 What's going on guys welcome to another video? I just wanted to really make this video because I'm actually out at Nationals at this beautiful lake right here And tomorrow's second day of practice I wanted to film a video not only updating you guys but saying a few things in fact since I can't really you know film too much and You know produce a lot of content right now of fishing and so I wanted to throw out this video just for you guys and Talk a little bit so guys we're gonna get this angle of the lake in the background and everything I just like to start off this video by saying thank you guys so much for the support Everything that you guys do, you know, it's absolutely amazing and Just supporting me along my journey It's just phenomenal. I just like to say a few things as in I Would really appreciate if everyone who clicks on this video would please, you know watch it all the way through You know that would really mean a lot to me Just because I would love for you guys to hear on everything I'm gonna say because it's coming deep down And I want to talk to you guys So I'm trying my best recently to respond to a lot of comments To communicate more with you guys, you know, if I see one of you guys in public You know, I'm spending as much time as possible to talk to you guys and get to know you guys and You know, that's what I love. That's my biggest thing. I love it so much and It's just amazing To be able to sit and talk to you guys Well actually driving up here It took three days. This is a 24-hour trip. We're actually in Minnesota right now. I'm originally from Atlanta, Georgia My college is in Savannah, Georgia, and it's like a literally like a 24-hour drive Up here. I've logged a lot along the way those videos to be coming out in the next couple of days I post every Tuesday Thursday and Sunday, but driving up here guys on that 24-hour trip I met, you know, a pretty decent amount of fans and It's just crazy, you know, it's just Absolutely awesome that I can literally travel, you know around Around the world around the United States and just, you know, meet you guys and Get to see you guys and talk to you guys get to know you and there's really nothing better than That or better than, you know There's nothing in this community or in this whole fishing thing that I'm doing better than meeting people that I inspire Meeting people that I enjoy my content, meeting people that, you know, I might end up having a long-term relationship with, you know It's just amazing and driving up here those 24 hours. I actually met, you know, multiple fans I actually popped a tire which will be coming up and a recent New video coming out in the next couple of days I actually popped a tire driving up here. Of course, I just knew it was gonna happen, you know I blew the tire and actually had a fan stop on the highway, which is just Insane, you know that that's unreal That's awesome, you know, he stopped and he's wanted to say hey, and he also saw we're okay Like that's seriously that means a lot to me and like when people come up to me and people talk to me It's just it's just real, you know It's just a hundred percent real and talking to people that I've never met before That they seem like they know me so well and then me talking to you and then getting to know you is just awesome But coming up here meeting a lot of fans just went to the meeting greet for the tournament where you know Every ever all the colleges lined up actually featured my truck and boat, which was awesome big shout out the best for that for scad and Met some fans there as well, which is just it's just insane guys Like I'm literally 24 hours away at home And it just really hit me like when I when I sat there and thought about it is you know, I'm literally meeting people a Days worth of time like of just driving like all the way across the you it's just unreal. I just Can't believe it. It's just insane It's just awesome and I Can't say nothing more than just thank you guys like it's just it's unreal. It's it's really unreal and There's all you guys that support me. Thank you so much That's really what I wanted to say, but I'm gonna kind of go into some details With the tournament, but seriously deep down in my heart. Thank you guys so much If you ever see me in public, please come up and talk to me. It doesn't matter what I'm doing I don't care if I seem busy. I'll take time to talk to you guys Because that's when that's what matters to me the most even if I'm in a situation, you know, just come up come talk to me It doesn't matter what I'm doing Seriously, just walk up introduce yourself. I love it You know, I won't see it rude at all if I'm having a conversation with someone and you sit on the side for just a few seconds And I notice and you know you introduce yourself to me and that that's what I love. That's that's what I love seeing It's just phenomenal It's just amazing Well for this tournament that we're gonna be fishing guys It's on Lake Bemenji in Minnesota very small lake. All right, we went out today and caught a lot of toothy fish I had a lot of toothy fish and also I got a solid one to like a four pounder But not much, you know, it wasn't it wasn't too much and talked to tons of people that really didn't even catch a bass You know, and it's just trying to find those fish. You we have two more days of practice Tomorrow, which is Tuesday the day that you guys are watching this. I'll be practicing while you guys are watching this video And then Wednesday we practice Thursday's first day of the tournament Friday's the second day after Friday they pick the top 12 to move on to Saturday and Saturday Everyone to compete the top 12 and they take the top four and they move them on to Monday on a different lake It's the top four teams. They split them up into individuals. So there's eight