 Welcome back to the channel fishing freaks. I hope you're ready to jam with me and the crispy collector as we go out On this nice calm day and try to catch some fish for the grease in some upcoming videos We're gonna be dabbling with the catfish. We're gonna be dabbling with the crappies I'm gonna tell you about googinsquad.com using that promo code Lfg at checkout winter fishing gloves We got them when it's cold. You need fishing gloves flip floppies Exposed fingers covered fingers, whatever kind of fingers you want to do we got them with our new gloves a few crappie danglers Check out the crappie baits that we got working. Anyway, go check out the plethora of things that we have a googinsquad.com Link down in the description before we get going on the water today I got I got to give a shout out to my boy my Colonel Sandra Colonel Sanders We had a bonding moment yesterday, and you're thinking I know I know you're thinking dead chicken There's a dead chicken right here yesterday. It was overcast like this. It was getting darker A little faster than normal that's always cause for concern with the animals We do live in the woods here. So we've got critters running around I was eating dinner right there, and I heard squawking just going crazy. I didn't even hesitate I immediately threw the crocs on so I was looking around and then I looked right over here and There's a bobcat big boy big old bobcat I don't know if it was just the winter weather he was all puffed up or if he's just jacked up And he was ready to get Colonel Sanders, but he had Colonel Sanders in his mouth This pop cat was so big that Colonel Sanders feet weren't even touching the ground had him by the neck I put it in a high gear. I started sprinting and then he drops him. It drops Colonel Sanders takes off into the woods No tail to tuck, but he looked I mean I was gonna beat him. I was gonna beat him bad I don't know what exactly I was gonna do once I got my hands on it I wasn't really thinking about that, but I was gonna do something. He is he's mopey today. He's very mopey I haven't seen him this far down in the dump since his last big fight when we had a bunch of roosters But he's alive. He's kicking and we have a mutual respect for each other He was probably less than five seconds away from being got And I saved him and he saved the hints so shout out to my my boy Colonel Sanders protecting the flock Still getting them eggs now. Let's get in the crispy collector and let's go see what we can do out here on this calm day All right fishing freaks we're at the lake and it's time to roll out me and crispy Riding again, and we're gonna try to go after catfish today I've had a big problem catching bait. It's really cold If you have any tips on catching winter shad when it is cold, let me know in the comments We do have a backup option, but it's not gonna be nearly as good as the fresh oily delicious Shad cuts that you can get from the lake using a cast net. I'm terrible at throwing a cast net So we've got a couple of noodles on board We've got a couple of different rods to throw into our our rod holders back here. I have a drift sock I have some special weights and we're gonna be utilizing a Rig that's basically for drifting and we'll go over that here in a little bit I've never done this with the information that I have now in the tools that I have now So I'm interested to try it. The water is going to be cold Since the last time I left Texas it has been for rigid and this water I would not be surprised if it's in the low 40s high 30s and that is probably gonna move a lot of the bait Out into the main creek channel, but we're gonna find out on our new graph system that is on the crispy collector So let's jump in see what's going on down there First I'm running the new system with all the mounts and everything on here working beautifully So I like that I can actually tilt this Actually put it where I want to it'll probably come even more into play when I'm doing scope and Sitting at 12.3. Let me check something real quick Turn that on See there we go Now let's pump it out 12 to 30 watts We're at eighty percent on our battery We should see our voltage go up right here should stay around 12.7 12.8 Coming out of our battery that's in this unit There we go 12.7 We're gonna rock with that all day, baby goals Open out here. What are they doing? What are they? What are they attacking? Maybe some shad out there. That's really our first objective. We're gonna try to get Some real shad some real life shad with the cast net. I think that's gonna be best for bait and we're going to look for Basically bait on deep flats, maybe around the creek channels And we're going to set out baits and do some drifting on deep water catfish Gargantuan amount of birds over here. I would imagine that there's some form of bait fish Out of here. We're in 36 feet of water Still not seen any balls of bait yet Got me something though. I'm seeing some things hugging the bottom It could be white bass catfish carp They are down there deep. I am so happy right