 Fish and freaks welcome all back to the channel. I went crappie fishing last night nocturnal crappie fishing. I Was so looking forward to this video I wanted to film a nocturnal crappie episode because I've never done it before Never just dedicated it myself to it and I was out there for like four or five hours And I had baitfish all over the live scope. It was nice night scoping. That's really what it was That the waters were coming alive with baitfish But I only ended up catching one white bass Then I had a snake crawl into the back of the boat and that was it Snake just jumped in my boat Get out of here little wiggler, please. Thank you I was shocked that I could not draw any crappie away from these docks and other areas with my lights I drew all these baitfish and I just I had gar and there was catfish. I could not draw the crappie away, so It made me mad. Frankly, I'm pissed and I am going to hunt them down today You ever forget to take your toad are off. That's what I just did So I witnessed something interesting last night that I was not expecting That marina back behind me. That's mainly where I fished That's not the only place I fished but in there I could see some crappie and Other fish like white bass That were not moving The shad were very active I would troll around with my lights under the boat and shad would just follow me everywhere I went I would see crappie locked under the docks not moving. I saw white bass even that were just Suspended only like five or six feet down not moving, but today We're going middle of the day right now weather report is you know, it's well over a hundred 15 20 mile an hour winds We're gonna go hit every little piece of brush that we can find this is the time of year When the crappie and the bass really They're mostly offshore. They'll always live up under those marinas That's a staple. That's a home. There's always bait. There's always cover on these on this brush stuff main lake And it doesn't have to be big It can literally be a piece of brush the size of my arm and it'll hold up a crappie or a bass But they've also been Hit with all sorts of lures all summer long They get kind of finicky usually have to go slow or or maybe just get a reaction bite out of it It gets a lot tougher. I'm gonna do a milk front of Piles that should have fish on them And we're gonna we're gonna take it to we're putting them in the cooler I still got my ice in the cooler from last night. It's empty. We got a feeling so Let's get the dangle on boys classic combo right here pink one-eighth ounce jakehead I'm going with the dangle dart Smokey milk dangle dart It's good. It's good everywhere Go with that heavier weight today because of the wind Let's do it. It's running gun. Just got a bite first cast. Oh, that's a big one right there. I Want that one? Come on God that might be a bass. It's not a bass. It's a large crappie Suspended drum on top of the pile first strike. I'm not sure I'm gonna Eat him. It's a fat one right in the schnoz What a drum actually looks like he'd be a decent eater, but That fish was suspended on top of the pile like a giant crappie wood or a bass wood So they're not always on the bottom, but they have a I think that's called a subterminal mouth. Oh, look at that Those are zebra mussels on my finger. He's been eating those That's interesting Drums just eat everything man. Eat everything. All right, I'll let him go new target spotted some shallower ones in this case These are shallower, so I'm gonna stay 15 feet away. These are like nice ones Actually gonna pick up Little grub Swim something through there first On a lighter jig head and see if they'll react to it Then I'll creep up on them a couple of big ones in there Hog jammers. Oh that one saw it that one saw it These are big Switch for a second to a snackie Sometimes they like that snackie swimming through there these big ones Go with something big and bright here all this one wants it. Oh my gosh Come on. That's a big one. Oh It's coming up to it. I'll just turn just turn Okay, I'm gonna rig up another rod so my rod I'm fishing with is seven foot Which is usually pretty good In most cases, but what I'm trying to get Right on top of them But not get too close. I need this extra link to this rod. So this is a 10 footer We're gonna rig that up same thing pretty much That way we can get right on top of these big ins just hovered over their head Definitely interested in it. Oh god. Come on. Come on. Come on Got him. Oh my gosh. My line broke. Oh I don't have the fish on anymore. What oh my god What the hell was that that was a giant? Oh Gosh guys, I don't know my line broke like way up the real Oh day That tactic definitely worked I'm just gonna have to re-rig That was crazy I think felt huge I've actually never had my braid break on a crappie before so Really hoping that wasn't my PB or something. All right back in the game Ten pound fluoro leader usually go with eight but Deal with some hog jammers right here Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Oh god. They're just spooking right at the last second Unbelievable how they're just oh my god