 That's the first time I've ever used this rod, but that fish feels good. Yeah, maybe not. You get wicked head shakes around right here, like that. Usually it's a pretty good one. This is that top and bottom rig. I think he went for the bottom. Yeah, he did. Pretty good one there. 13, 12 and three quarters. This one feels better. Nice. Want me to grab him? Just trying to reel him up close. No, you don't have to do that. Look how thick that thing is. Yeah, but he's thick. Right, but I mean, I don't know. Should I put him on the fish, darling? Yeah, I don't have a problem with it. Stay right there. Nice one there. Sick. That's how thick these fish are. Shorty thick. 14. You know how to do it, right? I've walked you guys. 14, 14, respectable in some states. One up, one down. Oh, this guy just got a little better. Just check it. Hit the check mark, and then you've got to use the point if there's a point, and then see where it's the size units. Yeah, you don't have a point, do you? Got one. I guess I could get a little closer. This is my first fish. What's up, guys? CJ Harmon here with my good buddy, Joe Holland Guide Service. He's put me on the fish today. It's a fun little change. Little change of pace. Yeah, I don't get to have somebody take me fishing very often. He showed up 45 minutes early to the boat launch and said, where the heck are you? Pumped right out. Yeah, I love it. It's just like I was when I was a kid. Oh, man. We are out here fishing in Maine, and we're in a basin, like a deep water basin, where it's got a lot of L-wives for bait or small baby perch or baby something. They're basically fry but in huge bowls. So these fish are always up and down. We're not too worried about barotrauma. We'll have some that have barotrauma. We'll take them home and eat them. Crappy is a great eating fish that we all enjoy. But for the most part, their school is just coming and going, and the schools stay in about six. They kind of run the same range. Every once in a while, you'll pop one big one next to a small one. But for the most part, you're catching them all in that same class range. So CJ just entered the fish donkey stone cold crappie tournament, and it's your best three crappy bar to length, and you can keep adding on and on and on as you get bigger size. So he just waited in his first one ever on that. Very good 14-incher, honorable. We should be able to get rid of that today. I have, I think my smallest is 15 and a half, but I've put in a day and a half so far efficient. But I think I've weighed in like 10, 15s in this, just this week alone. So we probably can't catch the leader. There's a kid out of Iowa that's got three 16, he's got 16 and a half and two 16, seven fives. He's on like a little man made body of water that's just holding some giants. So he's going to be tough to beat, but we're out here. We're going to, we want to beat a lot of the guys from Minnesota, because there's this Minnesota main rivalry building up all of a sudden. I don't know how it started, but so we want to get CJ up there. Yeah, I've helped a lot of people enter. Yeah. Yeah, that's right. I just finally entered my first one. It's kind of exciting, isn't it? Yeah. Right? I don't know. Yeah. Yeah, I guess you'll get to me. Yeah, sorry about that. No, it wasn't finished. I wasn't even moving that gig. Oh yeah, big guy. Oh, drink that. I can't look for it. That's the most perch I've seen yet here. Every fish wants, hopefully you got a good one. Yes. Good one. You look tiny down there. Yeah. You know, it would be awesome. Is it, is it if I had my reel on this reel, the handle? It would be pretty cool if I had my handle. I hope I don't get a bite right now. I don't know where it is. It must be in my, let me see where it fell out. If I get a bite right now, it's going to be, oh man, watch that tip that I had in the auger holder. Yeah. All right, that's going to be a lot better. It'll be a lot easier to reel them in. I was like, what is going on here? There, oh, what are you getting to there? Big whitey? No, just my drags too. All right, I was going to say, he's taking you for a ride. Might be a decent one, huh? Get a big head jaker. Yeah, I like those. 13 and change. I'm not measuring anything unless it's 14. Yeah, yeah, don't weigh anything unless it's 14. He bit that big over. So you might be using this a little while, when you're, when you feel ready, you might be, oh, first one to pop off. That happens. I don't know. Okay, you might be using this, this apparatus in a little while. Nice. That looks decent. That looks decent, folks. You got one coming out. It's all fired up. This one just feels like heavy weight. That's good. Usually they feel heavy until they get, right about there, big head shakes. Any head shakes? Yeah, a little bit. That looks bad. Yeah. That's a 15er. Hold that up for the camera. That's good. That's 15 and a half. 15. He's 15. Oh, 15. 