Our most devastating fishing trip yet.

I could feel Riley's pain and of course his disapointment during and after the fishing trip, it's so beautiful every way you look there you would think there'd be more "fun" fish. With so many of the reefs deteriorating,I wonder if the christmas trees they cluster would work in sea water as well as they do in fresh water!? World wide would be "beaucoup" christmas trees yearly!?

No videos for 2 weeks is unlike you guys! I miss them! Everyone ok?

Great show! Dang about the parasites, they are kiddo's, poor kiddo. Get ready for more, keep the meds in the glove box. Life is way more fun on a tuk-tuk. Blown away by the volcano, I live by one as well, great shots. Fun. Sounds like they need help with fisheries over there.

Tough to see those tiny fish being kept. Glad you kept filming to help open conversation on the issue. Hope both boys are healthy soon! They're so adorable.

Hey hope the little dudes ok (Darwin) Good to see Lenny is well again. Hats off to you Riley pointing out that even know you were blown away about the undersized fish you made a point of saying you absolutely get why. But hey would expect that as that’s the way you guys roll. Love the episode as usual. 👍👍

Hey Guys. There is so much confusion amongst your people here about the issue of overfishing. I wonder if you can have an ep with someone who you can have a good conversation with about both the science and the social and economic complexities of fishing in Indo. It is such a messy, but important issue. There must be some good NGO or university folk in Djakarta and/or Oz who you can chat too.

It’s sad to think something as obvious as commercial fishing can hurt the livelihood of island people and go unnoticed. It certainly could be stopped or adjusted in someway so fish could still thrive as in the past. Your videos are powerful in displaying what goes on in other parts of the world. Sometimes I think we as individuals want to do more, yet cannot. And we as a society are focused on too many larger things that are endless and will take major time to make change and control the effects on the environment. We throw billions of $’s to lessen our carbon footprint, yet wars cannot be prevented and seem to be progressing more and more. And meanwhile the smaller developing problems go unchecked… luv you guys ❤️

i just lost my entire post. Agh…. In brief, I’m panicked for Lenny. I wish I could call for an update! Is he ok? And two, I need to understand why you are so upset about the family keeping dinks to eat. Not everyone have the resources to catch or find larger fish. Is this their only resource for food? Too few details I’d need to have an opinion.

So sorry to hear Lenny and Darwin were sick. Hope the children are on the road to recovery. That is scary! We feel your pain. Pray your time goes fast so you can sail away sooner than later. Really miss those episodes. So sad about the tiny fish. Cant wait to get you back to the unpopulated ocean. Stay safe and healthy. Robin...PS Really enjoyed the Mata Ray video. Peace an love

SO much happened, hope everyone is ok now 💜

I totally agree with Shelly, that you need to take care of yourselves. You are in a third world country with exposure to so many new things and possibilities of getting sick from contacts, food, etc. I was so pleased you had access to medical help so quickly… that was a wonderful surprise to me. I have always worried about your ability to find medical help when needed and so far you have been aces for available help. So sad to see “always busy” Lenny so somber. And my isn’t that Darwin a stunningly beautiful looking boy!

A wonderful, honest video. At first I did not realize what was going on and then you pulled it all together so well. I love your honesty and I am learning so much about other cultures. I have heard a lot about Bali but your have brought the real Bali and area to us. I am grateful for you caring. Looking forward to more as we move along. I know from IG that Darwin is over his parasite but that must have been a very scary thing to deal with.

A rough one! Maybe time to stay put and chill for a while. You bodies are trying to tell you something. Lenny, while better, still looks exhausted. I hope Darwin is feeling much better by now - Your patrons will support a decision to take a week or two off from filming and editing. Your family and health are ultimately the high priority. If you don’t have good health, there could be no videos at all. Listening to our bodies early on saves us much heartache and struggle later on! Even if it is hard to slow down. ❤️

So sorry about Darwin's parasites - eek! At least you were close to medical care and able to start treatment quickly. I do not totally understand the issue with fishing for the personal family and how that relates to overfishing (which I see as commercial large scale fishing). I certainly object to the commercial over reach but not small amount taken by one family.

So glad that little Darwin has come through this spell just fine. Elay, I hope your eye recovered well too. Feeling the weight of the fisheries situation in Indonesia and certainly know how deeply you care, about the health of the ocean and all it holds, and also the well being of the people living at a subsistence level. Thank you for always keeping to honesty.

Riley I guess I'm struggling with why you are so upset by them not throwing the small fish back into the ocean. If that's their only source of food and they can turn it into nutrition for their family why is that a bad thing?

I think it's honorable of Riles to be vegan for a month. Sucks that this is where our world is now. I personally have stopped eating fish over 2 years ago. I'm small but mighty!

