 Y'all have been loving the fishing for giant bass in small pond videos, so we are back at it with another one. But today it is with swim baits. I went to a pond that I haven't been to in three years and boy did we smack the bass. You're a private property at all. There we go boys. It's a nice one. Yeah, there we go boys. Oh, it's a nice one. Let's go. Oh, oh god, giant, giant. Dude, right under the bridge. Look at that. Today we're fishing for giant bass with swim baits and small ponds just like this one. This is where we're starting off today. We got our mock shad right here. One of my favorite little swim baits. Very versatile. You can catch a ton of fish on it, big ones and small ones. That's what I love about this. It's got a beautiful paint job on it. This one actually has some green on top, some pearl white on the bottom, and the sharp hooks as usual on the bait. I got it paired up on my Kicking Their Bass TV X Lose combo. If you guys want to check these out, KickingTheBass.com. I have it linked down below. And also with the mock baits on my discount code, I'll pop it up on the screen. Let's go ahead and get started and see if we can catch some fish in this pond on the old mock shad. I think we're going to get smashed today, guys. I'm excited about it. This isn't the only pond that we're going to fish today, by the way. We're going to go to a bunch of different ones. This is just where we're starting off at. Last couple big bass videos and small ponds. We've caught some big bass, but we've had to work for them. Maybe today would be different. We will just end up smoking them everywhere we go. I got so much confidence in this mock shad, and I know we're going to get some big ones on it, especially when the sun goes down. We only have a couple hours today of bass fishing. I don't have a whole day as far as the other episodes have gone, but maybe that's going to be even better for this episode. Maybe we're going to catch them at the hot time and just smoke a ton of fish. There's actually a pipe right here that I've never seen before. I might get lucky right here, like a big one could be sitting out in front of that pipe. 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. I just got destroyed. Oh my gosh. Slammed the back of it just didn't get the hook there. Let's see if we can get them to come back. Oh my gosh. Come on now. We got some activity early. Wow. Just straight up swirled on it. Felt him just tap the back end of it. He just didn't commit. Whatever the tree branch. And I'm freaking out there. That is the worst case scenario right now, but this is, oh my God. Exactly what I didn't want. You know what sucks? This would be so easy to get, but this tree fell, so just totally, I didn't even realize this tree was falling over here. Dude, come on. Did it come off? Oh my God, it came off. Thank God. Make sure we're good here. Yeah, we're set, man. I could have been very bad. Well now, there's definitely not a fish on that tree. So it has been a couple of years since I've been out to this pond, and it used to be really good, but they actually drained this place. And when they were draining it, I actually came out and fished it. It still caught a few fish, but I want to say a ton of fish died. And I don't really know what that means for this place. I just haven't came back and fished it ever since they drained it because I just assumed, you know, hey, the fish are done here. Let's hope that there's still some good bass in here. And maybe the population's back up to how it used to be. Is he coming after me? Oh dude, he freaking boiled right up on the bank. That's a good sign that had to have been a fish. What else that could have been? Okay, we saw some activity. That's important. I wanted to swim off the bank, I'm pretty sure. That's a dang bed. And that's a fish on bed. And I had a fish. Hold on, hold on, hold on. Let's pause for a minute. I had a fish trying to eat me the whole time as I'm distracted by this other fish. Hold on, boys. That fish is on bed. Dude, he just put it in his mouth. Here we go. Here's his first fish. There's a dang bed fish with a muck shad. What is going on? Are we going to actually find this fish on bed? It's awesome to see him reproducing. Where'd he go? Is he still, you know, he's still there. Now he's just iffy on me seasoning. We're going to keep on going, guys. That fish is pretty small. It ain't like he's big, but that is insane to see a fish on bed right now. I haven't seen a fish on bed in probably a month. Oh no, I missed him. I knew they're in this corner. I watched this boil come up. Maybe he'll bite it again. Just coming off the bank up there. What we got? Oh, yeah. Yeah, there we go, boys. Oh, it's a nice one. Let's go. Let's go, dude. Let's freaking go muck shad, baby. Let's get it. Look at that. That's a healthy fish. Oh, dude. It's on, boys. It is on. Look at how he ate that thing, too. Beautiful fish. Wow. It's about to be good. That is an awesome sign right there. He missed it the first time he came back. He really wanted it. All right, fish. I need you to come off so we can keep catching them. I'll take one hook off. The other one goes on. There we go. Beautiful one right there. Two and a half pounder and about a one pound frame. That's insane. Thank you, buddy. What a start, boys. This is about to go down. Get ready. Prepare yourselves. So we've got to get another one here. I feel it. I saw some bait running this big. That's right when I threw this in and instantly I saw a big boil behind it. So right when you throw this bait out there, if you reel it in pretty fast, you can see the ripple. And then if a bass starts tailing it, you can just see. You can see his whole V-line coming up behind the bait. It's just