Written by David Roberts
Reviewed by Lucas Walter
Updated
The top fishing influencers in 2026 are Nick Kratka, Cyle, Big Water Guy, Sakana Syndicate, and JP. This list ranks 46 fishing influencers by median views across their recent videos, not by follower count. Each one was found by searching across hundreds of thousands of top-performing posts in the fishing niche.
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| Rank | Creator | Followers | Median views | Engagement | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Kratka @Nick_Kratka | 6.9M | 1.5M | 1.2% | Ocean harvest films |
| 2 | Cyle @catching_cyle | 240K | 801K | 2% | Surf and kayak catch-and-cook Shorts |
| 3 | Big Water Guy @biigwaterguy | 856K | 613K | 3% | Spearfishing and exotic seafood |
| 4 | Sakana Syndicate @sakana_syndicate | 344K | 567K | 4.6% | Cooking the catch on a kayak |
| 5 | JP @jpeatsbc | 131K | 563K | 4.9% | Spearing and ranking odd seafood |
| 6 | Jacob Knowles @jacobknowles5421 | 2.7M | 506K | 4.2% | Commercial lobstering in Maine |
| 7 | Cameron @beforeoutdoors | 145K | 495K | 3.9% | One-bait tests on the Gulf |
| 8 | BlacktipH @blacktiph | 1.1M | 404K | 3.1% | Giant squid and big-game fishing |
| 9 | Captain Nam @outherefishing | 610K | 360K | 3.9% | Cooking the catch on a small boat |
| 10 | Yohsuke Kobayashi @islandcatchandcook | 339K | 296K | 4.4% | Freedive spearfishing and cooking |
| 11 | Three Amigos Fishing @threeamigosfishingg | 675K | 295K | 1.3% | Spillway and pond Shorts from brothers |
| 12 | North Star Fishing @North_Star_Fishing | 221K | 271K | 0.9% | Multiday camping and fishing films |
| 13 | Jon B. @JonBrollin | 1.9M | 233K | 1.9% | 24-hour challenges on any water |
| 14 | Dryfly Outdoors @dryfly31 | 691K | 229K | 1.1% | Pier and dock monster fish |
| 15 | Kickin’ Their Bass TV @KickinTheirBASSTV | 1.6M | 198K | 1.1% | One-rule pond and creek challenges |
| 16 | Juicy Fish Co. @juicy.fish | 326K | 192K | 6.6% | Eating every fish caught, by day number |
| 17 | Fishing with Smalls @fishingwithsmalls | 171K | 183K | 4.2% | Creek and pond fishing challenges |
| 18 | Tug Trash Outdoors @TugTrashOutdoors | 214K | 165K | 3.2% | Shrimp, crab, and catfish, then the cook |
| 19 | Landshark Outdoors @LandsharkOutdoors | 869K | 138K | 1.9% | Offshore catch, clean, and cook |
| 20 | 1Rod1ReelFishing @1Rod1ReelFishing | 1.6M | 134K | 2.2% | Bait-chain and bank challenges |
| 21 | Brian Aguilar @htownanglers | 992K | 131K | 5.1% | Surf sharks with drone-dropped baits |
| 22 | The Fish Locker @TheFishLocker | 442K | 127K | 3.9% | Sea fishing and foraging in Cornwall |
| 23 | Wade Fishez @wadefishez | 2.6M | 122K | 9.2% | Cooking the catch with jokes |
| 24 | Tyler’s Fishing Posts @TylersFishingPosts | 148K | 120K | 0.8% | Budget gear showdowns |
| 25 | NDYakAngler @ndyakangler | 549K | 120K | 3.2% | One-lure kayak sessions |
| 26 | AnglerUp with Brant @AnglerUpTv | 331K | 111K | 2.7% | Gulf Coast pier and beach stunts |
| 27 | Dawson Schwarz @dawsonschwarz | 126K | 99.3K | 5% | Fly fishing remote BC rivers |
| 28 | Marcelo Jorge Perez @jungleangler | 185K | 92.6K | 3.8% | Fly fishing in the Amazon |
| 29 | Dakotah Tomars @RippingLipsFishing | 110K | 92.3K | 0.9% | Shark Shorts from beaches and inlets |
| 30 | First State Fishing @FirstStateFishing | 704K | 90.6K | 1.6% | Pier road trips and budget gear tests |
