 There he is. Come on, Norm. Come on, Norm. Dude, he bit it all. Oh my god. Boom! Mega, mega, mega. That's a pig in, bro. Yo, what's poppin', folks. Welcome to another video today. Guys, we got a banger because one, I got my boy fishing with Norm with me again. You guys are seeing them all the time now and Norm, we got a banger for the folks, man. Woo! Just a straight up banger. You guys already know about the title, but if you guys are new to the channel, smash that subscribe button, hit the notification bell. Like this video and leave more comment suggestions down below. If you guys like the videos with Norm, leave some videos down below that you want me and this boy to film. So, and if you guys wanna check out his channel, I'll link it down below. But today we're gonna be doing a top water only bass fishing challenge. I was talking to Norm as we were driving to this first spot this morning. I was like, man, it's starting to get a little, like we're in this fall pattern. It's not chilly right now, but I wanna get as many top water fish as I can before the end of the year, cause I don't want it to get too cold. I just love top water fishing. I think we all love top water fishing and that is the main goal. So let me show you what bass we're gonna be throwing today and I think it's gonna be a good one, man. It's gonna be a real good one. Smash that thumbs up, man. What are we doing? Are you looking for top water lures and Noah's struck? Yeah, I think so, Norm. I mean, I was, you see how he started this? I was gonna say, Norm, what's your plan for your top waters? I was like, well, let me just go scrabbage and Noah's struck real quick. I love my top water box at the house, which a typical Norm move, honestly. By the way, if you guys wanna check out some merch guys, I got the hot merch on right now. This is just, this is fire. What do you think, Norm? You liking the shirt, man? It's hot. It's hot, bro. It's hot, bro. Got the fishing poles, got the stars, American flag on deck. If you guys wanna check it out, I'll leave a link down below. It's 30% off. I really appreciate you guys supporting everybody who's been copping some of the merch, repping it around town. That is awesome. I'm all down about the movement, man, and spreading the word about catching fish, getting outside, going fishing, and repping the kick in their bass TV brand. That's what we're about over here. So everybody that does that, thank you so much. So, Norm, what are you throwing for the old top water only challenge today? You're throwing a popper. Some sort, I have no clue what type of popper this is. This is a Noah's truck special. I just found it laying there. I was like, I'll throw this for my top water challenge. I love a popper, though. Norm's got his braided combo. He actually has a spinning rod that is the only braided combo he had. And honestly, one of the only top waters that would be good on that rod would be probably the popper. And you're definitely gonna get away with it. And I think you're gonna catch some big bass today. This is gonna be perfect that he's throwing the old popper because what I'm gonna be throwing is completely different. It's gonna add a great variety to the challenge. It's not a snake one. It is not a snake. I do have a snake on my rod. This is something I had on previously. I'm gonna film another video on the snake. So stay tuned for that very soon. I've actually filmed so many days. I've probably filmed five days of this thing and haven't been able to get a video done. So yeah, we're gonna be trying this thing out. So stay tuned for that video. I'll also have another video on it if you wanna check it out. But what I'm throwing today. I got very sexy bait today. This is the MagDog 130. I'm just gonna show you guys. This is by six cents. Like I said, if you guys want discounts on it, just if you want to, if you're interested, down below on the screen, look at this bad boy right here. What do you think about that, homie? Not pretty, pretty. It's pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty. This color is killer. I don't even know what it's called. Shad Dawn. So as you guys can tell, it's got like, it's got like a purplish glow on the top and it's got little speckles in it. It's got a translucent bottom and also on the front of the head is chrome. It's got this kinkish on top. This color is killer. I kinda wanna open it to see. I saw this in my box yesterday and I told Normans like, dude, this bait just looks too good for me not to throw. It's been on my mind literally like all last night and I was like, I just wanna film a top order