 In this video, we're fishing with rat lures for pond monsters, but there's a twist. Me and my boy Connor are going to have a three-part competition to determine who's the rat master. And contest number one starts now. Me and my boy Connor got this mini frog rat tide on and we're ready to get it started. We're gonna have one hour on the clock to see how many fish that we can catch and also the biggest fish. But make sure you stay tuned till the end For the last contest, we're gonna go to a big bass lake and throw these massive rats. 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, hit the subscribe button. Really helps the channel. I'd appreciate it. Hour on the clock and it's gonna start right now. All right boys, let's get it started. See how many fish we catch Connor. You gotta all beat me in one of these to go to the third challenge, just know that. So guys, I got this paired up on my Kicking Their Bass TV X Flues combo. If you guys wanna check them out, KickingTheBass.com. I appreciate the love and support from you guys. Y'all are awesome. Let's get into this. Try to put Connor to the dust here, man. Whoever catches the biggest fish gets a point and whoever catches the most fish gets a point. And first to even get to the third part of the challenge, Connor, one of us have to win each of it. It broke me off. I almost threw in the water. No way, bro. Look at it jumping. How did it just break my brain? See if you can catch it. Dude, it's freaking out. It's freaking out. There's no way we start the challenge like that. I honestly almost went in the water, bro. That's the first time I almost fell in the water. How do we start the video off that way? And that was a disgusting explosion. That was actually a nice fish, bro. That looked like a three pounder. All right, boys. Well, we just got the worst luck possible. I don't know what just happened, but we actually still have another rat. This one is a backup that we had. Thank God we had it. And this is actually a wake bait rat. So Connor, this is what we're going to do. I'm going to give you the option since I broke it off. And I know you love wake baits. I think we both know I'm taking the wake bait. You're already taking the wake bait. I was like, I have to give Connor the option. I love frogs. He loves wake baits. So the clock is still running, Connor. So we got to hurry up and tie these things on. I cannot believe I actually broke off on my first bite. And I can't even believe we got a bite within the first like what? Two casts maybe? I mean, that was insane. But we're tying this rat back up. I don't even know how it broke off my braid. But we got to hurry and get back in the water because I'm kind of worried, man. That rat that Connor has might end up smoking me. All right, boys, we're good to go. Let's get back in there. Why did you put it in there? I did. That is a mistake that just happened. Bro, the bite was so good too. Like you could see a wake coming up behind it and he just, he destroyed it, man. That's very unfortunate. And it's honestly worse for me because now Connor has a wake bait in his hands. And I feel much more intimidated. I think you might honestly get way more bites than me. So I might need to go for a big fish. Dude, this thing looks absurd. Oh, bro. Connor, should we go over there? What was that, man? I don't know. Should we just zoom up there? These fish were like schooling on this bank, guys. Oh, dude, I'm so worried about Connor with that rat. That's your bread and butter, bro. And if these fish aren't one to eat the top water good today, you can at least crank that down. And that puts me in a hole there. All right, let's see if I can get this fish to eat this thing. I guess one thing with this is I'm not weedless. I gotta be a little careful. If I can get it close to that brush, I feel like they're gonna destroy this bait. I feel like yours is good to hit some of these edges and just get those fish that don't want top water, but mine's kind of good for getting up in the trees, you know, being able to skip up there. Yeah. Catching some of those fish that was deep in the trees with the sun being out. Dude, how do we have a start like that? And then we just don't even have a bite. That was just intense, man. Something to get our nerves going crazy, right? What are you thinking about that bank over there, bro? That just looks saucy next to that dock? What do you think about that? A little more shade line on that bank. I think we need to move across there. Little timer check. We have 51 minutes left, Connor. So you're saying I got 50 minutes to kick your butt? Yeah, you have 50 minutes to attempt to kick my butt, Connor. I'm putting a rat where a rat's never been before, Connor. You can't tell me there ain't a fish up there. Look at that. Oh, that looks just so