 Today, we're fishing a duck lure for pond monsters. Not only was the action amazing on the duck lure, but the skippability was next level. I was able to skip this duck lure underneath these trees and boy, did the big bass bite. Oh, right there. Got a nice one too. Oh, golly. He's a mega, get him in. Oh, is he on? Get him in. Oh, he's on. We're gonna be fishing a duck lure today for pond monsters. I got a couple of different ducks. So the first one, let me show you guys this. It is absolutely outrageous. This thing is huge. It has a treble hook with some fur on it in the back, another treble hook down below its neck. And it's got these little feet on the back. So we can show you when we get on the water, but this is gonna plop kind of like a whopper plopper. That's pretty much what that's doing right there on the back. So the feet are just plopping. It actually looks really good in the water. But the one thing with this bait, this actually weighs three ounces. So one, we gotta be careful with it on our rods because our rods aren't really rated for a three ounce bait. And two, it's just a very large bait. So it's gonna take a very big fish to eat it. Before we get deeper into this video, only 27% of you all watching these videos are actually subscribed. So if you could take the time at the subscribe button, really helps the channel, I'd appreciate it. So guys, this is the second duck that we have. And it's actually pretty much a frog, but in duck form. So let me show you guys exactly what this looks like. It's pretty cool. A lot different than this duck, a lot smaller profile. This one's a soft body. So this one's pretty much like a rubber duck, equivalent to your bass fishing frog. And it's got little duck legs off the back of it. And this one just looks spicy. We're probably gonna start off with this today and try to catch a lot of fish on it. And then we're gonna end up moving on to the big bad boy and see if we can catch something on it. It's just, this bait is so large. So this is the beautiful pond that we're at today. It's actually already sprinkling. Hopefully we don't get rained on. We got Mr. Fletch. What's going on? What's going on, dog? What's going on, buddy? We've got to get after him with these ducks. Listen, we are about to get after this ducks for palm monsters episode, baby. So Fletcher, that's what we're doing, man. Whoever catches the biggest fish is crowned champion. Okay. Simple as that, man. I'm about it. Are you with it? So what's duck am I using? Am I using the rubber ducky or am I using the hard ducky? So I'll give you an option. I'm gonna start off with the rubber. If you wanna start off with that and just try to go for a freaking tank, I wanna be opposed to it. Do you wanna try it? I'm gonna put like a hard timer on this for me, maybe like 30 minutes. And if we haven't caught anything with it yet, then I'll switch over to the rubber ducky just to get on the board. If no is just smacking them over there. All right, guys. So I actually brought my kicking combo today, but sadly I don't have braid on it. And I also still have my snake on it. If you guys wanna go check out that video, it's a freaking banger, man. We filmed a snake lure for pond monster. So go definitely check that one out after this one. Probably not gonna use the kicking combo just cause it has floral. Are you throwing that one? That rug? Oh yeah, shoot. Here you go. I'm stealing a rod over here, my bad. Watch over here. I'm trying to get the juice, man. We got the rubber ducky. We're gonna be pairing it up with a Mott Crush right now. But if you guys do wanna check out the kicking combo, the green ones, you can check them out on kickingtherbast.com. I'll link it down below. Thanks to everybody who supports me and the brand. We also have spinning combos and that same one. So you guys can go check them out. Yo, let's go ahead and tie this duck on. And see what's popping with it. We're tying on with a uni knot. Pretty simple. And this is what we're gonna go with. Now you kind of got me worried, Fletcher, because that big one, you do have a good point. If we are doing big fish, that might be the go, you know? Fletcher's gonna start off with it. I'll probably pick it up here later, depending on how this puppy's doing. Who knows, we might be catching some giants on this guy. This thing is looking good. Let's go ahead and get