 Today we're going to be doing the cheap versus expensive swim bait fishing challenge. About four years ago we filmed the video very similar to this and I was like why not film it again and make it even better this time. So there's a little bit of twist on today's video. Fletcher is going to be fishing with a $100 swim bait and it's also a very large swim bait. The $15 swim bait that I'm going to be fishing with is a lot smaller. So not only are we going to be comparing if the more expensive one is going to catch more fish than the cheaper or inexpensive swim bait, we're going to be comparing the size with big versus small. So if you guys want to see some more videos like this hit the like button. Let me know in the comment section down below. Also hit the subscribe button if you guys haven't already. It really helps out the channel and share this video with a friend. Get somebody new in the fishing. I'd really appreciate that but let's go ahead and hop into it. Talk a little bit about the swim baits and then try to catch some big fish. Let's get it baby. Before we hop into this video and talk about the swim baits we're going to be using. I actually have three of the brand new Mock Shads by Mock Baits that I'm going to be giving away. These are actually the ones that I'm going to be fishing with today in the video. But if you guys want to enter this giveaway all you have to do is be subscribed to the channel. Hit the like button on today's video. Hit the notification bell next to the subscribe button and comment down below what your favorite swim bait is. Let me know what your favorite swim bait of all time is or if you don't swim bait fish much comment down below on some videos you guys want to see in the upcoming videos. If you do all those steps you'll be entered to win these baits. Let's go ahead and show y'all the crazy bait that Fletcher's fishing with. This is a really cool swim bait. It's super similar to what Noah's throwing but just like five times the size and this is like a I believe it's like a 3d printed shad and this has like a nice slow fall on it. Nice and controlled. It could be perfect for this pond and we've already seen quite a few fish swimming around. So I think there's a good chance that a big one is going to be coming for this. You better watch out. Before I go in depth on the baits that I'm throwing today and tying them on I would like to say that we're gonna do a little competition today. So what he's trying to say is he's gonna lose today. I might lose so let me tell you why. So when it comes to big baits what do you assume? You're gonna catch a bigger fish right? Big fish. Okay so our goal today is we're gonna weigh our biggest three apiece. The thing today is will a bigger swim bait catch and produce bigger fish than a smaller swim bait. So we're gonna find out today see what my best three ways see what his best three ways and then compare the weights at the end. Realistically I would think that a bigger swim bait would catch bigger fish but then again I don't know man. I don't know. We're gonna have to let the fish decide. Yeah we're gonna have to let the fish decide hop right into it. Let's go ahead and get on the boat. I'm gonna tie my bait on and we're gonna go catch some fish today guys. We haven't been to this little pond in a very long time so we don't really know what to expect but we've had a lot of good luck swim bait fishing this pond in the past. I think it's gonna be good. Let's go ahead and hop into it baby. Don't fall in Fletchy. Yeah I'm gonna do my best. I got a $7,000 camera. I'm ready to get today started guys. I'm excited about it one because I really love swim bait fishing and two I haven't filmed a cheap versus expensive challenge in a while. Let me know down below too if you want to see some more cheap versus expensive ones. If you have anything in mind or even baits that we should put head-to-head I think that would be really cool. Okay I was I was thinking about telling you mid like thrust but there is no stopping myself there. Wouldn't that have been a way to start the video we would have both fell in the water that would have been great. So I got three different colors in the new Machab by the way these should be getting distributed throughout all the Dick's Sporting Goods actually this week. So if you guys want to go check them out Dick's Sporting Goods that's a sweet little swim bait here. We're gonna put it to the test today first time on video. I've fished with it many times before but not on video yet. So I'm excited about this just to show you guys and really see if we can catch some really big ones on it today and we've seen a bunch of big fish swimming. The fish in this week hasn't been the best but I have high hopes in today. I really think we can get it done. Yeah I think we're gonna get it done today. So we have three different colors and I think for the start I'm gonna end up using this white one just because it's Fletcher's swim bait over here that we're putting it against is white. So it only makes the most sense that we