back on it back on it back on it back on it. Take a lick take a lick Give me a lick. Come on. Come on. Come on. Oh my god licked it licked it. Oh Frickin licked it. I cannot believe they're all over it and they won't eat it holy Splatoon I'm getting rejected so hard right now It feels like a middle school dance. I'm just I'm getting it right in front of them They'll come up to it and they kind of turn or skirt and they'll come back to it. I Just don't want to pull the trigger They don't I'm gonna keep moving until I find the ones to do but If I'm a looking at the farmers almanac, I guess this is like not the time but last night wasn't the time either so I don't I want to put some daggum slabs in that cooler Gonna make it happen. Well folks Looked ourselves a large mouth get in here, son Lee, I'm so frustrated. I almost want to throw you in the cooler Wouldn't do that. I really don't eat bass Ah guys, I thought that was a big crappie creeping up on my bug. I Hate bass hitting those Bates they always tear up actually don't I don't hate that Just means I have to go back Put another one on people that make some baits not a big deal Seems like they definitely are looking at the chartreuse bottom more. It's getting their attention right there, but Croppie are locked up. Come on show me the money. Yes. Yes Yes Good one solid wanted it and Magnum, oh my gosh Literally broke my line on the swing in What the heck? What the heck is going on here? My line broke again on the braid fish captured feeling salty now What is going on? I'm almost wondering I have a Got a cracked guide. I think that's what it is It's exactly what it is guys dad gummets The guy that is cracked right here on this I'm a ten footer. It's unfortunate At least I got that fish in the boat. Okay. Well, we solved that mystery. So I've got one big crappie I lost another one to that unfortunate state of affairs, but Normally, I'll see it beforehand. I'll see the little phrase happening and I did not Did not notice it So just a clean break right there come it man Okay as an alternate We have micro Micro light seven foot two piece Doesn't have a link, but It's another rod to work with I'm switching up baits. I get cast in y'all second cast in another big and he's slurped it. Oh Oh my gosh Really just re rigged. I Don't think these fish fully understand what's gonna be happening to them later. I am going to oh Slowly I'm gonna take a time with a little regular old standard for late-knife and just Savor the flavors mmm a little extra on the nose there summer slime Go I've been working my tail off. All right. This is this is my prom date. All right I've been rejected over and over and over and over again She ain't the prettiest, but you know what she's gonna dance All right, number two going in the cooler Yes, sir That one Came out like a honey badger just like the first one. There's another one. Oh Okay, there's a little something there's a little something here. This is kind of an interesting piece of brush It's like I almost had a 45 and The ones on top are not really they're not really doing the program But once I get it kind of below like underneath Where it starts overhanging there they're coming out There's another one. It's right on that little overhang. Oh Yeah, yeah, these are all big ins Yes, sir these Are honey badgers. They don't give a crap. They're eating right now Still have to put it in the exact Specific spot, but I Put it in there. They're coming out. They're not they're not playing games Heck yeah boys Now we're working. I can't tell you how that How good that feels after a Night and a morning of rejection so this tree is leaning over it's kind of at a 45 and and The ones at the top of the tree They're not really body, but once I if I can swing it kind of under here Which my line is touching sort of the top of the tree there I've been swinging under here They're coming out and they're coming out like a foot or two to grab it I'm not having to put it right on top of their nose These are just kind of big floaters. I need to catch Okay. Yep, they're going back in their little cave, but still catchable Just got to lace it into the juice. I didn't even see that strike Just felt it. Yes, sir. Let's go boys Swinging into the danger zone here. Oh, he's coming. He wants it. Oh Oh, he's gonna play games. Oh Came out for the attack and stopped there's another one that's coming though wants it. Oh my gosh just licked it barely hit it Alright, we're gonna switch it up on him. Go dangle dart. I can pull one more out of here and be a great success Coming in slowly creeping in Good one down there. Come on, baby Jump up there and eat it. Here we go. It's not the fish. I was looking at but Oh, yeah, hurdle On the slinging end. Oh, that makes me mad Want to capture every single one of them. Oh, wow, we have here micro crop What is in your face my guy? What was this part of the tree? Kind of tree is this I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry that boat carpets about like mama See ya Good stop. They finally started getting fickle on me where they come out Go back down Do all that nonsense