 and knock some moss off. Got him. Croppy, biggin'. Come on, baby. Croppy, come on. Biggin'. Oh, oh, buddy. Oh man, what is that? Oh. It's a big croppy. Biggin' monster! Oh my goodness! Can you, first of all, why are you wearing a, a vest? It does, man. Holds my fishing license, I'm legal. Welcome back to the channel, everybody. Guess what, we're at Lake Fort. My channel name's Lake Fort Guy. All right, I've never, been friends for 16 and a half years and I've never been to Lake Fort with you and fished ever so it's gonna be a great day. We just went in the marina, they said that they're biting. Great day to wear black. Yeah, we're in full black suit and 100 degrees in Texas. Let's see what that gets you. Really excited for this video today. This is gonna be the first time using the Panoptix on Croppy. I've never done that before. I've been seriously thinking about it for a year. Like, when Panoptix came out, I was like, I want the, I want it. Now we got the new Silver Bullet Panoptix on board. Let's get out there and see if we can dangle. Goal today? I think our goal should be 20. Goal's 20 and we have some backups. We have minnows. Okay, let's get the old Merc fired and get on the crappies. Bishop Briggs, I know you like the backstories. Like over there, his name's Michael McFarlane. I'll be honest with you, like, first I didn't recognize him. His boat is exactly like my last boat. It's cool when he comes over, he's like, Mr. Rackley and I was like, dude, I know, I know you from somewhere. Where years ago, remember me? I fell out of your boat. And as soon as he said that, I was like, oh my gosh. Yes, I went on a guide trip and I took him out. He's the only customer I ever had that fell out of the boat. Actually, he willingly jumped in after a rod and reel. It's really cold. Jumped out of his hand and he went in the water after it and ended up getting his rod and reel back. But anyways, he's a guide out here now. He's been guiding for seven years. He's doing great. You know, it just got me thinking like, this lake literally changes people. You come out here, you have a good day and you'll end up fishing here your whole life. I was like, hey, the basket. And I was like, we're going to crop fishing. And they really, they said, dude, they are on like every point. They're just stacked. Ooh, sugar. That's always exciting. Can you hear that? That little rumble? Okay guys, we got, this isn't a mega group, but it's probably a dozen fish in this tree. Gonna give it a shot. 25 feet down, my friend. See some fish right here. There's a lot of structure on this tree, like branches. Not terrible, but I still wouldn't like long cast at it. You can see the crappie here kind of moving up and down. They're suspended just off from it. I like to let it sit there for like five seconds. On the bottom? Just suspended. Like all of these are going to be suspended fish. I haven't even engaged panoptics yet. This is just basic warfare. Let's reel up. Let's change, let's change spots. Yeah. Hey, look at that hand of me, my rod. Go for launch. We're going to find out what they are very shortly. This is the same depth we saw them in the tree too. Okay. They were just suspended in the tree but right here, they're on the bottom. So are they not going to bite? Do we need to rig up a, a minnow rig? A minnows? Minners going in. Fadhead minnows. I got a live minnow down there. And it's not getting hit. Like, excuse me? Usually no within the first couple of drops. Like, how it's going to go down. So. Apologize. First spot unsuccessful. You know what? Here's the thing with this side of the minnow or the panoptics that I'm thinking. You can see a few fish and like just try to dial in and pick off every one. I want to use it for that. But I think you can also get carried away with that. Miss the juice. So I'm going to, I'm going to abandon that and use 2D until we can actually, we know we're looking at a big group of fish. I think he's having his like, he's having his like old school moment. Like, I am old school right now. Dude, I am. I'm like, you know what? They're out there, scanning sonar down there. 40 foot deep, 360. I know Gaffer. I was right. I'm like, okay. I know what I'm used to seeing. I'm going to use the down imaging. I'm going to use regular 2D. Know what I'm looking at. And then I'm going to start playing with the panoptics once we start catching fish because. No millennial technology used on this boat right now. We go in old school, y'all. Old school. Matt, so we got a map. Full. Oh, got him. Got him. There we go. Come on baby. Come on, Cropy. Come on. Oh my, yellow bass. Yellow. These are delicious, but that's not what we're looking for. But we will put that in the ice. That's what I think is glued on the bottom. Yellow bass. Well, I've caught them mixed in with the crappies too. If we're getting like a bunch of nibbles and they're not connecting, I think that's what it is. Because the crappie will like thump it