 Yo, what's poppin' people? Welcome back to another episode. Today, we're gonna be practicing for our tournament. I hope you guys have been enjoying the content. If you have, please hit the like button on this video. Subscribe to the channel if you haven't already. Hit the notification bell and share this video with a friend, I'd really appreciate it. And if you guys could, drop your feedback down below on the tournament prep, tournament videos. If you guys have been enjoying it, if you guys have been liking them. Today, I'm pretty much gonna be frog fishing the whole time. I got Alan Bob with me. He's actually parking the truck right now. And we're gonna be going out and just preparing for this tournament. We're only gonna be hitting new spots today. So we're gonna go around, travel to new areas and that's the game plan. So I hope you guys enjoy this one. Like I said, drop a comment down below and what you wanna see. Let's hop into it. So Bob, the practice day. How are you starting? I know, practice day is right now, guys. We got a tournament, and Bob had not fished the tournament in over, what, four years? Bro, yeah, it's probably been like four years, hasn't it? So today, what I'm gonna do, I don't know if I'm gonna do this in the tournament tomorrow, but I think I'm only gonna fish with a frog today. You know, I've been addicted to frog fishing. I've been having so much fun with it. And I was like, today I wanna go out and catch some on a frog. Tomorrow I'll probably be doing the same thing. And, but the thing with today is we're gonna be hitting spots that we've never hit before. We're not gonna go hit the stuff that we already know that there's gonna be fish on. So we're gonna hit all new spots. I'm gonna be throwing a good bit of top water just to see what we can do today. I'm gonna be tossing this frog around a lot. Alan's gonna throw a little bit of whatever. I just want him to kind of get comfortable with everything because we haven't got to go fishing too much. Peacock fish is a lot, so he doesn't get the bass fish a ton. So I just want, whatever Alan wants to throw and do, you know, let Alan do Alan things, but I'm gonna freaking play with a frog today. If you guys are new to the channel, by the way, hit that subscribe button, hit the notification bell. Also, the like button if you guys have been enjoying the content. Yeah, let's go ahead and get to these videos started. Let's see if we can get some frog fish. It's always some fun. First things first, I bought this frog and it's sinking on me, so I might need to replace this. So yo, we're gonna change up this frog right here. So this is the one that I've been, the one that I've been using is a little different than this color, but this is the one I put on recently. As you can tell by this frog right here, they're both popping frogs, but this one's gonna be more dominant of a pop. This one's a little subtle. I've actually never used this frog before, but the difference between these two that I wanna try out today, which I think is very important, especially on this river, is the size difference. It doesn't look that different when you're looking at it, but I will tell you, some of these fish just tend to miss this frog a lot. And when you get a frog bite, you wanna land the fish. So I kinda wanna try this more of a smaller frog today and just see what happens. I'm gonna throw this around a little bit. If they're not eating it, I'll put on a regular popping frog. Yeah, I do wanna experiment with that because I had a lot of problems with just hookup ratio on the frog and I don't wanna lose any of those fish tomorrow. So we're gonna test out this small frog and see if they'll like it. And more importantly, just see if it pops well. Tie this on with the standard uni knot. And we're putting this on my Mach two with the Mach smash. You know, that's my little Christmas combo. But if you guys do wanna check out any of the green rods on my deck that kick in their bass, ex-lose combos, which are all right there. Yes, you can check them out on my website, kickintheirbass.com. My braided kicking combo is actually backlash right now. Or it's got a knot in it. So I'm not using that today, but we're gonna get her all ready for tomorrow. But if you do wanna check out the kicking rods, they're only available on my website. Okay, this frog's a lot lighter. Okay, look at that pop though. All right, the pop is not as dominant as the regular pop and frog. And also like the light, it's just so light. But I think it's gonna do the trick. I'm just gonna play around with this. Allen Bob's throwing a fluke. Fluke's been a fun kill of bait. But I guess we'll see. Yeah, it's like the splash of it is like. What? It's behind me. What is it? He's gonna, dude, okay, I'm sorry Bob. There is no way that that boil was that little gar. Guys, that was a alligator boil or something. I don't know what that was. It's a nice one. He came off. That was what, like a two and a half, three pounder? Wow. Yeah, no, I felt him when he ate it. It felt like a good one. All right. Yeah, he kinda sucked it down. That was a big one, guys. I was like, that is definitely a fish you wanna catch in the tournament. We are gonna move spots. That was a good fish. I don't wanna hook another one of those on this spot. Did you watch him eat it? Yeah, you went with your eyes, didn't you? I'm retiring this frog this quick, guys. One, I lost that fish, which I don't know if it's because of the hooks, but I just can't cast this how I would like to. I think it's more beneficial to throw the big one if I can get in better spots. That's just the truth of it. I'm gonna put a regular frog on. All right, guys, this is the frog that I'm going with. Yeah, it's got a yellow bottom, green top, basic frog. Hopefully this one floats. I bought so many and I throw them and they sink instantly. Oh, dude, look at that big one sitting in the current break. Are you just sitting in the current? Look, look. Uh-oh, here he comes. Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun. Gar, so weird. I'm never, that's the best. Bro, okay, I got a, I don't, I hooked that with a frog and he just comes out of the water instantly. And I fricking lose them every time like that. Like my line goes slack and then I end up nodding my line half the time that happens. So annoying. I gotta fix, I gotta work on that somehow. I'm gonna figure it out today. That's a mudfish, bro. Should I do it? Oh, look at him turn away. That was so cool. I've never seen a mud do that. Wow. That was a bass or not? I couldn't tell you the last time I got a dangle fish. In on a frog. Guys, yo, nothing big, but he just ate the frog as a dangle. Oh my gosh, I threw it up there. I was just like, I say that every time. Like, oh, a little dangle bass and it happened this time. It's probably been two years since I've got a dangle bass guys. That is fricking sweet. I've said that so many times in so many videos over the last couple of years soon finally happened. Of course that's the one fish that I somehow like stayed. I kept pinned. Those other ones I've lost somehow. Ah. Oh, I was about to say, I don't know how you haven't caught one. Nice, Bob. Bob with his first bass. Look at the guard chasing after it, you see that? Nice, Bob. Or Allen bar with the Allen bar bass. Beach bass. Beach bass. You know what? Vicky scoopy scoopy skipper. Okay, Bob. We're both on board now. I mean, Bob, both got us a fishy. No big ones yet. I don't know, we did see that first bite. The first one was a good one. Right before you ate it, I was about to say, dude, I can't believe you haven't got big. And then all of a sudden I saw. Oh, gosh, it's a big one. What? That's the one that you want in a tournament, dude. Of course I caught it right here. Two and a half pounder. Got us a two pounder on a froggy. Beach, you know what's crazy? Was it going to be a dangle, dude? Literally, yeah. That's a pretty fish right there. That's a good one on a frog that we would definitely want. See, this is the problem I have. Like we haven't fished any of this stuff ever before, guys. So we're kind of going into dark. But the problem I have is like, I don't want to catch the heck out of them. By the same time, I want to cover these stretches and figure out where we're catching these fish at. Trollemotor's doing it again, Bob. We're gonna go down this bank a little bit more. I'd say if we catch another good one like that, we might just leave this alone and kind of just go find some new spots. But that was two fish, Bob. We, I mean, he hasn't even rigged his fluke back up and I caught one on this frog. So that's the type of spots we're looking for. The ones that you pull up and you get a couple bites like that, boom, boom. You know, there's a good bit of fish stacked in the same area. That's the spots you really want to find. Those fish aren't gonna bite tomorrow, sadly, but that doesn't mean that another group of them won't pull up. And like I said, we're just, we're trying new spots. We're trying to figure this whole thing out. Yeah, we'll hit this one. Oh, wow, that was awesome. He's a tiny one. I guess there's a fish on that. I don't even know if we should hit that now. I mean, that was the first cast on that spot. Let me just leave. Oh! Are you serious? Okay, yeah. Yeah, we gotta get out of here. We ain't not fishing this spot. We just tried this guys. We were like, oh, let's go over here. And then me and Allen both catch one. Nothing big, but I mean, there's fish there. All right, yeah, but we're gonna go ahead and go to a different spot guys. I was gonna fish this bank out, but when you pull up to it like that and get two fish, it's, I don't think it's worth even sword lipping them. Yes, there are fish in here. Small one. Some small ones eating the frog today, guys. I don't like it, but at least we're catching fish on the frog. At least I know I can catch the limit on a frog, like even the smaller ones that eat it. Since the beginning, you know, we lost this for you. We haven't lost one ever since. It's been pretty good. It's a little fat guy. Keep it up. I think when you get bit on that, you get a decent one. I'm really throwing a try really much out here. Only when the river's low like this and you fish the main river. Oh, it is! Oh, dude, it's a big one. Oh, dude, that is a nice one. Dude, it just came out of my mouth. Oh, gosh, Bob. You got it? You got it, buddy? Dude, that's a three plus, ain't it? Get him up here, buddy. Oh, my God. He's pulling me all the way down there. Good job, Bob! Hey, you're supposed to catch that one tomorrow, Bob. Well, I'm sorry. I won't put this in now. Yes, bro. Hey, you got confidence in the chatterdunk, though. Brother, the crazy thing, I just said that, too. Like, you get a bite on