| 31 | 618 Fishing @618Fishing | 620K | 89.1K | 6% | Monster catfish in small water |
| 32 | Ernie the Hog Snatcher @ernie_the_hog_snatcher | 630K | 87.9K | 3% | Potomac River catfish |
| 33 | Reef Addicts @ReefAddicts | 285K | 80.4K | 2% | Spearfishing and remote adventure films |
| 34 | Nomadic Kayak Fishing @NomadicKayakFishing | 83.9K | 79.9K | 3.6% | Solo kayak missions from a van |
| 35 | Acher @acher.fisher | 44.7K | 79K | 3.8% | Knots and rigs, hands only |
| 36 | Dat Van @dat_van | 654K | 73.8K | 6.2% | River monsters in creeks and spillways |
| 37 | Lisharkman @lisharkman | 1.3M | 68.1K | 1.9% | Beach and boat shark fishing |
| 38 | Peyton Nagel @peyton_sharks | 23.8K | 67.8K | 4.4% | Night beach sharking on a phone |
| 39 | Richard Gene The Fishing Machine @RichardGeneTheFishingMachine | 411K | 64.5K | 3.2% | Crappie, catfish, and bass for dinner |
| 40 | Stef Fish @Stef_Fish | 183K | 64K | 1.9% | Waterfall, creek, and musky Shorts |
| 41 | Jay Siemens @JaySiemens | 305K | 60.4K | 1.6% | Ice fishing and Canadian lake trips |
| 42 | Ty Kutac @trk.fishing | 161K | 56.5K | 3.6% | Gag-driven bank and dock fishing |
| 43 | Cavy Fishing @CavyFishing | 717K | 55.1K | 1.3% | Solo rock fishing and survival trips |
| 44 | Sammy Hitzke @SammyHitzkeFishing | 161K | 55K | 2.3% | Surf and small-boat fishing |
| 45 | BDBassin @BDBassin | 117K | 40.4K | 1.9% | Bass and musky Shorts with jokes |
| 46 | Hilary Sue Martin @TheReelHilarySue | 157K | 40.3K | 1.8% | Bass tournaments and fishing travel |
The best fishing influencers aren’t simply the accounts with the most followers. YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram all show videos to people based on how the video performs individually, not just based on who follows the creator. As a result, a small or midsized account can reach more people than one several times its size.
That’s why we rank fishing influencers by median views of their videos (the average number of people a typical video reaches). As of November 2026, the five most watched are Nick Kratka, Cyle, Big Water Guy, Sakana Syndicate, and JP.
Grouped by the water and the format, since a tackle brand is buying an audience that fishes the same way. The number beside each name is the creator’s overall rank.
The fish ends up on a plate. These suit knives, coolers, seasoning, and anything else that follows the catch.
Documentary-style ocean films of 25 to 30 minutes: diving and fishing for lobster, tuna, squid, and stingray, then cooking and ranking the catch. About a third of the channel is exotic-food cooking and survival formats.
5 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in marketplace apps, mobile games, and travel data.
Vertical Shorts, almost all under a minute: reading the beach or launching an inflatable kayak, hooking something from the surf, then cleaning and cooking it on the tailgate. Titles are first-person outcomes.
No sponsored videos found in the last 90 days.
Underwater spearfishing and hand-harvesting of urchins, clams, barnacles, crab, halibut, and bluefin, cut with cooking and eating on shore or the boat. Recent trips run to Alaska, Maine, and Norway.
No sponsored posts found in the last 90 days.
Reels of 25 to 85 seconds filmed on a kayak off the Big Island: a fish comes up, then gets broken down and cooked on the same kayak in one take. Gyotaku fish prints sit between the cooks.