and then they just got it. Now, see how I changed it to forward. There's the tree. It's like right here. It's right out in front, 20 feet. We're coming close to it and you can see the fish in it. Look at that. Oh boy. That wad right there is fish. Yep. Oh, sun. They are loaded. Look at this tree. My goodness, they are in there. Like I'm already on fish. These are all fish right here. Drop your jig down six feet. That's it. Don't be doing that. Oh, I guess I had him, dude. Dude. They are not wanting to slurp today. Dude, this is killing me, man. Just, oh God, I had him on, dude. Had him on. Swing him in. That's scary. Don't lose it now. Oh my gosh. It's a hammer. Oh, bro. It's a line, bro. It's a line. I told you I was scared. Oh, no need to measure. That's solid 12. They're here, bud. I was like, there's no way. There's gotta be. Look at the species list we got going. We got a gosh-dunned catfish, a yellow bass, and a freaking crappie aquarium. Okay, y'all. I'm putting on a fat old fat head minnow for the fattest crappie on this tree. Fat with a P-H crappie. It has been so difficult to get these things to, to fire up. Got him. There we go. Come on. I think it's a gill. It's a fat old gill, baby. Look at the belly on that one. What in the world? That's like a rock bass or something. I bet you there is a 18 pound bass in this tree. Look at the smorgasbord that's down there. I'm Jay Belly. We're still fishing like right here. I wanna get us right up close. Excuse me. We might have to find another tree. Like this is, there's just- We should be smoking them off this thing. Oh, oh, oh, oh. I'm getting smoked. I did a hard jig and it just didn't like that. Gave him that sass. I think we won't have to migrate partner. Cause, oh God, I got him. You got him. You got him. That's a crook. Yeah, it is. I felt him smack it. Again. Yeah. Good one. Back on. Oh my God, that's a slap. Back on! Barely hooked. Dang! Paper mouth. Oh, working hard out here. Sometimes the crappie, they like a slow lift and then you let it fall real slow and as soon as it gets back down to where it was, like the orientation is the hardest thing to learn. Like to find it exactly where you are. Right. Gotta pay attention to like where this thing's turning. See, that's pointed straight ahead now and that's a solid signature. So let's pump up a little bit. Oh, look at our baits. Our baits are gonna get closer now. Oh! Oh, that was a trawler motor. False alarm. Apologize. Yeah, knock some moss off. Got him. Crappie. Biggin. Come on, baby. Crappie, come on. Biggin. Oh, oh, buddy. Oh man, what is that? It's a big crappie. Biggin! Monster! Oh my goodness! Monster PB! Oh my gosh, it's a freaking crappie! PB, dude! It's a giant! Dude! It's a freaking large mouth, dude! Dude! Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Dude, yeah, I'm free to... Ha! Bring him here. Just bear-hug him. Bear-hug him. Don't lose him! Yeah! Yeah! Oh my gosh! Dude! Oh my gosh, it's a monster! Oh my gosh! Look at that pig! It's a Mando! It's like a 16-inch or... Holy! Dude, that might be my biggest crappie ever. Shooter! Holy cow, look at this. As long as my arm. As long as my daggone forearm. What a thunderbisket. What a beauty. Oh my gosh, that is freaking awesome! Biggin's down here. Still gonna eat him, though. He barely hit it, though. Like, I didn't even... I just felt a little... They might be, dude. They might be starting to bite with the... Yeah, the storm coming in. Dude, my PB is sitting in this tree. I know it. Three-pound crappie. Y'all, it has been quite the interesting dangle out here today. We found a mega tree with so many fish on it. Caught a catfish. Caught a yellow bass. Bluegills. And now we're starting to catch crappie. And I've gotten, I think, what might be my PB. At least in the length. It's not very heavy. But they're down there. They're tough to get to bite. We actually switched back to the jigs. And now we're getting them pretty good. But we're putting a meat haul together, y'all. When Outlaw said he was coming down, he was like, dude, let's get the meats. He was like, let's get the meats. Now we're getting the meats. Surrender the fishes. Yeah, surrender the fishes. Y'all, here's what we got. We have a tree of life. We've seen a largemouth come all the way up to the top. Eat something. Oh, got him. There we go. Crappie time. Crappie time. Come on, baby. Oh, yeah, biggin'. Yes, biggin'. They're all big. Get up, get up. Give me that slapper. Hi-yah! Oh, whoa. Careful, careful. Oh my God. Don't lose him yet. He'll get you spined up. Hi-yah! Thank you, saw. Man. Good job. That was actually kind of close to the bottom there. Was it? Okay. Yeah, that was probably a foot off the bottom. Dude, think about the bass around in this thing too. Like the risk of going 50 yards to another tree out there in the ocean. When it turns, you can see the 3D aspect of it, right? Yep. Isn't that freaking weird? See that branch that comes way out? That's