15? Oh, I got a big one coming in. Shoot. I want you to push this one. 14 three-quarters. That's a fat fish. Look how heavy that fish is. I'd say he was really... Going back. That one coming to you from the left is a good one, just so you know. That one's the smallest one. He is the smallest one, too, where he looked at it. But he might surprise you. Any good... It doesn't feel like that. Yeah. So hard to tell when you're that deep. Guys, you might think that CJ's whacking my butt here, but I'm actually biting the bullet for a friend. Oh, that's a pig. That's a big pig. That was a small one out of those three. I'm biting the bullet for a friend, and I got a great big rattle bait down there, and I'm trying to bring these fish in, and we're hitting them with a one-two combo, and he's got something edible bite size. He's going to wear out my measuring board, though, because he's in that fish donkey contest. What's funny is that was a small one out of the three. That's a big fish. You could pinch the tail. He's going back. Oh, he's still on. It was a bad... Oh, you come off? He is. He's still on. I dropped it before you knew friggin' ate it before it came out. That one looks small. Yeah, it doesn't feel very big. How bad does this person who offered to say how easy this is? That, she would have won. You catch the first one. I'll catch the second. Yes. That's what I'm worried about. He's got a 15, 1475, and a 14. This one's not big enough. This one's not big, he said. Wow, yellow. He's going to bite. Two, one. Got one. Got one. You know you. I was doing the fish donkey thing. Yeah. Got one. Got one. I'm going to get this thing rattling down there. I'm bringing the bait in. Holy cow. Feeling better. Head shakes? Yeah, it was feeling better. Solid. What if that was one fish right there on the screen? That would be a whale. Something's about to happen, I think. I would think. It feels tiny, but it might get bigger when I tighten my drag. Yeah, it gets a little bigger when I tighten my drag. That spooked yours. We might be into some perch. You know when you get a white perch. It fights harder than anything in this lake. Is he caught on the ice? Oh wow, he's flying. Oh no, that was the one I just released. It's still cold enough in here to make some ice in that hole. Yeah. Nice fish most places. Do you see that bite or are you watching the fish? I was watching the fish. I felt it just as you went. Oh, that was awesome. Is it a good one? It sounds like Wayne. Yeah, he usually gets here. Yes, I hope this works. No, ain't nobody home. What's that? You're in a freaking shack. We're hiding. How can you move? You're in that thing, huh? You don't need to move here. Wayne, come around this side. We saved those for you. How you doing? You caught a fish. I can't believe you're in a freaking shack. Well, I didn't want to lose the spot with the background for video. Yeah, okay. You didn't get into the big one yet, huh? He's got a 15. Nice find to meet you, Wayne. Oh, you guys ain't that good? No, no, no. That's a pretty good fish right there, I think CJ. I'll let you go see Jason before I get some holes through. Yeah, I saw that. That's a little bite. Do what I know. That's usually the bigger ones. I don't feel very big. It's a little bit of air. Looks decent. Why? Really? The biologist? Yeah, that's a good one. The guy in there. Yeah, that's a good one. That might be a big old wife. He's rotten like crazy. Do I have to reel in? No. I might reel in just to get out of your way. That's a whitey. I hope it's one of them big 14 inch white perch. You'll know when you get them near the hole. He's just going to go circles. Kind of giving up. Is he? Might be a crappy. Is he a crappy? Looking like a crappy. Is he big whitey? Nice. We'll take him with us. Yeah, that's what they do. They spin the hole like crazy. Oh, yeah. Nice white perch there. No. Oh, I got it. I lost him right at the hole. Yeah, those things fight so good. Oh my God, they're not the best fighter out here. Hold that baby up for the camera. They don't even know white perch in some states. That's a big one. Yeah, he's pushing 14 probably. Yeah, he is thick. Big old humpback. Yeah, good eating. Yeah, that's as good of eating as they get. Yeah, if he gets 315 and a half. Yeah, if he gets 315 and a half, 4-1, we'll probably swing over there, but it's probably take a half hour to get over there. Yeah. He'd get him a little closer to home though. Don't be afraid to catch that one. School coming in, Wayne. We're going to love