use this if you're wondering about the exact color is pearl orange belly. That's a beautiful pearl color dude that thing looks saucy. If you guys are wondering what rod I'm using this is the kick in their Bass X Lose combo. It's available in right hand baitcaster left hand and spinning combo. It's only available on my website kickintheirbass.com. Everybody who supports me and supports the brand I really appreciate it but go ahead and head to the link down below. I'll pop it up on the screen as well and copy one of these bad boys. And if you guys get some pictures in it I'd love to see that. Send them to me on Instagram tag me. Yeah that was a good fish right there. But we're just gonna get after it guys. We got we got some fish to catch today. He's on that bed right there. Oh what the heck. So much for a hundred dollar swim bait. Are you serious. The tail snapped off. Are you serious. Where did it go. I don't know. I have no I have literally no idea. It's not like I hit it on anything but the water. So I tried to throw this the first cast with this thing the tail snapped off the back which is I don't even know what to think about that considering this is an expensive swim bait. It does kind of work still we might end up switching to a different bigger size swim bait but we're gonna give it a shot with the micro tail. Of course. It's still swimming it's still swimming. Hey it might it might help you out. Who knows. Smaller profile now. Test our drag. I think we're good. Let's get the work. It's not small enough to where you can't really cast it either. I can still get it out there pretty good. This water's so clear in here for that you're probably gonna see a majority of her bites. Oh dude. I got one already dude. It's a third one too man. Are you serious. No way. I can't tell how big he is. He looks like he's two two and a half. Oh yeah. What was that like your third cast. Dude literally I just put it on. That sucker good too. Was he up there in the chain. Yeah he was. Yeah he was. I cannot believe that bro. That was instant. Like literally instant on the new Mokshad. That is sweet. I got a pin for you too. Um yeah I think I paused it right when I paused it when he dove over it. I watched him eat it though. First fish today and first fish on the Mokshad on video. Oh you put that pile. I got the tree. It felt like a fish. Alright dude I know this fish isn't that big but I do think I should weigh it. What did you say you want to take a little guess. I'd say two one. Yeah I'm gonna say two three. Two four five. Wow. She's a little hefty. Yellow girth. Well there we go guys. First fish of the video and first fish on the small swim bait. That was so quick. I didn't expect to get bit that quick. That's a two four five. We got two and a half pounds on the scale baby. Let's get it. Fletcher's over here with about a five hundred pound tree. Yeah we're gonna go get you undone. Alright two point four five for my first fish. You get it? Oh Fletcher. Dude next cast I'm about to get one. Look at this. Look at that. Look at him chasing it. Oh I didn't see him. Dude throw your bait in that. I didn't see the other fish. I know he came out of nowhere bro. It stole his bait. Bro what is up with this swim bait bro. I've used this thing off camera guys and I caught some good fish on it but not like this like that or they're smoking this thing. Look at that bro. Look at that bro. That is the advantage I think the big swim bait has is a lot of these smaller ones. I don't think we'd go for it you know what I mean. Yeah you're missing a tail. If you have to hear later on the video we might have to get you with something else. These hooks are so sticky too. Like these bass are not coming off dude. Look at that another I'd say about a two pounder. So we had I had this one following it guys off that dock and then all of a sudden this one came up and just straight up stole it from him. I annihilated it. Straight up annihilated that thing. It's a 203 or 201. What I guess for the last fish but 201 did you? Yeah he's right here. Oh dude that's a nice one. Oh gosh. Get him Fletcher. Come on Fletch. I believe in you. I know we're going against each other today but I still want the people want this dude. Alright I got a 245 and a 2.01. Hammered. Yep. Dude they are tackling this thing Fletcher. Like I honestly feel bad. I'm not even gonna weigh this one. This is a pounder. But they're just dude they're it's not even like they're barely eating it too. They're just tackling this thing. Super aggressive. Sorry buddy you got it out yourself. Yeah I'm not even gonna weigh that one. But that was a cool bite. Oh man. Oh guys this is something else. You guys are wondering how I'm working it. I'll demonstrate it here. I'm just throwing the swim bait out there. I'm working it very aggressive. I didn't know how I was gonna have to work it today but I'm giving it like some really fast reels. That thing's jittering across the top. I'm keeping it about six inches below the surface and I'm stopping it. So I'm giving it these really hard rips