 Welcome back danglers to the great outdoors and today we're getting an early start to the day to go meet up with my Buddy John B to do some camping and of course some fishing a bit of a science experiment going on here if you if you ever want to like Look up what a dumpster fire of a boat is on Google. Just don't even bother swing by my house It pops up take a gander. Yeah, she pops right up. See I'm trying some new batteries. I'm running 236 Front I'm running 30 six for the shoulder. Yeah, I'm running parallel. So I got like you got monster power I got like a hundred amp hour Basically because of 250s just in case we break down on the water Oh Man, I love it. I let every boat has a story John has John's boat has many stories Trying for help So the next few videos you guys are gonna see me and John traveling around to a few different lakes and doing some camping and Fishing but I'm excited to show you all a transition in the bite from my last few bass fishing videos It's going to a major plastic bag You guys are gonna see a sleigh bass on plastics and this is not a lack of effort for fishing hard bass We really fished a lot of hard bass We're just watching this transition take place where the fish are going up shallow and they're not as aggressive But we still manage to catch a bunch of them No, I I mean, how are we not gonna see one on a bed back in here? This is like clear water This is definitely weightless soft plastic fling it type stuff here So lock in the looking and all of a sudden it's too light Yeah, they're just they're just up there doing their thing Getting the mating rituals going first. Wow. That's my first pairing that I've seen so far this year. Oh Yeah, sandy spots Not full lock on but they're back here. I Gotta switch up. We got it. We got to have that log game Do you have logs? I figured you'd have a couple. I mean, how are you gonna come out here in March not have long So the newest worm that you guys are gonna see us fish today It's called the pinner worm it launches a couple weeks It'll be up on the site, but any other plastics you guys want to get and really anything You can save 10% off using my promo code Lfg at Guggen Squad dot-com oh Gosh, do you watch immediately giant how big And I'm so excited fishing today with John because we are literally watching the transition A fish going from winter into spring shallow mode We're watching male bass come up and make beds and just hunt around and it's such a good time to be on the water You got a seven inch. Oh It's happening though first Okay fishing freaks so last few videos for bass we have been We have been going after this pre-spawn thing. This is this is sort of transitioning right now. So this is good It's good for you guys to see the the full program transition So this is when I like to switch to these plastics. It's calm right now And there's fish up shallow and they're being a little sneaky doodles Being a little sneaky so I'm gonna take a Just a worm hook here I'm gonna take a worm hook and I'm gonna put a plastic on it and then I'm gonna fish that around in this case This is gonna be a six inch dart This is gonna represent any kind of bait fish just subtly moving through whereas Casting a vibe jig or a lipless crank bait or a lot of the hard baits here You're Disturbing that fish there. They're in a love-making mood They're starting to touch tails They're not aggressively feeding so What John is doing is he's throwing a frog which is a nice subtle bait on top and it's a good good bed-finding lure as well and I've got this dart which is You know fishing a fluke basically Like a watermelon red fluke that's been one of my favorite Ways to catch fish when they get in the stage when it's right at low 60s You got any sink goes. Oh god, dude. He just ate that. He just came up. You watch when he I Watched him eat it. I Don't know how he didn't have it. I mean he Three-pounder slurp rolled on it three pounder. Yeah flash full flash had him like felt the thump Almost think he was a deep garter well John I think is captured. Are you at three? Are you at I got three you have three. All right You wanted to you wanted to return one of them. I've had two that have escaped me So we got some some fish. We're Approaching a point right now and there's some fish that are sort of staging out here in this grass so we're throwing weightless plastics and Well, we've had about five bites unless 10 15 minutes, I would say There's a lot I know we're just kind of soaking it in I know I do like I do really like what you have on I almost want to try a more natural color Got a couple of big armadillos down there. It's a big boy gonna eat it Go go I'm losing every one of them. Yeah, go This whole combination is not good I'm just a straight worm on this and it's not it's not a good gap. It's just not good. I Love a hook set on a spinning rod. It's just like Bins over in your line like cracks over you know because it's broad spinning so much Just feels good. Oh, I get them on spinning rods. All right. I'm switching What are you going? Daddy didn't raise no chump Where's that where's him pitterworm son right here? I got pink, but