1 sponsored post in the last 90 days, in portable espresso makers.
First-person catch-and-cook clips of 25 to 30 seconds from rocky shore and open water, cut from hunt to pan to tasting. The “Eating and Ranking Bikini Bottom” series scores each species out of 10.
No sponsored posts found in the last 90 days.
Jigs or trolls from a small boat or jet ski, then cooks on the water or the beach: Cantonese steamed fish, sambal fish, crudo, fish sandwiches. Guests and other fishermen get fed on camera.
6 sponsored posts in the last 90 days, in sauces, coolers, and drinkware.
Freedive spearfishing in clear Hawaiian water, then the dish: uhu tacos, octopus carpaccio, crudo. A calm voice-over explains the reef fish before the shot.
No sponsored posts found in the last 90 days.
First-person dinner videos of about 60 seconds: hookup, fish on ice, then filleted and cooked on the boat or at home, with a score at the end. A long-running day-count series anchors the account.
11 sponsored posts in the last 90 days, in coolers and outdoor gear, lures, fillet knives, and charters.
A retired tugboater’s trip episodes: cast-netting shrimp, crabbing, bully-netting lobster, bank-pole catfish, and salmon runs to Alaska. Each one ends with the catch cooked outdoors, mostly in Florida.
3 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in power stations and fishing charters.
Catch-clean-cook episodes on offshore and inshore boats, filleting on deck and cooking at the dock or in a rental kitchen. Big reef and open-water species from the Florida Keys, the Gulf, and lately Alaska lodges.
5 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in fishing charters.
Hooks a fish or seafood, then films the gutting and cooking at a camp or home counter, with running commentary and on-screen jokes. Some cooks start from the grocery store.
12 sponsored posts in the last 90 days, in seasoning and tackle.
One rule per video: a budget, a found lure, a bait test. Gear is often the premise itself.
Near-daily Shorts and a weekly episode from spillways, canals, and office ponds: fishing only found lures, testing odd baits, meeting passersby. A group of brothers on camera.
22 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in fishing apps, marketplace apps, legal services, and rewards apps.
Challenge documentaries of 25 to 30 minutes on lakes, rivers, and the ocean, often with a guest angler. A dart throw picks the water, or the clock runs for 24 hours across species.
2 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in boats.
Weekly challenge episodes at ponds, creeks, and small lakes, each with one rule: a food-bait test, three techniques, a lure that grows with every catch. Filmed from the bank and a small boat.
4 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in rewards apps, mobile games, and marketplace apps.
Challenge videos of 15 to 35 minutes, one premise each: $600 gear against $60 gear, a gas-station showdown, lures built from hardware-store parts. Filmed at creeks, ponds, and small local spots with a friend.
8 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in supplements, coffee, and live shopping.
Fast-cut adventures from banks, creeks, ponds, and beaches, each with a self-set rule: upgrade the bait, fish a secret tunnel, let a stranger pick the spot. The payoff is usually a surprise catch.
2 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in tackle subscriptions and fishing guides.
Challenge videos with a price or a rule: $100 against $1,000, or a boat that gets bigger with every catch. Mostly bank and boat bass fishing, with saltwater travel trips mixed in.
6 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in seat covers, tackle, reels, fishing games, rewards apps, and shopping services.
Fast-cut Shorts from ponds, creeks, waterfalls, and lakes, usually one lure, one target, and a big reaction. Long videos are 48-hour explorations such as fishing an abandoned golf course.
No sponsored videos found in the last 90 days.
Bank, dock, and surf fishing played for a punchline: one absurd lure or experiment, with rapid on-screen captions. A new clip goes up most days, sometimes two.
3 sponsored posts in the last 90 days, in fishing apps.
Fast-cut Shorts built on one question or claim: lure picks, rigging mistakes, joke-first tackle tests. A weekly long video follows the same outings on rivers and lakes for bass and musky.
1 sponsored video in the last 90 days, in lures.
