 Yo, what's up, people? Welcome back to another episode. If you guys are new to the channel, hit that subscribe button, hit the notification bell, hit the like button on the video. It really helps out the channel. I appreciate everybody that does that. Today, we're out on this beautiful Florida lake, and it's going to be the hottest day in Florida this year so far. So I'm curious to see how the fishing is, guys. It's going to get up to, I believe, 97 degrees today. It is going to be toasty. We're going to try to catch some really big bass, put our heads down, and just cover a lot of water. Learn this new lake and see what we can catch today. In one of the previous episodes, I actually came out on this lake. I did pretty good. For my first time out here, I ended up catching a couple really good four to five pound fish, also a bunch of other, you know, fair sized bass, and ended up probably catching around 25 in that day. You can't complain of that. But today, we're going to try to catch them even better, and more importantly, try to catch the bigger ones. I'm going to be throwing bigger baits today that are going to allow me to get a bigger bite. We're going to see what we can put together. I hope you guys enjoy it. Let's go ahead and hop into it. Let's see what we can do. This is the bait we're going to be starting off on. Old chatter donk. You guys know big fish machine. I actually caught my biggest one the other day on the chatter donk. Only ended up catching one fish on it, but it was a big one. So I think if we put our heads down with this bait, we'll end up catching them. I just got a regular white fluke paired up on it. This is a white chartreuse chatter donk. And I got this paired up on my Kicking Their Bass TV X Lose combo. We got right hand bait casters left-handed and also spinning combos, and they're only available on KickingTheirBass.com. Anybody who supports the brand, I really appreciate you all. Thank you so much. And yeah, we're going to go ahead and get after it. We're out here pretty deep right now. We're sitting in about 20 foot. There's a big heavy grass line. Grass stands about eight foot tall. It's got a big heavy drop, and a lot of those bass are going to be hanging on the edge of it. So we're going to start off with this cover a lot of water. If we have to, we'll switch up to a big worm and see if we can pull up a few. But I really don't want to have to do that today. I really want to cover water with this moving bait because I think that's going to be our chance of catching a really big one. Let's get after it. By the way, my trailer motor's broke. I've been having a struggle. It's like I got a really pressed down on this thing. That ain't stopping us from catching some big ones today now. I got a stack of at least 15 of them under me. I know I said I might stick to the chatterbait. Let's see if we can catch one of these real quick. I mean, there's like 15 of them stacked on the bottom. They're in a big old worm. Big Mac Daddy. Oh, they're just sitting down there too good, man. They're sitting like little turtle heads on a log. They're laid out perfect to catch. This was the first bite of the day. Started reeling in that worm, man. Hitted eyes all over the reel in the end. Get some topwater action. Let's see if we can get something to pull up. That's a good one. That's a good one for the first fish. Topwater, baby. It's as big as you. Oh yeah. It's a big boy. Oh, he's got a choke too. That, baby. First fish today. We said we're hunting for these big ones today. And that's what you want to see, baby. You see that popper in the back of his throat? That's my third cast of the popper, boys. Let's see some bait flicker. Oh boy. I'll be telling me what you're going to be doing this. He's got it in the back of his throat. This might be what we doing, guys. Just literally in the back of his throat. There we go, baby. First fish of the day is a freaking good one. We're actually going to put him in a well. We're going to get a cool picture at the end, but that is our first bite and that's what we're looking for, these big guys. That's what you want to see, guys. We're tying on the topwater and I catch that fish right off the rip. That is exactly what you want to see. We're going to keep fishing, guys. Let's see if we can get another big one. It might be what we're on right now. When he ate it, I knew it was a big one too. I just saw his whole back roll over it. What's crazy is my second. Oh, there's one. My second biggest fish yesterday came on a popper and all the other ones I caught on, I mean, they weren't bad fish, but they weren't big ones. We catch our first fish today and on the popper to be a good one. I mean, that's a good little sign. We haven't had many bites, guys. I only had one bite before that. It's been a little slow this morning, but I'll take it if they're going to be that size. I was thinking about it. Dude, that was insane. I started reeling my topwater in. Dude, he destroyed it. He didn't just hit it. Golly, look at that, guys. It's two and a half pounder. I was on the phone with big Steve and this thing just, dude, I mean, I started reeling it in. I wasn't paying attention. They're choking it too. I've caught two on it. They're just choking it. Did you hear the blow up? No, dude. I mean, it's a good fish. He just saw like two and a half pounder. Look at that, guys. Second fish of the day. Second one on a popper. He demolished it. That's what we're looking for, guys. That's a good bass. Let's go. I started reeling it in and started blowing up on it like crazy. I've been stressed out about that, and then she's been having stomach problems. I got a huge blow up. Dude, that's a big one. Oh my goodness. Guys, the size right now in the top water. This is a big one, dude. Sucker came up like a shark. Oh yeah, dude. This is a big one. Oh my gosh. That one's four pounder easy. Fat. Fat as can be. Oh, he's barely hooked. Oh yeah. Look at that one, guys. The fish biting this popper right now are some good ones. He didn't choke it like the other ones, but that's a solid three and a half pounder right there. Freaking fat belly. Look