so fun, man. Oh my gosh, I got drilled. I had him hooked, too. Gosh, boys. We got to quit messing up. I'm not paying attention. So we can give him the bite again. I'm not totally bummed out that we missed these fish. A couple of them we definitely should have landed. What's that? Can I help you? May I help you? Okay. I can walk on down. I'm going to go that way on the other side where there's no houses. Okay. But don't go out of the misty. No, I want it all. I'll walk wide so I can get away from him. There we go, boys. It's a nice one. Oh my gosh, he choked it, too. Get him off the hook. I'm going to walk on down by the other side of the pond. Look at how he ate that thing, man. Oh my goodness. That one totally crushed it right there. Look at that one. That's another good. A little two and a half. A calendar there. That's a beautiful one. He actually ate it out in the middle. Oh, that's beautiful. Nice, boys. All right. So we're going to walk down and get out of these people's way. We're going to go down to the other side of this pond. There's no houses or anything. Stay out of people's way. We're on board. This pond is hot, too, right now. I'm actually going to walk on this other side to where I can get away from the houses. The lady just got... She acted a little upset, but she was being a little extra there. I'm going to respectfully walk on. I've actually fished this pond for years. Guys, probably been about six years now that I've been fishing this pond. I never really have any problems. I might have once or twice, maybe one time before, but they ended up being really cool. But I'm going to get out of this person's way so I don't upset them. The last thing I want to do is have a situation, and then I can't come back here. You know how that goes, boys. So we're going to get out of their way. She came off a little crazy, though. Just a little crazy. It's all right. We'll walk away from the situation, and we're going to keep on smacking the bass. That is our plan today. Listen, we ain't going to get upset. We ain't going to get all crazy. We're going to stay positive, keep a good attitude, and we're going to keep on catching them. And I'm so excited about this pond. This is just so exciting for me, guys. I haven't been here in years. I thought this pond was just done, honestly. And to catch two fish that were like two and a half pounds, that is the sign that we need that there's some big bass in here. This looks even better. I don't even need to be on that side of the pond now. So one thing that actually came out of that lady coming out in the backyard was I caught a fish during that whole scenario. I want you guys to understand the reason I caught that fish. So I threw out in the middle just like that. I wasn't burning it. You know, this whole time I've been working it pretty fast, if I can remember correctly, I was turned around slightly reeling this bait. And that's when I got the fish to bite. So maybe we slow this thing down. Maybe that's what we've been missing this whole time. It might have just been reeling it a little too aggressive for today. Oh my God. Oh, it's a monster. Boys, we got a monster on. Let's get it. This is the size that we want. Oh, yeah. Let's get it, boys. Mock Shad putting in the work. Oh my goodness. Come here, baby. You got the mud. Oh, let's get it. Solid three pounder. That is a start, man. I thought she was like four fricking pounds hopping out of that water, but I'll take her. Oh, good, healthy bass, man. Oh my goodness. This pond is back on, boys. It's back on, man. Look at that. We took that advice that we got earlier. Oh my God. That could have been horrible. Matter of fact, that could have been not to move. Okay. We're going to get this fish back in the water. Solid, girthy three pounder. Beautiful fish. It's the size we want. And that's the size. Well, actually what we really want is in five plus pounders. But I will take some three pounders all day long to work up to that giant. If you guys haven't noticed anything with these fishing for giants and small pond videos, we have just had to work our way up the ladder. You know, we stay positive. We stay confident. And it ends up happening. We just got to sometimes be patient. And today's one of those days and we might just have to be patient, keep casting. We caught a couple two and a half pounders and then a three pounder. Now it's about our time for about a four pounder and then we can work to that five, six, seven pounder range. He's got to keep being patient. It's going to happen. These fish are in here. They seem to be biting. They're liking what I'm putting down with this swim bait. I think we're going to catch a ton. Big one, dude. Oh my gosh. I can't tell how big this fish is, but he's large. I think I got him hooked weird. Swimming at me. Oh my gosh. He's not even that big. I'm on top of the head. That fish seemed huge. There he is. All right, buddy. You can go. There you go. Self release. Dude, I thought that was a tank. That fish felt monstrous between the boil. I should have thought some was up, you know, with him not coming to the top of the water and not being able to see him. Oh man. That's funny. He sure felt big though. I know you guys laughing at me right now. No, he's freaking out every two pound fish. Listen, man. I just love it, dude. I get excited. Okay. If you ain't getting excited while fishing, I don't know what to tell you. I just love it, guys. I get happy. I get excited, you know. Sometimes I get a little over excited, but it's okay, man. At least I'm doing it for a good reason. By the way, boys, I am going to keep the volume a little low. Oh my goodness, man. That was a small one. I'm not big at all. It's like a pound and a half if that should be