Heavy tackle, big fish, and drones dropping bait. Saltwater reels, rods, and boats fit here.
Josh Jorgensen’s big-game fishing cut short for Reels: giant squid at 6,000 feet, goliath grouper, tarpon, and marlin, plus boat and gear showcases. Filmed offshore and from the beach, with named captains.
6 sponsored posts in the last 90 days, in reels, boat engines, and tackle.
Daily Shorts from piers, docks, and shorelines, chasing sharks, barracuda, and tarpon. A weekly episode tests whether a small spot holds a monster fish; a Namibia river series ran in October.
2 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in fishing tours.
Fast-cut surf and bayou fishing around Houston, mostly sharks and big fish on baits dropped by drone. Runs as H-Town Anglers, in English and Spanish, with some Texas life and reptile rescues.
3 sponsored posts in the last 90 days, in bait drones.
Gulf Coast beach, pier, and dock fishing built around a stunt: renting a house to fish its dock, entering a tournament with no boat. A fishing guide and real estate agent, with catch-clean-cook segments.
1 sponsored video in the last 90 days, in tackle shops.
Shorts of 20 to 60 seconds: sharks and big fish from South Florida beaches and inlets, with heavy baits dropped by drone. Cast-net tutorials run during the mullet season.
2 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in boats and marine electronics.
A Florida pier road trip, one or two piers a video, mostly filmed solo with rod and bait and a little cooking. Earlier videos test budget gear from pawn shops, flea markets, and discount apps.
4 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in seat covers, fishing apps, live shopping, and tackle.
Shark fishing from the sand at night and from a boat, built around a hookup and a release, with baits dropped by drone. Captions are one-liners; the bio books fishing trips.
8 sponsored posts in the last 90 days, in tackle, supplements, and drones.
Night sharking on Florida beaches, shot on a phone: long rods on sand spikes, a fight by flashlight, then a measured hammerhead or tiger shark released. Boat and pond posts turn up now and then.
10 sponsored posts in the last 90 days, in apparel and fishing line.
Weekly episodes from southeast Queensland: beach, rock, and small-boat sessions for tailor, snapper, mackerel, and marlin, most ending with a catch-and-clean. Rods, reels, and rigs are named on screen and in the description.
No sponsored videos found in the last 90 days.
Kayak, fly, ice, catfish, or a single knot. Small audiences that share one way of fishing.
Clips of 60 to 85 seconds from jetties, beaches, and docks: one live bait rigged, the question of whether it is the best, then the take and the fish. On-screen labels name the bait.
1 sponsored post in the last 90 days, in rods and reels.
Calm, narrated kayak sessions on north-country lakes and rivers for smallmouth, pike, and muskie, with underwater shots. Every description lists the exact lure, rod, reel, line, and leader.
No sponsored videos found in the last 90 days.
Solo fly and gear trips on BC rivers and hike-in lakes for salmon, steelhead, and trout, from a tin boat or raft. Talks through the water, the fly, and the release, with camp cooking on the bank.
5 sponsored posts in the last 90 days, in car marketplaces, tires, life jackets, tackle storage, and apparel.
Single-take fly fishing from a skiff or bank in the Bolivian jungle, mostly golden dorado and pacú. Lodge life and season openings sit between trips, from the founder of the lodges.
No sponsored posts found in the last 90 days.
Solo episodes at spillways, drainage creeks, power-plant outflows, and retention ponds, chasing oversized catfish and odd species. Overlooked Midwest water, with big fish in unlikely places.
5 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in apparel, reels and rods, and work boots.
Bank and boat catfishing on the Potomac with big baits, plus catch-and-cook clips and cheap-against-premium gear builds. Short moments: a bait take, a big fish, a fillet.
5 sponsored posts in the last 90 days, in tackle, fishing guides, and photo prints.
Close-up tackle tutorials showing only hands, tying knots and building rigs at a bench. The rig is named in the first caption line.
No sponsored posts found in the last 90 days.