at that bass. You gotta love it. Yeah, I saw him boil behind it. I popped it a couple more times and he was over. Yeah, you need to come. Dude, you like this. It's just different fishing, too. It's not like Lake Okeechobee. Okeechobee's like a soul, you know? I heard that lake's bad now. Love it. All right, y'all. One thing I'm looking at, I had one of my hooks straightened out. It's something to pay attention to, you know, when you're fishing. Make sure all your hooks and everything are aligned right. Sorry I didn't talk to you guys too much on those last two catches either. A big Steve called me on the phone. I ended up catching both of those while he's on the phone. These fish are eating it, guys. They're eating it really good. The bites haven't been steady, but I just got those two back to back. One of them is about a three and a half pounder. One of them is about a two pounder. And then that one I caught at the beginning was pushing four. You know, he's just a little skinny. So the bites that we're getting are big fish. You know, they're good bites. So we just got to keep it going. See what else we can get. But the top water bite, I'm going to keep doing it, you know, as long as I really can. I caught them in the middle of the day yesterday. I'm talking hot, hot on this top water. So I don't know. I think we can call up some more. It's not like insane, though. Like you don't see them schooling. You don't see a ton of bait flicker. You don't really see any activity. Like I haven't seen anything. It's just like fishing this grass correctly, giving it the pops that you need, not fishing it too aggressive, not fishing it too slow. Making sure it's popping up a lot of water. There is a little bit of wind pushing back up in here. And these fish are just fired up on it. Like the bites that I've got, they're tanking it. It's, it ain't no like little bite. You know what I mean? That's why I know that this is a thing. When I saw that first one choking in the back of his throat, I was like, dude, there's, that's not a fluke. When a fish eats it like that, you know, there's another one over here that can eat it. So we're going to keep on going. Guys, we got three on the popper so far. We had a little slow morning and been fishing for about a little over an hour. But I can't complain with three good fish like that on top water. Like, man, awesome. Good fishing. Let's keep on going guys. I want to see if I can get a few more big ones. I just tied on a sexy dog by striking. If you guys want to get a discount on any of the striking baits, I'll pop my coat up on the screen. I'm just worried about throwing this walking bait on a spinning combo. I don't know what it's going to do. I guess we'll see. This is my only Brady combo with me. My other one's a little messed up. So we'll see. Yeah, I can run it pretty good. If you pop the rod up like that, that's pretty good. If you guys are wondering about the color too, it's chrome. I tend to use like chrome top waters when it's sunny out. You know, you got the sun demon down real heavy. If it was a cloudy day, I'd use more of a boner white color. But knowing that it's very sunny out today, the chrome is money. So keep that in mind when you're fishing top waters. And if you're fishing something like a frog where you're going to go with like whites or blacks in the sun, I like using a white and when it's cloudy, I don't like using black just kind of ruling thumb with your top waters. But if you got that sun peeking man put put you on a chrome top water. That's that's the money that every time the sun's out, you won't see me throw anything else but a chrome or maybe like a translucent natural color. I think we're going to start moving around a little bit more. I've been kind of stay put. I'm going to put on that popper just for the main reason of like this spook with me moving it so fast and getting a good bit of grass on it. I think I could catch them on at 100% but if I had my baitcaster it'd be so much better. That was a good one too guys. Godly man these bigger ones are eating this top water. All right what do I got going on? That was a close one. I would love the throwback in there. I could definitely get that fish to buy I never stuck them. Let's see you see we started moving. You can't get caught up in the sauce too much. You start fishing too slow. There ain't nothing wrong with fishing slow but once you start fishing too slow and if anybody knows me anybody's been fishing with me you know I fish fast but sometimes you'll get caught fishing slow like that. We've been moving for about three casts. I get another bite. It was good to try to find more fish and keep hunting and casting around. You don't want to get too caught up to what you're doing with what you're doing. Oh dude come on now that was a bite. First bite on charring dogs. I picked that worm up to follow it up. I didn't stick that fish. That's how you want them to eat it. You're catching top water fish that's a good bass right there. I kind of took a little break guys. Eat me a sandwich. I hopped on a few phone calls. I was just enjoying the day man getting some other stuff done while I was out here. Just picked back up to start fishing on a new spot that I haven't fished yet on this lake. Just trying to hunt around them through some different areas and that's a good fish right there man. I bet you there's some more up there that are going to smoke you. All right let's get back in there guys. Like I said I haven't been to this spot yet and it's looking saucy. Let's see what we can do. A bunch of fish a big stack of them right there. That was a good bite guys. That was a good fish. He rolled on it. That was another three pounder. Trying to multitask over here. I'll fill this worm up where he bit that honestly. He just came up and rolled on it you know. He didn't commit. Missed it. It's weird once those fish miss it at least today. I've noticed they haven't came back and tried to eat it. It's just interesting you know. Some places or some days sometimes you know they'll miss it. They'll come back and eat it you know. I had one roll on me earlier and he never