one in that little pocket when he just came up. Oh, come on, dude. He's not committing. Gosh, what are these fish doing? Some of them are just choking it completely, and some of them are just swirling on it. So that's a fish that should bite again, technically, if he's interested enough. I didn't stick him. He didn't get the bait in his mouth at all. He just kind of showed himself. Another one right there. Just literally when I paused it, he ate it. When I started reeling it, it just spooked him off. Oh dude, I watched him eat it. Oh my God. Guys, these fish are so healthy. This is just unbelievable here, the bite that we're getting on. Oh my gosh. Okay, buddy, calm down. And the crazy part about it, they're smoking this muck shad in this pond, guys, but we have a different pond that we're going to hit after this, and I'm going to try to time it right when the sun's going down. I think it could be definitely something to it to catch some big fish. There we go. Another solid like two, two and a half pound bass. Pretty man. Thank you, buddy. I literally watched that one eat it. That's the cool thing about the swim bait fish. You need a topwater fishing. It's so exciting because you can see it. But with this muck shad, you guys have to go get one just to see the movement of it. But the slitherness through the water just looks so good. Maybe I can put it here. I don't know if you guys could see that. Let's see. It just looks beautiful. And I was reeling it back. And right when I paused it, you could just see that bass just dive over it. It looks so awesome. The water's fairly clear in here. It's good to see the water visibility get better too. When they drained this pond, it was literally, it was orange guys. The water was so nasty and dirty. I don't know how they got this pond back up and going. But whoever did, I congratulate them because they turned this place around. Let's do it. He was literally, oh my. Dude, that fish was literally putting it in his mouth. I couldn't feel it. If it wasn't for me looking at that fish with my eyes, I would have never knew you'd get my bait. It's just right there. It's so weird. It looks like a bad right there. Oh my gosh. I literally landed on his head and he just ate it. That was so sick. He's not big at all, but that was awesome. Such a freaking cool bite right there. To be honest, I thought I was stuck on grass. I mean, the bait landed. I pulled it off the grass. And then he was instantly on there. He didn't give me a second to do anything. I was just straight up hoaxed at him. Thank you for the bite, buddy. You're not big. You're definitely our smallest one today, but I still appreciate the nibble. If there's a definition of a nibble on a swim bait today, that's probably it. There you go. We have just done it all. Nothing makes sense. I cannot believe we're catching them on bed too. That's so sick. That's the hard part with today too. It's kind of cloudy out. It's not sunny. So it's hard for me to see all these spots. I can't really lay an eye on all these areas or any of these beds. I might be able to see them if they're really glowing. Other than that, it's really hard for me to see. Is that a good one? Nice. Not bad. Look at this fish. She's just a jumpiest one. Let's go. We're just going to keep it cranky, boys. Look at how he ate it. See, he wanted it. And they eat it like that and they got both hooks in their mouth. And you got that moxa just hanging out. That's how you know they want it. This guy, he was not playing around. It feels like these small ones are just so much more aggressive. They're trying to get fat. They're trying to get up. They're trying to get like the grown-ups out in this pond. He's probably a little bit bigger than the last one just because of the fat belly on him. But he ain't much to show. Thank you for biting them. Keep it rolling. Keep it rolling. Before they drain this pond, I would only catch fish in specific areas of this pond. Now I feel like I'm catching fish all over, which it could be because they're pushed up right now. You know, that could be definitely one of the reasons. But at the same time, I just feel like I'm catching fish where I would have never caught fish before before they drain this place. If anybody knows much about draining ponds and bringing it back from that, I'm telling you, I need to try to go find some pictures. There was a video of us fishing this place when it was drained. And it was honestly sad, man, because I knew how good of a fishery this place was and I thought it was done forever. Biggin. That's a biggin. That's the biggest one today, boys. Oh, my gosh. He steamrolled past that bank to get that fish. Come on, bubba. He's our second biggest seen in our biggest. Oh, that's a nice one. Good. Good stuff right there. Oh, man, that fish is almost three pounds. He ain't as big as that three pounder we caught in that corner, but he's up there. He's got such a skinny body or he's got such a long body, but his whole body's not filled out. I'm going to show you guys here. See, this one ate it. He wanted it. He went after it. So if you guys notice, super fat belly, pretty decently sized head there. And then he's got a little bit of lacking weight in his tail. It's still a good fish overall. That's our second. Second biggest today. Very heavy. I wish you guys could feel this fish. Definitely three pound fish in a two pound body with how fat he is. There he goes. Man, we just can't stop. Just throwing parallel with that bank. That's all that was. Very simple. And that's one thing, guys, when you're coming down to ponds like this, just throw parallel with the bank. That's one thing that you can do to catch a lot more fish. It doesn't really matter the time of year. Just always