 Yeah. Oh, yeah. Jumbo. Jumbo. We're into some jumbos. Does it get any better than this anywhere? That's a good one. That's a slab. Nice slab there. Big, beautiful, crappy. Alright, one up, one down. What's that one for? Another giant. Right. Another slab. Look at the size of that one, guys. They just get bigger and bigger. Nice one there. Big. Good one there, guys. Another giant slab. Smash best continues. Got him. Another good one there. Heat on them. Shoulders to them. Is it one there, guys? That's a good one. Look at the shoulders on those things. Smashing these things. That one ate that Mickey jig. Ready? Just whaling on 15s all day. Okay. What's happening, guys? Go fishing again, looking for some crafting. Got the boys in tow behind me. We're on a new body watered us. It's all about trying to locate them and find them. We're going to use a life scope. We got five different guys here today. Three different life scopes, so we should be able to find something up here. Big cabbage bed. Weed bed. Saying about the same depth. We're still in that seven and a half, eight foot range. There she drops that way. Okay, drops that way pretty good. So we'll go that way. This is a new body of water to us. We walked on in a fairly large cove that ended up being really shallow. And what we did was every 50 yards or so, we drill a hole, deploy the forward facing sonar, which in this case is the Garmin Life Scope 34. And we could see an easy 40 to 50 with that. So we'd look all around us to see if we could find a break. And what we're looking for is anything different than the shallow grass bay that we're in right now. So we're looking for either a channel or a drop off an edge or a trowel where those crappy are going to sit during those winter months like out over the deeper water. They spend their real young life when they're small in the weeds. And then the ones that don't get picked off by the predator fish like the bass and the pickerel find safety in numbers and safety in open spaces. Which is why you find them a lot of times suspended over deeper water, out over open water too where they can get away from a predator or they can be the predators and find that fry or bugs or any plankton or any bait swimming by. There we go. So we've already drilled about five or six holes. We got 11 foot. And we're several hundred if not a thousand yards offshore now. And we're just getting to an area that has some deep water. Normally we would use mapping but this lake doesn't have any mapping so there's no navionics for it. There's no underwater topography and there's no depth chart for it. So it's kind of up to us to find that. See those on the edge? See if they move. That's crappy moving away from, I see it. 15 foot away right there. There's two fish on the edge right there. One there and one there. They could be big perch. They could be crafters. This is a little deep hole here. Yeah. Let's see. Something else right in there. Forty foot there. Oh here? Yeah. Or is that weed? No. They're fish. Looks like fish. Well it's definitely like a first little deep hole to get you down 12 foot. Those are two fish at 55. They're moving. 55 that way you might hit that hole. Find out what they are at least. Looks like it drops down to 16 there. Look at these fish. 25 away. Yeah you're at 55. They're still there. They're up off the bottom now. They should be catchable. Those are two pretty good marks. They're at 65 now but there's still some fish in that 55 foot hole. I think you just hit bottom Kyle. They're like five feet past you. There's a bunch of fish there. Look at them all. Wow we got a wicked school there now. They're at 45 and 55. You got them all over here I think. There you guys on. He's hooked up? Yeah. All right hooked up. We're going to find out what they are. Say big fish. Wow. Yeah there's a wicked school of yellows there if you guys want to wail on them. Big yellow perch guys. The first guy to get his bait down got them. I don't know if these are all perch or what but there's pile of fish around. That's a nice size bluegill. All right we got a bluegill guys. All right. Nice yellow. There she goes. Good size yellow. That's a good eater sorry. I'll eat them. I guess we're eating fish today at lunch. Yep we got fish and then we have sausages and peppers. All right oh we shouldn't have thrown that bluegill back. Get another one we'll keep them. All right we're going to do a little catching cook today guys. So pretty much any crappy under 12 inches. Any decent size yellow perch that you can get your hand around. You know in that 12 inch range. And any bluegill bigger in your hand we're going to cook up and eat for lunch. Wow those got to be perch those are bigger. Nice big ones coming. Get down to them baby. Those look like good size. They might be crappy actually look at that. They got to be perch huh. They're fighting like a perch. The whole school is lifting. Oh yeah jumbo. Jumbo tronics. We're going to eat today fellas. Jumbo tronics. And there's a school of them that