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4WD 24-7's Cape York fishing trip starts with a sprint

A scramble to reach the creek ends with a first-cast mangrove jack, but viewers keep returning to the run.

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 171,786 views a day, 14 times a normal first day on this channel (12,552).

Fishing water that's NEVER been fished 🎣Fishing water that's NEVER been fished 🎣

How long does it take to get a bite? For the fisherman in the tan shirt, barely enough time to finish counting down and cast.

4WD 24-7's Cape York Short begins with fish visible in clear, shallow water beside the mangroves. Then the rods start bouncing as both men hurry across the sand, each determined to reach the bank first. "Gotta beat your mate," says the man in tan, neatly explaining the sudden urgency.

The upload, titled "Fishing water that's NEVER been fished 🎣", has passed 200,000 views in a little over a day, far beyond the channel's usual Shorts audience. The description bills the creek as previously unfished; what the clip shows is an almost immediate hookup.

The fisherman brings a mangrove jack onto the sand and holds it up for the camera. Yet much of the comment section is about the journey to the water rather than the catch. Viewers keep mentioning the rod-in-hand dash, with some recognizing their own inability to pass a promising fishing spot without stopping.

For a channel whose Cape York adventures include roof-deep river crossings, this particular scramble needs no four-wheel drive.

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What viewers say

  • Every fisherman on a road trip stopping at literally every single body of water to try and fish
  • 😂 I run like that every time I go fishing😊
    @davidbrabham3623See it on YouTube
  • That's some good fishin'! Bloody beautiful stuff. 👍
    @MatthewHunter-iz7cfSee it on YouTube
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  • God ive been watching yall for years now never gets old 😂
    @novemberajax6052See it on YouTube

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The facts
Channel
4WD 24-7
Subscribers
1,500,000
Channel views, last 7 days
2,525,601
Channel views, pace per day
431,292 (on a normal day: 394,347)
Video published
October 25, 2026
Video views so far
212,166 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day
207,655

The numbers

The fishing Short drew an unusually large audience for 4WD 24-7, with comments also arriving much faster than usual.

the video's first day
usual first day here
12,552
this video
171,786
subscribers
1,500,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
504,021,009
views per day
431,292
typical day: 394,347
the video
views
212,166
likes
3,644
comments
72
days online
1
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
Driver61
1,520,000
4WD 24-7
1,500,000
ThoughTaken
1,450,000
THE RACE
1,320,000
As of October 26, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
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