now guys. I Am the worst cast hit thrower in history Not to mention one of my strings on the deal broke So it wasn't opening the best and I can't get it to open the best even with a terrible throw though with the electronics I found Just a ton of shad and they just happen to be like only 10 feet down I got so incredibly lucky and we got more bait than we know what to do with look at all these greasy gizzards, baby This is the goods right here the good stuff. Oh, we got a drum in there, too Give him just a little bit of water Look at those babies right there. Yeah, the water is not really necessary But I'm just so happy to have Best catch I've had in a hot minute with catfish. I could never catch those shad We got the good They're gonna be around bait for sure blue cat They love shad. That's what we're trying to go after those big blue catfish And the graph is just lighting up with shad out here in 25 30 feet of water As far as the map goes I'm kind of on a big main link point and it transitions into sort of a flat and the creek channel runs Way out off this bank, but it's a deep flat and deep flats great Look right here the shower just kind of glued to the bottom So we don't have much wind right now, which is great for the Crispy collector may not be the best for drifting It says we're literally going zero zero miles an hour We're gonna be doing a really slow drift which may not be bad for 41 degree water So I'm gonna get these rods rigged up and get some of these shad cut up and put them on here and see what we can Do I'm so happy to have these fresh gizzard shad I think that's gonna make a huge difference But hopefully we get something big. Hopefully we just get something man. I love eating blue catfish. They're so delicious Okay, are you guys ready to see something really wild? I know you are So this Is going to be our Our drifting cat fishing rig. I know this looks crazy, but let me walk you through it here. So I've got just a You know a medium-heavy Bass rod essentially seven-footer something with something kind of more parabolic 20 pound Flurro on it And I'm going to a three-way swivel That's got a 50 pound mono liter going down to a a snake weight essentially This is like a drifting weight and the reason you want this long weight is to kind of come over a brush It's just less snaggy then coming off of the other part of the three-way swivel I've got this 50 pound mono liter with an old popper that I found and I slipped I took the hooks off and I just slid that up there and then I've got a this is a four-ot. I believe four-ot circle hook So the whole idea with this thing is it's a giant drop shot essentially I mean we are dead calm This is a direct a day that you would like dream about for any other type of fishing except this Ain't nothing quite like creasy-gizzard drop this baby down 46 feet of water my goodness That one's gonna be a floater. Oh god. It's getting hit. I just saw I just saw the noodle get smashed Noodle noodle just got smashed guys. Oh My gosh 47 feet of water Noodle got cranked. I was just starting the motor and it just goes Right under oh, yep, it's getting hit. I think something might be on there now looks like it's moving slightly Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep getting a little bob getting a little movement. Yep. There it goes It's either getting a bite or something is on there already. Oh Man, I was gonna crank up and go a little shallower, but oh, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, we're getting tugged It's a good tug there. She blows there. She blows, baby. Let's go Yeah, when you see the when you see the full Straight up and down tug. That's good. That's a good sign I'm just whip around throw this other one real quick and then we will Go get whatever is on that thing Don't come off. Stay on there. No, it's It's tugging good This is good stuff guys. Good stuff Right off this big point. I'm gonna I'm just gonna come up here shallower The two different depth positions And then we'll get the the rods and reels out but Jugs for the win Look at these juicies. Oh Yeah, get tangled. Oh, yeah, definitely a fish on here doesn't feel tremendously huge, but I Can definitely feel it. Oh Yeah, good blue cat great blue cat It's exactly what we're looking for right there, baby. Oh Come on There we go Yes, let's go. I know I Know you're such a good eater We'll just load them up in the boat when we're actually Running around we'll let them swim around under the boat See, I think he ate a head If that's what he got go ahead and rebate Throw it right back out there Nice bloody head for you These actually had the the floats on them as well Floats just help it keep from getting tangled There we go bombs away It's like I was saying this morning I thought the shad would be really deep and now that I've come out here close to the main Cree channel There's just lots of shad out here in deep water and they're kind of topping out at 30 foot my Jugs right now are probably around 30 feet. They're smelly. They're delicious. These catfish are