started, man. And see if we can get something on board. Yeah, I think you're gonna throw that thing next to one of these docks out here and get obliterated by a four or five pounder. I'm just looking for a school of ducks that I can just blend in with. Maybe there's just a mamba duck out here and a little ducklings swimming along and I can just throw this thing right behind and tune into that natural presentation. You're gonna make a bass actually eat a baby duck. What's gonna happen this Saturday? I feel like the bass will definitely smoke it. Bass might just think it's his lucky day, you know? I know. The one time he'll ever see a duck in a tree. Dude, I mean, I'm getting it up there. You're up in there. I'm trying to get it clobbered. Oh, it's a nice one too. First duck bass. Is that a bull? Oh, let's go, baby. Let me see that thing. Oh, look at that, that's beautiful. Just seeing a duck hanging out of his mouth. Look at that. Not a big one, but I mean, that's a good two pounder, man. Look at that. That is pretty cool. I mean, she took that whole thing down. Yep, just the standard walk, man. That's all that was. That was a pretty good bite for that fish, man. We're gonna flop a weight on her since we are doing the tournament. We got the matching scale for the duck video, you know? I'd say two pounds, if that, see what we got. Two pound, two one. Two one, Clutch. That's not bad. Not a bad fish. I'll take that for our first fish of the day. Not a big one, but not a bad one. First fish on the duck in the first like 15, 20 minutes. We cannot complain. That is awesome. Thank you, baby. There she goes. One thing that I'm gonna pay attention to is pretty much how I'm working this bait. So I think that's gonna come into play. We could definitely pop it pretty slow or we could do the walk very slow. I was just kind of doing this and I would kill it and then pop it with some more. So we're gonna be paying attention to the retrieve today. I think I can definitely maximize bites if we're paying attention to that. Dangling the duck looks so crazy. I know the feet kind of go crazy. Yeah, they do. Also guys, how would you work this duck lure if you were out fishing with it today? I asked that in the snake video and I had some interesting responses. I'd like to know what you guys would think. Ah. At home. On the dock. Kind of knocked on his door five times. Hello, are you in there? And doing a left hand skip too. I'm not left hand guys. So you can skip with your right hand? Yeah, might be a little better. Might be a little bit, oh my goodness. A minute since I've ran one of these. I want to get used to it. Dang tree. Oh baby. God, what is this dude? That thing don't get bit there. I'm not sure. That just looks so saucy. Let's get up under the back. All the way in the back. Dude, the noise that that will make. Oh man. That slop right there. Golly, it looks so good guys. Like we had a fish on, in my opinion, probably the less appetizing bank in this whole pond. And now we're throwing it in some of the juiciest looking stuff. Dude, it looks so good back there. This is one thing guys. This duck does not go through the grass too well. This head, I know it's still angled up, but it just kind of gets in that grass and on the legs. It's not as good as like the silicone on the frogs as far as going through vegetation. But that shouldn't be too big of a problem. There's not a ton. Oh, I got a gator fish. I got a gator duck. I got a gator duck. All right, dude. I'm going to be honest. If I wasn't washing it like head on, he probably would have got it. You probably get hit him on the head. Oh, definitely. Dude, he is. All right, dude, you got to chill, bro. He's angry, isn't he? All right, you better get away from me. That was ballsy, boy. Oh, dude, that's crazy. Oh, Fletcher, Fletcher. Oh, God. Oh, Fletcher. That's so good in there. Oh, he sees it. Their peripheral is crazy. Yeah, like right there, he can see it. Their side angle is insane on them gators. At least we know one thing that these things would catch. Gators like that, don't know. That makes sense for a gator, like. He would totally munch down on a duck. You know, he just saw them cruising. Starting to get confused because it's like, yeah, it is weird for a duck to be up in that shade, but look how far I'm getting it in there. You just think, whether he think it's a duck or