what I'm right on top of. So that's off this way. Crazy. It's right there. It's right there. Got him. Okay, keep it locked right here. Got him, got him. Come on, baby. Biggin'. Nothing but biggins. Oh my God. Nothing but biggins. Yes, sir. Hey, swing him. Just do it. I'm trying. These are all hammers, buddy. Oh, it's a black one. It is a black crappie. Black crappie. He's a slippery one. Which one? Where are we at? Okay, so the tree is right there. You casted right this drop. It's straight in there in that pocket. And now that I can see that tree. I know that there's another one. We're getting bit every time. Yeah, that last one, I wasn't that far down. Sartre's head on here. Let's see how she does. Oh, got him. Got him. That crappie. Yes. Yeah, buddy. Got on that big school there. Got him on that big school. Yes, sir. Got him. Got him. Double. Make sure our spot lock didn't come off. Double. Oh, biggins. Nothing but biggins. Double. Come on, get him in here. Yeah, baby. Double. Double up. Look at that. Yeah, yeah. You can do it now. Oh, got him. Got him? Oh, this is a good one. This is a good one. Oh, yes. Magnum. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, my gosh. It just went back closer to the tree. So we spooked them on that side of the tree. And then they came back to this side. Got him. On the bottom close. This might be our smallest one. Oh. He's still big though. He absolutely had it too. Like they're actually biting with this front, you can tell. Oh, got him. Got him. Yes, sir. Slinging to me. Slinging to me. Look at that fat body. Slurping minnows. I don't know what number that is, but we're working on them now. Oh, here comes the rain. Thunder rolling. We're still out here. Making her happen. We are. Just marked this spot as crappy day. Okay, y'all, this is an example right here. We're gonna turn on pan optics because we're off of the fish. I'm gonna get off my, that's not spot lock. Forget what they call this on the garments between what I'm saying. Okay, when I turn, well, they're still there. We just need to back up. So they've pushed back a little bit. Big lightning. That was big lightning. Okay, there's some lightning and thunder. So now we can get back on the school here. And that looks like, I don't even see the tree, dude. I think the school has literally like moved off the tree. I'm gonna take a lower position with this lightning here. I guess it's gonna fail. Makes me feel better. I'm trying to get there. It only takes an hour. There's one coming up. Oh boy. Oh, I got him. You got him. Oh, big one. What is that? Croppy big one. Oh my gosh, monster. Oh my gosh. Look at that meat wagon. Yeah. There we go. Just threw a waypoint down, y'all. Trying to get used to the new garments. Having a little bit of trouble, just navigating new new graphs, but that's always something to get used to. But the thing that has really changed the game is we're watching the pan optics has really helped. Not watching the fish live, but seeing where they move on the tree. So we'll fish one side of the tree, and then they'll bite, and then they'll kind of spook and move to the other side, and then we'll go catch them on that side, and then we can tell when they're moving, and that's really important. And then another thing, my boy Outlaw has figured out the pink. The pink. He went full pink, and he's been getting more bites than I have. I finally switched to something with a little pink in it, and I've gotten him in too, but got a freaking hog and all of these, just about all of them have been over 12. So we got some rain that's kind of moving around us. We're hoping it doesn't get too nasty. A little worried about the oats coming down out here, but how can you leave? I mean, we've, we sat here. We literally sat here. This is it right here. Double pink. I've never thrown double pink, honestly. I've always thrown like an accent of pink. Double pink's working. We're gonna try to wait it out though. I mean, we've taken an hour here and really tried to like figure out the bite, and then finally they've started biting. We've got a nice little live while working right now. Let me show you guys. Wabam! I mean, you can't see bottom. That is always good. I mean, those are just fatty toads. This is gonna be a good meat necklace picture at the end of the day. Y'all, the storm is bad right now. It's too big. Can't stay on our spot. The waves have gotten large. So we're gonna migrate over to another tree where I found them in the spring. Let's see if they're on there. Kind of inside a cove, inside of a cove, and see if we can hide out a little bit. I think it's gonna get calm again where we can go back out. Need to twix, recharge, get back on. See it falling. There it goes. Headin' into the danger zone. Panoptics, crappie snaggin'. Oh, got him. Got him. Dude, I dropped it into the school. I was just above him. Then that one's a good one. That one, come on get it. He come and get it. Summertime, they