I got different color. I want to try another color so I've just lost my third fish and John is Just straight licking them here. So I'm gonna switch it up. I'm gonna switch it up To what is known as a one of our new baits It has not launched yet, but it will We plan on it so popular rigging style the Do you say Niko or Neco? You're your Niko guy I'm gonna follow your lead there. So basically just a shmancier wacky rig We got a guy that's got a big bass over here That is awesome pre-spawn Chunky Ryan Do you wacky worm that one? That's what we just put on Seems to be the deal doesn't it? They're a little bit Come on now. Oh, she's coming around. Oh, jeez. Oh, jeez. You got your hands full I got her on the little rod here Is that the Crappie stick? No when you only catch one every hour you gotta play It is tugging pretty hard though. It's a nice fish. That's nice. Oh, yeah Biggest one of the day for sure. Fairly hooked Is that meat Fish brother up It has been doing some action in the shallows Hmm love to smell you smell you later. Oh A black one this one's black dude. I've been wanting them just to straight up black worm me too doubled up on Dinkies Who's still got their pitterworm look at this guy gyrating Wow This is what we came out here for baby big ins bagging dude. We're trying to hit that 30 pound mark How are we gonna do that 30 inch mark? Maybe We found the grass So how are we gonna get out of here? I don't know. I'm waiting dude. I'm waiting for the oh There's one Come on, baby little worm Down the hatch. Oh, yeah See the bed, I mean look at that. Look at the calories. This guy is burned. He's chased off a few worms in his day Wow, this water looks amazing back here Clean I gotta tell you looking at fish. I'm kind of about that right now I'm about that looking at these fish right now This is really fun dude, uh know a Come on, baby. Nice. Let's go. Come on. Don't do that to me now. Why you gotta downgrade my fish mid mid swim That's what you say when it's smaller like it's beautiful. That's a chunky male though That's a chunked up male. He's got a black spot on his tail kind of cool You know, I've been waiting like 12 months to do this since the last time it happened Just dream about it just You dream about when that water hits 64 just going up there to look at Adam We're looking at him boys See a little chunk Oh God oh Gosh, there we go. That's a good one, man. You can help with that guy or not. Okay Stay hot with the pinter worm He's gone Shoo, dude, that's a freshy fresh. You just look at that beautiful, oh My gosh, I'm just seeing black tails swimming everywhere dude. We're in the spawn zone This is awesome This is the bone zone I'm about to catch this one out about he's about to crunch it. He's coming way out of the bed to eat it Oh my gosh, you see that? Yeah. Oh, you know, he's okay. I'm like I'm in his bed now So there's there's animosity and oh Yeah, oh, no, there it is It's going now Like I think we're I think we're watching some males come in and make these beds So fun. I was just looking at like Five fish all together right there Oh Wow spotted lip Do you think they get that during the spawn? No, I think it's a it's a yearly I got it all the time. I Know, you know crappie get those black spots, but I think yeah, I get darkened up. I guess So cool. This is it dude. I mean, I feel like we need a push pole and You've literally read my mind right there Me and John I've been waiting for this this moment for a long time, you know, I think it was actually last year where you and I We went up in a creek. It was either March or whatever and we both experienced our first You know bedding experience for the first time It was like late March and it was still cold Yeah, and it was actually kind of weird that we saw him on that because the water is still pretty chilly Fun times Guys, I got to tell you this worm It's it's actually Amazing in the water this action. This water's so clear out here. You can probably see this black one pretty decent but That twitch Neck of style my goodness, it's perfect size too So if you wanted to skip this or just do whatever I mean, it is nasty I Absolutely more than enough so for anyone that has never seen a bass bed before this is it It's a really good example so all this would be an Algae bottom But because of these fish are coming in here and they're fanning out the bottom Because they want a harder surface to lay their eggs and that's what it ends up looking like So that that's that's what you look for This time of year and if you're lucky you can find a really big bass in one of these shallow ones But usually the bigger bass are gonna bed somewhere out there where you can't really see them They're pretty smart about that But every once in a while you'll see a big one up shallow and I have caught some over the 10 pound mark that that are up there That's pretty exciting. You see one. There's just something about sight fishing Something about sight fishing is just exciting. I don't care if you're catching an eight-inch or an eight-pounder. It's just It's one of the best things and fishing That's a good Hey, right up as the lead in lead