size. That's over 12. Come on baby they're just moving so fast. All right he sees it. They're just sliding through on me. Sliding into my DMs. Like a 12 inch yellow perch. That's a nice yellow there. I got one more coming through. Let's see if he's way late on the school. Nope they're coming back. Look at this one coming in huh. That's got to either be a nice perch or a bass. This feels jumbo. Wow this is awesome. This is awesome. Jumbo Liah. Another big yellow. You see him come flying in. Oh yeah that was awesome. Big ol yellow perch. Highfalutin yellows. They think they're special because they got all them stripes on them. All right guys that's what we're into right now. We're into some jumbo's. Those are probably 13 and a half. They're well over 12. We're going to put a pile of those on the ice and have one heck of a feed for lunch today. Oh nice crappy. Dude look at this crappy. Look at the largemouth. The largemouth and a crappy. Bring that over. That's a stave and crappy. We've got a largemouth of perch and a crappy on all within 10 feet of each other all at the same time. Look at that. We've got to measure that crappy. He's over 14 I'd say. Well it didn't take too long to find him with a life scope did it fellas? You see them boogal are running the bottom. And then the yellows are going wherever the heck they want. They're mostly coming to the bottom. And then the crappies mid column. The crappy just slid by on me. Look at all that size. Because I just watched his. And three crappies went by the same size. Now I've got something tiny. So there's a bluegill coming at me but the crappy saw it. I'm going to try to keep it away from this bluegill so the crappy can eat. Nice crappy coming in. Look at the size of this one. Fishin. Trying to catch these giants but I keep getting bonkles. I have no idea. I know. He's probably at the lumber at the uh... Oh we got a double. This is a good fish over here. Pan fish. Kyle's got something good over here too. What? Bring that over here. He just caught a mega sucker. Oh my god. It's like a three pounder. I gotta go. I gotta go. Bring that over to the camera. I can't believe you caught that. What did you get that on? Show that to the folks at home. Guys we are on like multi, multi, multi species right now. So we have largemouth, yellows, bluegill, crappy, and now we have a mega sucker. They're about the same. Do you notice this is an actual hole like a gully? It's got to hold the bait because every fish is in here. Every predator is in here so there must be loaded with bait. Oh another nice crappy. Get him. He came off. That's a third. That's probably 14 and change. I'm about to get a bite here. Looks like a crappy. He was elevated. He was on it. There he is. Feels like a decent crappy. Might be a bass. Heads up. He's coming your way Kyle. Sorry dude. Yeah that's a bass. That's my first bass of the day. Alright. Nice little algae. He's just looking for the the droid we're looking for there. Yup. Just made a couple times to realize where that was. Thanks bro. These are not the droids we're looking for. Guys we're fishing about a 17 foot hole and it's a bowl. We got all shallow eaves that way. It humps up that way and it actually humps up behind me too. So this is like a bowl or a little tiny basin where there's a pile of bait in here and there's every single type of fish is in here cruising around eating them. So there's big yellows, decent sized bass, huge crappy, huge suckers believe it or not. What am I missing? Kyle's hooked up something good over here. As you can see we were missing Kyle Big. Oh my god. That is a slab of a crappy. Did you get a measurement on him bud? Yeah. I got that one there. Oh you got another nice crappy. This one goes 15 inches. 15 inch couple pounds. Phew. John's got a... You've got an eater size and we want to eat any crappy. We got plenty? About a 13, 13 and a half. He's 14 and a quarter. This is Garmin's forward facing sonar. The numbers along the top of the screen are the distance away from me. Me being the zero and the numbers on the left side of the screen are the depth below me. You can see my jig bouncing at about 13 feet and everything else is crappy in the water column off the bottom. At about 15 feet there's some really nice ones close to me so I'm going to pick up and move over to them. I got a whole school here just like that. Nice 13 incher. That's a down for you guys at home. Beauty of a crappy right there. Another in that 15, 16 range. Get him back. Got the bass coming in. Got a nice bass on me now. Oh I lost him. Lost him. So now it's time to get back on the hunt with nothing under me. I could sit there over a whole old school like we used to and hope they come through and wait them out and catch whatever swims by or I could look around with a forward facing sonar find them and then go try to catch them. So there's one at about 6 foot that's moving around and that one I noticed at 10 foot looks like a really nice one up off the bottom in that midwater column. They're