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It looks to be a rocky lake though. Water temps right now are looking like the sun is in the face 66 degrees. I'm going to try right on this little point right here, just a little toppy top. Just to keep them honest, you know? Okay, nothing. Nothing doing there. I'm going to go ahead and open up the mysteries and see what we have in here. This is the Pro Box for October. First of all, we got our little sticker, which I usually stick in somewhere cool, but I started to train lately and just put them on my dash. So going with there, collect them all, kind of thing. A shimmer swimmer from 10,000 fish, so a little swim bait. Ooh, we can put that on the back of this Zeeman spinner bait right here. Little dart spin, so another little swimming blade style combo. Ooh, we have the swim baits. Ooh, we have a little crankbait by Gordon Cordell, Yamani Minnow, and a sweet spot tackle. This looks like some sort of little finesse worth. Ooh, this is a good box for this lake, y'all. I had no idea what was going to be in here, so this is, we are on target, on key. Put this Zeeman spinner bait on with the shimmer swimmer as the trailer. Ooh, something happened right there. Something gave it a little, little knick-knack patty whack. Typically in the fall, bass will start to chase shad, like all species. Bass will start to really get on shad, they get on points really good. Topwater is a big player. They will go into the creeks at certain times, just chasing the shad, shad go back in there to spawn. Oh, man. Ooh, I just saw a little baitfish up around this shallow cover. That's my first clue. So I saw a little tail flick around the edge of this grass, so that could mean that there's some bait that is using the vegetation to spawn with, if they are spawning. There's a fish right there, little guy. That's our first indicator, that's a spotted bass. Spotted bass should be in here, 100%. See them thriving in here. So a little baitfish just spotted in the shallow grass right there. Sometimes on these points, wow, just really screwed up there, make sure to take this little band off, if you get one of these hounds, let's see if we can squad hounds. I'm just throwing this bone color on this point. I just had one come up and boil on it. Probably didn't get them because my hooks were tied together, but walking baits like this are really good on lakes that have clear water and long extended points. You know, if the fish are down there, sometimes you can get them to come up and you can at least see them like I did right there. They're curious, but come up behind it, boil on it, and then you know, well, okay, I could throw a swim bait or something out there, and I'm actually going to pick up this yum money minnow. Slow roll that out there on a little belly weighted hook. Oh, just saw one boil up there. Saw him boil up the surface, gave himself away. Oh, gosh, hit it right on impact. Right as it hit the water. Okay, I know we got some fish running around here and they're off of the end of this point as well. See if you guys can see this right here. There's fish on the end of this point right here that I marked. 15 feet of water on the end of a point, and if they're on these points, and there's just hundreds of them out here, hooked up. No way you got to be kidding me. You got to be kidding me. Did I find the walleye down there? Is that what I just did? Excuse moi. I don't think I have ever caught one of these outside of Canada. Wow, those gill plates are sharp. I'm going to look up the regulations because if I've got a wad of these guys, oh, there's a tasty treat to be had. Look at those teeth, my gosh. Those teeth are no joke. Okie dokie, all that is going to make a delicious fish sandwich. According to the regulations, they have to be 14 inches long, and I can keep six of those if I decide to keep fish with fishing for them and they're so tasty. I actually don't think that's a walleye, a true walleye. I think it's a subspecies of Sawger or Sawguy. Not really sure. I haven't caught enough of them. That's literally my first one. I don't think walleye really get passed. It's like mid-Oklahoma. We're kind of Southern Oklahoma here, but hey, new lake, new species, and we're just going to see where the bite takes us. Look at this calmness. I would like a little bit of wind, but there's none. There's one. Oh, gee. Little guy. What are you doing, sir? Smallmouth. Second species of the day on the Yig. Got to love the aggressiveness of a smallmouth bass. Isoweed patch for the wind, five pounder. Wow. They are just not dialing into my playbook today. I just saw two bald eagles fighting or mating either one in the air, and I decided that's somewhere I want to be. That's why we're fishing in this next location. Problem. We are having problems today, y'all. I don't know what is going on. The trolling motor, which is a Minn-Kota Ultrex, well, it's got to, it's got, it's like electronically steered, you know, electronic steering. Something going on here, it's not, it's not steering. I have to like press as hard as I can to get that head to turn. Normally, that is just with the ease, a slight ease. It only goes one way. It does not go the other way. So if I let off of that, it tends to want to just go into the back position. So obviously there is an electronic mechanism that has gone awry in there. We'll try to do the best we can. Luckily, it's not too windy, although I do feel a slight breeze behind my back. It's always a good day. We need to go fishing. Let's not kill ourselves, but we're having some problems. I don't know what I did to the world. Here we go, folks. I think it's a smally. It is. Smally fighting hard out there. Gosh, why are you so small though? I thought that was going to be a hog. I caught that one off this big point right here, way out, way out on the little finesse worm. I was just thinking to myself, whoa, out here. Very end of the point. You know it. Well, bam, I had to get myself another. This is a small one, though. These are new species. I'm trying to figure them out. So I just put on a spoon. That one's