anything, you know what I mean? He would smoke that. I mean, look at how freaking good. Hey, throw a bullet weight on that duck? What do you think, Texas rigged duck? Look at that, Fletcher. Oh my gosh. Dude, I'm casting this thing as far as you can. You're getting some amazing cats with that. I cannot believe you haven't got clobbered. So guys, they also make like a brown, it's like a brown duck. That one's like a little more natural. I think we get a lot more bites on the brown one. But for the video, we gotta use the legit duck. You know what I mean? You gotta throw the legit duck. The duck is just slipping under trees and, oh, God. Oh my God. I mean, dude, come on. You're skipping a duck 20 foot in trees that nobody can cast in. I'm telling you, Texas rigged duck, don't underestimate it. I've done some weird things with fishing livers. Best part about fishing is there's no rules to fishing and you can do whatever you want. So if that means Texas rigged top water duck, I can do that. They're probably wondering, what in the world is he doing? Well, when I smack a four pounder on this T-rigged duck, you'll be in awe. I mean, it'd be different if I was just smoking them up in the trees, but I'm putting this thing in places that I can't even discuss. I know you guys are watching from this angle. If you could see with your own eyes how juicy this looks, it would just confuse you. It just don't look right. I'm getting this thing in places a bait has never been before. You're getting places a duck's never been before, dude. I'm about to get some places a duck has never been. Oh my God. This thing of freaking wit, boy. Like, how are you not getting just McChickened right there, dude? Literally McChickened. That's what it's going to be called, what? The McChicken. That's why you ain't getting McChickened. You got a dang tree. Look at this T-rigged duck. Oh my God. Dude, I think you're actually going to catch a big one on that. It would not surprise me. Lisa, you know, if one misses me, just look, I think Cinkill, think it's dead, you know? Scoob-a-duck. This is Scoob-a-Steve. We fishing with Scoob-a-Steve over here. I got the McChicken, you got Scoob-a-Steve. Makes sense. Speaking of McChickened guys, we should do the McDonald's fast food challenge. Let us know what you've been thinking about it. Put a dang McNuggy on there, boy. Bro, come on, fish. I made way too many good skips to not have a swirl. Let's go, baby. Oh! The one time I'm not focused, bro. When you're talking about tacos, bro, you got my attention, okay? That fish heard you talking about Mexican food, and he's like, let me come. He's trying to get him some chips and queso. He said, let me get a bite, the duck taco. He went bigger than my last one, that fish is smaller. Wank, wank, wank, wank, wank, wank, wank, wank, wank, wank, wank. All right, guys, I think we're going to go hit a different pond because this one just is not it. The amount of amazing cast that we've made does not add up to the bites that we've had. So we will catch y'all at a different pond. All right, guys, new pond, new lake. New day, Fletcher. We're about to get after it, son. Listen, man, they didn't like the duck in the other place, but let's hope that this pond is a little different. We went and got some lunch. We're all fueled up, got me a dang burrito. I got a piece of beer in my mouth, these chips and queso. Oh! Whoa! Oh, that shade feels good. There's bigger fish in this place. The other place had some big ones, but this is more consistent big fish. So I think we're going to end up crushing in here. We got Scuba Steve rigged and ready to go still, and I am not giving up on the underwater duck. I know some of y'all think it's out there and it's a far-fetched idea, but I'm here to tell you, I'm going to catch a fish with Scuba Steve today. Do you believe in me now? I believe in you. All right. I think it will happen. The good news is this pond in particular has some really good offshore structure. So I think if we throw Scuba Steve on the offshore structure, he's going to get crushed. It's just a matter of fact. Do do do do. Duckie do, duckie do, da da do. Duck duck duck duck duck duck duck duck duck duck. Goose! They're shy. I'm still here. I got some. Wait, actually. Wait, I'm on big fish. There you go. Yes! A monster too. There you go. Yes, sir. Did you see me slow it down? Yeah. That