get that loose mouth. Get the paper mouth. So you gotta be careful if you ever wanna lose a good piece of meat. Look at my jig goin' down. Look at the jig goin' down, y'all. There it goes. They're comin' to it. Jared's jig's goin' down. So we're right at the top of the school. I'm gonna drop it another couple feet. Let it fall. Got him. Got me in the tree again. Really? Oh, got him. Oh, I lost mine. You come out? Oh, he's still in there. Come on, baby. He's there, right in the face of these trees. Oh, now I think I'm just gonna, no, he's still on there. Ah, I'm late on my boat in the tree, too. Oh, got him. There we go. Good. Come here, baby. Biggin'. Oh, biggin'. Biggin'. Biggin'. Biggin', dude. Oh, my God. Giant. Holy smokes. Yeah, I think this one's a bag. This might be. Can you get him? Slingin' him in. Eight pound, got him, baby. Holy moly, look at that hog jammer. Dude, that's a hog. Holy cow. You might have one on this size. Holy crap. That's another just forearm fish right there. Good gosh. I think it's regulation. Yeah, that's above regulation. Holy crappie, y'all. That's another toad. Okay, let's measure this thing. Just see what it is. Dude, break it off. Oh, don't let it get away. Careful, careful. Oh, my gosh. Careful. It's 15 and a half. Nearly 16. I literally have minnows in the live well, and I haven't caught a single crappie in one. What are you doing there? No. You're not gonna be ready for that. No, every time I put one on, we get a bluegill or something or a catfish. Bait dropping. Eight to 12 down there. Look at that. Oh, y'all are coming after it already. Oh, my gosh. You got it. Dude, you got it. We watched it. We watched it. Oh, my gosh. I know. Oh, my gosh. It's a bass. Oh, my gosh. It's a bass flip. He did a bass flip. Oh, my gosh. Dude, you threw that thing down there. He just came up like a lighting run. He just played the Vigigate there. That was so cool. It's a fishing. Vigigate, it's real life. That was so cool. That was so cool. Man, I'm not going to have to poop now. Oh, there you see that. Oh, you floated. You're floated. Oh, I got him. Dude, he hit me so hard. This is going to be another good one. Another good one. Plunked it. The one came up from there. Yeah. Not a big one, but he tattooed it. Sticking out the front, man. They're biting like crazy now. Got him. It's a good one. Please don't come near me. Get him out. Get him out. Stay pressurized. Stay pressurized. Come on, get out of there. Not again. And he hit it hard. Yeah. Those last couple have been doink. Oh, good. Come on now. Come on. They're all good. Yes. There we go. Oh, we come off. Come on, you take your bag. Ah! He tried to whack him. Oh, did he take your bag? No, he just unplugged. Now he's going to go tell the others. Dude, we saw that vass eat it. That's the coolest thing. It was literally like Nintendo 95 right there. That level of quality? Imagine what it's like now. Imagine what it's going to be in 20 years. Oh, I know. I think there's going to be like video glasses, optics you put on. And wherever you look, the trolling motor is like scanning. And then you're able to, it's like 50 yards this way and you just cast. Like that's what it's going to be something like that. Booger bear. You got him. Get him out of that tree how long. Come on, dude. Don't get him. Try working him this way. Dude, they're so tight to the tree. It's like you can't get him out in that first few seconds. While he's working on this fish, y'all, if y'all are wondering where they're at, we're at both these spots, 25 feet of water. And they're suspended at like anywhere from 12 to 18. You coming out? We came off. We're using a eighth ounce jig head and a little small plastic. We started out big and we're working the bites. So now we've downsized and I think we've got everything dialed. So eighth ounce, little bitty plastic, pink. Pink is key. But right now I'm going to switch to a minnow. So let's just see. Let's see if the minnow is as effective as a jig. OK, live minnow deployed. What do you think this minnow is thinking right now? I think it's thinking I hate my life. He's like, I've only been alive for a day. Got him. Dude. Oh my god. Get him out. Come on. You just take this rod and put a dig on. Put your jig on it. Because this is just a little stiffer. Look at my minnow. There it goes. I'm in the Juicies. That's eight. Yeah, oh, I'm getting the bite. Dude, they're hitting this thing. They don't want to. I got him finally on a minnow. I was about to say if there's a crappie that won't eat a live minnow. Still, it's just not the most effective way to fish. You've got to rig this thing up. It takes time. That's not even a big one. It's a runt. OK, yeah, I saw the boil. Oh, I think I'm out of just got floated. Oh, oh my gosh. Do you see that flap in the line? I saw. Just got juicy popped. You're in the hole. I mean, he came on down to Funky Town and gave it a smash. I just had another one. Just freaking wad of him