try it. I think a lot of points where those fish are going to be out in the middle, you know, whether it's summertime or whether it's in the winter. And they're getting in those little crevices and drop offs of the pond. But for the most part, something I always do, it doesn't matter what time of year I'm fishing, is walking and casting and throwing parallel. So what I mean by that is I'm parallel with the bank right here. I'm just throwing a cast down it. So pretty much you're in the strikes in the whole time. A majority of these fish today have came up shallow between five and 10 foot off the bank. So pretty much that seven foot cast right there off the bank is pretty much the strike zone that I've noticed. Obviously certain areas of this pond, I'm going to fish a little deeper, like back in that pocket, and then out in the main water out here. And we're obviously going to catch a lot of fish. But one thing to do is just always walk and cast for parallel. Don't miss these opportunities. How are you? Yes, ma'am. It's bass. Yeah, they're just... Yeah, no, it wasn't a bad one. I caught one that was a little bigger. But yeah, no, there's some good ones. I know they drain this place, you know, a couple of years back, and I didn't know if it was going to mess with the fishing because I've been fishing here for a long time, but they're still good. They're healthy. Yeah, no, he was... Yeah, no, thank you. Thank you. I appreciate it. You have a good night. What a kind lady. She's crazy, guys. The opposites of people you'll see. I know everybody's different, but... And I totally understand some people not wanting me to fish near their house. Like, I totally get it. Like, I'm so with them on that. But at the same time, you know, I do this for a living. This is what I'm going to do. I'm trying not to bother anybody. Oh, my. Dude, right under the bridge. Look at that. Oh, my gosh. That is awesome. A lot of big ones by any means, but a pretty one. Wow. It's a little pounder. Definitely a downsize from the last one, but still a pretty fish. There we go, boys. Not much to show, but a fun fight. That was cool. What's that? Oh, I just let him go. Oh, I could have grabbed him. Yeah, it was just a little bass. Right? Yeah. There's so many. I'll tell you, I've fished a lot over the last... I know they drained the pond a few years back. Remember when they did that? And it worried me because I was like, I don't know if the fish would survive that. But it, let me tell you, they seem like they're almost... I would never eat any of them. Yeah, I wouldn't either. That was neat. I might be able to get another one here. They're biting really good. Look at that, boys. I'm getting these cast perfectly on this other side of the bank. I'm just going to coast him in. He choked it. See, that's exactly how one should eat it. This isn't even a big one. See, this is the one fish that's actually... Yeah, this one's a little smaller. No. He ate it really good though. A little skinnier, you know? He's not as big as the last one. He looks healthy. Yeah, no, he's still healthy. I will say a lot of the other ones were fatter. Fatter than this one. But... Not a pretty one. They're pretty. All right, guys. We're going off to the other side of the pond. And we're going to fish for just a little bit longer in this place. I'm actually going to save it for another episode because I want to come out here with some different baits. I think we can really put in some work. Not saying the mokshad can't catch them because we're smoking them. They're just eating it. They're tearing it up. But I've met a couple awesome people over there. They're super nice, super kind. And just out here enjoying life, guys. Enjoying some fishing. It's a beautiful day to be outside. And that's what it's about. We're going to go ahead and throw a few more cast over here, though, before we head off to this next spot. Let's try to get one giant before we leave here. I know we can do it. Watch this. Watch this. Watch this. Oh, my God. He just freaking ate my tail, bro. Oh, my God. I wish you guys could see this. I'm watching this fish. I'm afraid of this bait. Oh, man. He came right out of that pipe. We've got to be careful, guys. I don't even know what I don't like. I'm not even going to mention it. We just got a tiny bit of daylight left. So I'm actually going to take it over to this other pond. I hope that we're going to get something pretty large on this. I think we could continue fishing this pond and catch a good bit of fish. But I kind of want to go try a new place. You know, I don't want to stay in the same pond the whole night. As the sun's going down for this last 30 minutes, I think this other pond could produce a really big one. I think the big ones will start roaming up shallow here. As we speak right now, and, uh, man, I think we're going to end up catching a giant, guys. So stay tuned. All right, guys. You know where I'd be. We're back at the old juice hole. We've been killing them in this pond. I want to come back just for the afternoon bite because I feel like that's when this place heats up. Oh, my God. That was a huge boil, bro. I might be able to catch this fish. Oh, my gosh. That was quick, man. That was so fast. All right, boys, I'm excited about this. We just got to capitalize. That's all we got to do. And I got him. He's big. I can't tell. Oh, no. Okay. That was such an awkward, like, hook set and everything. Smallest fish today. Officially. Did you hear what I said? I said, officially, buddy. All right, smallest one today. He's a little fat. Like, that small one in the other pond was definitely bigger, but this one's just fatter. But that is one fish. Something is on fire because it smells like straight bottom fire.