and this thing swimming through the water so quick. And usually right when I pause it is when that fish is coming up and hitting it. So I'm reeling it. Pause. Reeling it. Pause. That seems to be what's triggering these bass to hit it. We're able to work it a little aggressive today. You know we had a cold front at the beginning of this week and we fished the other day. It was a little tough. It was hard for us to get the bites or just to have the fish hold on to the bait. But today seems to be a different story. They seem to be biting a lot better. That's why I'm like just fan casting. Look at those two right there in front of me. Oh dude, I just got smoked off of that bad. Not big. I'm ready to have some fun. Alright, I'm perfectly fine with that. Dude, I can't get them off of this thing bro. It's so calm today. You can see everything. Do you care if I switch to an S-Waver? Yeah, you can. Only because of your tail. We're a little handicapped here. You need something. You want to go over here and then work our way? I just feel like that S-Waver underneath. There's a huge one underneath me. Look at that bro. That was like a four pounder dude. Geez Louise. Dude, they just come out of nowhere. Dude, I don't know what it is with this little thing bro. This might be the bait of choice today. Oh my God, I got a huge one. Dude, that's a big one bro. I watched him eat it. Alright, I'm ready to get him out of here. I'm taking... I can't believe it dude. I watched this fish come 10 foot from the left. He's not even that big. He's just long. I thought he was a lot bigger than he is. There we go guys. This is going to be part of my three best limit. Caught more but... 205. Not bad. I got a little average of two pounders. I caught one, two and a half and then a couple of two pounders. Got the S-Waver tied on. This is definitely a smaller bait by all means. And this one suspends a lot better than the one that I was using. But mainly the tail on that thing fell off which caused it to lose a lot of action. Which didn't give me a whole lot of confidence in throwing it. I would love to continue so. But I think the better option is going to be this S-Waver for now. Especially the way it just suspends really nice when he pauses it. It seems like Noah's been getting most of his bites on that pause. So a few pauses with this. This thing should get crushed. All those beds just look so good. And you saw that big one. These big ones might be out off the bank. Just like that bro. Bro I can't get them off of it. I paused it bro. I can't get them off this bait. I've never in my life dude. Is that the same one that twerk? Oh that is a good one. That is probably my biggest. Fletcher what is happening here bro? You almost had one too. All I know is you got the juice. This is the juice dude. I knew this bait was going to catch them pretty good. But I did not think like this bro. Like this is not even right. I'm more impressed with how these hooks are freaking sticking. I'm so good man. I don't think you missed one yet. So they have amazing hooks on the baits. And that is one of the great things about the mock bait selection. There is overall hooks and how sticky they are. But they are like overall like really holding these fish well. I need to weigh this one bro. That is definitely my biggest one bro. Over two and a half. 2.6 my guess. Yeah. 2.5 2.5 6 Not bad. 2.5 6 Alright. Alright Fletcher. So 2.05 2.5 6 So I got a 2.45, a 2.05 and a 2.5 6 Fletcher could catch one fish on that swim bait though. And knock mine out so I can be, I can have as much confidence as I want in the world right now. I also know that that big one that he's throwing could pull a vagina in a minute. And you got, you got swiped a second ago before I caught that one. I was really paying attention to you dude. And I looked down and I saw him dive over my bait again. I'm like, Every time I look up there's a fish going after that. I mean it's ridiculous. I'm going to have to let you throw it here towards the end. Like I'm not even kidding. It's not even fair bro. I feel kind of bad. Oh no. I didn't expect to I didn't expect to be fishing with a magnet. He's slamming it. I mean there's so many beds. The crazy thing is, if this was a dirty water pond, I can't get them off of it bro. Fletcher. Every 2 or 3 castles that thing, you're getting smacked. It's not even like a, I don't even know what to say bro. Look at how they're eating it too godly. Yeah this is not going to cold. I don't know, all these fish are, this one's only a pound. Don't lose confidence Fletcher. I hate to very good see you but there's another one trying to eat me. God dang dude. Listen, I want to be real bro. Like we've had good days in this pond. But I don't know if it's the bait or if it's just, they're biting. Really it's the bait. Yeah it's got to be the bait. Oh my god bro. Look at that big one on me. You want to try to catch it? Throw in there. That's nice of you man. Thanks. Thanks. I appreciate it. Fletcher I don't know what to say bro. Bad day gives me a bad day. Dude I don't even