 Welcome back to the great outdoors y'all. I got me here good. Yeah trimmed it up Streamline ready to go croppy fishing y'all. We're gonna do it. We're committing ourselves to it today Chickens, I got to put you up leaving on a long journey packed a lunch We're heading out. We're heading out to the land of timber Watch this. That's how we call them in. And I know what that is Here you go go Rooster's fight gotta spread it out everybody's fair shake Sanders here he gets he gets beat up by the little one man. How you gonna let little mr. Panty beat up on me dude. You got some giant dallas Don't keep doing your thing I'm going to go get some crappies. Hopefully possibly a giant bass We be floating y'all out here on the lake This is Lake Ray Roberts The reason I wanted to come out here and try to catch crappie is Well, I've never caught them that well early in the year out here. I have caught them good Looking back on my calendar a couple weeks from now into April But this time of year is is can be tough because the fish sort of scattered out The bass are sort of the same way before they move to the bank and spawn which is the best crappie bite awesome But this time of year what they'll do right before they spawn is they'll go up into the creeks and they'll kind of hover around the float Or they'll just hold on some brush and some cover and today we've got overcast which is not good For putting fish tight to cover it sort of makes them suspend and hover around I have a weird attraction to the tough Lakes because it's like if you can figure them out on a tough lake or if it's tough for you Individually and you finally figure it out. It feels so good. It's like a big win Even if you only catch a couple of good fish Figure that little nugget out and it's just a personal win. So Take a look around see if we can see any crappies and get them on the line Okay, we are in a creek now kind of midway into it and There are lots of white bass floating around actually just caught one But I want to see if any of these floating fish around this timber are big crappies So I'm actually gonna start out with just an eighth ounce jig head and I've got this toxic waste green colored bug on here Try not to hit every tree But this is something that really stands out in this dirty water this bright pink Jig head it's my favorite. That's my go-to color anyways But that that char truce green is really nasty Stands out really good So I'm in about 12 foot When I get out towards the creek channel start seeing a lot of life a lot of shad We got a fish right here in front of me Got him. Oh, that's a big one. This looks kind of long. It might be a catfisher Gar Gets a gar just ate it Got him. Oh my gosh. Look at that gar and the croppy jig gar master How I got him in the nose. Nobody knows He's got some little snappers on him Hmm, definitely gonna need a new Definitely see this thing good But wrong species twice in a row White bass floater Here we go finally got one of those big ones on a stump. Oh They do exist played that one just right Floater most likely a female Okay, that one was in about seven foot Big one right at the top of this tree right here Sneak up to it. Nope. That's a gar Saw its profile little little gar. Oh gosh God that thing took off with it. Whatever it was absolutely took off with it another giant on a tree y'all. Whoa my gosh clapped it. Oh Yeah, go Here we go That one was coming up there sun and then like four foot dude That's a mega. Well, this is a slow Bite but the bites that I'm getting off these trees are big females. Oh Saw me nice blob on the graph Why may some day I'm gonna approach it with this Swimmy first Got it. Oh, gosh. Come here. Oh Oh goodness Is that really what you expect to catch Right in the middle of a tree Kitty cat really. Oh I'll tell you what though since you went through all the trouble just to eat that jig I think I'll be taking you home for the dinner table Because you are tasty Catfish are pretty much in the same phase as well right now. They're getting ready to to move up spawn in these pockets and The shad are spawning it back here in the creeks too. So You just don't know what you're gonna catch. I Don't really mind it. I don't as long as my rods getting bent. I'm having fun a nice fat kitty cat wants to jump online I'll put them in the in the grease. We actually had blackened Catfish and crappie last night and I've got to say the crappie or the catfish blackened is Maybe a hair better than the crop Gosh. Oh my gosh. I got another catfish. I know Steph's gonna be happy about that because she loved those catfish last night She kind of took took most of me from me Both the catfish fillets Thread that baby on there. Oh Don't forget to split the butt Well, bam, they're they're munching this thing now. We're we're starting to see fish just In the three tops about five six foot down. Oh my god That's a big one. I Think I just missed a really big crappie I'm gonna follow it. It's like it's going over this tree. I can get it right on top of her and just tickle her nose She might eat it. Oh My god, she came off again. Oh Freaking giant guys. Oh She's something. I don't know. I don't know what happened lost her. That was oh my god. Oh She was right in between two trees at first when I saw her and she was kind of hot Came out. It's following it and then she bit it. I just smoked it eat it Oh, no, it's a guard It's a guard in the diagram phase. Why they look so round They come it I've landed a guard give me a little chin biz Just I tell you what I'm nervous to put my hand down there. Would you? Do you do that? I'm just gonna settle for the old rod poke method How does that look round on