this guy. Whoa. That's a better one. That's a better one. Take it right at the furniture store to use it up to 135 or 60s market. I'll see if I can get it, buddy. Yeah, there's a few over here now. Good fish. He's got a good... Oh, yeah, that's a stapler. Yeah, good one. Just one. No, I'm letting them. Yeah, I want them. He's returning them. Yeah. That's the way. Maybe. You've got a 14s, your smallest. So it does call. Helped me a little bit, right? It gets you, breaks your tie. Wicked school coming in. What'd that one go? 14 and a half. Nice. They're getting the phone very big. Yeah, they're feeling bigger. Yeah, these are all pretty good ones. I'm going to enter that fish. Yeah, there's a pump board right in here. Clearly. Oh, yeah. Got one. Oh, no, he's heading over to Wayne. Maybe a white perch. He's not even on my screen. That's a big nice crappie right there, big old slab. You got one all right. Yeah, I was going to say, double viewing Wayne. Yeah. CJ's got one. Yeah. Well, he's a nice guy. He put me on some serious fish. Oh, he's got the drag stripper. Big head shakes. This is a good one. Good one here. I think he's got a 15 plus. Yeah, I tried to double out, but I missed mine. Oh, pig. That's going to be, hold that baby up for the camera. That's a big fish. Good one there. Yeah. Stop there. What was that last time? 15. You're ready to go. 15 in the quarter. You're a good fisherman, but you can't give away an inch every fish. Steal this fish from me if you can. Stupid. Stupid tournament. Steal this fish from me if you can. So that one's 15 and a half? 15 and a quarter. Okay. That gets you in that good range. Yeah, I'm doing it. I'm bringing up another big one right there when they start giving those big wall, wall, wall. Wayne's got one. Let's see if we can get a triple. Triple? Triple. Mine's not big. Mine's pretty high. Oh, that's a donkey. I told you to steal this fish from me. We got to get you a heavier bait. Bad dog. Bad dog. Bad dog. I might actually use this one. Geez, I wasn't planning on entering any fish today, but I got a 16 incher right there. Yeah, 16. What's this one? Just real quick. Oh my gosh, look at you. You can't use that one. You better weigh that one. Are you sure? Yeah. Oh, he's over that. All right, we got a 16-incher going back. 16-incher for you guys. Nice fish, Joe. Thanks for the vlog going on. I wasn't able to celebrate with you. No, no worries. I want you to just whack away one. So we got to keep him here. Looks all right. Good one for my buddy Wayne. You got a good one? I did tell him. When CJ gets quiet, it usually means pretty good. Pretty good, but not good enough. What do you do, Swallow? Just a 13 and a half. That's all. Choking it. What do you do with that little 13 and a half? I don't know. I go get them out of the way. Some people give their left arm for a fish like that. All right, so I got three crappie on the board. I got a 16, a 15-75, and a 15-5. I just got rid of a 15-5. That's a pretty tough one to cull out, but you know you're on to pretty good ones when you're culling 15 and a half. That looks... You're digging. It's right now if you need the big head shakes. Did he give you some big ones? No, he is right now. That could be decent. We could have a good one on, folks. I'm gonna try to double out. Oh, good one, but I can't use it. Nice one. It's not gonna help me. Yeah, it might. That's a... I don't know. That's a big fish though. It's a big fish no matter what. I can't use it. A 14-incher. You got a good one, Lane? Is that a good one? Yeah. CJ's got a good one on. You've got to get rid of a 14-75. Okay, so I need 15s. Yeah, it's a 14-75. It's my smallest right now. Yeah, we got a tripple. That's a big fish though. Look at how wide that fish is. It's tall. They're just built different here, guys. I don't know if you got me on that one or did I get you? CJ likes it. This is a school of good ones right here. Lane's got a 15 plus. I could have had a triple. Oh, that's a big one, Lane. Yeah. Oh, that's all right. This one is pulling super hard. Now he's pulling easy. That one doesn't measure? No, it's not. If I need 15, I don't know. That one doesn't know. Another 15. Aided on the fall. Yeah, that's me. Gowan loving these rods. That looks decent. We're going to keep it just in case. It's too bad. I'm going to use a little two buckets each. Yeah. I'm going to just have one bucket of the guy, that last guy here. He's always got two. CJ's not yet a good one. CJ, I almost lost my rod because of that fish. Yeah. Almost lost my rod because of that fish. I had him on for about 30 seconds. Didn't realize it. Who the hell are you calling me? Some 800 number. So you've got to leave him a message if you