Fishes creeks, ponds, and spillways for big carp, gar, and bass, teasing the catch in an all-caps first line and showing it at the end. Quick reel and bait how-tos fill the gaps.
No sponsored posts found in the last 90 days.
One-camera how-to sessions from the bank and the boat on Alabama lakes and creeks. Nearly every title starts “Let Me Show You,” and the crappie, catfish, and bluegill often go home for dinner.
No sponsored videos found in the last 90 days.
Multiday trips across Manitoba, Ontario, and Saskatchewan: ice fishing, walleye, pike, kayak tournaments, and lodge films, cut as road-trip documentaries. A deer hunt turns up now and then.
2 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in ice augers and sonar.
Tournament and travel documentaries, from bass events on Lake Champlain and Lake Guntersville to a Costa Rica fishing series. Short hook-first clips between them end on a question.
6 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in fishing apparel and hosted travel.
Long episodes from a working boat or a remote coast, where viewers stay for the whole story.
A fifth-generation lobster fisherman filming long episodes from a 50-foot boat off Maine: hauling traps, landing lobster, tuna tournaments, and what a working boat earns. Boat-build updates and short barnacle-cleaning clips sit between them.
11 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in meal kits, apparel, and rewards apps.
Multiday camping and fishing trips filmed at 20 to 40 minutes, chasing sturgeon, pike, trout, and salmon, with campfire meals of the catch. Recent trips moved to Sweden, Alaska, and the Florida Keys.
5 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in healthcare booking, mattresses, and supplements.
Documentary-style episodes from a small family boat off Cornwall: hauling lobster pots by hand, wreck and shark fishing, shore foraging, and a cook at the end. Runs 20 to 40 minutes, once a week.
1 sponsored video in the last 90 days, in drones.
Adventure films from northern Australia: 4WD and boat missions, spearfishing and line fishing for a feed, then cooking over a fire with a rotating cast of mates. Shorts often promote the channel’s own prize app.
No sponsored videos found in the last 90 days.
Long solo kayak and small-boat missions on the remote New Zealand coast, living from a van and cooking what comes up. The current project turns a 60-year-old sailboat into a mothership.
2 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in building materials.
Long solo expeditions on the remote Australian coast: rock and beach lure fishing for tuna and other big fish, spearing, and cooking the catch. Runs 20 to 40 minutes, with 4WD camping lately built around the fishing.
1 sponsored video in the last 90 days, in 4WD campers.
We analyzed the 379 posts these 46 creators published on YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram in the last 30 days. Of those, 58 beat their creator’s usual views by 3× or more.
Here is how this month’s breakouts open, read from what each video says in its first seconds, or from its caption when nobody speaks.
“‼️LIL KITTY ATE THE BIG BAIT⁉️”
Breakouts from five creators had music and little or no talking. The picture does the work: a shark taking a big bait, or a big hookup and release from the sand.
Peyton Nagel 1.1M views · 16.8× their usualThe caption is the only place anything gets said, often in one short line. For a tackle brand, that means the product name has to sit in that line or the viewer never learns it.
The commonest spoken opening was a plan for the day, such as eating what gets speared or fishing a tiny pier. These creators open their ordinary videos that way even more often, so a plan alone is not what lifted them.
“Are you ready for the game?”
These open inside a moment already in progress, with no introduction. Six of the ten come from one account, Ty Kutac, whose clips run about ten seconds over a single spoken line.
Ty Kutac 1.5M views · 27.3× their usualThree Amigos Fishing does the longer version, starting with a stranger who asks to fish, and BDBassin runs a quick lure quiz. None of this explains a product, so it suits brand awareness more than a demonstration.
“Welcome back to eating and ranking Bikini Bottom.”
JP supplies 9 of these 11, all from one series that matches each cartoon character to a real animal, then catches or finds it, cooks it, and scores it. The same words open the account’s ordinary posts too, and what changes is the animal named in the second sentence.