video. Freaking big boy. Let me lay this out in my hand so you guys can tell how big that thing is. Let's say, look at the hooks on it more importantly. Yeah, there's some big boys on there. That's exactly why I like six cents baits as well. Is the hooks on there, guys? Or, dude, if that gets on a fish, man, I mean, he's gotcha. He's gotcha. I had one of these in my finger last week. So I know exactly that. I know these things work, but that is a beautiful bait right there. Norm's gonna be throwing the popper. I'm gonna be throwing a huge walking bait. Now let's listen to this thing, first of all. Ooh, yeah, don't hook yourself. Dude, listen to that, bro. Is that not crazy? Wow. I mean, this is like two just different baits. He's throwing the popper a little bit slower. This is gonna be some I'm gonna be walking the whole time on grass edges. We're gonna try. This is mainly used for like schooling bass. Who knows if we might see some come up today, but I'm mainly gonna be working on the grass edge really fast to see if I can entice, you know, that big, big bass to come up and munch it. But that's the bait I'm gonna be throwing. If you guys are wondering what I'm throwing it on, throwing it on the old Moc Smash. I can't wait for you guys to get some of you guys to get your hands on these things because the price range of this combo right here is ridiculous, fairly inexpensive. And the way it casts is I'm really impressed and I really can't say anything bad about it. But yeah, we're gonna tie it on this rod. I got it on 65 pound braid and we're gonna go from there. So yeah, lure all my rod. Catch big bass. Let's get it. All right, boys. We got the old Mag Dog one. I thought you just got hit. Freak me out. Mag Dog 130 and Shad Dawn color. This sucker is a big top water. Oh man. Oh, there is grass everywhere. First cast I messed up. Washer's still hit it. Listen to the noise of that thing. That's gonna take a big boy to eat. I'm gonna let you know now. Look at that grass that we're fishing today. Oh yeah, for sure. Yeah. It's almost done, man. I'm just one step closer, you know? You know what I told us in the Marines? You know, when I was deployed for nine months, you know how, can you imagine what it feels like that lasts, that eight months? You have one month left before you can fly back. Don't drop your pack, bro. That's what I told us. Don't drop your pack until you get back home. Okay, let me know when you come back. I know you got a lot to do there. They booked our hotels with Creeks near them. We walk out in there and like wait. It only comes up to your knee, are you sin? Oh my God. Dude, I just had like an eight pounder. Did you see how big that was? All right, bro, I'll call you back. All right, bye. Bro, Norm, that was seriously like an eight pounder. Did you see how big it was? Oh my gosh. Norm, that was like an eight pounder, dude. Holy sh, dude, he came all the way out of the water. Guys, let me tell you right now, that fish was every, Norm, can you agree with me on that? That was every bit of eight pounds, dude. I've never caught a fish that big on a walking bait either. That was every freaking bit of an eight pounder. I have no idea how, dude, he put his whole body out of the water to get it and he just missed it somehow. Or he didn't miss it, he hit it, but he just never ate it. That was aggressive too. We haven't had a bite yet. I was on the phone and all of a sudden you just have one that big hit it. That's just, that is unbelievable. If we could start off with the freaking trophy, that's the next level. Oh my gosh. He literally, I think he was just pissed at it. You know what I mean? I've been casting it down this bank for a minute and he just wanted to piss it off, like just slam it. Dang it, bro, that was crazy. Come on, fish. Gosh, come on. Oh, I spooked it. What in the heck? That had to have been a carp. It does not, that's a 10 pounder right there. It's like a four or five pounder. Are you kidding me? Why didn't you not eat it? Did the same thing as the last one went airborne for you, but just didn't commit. Like, you should just see this thing walk in the water in the loud clack. This is literally for the giants, like 100%. I don't think I'll catch a fish under four pounds on this thing. I just don't even see it happening. Can't tell how big he is. I don't think he's that large. Actually, he's pretty good. Can't eat bad. On the mag dog. I think I was gonna catch one that small on it. Boom, it's a two and a half pounder. Mm, let's go boys. First fish today, he ain't what we had earlier. That's a solid two pound bass. Another