good. So Noah's having to skip up into these trees to get to the fish, but I've got Ratatouille tied on and I don't even have to skip up there because he's gonna cook him a meal if they eat this bait. I'm not gonna lie, that might be the strat, dude. I've only had that one bite up under these trees, so maybe they're just roaming out. Oh, he came off, dude. No freaking shot. You trying to steal my fish, man? Yeah, maybe. Hold on, boy. I might need to try to bend those hooks up more, but there's also another factor. What if I lose the bait, bro? That means I automatically lose the challenge. Or I just have to try to throw the big rat, man. I don't know if that's realistic. Dude, I am fired up right now. This thing actually swims kind of like a weak bait. I can't believe you haven't got a bit yet. It's rat's having a weird time walking. It's very odd. Come on fish, there's gotta be one on that dock. I gotta capitalize here, boys. I freaking had two really good bites between the break up. That's how you capitalize. That's how you capitalize, baby. That's actually a decent fish, too, boys. Oh, man. Come on, now. Hopefully it didn't rip my rat. That's gonna be a problem for us. Look at that right there. Beautiful fish to start off the challenge. You've kind of ripped my rat through the hook. I'm hoping I can weave it back in there. That's gonna give us a little problem. But that is the first fish of the challenge. We're gonna flop him on the scale just because, I mean, we need something on board. See if we can knock Connor out in the first two challenges. Turn this on. Let's see. Clip that fish on board. Let's see what she weighs. Two pounds, two ounces. We on board. That's a big fish leader, Connor. First fish, two pounder. I will take it. Thank you, baby. This is ratatini. Yours is ratatini, okay? They can't have the same name, you know? Yours doesn't know how to cook, though. Yeah, mine doesn't know how to cook. Yours doesn't know how. Ratatini and ratatouille. Wait, what is that? See that fish? What? Under my bait. What are you looking at, brother? They're essentially like a bluegill chasing it, dude. Does that count? I mean, yeah, dude, it's a fish. Whoever catches the most fish. I didn't say what species, so. I will be pretty surprised if I catch a bluegill on this. You can get like an angry bluegill to eat it. Yep. It's making you nervous, Connor? I'm getting a little nervous. I'm getting up in the prime time, dude. That might be a good one. That might be a good one. Oh, come on now. Come on now, boys. He actually ain't bigger than that last one I caught. He might be. I don't know, he's close. I don't even know if it's worth weighing him or just trying to get the fish back in the water and winning the fish portion. Yeah, he's about the same size as the other one. He could be a little bigger, but for efficiency reasons, guys, because we're trying to whoop Connor, I'm just gonna release him back in the water. Thank you for the bite, buddy. That was a ridiculous blow up, too. That was sick. Thank you, Bubba. Ratatini, man. Ratatini coming in clutch. They've got something that gets ratatouille, which, what is it, though? There he is, backboard, come on. Maybe they're just not that hungry. They're just angry, you know? They get mad at Ratatini. They come to Ratatouille for the meal, you know? All right, boys, let's get back in there. That was a sick eat. I'm gonna get another one. Most of the bites I've had of, like throwing at least the last couple, I've just thrown up there and they happen to just eat it right away. Oh, no. Now Connor's gonna throw in there and get them. I didn't hook that fish at all, so he should eat it again. Is he behind it? Is he behind it? He's behind anyone, but yeah. That's the second one that's come up and looked at it, dude. It's like they don't know about it yet. Oh my gosh, dude. I'm getting these prime time casts. All right, Connor, I kind of got an issue, man. My rat is slightly sinking, which is not good. That is bad for me, good for you. Because if my rat starts sinking and I can't really get the bites on it or work the bait that I need to, that's gonna give you an edge, dude. I need Noah's bait to sink to the bottom of the pond. Connor, do you regret your decision? Because I did let you pick. I kind of, I love frog baits and I knew you love wake bait, so I kind of knew that you were gonna pick that. I'm like, if we're gonna layer it down between these two, Connor's probably gonna pick the wake bait. It's a little bit weird compared, oh yeah, look, there's another little tiny, tiny fish. Noah's catching these big bass and I've got like two inch bluegill looking at my bait. You might need to change up your strategy, dude. So maybe they want me to like work it a little slower. Maybe do the, hit the jive step for