don't. He might not recognize your name. He gets so many frigging robo calls. You want me to close the mouth or not? I know you like to measure him with the mouth. He goes three quarters. He'll go. He's just being stunned. I'm going to show you the trick, Wayne. I got pockets if you want to use them. CJ gets quiet reeling one in. I start to wonder how big it is. No, I won't. He's not bragging on him. Do you want a set of gloves? This friggin' dunk. He's going wild. We're just grabbing phones and entering fish. We don't even know if we got the right phone. Hopefully you put that 16 on that. He just got 16 on his. With me holding that. They're going to be like, CJ looks good all of a sudden. Yeah. He's got a matcha drape. His beard drove. I got a little dink of a 15 and a half I got to get rid of. It's too bad I'm putting together such a friggin' awesome week. And this guy from Iowa is killing me. All right, so you got, this is you now. You got a 15 quarter, 15 and a 14, 7, 5 for exactly 45. You just flew by the crappy chronicles. You got ahead of crappy chronicles? He's got the crappy chronicles by four and a half freaking inches. This could be decent on CJ. He got doughnutted. Who's this friggin' guy coming up on my tail at 100 miles an hour in the tournament? CJ Harman. Where the hell is he catching his fish? He won't tell you. He had nothing. Now he's got 45 inches. Three fish. You're freaking it. Man, I like this job. No back bone. Tighten that drag maybe. I don't like it. School's coming back. Don't. That's a donkey. That should upgrade you. Oh, that may be a 15 and a half. Damn, what the heck just happened? The school just turned, what backwards? 15 and a quarter again. Just a little one. You're going to get 15 and a quarter on that. That could be a 16er right there, bud. You're going to get him. You're going to get him if you hurry. I'm trying. You hurry. I'll try to keep him there. It's a 16. You need it. All right, you've entered the chat. Is he still hungry? Wayne, there's a good one down there for you. Wayne, we've got to get you entered this tournament. We'll take the top four spots. You'll have the whole nation mad at you. All these guys from Mississippi and Alabama that catch all these fish. Mr. Toys. Minnesota and Iowa. Iowa is kind of a strange one, isn't it? Well, yeah, but it was in this like... Yeah, there were no slews, I think, there in Iowa. It looked like a dam, like a made up body of water. This is fighting pretty good. Got one. Yeah, he's getting smaller. You've got good head shakes. He's probably chunky. Chunky monkey. Budonk. CJ got the big one. Hopefully. Oh, that looks like a good one. I don't know. I don't know. No. He was just lit up. That means nice fish anywhere in the world. What are you catching little dinks for? Isn't that funny? All of a sudden 14s are dinks. Fish donkeys getting... We're going to blow up their server. We're entering so many 15 pluses. Oh, there's going to be a good one in this school. I can feel it. Oh, get him CJ. That's the one. Yes, baby. Oh, he's got a good one, Wayne. I think that's the one. I think this is the one we've been waiting for, guys. Head shakes. Oh, yeah. Yeah. He acted like he was King Turd. Boy, he cranks them right in. King Crap on Turd Mountain. He tries to. It takes me 10 times as long to bring one in, because I just do it real quick. Oh, no. It's big. No. No, I mean, that's 15 inches and two pounds. What do I need? You need over 15 now. I think your smallest is 15. You've got your creature bait on just like I do. Yeah, I told you I bought a pair then. You're a 15-5, so your smallest is... I know it's over 15. Of course, Joe, he won't try one. No, he won't. You're at 15 is your little. Wayne, you want to get your act together? Would that one go? 14 3 quarters. It's happening now, Wayne. Oh, no. I get a little uncharging. I caught the tiniest one in the school. Now he's getting bigger. Now he's getting smaller. Now he's getting bigger. I think I foul hooked him. Nope. That's the fastest. You know there's not going to be when they can pop it out of the hole. You scared the school, old Joe. Those look like decent. Are they? No. He's bringing up a lot. CJ, he's got a... He's got another. He's got a head shaker. He said no, but I think it's growing on him. Yeah, it's growing. He's getting bigger. Oh, kank. Well over 15. Now it's... I mean, it's just so fat it's hard to tell. I mean, these fish are huge. Make that tournament pound big instead of inches, Joe. Oh, yeah. Yeah, because I'm one of the guys that caught an isle. We're not big. This way. They were long. So hard. What's he got? 14 3 quarters. Wow. 14 3... Oh, you got... You missed one way. Yeah, I know. It's slow, but there's a chance... There's a better chance of 18s over there. Orsa bad us, to be honest with you. You had a parking spot? Yeah. We got a double. I think CJ's about to spank my bottom. Oh, he's not spanking me. Wow. That's a huge weighty. Look at all the puke in the hole. I hope you got one, too, bud. Yeah, you're... Oh, donkey. Oh, you guys are donkeying again. Well, look at... I'm going to puke it up some serious pellards. I got an eater. He's got another big one. Look at that white perch. Big ol' humpback. A white perch? Oh, yeah, a big ol' humpback wing. Look at the... What's my smallest? 