a lot more susceptible when they're up in that column. That means they're feeding and when they're not feeding they're laying on the bottom. So I just poked through. You can kind of see it 9 foot where the auger poked through. I might have been about a foot short but I'm going to go try it anyway. Check that mat right over there. Knee on and drag my gear over with a live scope. Transducer ready to go. Still in set and forward and set it down. Bring it on. Let people know you're here at least. We're looking around and you can see a bunch of fish out away from me but we're more interested in the ones directly under me. So there's my jig at about 11 foot bounce and there's that fish at 8 and a half foot down. So I reel it up to him. You never really want to get below these fish. There's rare instances where you want to get below them and I'm just kind of adjusting the live scope since he's behind me now to see like to get a little bit better view of him so sometimes it does look like I'm below them but for the most part I'm pretty much in his face right now. Predator fish feed up for the most part so you don't want to ever drop below them. So you want to keep it above them or lift in front of them and kind of tease them up. And then as you can see another one sliding in behind him and anytime you get two fish together they compete and it's a lot easier to catch fish when there's more than one because they don't want to lose out on a meal so they're eating something that they normally wouldn't. There's a swing and a miss big cut, no contact. Second one saw that flutter and fall I'm thinking this might be a cast master so he saw that flutter like a dead fish so he came over and ate it and I missed him too. That one I moved quite a ways gave a yank and in my haste I dropped it down below the other one so this is kind of like not good. Luckily that one stayed but he's still looking kind of teasing them teasing them up twitching that thing, there he is. Good crappy there. You're bringing them little ones over when I'm catching these? Nah, I'm just kidding. We got quad guys we got four fish on it one time four out of five of us camera right here they're all smash or crappy these are all 15 inch range and then hold it right up there guys so the guys can see it look at these and then drop them right down my hole if you want these are some mash or crappy this is about as good as it gets right here Nice job guys Kyle nice Kyle's having a day Not a bad lake so far huh fellas? That's a good one good one there folks nice slab there getting these big beautiful crappy as quick as we can get them one down those two both ate that cast master that copper cast master another in that 15 inch range we're doing a little one up one down right now got one coming up got one going down that one's fighting pretty good these are big crappy guys that's a crappy that's a good one might be a bass hoping it's a crappy oh it's a crappy it's a crappy it's a nice one look at that slab that's another 15er look at that smoke that Stubbs that Stubbsy ate it pretty good smash fast might be the best crappy fishing in the entire country right now that one is 15 and a half 15 and a half inch going back pretty awesome let's find them again there he is another good one slab out there's a meaty one there look at the size of that one guys giant got that one on a rattling cast master purple and white giant this is unbelievable any better than this anywhere anywhere crappy fishing just wailing on 15s all day another big one these are awesome awesome awesome crappy meaty that's probably in the 14 and a half 15 inch range there sit down one up one down trick on them get that thing rattling probably let him go now quick as you let one go you get another one that's more like an eater right there that's a 13 and a half I don't know is it time to move when you're on 13 and a half 14 inches there's a nice crappy there in back got him got that one on the left this one might be a bass this one might be a bass he's giving me a pike bring that over that's a pig I got a big pike here I think I got a bass come down below the crappy might have been a bad idea oh it's a crappy it's a big crappy you sure you want to bring yours over what a bite that gave me that's awesome good one dude you can drop right here that one's a yellow that's a 14 plus this one's in that 15 inch range right there you can measure them on him just to get recalibrated I think you know what they are mouth shut he is 14 and 3 quarters so right in that 15 range 14 and 3 quarters it's time to move we got to get back on those 15's let's see where we're going we're going to move if they're not 15 you got to move stay on them stay on them bigs there's some at 20 not a big school that's a nice school at 25 they're all around I kind of like that school though at about 20 24 25 we'll go get them let's go get them good one that one kind of ate straight up on me I had to lift him into a bite another slab slab daddy that one ate the castmaster I was