 Hey, uh, do you have a scale or some extra triple A's I? Think I got maybe a double ditch To our life ladies and gentlemen Me and Lunkers TV today double the dose it is Valentine's Day Can you believe it spending Valentine's Day with Lunkers TV? I swear we spend more time with each other than we do with our wives We just threw the covers off unplugged the boats here at the hotel, and then we're heading to the lake At first we got to get some chick-fil-a. I got to put some soft soup in my mouth, you know Cuz I still got some crazy stuff going on inside there Robert. Yeah My Valentine for the day Wow, see that commitment right there folks folks not even get a ring Man, you know what we get we do probably need to take a second take our wives For putting up with us Because we probably spend more time with each other than we do with our actual lives just crazy, so Stephanie Sarah, thank you for putting up with us And letting us go fish today on Valentine's Day So a little backstory to Valentine's Day in the state of Texas. I think the number two bass Number two biggest bass ever caught. I think its name is Valentine. It's caught on Valentine's Day. That makes sense. That's good I would name it that too 17-something pounds You think you got a little cricketness? What you got is some scag scrape. Oh Don't worry about that. That's just an angle. We're deep. We're also on a little crooked hill. Oh, you mean your pulse crooked Yeah, mine are like that too. I got one that's a little normal or I don't think it's normal I think it's just how ours are. Yeah, mine aren't loose. They're just a little crooked gives a little side jab So what are your thoughts for the day Rob? What are you thinking? For one I'm probably gonna flip all day because you already know how I am. That's just what you do. Well, I like to do but I There's not a lot of lakes in Texas that Rackley and I fish that have Copious amounts of docks, so I'm probably gonna have a hard time getting off dogs with depth. They're dirty too. They have depth I pretty much knew the answer to that as soon as I asked Rob He's just a flipping machine. That's what he loves to do We're gonna get more into the specifics every day is different y'all especially this time of year They can literally move up at any hour and the temperature is going to be rising today So we could see some different changes as we fish through the day I'm probably going to start off just fishing a little deeper Throwing a crankbait and maybe fishing off a little bit and I think this afternoon We'll see more action up shallow But I'm going to fish different parts of the lake if you watched the last video I fished on the southern part of the lake did pretty good caught some real nice fish But I'm looking for that. I want to catch at least a 20 pound stringer I was a little shy last time sticking them on a jig is fun But we're going to try all techniques to see what is going to work best and bring it to you live Not really but through the lens. Stephen is going to be dropping off that dock Oh boy just send it That's a big one Oh, dang it. Stuck it. I think they're going to start out at a different part of the lake than I am We're going to communicate hopefully Hopefully one is better than the other than we can kind of communicate Say hey man, you need to get up here man. They're just twerking on that jig right now up here mid light Come on now. We need to get some CB radios in here like smoking the bandit or something like that Let us know in the comments if you think that's a good idea There's an old boat over there An old charger I breezed over here yesterday, but I kind of missed these deeper docks I think there goes my special friend my valentine's day friend back there He's going up river This is always interesting when me and monkers go out to kind of get the different perspectives And our different looks at things so uh, he'll be linked down below too where you can Check out whatever whatever the heck he's doing, but I'm pretty sure he's flipping wherever he's going The rocks look good. This bank just looks nice There's a lot of depth Shifts and changes in this lake And looking at a map helps extremely extremely much Look at this nasty water Just screams crankbait Screams crankbait y'all. I want to catch me I want to catch me a daggum sharelunker On valentine's day. That'd be my Fresh water Bass fishing dream Oh Hopping to skip just try out of the wind for a minute See what that's like A little black and blue jig Still in the search for my crankbait bite, but while I'm over here near this Pocket I want to check out These docks and out in front of them There's a good chance the bass are going to be out in front of them as well just around little things A good idea to wear some polarized lenses so you might see those little objects pretty much fishing less than five foot I think this whole pocket's less than five foot. That makes me think There might be some fish getting ready to spawn back in here if I catch one up under here. I'll know that These fish are just wanting to be shallow all day. Now yesterday I came here in the afternoon Fish were really shallow. That's pretty common for this time of year trying to warm up in the afternoons Water temps dropped a couple of degrees not much I'm gonna try something a little different today We go with a lipless crank Try to rip it out of this moss grass. I know that they will still eat it. I mean, it's not It's not good really to it's hard to rip this stuff out Same effect as fishing hydrilla times Oh, I just got one first cast first cast trying that It feels decent. Oh, it's running. That's gonna be a good fish. Good one First cast trying that got one smoked it Always be experimenting y'all good fish right there to start the day Yeah, it's about two and three quarters Go ahead and pull down Make a few more casts here Just your standard red crankbait Nice fish nice male bass Just that little hair moss stuff I'll tell you what these lipless cranks always a good idea to just keep your rod pumping Even if you're not ripping it out of the grass just keep it pumping. It's just a reaction bite. They hit it like As soon as you stop the bait that falls they usually smoke it That's just been my Little technique tip that's helped me the