15 even. So, that one wins. That one's a 15 and a quarter. Yeah. All right, got a 14 inch white perch. He just caught a 15 and a quarter inch crappy as a double. That's not a bad double, right there. I'm about to... I just missed another white perch. There's whites down there. There's whites down there, Wayne. There's whites down there. 15 and a half, sorry. What do you need? I got a... Yeah, you're good to push that. Joe, is this the day that the guy leaves the ship? Yeah. I'm the guy today. I like the way this one hit. I don't know. Coming up like another whitey. Nope. Just a big ol' slab of a crappy. Does his 15 and a half make my 15 look small? 15 and a half, I'm going back. I have had a couple big ones eat like this. You got it. Yeah, dropped right into them. I haven't had the big ones eat on a drop, though. Now, I'm just seeing if he's a perch. I think he's just a run of the mill. Ho-hum, 13 inch here. Or 14. Yeah. 4 or 14. That's a good one. Nice. One of them? I love running and gunning the big fish like we do. Oh, shit, how fun both. But how fun is this? Absolutely. Well, how relaxing. I know, isn't this... You're about to get another one. Oh, this is awesome. I've been working. You can't have this much fun doing anything else. Can't have this much clothes. M-I-L-F. Man, I love to fish. Time to have this much fun with your clothes on. Right? Can't tell. Yeah. I think it's a good one. Oh, pig. I knew it. I don't know if you could use it. I don't know if I can use it. You got to be 15 and a quarter now. Oh, I think 15 and a half. Oh, yeah, I can use it. 15 and a quarter is your smallest. You got two 15 and a quarter and one 15 and a half. Yeah, one's 15 and a half. 15 and a half? Yeah. Oh, yeah, got it. I can get him to breathe. So you got one 15 and a quarter and two 15 and a half. 15 and a half, 15 and a half, 15 and a quarter. So I got this guy breathing down my throat. So he's got 15 and a half, 15 and a half, 15 and a quarter. He's throwing back 15 and a quarters now. I got a 16, a 15, 7, 5 and a 15, 5. So there ain't a whole hell of a lot of room for me to move. But I'll keep trying. You gained a call this morning. More. You got to see this guy. Good one? He has a good balance. He's got to help me. Nice school coming in. Man, you got to shut that thing off. You're scaring all our fish away. That freaking thing is loud. The old phone catch. He doesn't like the hook set. He is tiny. He is small. He does not like this hook set. We're looking at a yellow perch, guys. Yellow perch. Three, two, one and zero. There he is. But look what it brought in. It did call him back in, didn't it? Yep. Wow, did he eat? This has got to be all I need. It's good, whatever it is. Ah, now it's not so good. Now it's good. Now it's real good. Now it's not so good. Now it's good. Now it's not so good. Should I reel out? No, you're good. It's a crappy. Nice one. We're back on him, buddy. That one might have. Yeah, maybe not. Can't move it. You can't. I don't know if I could or not. I got to get rid of it 15 and a quarter. No, that's a four. That's a 15, probably, right on the number. Got him. Yeah, might be decent. Looks decent. Yeah, didn't really thunk it too good, so I don't know about this hook set. But I like the head shakes. I like this long parabolic bend on this rod with all sorts of backbones. Oh, it's a big. Sorry, bud. I might have just stole one from you. Now I'll play a defense. I don't think I could use it because I need a 15 and three quarter, but I think you could use it. Oh, that's a 15. Yeah, defense. DEF defense. Defense. At least when I guide, I let the other people use the big ones. Right? Sometimes. No? Nope. Short in my thought. Yeah. So tall. If you guys are just doing it in or don't know it, we're both in the same tournament. We're both in a fish and donkey tournament. One guy from Iowa props to him, man. He popped him in this little reservoir. He's got a 1675, a 1675 and a 165. Hats off to him. Anybody in this continent is going to have a hard time beating him or anybody in the world with trappy. But, but, but I'm gaining on him. I think I'm only, I'm