might be the go, bro. All right. That is a nice one too. That's like a three pounder. It looks light. Let's go, baby, on the duck. Look at that chicken. Oh yeah, dude. Look at that. Yes, sir. You got that McNugget. OK, this is definitely a weighable one. Do you have pliers here? Yes, you do. Actually, I might be good. Thank you, though. The last one was fairly quick, but it just kind of tapered off. We came up to this place. And what, 10 minutes in, if that? All we need is in case, so we're back in business, baby. Here we go, new leader fletch. Two pounds and nine ounces. Not bad. A little over two and a half. We will take them. Not quite three. His body's not filled out enough, but I will take that dang fish, man. Beautiful one. Pretty markings. I don't really know what's going on with his back right there. It looks like he's been cut, but thank you for biting, baby. Let's try to get us another. And we were working it pretty slow. Thank you, buddy. Wow. Amazing, awesome bite. I kind of spoke that into existence, too. I was like, come on, big fish, and then instantly. There we go, boys. Two giant fish on the hollow body duck. Pretty much two and a half fish, because that one, I had them all the way to the boaty day and came off. I ended up catching them riding that shade line under the trees right where we would think they are. And that's a great sign, Fletcher, because we actually came out to this pond or lake the other day, and they weren't really in the trees, man. Were they, Fletcher? They were offshore on the brush and stuff. We had a little bit of luck under the trees, but not what you think. And the fact that we came right out the gate and stuck one, or e-stuck one, that's good news. I feel like good things are to come. The water is a little murkier in here, guys, and I think that slower approach, like kind of the pop-pop, still with the walk, but just kind of keep it a little slower. That might produce the bites, because that was the one time I wasn't working it too fast. It might just be a little more lethargic today. So, let's keep it going, boys. I think we're gonna end up doing pretty good under these trees. Ooh, that's so good, too. Oh, dude, I am like speaking into dang existence. Oh, oh no. Oh, you got a nasty knot up there. Oh no, don't tell me it ain't so. What is going on, dude? You know what sucks? He would have bit that dang thing. McChicken, man. Oh, gosh. You just got mick-ducked. I just got mick-ducked. That was fun while it lasted. Now I gotta cut a lot of braid off this reel, which sucks because I've been beaming. Straight beaming, man. You got the mix scissors? The mix snippers are back there. You're gonna go away from that precious fish. He's just waiting to be caught, dude. Sadly, did not hook them. I bet if I could have thrown in there right away instead of it knotting up, I probably could have gotten them to bite again because I didn't hook them at all. But sometimes things happen. And that's all good. We're gonna tie back up and get rolling. Time to get in there, Scoob and Steve. Do your worst. Do your worst. Chasing bait right there. Oh, shit. Dude. Oh. Oh, yeah. Something nipped it. Dude, your whole rod tip, like, I saw that. All right, Scoob and Steve, your time might be up, my friend. They put this duck in some unusual places. At least we can say we tried. Ain't that right, Steve? Okay, let's go ahead and retie the sucker. No bullet weight this time. If you weren't from Scoob and Steve, just regular, Steve. Not as cool, but he can get the job done. Yeah, it'd be ducking me. What? It broke off, like, snapped off? Yeah, it actually snapped off. I was like, why is it not moving? Look at that, not even my knot. Look, my whole knot's there in the loop that I was tied onto there. I was just getting comfortable with that. Dang, dang. It might've just slipped out, huh? Yeah, it definitely just slipped. I don't think I've had that happen, honestly, ever. That would have been the time that, like, I noticed it came off You know what I mean? Straight five pounder just launches it. It could have been worse. At least we got it back. Oh, you gotta be kidding me. Ow. Gosh, dang it. God, Lee, dude, I'm gonna have a bruise from a frickin' duck. All right, we're back in business, boys. Oh, let's catch a frickin' giant. There's a big one. Oh, my God! Dude, straight mega. That bite sounded