them. I'm doing my dance. All you really need, Connor, is one bite. Even if I won the most fish challenge, you could easily win the big fish challenge with one fish. I'm literally hitting the jive step right now. Eat the bait, eat it. There we go, boys. Third fish. We are steam rolling the boy, Connor, back there. Oh, not a big one by any means, but that is a fish and that puts us at three fish total. We are sitting in a pretty good spot, especially with how these fish aren't eating it really good. I mean, we're still getting a good bit of bites. Just, I thought they were gonna be a lot better personally. A little one pounder. Thank you for buying, Bubba. That's fish number three for me. These fish are tearing up this rat, guys. I'm glad I'm a head by three right now because I just don't know how long this rat is gonna last us. I really don't know. I gotta make sure he lasts us at least through this hour of the challenge and we can catch as many fish as possible. Come on, fishy. Just eat me, dude, man. Every time I start singing to him, bro, is when I get slopped, you know? Don't say, no singing, dude. That's what Ratatini is, bro. He's the DJ. Ratatouille's the cook. He's the chef. Ratatouille ain't cooking up anything right now. He just got fired from his job. Okay, there's two places to tie it and one of them, it's gonna dive a little bit deeper and the other one's gonna stay closer to the surface. I feel like by tying it on that other one, I can work the bait a little slower up top and hopefully entice one of these big girls to eat because that is gonna be our goal today, is getting the big fish. Come on, Ratatini. Just get that bite. Ratatini looks like a juicy little piece of ravioli sliding through that water. It's a little slippery little snake. Oh, that looks, dude, that looks way too good. Got like this little film on the water over here, guys. Little like sloppy film back here that looks prime for any little top water bait. Ratatini is just sinking ever so slightly. He's doing what I don't want him to do. You're supposed to float, bubba. Do your job, dude. That looks so good back there. Well, time check, Connor, 22 minutes. We're two thirds of the challenge put away. We haven't had too much luck, but I think we're about to get lucky on this bank we're coming up on. It's gonna be spicy, spicy and ticy. They just turned off on my rat too, man. They just not really paying attention to it anymore. You know why? It's because they want the real Ratatini, dude. They don't want that fake madness over there. They don't want Ratatini. No Ratatini action? No Ratatini. I'm telling you, just wait till you get a hungry fish, bro. He's gonna be mad. I'm gonna change my strategy slightly. So like, I fish a wake bait, how you're not supposed to fish a wake bait, and I'm actually gonna try to fish this one like it is a wake bait. So really, really painfully slow retrieve and get this thing to just wag that booty around there. Ooh, there is a big boil on that tree when I threw it back in there. You see that wake? Oh yeah. He's definitely in there. He waked. He's somewhere in there, especially from being very finicky. I don't know. It started off pretty hot, guys. I think that breaking off just put some bad luck on us. It was only just the start. Yeah, this bank looks pretty soft. I'm not gonna lie. Trying to work it a little slower, guys. It's actually starting to float a little bit. You know, it started to kind of take on a good bit of water and that was causing us some trouble. So we're having to work it so quick over the last 20 minutes, 30 minutes. But now I'm kind of able to work it at least a little bit slower. Oh, there we go, boys. It's been a while since we got a bite. And he just ripped my rat up a good bit. But that was just a sick eat right there. Destroyed old ratatini. Oh, oh, did you get a bit? Yeah. No way. This is where that school of fish was on the bank, dude. Look at that, boys. That's fish number four. About the same size as that one I weighed. So I'm not gonna weigh it, but kind of destroyed the old rat here. So we're gonna have to do some surgery and hopefully get him back on the hook. Yeah, boys. This is pretty difficult. I'm not gonna lie. There we go. He's all ripped up a little bit, but we got it to work. Oh my gosh. He almost came off. That is freaking crazy. He's got like one hook. Oh, no way. Got to get in there, boys. Oh, there we go. There we go. He caught us off the hook, boys. Oh my God. And it just came out. Okay. Where's the fish? Where's the fish? Ooh. What do you think about that? That's a pretty good one. I don't know. I don't know if I have you. I don't know if I have you, though. I got a two pound, two ounce here. That's gonna be pretty close because he's kind of skinny. What you got? Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait. Where were you at? I got two pounds, two ounces. I'm two ounces shy. No. All right. Well, hey, that's a good sign. We kind of figured out how to work the bait a little bit slower just under the water. And apparently they get some to come out and eat. We need two ounces though. So we gotta get back to work. Thank you, buddy. Dude, if that fish was just a little more girthy, you would have had it. It honestly worried me when you were fighting the men. I'm like, no way Connor's about to get this. But eight year on board, man. They almost fell out of the boat on that fish. Dude, what is up both of us? The same thing almost fell out of the boat. And I've like never got close to actually falling out of one of these boys. I mean, there's been a few times, but not to the extent of today. Like I hooked it, it went from like all pressure to that bait just breaking off. And I almost went flying into the water. If I didn't grab onto the seat, dude, I was overboard. Pretty crazy. There's a little isolated tree here, boys. See if we can tie us one to come out of that tree. You need it. Or can it really slow? Just kind of walking it. Dude, I was itching my head. What is the timing on that? Yeah, I literally went up to itch my head because I felt something land there. And then all of a sudden he ate it, of course. All right guys, we're definitely feeling a little more confident now that we got that fish on the board. I think I was just fishing the bait wrong, but working it underwater a little bit, kind of varying that retrieve. Should be able to get a couple more of them to come out and eat. Our rat is just sinking now, Connor. It's honestly a sad sight. I don't even know what else to do. Oh my gosh. What is happening, man? That thing's packing, dude. Maybe that's why he can't swim. What is going on, man? Oh, baby. Just thinking about that, Connor. I think there's a problem if I don't get smoked up in there. That's what I think. Yeah, my rat's sinking, man. You're at Submarine now, dude. Might as well put a dang Texas rig weight on it like Fletcher did the duck and just call it a day, man. Ooh. That looks freaking prime, boy. Yeah, I'll tell you, we're putting these baits in the right spots. It's just, whether these fish feel like eating a rat and you really got to think about it. It's kind of funny because I said this in a snake video. I don't like snakes. And if I was a fish, I probably wouldn't eat a snake. Maybe some of these fish just don't like rats. Maybe they're like, why would I eat a stinky rat? They're afraid of the rat. They're scared of the rat. Dude, I would laugh so hard if we were like, if you were reeling that thing in super fast and you saw the fish like just swimming away from it. The fish are down there like putting out cheese and traps right now. They're like, yeah, we don't want any of those things going around. The big thing with my rat is it's supposed to lay like this, right? Like at the top of the water? Yeah. What's going on is it's like, he's been eating too much, okay? He's taken too big of an influence from Ratatouille, man. He got a little fat and his butt's just sinking and he's got his little nose, dude, just sticking out of the water. He's like, help me. See Ratatouille has been eating too much of Ratatouille's food is what's been happening. Boys, I was telling Connor what we really should have done is had me fish that rat for 30 minutes and Connor fished for this one for 30 minutes and just swap. That probably would have been a smart move, but at the end of the day, we still got a lot of time and I just have a feeling, dude, that Ratatouille's gonna come in clutch. I don't know if you're gonna be able to catch up to me unless he just goes crazy, dude. Dude, you know, that big girl's got a thing for Ratatouille. Really wouldn't surprise me. Like if you get on a bite where they're schooling on the bank or something, that bait's gonna be way better than mine. No way, dude! That was insane, dude. Yes! Yes! No way! Come on, baby. I don't know if you got it. I don't know. She is fat, she's fat. I'm not gonna lie, that was probably one of the coolest eats all day. That was dope. My bites totally slowed down, guys. Like I just cannot get a bite anymore. I don't know if it's because I'm having to work this thing really odd. At the beginning of the challenge, I was able to, like, really skip the bait and now it's to the point where if I skip it too hard, it's gonna rip the bait more. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Dude, you're up here, rocker. Honestly, I have no idea if we have no on this one. I don't think you do, bro. Oh my gosh, I'm even close. 