 Welcome back fishing freaks The weather is going to take a turn for the worst today High winds coming in there's dark clouds this way. It's kind of like front conditions this way Just kind of bright skies There's only a few hours according to the weatherman to have some peace from the rain if I'm gonna go This is the only chance I got so I wanted to take you guys along for the ride today for just a few hours Going out to the lake. What are these fish gonna do right before a storm is coming the wind is high It's dropping temperatures. I don't know it could shut these fish down. It could turn them on. We're gonna go experiment Let's see what happens Hey, how you doing? You guys tear them up man. You too. Take care At a fishing freak right there. He's watching the weather. He's doing the same exact thing that I am He's trying to get a fishing trip in He's fishing from the shore, but he's bouncing around different spots trying to trying to get them We're both kind of in a hurry since I see the storm back there. I'm just gonna Hall button and get out on the water and then we could talk about what occurs later Heck it may not a mouth of much at all, but we got to try that's what we do as fishing freaks I see a bunch of birds lined up On the bank over here that's telling me there's some shad going on. Shad could be spawning That's a good deal So I'm gonna throw Probably crankbait lipless crank and a chatter bait And this is the lake where we did a good good challenge the other day the water was flowing out of it really hard I don't know if they're still pulling water or not But if they are This point should be a decent. So me all might get freaked out about fishing in like the windiest part of the lake They say oh springtime you got a you got to go where the real calm water is sometimes. That's true But when there's like a low-pressure situation Like we have right now. I like to go where it's nasty. I like to go where there's deep water close by winds blowing There's bait. There's a spawning Bay close But I could get pre-post spawn. I can get both kind of fish Those birds are up there for a reason too. I'll tell you Chartreuse white spinnerbaits Chartreuse wine for this dirty water It's windy as heck. This is like spinnerbait day big time overcast wind It's spinnerbaits out It's about to go down a lot of bait moving around There's one right on the banks right on the banks It's got to be eating that shad spawn There we go That's what's going on for sure barely had it That spinnerbaits really good. I could throw it right up on the bank. I don't have to worry about getting snag any time you got these Flooded bushes like this is called buck brush That is normally Outstanding in April and May especially when there's not a lot of other cover in the lake like this this place There's no grass. There's not a lot of laydowns or timber docks. So right now we got two bites Both very shallow both on a square bill. Oh There's one spinnerbait fish. We got decent largemouth right there Decent largemouth right there. There we go Pretty decent fish Slammed at spinnerbait. Yeah, baby This fish ought to be feeding up like crazy today fishing this on the LFG rod by the way Really good for spinnerbaits spinnerbaits chatterbaits Small Texas rigs jigs The meat and potatoes Usually what I'll do on days like this is I'll go just go to a close lake And then I'm not gonna go very far, you know in case there's bad thunderstorms I can get out of there. I had had a bad experience one time with that almost getting struck by lightning and I Was a ways away from the ramp and said I'd never do that again No fish is worth getting struck by lightning. I'll tell you that Wow We're getting in it now I got the troll motor on seven and I can't even move forward There we go That is a white bass Man, you better watch out now. I Will box y'all up put some Texas peed on you Seriously, that's not a bad idea for today people doing yoga over there while I'm just getting blown around the wind like a kite man Just made a little run got wet for sure Whoo had to get a little calm water. I just cannot even Normally, I like to get in that rough stuff If I know the fish are there, you know, but right now I just can't even control the boat or nothing It's a bad deal ladies and gentlemen a bunch of buck brush back here I was actually going on a trail run the other day and I came across this Cove and I was like, man You know what that looks pretty good. So that's that's the reason I came over here Caught any bass any white bass No, well, I think I'm gonna stick with this spinner bait chatter bait crankbait Try to jig in there. They ought to be feeding on those shad. I know they're feeding on those shad for sure. Plus we got shad spawn Probably happening. I could just cover so much more water with a spinner bait Then I came with the jig although it's Well, these two baits probably my favorite lure of all time when the shad spawn I'd usually do it at night They'll do it around the moon as well But they got to have something to stick their eggs on so they need a little Brush they'll use docks. They'll they'll use grass Something they can stick their eggs to it's not like bass They got these sticky adhesive eggs and they got to put them on something Right on the bank. They're right on the bank right now. That's three That's a little peanut there, but Swipes I didn't even get in the mouth the shad have to be spawning. That's They're just right up against the bank. I Just ran down the lake. I'm on I'm still in the main lake right now There's not a whole lot of pockets over here. Man, I'm seeing tons of shad on the graph. So I Don't know. I'm just gonna literally bank fish the main lake. I Don't have many options at this point I could have crushed the white bass out there on that big main lake point, but um, I was getting drenched Wasn't a whole lot of fun. Oh This is good though. The other times I fished this lake. I haven't seen Activity up shallow. There's a fish right there. That is not that is a white bass Right on the bank Okay, I Have a feeling But I could probably tear these guys up today, and that's my third one so I'm gonna throw them in the well see what comes of it. Well, these birds know what's up. Oh my god a small mouth Smallmouth just hit that thing Holy cow small mouth. What small mouth? It's the small mouth actually came out of the water. It hit the blade on my spinnerbait Didn't even get the hook just hooked up on another fish largemouth Dang fighting hard There's a decent fish right there Smoke that spinnerbait He engulfed it. All right. See