just coming up and then Grabbing them. Look at that Shadwad. Just look at the creatures living around it That's what we need right there. I Think I'm gonna set out some lines here I was slightly drifting back this way So we'll be able to put some rods and then keep an eye out on our jokes Because we have no wind Great day to take out the crispy collector with no wind. I could rip it 25 mile an hour. Just give her hell But the the rigs that I set up for drifting. I don't think are very Efficient I think they're gonna get tangled because they're basically just sitting under the boat right now So I think I'm gonna re-rig and I'm just gonna do something maybe even a suspended kind of deal sort of like the jugs just put You know a barrel weight on there or something Possibly put a float and just throw a hook down there simplest form of fishing. We've we've got the great bait And we are on the fish. It's just getting it in the right depth presentation all of that stuff Taking our bait. Oh, I think I feel it We're on baby little blue Little blue on the rig it run real golly. Look at that. Do you think he's been eating some shed? I Think so tasty little dude there sir Just rigging up my second rod and that one went off That dude has got a lockjaw. It's like I don't want to be a golden crispy. It's too dang bad delicious blues chicken of the lake Look at that nice touch on the crispy Guggen squad towel right there. It'll love it Taking a one ounce one ounce sinker and I'm sticking it on. I mean, this is basically just a big Carolina rig Some some people call this a Santé rig It's got a float on it And I think this is definitely the better move With no wind I'm using this circle hook. So I don't really have to Get after the fish right away. They're pretty much going to hook themselves Sort of a big piece of bait We'll throw it out there see what happens not a whole lot on the scanners at this moment, but There goes my bait right there. It looks like there's something on the bottom So I'm basically letting it hit the bottom Come up a few cranks And we're sticking it in the holder So I've got my little cork on there to give it some some float action That's about all there is to it guys. Hey, we got two on the stringer. That's awesome I'm looking for a a big one a real big one, but I'll take some eaters for sure Lines are reset and we got fresh bait to kind of set up the Small wind that we do have right here. I'm gonna be drifting out into deeper water from the shallower area going out across this flat and I started in about 35. I'm not fishing it on the bottom I'm fishing it, you know, probably five six ten feet off the bottom and they could smell it They can smell it just fine as long as it's not going too fast That where they can they saying oh, that's an easy meal Then it then it's not a problem if the wind was really kicking and I was going fast that it'd be an issue Definitely marked quite a few fish. You can still see the the shad that one's going ladies and gentlemen We are on he's done It's not a giant Well, that didn't take very long did it this is kind of awkward. I got this thing in the back of my boat All right, just keep in mind. I got this circle hook on here So we just kind of take her easy. Oh, it's getting a little heavier now Definitely gotten a little heavier. I'm hoping it doesn't cross my other line Nope, did not Good blue cat. Everybody. Let me grab that 50 pound liter and sling in There we go Just a juicy A juicy pie Just an absolute shad getter man That was on the fresh bait too. I just put a fresh piece on there. That might make the difference He's definitely under 20 it's about 18 19 He's on All right, let's get it back out here. All right, so I'm just gonna let this go to the bottoms only 28 feet right here and I'm only gonna do a couple cranks because We're probably gonna end up in some deeper water as we're drifting Look at that shad guts fresh gizzards, man. I think that just makes the difference Drifting at point three six miles an hour. That's nice Controlled drift right here Back that up the old paddle You know, I could do this blindly in the in the crispy collector And probably catch some but oh my gosh Having electronics I feel like this boat is complete now. Just picked everything up. I just want to try another area Just to kind of see I love how much help the bait that I'm seeing right here I might just come back to it, but I just want to see something different, you know See if there's anything that I'm missing. Who's ready to eat? Shad filet Tell me that doesn't look nice float on as the song says Spot that I moved to it's It's where a creek a creek dumps out like a small creek not that not the major river channel Dumps out in about 30 feet of water Into the the big big waters And I just thought it looked pretty good Saw some marks But you know two major major Structure things meeting Just look good, man. Just look nice Be free catch them catch them up and see my Two baits and my weight right there sitting above that fish and 30 feet of water We might just cut