 Come here, just give me your face. Oh, oh, oh. Welcome all back to the channel, Fishing Freaks. Thank you for being here, and thanks for subscribing to the channel. In today's video, I'm gonna show you why riprap can be your best friend in the fall and winter and really save the day. Before we get going, huge mega sale announcement. Greatest Guggen month ever. Going on right now, month of November, guys. Guggen Squad.com. Log on, you're gonna see new sales popping up every week from our new jackets, vests, hats, performance wear, all new stuff, Tackle Tuesdays. We're doing our biggest sales ever this month, and you can use my promo code LFG and get an additional 10% off when we're doing these sales. Except for Tackle Tuesdays, Tackle Tuesdays are big. We do a lot of buy one, get one freeze and all that stuff, but you're gonna see all new merch dropping. We've got limited quantities that we're dropping during these times, so get your hands on it now. If you wanna do your Christmas shopping now, go ahead or just stock up on the latest swag gear. Go ahead and do it. Guggen Squad.com, link down below. So our senior head of product at Guggen Squad, he gives me a ring this morning and he says, dude, it is a nasty weather day. Where are we going? We gotta go do something. We gotta fish somewhere. I've got a bad weather fishing bug. We just gotta do it, because on bad weather days, it sucks being out there, but it's usually when the big bass get activated at low pressure. You got the chance to catch a big one. So I said, all right, I'll be your huckleberry. Let's go up and let's do some fishing. So we're going to my nemesis lake that I've never caught good fish at until today. And the reason why we call them is because, well, number one, low pressure feeding time. And then also, because we went to an area that is just known for catching bass in the fall and winter and early spring, when it's cold, when it starts going down, and that is riprap. You can do this on any lake, any creek, river that has this stuff, bass just congregate to it in the fall. I mean, shad, they're chasing shad and all that stuff, but there's something about riprap. It holds slow crawfish, it holds bluegill, holds shad, it holds all that stuff, but for some reason they really like to get on it. So we're going to take you to the riprap. Storms are coming in. Let's go catch some fish. There it is. Look at that sea. The sea of trucks, they're invisible. You can't see them, trucks and boats. There's just one, the silver bullet. Silver bullet and his buddy, Mr. Trey, my tournament partner. And, you know, he got a wild hair today, called me, he's like, dude, big weather change, time to grind. Let's spin some reels around. I was like, I'm your man, let's go. Once a quarter I like to come out to Lake Ray Roberts and check to see if it still sucks or not, for me personally. There's some huge bass in here that I call it every year. And the dust has some grass in it and it's got the bright elements for the fall where you think frog, spinner bait, vibrating jig, what else am I missing, jerk bait, rattle traps, all that kind of stuff up shallow. It's got all those elements. We just need to put it together. Got a little bit of wind, big cold fronts in the 50s. We're going to go see. We're going to give it a check. So we're going to do it proper. We got a bunch of rods rigged up and we're going to throw them moving baits. That's pretty much what we need to do. So boats unhooked, ready to go, my friend? All right, let's get it, dude. I can't, I can't even steal that from Louisiana chef guy. I apologize. Let's get it. Let's get it. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the dam program. Oh, you're already jerking. It's pretty much perfect fall dam conditions. I haven't either. I really wanted to. We've got about three miles of it. Surely we can get a bite somewhere. Oh God, dude. I just latched on to one. Yeah. Eight pound hybrid. What do you see in? I feel like I should be grinding that big square bill. OK, I like it. It's got spark. Oh, seriously? Yeah. Should we get out of here? I don't know what to do. What? You're scaring me, bro. You got shocked? Twice. You sure of it? Yeah. I don't know what to do. I'm scared. Dude, it has not lightening to once. No, no. This is weird. You're just freaking me the hell out right now. It just happened twice. But I put my rod right there. I heard it. You heard it the same time. I heard it zap you. All right. So core candle should be OK, right? Yeah, sure. If we're going to go, it's a good way to go, you know? I don't think there's lightening in the forecast, so. No, not at all. Just don't point your rod straight in the air. I haven't heard of rumbly. So for those of you that don't know, there is a electrical phenomenon