I debated internally whether I should share my feelings with you . . . at the risk of regretfully upsetting you, our go the PC way and keep these to myself. Out of profound respect for your for amazing journey from a couple of starry-eyed teens to an international success, I'm going for the "hard love" path. Of course your videos relating life on remote islands are highly entertaining, and your uncompromising honesty in sharing the good and not so good sides of your life at sea has captured my admiration . . . what hursts are incidents around your health . . . the latest involving Elayna and Darwin . . . I don't know what to tell you - all I can come up with is a platitude: safety and health come first (even if you have to miss a couple of videos . . . your thousands of fans will understand) . . . I remember as a toddler, growing up in Africa in the 1930s ( that's right) for ten years, in the middle of nowhere. . . no bottled water, no groceries store . . . I do remember how drinking water was boiled, fruits were pealed, vegetables rinsed with boiled water and permanganate, bread was oven-cooked, etc. . . . I don't ever remember having been sick . . . maybe I don't remember and/or was lucky? Take care . . . hugs from Pierre.

I felt many emotions watching today’s video. I’ve been following you since the start and learning and growing along with the experiences you have had. You are doing the best you can with what you can. No more. No less. Your little bit and providing the window to this part of the world can only help. You may not see results quickly, but then we can hope and continue to push forward. Love your videos, love your family. You will find your best way.

Sending extra love and hugs for fast healing! Booooo parasites.

I'm just sharing my thoughts since you asked, and this is meant to attack you guys in anyway. I do find it a bit strange that there is such a distinction to you two between what you consider "sustainable" fishing vs commercial fishing. To me the answer seems obvious from a moral and ethical point of view, the state of the worlds oceans and the decimation of marine life all around the world, you simply abstain from the consumption of any animal that come from the water. I don't see much a difference between spear fishing fully grown fish that are supposedly not depleted and have healthy populations vs what you experienced in this video. You are participating in the harvesting of marine life either way, and at this point it doesn't seem justifiable. I appreciate your videos nonetheless. Thanks

I really appreciated this video. I always do but this one about the commercial over fishing and your feelings about it touched me. With every one of your fabulous videos I learn something new and balances me between hopes and wishes for our world and with dread. Living in the US and knowing the appalling record and the lack of commitment to global warming issues by our government , especially these days, I appreciate your providing us insights that we would not see without you two. I live on the marsh in New England, US and my small town seems to disregard many of the regulations that our Department of Environmental Protection has put into place. And this is not a novelty. I , over the years, have been a local advocate for the environment whether it be to protest planned building projects or to stop local large industry from polluting the nearby waterways. One manufacturer was polluting by what was called 'burping' their system once a week through pipes into the creek that I live on and finding that the same company was also allowed to self regulate. I'm sure this happens everywhere. Dismaying. But I applaud your voices and the voices of others with platforms to educate many who may know nothing about these issues or may only see us as 'tree huggers', a term I wear with pride.I hope that by the time we are seeing this that your whole family is well again. So scary with little ones. Thank you again for sharing your 'tribe' with us. The delight, the beauty, the humor ,the new things you bring to me every week and your passions are wonderful to be a very small part of. OH and the new BOAT !!!! Wonderful !!! xoxo Ellen

Poor Darwin I hope he's okay. I feel your pain about the fish Catch and Release those little guys. I totally get the empathy for the fact that the guys just trying to feed his family though. 😊⛵

Poor Darwin! I hope he is better already! 💕 What a good episode. Thanks for sharing the good and the bad. I think that is why so many people love y’all!

Rileys reaction about the RAT. DEAD LOLLL

I love the extra effort you put into these videos! Keep up the great work, we love following your journey and can't wait for the new boat to launch 😍

It was a good episode. Like you guys say yourselves, to show the bad moments too once in while, makes your channel and honest/realistic one. You editwell, without overdramatising the moments and just show us what your experience was. Keep up the great work! :) Hopefully you are in better times now

That sunset is amazing. It would be a great downloadable...??? I was impressed your boat guy acknowledged there were fewer fish. I was immediately alerted when I saw the fishing gear they were using. It looked like stuff for fishing small streams for trout. The world is in a dire hurt for the commercial fishing and excessive sport fishing. There's quite an interview Delos did about the wastefulness happening around Ascension Island. People so easily behave like locust toward fish. You did a great job addressing the devastating affects.

Poor Darwin! I spent the first couple years of my life in SE Asia and got malaria, hep A, chicken pox and all sorts of stomach bugs, was in the hospital even with a high fever. As an adult I rarely get sick and when I do I recover extremely quickly. I’m sure it’s so hard in the moment but your kids are going to have a super human immune system one day! Loved this video by the way, I’m glad you touched on a hard topic. Asia is far from a monolith but unfortunately suffers from some of the worst environmental destruction in current times. Not sure what a balanced solution would look like but good on you for looking for ways to make an impact.

So sad for little Darwin, being in foreign countries with a sick baby is so scary, wishing him a speedy recovery ❤️‍🩹. This was definitely one of those episodes where you can feel your sadness and disillusionment for the environment. But I love your mentality that even one small change (like going vegan for a month) can make a difference if everyone would do it⛵️🫶