wondering if that might be too big for him but it's definitely not too big for him see if we can get one more before I got to move he sees it yeah there's two sandals so we'll drop him back get a lift going you like that tWitch that's a good one what are you doing eating what are you doing eating my bait like that hopefully it doesn't screw up my school yeah I'm on a school we've seen that one good one there good one there folks oh jeez he did not like the hole nice one there you want a nice one too bud what is this crappy there was something swimming with it big look at that pie plate that's just an absolute pie plate right there guys sweet 28 maybe 25 to 30 in that range yeah you got them okay number somebody was that the hole that broke the camel's back nah these guys are good they're still on the screen but he's coming in to eat good one I just pulled that guy right out of his mouth he's gonna come back and eat it anyway get it again usually you don't get more than two chances that was a good one I mean they're all good ones he's still there in third try you gotta eat that one I missed three times he's a thick slam thick one thick one he ate that little micro castmaster good one there guys another giant slab smash best continues alright these guys are on the move if you want top of you okay I got a nice school 15 feet this way ah do they hit that hole they might hit that hole I'll try that hole first they're kind of on the edge of that hole right behind me they did not like that jig coming in they're sliding last guy sees it they just slid on me yeah there was only one that stayed this is a big fish might be a bass oh god that's a big one that's a slab there's a slab for you folks that was the last guy that stayed in the school he's a 15er he ate that Mickey jig that was actually my first drop with a Mickey jig today tungsten jig that's got ears like Mickey mouse and you can see he ate it pretty good just popped out that's the jig there that's a big freaking main trappy look how thick that is through the back two plus pounds easy I think I lost the school I think the school is figuring out what it means when they get a hole drilled above their head he's right at 15 I think and then it comes up this way so we're kind of in a trowel here both sides it comes up those might be crappy there are they moving though they're kind of moving yeah 34 they're already at 40 they're at the 40 they're at the 50 they're at the 60 no they're going the wrong way aren't they say they moved no they're still here got him that's a good one yeah this school is still fired up that's a good one that one ate that Mickey jig nice one there easily 14 1.5 15 range let's drop back down before we let them go yep they're still fired up another one let that one go get another one that's a big one couple 14's right there guys those are pretty sweet finding them with a live school where'd they go oh look at that school 20 feet that was pretty awesome 20 feet away and I already have this hole here let's do it from back there look at the size of that crappy I pitched in from back here got him yeah that's what they call a small mouth candy got him he gave me a hell of a run right there that was a decent he hit that and he gave me one hell of a run that was a good one got him again different one came off one more try there's still one on the screen he got it on the drop I saw he was running over here oh my god 20 that way 20 that way 20 that way for one of the schools right towards that white covered boat call it 18 feet away amazing how little you have to move to catch these guys any fish we've been after this week has not been staying like that yeah these ones probably don't get fished too hard we missed them by a little but they should be within the right distance oh I just saw you drop into them I think yeah cause you're 20 feet away from me the school goes for media oh you missed it got him this one doesn't feel big yet now you just got a lot bigger another good one there got that one on the Mickey wicked school 40 behind me we got we got a hole out here oh yeah here they are guys or there's a school here at least yep got him man they got they pull as hard here as I've ever seen anywhere I mean it doesn't hurt when they're that size cause they got so much meat on them shoulders to them you know what that's a bruiser yeah got him yeah this overcast turned them back on it shuts the lights off they're wicked low light feeders about to give them that's a good one look at the shoulders on those things is that crazy or what I think that was the last one in the school 15 15 alright another 15 incher guys smashing these things that one ate that Mickey jig had a nice up bite on it and crazy fights cause they're so thick these are two pound two and a half pound fish they're no slouches get him back the key is staying on them as you can see I'm basically running to get to these fish there's a wicked school out there there's two schools and those are some bigs and there's another school right