that happens on boats sometimes where charged particles in the air will enter a graphite rod and will tingle your hand, giving you a sort of a shock. And it's an indicator that lightening is building. Traders experience that. And it's scary. It's one of the scariest things ever in the boat. I don't like it. I don't like it at all, but it's happened to me two times in my entire life and both times. I immediately got down on the floor and was just like, what do I do? You can always hide under the pump pile, so we need to. I think if lightening wanted to, it could just reach in there. Probably. Just throw your dip can on the floor. I was like, I don't want anything metal in my hand. Here you go, hooked up. Frank or dude, spotted bass, largemouth. There we go, first dam fish. First dam fish on the dam in the rain. Yes, sir, a little square billard. That was a good call. How far up there was he? Pretty shallow. I think we're going to get ahead. We're going to get like a five. I mean, just all the plan, I've done a day like today. This is a pretty good one. We're getting actually a little break here in the rain. Now, I'll twitch them around a little bit. Yeah, somebody else definitely a little bit small. We'll do that one. Oh, oh, right by the boat. Jeez, he wants to chase it out. That's a better one. Just throw these posts real quick. There we go, a little 14 inch here. Tournament saver. Not to show these fish what a spinner rod can do. They're just smacking it. Got him. There you go. Oh, you come back on? Came up? Dang, spotted. Spotted, hit you. Out. Why doesn't it get it, get it? Well, I switched up to a little crank bait. I had one jump off. I think it was a spot. Yeah, come on, serious? There we go, rogue five pounder. Here we go. Told you, dude, rogue big boy. Here it comes. Oh, I can see those head shakes, man. Bigger. Got this, big. There we go, see? Yeah, that's funny. Holy crap, something on the top of the head. Come here, just give me your face. Go. That's what we call it. How about that, man? Running for Robertsville. Hey, buddy, hey, that's a big one. Six pounder, man. Hey, well, it's the quarter. You come check it for them bad boys. There you go. That's a picture fish. He'll last you to himself. Woo. Two, three, give me one big hole there. She blows right there. Oh, son, that's a big boy. Heck yeah. Hell yeah, dude. See, you had a feeling. You're like, man, it's a nasty day. I just need to come give her an angle. Playing hooky from the office? It makes it worth it. He was up there. He was up there? Good to see. Dude, Frank, I thought I was hung. Dude, I knew it, man. I knew we were going to get one of them rogue big boys. Now that I know, confirmed. Got big boys running around. Got a little more meat on this. I don't know if there's meat on the back. Oh, he was fat. These are healthy fish. Come on, Sheila. Eat my cricket. Oh, goodness. Did you snicker, dude? Yeah, I did. I might not have got it. Oh, there we go. A little big. Oh, yeah, big boy. Big boy. Big boy on the line. There we go. The head shakes. Fall weather, damn fish. Just catching big boys. Oh, boy, oh, boy. Oh, gosh. Look at this fatty magoo. Uh-oh. That's just a big old largehead. I was trying to lose him before. Yeah, sorry. He's silent, man. That's a slime ball. That is a slime ball. Holy cow. Slime ball, five pound magoo. Woo. Had to be done. That fish is, he's. That is, man. We've got a six and a five pounder. Five pounder. This thing is gooey. I'm going to put it back in the water, but man. Two rogue, huge fish today. Got to love it. I'm going to sniff him still. Little sour, little sour. Still good. Got some going on with the slime coat. Got a slime coat. Slime coat back working. Yeah, it's a weird, you see that weird film you had on him? That is two of the biggest fish I've ever caught out here. And it was in like 10 minutes of each other. I know. So. On the down. This is like the most win. This is the winningest day I've ever had out here. I think this is shaping up to be my best for the upper stage as well. If we can fill out a limit, it's also the better day for me. There's no one else out here. Stop, stop, and get chomped a little bit. Oh, ho, ho, and I, oh. And just, just, boo. What are you doing? Slap me, man. Slap y'all. The last one was like yours. It felt like it was on rock. Kind of loaded. Loaded up a little bit. Gosh. Hate it coming off the rock. Yeah, well, I had a couple cranks off. Come on. Little guy. I was, man, I was, I was getting to pick that up. I was like, that's. Wonder if they'll come all the way out and get it. Too much job for us. Yeah. Amazing job. Oh my god. Oh, yes, it is. Apparently. That was like a three pounder, right? Yeah, it was all over it. That was, that was cool. Just saw a shadow underneath. It's like