ate it and then he came back. That was like that three and a half pounder. You know he came back and ate it but some of these fish they're just hitting it and they just don't they don't play with it anymore. I might be able to give them a blow up on it right here though. The bunch of bait. No. He blew up on it. They just missing it. There might be a stack of them right here. Might be able to get on them real good. There's a lot of bait in this pocket to get and push it in this corner more than a pocket. By the way guys let me know if you like the dash cam. I'll probably put it on. I'll probably put my chesty on here in a little bit. Oh my goodness he was looking at it. I changed my battery. I had a feeling that was going to happen. There's so many fish right here I can't catch them. I had let that bait sit out there while I was changing the battery and I was going to pop it and he ate it. I had a weird feeling that was going to happen. That's why I was looking at it. But if you guys like the dash cam let me know. I'd really appreciate it. Drop a comment down below you know. Let me know what you think about that. I'll probably move it to my chesty here soon. But I think it's a good little change in pace sometimes. I'll tell you what it really catch them to. I'm gonna throw this worm a few times. I might need to put on a fluke. A fluke would demolish these bass. Knowing that there's bait getting funneled in this corner. Knowing that they're hitting my popper. They're chasing bait. You know I can't really give them a pick up this worm for some reason. That fluke is a great option to be a little more subtle. I can go beneath the surface. I can work it a little faster. I can work it slow if I want. Lead cowl. I'm just telling the frog guys. So my braided. Remember how I was talking about my braided combo. I actually had one in the rod box guys. I had braid on it. I couldn't tell you the last time I used this combo. There was a knot in it and I ended up getting it out. I must have knotted it up a while back and just threw it in my rod compartment. And after I was thinking in my head I'm like do I have a braid combo in there? And I like started to think. I'm like dude I think I do. We might just start running and gunning pads guys. If that's the case. Don't do not do it. Two bites on a frog guys in the same patch. Frog my god. Is this the only frog I own guys? Only frog to my name in the boat. There might be another one I could scrab and jab but this one's got rusted hooks everything but it's the only one I got with me. And I already know a lot of people are going to give me some crap for not bringing frogs to a Florida lake. I already know. I love frog fishing. I just have a rod for it. It's about to get dirty guys. Stay tuned. It's getting dirty. Oh don't do it. Here's my next cast. Damn I freaking lost him. Here we go baby. First frog fish. Let's go. Oh my gosh that's my first frog. Or no it's not. I've caught a few frog fish this year. Look at that. You gotta love a good old frog bite guys. I knew it was gonna is about to happen. You can tell that the color of this bass is a lot different being up in the shade in these lily pads. Not a big one by any means but a frog fish man. That is my favorite thing to do. I cannot believe we're getting on it. We're doing all sorts of top water action today. Oh that was a big one. Well that's how you missed four pounder 101. He followed my fluke out right to the boat. Just a meatball too. Oh it's a big one. That was like a five six pounder dude. Oh my I called it too guys. Golly that was a mega. I can see him in this clear water. The mouth on him is that big. Oh that sucks man. We're gonna have to come out here and film another frog video sometime. I just like don't I don't know these hooks they're all rusted and just not not it man. Not it. God you guys saw him turn me in those pads. I was like yeah that ain't gonna be good. He's riding that matted grass I was talking about though. That was a big that was the biggest fish I've seen in this lake so far. I don't know they're on this bite though. We're gonna get we're gonna get us a good one guys. We're gonna get us a real big one. I clicked my reel. I just threw the next cast. What is going on? I literally my frog landed and it was gone. I don't know what to say man. Baby frog bass. I don't even know like I missed so many fish today. This guy has a future toad. Let me tell you. Look at how thick that boy is. That man. That's a thick boy. Look at me like that. That is a mega. That is a mega. Come on baby. Oh they're popping to the right of me. That's a good one man. He ain't a four pounder but he's a good one. Okay. Once I got on the frog guys it just messed me up. I should have kept doing what I was doing today. Holy smokes those are hot but I feel like once I got on that frog bite it just kind of distracted me and I got so interested in catching those frog fish. In reality I probably should have started off in the morning with that. If I would have had my rod that's probably what I would have done. But we just got back to the popper about 10 minutes ago and boom another nice chunky one man. That's what they're eating. We're gonna see we can catch some more out here. It is so calm now in zero win. I think we're gonna get some really cool blow-ups before we leave out of here. I'm about to say one doesn't blow up on that I don't know. That fish is almost three pounds in a two pounded body. It came up and got it. It took you a minute but you came up and got it. All right you've got some good too. Look at that one guys. That was a good fish right there man. What a chunk. Let's even get some more. There we go guys. That's some good fish. Let's get them back in the water. We had a good day. Last puppy. What a day of fishing guys. I hope you guys enjoyed it. If you did please hit that like button. Let me know what you think about the dash cam and also hit the subscribe button if you guys are new to the channel. We've got a lot of great videos coming up. I hope you enjoyed that top water madness right there. That was a good time on the water. I will catch you guys in the next one.