on that edge at 50 40-50 which we might have a hole out there already we worked these fish earlier today and the sun came up and shut them down at 9.30 am shut them down you want to be 28 this way 25-28 yeah right there you hit him perfect those are big ones get him the other ones let me see if they're still there the other ones are moving don't have a great mark on them they're like 70 now that way we could probably let those other ones go focus on some closer ones here nice school behind me at 20 do we have a hole we don't have a hole here but there's a nice school at 20 oh they're back this way now wicked school 20 feet this way 20-25 right to Dan's right they're suspended good they're ready to eat you could put one hole at 18 one at 27 there's another school past them too so go 25 do one hole go to your right one 25 I mean they're at 18 if you want to poke a hole for one of these guys CJ keep going to 50 go to 50 go to 45 no 50 are you at 50 here I'll give you a mark I'll give it to you hold on we might have a hole there 8 inch hole what is that that was nice crappy look at the size of that one guys they just get bigger and bigger that's 15 plus that's a nice fish I don't care what you guys say that's a nice fish come on I think Dick was a minnow too at one point Grizzly Adams did have a beard he's probably 13 there he is yes guys I hope you are enjoying this smash fest as much as I am is this the best crappy fishing in the world I don't know we've all iced a bunch in that 15 class range we're about to eat a big lunch here on the ice what are we going to have fellas fan seared perch we're going to have some crappie and then we're going to have some satchas and some peppers and some hoagie rolls life on the train is full it doesn't make any sense life on the train is full I like that do you think they have a good day how many bass do you like we didn't get many on camera 12, 13, right in one hole this is a bass fast I've never heard that yeah nice and a few crappie some yellow perch and now I'm cooking up a good shore side or ice meal can't be a shore side meal what are you doing catching some crappie nice you got some big ones and a sucker how many species have you got fast, sucker, crappie do you catch a sunfish the bluegill yellow perch and some crappie on the grill looking pretty darn good here it's starting to crisp up I'll go over the lures with you guys but the technique today has been running that live scope down CJ will tell you it's crazy that you can not catch these fish and be within 5 or 10 feet from them and find them with the live scope set over 5 or even 8 foot and then all of a sudden you gotta smash fast isn't that unreal that's all you gotta do if you're in 5 feet once you find them on the live scope we're finding them long distance this is all of our first time out here ice fishing for these band fish so we didn't have a spot where we knew they'd be we did a little bit of map study and figured like the general basin and we came out and what we found was a big grass flat it was too shallow for what we were looking for so I was drilling every 150 yards and then looking 130 feet ahead with the live scope drilled and I was like oh there we go we got some depth here turned it around looked back and said yep we got some fish back there and then we just commenced to hammer and on them and then we just fine tuned it as the day went by we moved a little bit here and here and just kept on different schools what there is is about probably 8 different schools are crappy out here they're all ranging the same size you'd think you'd find one that had like magas and one with smalls but they're all the same size great big flat behind me flat out there and I thought this might just be a big hollow like bathtub basin but what it is is a trowel that kind of runs in and comes in and funnels to a point right on the end of that grass pad you have bluegill shiners and tons of bugs coming out of that grass and coming into this deeper more oxygenated water and that's where the the big fish are they're more comfortable out here in this deeper water and suspended and they're chasing down the bluegill they're chasing down the pumpkin seed the baby perch and the shiners out in this little trowel here and they got them kind of funneled in with edges they're running them off the edges and that's what we're doing we're just hammering on them inside that trowel a little spicy just put a bunch of Cajun seasoning in there oh do you put Cajun in there? all of it it's like I'll put it all in there it's going to clear out your sciences gentlemen do you like this? oh yeah what's your favorite to eat? I was after that yellow first but I'll eat crappy nice this is a big one don't whore somebody or the whole that's a staver I knew that was going to be a good one nice that might be one of the bigger ones of the day what are you thinking of that? good fight? just getting the mic that's probably your PB 15 that's a hell of a PB a lot of people don't have 15 for their names