know what to say. You want to switch? For a minute? I don't need it. I don't need it. I don't need it. Yeah I don't know what's happening bro. I might get a tattoo of this bait on my arm. If I happen to catch another five fish. I haven't been this like crazy over something since the poppin pickle. The poppin pickle was like this too bro. It was like one of those baits I was just like I don't understand. Like why is it so good? Yeah like why is it just doing it? I mean obviously I love like a rage car or something but nothing that's just like I'm like so confused on more of like than anything. It turned off on us. It caught them all dude. He caught every fish in the pond man. Bump something. I didn't really feel like a pike but. I guess dude it really was a magnet bro. I just caught every one in the matter of a couple minutes and now it's done. Oh there's one. Fine. Oh my gosh. Dang. Yeah I just got one on like a bigger swim bait. And he got off. He was probably like three. That corner is usually absolutely absurd. Oh god. And I'm on the tree. Alright cast him there before I. Oh my gosh. No way. He's still on. He's still on. Oh my god. I was stuck on the stick. I was stuck on that stick and that fish just came up and crushed it. What actually just happened? How did you actually get him off? I don't know. Of all the fish I get hooked at that. That was probably the crazy spot. That was. He's literally still on there. Yeah he's still on there. Oh he's off. He's off. Let's go. Let's go. Awesome. Yes. That was insane guys. I was stuck on that stick and that fish just came up out of the water and annihilated and just ripped it off of the stick for me. You had to have been sitting on the edge of that. The new pattern is just to get this thing hooked on something. Hey man that's scale. It's my turn to weigh a fish. You've had enough. You've weighed enough. Let me see him. What you thinking? Two and three quarters. Two and three quarters? You know this is the biggest one so far? I think it's a two six three. Yeah actually. Two six three. Oddly specific. Two seven four. Two point four. Two point four. Not as girthy as I thought. But I'll take it. I'll take it. Crazy. I'll take more bites like that all day. Here we go. I got the biggest one. Right off the stick. Yeah that's what we need. That's a good one. I think that's going to cold out one month. He came right over that branch dude. Maybe that is the case Fletcher. Fletcher figured out the stick. Stick trimmed over here. Godly dude this is strong. Yeah. I think that might be my two oh one. Definitely right. I think two oh one is my smallest one. Yes a two oh one or two oh five and then like a two fifty six. Yeah. Two eighteen. Two eighteen going to cold out the two oh one. So or two oh five is my smallest. What was mine? Can you put mine in? It was a two point four something. I think it was two point four six. All right so I got a two point four five a two point one eight and a two point five six. I watched him eat it. Probably the most quiet no has ever been on a cast of catch but enjoy the ASMR. Oh yeah. I don't know what's really happened in the last 30 minutes but these fish. That looks like a decent one. Yeah. It's always when you start to talk about it. Didn't that happen to us yesterday? Yeah you were like throwing this one bait for like an hour. Oh my gosh. I don't think it's going to help the case. It might. Oh no he's a little chunky dude. Yeah but I only got some. He might be two oh five. That's what I think I got to be. Still getting them calling them out. These fish what I was going to is these fish just haven't been biting. All right let's get this guy on the scale. If he can beat one oh five or two oh five. Oh my gosh my biggest one yet. Two seven one. Dang. Okay. He's a thick. What's the thick body? Look at him. See how thick he is? Yeah. Two seven. That's it. Two seven one. Yeah. Gosh. I needed that. That was a fish I needed. I almost didn't weigh him dude. But then I was like wait. He's thicker than a snicker dude. Good dude. All of my fish are over two and a half except for one. It's a two four six. Oh there we go. There we go. Gosh he hammered it. Gosh dang it. There's hooks in it. These are the worst hooks. I'm convinced. Like I've gotten the bites. Like since I put this on. Oh I just got hit instantly. Whoa there we go. They're back. Gosh. These are the worst hooks. Bro. These are the worst hooks. Bro you went for not getting any bites so back to that cast. Just smoking one. Dang bro. All right watch me do it again. They're eating it. That was your win. Oh god dude. They're eating it dude. What is going on? I guess I spoke too soon. I was about to tell. Eat it. Eat it. That's a good one. Eat it. Dude they won't. They won't eat it. They just both they pecked it again. He pecked it again. He pecked it three times. Eat it. Eat a son of a biscuit. I think that's what might be triggering my bites is being able to reel it really fast. That big one that you got I don't know if it was the $100 one. Yeah. It might be worth trying it