Pulchella!

  • Green Sunfish (?)

  • red breast sunfish

  • The fish: Ruffled Silver Fin Walleye.

    Your welcome

  • Cool Video

  • Cool Video

  • green ear sunfish right?

  • muskdine wine....they pull the vines out of the trees here to make wreaths ...the sort you buy for home decor...they are a great grape..

  • uhhh im not so sure thats a perch i catch those in wisconsin up here they are called bluegill

  • Great vid but I have a qustion, if you get the berry from the vine and you wash it off in the stream/ pond thing wont the bacteria from the pond get on the berry and you eat that too? vs washing not washing it off? whats worse?

  • owned4thewin - that is a very good question and I do not have an answer. But I can tell you that I know the area where my kids and I were at, and there are no people living upstream from our location. A lot of diseases are caused by human waste and untreated sewage. And if you really wanted to get technical, anytime you go swimming in a lake or river, you expose yourself to all kinds of bacteria.

  • Hm that's true, thank you very much. :)

  • owned4thewin - and, which one is more unsafe, going swimming in a lake, pond or river and getting the water into your nose, mouth, ears and eyes. Or washing off a single berry and eating it?

     You should take into consideration certain factors that influence the types and amount of infection in the water.

    But - all water should be considered unsafe to drink.

  • @survivalistboards I think you're better off just wiping off the berry on your shirt and eating it then washing it in anything but clean potable water.

  • @survivalistboards With all due respect, that's incorrect and people have become extremely sick and even died from that old wives tale. Micro-organisms occur EVERYWHERE, no just from people. from bacteria to worms/parasites. You do not need people anywhere around for them. Second, chemicals are the biggest problem US water, even far from cities; run-off,sprays,evaporation, etc.

  • If I tried to do that, I'd end up eatin a terd.

  • hahaha a guy did that looking for pinions his 1st time

  • First of all Kevin. The water you are rinsing the grapes in, that can have cripto-sporitiam, ghairdia- you can get those by just rubbing your eye withwet hands. You should be more carefull if your not sure the water is clean. And the fish, that's not a perch it is a sunfish or bluegill. Thanks

  • Good point on a the risk of the water. On the perch comment, ya ain't from Texas now are ya? In Florida all bluegill and similar sunfish are called brim, this is like calling a can of soda a "coke". In Texas they are generically called perch, I am sure Kevin knows plenty about the difference between a bluegill, long ear, red ear, shell cracker, etc.

  • in jersey we have a vine like that too...but i am not 100 percent sure i could eat anything from it. the fish however is a sunny. and you get a few more that big and you make your self some fried fish nuggets...mmmmmmmm

  • nice vids , keep them coming :]

  • needa use a smaller cork ther

  • Love the commentary about the vines. I'm from Texas also, and have seen those vines with the wild grapes on them before. Always wondered if they were edible. My problem is that I'm still not 100% sure if the vines are see are the same as yours in the video. It would be nice to see a comparison of this plant to similar looking plants and how to tell the difference.

  • Wow didnt expect to see the same grape we get in NC all the way down in Texas. The vines up here though grow everywhere all above you, through bushes, anything it can wrap itself around. Makes great snacks when cruisin around on the 4wheelers with my cousins.

  • Great Video. I did you see all that flint on the banks of the stream! A knappers Heaven.

  • Like always great vid

  • Be careful of giardia when you wash the grapes.

    The fish is a member of the sunfish variety....A Bluegill or in the South...a Bream...Not a Perch.

    Good video though.

  • i like your videos

    5/5

  • That looked more like a sunfish to me.

  • excellent video

  • Perch? looks like a sunfish/blue gill to me

  • Im from oklahoma and we call sunfish perch and im sure in texas and kansas they do the same its just a nickname thats all.

  • totally understood, we have a few different names for things up here to. i subscribed to you will you do the same.

  • The first thing pointed out in the video is trash in the creek.

  • green sunfish( some people call them blue gill to)

  • muscadines make a good home made wine also.

  • Rainbow

  • A bream. Hand size ones make tender fillets!! Where in E. Texas are you? Am in NWLa. 30 minutes from the Texas border. We have the vines behind our home, along a bayou, (creek), and I've heard them called possum berries. Peace2U!!

  • That a nice lookin fish. haha but i dont know what its called :(

  • i have a state recored for brim ---- 1.5 pounds!

  • Why rinse the berry?

  • there on the ground so hes just getting the dirt off...

  • That is great that you go out to the wildernes with your kids and teach them how to respect the land. My father took me camping for the first time when I was 13 and I've been hooked ever since. Great video! 5 Stars

  • its a piranha.

  • That a yellow perch or sun perch? The sun perch here have more color though...

    We have vines like that around here. Lots of wild grapes, or opposum grapes. Good video to help people out. Thanks

  • bait fish?

  • pumpkin seed all day here in INDIAN_A

  • that is a punkin seed!

  • Very interesting Thanks for showing us!

  • I'm usually wary about washing off anything I'm about to eat with creek water. Have you ever gotten sick from doing this?? Great videos!!

  • the only thing you really need to watch out for in "dirty" water is cholera, which is from sewage. Unless you're in a third world country, you shouldn't worry about it.

    How do you think we survived as hunter-gatherers if we couldn't survive drinking creek water?

  • This isn't the era of the hunter gatherer. Human contamination is present in just about all unprotected sources of fresh water. Even in this video there is trash in the creek. I'm not saying all fresh water streams are contaminated but I am saying better safe than sorry..Respectfully..

  • Agree. My point is that the human body has very effective immune defense mechanisms that deal with pathogens.

    Do not assume that drinking contaminated water will necessarily make you sick. 9 out of 10 times, your body will fight it off without you knowing.

  • IHatchetJack - In the USA, most waterborne illnesses are caused by human waste - also known as "sewage." Where my kids and I were at, there are no people living up stream. You can still get sick, bu its less likely if nobody lives above your location.

    But to answer the question, no, I have never gotten sick from drinking from streams or creeks. But I am also careful about "where" I drink from.

    Be sure to visit the survivalistboards website

  • If theres loging upstream be careful if you drink the water can be alot of stuff going down stream for a long time as well..

    Ive never gotten sick from drinking from rivers streams and snow rivers..

  • we got em in ohio for sure, on a property where i hunt they are very abundant and the deer eat them but the vines choke out alot of the oak trees so we try to cut the vines when we can

  • we call 'em muscadines or scuppernogs here in georgia. i actually have some growing in the back yard. they sell for 3 and 4 dollars a pound in the grocery stores. they make a great wine too.

  • up herin mass, we call them pumpkin seed

  • we call that fish a war mouth . it is supose to to be a cross between a crappie and a bream . in south carolina we have the muscidine and the bullis(not t sure of the spelling )one is greenish color the other is purple when ripe. good videos , keep them coming

  • Cool Video, not sure what fish though

  • Looks like a Lepomis/Bream

  • dig the vids man. keep them coming.

  • Good info mang.

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