crankbait it just it gets caught up in there really Hard like it keeps diving into it with this I can Kind of manage it rip it out Keep it above the grass or the moss a little bit And it's a good bait to fish in between the docks I just got absolutely slammed by fish Doesn't really feel like a bass. Oh, it's a huge bass. It's a huge bass On the lipless crank. Oh my gosh, it's a giant This could be like an eight pounder or so Oh my gosh giant Giant I felt like I was on a rock. Just take it easy, baby Take it easy, baby Felt like I was on a rock. Look how huge that fish is guys. That's a giant That's a giant Don't want to rush these fish When you got treble hooks in them like this Wow I mean, it's just fighting big time. I gotta stay on the trolling motor This is a this is a fish moving into spawn big female sitting up on this point right here I'm just following it with the trolling motor taking it easy I thought I was on a rock I wasn't even rolling and then as soon as I felt the head shake. I was like, oh my gosh What a fight y'all this fish has so much weight and power Feels like it's hooked on the tail, but it's not come here, baby. I got this fish. Oh my gosh y'all That might be like a nine That's an absolute giant Absolute madness y'all my GoPro just died as I was reeling that fish in I finally landed it Oh my gosh, that might be a 10. I'm not even kidding Hard hard fighting fish. Oh my goodness Like just kept fighting fighting. It's one of my longest bass fights I've ever had We're about to see if this thing's a double digit. I think it's at least a nine though My biggest bass in the year so far on an old school just Bill Lewis rattle trap and look one of the hooks came off broke This is why I was trying to really take it easy with that fish because I knew I knew these hooks are like old Broke right there had it on 18 pound test and then my seven foot medium heavy Big sexy It's had a lot of bend in the rod and I just kept the drag loose actually thumbed it quite a bit absolutely crazy I stuck it and then I thought I was hung and then when I felt the first head check I turned on the GoPro But uh, we're about to see how big this fish is. Hopefully my scale Works dead coming. Come on batteries. No, I have one extra AAA. I don't know if this is gonna be enough It just turned on Oh, it says low. Okay, I'm gonna call Lunkers See if he has an extra battery or scale. Do you have a scale or some extra AAAs? I think I got maybe a double ditch Uh, lipless crank red crawl. All right. I'll see you in just a minute Back I want to weigh this fish as soon as possible I made the mistake when I caught my biggest fish ever weighed in at 11 4 But they lose water weight every minute you got them in there. So I'm trying to get this fish up there as fast as possible I think it's a diner My valentine, let's give it a good gander. You think we might have something here? Yeah, I think it was close It's a big face. It's a big face and 8 11. Oh really? Yeah, it's not even close I just don't understand how the fish is full of egg, dude. It's just about to pop Okay, I'm gonna get one more way Not because I don't trust Lunkers just because I want to get a video of me holding it because it's just It's deceiving dude. Like you said like when you pull this thing out of a live well It is an absolute Chunk, dude. I know I don't know. I'm just fat. No, it's it's really huge head. Maybe it's just not as long It looks like a solid nine all day a solid nine all day, right? That's what I was thinking. I was like it may not be 10, but I think it's gonna be nine and I usually don't Now you're you're just under just under. I mean, I think You want to show them? I guess they may want to You ever know it's not now because it's reading nine eight 10 Eight 10 like I was saying like every minute it's in there. It loses a little water weight. It's gonna lose weight Check this out. This is what I wanted to show everybody first of all full of eggs So that fish is about two spawn And then can you get a tight shot of the hook there? Yeah, I can this is what's crazy I had to really play that fish And there there's the rest of that hook that broke off right there That is absolutely insane So, I mean awesome day my valentine baby Oh, yeah I'll even give you a little valentine's day kiss get the hook out for you Broke off throwing in just a old rattle trap. Yeah, I know I could tell with that red hook, right? That's like the old school old school when you got from walmart back in 1982. Yeah That's what won the 82 bass master classic Take uh Put some new hooks on there, but we'll get a good picture of this guy or this gal Almost a nine eight 11 Huge fish. We'll let this fish go so we can have a nice spawn this year Swim off strong feels good valentine's day I love you. I got my valentine. I got my valentine It's really stephanie. Hey, let's try to get a bigger one. What do you say? I mean, it's early It's early in the day. We're about 10 30 right now now that i'm already up here in the river I was gonna kind of let lunkers Determine how it was going up here and he's he caught some fish right off the bat similar pattern cranking Around rocks. Let's look at a map. Let's try to find something similar And get out I felt good just to get a bite. I'm gonna get you in the boat on this jig come here, baby I've worked so hard for you that next bite. Yeah, I swear that fish bit it a couple times Initially threw it in there. I thought I felt something And then why bam got another one that is about and a half hours Without a bite y'all this one's about half the size of the other one too, but still a super nice one absolutely eight that jig and cracking crawl Like that little color con though too I feel like my sniffs have to be extra strong today Because I haven't caught that many but I've caught some Oh, that's probably getting close to four pounds right there look at my glove See my love Come back to jump. Oh my gosh. What is going on? Taking in every bite that I get today hook three landed three First one was a two and three-quarters second one was almost nine and that one was about four So pretty good average largemouth today on the old valentine's day Oh my gosh I've worked so hard between the That fish and the one before And I finally came back