so I That's a I feel so relieved right now guys so relieved. I'm gonna try to find a few more like that that just have Badgers on them that'll just come out and grab it and I will call it a successful meat-getting day 24 hours really it's now 130 it's been 12 hours since I stopped fishing last night This is gonna be our last stop right here. I've run around three other spots They're all finicky. There's you know a couple bass in there, but we're not really bass fishing today There's a bunch of piles out here on this big point I'm gonna pick one and start targeting sort of a couple more every time I go croppy fishing. I try to get you know five to ten and then That will get me some fresh meals for coming weeks and then I go out and reload You know, I usually do not try to go all day and get you know 25 or whatever it is I'd just like to catch them keep them fresh and then repeat Slurp me Sally There we go Slurp me Sally Dangle dart connected Really cannot emphasize enough when you're going croppy fishing, you know I did a bass fishing video About this the other day, but the the hot summer heat the dull drums whatever you want to call it The dead stick for croppy is so key and obviously Plastics plastics plastics you have to not move them. All right, so you know fishing a swim bait and all that really It's not doing me any good right now. It looks awesome in the water. You think they and sometimes they will come look at it But they won't eat it. It's got to be Dead still what you have to do if you're fishing in a in a boat Or if you're fishing in a on top of a dock and going straight down is You have to give that vertical presentation Keep it above the fish croppy. You're always looking up. It's with her eyes are positioned Always looking up keep it above the fish and don't move it and if you're live scoping What you don't want to do is You know you see him coming you get excited like oh, I'm gonna work it I'm gonna work it to get the fish to bite Not right now. This is not the time and that's why I haven't a longer rod really helps it because you can sit there And just dangle it, you know, but I'm getting close enough with these fish. I'm in 20 feet of water right now So it's it's not a big deal basically right on top of them throwing the seven foot It would probably help to have a little lighter weight, but it's a little windy out here today We got boat traffic and all that so I like the eighth ounce For for these conditions right now Go lighter line if you can too if you're having trouble getting them go lighter line sometimes it helps to go down to six I Got ten on right now. I'm I'm just I'm just brunting through it right now, but I'd like to get one more I've got a nice pile of fish, but man they are they're glued So crazy. This is what I saw last night, too. It's like I could not get them to budge a fin Yeah, I couldn't even see a flicker of a fin not many honey badgers out here today, but I get one more. I'll be satisfied. I Am just slowly Slowly swinging in you know a crappie is going to bite When they when they turn on your bait, so you'll see them Turn on life scope. They're interested not moving about this is crazy that it's crazy to catch one like first cast and then none of them move a muscle Usually you'll get some follows some chases I'm just gonna hold my rod out straight out like this. I Always like to start with a high presentation, too So first cast in there just keep it keep it up well above them And then if you notice those fish are not playing ball Then you can kind of go off on the sides and Duck down on the edges. Oh That one smoked it Come here, baby the dead stick It's the last two of it eating it really well. They're thumping it hard All right, we got a cool little Let's go Gah Lee exacting my revenge on these things has been a grind another good one Figured you out today landed The GoPro just cut off He wanted the dart He wanted the dart now when I actually had to work it into the pile a little bit not moving it But just keeping it in the pile Well guys, we have just reached that time of year where it's an absolute grinder So hot August never Never great down here in Texas for fishing But we were able to grind it out and get some really good fish Dangle dart bumping bug Those baits that don't move very much and just Letting it sit right on top of them I don't know what was going on in the night bite. I would think it would be good But it was not it's just a grinder all the way around. But this is what we came up with big boys or big girls. I should say I'm gonna get some great meat off of those Maybe make some cakes. Maybe do some blackening Maybe just do a good old-fashioned golden crispy. I'm telling you what it's hotter than Hades out here I'm ready to jump in the lake. My hat is in the water now floating. So I gotta go get it Subscribe to the channel for more outdoor activities Smash that like button for grinding it out for you guys drop your comments and questions about crappie fishing Or any kind of fishing down below and give me some ideas for some upcoming videos in this heat And I'll see you guys on the next one