a shark. Woo. Shocking as they didn't suck that jerk bait into their throat. Yeah, it was weird. Yeah. Oh, he's just that one right there. Oh, got him. That was freaking cool. I got one too. Double. Double that, dude. Oh my god, I got another one. Oh, really? Oh, gosh, it was a good one. Oh, got it. He got another one with him. Woo-hoo. That was freaking awesome. Maybe there's a, look at the gut. Look at the gut on that spotted bass. That's one of the best Texas spots I've seen in a while. I literally had another one trying to eat it out of the car. God, Lee, man, that was, that was cool. Maybe there's a couple jammed here at the end with the wind blowing. Transition area too. Yeah. Yeah, I saw him trying to get it. Just connected, that was cool. Beautiful. Gordito. Look at the blue on his scales. Oh, yeah, that's cool. It's like a little Kool-Aid blue there. Magic blue. A banner, a banner Ray Roberts day. This is the best hour I've ever had out here. I'm sure. Unbelievable. This is perfect weather for the big obnoxious. Oh, yep, yep, yep. Get it. Get it, dude. I got to throw a crank bait behind it. Oh, hooked up. Little spot right here, this little corner. Oh, that's a good one. Gosh, man, look at that hog jam. Pushing a three-pound spot. Look at this. Absolute girth. Hell of a fish, dude. Banner Roberts day. We are... Yeah. I mean, we got like an 18-pound bag. Yeah. Two big spots that would make you creel for all of them. That's crazy. We got unspot-locked. Get us back on here. Yeah, I don't know what happened. Oh, I'm hooked up. Got him on the jerk bait. Oh, yeah. Oh, shoot. Oh, he's in the motor. Oh, God, come on. No, I still got him. Dude, I don't know. Give me some marshmallows. Good day. Just creaming them. We got it. Got it on the outside. We just keep... 15 inches. Whoo, son. Get them on the jerk bait, crank bait. Banner Buds, Gitter Buds. You got one? You don't feel cold and wet when you're just like... No, it's miserable out here, y'all. But this is cool. Um, yeah, I was seeing some fish in those rocks. I was thinking, like, it'd be nice if I could get down there and grind them. But I'll just suspend the jerk bait over them and that one... that one actually... sell for it. All right, y'all, big rain. Big rain day. Not a fun weather day, but fishing day, best I've ever had out here. Switching up on our second pass with a spinner bait. We're three quarter rounds. We're just trying to get it down there in these rocks. And I noticed a lot of them coming into it. They'll come up for topwater, which is interesting, but they're... The weather sitting is, like, kind of hugging the bottom. Every once in a while, I touch one of them and they're crawling on the bottom. Yeah. Look at this. Wally-bammed. Big chunky. One more big one. Just digging. Here's Samson. He took me. Oh, God, what a solid unit. Got him on the old spinner bug. This is a nasty son of a gun out here. I'm so glad he came. Worth it. My hands are pruny. But these bass during this last couple hour sesh. All right, back nice and dry here in the fish cave. The weather got real nasty there. But we had a good time. I know I couldn't break out the big cameras and all that stuff, but hopefully you guys saw the big bass latching on. And the key lures, the things that we're working are your typical fall shad type stuff. You know, your crank baits, spinner baits, your bladed jigs, jerk baits, anything that's imitating a shad, that seemed to be key. And one stipulation that I'll put on fishing riprap is I like for wind to be on it this time of year. So in the early spring when you got calm days and you've got sun, the fish will kind of gravitate towards the rocks in that way. But right now it's like the wind is pushing on the rock. Stuff is stirred up and bass feed on that. And either the day of, like the winds kicking up and it's blowing or the day before. So if you had like we had a northwestern wind, or actually northeastern wind, and it was blowing on that of the last two days. So it made it even better. It was really blowing around. It was a little choppy, but still okay enough or we could get out there and fish it. So even if you got a calm day just look at the winds the day before if you had wind blowing on riprap area, go check it out. Alright you guys, thank you for tuning in to another Outdoor Episode and we are going to be camping on the river next. Doing a little family camping doing a little fishing. So stay tuned for that. And smash that like button for staying out on the water during the pouring rain and almost a maybe even a lightning strike. We had a little lightning situation happening. Stuck it out and caught some big ones y'all. So make sure to visit GoonSquad.com for all the sales this month in November. See y'all next week. God bless you.