in the lead in Good snow and we're in Thank you Beautiful hey, man, we got all freaking day. Let's make the most of it Well, man, dude, there's just beds right on the outside of this grass line deep ones This is obviously not a big one, but we got healthy fish. He's a little less beat up very nice Looking for Tina. I think I've actually gone through a whole pack of black. I need to take a peek Running off like crazy, bro So I need to take a peek and a couple of these little every once in a while just to see if Nadine has moved up Now recording here. We are There's Caleb in the back taking a whiz Getting the full scenery here folks. You don't get to see the behind the scenes very much. I Don't know if you can see these beds, but we are just in the zone. Look at that fat boy Fat boy healthy man, man. This is just absolute fun. We're in the fun zone We're at fun mountain at the peak of fun mountain We're summoning the peak right now Folks we are I just switched to a lunker log and as you would expect Caught one It's that time it is that time of year Plastic time what what time did you say it was I said it's plastic plastic time It's plastic 30. Look at your watch folks when that water is hitting 60 I'm gonna say 60 really it really starts kicking in but man, we're hitting 64 65 Now when we get before that I I honestly don't even really fish plastics Really until March usually every year I fish hard baits, you know But jerk baits lipless cranks cranks All the hard things don't ask me why it's such a big switch We're fishing a grass lake and it's more effective because we can get it through there That's that's not it. It's just they just eat them. They want the wigglies and jigglies right now So go to SWAT comm you must get lunker logs get some of the new pen or worms when they come out Just Dude literally you belly landed me Right about belly. I was aggressive use my code LFG good spot dot com And it's a big difference from if we throw a hard bait right now to a plastic. It's big Plastics go on leech watch plastic time I just got to get a shot of these hams because I think they're they're ready to come out of the oven Back Yep, you need to probe those are 185 right It's it's that weather where it's like in between shorts and bounce and Feels like shorts weather, but man early on Early on in the air when your legs aren't ready for it. It can really be Hurtful on those those legs. Okay watermelon red pender worm. Tell me that's not gonna get a bite It's a little bit of weight in the head And this this baby will fall Head first into that grass and then it pops up like a little peek-a-boo surprise And I'm like, oh, I gotta have that worm. Mmm. That's tasty This technique's been around actually a really long time back with wacky rigging was really popular when I was a guide People would often take like a zoom Trick worm, I got it the nest worm actually see look at that like I'm hooked up Just I'm just hooked up. I switched to the pender worm. It's it's on dude. I'm gonna join you What I was gonna say was the Fishing like a regular, you know Cinco style bait Sometimes it's it's not exactly the the action that they don't want. It's just the I Don't know. It's the profile so this is just a little smaller profile same type of action though same type of deal and You just get them Sometimes with those Wacky rigs with a bigger thicker plastic It just folds up and you you don't get a good hook set the fish will fold it up in their mouth This is almost a guarantee. You're gonna get a hook in there. Yeah And that's what it is. Oh Gosh, oh gosh, that's big one dude. Oh, dude. That is a nice Pick up the worm Oh god, dude, this is actual big one. I think it's bigger than that. Oh Let's go, baby Just thump it hard. Oh, yeah, just a donk. Donk. Yeah, just directly put so eloquently get back behind this wall do a little Chunk and can't be wait a minute might be up there on the bonk. Oh, yeah We got baby. It's just long Oh gosh, your boat is deep Oh Pinning them on the pinner This little spot right here is just uh It's a little nook behind this grass wall and it got super clear They just had to be in there That's really do like clear water for their spawning. It's like they like to see each other, you know They like to keep the lights on Nice fish. Let it go See you buddy Bye Right on the bank Is it a different color? Oh, this is not the pink. You're giant two Giants Just swim right off. That's her. That's her. That's her. No, I'm just kidding It's on the back side. Oh look it's gonna it's gonna jazz that other one up It's so deep. Oh, yeah, look at look at look. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I'll look at that dude. It's a good one Look at this. I'm gonna I'm gonna flip in there. There's two. Look at that. I see you know, I see. Oh nice That's cool. They do not like that. Oh boy. Oh, that's a good one That's like my father. It's like they don't like the smell of that other one in there Get out of here. You stink you know that glide throw the glide. Yeah Come on, baby watch this watch this watch this Oh, yeah, beat it. I'm idiot Come back around. Oh Jesus did he smack that look at what just happened there. I don't know Little too much tWitch just a twight little tight little Okay, I'm sorry. I'm so excited. You're good. I'm trying to get a big reaction. I Twitched my rod this thing went for I know Oh Hit it. Yeah, see the line see the line I don't know which one it was but got cranked dude. Get that flat bill out son. We are here gliding It's out here gliding Gliding with the boys spanker one right there up here in the reeds. Yeah, well spanky two of them. Oh my gosh They're roll. They're spanking each other right now. Oh my gosh Oh gosh, just taking me in the reeds Oh I'm looking at three site fish back here Yeah, just this one was on the bed with another one There's another solo guy And then there's you know four-pounder over here and three-pounder They're just oh, I watched this little morning dawn worm just disappear into its mouth Just be gone. The pinner was gone. I think it's a bigger one Sure. I'm gonna follow up. She's strong. She's with her man She's standing by her man No, we're not we don't need to get that Technical. Oh, she's jerking over at the jig man. She didn't like it. She came right to it. Oh She's on it. She just flipped she rolled on it Wow angry This is a big angry one here Put it back. Yeah, you can put it back. No way. Mm-hmm. She picked it up again. Oh my god Let me switch this jig you take that one. Okay, let's switch to this one. Oh trusty. No trusty. We'll try it in true Okay That's her that's it I couldn't boat flip it man. It's just got a little little heavy That was so sweet y'all. So we had literally two fish here at the end of the day fired up John caught the male. I thought they were gonna eat that glidey glide and Just one of my all-time favorites for fishing bed fish When they're contankerous The jig I mean she was just thumping it so hard We'll let this fish go nice fish. We're gonna let it go right back to its bed It's always cool to see that behavior interacting. So You know, some people say when you take the male off the bed, the female won't bite sometimes It's the opposite. I don't know you got to watch every fish and they're all different, but I'm telling you I threw that that jig in there and we had blue three times And finally Yeah I just want to end the day on that that just Just completes my day. Oh my gosh. I love the spawn. I love texas Hey guys There we go Oh, man On the morning dawn. Look at him. I mean just Do you think it's gonna be like this getting on the worms, dude? No, I did not I thought it was going to be more of a moving bait kind of grind it out Maybe catch a giant, but Honestly What's more fun, you know, I We're just catching I like catching them. Hmm. It's probably the best, uh Weightless worm bite been on in a minute. That was weightless. I was just twitching it on top like a Yeah, like a floater worm Oh, wow, I just had one and I do have one I mean, oh, he almost threw the worm into the boat Wowie There's quite a few doubles there Hey, buddy. Cheers Cheers I love this. This is fun. I love this so much. Just some brain dead shallow water The nasty worm Need help got her. What'd you catch it on? Fishing in the spring is sort of weird when you get like You'll get fish that are kind of going up to spawn And then they'll they'll stay up there, but then they don't want to eat a lot of the other stuff This is when the plastics really come into play and This rig right here is just the ultimate finesse weightless plastic wind You're fishing that shallow water and what's really cool about this is you can also skip it under cover So you could skip this under docks. You could skip it under Trees and brush lines and things like that and get it up under where you might see fish Spawning or maybe they're just sitting. I'm fishing the size two or size That's the size two. This is size two John's fishing the size one. This is the gold series wide gap finesse hook I could fish both the lunker log and this bait on this one Uh, the size one would be better suited for this in in my opinion John, do you like fishing? I don't like fishing. I love fishing I just want more of those pink worms. How come you got a ton? I I got like not they just sent it They like the crew just sent it to me a couple days. Come on. I got to bring these one more fishing I've honestly been waiting on this day Like for a month. I've been going out and like oh, it's almost water's almost 65 and then it's like finally here We witnessed it. It was a great great time out here with John B. By the way, go and check out my man here he's actually got a uh a recent video that I thought was a Excellent excellent video and throws a little perspective on fishing and electronics and everything right now So he'll be linked here. Go go check that video out. We're going to be doing another adventure We're actually going to be heading over to John's camper. I've never Been in that thing we're going to get a little tour of that and we're going to be going to a completely Different lake that I've been wanting to fish for years that could have some monsters for site fishing So subscribe to the channel Smash that like button. We'll see you on the next