less than three inches now behind him. Yeah. All right. So to give you guys the update right now, Nathan Randall's props to you and my friend. He's at 50 inches for three fish. I am had a measly 47 and a quarter in second place. And then this, I don't know who this Joker is, but an inch behind me at 46 and a quarter. He's only fished for two hours. Is this guy CJ Harman? Yeah. Then after that, Rowan Schwalach, Tony Boyd, Abby Rabine, and then the crappy Chronicles, Ron Dershner, Kyle Tyree, Tina Helton, and then 330 maniacs only got two weighed in so far, but he'll be up in the leaderboard. He's going to be in the top four pretty soon, but CJ's doing his best to keep him down. I'm an inch behind you. How do I make that out? You just got to catch a bigger fish. Oh, Phil. That's all. Thanks, Captain August. Yeah. You just got to catch one bigger, or three, a little bit bigger fish, like I've been doing. Got him. Got him. Got him. Wait and defend the plate. Here comes the fish right there. See it? I don't think he's that big, but that's probably why he was tough to catch. He's not big, but he's not big, but it's fun. Well, you didn't beat me. I beat him. They say there's a jerk on one end waiting for a jerk on the other. Oh, don't. Freaking dog. Keep that loud so he'll be away from us. Every time this bull comes in, get out of here. Get out of here, that two stroke. Oh, he's killing us. Turn that thing on quiet mode. Put in the other two strokes. Yeah. Are you feeling okay? Yeah. Yeah. You just caught enough? Yeah. Do you want any of these? Are you good? Ah, I got a few in there that I'm gonna... You got enough. You know where to get them. Yeah. Well, this might be a school of wicked white perch with... Hey, too bad you couldn't get into a school. We're on a school of wicked white perch right now. They just, they did not stop for us. Look at that. You catching them? No, they just, they just flew right by. Hoping there's a crappy in them. With white perch, you do have to do some foolishness like this. Yeah. You gotta get their attention. So, I'm absolutely the oldest guy doing that. Yeah, and doing a hide. Yeah. My dad enjoyed it. Yeah. Yeah, he liked that slip bobber you showed him. Oh, yeah. Yeah. You're more than welcome to leave me a little black book of all your places. Man, I lost that black book when I was up to when I lost my sled. Did you hear he lost all his gear this year? Oh, yeah. I heard that. No one gave it back. Yeah. That happened. Yeah. This could be coming, bro, it'll all make waypoints on it and all my traces. This could be Beeson. He's Beeson. Just a baby. Just a baby 13, ain't you? Catch him one of the rookie lures. Rookie lures. I know. He didn't like that. All right, stuff's getting real. Be ready. You want that second one. That's the one you want right there. Yeah. Do you get him? Good one? It's got a lot lower gear ratio. You just got a reel. Is he spooling it? It's the drag was giving out. Oh, it wasn't gaining on it. It's definitely not. He's up under the ice. He's about a mile away. Oh, it's a big one. That's a fish. Yeah. What a shame. It can't help you. It's not going to go 15 and a half. It's close to 15. So that reel was messed up? Yeah, the drag is too loose. That was the weirdest bite I've ever had. For crappy. We struggle. That's a doggy. What's happening to him? Fishing break on the full launch. Yeah. Oh, okay. No worries. Yeah, okay. 15 and a quarter. I just caught a good one. Another one. Another giant. You get the other one. Okay. I'll get the bigger one. It's bigger one's the second one. I hope you get them. No, he's going to eat you. Wicked light bite. Oh man, this has got to be a whitey. I hope he stays on. This could be big. It looks big. Yeah. He acted big when he came in. I hope that's a crab. Oh no, I knew it. You don't even want to see it. They love this sweater. I had a lady at the gas station accost me today over it. She asked me if the beard matches the drapes or something. I was like, yeah. You get compliments all the time. Yeah. I do. They're all from guys for me, though. Really? Nice beard, dude. Yeah. Pretty nice beard. No, I get both, but like, you see somebody else with a good beard, they just give you the headband. Yeah, they're like, what's up? It's like a Jeep person. Yeah, exactly. So funny. Nice. It's not going to help me. Nope. Don't catch them or another one. Trying not to. 14 and what? A half? Another half, yeah. Is he still hooked up? Yeah, yeah. That's funny. That's hilarious. Well, the funny part is that there was one, like, looking at it. Yeah. And I never saw the one come in from the other side. And I see the rod tip bounce in it. Maybe a perch. And then. Nice crappy. The one he