JP 14M views · 25.1× their usualJuicy Fish Co. does something similar with a day count of eating every fish caught. A series gives a viewer a reason to come back, so a sponsor can buy several episodes in place of a single video.
Cyle: “Today, we’re going to eat what we spear” reached 18M views, 22.8× their usual.
Three Amigos Fishing: “Today I was fishing when something very bad happened” reached 5.3M views, 17.9× their usual.
Juicy Fish Co.: “Day 52 of eating every fish I catch” reached 2.7M views, 13.8× their usual.
This table shows what the fishing accounts on this list do at each size on YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram. Use it to judge whether a creator’s numbers are strong for their tier.
| Tier | Followers | Median views | Engagement | Posts a week | Sponsored posts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Micro | 10K to 100K | 79K | 3.8% | 2.3 | 24% |
| Mid | 100K to 500K | 111K | 3.2% | 1.2 | 10% |
| Macro | 500K to 2M | 134K | 2.2% | 1.2 | 17% |
| Mega | Over 2M | 506K | 4.2% | 2.6 | 32% |
The figures are medians across these 46 accounts, from each account’s recent videos. “Sponsored posts” is the share of posts in the 90 days to Nov 2, 2026, that carry a paid-partnership or paid-promotion label or a stated sponsor, or are part of a brand campaign.
If you sell tackle, boats, or outdoor gear, you are choosing an angler whose viewers fish the way your product is used.
A crankbait means little to an audience that watches offshore tuna, and a heavy conventional reel means little to pond anglers. Scroll a creator’s last 20 videos and note the species, the water, and whether it is a bank or a boat.
Some videos are about the rig, with the lure named aloud and the rod listed in the description. In others the fish or the stunt is the story, and the gear never gets a mention. Pick the first kind for a demonstration and the second for reach.
Many anglers already fish for a rod or bait sponsor, and some sell their own. A partner block in the description shows who is there now, and it can rule out a competing product before you ever send a message. Ask whether a deal is exclusive by category.
Spawn, ice, salmon runs, and offshore weather decide what a creator can film. A lure launch in a month when the audience’s water is frozen will get a video about something else. Agree on the species and the window first, then the date.
Sending a reel for review still counts. The FTC’s guidance for influencers says free or discounted products are a tie the creator has to disclose, so put the disclosure in the brief whether or not money changes hands.
We identified and ranked these creators by searching hundreds of thousands of top-performing fishing posts across YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram with Klint.
We rank by median views across each creator’s recent videos, so one viral post can’t lift an account up the list. Creators from any country qualify if they post in English or with no words, make their own videos, and spend at least half of their recent videos fishing.
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As of November 2026 the top five fishing influencers by median views are Nick Kratka, Cyle, Big Water Guy, Sakana Syndicate, and JP.
Nick Kratka is the biggest on this list by both measures, with 6.9M subscribers on YouTube and a median of 1.5M views. Wade Fishez has the largest following among the TikTok accounts, at 2.6M.
Counted by median views, the 10 strongest fishing channels here are Nick Kratka, Cyle, Jacob Knowles, Three Amigos Fishing, North Star Fishing, Jon B., Dryfly Outdoors, Kickin’ Their Bass TV, Fishing with Smalls, and Tug Trash Outdoors. The list as a whole has 28 creators on YouTube, 9 on TikTok, and 9 on Instagram.
Start with the anglers already using your gear: search your brand name on YouTube and read the descriptions, where tackle lists and partner codes are public. Klint can run the same search across platforms from a request like “kayak anglers under 100K followers who name their lures.”
Rates follow the type of video and how many anglers watch it. A named segment in a long YouTube episode usually costs more than a short clip, and many anglers also take free tackle, affiliate codes, or a longer ambassador deal. Ask for the views on their last few sponsored videos before you talk price.
All three are well known among anglers but fall outside this list’s rules right now. Flair and Deer Meat For Dinner now post mostly hunting and property videos, and Outdoor Boys has not uploaded in the last 90 days. Googan Squad is left off because it is a brand’s account.
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