it right here and do a little rod drifting All right, we'll give this about 10 20 minutes see what we come up with and then We'll either move to a different spot or go back to that big point where I know there's Some cats moving around We're getting told we're double-tugging We're double-tugging right here guys. I Don't know if they're tangled up or I've got doubled up I'm doubled up, baby Come here son. Oh, yeah This one is this one is just Oh, no, they're tangled Try to get this guy Landed D hooker Get him off the line Oh, buddy. What do we got here? We've got the old tangle roo big time. Oh boy There you go Logic would say we're probably tangled. I don't feel anything too crazy on here. So All right, that one's out Just for safety. Let's see See what we got going on here. Oh Yeah, we did not have a fish All right, we got one two three four catfish. I just reeled up Made my way out to the main river channel From 25 all the way out to 50 feet Didn't get a bite. So we're gonna go check our jugs now see if we got anything on those I'm gonna suspect. Well, I don't know Never know what to What to think on these jugs sometimes are moving sometimes are not Yep. Oh, no, wait. Yep. I feel something I feel something on here Feels decent actually. Oh Yeah, big one big one. There we go Yeah, oh That's a good one Come here, buddy. Let me grab you. How good are you hooked? It's a big one. Yeah, there we go guys. Look at that one. Holy smokes Look at that blue catfish right there That's a delicious eater. I want to know how big he is He might be over the 30 barely get my hands on him. I don't think he's quite 30, but he's definitely Over the 20 looks like he's about 24 25 That is a mega. Oh It's not really a mega as far as blue cats go. I should take that back, but it is a dandy All right, I'm gonna leave you right there for a second buddy. You are so much bigger than the other ones I was a good one out there in 25 feet of water Let's go check our other one. It doesn't feel like anything's on this one What of them perform though Guys that's good eating right there got some cap fish right here in this zone I'm gonna set up my drift try to get some of these It's cold out here y'all Setting up the last drift of the day right here. Hope to get one more Came up in about 20 feet of water. We're gonna drift out to around 30 Saw just lots of shad up on this point And we're going point three three miles now right now perfect little drift Fresh baits two lines out and I've got tons of give gives her Chad to take home that I'm gonna reuse for later we'll put those in some Vacuum seals gives her dad for good luck. It's actually one of my baits right there. This is full crispy mode right here y'all two poles chair flipped around Kicking the feet up. Just waiting for him to bend That one's going. That one's going. Come here, baby. Oh, that one feels good Yeah Definitely catfish catfishes dance Mere sugarplum. There you are good. Oh, yes Perfectly hooked that one didn't give up on me came back Yes, sir Yeah, baby Look at that. It's got mud on it. It's been down there on the bottom That crazy guys Sitting down there below that monster ball of shad We're in the hot zone right now. Just got to keep it keep the dangle going Surprises the other one didn't go off. I think my bait got taken on it. That's a good one All right, this is our third one over 20 Can only keep five. Oh, that might be your last one of the day, but sure is a good one mining low Catch a tiger by the toe If he tugs don't let him go Let's catch a big old catfish. Oh, I'm getting a bite. I literally just got a bite The nursery rhyme. Oh my gosh. He's taking it. He's taking it. He's taking it. Come on. Come on. Come on Here we go, baby. Here we go Take it Take it Lee It started just a bend Down heavily got that circle on there circle hook. So you just gotta let Let him do the deal God thought that was gonna be big. I cannot believe that little nursery rhyme worked Got some fish right here, too We're on some fish. Oh Shoot this one's this one's going this one's taking off. Oh, yeah. Oh big and oh No, we came off. Oh my gosh That one felt Big No Come back. Oh, I thought it was stuck on the bottom for a second That we had that big slow bend on it Geez Look at this stringer of catfish guys. Oh, they're so heavy. I can barely pick them up Yes, sir a couple of whoppers in there This has definitely been one of my more memorable cat fishing days. I've been wanting to do this drifting thing for a while It's it's pretty good time to do it in the winter and with the water's 41 degrees You know bass fishing is really tough croppy fishing and being tough But these bigger blue catfish they do come around and I'm still looking for old Sally Oh big big big one and I wouldn't keep one that big. I'd throw it back But these are great eaters And I cannot wait to make some golden crispies out of them and the crispy collector She performed today y'all the new new eyeballs the new graph Whole system. I just love it man. 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