goes, you're hooked up. And I watched the one that I thought was going to attack it. Swim off. I'm like, no, not. And it's like, oh my God, I guess I am. I saw it. Every other side. Alrighty. Yeah, it's nice to meet you. Yeah, you too. I think we got everything. CJ, I'm just going to leave this recording. Yeah. If you get anything good, just bring it out, okay? All right, buddy. I might be back. I might not. All right, well. Yeah, maybe tomorrow. Wouldn't be the worst place to be left, would it? I got to guide your trip tomorrow, so you'll have to give me back some point. Yeah, it wouldn't be the worst place. We left it though. Just call your trapping. Another one, that 15 range. Not going to help me in my tournament. I'm running a really nice fish. Just touching the tail of this thing. There's like another good one. Love this rod. There's a beast right there. That one will help me. Just barely hooked. 16 inches, guys. 16 and a quarter. Oh man, that's a good one. That one's going to help. Man, I wish she was here for this one, Joe. 16 and a quarter going back. See you later, big guy. I am so bummed. What? I just got 16 and a quarter and you're not here then. Celebrate with me. Oh, I can't wait to see the picture. Yeah, I had a hard time getting a good picture. Really? I got it, but good. I'm talking to the camera like, oh man, buddy, I wish she was here. For real? That's the way to go. Really? Yeah. That's awesome. I hope the camera's on. I'm so bummed, it's on. Did you get it on my friggin' rod? No, I don't know. On the Elliott rod, yep. Nice. And we're tied. Nice. Dang it. I'm pissed, I missed it. Yeah, I'm so bummed. Did you just let him go? That's a slob. Dude. So I got a 16, 15, 7, 5, 15, 5. So your smallest is bigger than my smallest today? The 5, 50. Oh, you got, oh, okay. 15, 50. I got two 15 and a halfs. Yep. I got to get rid of a 15, 5. We both have to get rid of 15, 5s. Dude, I'm quite fired up. Oh, I wish she was here. That's a friggin' big fish. I said, I think that one helped me. I couldn't believe that thing went. It touched 16, I was like, no way. This looks big on the screen, but it's been a couple of hours since I've been fishing. Looks big on the rod. You hold it, did you hold it up for the GoPro? Yeah. He's not feeling that big. The mud is pretty big. Nice fish. Nice crappy right there. Dude, you got 47 and a quarter inches today. In one day. Your next three probably go 46 and three quarters. Your next three probably go 46. Your next three probably go 45. Tell me this isn't the best friggin' crappy fishing around. Yes, that's, that's nice. Corporal looks at. Good fish. Feels it. Yeah, looks good. It's hard when you're not used to a rod. That looks pretty friggin' big. Unless it's over 15 inches, they ain't gonna do me any good. No, you need over 15 and a half. But we both do. Who's my phone off my lap? Pretty big. I think, I think, I think he's gonna go over 15 and three quarter. You need 15 and three quarters. Just 15. That's it. Just a little dinker 15. Heck of a fish right there, guys. That is a beauty. Nice fish. So thick down through them. Anything at all, meat. Crazy. And my good buddy, Joe, says nothing but shoulders and guts. There's nothing in here. Yeah, he was swimming with it. We got a nice double right here. Yeah, we do. I think you've got the bigger, but let's keep them from tangling out. That could be a mess. I'm not, my mind's coming a little faster. Two biggings. Nice double. Mine's about 15. Slab. CJ might have got, he might have got me on this one. I don't know. I think you got me. Did I? I'd say that cookie kind of twins. Yeah. Is your poker around? Oh, shit. Nice fish. About the same. Couple giants for you. I get so excited about this stuff. I love the mission. Like, what's crazy impressive is not what you've caught today, it's what you've thrown back. Yeah. Like what you're not counting in. Like, I've thrown back third place, fourth place, fifth place, sixth place, seventh place, eighth place, ninth place, tenth place. Yeah. And you have to. Oh, if it was game of inches of how many, there's no way. Maybe that guy. But like, my second best three are all 15 and a half. Right. My third best three are all 15 and a quarters. My third, my next best three are 15 and, you know what I mean? Like, they're like special, nice, really big perch. Well, getting bigger. Yeah. Nice head shakes near the. I lost another big one before. I did. Yeah. 16, but that's the smallest of the day. What are they freaking getting hung up on over there? Yeah. I saw that one. Well, I waited for the second. Yeah. That looked like a good bite. Coming up pretty good. Yeah. Decent. I think he's super huge. Lying in over 15 and a half. Yeah. Yeah. I