112, not gonna work. Thank you for biting. My casting is just got, I don't know what's going on. I don't know if I'm hot or I'm not focused. I'm kind of worried that Collier might just come up from behind now. Can't be afford to do this. Ratatouille needs to be in the kitchen, not in the trees. Can't be doing any cooking up there. Uh-oh, there's spiders back there. You want me to put you in the spider factory, dude? Don't put me in the spider factory. Dude, that's literally the spider factory, bro. Get me away from that. I have never in my life heard somebody call something a spider factory. You put me in a web of spiders, I'm calling 911, dude. See, spiders don't affect me that much. When it comes to snakes, though, dude, count me out, bro, like, you could offer me the craziest amount of money. I'm just not with it. No, dude, no way. Oh, that was a sticky, dude, I give you that. See, they're liking what you're doing. You just got to throw it up on a piece of cover and act like it's just running away from them. Look at that spot back there, boys, right there. I'm actually starting to get worried, guys, because Connor's kind of catching up now. I just slowed down, really. It's like I had a lot of action at the beginning and then it just switched over to Connor having a ton of action. Rattatini, Rattatini, my boy, my freaking boy. Coming in clutch with a challenge about a white Connor out, you got five minutes on. Rattatini putting Ratatouille in a choke hole. I want to get one more dang fish. I mean, you could technically tie it, dude, with the amount of time left, but it's very possible. It's not like you're far behind me. We up there. Not the prettiest cast, but we up there. Yes, sir! What you think about that? Hey, that ain't beating big fish. That's a- Oh my gosh. Dodging stuff out here. Oh my gosh. Well, Connor, I am on my fifth fish and we only got a couple minutes remaining. I believe in you. I don't know if you're gonna catch up to me. I'm catching up, dude. You can at least, all it takes is one bite for you, bro. Well, now you're gonna have time because I gotta fix my rat. That's where this fish were schooling, too, man. You might get lucky. Can Connor do it? That's the real question. I'm just chilling, man. No, we can't. Minute 30, Connor. Here we go. There we go. Come on. Ratatouille, no! He got too excited! Four back in there. He might not bite it though. Oh! Ratatouille's fired up right now. He's gonna eat it again. Come on, baby. Oh, that's a unit! That is a unit! That's the fish we needed right there. Get in the boat! I think I got the 2-2. I think I got the 2-2. Do we have Noah? I'm eating it. I hate to break it to you, Connor, but you got literally 30 seconds. And that, I mean, you can make another cast. I doubt you're gonna catch another one. I'm pretty positive he was gonna be at least 2-2. Yeah. Like, that was a good fish. Well, there it is, Connor. That's the timer. That is it. All right, boys and girls, we made it out to the big fish pond, the final contest. We have our two big rats right here that we're gonna be fishing with. And the concept of this lake is it has a lot bigger fish. We got even bigger baits. And the person who catches the biggest fish wins the whole contest. I ended up catching the most fish in the last pond. I gave Connor a benefit of the doubt. He caught the biggest fish. So we both have one point. This last challenge at this lake is considered the last round to complete the challenge. So guys, both these rats are pretty different. This one is very realistic. The only thing is it doesn't have a tail. We ended up losing the tail. But if you look at the feet on it, I mean, this thing just looks so real. And then you have this one that could really be a chickmunk, a squirrel, a fox. I mean, it could be really anything. A rat now also has a little worm tail on the back. So this is how we're gonna do this. We're gonna have an hour on the clock. I'm gonna start off with this bait. Connor's gonna start off with this rat. Whoever catches the biggest fish in an hour wins. All right, Connor. I got an hour on the clock and it starts now. So go ahead and get tied up. Let's get started. All right, boys, we're gonna cut off old ratatini over here. I just want you guys to see the size difference of this rat. It's absolutely ridiculous. It's definitely gonna take a bigger fish to eat this rat. This rat was not bad today. I just, the whole beginning kind of just messed us all up, man, breaking that fish off on 60 pound braid is just, it's pretty crazy, man. I don't even know how that even happened. That never happens to me. And it happened to happen five minutes into the challenge. We're gonna tie this girl up with a uni knot and we gonna get to work. I've actually never thrown this bait. The other rat I've thrown previously. So we're gonna see what happens. Bro, Connor, look at him fricking schooling, dude. There is no way that these fish are