of you. It's a bracket round All right, there's three days of that and you'll be going head-to-head. It's just me versus some other dude you know Jimbo versus Chris or whoever it is and They'll beat that out whoever wins that whole bracket round will actually get a free ticket to the Bassmaster classic Which is a dream. So, you know, it's gonna be amazing. We're gonna get out there grind these next two days It's this is one of these lakes that are so small and there's like 90 boats That's gonna be really hard to really pound out a few days of good fish without people getting in your way But rather than that, you know, I think it should be really great Rather than that's just the experience, you know, I've never fished an event up this far before Up north. So that's that's really cool. You know, I've been the rainy lake. We've just got my Scott Martin challenge with him We did that last summer awesome awesome video if you guys can go if you ever see on TV You definitely watch this really cool video. I actually got to fish a rolling Martin, but we fish rainy Lake That's about us in Canada and but I've never fished like a real tournament You know up north, which is cool. You know, I mean, this is the national championship This is my freshman year of college. And so this is my first national championship and just totally pumped about it, but um Yeah, it's gonna be it's gonna be a grinder I'm gonna be trying to film as much as possible along the way But at the same time, I'm gonna film as much as I can but then again I'm not gonna try to make it to where the film's really getting in the way of me focusing and And I know you guys can understand that because you know, this is like a national championship But I'm a film as much as possible You best bet the GoPro is gonna be running during the tournament and I'll be getting a lot of footage I might not be talking to the GoPro's a lot because of the wind and stuff and it like I know you guys can hear right now. It's probably so bad, but uh I'll definitely be filming it. I can make something out of it. It'd be great But I just want to make this video updating you guys what I'm doing and why I haven't been posting as many Many fishing videos the past couple of times It's just because I'm kind of like on the road from on a 24-hour trip to the national championship And that's kind of want to update you guys on that. Tell you guys a big Thank you because I really want to be where I'm at today without you guys, friends, family You know my fishing coach and just everyone else I really want to be where I'm at today if it wasn't I mean the base on everything that I've achieved is from you guys It's like literally it's from you guys and you guys supporting my journey and you guys helping me grow and me Getting to talk to you. It's just freaking awesome guys. I can't express it much more I really can't but I'm gonna walk around. I'll show you a little bit of the lake I just like to say a big thank you and then we'll close out the video So first of all guys, that's Bumenji. That's Lake Bumenji pretty clear water, you know this all that This is just some crazy. All right. We're staying in this hotel right here This is just some crazy like temple thing. I don't know what it is and it's just I just thought it was cool to come film out here I mean, why not right and Crazy, I don't know what this is It was just out here trucking boats actually over there That's where I'm at. So we're gonna be putting in the morning Hotel I'm gonna be staying at and then here's Lake Bumenji. This place actually really nice You know, it's something a little different, you know, it's something totally different You know the view of the lake is just absolutely phenomenal. It's just if there's gonna be a lot of bass in here And we're gonna be able to catch them. That's the biggest thing, you know I just I just want to get on these fish and do really good in this championship But get them get on getting on them in practice always isn't the thing to do You know, like it's just all comes down during the tournament if you're gonna catch them Sorry about the wind if it's really bad, but this lake it may seem super big But I promise you it is super small It's just a big bowl literally the islands that you can see or the trees that you can see way in the distance It's literally the other side of the lake and then right here ends right here and ends right there like it is not big at all I promise you I would love to show you more but that wind is just outrageous And I don't even know how the audience gonna turn out in this video But you know making this post tomorrow because I want to update you guys have more videos coming out You know Thursday and Sunday, I'll be sure to get those done for you guys, you know Just because this tournament is coming up does not mean I'm not gonna be working I'm gonna be working on these videos getting them out to you guys for content for you guys to watch But thank you guys so much for watching you guys mean the world to me Be sure to please like this video that would mean a lot Please like this video comment below something about the channel something you want to see what type of videos you want to see and I'll expand on that with the ideas be sure to subscribe and hit the little bell as well overall guys out Beautiful Lake Bumanji, Minnesota be sure to come to the way in you know information is online Go on bassmaster.com go to college if you guys are in the area you guys are up north be sure To come to the way in All right, I'm just being honest. I don't know if they like Very bodies in there or something that's kind of freaky. I just noticed that I'm gonna kind of walk away now But thank you guys so much for watching. Thank you guys so much for the support You guys mean so much to me and I'll catch you guys in the next