down To the area where I was well not the area but the part of the lake the southern end of the lake Just feel more familiar with it got more confidence. I think the fish are bigger down here But I just I know how to fish it a little bit better. I feel like it fishes to my My strengths a little bit better. Let's go get us another one We still got a chance at a true mondo today before this full moon comes in they start spawning and these fish are fat Now's the time when you catch the fatties February What is hitting my bait right now? God got him What is that? What that crap? Oh my gosh, there's a school of them There is a big school of fish right there ladies and gentlemen just in them God hitting it again Got it Where are you? What are you? They're white bass. I am the white bass master I am the white bass master. I have found a school on this Electronic unit that was just crazy. You know how I do it. I gotta catch me some I'm gonna put on one of these death stalkers because they're just Deadly Got him Oh my gosh, look at this school. Look at that school on the graph insane And when you hook a large mouth They pretty much come up straight to the top and jump most of the time and look at my lure going down there Look at my lure and amongst them the fish right there Watch i'm not even gonna move my rod. It's just gonna I'm just gonna give it a little doink Oh got him absolutely hosed it four steps for you my friend. Oh my goodness I'm smacking it. They're all over it We're fighting over it I got him that time You can see how they just come up. They follow each other there Is there any big scary large mouth down there that might want to eat this thing? Yeah, the crazy part about it is 50 yards from here. I had my big bass there thick I swear I can go to I can go to anywhere. There's white bass and it's They just they just get in my boat man They love me I have lied them I had me some fun with the white bass y'all You know me I gotta do it. Look how many there still are on that mega on that mega. You can see them all There they are hooked up hooked up good bass good bass Oh, it's running out It's running out Where you going bud? Where you going bud? Come here now We're pulling down Smoked it. We might lose this fish right here No, we're we're oh just came off right there Full full landing today Nice fish nice fish three maybe Kerplunk when they make a kerplunk like that. They got some girth cranking some some rocky areas transition area It's really what it is transition area The bell rings Well y'all I think it is time to put our danglers away my wrist Right here forearm tendon whatever you call that situation It is clawed up because I've been reaping a trap all day Trying to get fish on it and it reminds me of fishing like a grass lake We're literally that's how you get a lot of bites and you're trying to really get reaction bites out of fish And that's what I did today except it was on rocks I caught one good fish on the jig Now the good thing about this video is it's a different view a different pattern than the last video where it was mostly jigs and I didn't catch any fish on crankbaits This one I caught my biggest bass of the year On a crankbait and I also Ended up getting the most bites on a crankbait I think this is important to talk about because in february This is something that you got to have in your arsenal no matter wherever you are You got to have yourself some sort of red lipless crankbait. I don't know what it is about red A lot of people say it's crawfish. I don't I don't know what it is. Maybe that that is the case But they eat red and they will absolutely attack that color more so than than shad colors in a lot of cases If you guys are interested I will leave a link down below Where you can go to shop carls and get some of these and different selections I'll pick out a couple of of key ones, but the main thing is get red I've got a couple of cheap ones here. This is a cotton cordel And I had a rattle trap earlier. There's a lot of other brands that I like more That's just what I had on hand here. I hadn't stocked up on red traps in a while I was throwing that on a seven foot medium heavy action rod. This is a favorite big sexy Right here. It has a good butt length on it where I could cast it out Honestly, if I could do today over again now that I'm all fatigued I'd probably go with like a seven four seven six In the same action Just you just don't want it to be too stiff Especially when you're not fishing grass if you're fishing grass you want something pretty stiff But I'm fishing 18 pound fluorocarbon on here With the seven foot medium heavy medium heavy is the key though that medium heavy really allows you to get that Pump going and get that bait to just jerk jerk jerk. That can be a word Let's do it jerk up and stop and a lot of times they hit it when you And stop right there and then bow grab it and they'll grab it pretty hard So you want to have something that's uh not too stiff It's where you can fight those fish and with treble hooks like I did that real big one All around the boat and I wasn't too worried about it coming off I didn't have a high speed gear ratio reel probably a seven to one would have been a little easier Making those little adjustments definitely helps and the fluorocarbon that's also key Because it's it's not like mono where it has more stretch in it. I'm using a low stretch Fluoro and typically I would throw this on like 15 get better casting distance but This lake has got some real big fish and it's got a lot of rock So I went up to 18 and it's going so fast by them. They're not really looking at the line They're just seeing a red thing. They're like, I want it and I think I'm done With this water I think I'm gonna head to another lake. I'm on the road this week. I wanted to hit this lake. I came here I thought it was really great. I was like, man, it's so good. I want to hit it another day I'm glad I did because I got a huge bass But now it is time to go explore Somewheres else you all want to come along for the adventure. I know you do Let's go catch some more bass together y'all subscribe right here to the channel So you don't miss a single bite And I will see you guys on the next one. I lost my hat. I'll tip my glasses to you See you