the life scope, I don't know but it does That dumb you oh y'all. He's about to get me. Oh Slipper little hot dog If it is not abundantly clear by now, I Can't tell the difference between a long guard and a squatty crappie. That's how much I stink at life's go try to learn try to learn every time I go I Think it really depends on which way they're facing, you know, like when you see them If they're like head-on they might look around but when they turn sideways I've noticed that I get my crappie jig by something. It'll turn sideways. I'm like, oh, that's a guard just pull it out But that when I hit up head-on and he snapped it right away I went all the way back in the creek. It was not good back there It seems like most of these fish are just staging 58 degree water It wasn't any warmer back there was actually 57. It was colder. So I think middle of this creek is gonna be the Program for catching them, but it ain't many Tell you that the ones I do catch are big though Motor started. I'm moving. I just need to look at something else. I've fished 1 1,000th of this Creek Arm and it's just gigantic and I'm sure in some spots the crappie are heavy, but It's not right here It was doing what it needed to do new spot on a point It's only sitting in 10 foot of water. That one was actually floating away from cover and Attacked it right away Gar Got one locked on a tree This is it get on this cast. It ain't gonna eat. That's a good one. Come here and get in the boat White crappie. You're stubbing. Did not want to move. Oh Yeah, baby That last crappie was just hugged onto a tree. The previous one was just wide open Seen Giants caught in just wide open water and still my goal Freshwater goal three pound crappie 13 pound largemouth one day. Here's something right here. This might be achievable So you want it? Got it. It's a good one Right in that V, baby the key goal You're making these little precise casts is I want to try to Trace the jig Over there back so you always want to keep the the jig above the crappie Because they're their eyes are positioned to look up But if you can bring it like right here Keep it right there. They go they rise up like that. Go boop grab it. I'm going to stick with Toxic green bump and bug Seems to be getting the job done They definitely need a little color pop in this water. It's just Real dirty All right new spot that we came to It's not loaded or anything, but If I look around for a few minutes, I'm able to To see one No Giants this far just good keeper crappie. I'm just gonna creep up here to about 10 feet That's how long my pole is Hey, that one actually Swam towards the bottom know what it was doing There's another one right here though close Working my jig towards it Once it got him Floater Just gonna throw him back got you in my sights Here we go 10 foot Let her eat good trajectory Fish sees it wants it got her Good man y'all now Now it's getting fun Happy fun times. I would be willing to bet that 90% of these fish I'm catching are females just isolated females on that brush That is fun stuff These aren't giants I guess these are mostly 12 inches I'm catching This one is not moving Look at that full of eggs Ready to do the business Said the dead stick the crap out of that one basically tickle its nose with that bumping buck just They go to go to go right on the nose. I got a big one right here It is not wanting to eat. I'm gonna get a different color. Maybe a whole different bait Your chicken for up and eat girl find this fish is Back to its tree Okay, this one is not gonna eat Wow. Oh gosh. Oh And did he Dropped it in front of it. That's a decent one, too I Mean I traced it over its back three times and then the last time it just said that I'm had enough Shot out and grabbed it. That was awesome. Messing up on my hooks. That's like Drop the line my My line is sitting like in the middle of my bail not seated when I set the hook it pops it open Don't matter got him Plugging away Plugging away. Well at this point y'all we are forming a sack of crappies Switched up to that electric chicken. They don't seem to mind it. No magnums But not schooled up. What's so ever? Onesie twosies not even twosies just onesies and they do not want to buy it. They're being Cratchies today instead of crappies Be a biggin be a giant. Yes Giant come on, baby. Oh That's a huge one. That's what I wanted right there. Oh my no My gosh Right in the wedge of a tree out in 24 feet of water. That's a big girl right there 178 that's a big girl right there. Come on now That's what we got here fishing for big mouth. Oh Oh My goodness that was a toad an absolute toad man I don't have much more daylight, but I'm just gonna make a few more casts And just try to get one more like that my goodness That was the bite I was looking for all day Oh Right here It's the girthiest tree. I've seen all day. It's out in the middle of the creek a big one sitting on the backside of it, too Oh big and biggin on it. Got him Got him It's another big one. Oh, yeah, come here. Oh My gosh, I can't even lift it Come here. Oh my gosh, that one's bigger That one's bigger Oh On the giant tree, baby bumping bug. Oh I know that one's bigger because I could barely lift it guys Whoo We out here catching pigs boy. Oh To 214 guys That is a slab, baby. Oh my gosh, that is a slab Holy cow. Oh my gosh, y'all. I knew that was gonna eat that was awesome Oh, I love Croffy fish like that. I floated over to a giant stump randomly after just catching that huge when I looked at my Electronics, I saw a huge tree. It's a giant trunk. It was underwater And I saw a big one on the backside of it and I dropped the jig down and it just went like this And