that, it's going to be a big one. Cheering off, you just freaking smoke a almost three pounder. Good job, Bob. That was a nice one. You got a nice little release on it. That's a good one, dude. Good job, buddy. That's what we need. If we can get five of them tomorrow, dude, or maybe four of them in like a kicker, it'll be something pretty. We just pulled up to the spot, too, guys. The new spots have been paying off. The stuff I've, like, always looked at, but I just haven't really came and fished it. And we're fished it. I think if Bob throws the chatterdunk and I throw this frog, I don't know. That's a deadly combo. That's like two big fish killers right there. And honestly, we've caught small ones on the frog, so that might be something that we just do, we just stick to. We stick with these two big fish baits and we just cover water and go. That's a big one. Don't throw it in there. That was a freaking like four pounder. You saw his body? Yeah, that was like a four pounder. Should we even fish this? You get a little bit further? All right, that was a, that was a fit, like that could have been big fish in the tournament right there, potentially. That's the bites that we want. Right there, like this is the banks and stuff that we want to find is stuff that, you know, Bob just caught one that was about almost three pounds. Then you have one that was like four pounds and we're all on a frog. Like that's the type of banks you want to find. There's some big ones stacked up. There's no telling that those fish would be there. Oh, yeah, I'll leave. There's no telling that these fish would be here tomorrow. This one, I'm not catching, which I'm glad it's a small one. You know, it is nice to catch some, you know, good fish in a video guys, but today I'm not really looking for that. I'm just looking for spots, really. But that's some nice fish. I think it was that big. I think it's like a two pounder. A decent one. Pound and a half. Yeah, he was right on where you think he would be. Yeah, that's a good one guys. That's a freaking very fat one. Oh yeah, easy, easy keeper. I don't know if there's an easy pound and a half. I bet. Well, I haven't really had a problem guys since the beginning keeping these fish pinned. I mean, it's been pretty solid. Those first couple bites I got, I lost them, but other than that, I've been landing all these fish. Everyone that commits. You know, I had that big one that it looked like it was about four pounds, blew up on it, but he didn't have it all the way. I just didn't even want to throw back in there on that right now. And for everybody watching that's like, why are you guys not wanting to throw back in there? Why are you guys not wanting to catch those fish? We got our tournament. You don't want to like sit there and just hook set on every bite you get in practice because I'll tell you that four pounder right there, I don't care enough to catch it right now if there's a possible chance that I could catch it tomorrow. You know what I mean? And I don't know really how that works with this river because the river goes up and down, this fish always moves. So there's no guarantee that that fish is going to be there tomorrow. More than likely he's probably isn't, but I'd rather not sore lip him. I'd feel a little better about it if I didn't. That's the reason we're doing that. Trying not to catch all the fish before turning them in there. Like that, that means move spot. Move spot. That's another freaking dude. Betty. Betty, Betty. They're cranking this for all guys. We were filming a normal video today, we'd be freaking going crazy, but that's a good fish too, another pound and a half. It's so crazy because you could throw it stuff like that. What was that, a gore? It's crazy because you could throw it like trees that are way off the bing like that, the frog, and they'll just smoke it. All right guys, pound and move spots. That's what you want right there. This one, like pound and a half. He's fighting to get it in. That one, look at that. Yeah, this is the guy I got. Nice dude. Building your confidence on the chatter going? Yeah. Yeah, that is a good one. All the good fish. Nice job. Y'all, we are closing off our little practice day. Very satisfied with it. When it comes to practicing and coming out here and trying to prepare for a tournament, you don't want to go whack those fish. You don't want to go put the sleigh session on them. You want to figure out things. You catch a few here and there. I really wanted Bob to catch a few too because he hasn't been bass fishing a ton. I want him to just be confident with it and feel confident with the bait that he's throwing. So I'm glad he ended up catching two on that chatter donk. The game plan tomorrow is definitely gonna be chatter donk frog whole day. And we're not going, if you guys have watched some of the previous tournament videos, if you haven't, go check them out. But we tend to go downriver and it just hasn't been working for us. So now we're gonna go with a whole different game plan, try to go for five big bites the whole day and just see what we can do. But I hope you guys enjoyed this one. If you enjoyed the tournament practice videos plus tournament videos, hit the like button. If you guys are new to the channel, hit the subscribe button, share this video with a friend. I love you guys so much and I'll catch you all in the next video.