think it's good fish. Nice fish. Beautiful fish. He's a nice thing as you brought the other ones in. They're coming slow, but sure. Yeah, you did good being patient on that bite. It was hard. What do you got? Oh, it's a pretty good one. Yeah. I don't know yet because I just switched rods. When you switch rods. Yeah, but that's a big fish. Oh, that's a big fish. It's a big fish, but not. Look at that one. Oh, there's a camera. I've moved it. And Mike, you need... I think I need 16. I don't think I could use a... I don't think I could use them. No, neither one of us could. He's only 15. He's only 15? Friggin' ding. Oh, Mike. He's only 15. Friggin' ding. What a little bite. Little tap. I think this feels decent. I tell you, rods feel so good. You fired mine up, too. I'm hoping he comes in just too... That looks big. Yours looks big. He might have a good one here, guys. Might have a real good one. We get a look. Not a big. I don't think it's going to help me. Got it. Over 15 and we can't even help you. What a pretty fish. Another big one, guys. Another big one, man. Yep. Same. Well, maybe getting bigger. Those are some good head shakes. Bigger than I can. Nope. What do I need? 16 or nothing, right? 16 or nothing. I need 15 or 3 quarter or nothing. He choked it. No, nice one. No, he's not as big as... Oh, my God. It's a good fish. Yeah, I reel him up faster that time. What is the perch? Not much. I'm starting to get a little bigger. I need to get bigger. Diesel? Well, guys, that is going to do it for today. Wait. You do the outro. You did the intro. Now you put me on the spot. Yeah. I would Joe say it. Well, that's going to do it for today. You just got to fill in the durs. Hell of a day, fishing with my buddy Joe. Joe Haaland Guide Service. Yeah. Put me on the fish today. No, don't say that. I'll just start getting messages. People want me to guide them. Yeah. He takes a special person to get accepted by Joe's Guide Service. Multiple years of background chatting. Hard friggin' work. No, we had an awesome day today, guys. Really appreciate you guys tuning in. This has got to be one of the greatest Smash Mests ever on YouTube for crappy. I mean, I don't know how many we caught over 15 inches today. A ton. CJ came in the last place in the continent-wide fish donkey tournament. And he's tied with one of the greatest anglers in the shack. So that makes the two greatest anglers in the shack. Yep. So we've beaten everybody else in the world except for one person. There's a kid out in Iowa who's just on this reservoir and he smashed hogs. You know, so he's kind of on the run. So, you know, Scott at 330 Maniac, we're coming after you. Sean, we're coming after you. Sean, Rise Grief in Minnesota. And Pincala, just like that, we're coming after you. So yeah, we're coming after you guys. We're smashing. We're catching good fish. I'll end on a nice little tiny 14-incher here. That'll make me 15 inches. Sure. Yeah. Yep. There you have it, folks. Another donkey. Thanks for tuning in, guys. Don't forget to hit that thumbs up button and subscribe to my good buddy Joe's channel. Hey, thanks, bud. It's worth a subscribe, right? Yeah, absolutely. Yep. We got a special going on for subscriptions. You can catch fish like that, but all week for the rest of this week, it's free to subscribe to my channel. And I'm going to sweeten it. I'm going to make it free for the next year. Really? Yeah. Sweet. Thanks to CJ's Unificence. It's free subscriptions for the rest of the year. All you have to do is just hit the button. Oh, we're leaving fish biting. Would you guys leave if you were on 14, 15 inches and they're biting? It's hard to do, bud. Need help? Oh, I don't think so. Yeah, freaking right, bud. All right, once again, guys. Awesome frigging day on the hard water. Can't tell you how much fun we have. You guys could see it in our face, but CJ was giddy today. I never see him like that. He caught absolute staver, 16 and a quarter. That's like, that's a PB for so many people. And he just crushed it on the day. His best, what are you at, 46.75? Yeah. All right, we're both at 46.75. And he did that one day, 46.75 best three. That's an average over 15 and a half. Over 15 and a half. So we're on him, folks. His bottom three that he weighed in today would be in fourth place. That's how awesome it is. That's still in them after the fourth fish hour. Yeah, the fourth fish calmed out. Yeah. So we're so thankful to have these fish. We throw back all the big ones. If they get bear trauma, we're going to eat them. But if they make it down, you know, you can tell right away. We're getting pretty good at it. Really appreciate all the support, guys. Thanks again. See you on the next one.