because what I'm noticing is when I slow it down. Oh my gosh. Eat it. There we go. Thank gosh dude. Finally got a second fish. I got two bites there. One came up and nipped it and this guy got jealous so he hammered it when that other one backed off. It's going great. It's going really good. Throw down that bank. I'll let you have that one. God. We're going to call that one two pounds. I got my hands on him. Oh I just got tanked. Must be nice. Oh my goodness. I don't think he's a help. He's a skinny body bass. But I'll take him. He's still about two. I don't know if he is and he's a high one. You're still smoking it. Fletcher's been getting a lot of fish on his but they did not come in. Especially just acting weird today. So many followers today man. We're going to call all the bass that we've seen. I mean God. Oh my God. Bro it's insane the way that they're hitting it. I mean I missed them. Is that the same fish? Yeah it's the same. I don't know it could have been a different one but I think it's the same. If he is a different one he's about the same size. Probably about a two pounder guys I'm not even going to weigh them. I got to have a fish two and a half plus. Or two four six plus. But right there guys I just threw in there and freaking. What I do is I'm really really aggressive. I don't know if you guys have been watching. All the techniques change slightly. I throw it up there and I burn it and then I just kill it. Burn it again and I kill it. That's just really been triggering those fish to bite. It's been that fast paced. It's kind of triggered a reaction bite. You know the bass kind of got crazy on it. Tied on another big ish swim bait and this one is a bluegill color. This one actually floats. So you fish it a little bit differently. I'm interested to see how they react to that float mechanic that this thing has. It kind of comes up not super fast but definitely with a little bit of speed. And it's got some stickier hooks. If I don't lose it to this. Oh gosh dude. Gosh man. Well looks like that was a good move. Stickier hooks and what do you know that this fish was just my bait was stuck in the tree again. They don't help me. Professor Dangle for no reason. Alright. Oh it took my hook off. What is going on? Can I now win today? My split ring broke. Man these expensive swim baits suck. Gosh. Buy you a mock bait man. Clearly. Clearly no one else knows how to make a bait. We have tried everything for you to be able to fish with expensive swim baits today. But this is just like trying to make you not do it. Town and seven something. 1.52. We'll take it. You know what? We'll take it. So we got a 2.4 and a 1.5. And now we got a swim bait with one hook. Bro that was the point. I just think that it sinks too fast. It's my only thing. I can't really get it to do its action unless I reel it with a little bit of speed. Piss dude. He keeps popping it. Oh got him. I got the smaller one. I got the smaller one. Let's go. We got one on the big swim bait. Even though we had technical difficulties. Give me the impliers. Still made it happen dude. We are struggling. We are struggling bad. 1.28. Let's go. Come on Noah. Does that cold out your virtual two pounder? That colds out my virtual two pounder. I would think to put a two ounce swim bait on the thing. Dude that suck of hammered it. That one came out of nowhere to see that. It's so crazy because some of these bass are so picky and then you'll have some just come out and just demolish it. Alright y'all we just got off the water and wow. That was a crazy day of fishing right there. Fletcher ended up getting one on that really big swim bait. $100 custom one. I got my duck down to get in here dude. No it was like 4-11. Dude I'm 4-2 bro. At least get it right. No we had a good time out there today. Unfortunately that big swim bait happened to break its tail. It broke its tail. I got some other swim baits and that one broke too. So when it came down to it that mock shad I think was smoking it. Unmatched. Unmatched. Unmatched. Like that was honestly insane. And going into this I was like yeah I'm going to catch some good fish on it. Like I don't know. I didn't think I was going to slay them like I did and it was just insane. I didn't have any problems with it. The hooks were really good and caught a ton of fish overall. They were smoking that thing. It was crazy but it ended up getting the dub over the big swim baits. And I know you had those difficulties with it but even the S-Waver. Even the S-Waver dude. And that's a good swim bait and like they just weren't going for it. They're one that smaller swim bait action today. But I hope you guys enjoyed this video where we do the cheap versus expensive and also the big versus small in the same episode. If you did make sure you hit the like button on this video. Drop a comment down below on which one you want to see us film next and we'll make sure to pop it out for y'all. And subscribe to the channel if you haven't already. Check out Fletcher's channel down below. And I will catch y'all in the next episode.