you dude You see these birds. They're just they're right on the bank. They're looking These shad and I have Seen shad come up as I throw my bait up onto the bank It's probably the best time of the year to throw a spinnerbait flash that blade That's what they're keyed into all I got to do is just sit right there wait for him to Swim up spawn do their thing and they're just gorging themselves. Oh Oh Sad one right there Tried to get it knocked the blades around starting to develop a little pattern here now that I'd I Can just go fish this on the bank, you know, all well, I don't have all day I don't have very long at all. I think the wind is shifting right now And that rain is gonna start coming but It's just a little roll cast Right up to the bank. That's the key Those fish are literally looking right at the bank for those shad to come off of there And if you're not almost hitting the the bank, you know, the rocks whatever it is You're not gonna get bit So that's when that little roll cast is key Just a little whip And then stop it right before it gets to the bank. There he is It's better fish I thought it was no god dang. They're just fighting hard. That's another white bass Mixed in there right with the bass All right, let's get after it. We don't have much time to fish And we're gonna have to Get it back on the trailer. There's another one right on the bank. Jeez Oh, that might be a white bass. I don't know just hammering it's right on the bank Oh, yeah, nice white bass right there And there Oh, I like fishing like that. That's fun If I could catch me a nice three or four pounds smallmouth, I'd oh my gosh, man Another one hit cranked it right there I think it's another white. I know it's a largey No, it is white Holy crap these fish are freaking fired up right now Spinner bait fishing right on the bank. Gotta love it, baby. I think the steeper banks are key Like where there's a nice little drop-off You know the shallower banks Because of the waves, you know, they can't really get right up next to Uh the bank because they're just getting sloshed around but With a steeper bank, they've got a little room underneath them It's kind of work with those waves Oh, it's rocking It's rocking and rolling now folks. Oh right on the bank. I'm not gonna eat you Looks like alligator tried to eat him. Hey, we're back in the big waves now Got ourselves a little dinner going The spinner bait's really the best because I can get it right on the bank The shad are still spawning the overcast conditions The low pressure it's still got the shad up there You know the sun the sun's not out and these these fish are triggered to feed right now Unfortunately, I don't have very long to fish so I'm going to get right back to it And I'll give you more more tips when I get off the water I love days like this where I can just chunk a spinner bait just need a big bite to happen But this pattern is working. All right fishing freaks. We got to try one more spot It's a wavy baby out here today I'm gonna work this stretch in to this bank Or it calms down a little bit. We're gonna call it quits like whoo, baby. I can smell that rain. It's coming quick Oh, yeah, it's a good white bass. It looks like Freaking crushed it. That's a good one. Oh, dang the line just broke That fish's gill plate just got on the My line and cut it. It's so sharp Oh getting smacked Getting smacked around I love it, man. I love it. Here. What's eating it? Oh my gosh the shad are just Coming out of the water right there get in here, baby. Look at that fat guy right there Look how fat that guy is Oh, they load up on it a lot more than the white bass That's a pretty fish. Look how fat gorged up it is That is awesome. All right. I don't think I'm gonna end on that one. All right. We made it We made it just in time. It's starting to rain. I got to get these fish out We're gonna ice them down the girls are out doing a little shopping They're gonna get some frank's red hot sauce We're gonna marinate those bad boys and I'm gonna show you the recipe and everything like that But we got to cover the silver bullet up get the fish out. We got a lot of work to do in the rain So I got to get I got to get off the camera got the fish in the cooler icing them down We're gonna be doing a catching cook later I like to ice fish down for a little while before I started to philam I feel like the meat firms up a little bit and it's a little bit better Today it was all about the shad spawn So I've been out to this like a few times this year and nothing was going on up shallow Ian robber catching them in east texas. I was like, man, this lake is normally pretty good. It just hadn't unleashed yet So I wanted to go out there and check today and see What these fish were doing pretty much the whole lake had moved up shallow the water finally got to 64 65 degrees The ton of the shad were up shallow and they were spawned That was the key and all of the predator fish were up there feeding on those spawning shad It wasn't a super obvious spawning because when I would go up there, obviously the waves and everything I couldn't see the actual shad flickering, but when I would throw my bait up there I would see the shad pop out of the water Obviously the birds were lining the bank and then the fish were right on the bank. That's the key thing So when the shad are spawning usually that's around the new moon full moon They usually do it at night and early morning is key, but today we had low light conditions So that lasted longer and there's really no better bait when the shad are spawning than a spinner bait Lades just flashing and get some going But that is the kind of day that I love man throwing the meat and potatoes right up there on the bank and just throwing it Tarkin's making a little roll cast here and fishing in the wind You know a lot of people get kind of intimidated fishing in the wind But man, especially today it was working where the the shad were pushing up on the bank. They had nowhere to go Um the wind was just working in my favor and it can work under your favor, too Hope you guys learned something on the technique portion of today's video If you want to check out the catching cook, it's going to be pretty extensive Um never done this recipe before so it ought to be a lot of fun if you want to stay tuned for that Subscribe right here and catch us tomorrow on the next video. I'm going to get osg in the kitchen the whole family Lfd is coming home from a tournament. It's going to be a lot of fun And I think everybody's going to enjoy the fish. So stay tuned and we will see you there