when they when they're nose up looking at it, you know and that thump, but That's one of my biggest crappie ever and that is nowhere close to three pounds But holy cow seems like these bigger ones are just in the middle of the lake Literally just I don't There's no structural thing out here. It's just the middle bunch of trees kind of want to end on that one But I'm gonna take a little more peeking. We'll do a little more peeking. Oh my gosh God, I love Croffy fish. It's so fun when you get that that jig thump y'all. Oh Electro chicken's working. I like it might compare to the other one Barely those just megalodons. I may just go out to the middle Literally just the middle and there's trees across this entire lake. That's a white bass Done a lot of damage with that jig today Little eight-thouncer guys. That's the that's the one You don't want it to shoot down there real fast. You want it to kind of just float in That's why I'm using this really long pole so I can Keep it on top of it like another whopper. There it is. Come on, baby. Yes The bigs Catching the bigs Yeah, they're like they're eating now. I don't have to work as hard to get them to bite There's lots of little pod of bait to these little bait balls that are moving through here and it just makes it It's perfect Croppie fair going right here. What's it got him? Oh My gosh, it's a big and two. Oh My gosh, we're just catching hammers We're catching hammers, baby Holy cow. That's another one that might go too They're floating high they're rising up these Air temperatures to pounder even baby. Come on. Let's freakin go. Oh, oh, yeah. Oh Man The bite has gotten a little bit better without they'll come like six inches to get a bait Whereas before they would not come two inches to get a bait. I literally had to tickle their nose So this is the bait. I'm using right here. This is the two inch bump and bug And it's just perfect for this dirty water So I'll leave a link in the description for you guys if you want to get some of the crappie baits You can use my code LF gene save 10% the dangle dart and the bump and bug are my choices for vertical fishing So you can also go to our store and crumb and we've got all of our crappie baits in there as well now So if you just want to stop by your local Go to SWAT.com or go visit us at two three four five nail road I'm on the Dead Sea Catching bags, baby. Let's freakin go. I have probably caught eight dozen crappie on that one electric chicken bug The guy will switch it out now Put a fresh one on my gosh, I might I might see another big one right here. This might be another mega blaster It's a little one. It's actually hanging hanging close to a gar I'm gonna make some crappie cakes with the little ones and the big ones. I'm just gonna blacken them Or just throw them on the pellet grill smoke them Maybe I'm gonna be getting good for a little bit wants it Sees it not a big one You know what throw back my gosh, I got some I got some fish in that live well right now Dandy located Come on big girl Right at the top of a tree I can get this one y'all Oh, baby That's my last fish today Yes, what a day y'all We don't have 25, but we've got a lot. We got some good ones There's that one that went over to We got another one that's right at two and another two in there looking at y'all. Oh my gosh I'm gonna be cleaning crappie for days Outstanding and In here, I've got a letter I'm gonna end with a note. I found in my truck sometimes when I'm Fishing places I'll get to get back to the truck at the end of the day and then I will find a note My truck from a fan. It's pretty cool says this a reading From notes on windshields to LFG Huge fan been watching since the days of Winston You and OSG are doing a great job raising your kids. I miss the old-school LFG merge though More crappie videos, please From Jeremy Davis. Well Jeremy Thank you for the note and there you go Crappies on the line. My gosh. I was gonna eat really good y'all. I Started the day really frustrated Catching a lot of gar on the live scope. I knew I was kind of in the zone Where fish should be but it was it was just tough, you know, I had two fish in like three hours and I decided to just move I just need to move go somewhere else kind of restart and Started putting together a little something and it came together there at the end of the day had a really good crappie day and Also, it's on the nemesis like it's all the nemesis like this place is just Chocked full of trees. I could literally do that for days and days and days and not even Leave this giant creek that I'm sitting in. It's just so huge. It kind of reminds me of Lake fork I was glad to get on those crappie because it's been in the back of my mind ever since last year I caught them really shallow on the bank. That's my favorite way to catch them when they're spawning But I've always wondered all this timber out here There's got to be some crappies on there and I've tried it a couple times while I'm bass fishing and not caught And I just wanted to commit myself to it today And I did and we caught some whoppers so still on the quest to catch that three-pound crappie We'll catch it some two-pounders bad. It is it is awesome. So you guys smash that like button Thanks for tuning in today And again if you want to pick up some of the crappie baits you can go to goonsquad.com It's it's linked down below or stop by or a storing crumb And I thank you guys for being with me on this this great day of dangling my hands smell like fish Oh, I can't wait to get that flay knife in my hand crack a cold one and and just reminisce on this day It was awesome. So thanks for tuning in. Love you guys. I'll see you