way too small. They are so close to the bottom. They literally look like part of the bottom. Taking the cycle with a large mouth, LFG on the board. Wow, y'all, I mean, that's where like five or six pounders should be. It's right in there. Throw that little jigglet in there and just watch it get thomped. I don't get where the big fish are out here. I mean, we're not even talking like close to keeper range. Well, I really don't have the slightest idea how to catch fish out here. The right size fish, anyway, the right size bass. What I do have, which is amazing, I think one other time I've had this, it was in Canada, two of the best freshwater eating species of all time, a walleye, or a sawger, whatever, and then a crappie. Oh, I just got a fish right there on the drop. This is another crappie. Give me the crappies. Give me the crappies right now. Yes, I did not stage that fish, I promise. He's got to be 10 inches. You guys not going to make the cut. I think it'd be pretty interesting if I took the saw guy, walleye, whatever it is, and then the crappie and then did a catch and cook side by side. I'm out here catching these suckers at 45 feet of water, y'all. It's insane. Oh, I just had another one. Oh, got him. We found the crappies of the little guy. Oh, it's a keeper, though. He's going to keep, my gosh, they're taking this spoon like a chip. I'm not going to argue with these fish being wanting to bite right now, and that happened to be the best tasting fish of all time. But we're going to see, is it the crappie or is it the sawger, walleye, whatever that species is, that's going to taste better? Might as well drop me down and get another one. Oh, they're biting it, y'all. We're on a hot bite here. Oh, oh, this is feeling much heavier. Be a sawger, be a big crappie. It's a white bass, y'all, I'm unstoppable. I'm unstoppable. I can't go anywhere without catching a white bass. I have caught more species in this lake today than I think any other lake. I'm just missing a catfish, is all. Let that guy go. He's not quite as tasty as the others. What is going on here with the electronics? Oh my gosh, we're on unbelievable numbers of fish. What is happening? I think every fish in the lake just showed up here right now. Get a bit, oh, felt better. This must be white bass, they're smoking it. Feels like my old familiar friend, yep, digging hard. Holy cow, we are on some fish right now, y'all. These are the white bass. Oh, they're hammering it, this must be the white bass. Back on board, what have we got? Oh, big white bass, holy cow. When the white bass come in, it's just a mad flurry of action. I feel like everything leaves, I just had one on right there. The old paper mouth. Ah, there he is. That's a crop. That's going to be a good one. Oh, this could be a saga actually, it's on the bottom, fighting a little weird. Fighting a little weird. Oh, it's a drum. Add another species to the list, y'all. We got a drum, holy moly. This is insane. This is insane. I have caught more species of fish today than I think I ever have in a day. All I'm missing is a catfish and a bluegill, and I've pretty much got the entire lake. This technique is pungent in the fall, y'all. When fish really start to stack up like they're doing now, maybe they're going to go into the creeks here next week, or whatever the next cold front is, but when they start all stacking up on points, this kind of fishing, you just get on one spot, and all the fish come to you and droves, and I'm not kidding you, normally it happens around three or four in the afternoon, and we're looking at 422 right now. I got a fish here, but I don't know what it was, didn't get a great look, and there's just all sorts of species that are coming at the end of this point. I'm in 37 feet of water, it drops off into, you know, much deeper than that, surrounding this thing, there's not a huge creek that it's out in front of, but there's a lot of pockets that are close to it, so it's just got everything coming out here and feeding on the shad. I haven't been able to find a shad in shallow water, they've all been very deep. That's something big, that's what we've got here. Another drum! I pulled really hard at first, I thought it was going to be like a big sawger or something. The live well is definitely heftier, we've got about 45 minutes left of good solid light for the sun to start setting, the activity I've seen on the points today would say that's probably where the majority of the fish are, I just haven't figured out that shallow largemouth bite, but if it exists, everything else is pretty much dialled. Throwing a little toppy top, maybe, to finish the day with a bass. I have really been through the smorgasbord of fish today. We are about to take home these fish and see which is the best, which is the best fresh water species to eat. This lake still confuses me a little bit, it's got spurts of greatness and then there's just this barrenness, it's hard to get over and had a hard time locating any kind of good shallow bite, which is confusing to me, it looks so good up there. Oh my god, on the point, massive bass blast. Oh, that's not a terrible cast either. Oh, that was not a tiny one. No sir, that was full grown, one just tried to eat it. Just tried to eat it. Oh gosh, what the heck is going on? They just won't eat good. Can't get them, I'm trying everything. Trying my darnedest on the bass. Tiny guys, I just don't know. Besides that one fish just a second ago that was blowing up. That was an actual good one. Oh hey, what do we got here? Another tiny? Yes, another tiny explosion. This lake is just full of the brown ones. All righty, get bigger. Y'all get bigger, dang it. I wish there was a big old sal belly on it just to finish out the day. We've got our food. I just want a big bite. Oh, what behind it? Oh, that was a little sassier one there. True story, I once watched a smallmouth try to eat a white bass, like a fully grown white bass. You just think eventually one of these would be like a two pounder. The 10 inch army is strong here. What's up? There's a good one. Hey, welcome to the show. Watch that fish come up. Here we go now, a little better smally. 