here. I don't know how big they are. Got him. We're going to find out now. Wow. We're going to find out now. He's a big old keeper. Black crappie. Let's do it. There's more what? Dude, there is like no room in there now. Oh, there's so many. There's so many fatties. I'm getting those little, oh, gosh. Dude, he hit me on the slack and he's in the tree. He's in the tree. Come on out. Got him. Got him. Come out. Oh my gosh. Look at me go. Tight to the cover. That's just a tasty one. Thank you. Thank you. Got him. Got him? Got him. Oh, it came out. Come on. Come on. Are you OK? Are you all right? What happened? What happened there? Had a malfunction. Dude, yeah. Look at that big mouth. You ever just have so many fish in not enough time? That's what we're dealing with. We're going to have to start using the minnow live well over here, because this one over here is one packed. Apologize. Throw it over the thread in my mouth. Got him. Come on, dude. Don't lose contact. Got him. Yes. Throw him back. Look, I got another one, dude. We'll replace him with this one. Much bigger. Oh, there we go. Hey, dude. What the heck? That's like a 14, 15 inches. Let's see. Let's see. All right. So we just had almost a. Are we seriously going to do this? Border. Got a one-up me on my own vision. Dude, that's a 13. Almost a 14. Wow. 13 and three quotas. There's not even a splash anymore. It just lands on top of crappie. Good little stop right there, ladies and gentlemen. Got another hog jammer. Got another, I don't know, how many keepers we've got. But we've passed our goal. Started the day, we wanted 20. And they were like, well, maybe 50. But that was, we just didn't get on them early enough. We've had a late comeback. Now that the storm has blown through, we are going to head out to our juice hole one more time and see if there's anything in between. And then go back a few more, head on in. I think tomorrow we're going to clean these up. Outlaw's got a tasty recipe. Our recipe, I just, I want to, I want to try. Let's anyway, just stay tuned. Got plinked. Croppie plink. Oh, yeah, dude. Knocked slack in it. Yeah. Yeah, baby. What do you mean by that? Got it kind of in the bottom lip. Couple more juices for the box on the sunset. Oh my gosh. Look at this. That's awesome. Kate Leeson gentlemen, one more time here. Tree fishes really see like where they're located and how they're moving real time. Got him, that's all that. Feels like a better one. Oh gosh, yeah, oh. Hammer slogging. Nice. Dude, we'll look at him coming up. That's awesome. Oh, big inside. That's our cut and oh my gosh. Dude, you're getting it dialed. This is how into pan optics you can get it right here. Just stare at the screen and watch them. I'm not kidding, it's a video game. Are you bringing it up right now? Black Croppie. Oh, hit the camera. Beautiful, beautiful. Goody. I could do this for hours. I mean, yeah. Oh, dude, it's so fun. It's so fun, I love it. And it's something you can do as a team. Like team excitement. Oh, here he goes. Oh, he on it. He on it. Look at him. Is that you? Yeah. Boo, no, you got him. He ate it. That was me. I thought it was you. That's awesome. Yeah, big baby. Nice one. Oh, and there he goes. Came back out to the honey juice, picked up a few more. Got to freaking love it, man. This is what I was envisioning a month ago. We were supposed to meet up, and I was on some croppie. I was like, dang it. And I was hoping they would still be out here, and they're still going. Had to work. Had to work hard today. Flay knives are going to come out. We've got a lot of cleaning to do. And we're going to try a little recipe. I want to see what outlaws' recipes all about. We're going to have fish fry tomorrow. I will say, Panoptix really cool. I got to do my homework, though. I'm still struggling to figure out, like, oh, are they here, here, here? And just using the graphs in general. But, man, once I get it dialed, I feel like it's super powers. We weathered the storm, sunset, going down on beautiful Lake Fork. I said all the time, but I love Lake Fork. I love it. I've missed out on the awesome croppie fishing out here for years, and it's awesome to come back here. And you don't get to resist the bass. Throwing out on these bass spots, I'm pretty sure a couple hundred guards over here is a good spot. I can go bass fish right now. But, man, fishing with my buddies out here, getting them on the line, they're having a good time. Can't beat it. So let's head on in, maybe get one or two more. And then let's see what these little special recipes are going to be about. Let's get out the big fryer. One more, y'all. That's it for me. Lake Fork, love you. Look at the sunset in the fins, y'all, if you're not smashing the like button. I hope you have forgotten to do that. Just go ahead and do it, because that's awesome right there. Show, baby. We won today. We won. We have won. I mean, there's no more room. Just a crappy day, man. Just a crappy day.