one just jumped up. We need to get back in there. That's a beautiful two pound fish right here on this corner going back into this pocket right there on that grass. As you guys can tell, that's beautiful right there. Still a quality one, man. You can't complain about a fish like that. It don't work that way, guys. If you guys want like that, you just can't complain. I mean, I know I had like an eight and then one that was probably four to five pounds hit it, but you know, we just gotta keep chucking. That's how fishing goes. Just keep casting, you keep making it happen in hopes that you can catch a bigger one. If you guys were wondering about that swirl right there, that was a turtle that was in the fish. So I want you guys to pay attention to something real quick. Right here on the edge of this bank. Boom, look at that. Perfect parallel cast. That grass goes out about as far as I just casted. Look, we're covering everything in the strike zone if those fish are on the edge of the grass. So this is just the perfect cast. When you can get on the edge of the bank like this and throw a parallel, you're just in the strike zone the whole time. And right now these fish are roaming, chasing bait. So it's hard to really tell exactly where they're staging up. But one thing I can tell you is fish will always hang on the edge of that grass as long as it's there. I don't care the time of day. I don't care any of that. They will always be fish that hang on that grass and hang right on the edge of it. It's a perfect little ambush spot. It's a good little spot for a bass to hang out. And something you always want to think about is staging up on these banks and fishing them like this because you're always in that strike zone. Another two pounder, two and a half. Look at that. I can't believe one's the size of eating that. I can't believe that. We got our first fish today. Second fish today, what am I saying? Look at that. Look at the Magdoll hanging right out of his mouth. You ain't the one we looking for, buddy. But listen, I can't complain about a two pounder. I was just saying it. I can't complain about no two pounder. That is a little fat, chunky, healthy bass. Man, if you guys keep biting, I don't care the size of they like that, man. That's fine. I do want to hook me a giant today after seeing those massive ones come up on it. But what a beautiful fish. Let's give you a little toss, buddy. Thank you for biting. Hit the like button for that one, guys. Oh yeah, did a little trick shot. What I was just talking about, literally two minutes ago, was I was saying stage up on these banks to where you can cast parallel. There will always be fish hanging out on that grass line. And that's exactly what just happened, guys. You literally just witnessed it. I said it right before it happened. It didn't happen on my first cast. It didn't happen on my second cast. It didn't happen on my third cast. It's like my fourth or fifth cast, but I finally got bit. And so, you know, that fish could have been hanging out right here on the edge of that grass, or he could have been out there and he just wasn't confident in eating this bait. So, you know, that fish probably could have followed the bait all the way out here, all the way up to my feet, and finally committed because the bait got close to the bank. So in a bass's mind, a bass is a predator, okay? A bait fish can run from a bass. So when a bass, this bass could have been following that, like I said, all the way out there. And once it got right here, he noticed that he was in a corner. This bait was stuck in the corner so that bass attacked right there. And that's those things that you need to pay attention to. You catch more fish every day. You got one, Biggan? Come on, Norm. Come on, Norm. Dude, he bit it all the way in the other bank. I casted it all the way over there, gave it like one hard pop, and he just came up for it. Oh! That's a good one. Dude, that's like a three pounder. Yeah, there we go. Let's go, Norm's on board. We're just talking about it. If he comes up, there's no way. Do you see how deep the popper was in his mouth when he came up and jumped? He ain't as big as I thought. Boom! That's an easy two and a half pounder, bro. Let's go, Norm's on board. Give me some. Yes, sir. Thank you. When we first started this, dude, and we were throwing for like a while, and I was like, I just don't know if this is gonna happen. And then all of a sudden, that big one, and then Norm just got himself on board. Two and a half pounder. We can weigh him, but I promise you that fish is two and a half pounds. You got those