14 incher. That sound right there was awesome. I actually watched that fish boil. It was out there in that calm water and he just blah, blah, sound of explosions. Smallest, smallmouth of the day. Still going to stiff him all the way because I love him. Aided back to the treehouse and we're making some golden crispies. Yeah. It is about lunchtime here next day here at the treehouse. And we're going to take these out, clean them, and put them in some new batter, some batters that we've been testing out actually to make for you guys, some different selections, one that I haven't tried yet. So we're doing some experimentation on that. And interesting fact, after I did a little research, I kept calling whatever I caught out there, walleye sawger, saw guy, and all these little subspecies of walleyes. So interesting fact here, if you look at the cheek pieces, and you can actually eat the cheeks, by the way, the cheeks are tasty, but the cheeks of a walleye are scaleless. They're nice and smooth. Watch these little plates right here, they'll get you, but the actual cheeks of a sawger or a saw guy, those will feel rough. They'll have scales in there. So I did not know they were this far south, but anyway, they were delicious. We do know that. So now knowing those are up there, not very far away, I'm probably gonna have to go after them a little bit more. Cleaning the fish up today with the old electric filet, not just so we can save a little bit of time. And let's just start off with the walleye. These things are just easy to clean. Incredibly easy to clean, y'all. So easy. Goodness, those clean up easy, y'all. And this is why I think these are such a close battle for the best freshwater fish. Look at the meat, so pure and white and croppy, very similar, just like an elongated version. Next up, the crappie. And specific, the white crappie. But they clean up well too. Take out that rib cage. And there, my friends, is your crappie filet. Let's fire up the grease and let the taste battle begin. Some folks like to use kitchens, more of a outdoor kind of guy. It's not a true golden crispy unless it's outside. You do an indoor kitchen, it's half a crispy. So I've got a prototype mix here of lemon pepper, batter that we're gonna use. Ridiculous looking fish glove for safety. I did manage to get the cheek pieces out. So the cheek pieces, that's a very, very tender delicacy. Just a small nugget out of this fish. But the white bass too, I kept a couple of those. You can definitely tell they're a little bit more red. Not as pristine as our pure white meat friends here. So let's get some batter on, let's throw them in the grease. Walleye and crappie filets mixed together. Roll them around, oh my gosh, it's really strong. It's covered really well though. We're just going with our 10 inch camp pan here today. Since we're not doing too much. Another crappie and walleye. Woo, that's perfect. That's perfect for doing four filets right there, that size. Number one of the keys to look for if your fish is done. Number one, golden, is it golden? Is it golden crispy? When they start to float, that's when I like to take them out. I'm gonna take the walleye out last because it's just a little beefier. While those are cooling off, I'm just gonna dust around this cheek piece and try it as well. That should cook up really quick. It is time we determine what is the greatest tasting fresh water fish of all time. Think when it really comes down to it, if everyone were to take a poll, all the danglers across the US, it would be the walleye and the crappie as the top two. Delicious, flaky meat, both of them. The walleye, normally colder water, lives deeper, but both of these were caught very deep. Same condition, same day, same fryer. So now we can really know. First up, let's try my old favorite, the crappie. Let's break a piece off, see the flakiness. Oh, these are cooked amazingly. We did these right. My dad would be proud. Shout out to LFD. Same batter, let's go in for a flavor check. The texture of a crappie seems unbeatable to me. It is absolutely fantastic y'all. They're almost like creamy, they're so soft. Their flesh is so soft. And what I love to do is put them in a cooler, let them chill overnight at least. Don't freeze them and cook them up the next day. It's so incredible. Oh, next up, the great and powerful walleye. Let's break it for flakiness, crispiness. Oh, oh, breaks apart super easy. But the bigger flakes inside, this is what I'm interested in. The meat breaks down in smaller little flakes with the crappie, with the walleye, it's bigger chunks. Let's see what we got here. It melts. It melts in your mouth. I'm gonna have to go for another taste. Oh my goodness y'all. I wish you were here to, it's absolutely phenomenal. Look at that, deliciously cooked piece, holy moly. I'm literally slapping my knee. I think that's gonna take the win y'all. Eating them at the exact same time, same conditions, everything across the board. The walleye takes the cake. Holy cow, let me just try this cheek piece right here. This is the delicacy. Overcooked, but still amazing. That is it, I am gonna have to get back out and try to target these guys. That completes today's video. I hope y'all enjoyed it. Let me know down in the comments. I'm curious, if you like the longer form, I've been doing some more, just longer form videos. It takes a while to get through them, but in my mind it's something you can just turn on, chill, relax, and watch for a while rather than just, you know, more shorter episodes. So anyway, let me know down in the comments. If you want more longer form episodes with more details and things, but if you wanna just keep it short and sweet, let me know too, I'm down to make either or. Shout out to MTV for sponsoring today's video again, and don't forget to subscribe right here to the channel so you don't miss every single day in the outdoors. Love you guys, I will see you right back here on the next one. Hashtag no ketchup needed. That was incredible. Somebody get me a cold adult beverage right now. This is amazing.