fricking schooling out here. You think they're gonna eat the dang squirrel? Oh my gosh, this thing's huge, bro. Dude, look at that. That is unbelievable, bro. These fish were schooling and I threw right in where they were schooling and they didn't even wanna look at this thing. They were probably scared of it, dude. It looks like a dang boat's driving by. It's white capping over there. All right, ladies and gentlemen, we've got ourselves Ratatouille 2.0 right here. He's a little bigger. He knows how to cook a little bit better. I've actually had the food, definitely five stars. We're just out here to give Noah a good old butt cake in a day. So we'll see if we can make it happen. I don't know if he can beat my squirrel, dude. A rat, squirrel, chickmunk. I don't even know what this is, bro. Bowling ball. Oh my gosh. See, he just fell out of a tree. All natural presentation. I'm gonna tell you, man, it's really, if I can even get a bite on this today, I think we're going to. This is gonna be ridiculous. I'm pretty excited, though, to see how this one swims. Based on that one, that thing looks absurd in the water. I literally got a six-inch bass chasing me. That's funny. All right. Yeah, this thing's ridiculous. It's more of the cannonball action. It's like, it landed in the water. That would scare any fish of any size, I would think. I gotta figure out how to kind of let this bait land softly, somehow. Ooh, that thing is loud, bro. That's the big thing with this, guys. We're gonna have to focus on presentation because, I mean, this thing just hits in the water so obnoxiously, that's probably gonna scare anything nearby. So I wanna try to get semi-close to the bank and try to get as close as I can get to the water. See how I barely made it splash there? That's the trick. Kinda gotta release it level with the water. The action on them are unbelievable, I mean. I will say that. I hope we can get a bite on these in an hour, guys. It's gonna be a tough task, but we're gonna put our heads down and see what we can do here. I'd be happy to one bite on this thing monster. That looks brown. Oh, dude, did he fall on it? No, he did. A big one. No, no, no, no, no, no. He couldn't eat it, but he was fighting a pound and a half. Dude, what? I just wanna see a big, aggressive fish just come up and just demolish it. That's what I wanna see. Oh, there it is. No. I got it. Oh! I gotta throw it back in. Dude! Throw it back in. That was a big in. That was a big in. Dude, that looks insane coming out of there. Eat it. This little pile here is never in the water. Maybe there's a fish on it. It's like a new tree that's just fell in. I watched him come up and eat it, dude. I just, I didn't get him. I'm gonna try to throw back in there, boys. I watched him just come up. That is a new tree that fell in the water, dude. The fish are gonna be on it. I don't know how long that's been in there. Wow, man. I watched him just come right up to that thing. That fish was curious. He is more than curious. He just didn't commit. It's like he was going to commit and then just the moment he went to eat, he just kind of backed off of it. Gosh, boys, that's insane. At least I know that I can get a bite on this now. We've had a bite on the rat that Connor's throwing and this big squirrel rat that I'm throwing. We know it's possible. He came up and ate it, dude. He came up and frickin' slammed it. He came up and just slammed it and turned away. Gosh, my heart is racing, man. Oh my God. He's under it, he's under it, he's under it. Guys, I wanna see a fish eat one of these rats so bad. Just had a bite and then a follower. They were really thinking about it. They haven't committed. The last one just following it, like, should I eat it? The one before just kind of hit it with his nose. I think he went up on the bait thinking it was a lot smaller than what it was. Look at him, bro. Look at all those tiny bass guys. Look at all the tiny bass. I'm more interested in the big ones, I swear. You got him? I got him. Let's go, baby. On the big rat. He's got you. Let's go, dude. That was a crazy eat. Let's go, dude. No, we're not on the same team, but. Oh, yes. Let's go, dude. Dude, that is sick. That's a biggie. I haven't really ever had a fish blow up on a bait like that. That big, especially on topwater. That's insane. Dude, that was sick. He just had to smoke it. Good job, bro. Full size comparison here. Got big that day and baited. Oh, my gosh. I know. I mean, it's a good three pounder, but I expected that fish to be at least five, man. I figured at least five. To be able to eat that bait, that's a big bait. Well, I'm glad we got to come out here and throw these bigger rats, because that was one of the coolest bulbs I've seen in quite a while there. Thank you, buddy. On to the next one. Let's go.