ridiculous. Dude, half of the fish's body's, like, ripped in half. So plump? Look at this body, bro. Was it a bass body? Yeah, he's got some rolling with him. Oh, my gosh, yeah. Look at that. Did some just bite him? I don't know, Gator, maybe? Dude, definitely that is a mega, though. Oh, my gosh. Yeah, look at that. That is gnarly. That is pretty gnarly. Poor guy. That didn't make him hesitate to eat that ding duck, though. Props to this bass, man, for still pushing, even though he's injured. Straight up, mega skip. Turned into a kerplunk. Did you hear that, dude? Straight up kerplunk in the rain out here. That ain't stopping us. Looks like a close to a four-pounder. We're gonna get a weight on this. And then I feel like Fletcher's gonna end up cracking one. Let's get a weight on this puppy. Three-twelve. Ooh, not bad. Three-twelve, that's the new leader, boys. Almost a four-pounder, three-and-three-quarters. Beauty, other than that spot. I'm sorry about that, baby. I hate that your back's all ripped up. She's a strong fish. You got it. Let's go, dude. Holy cow. Oh, dude, she bent the heck out of my hook. Look at that, dude. Yeah, she did get that thing. Oh, what a bite. There we go, boys. Finally got a pretty big one. When all you hear is kerplunked, you don't even see it. Often you know you got a big girl on. We're keeping this bait pretty slow, so I think the hard pops is what's attracting these big girls out of the trees. That would be the nastiest bite. There we go. Got one. Got one. Pull him out of that tree. Come on. We on the board. There we go, Steve. My boy. There we go. Ow. You okay? Yeah, golly. I've been sharp, haven't I? Yeah, yeah. He got some freaking paper shredders on them crushers. Oh, there we go. Okay, relax. Do not plop on me. Put her on a scale here, guys. We're definitely not going to be four with it, but we're just going to get a baseline for us here today. Well, would have had a baseline. She's gone. All right, Steve. Oh, that's funny. You're going to have to catch us another one. Oh, sweet bite, though, isn't it? Yeah, right up there in that tree. Oh, that's cool. At least you're on board, man. That fish wasn't going to beat the one anyways. Oh my God. I want to see a ridiculously, we've had some great bites today. Don't get me wrong, guys. Well, I just want to see one that's like absurd. Like making a scream. Remember the turtle bite? This fish literally missed my bait, a hook set. He followed all the way back to the boat. I slapped it like this in the water and he just went. Dude, you can't make that up. That was just. That guy was, he was pissed off, dude. So we haven't really talked about this, you know, having another main concept is just skipping this duck around and that's pretty much what we've been doing. But to pretty much give you an idea, you know, it was cloudy earlier and the sun ended up coming out, pushing these fish under the trees. Now it's kind of like a hybrid. A little bit of cloudy, a little bit of sunny. Well, that rainstorm just came through. So our whole idea on skipping these trees were, hey, it got sunny. You know, these fish were mainly out deep. Once the sun got up for, you know, an hour or two, this fish ended up moving up under this cover and now we've been having a pretty good day. At the start of the first pond, you guys could tell, you know, it was cloudy out. Sun wasn't really out for a while and those fish just weren't under the trees. So just to show, you know, what conditions and how conditions can change your day and determine where the fish are located. Oh, golly. Dude, he's a mega. Get him in. Oh, is he on? Get him in. Oh, he's on. Oh my gosh. I don't know. I don't know. I must have snapped on it or something. Oh, you definitely snapped on it or snapped it. I have never in my life, and I've used seven ding brands of rods, ever seen a rod snap right there. That is, I've had to have stepped on that because we step on the sides of these boats a lot when the rods are in there. But yeah, we got one. We got one, all right. That's 100%, like a rod just does not snap on his backbone. It's just not something that happens. But yeah, we got a fish, guys. We might have lost our rod in the process, but we do have another rod on board that has fluorocarbon. So it looks like we might be throwing the big duck now, but yeah, let's get a weight on her. Let's get a