Wade Papenfus trades a fish head for a mud crab

A bare-handed reach into mangrove roots supplies the tense moment in his bait challenge, now drawing five times its usual daily views.

Channel: Wade Papenfus - Offshore Tales Story of October 26, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video is running at 36,636 views a day, 5.1 times its usual pace (7,177).

Every Fish I Catch becomes my Bait! #bushcraft #outdoors #fishing

The fish head is on the sand, but Wade Papenfus has his sights on something tucked deep inside the mangrove roots. Getting it out means putting his bare hand into a muddy crab hole, then trying to keep his fingers clear of the claws.

"Nearly just got me," he says as the crab snaps during the struggle. The roots leave little room to maneuver. Eventually, Wade gets a grip from behind and pulls out a large mud crab, holding it toward the camera with its claws on display.

Posted on October 23, "Every Fish I Catch becomes my Bait! #bushcraft #outdoors #fishing" has picked up about 37,000 views in the latest day. That is a sharper burst for this particular upload, rather than a channel-wide surge: Offshore Tales' daily viewing remains a little below its usual pace.

For a creator whose most-watched regular videos repeatedly turn on eating only what he catches, this outing gives the catch another job before dinner. The fish becomes bait, and the next catch requires a much closer encounter than casting a line.

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The numbers

The bait-challenge upload is accelerating even while the channel's overall daily views sit slightly below their usual level.

views per day, this video

typical day

7,177

now

36,636

subscribers

1,330,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

425,256,269

views per day

62,297

typical day: 69,039

the video

views

46,017

likes

147

comments

10

days online

3

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

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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.