pliers? Yeah, I got you. So you caught him all the way on that bank? All the way on the opposite bank and just gave it one really hard pop and he came up for it. That was crazy. That was awesome, bro. I feel like a freaking train. Did he come out of the water for it? They've been, dude, the ones that commit are like aggressive. I mean, even the two big ones, they were just, I can't believe that first bite, dude. That was the craziest thing. I was on the phone. All right. Please, this is the right scale, right? Yeah. It should be. I can convert it. It's like nine scales and it was struck. Mine were both about two pounds. That's two and a half. Yeah, let's see. Oh, three. Three pounder. Woo! Wow! Three on the dot, bro. Yeah. He's a dense fish, man. He's got a little hefty body on him. That's pretty heavy though. Yes, sir, Norm. Three pounder to start it off. I mean, I say to start it off, we've been fishing for like 45 minutes, but I'll take it, bro. I'll take it. We're going to let her go. That's good. Get him back in the water, buddy. We're going to let her go swim another day. Oh! Dude, I thought you were diving head first. Your feet started to stumble. I was like, Yeah, dude, these are some slippery shoes, baby. All right, you ready? Yeah. Don't get close, dude. This can actually level. Talk about some b-roll. Oh, there she goes. Oh, dude. Let's go, Norm, Norm. Bye, buddy. You on board, buddy. Three fish today. Two, two pounders, a three pounder. Let's get it. He said two, two. Two, two. Dude, I've had some mules come up and hit this thing, bro. They just don't commit. Dude, I was about to say, I could, boom! Oh my gosh! Giant, Norm. Dude, that was the most low I've ever seen. Oh my God, he's, my hands are slipping. Dude, get him. Mega, mega, mega. That's a big one, bro. I got him in the side. There's a four pounder with how fat he is. Yeah. And a pound body. Dude, that is crazy. Look at how I got him in the head of that thing. There's a picture. They're just swiping out. They're so angry at it. They just come up and swipe. What you think about that, bro? Dude. Dude, that is a football. That's a freaking thing. We re-made that thing, bro. Nice. I just re-made it. Let's get away real quick. All right, we got. Look how fat his belly is. That's so big boy. This is a four pounder. I promise you this is a four pounder. Oh, let's go! People make fun of me for getting excited, guys, but if you don't get excited over that. Well, are you even fishing if you don't get excited about fishing? Come on, now. Why are you even fishing? He's probably four a little bit under it. Three and three quarters. Yeah. Three, 14. Or no. Three pounds, 14 ounces. So two ounces off. Yeah. I was about to say he's like a three pound body, but just four pound fish. Yeah. Beautiful, man. Let's get him back in the water. Nice. Beautiful four pounder. That's what we were waiting on. I had an eight. Knock it out. I had another four to five hit it. Catch a fatty like that. Look at the belly. Dude, he is big. All right. I'm going to just give him a little. Give him a little drop. There she goes. Bro, how can you beat that? How can you beat that? Smash that like button. Yes, sir. Hit that subscribe button, boys. Let's get back in there. All right, guys. We're going to give this fish away real quick. Probably somewhere in that three pound range. He's skinny. Yeah. Little skinny body. Do that one that Slamavik thrown across the bank just working this thing as fast as I can, dude. He's hammering it. This one hit it right on the bank was actually kind of cool. Oh, let me see. Almost there. Oh, wow. It is a three pounder. Two pounds, 15 ounces. Heck yeah, Norm. One ounce away from that three pounder. So close. We'll call him three. Yeah. Wow. Dude, you've caught two today on the popper, and they've both been three. I've had some crazy bites on this. This is awesome right here. That's freaking cool. It's what we like to see and let her go. Yeah, she hit it like literally right there, I think. Really? Right at the grass all on? Yeah, it was like super close. Good job, Norm. Yes, sir. There she goes. Oh, you see that? Yeah, we got two for Norm now. Let's get it, bro. I'm going to go back over on that point, man. I'm going to keep beaming that. I'm going to mess around over here in this corner, probably. Do it. Heck of it. See the wind over there? And this thing puts up like a splash. So I've been just, dude, hard as I can. Just boop, boop, boop. They got to be stacked. That's why I don't go, though, yeah. Now I'm done with all your shit. All you wanted was my break. Got me messed up in it.