weight on her. Don't do that to me again. You're gonna lose him again. What was that? I got the weight. I got the weight on that. What was it? 213. Okay. You're a mess right now. I'm just, I'm here. Today has been your day, hasn't it? It's been my day. I'm just here to get you content, man. That's what I'm here for. Whatever I've explored or odd, it's always on your channel, not mine. I rarely do it too. Like I've had two break over the last like year. You know what I mean? It happens once a year, maybe twice. All right, guys, we're back in action. Now we got the kickin' set up here. Checkin' out their bass.com, baby. Yep, you know what? Check it out. Link in the description. Better smash that, that link. Smash that link, boy. But outside of that, we got our big old three ounce duckaroo here. That's ideal way to end that combo's life. Happen to explode. Oh, there it is. That's a good one. Oh, oh, I couldn't catch up to her, bro. No, that was a four pounder every freakin' ounce of it. Now that fish destroyed it, bro. Oh, that was an absolute obliteration. Son of a biscuit, dude. That was one for the tube right there. Skipped them all the way up in the tree. Give me another obliteration bite. You know, that's the first one that kinda ate it out comin' out of the... That sounded crazy. Oh, he bent it out. Yeah, bad. Wow, that sucks, dude. Yeah. I'm disappointed in that. Dang, anyways, my frog's just walkin' about, havin' a good day, you know? And all of a sudden, it wasn't like a bass went like this. And then ate it, right? He went, wow. Like, dude, this fish probably swam 20 foot to get to this thing. That's probably why I missed those two fish, bro. Maybe my hook was bent before that last one. I don't know what these fish are on, on this bank, between that one snappin' Fletcher's rod. Like, they're just, they're takin' some steroids or somethin', bro. I don't believe, man. They are jacked. We're just gettin' takin' advantage of right now, man. We're gettin' beat up. What in the world? That's all bigin' to, man. I don't know if he's as big as that big one I got, but that was a shark bite. That is insane, boys. These bites have been ridiculous. I'm not gonna weigh him. He's definitely over three, but I don't think he's gonna hit it. He's just bleedin' slightly. But, um, beautiful bass. Thank you for bitein', baby. Wow. What a blow-up. The bites have totally changed from, like, them just comin' up and eatin' it regular, just kinda suckin' it down to just, like. The type of blow-ups you definitely wanna see. What a day of fishin' has it been, guys. Went from not being able to get a bite in a tree, the fish turnin' in to straight sharks. They're hittin' it so hard and runnin' off with it that, like, I can't even catch up with the fish. I don't know if you're noticein' I'm havin' a hard time. That's why I lost his last two. They're takin' it off like a dang predator missile, dude. I don't know what is going on. Maybe the duck's actually the sauce, dude. It's just, like, straight up sauce. Oh, you were way back there, dude. There's another kid in the fish tank. Right there! Oh my gosh, right there! Right there next to the boat on the big duck! No! It came off! Oh my god, my head was already, like, turned and lookin' towards the next spot. I was like, I didn't even see him bite it. Crazies, we were just talkin' about, like, two minutes prior about one fallin' in and out. What in the world? That was honestly one of the smaller fish we've hooked today. It was pretty thin. Well, the thing is that fish coulda been four pounds, but he had zero thickness to him. I wonder if he wanted to eat a duck. He wanted to get his weight off. We're skipping off, sitting down, it's kinda underrated. Oh man, I'm feeling blighting on this water. That's where I wanna make up a new mix one day and send it to you, you're gonna be alive. Oh, there you go! Boom! There you go! I snuck the GoPro! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Yeah, she is. I was laughin' cause a lot of things. We're crackin' up about somethin' that probably not PG-13. Well, look at that dang duck, boys! That's a nice one, bro. I ain't even weighin' him, cause I know he's not as big as that one, but, I mean, it's still a good, that's what, three and a quarter? Yeah, it sounded kinda hollow. I know. Beautiful fish, though, thank you, baby. That was an awesome bite.