 A little juicy and the juicies right here. Oh, there's one Come here. Oh, no hook set. No hook set. Don't get around that pole Howdy welcome back to the channel everybody. Let me ask you a question real quick Yeah, we're just getting the truck and you're like, I'm gonna go fish somewhere new That's literally what I have just decided today's video is sponsored by Mystery tackle box how fitting that this is gonna be a mystery today I was literally on my way to a lake because you guys know I don't I don't fish the same lake all the time I know my channel names like four guy. I hardly ever go to Lake for you know, I go there a few times a year I like to switch it up. I like to travel. I'll say I get bored of fishing the same lakes and it keeps me on my toes I feel like you guys learn more when I'm traveling around. I'm always trying to figure things out myself It's truly like me figuring out the fish as we go along. So I think that helps everybody out Helps me become a better angler. I don't really fish tournaments anymore So this is kind of my way to hone my dangle skills So I was on my way to this lake and then I saw this other lake on the map as I was going You know, I've never fished here before I don't really know what it's about I want to go discover it and see if I can catch fish. I know it has docks on it We just had a ton of rain. I was planning on fishing some docks anyway, and I thought you know This lake place has got a ton of docks. 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It's really good summer time You don't have to know a whole lot about the lake to fish docks if you know how to fish docks Which we're gonna get into here in a little bit It's just an easy way to target fish if you're unfamiliar with the lake We got a good summer lure setup right here. We got a cream speed screamer. This is a creature bait I'm actually gonna use this as a jig trailer on a little juicy jig. It's one of my favorite dock fishing Lures under spin. So these are really good summer time lures right here. I'm gonna put that a little saucy swimmer On that most likely now. I am most confident in a jig I had a I almost never go out to lake without Rigging up a jig and if I see any open water activity fish busting at the surface anything like that I'll definitely put on an under spin or some sort of little swim bait And target those fish that way, but we've got stained water. We had a bunch of rain Usually crankbaits are good in that stained water and so are jigs and texture strikes. That is my jam That is my jam and jelly right there y'all. I love to fish a jig I will fish all day without a bite on a jig because I just love to do it But we're gonna go figure it out new lake. I've got about five hours out here So I'm gonna go try to figure them out. Let's see what we can do y'all So this time of year what I'm looking for Is docks that have Deepwater access that way those fish have safety. They can move up on the docks They can feed live around there when it gets rough. I'll just go out to deep water. So that's what I'm looking for right now Okay Water definitely looks up deep water close by there's a brush pile All of these questions the mysteries that lie below the water. That's what makes us anglers and fishermen Try to get it up in the cranny here. Oh That was a cast I've actually got 12 on here not 15 that is Scary, but I can cast it really well More likely to get bites Do you see some baitfish swimming around these docks pick up a square here? Throw it down this bank for a minute Got him. It's got to be yellows. They're just nibbling These are delicious. This is actually in the perch family Boy big bass like to eat them too If you're not really careful, they have these really really sharp gill plates They're definitely biting. They're definitely fired up and biting Yellow bass This is not going to give you the most Exciting fight. It's not what I'm here for but try to figure out what is going on with all all the different species And a lot of times what I find is if I if I find white bass if I found fine crappie if I find Whatever those those fish that are eating bait You'll end up finding finding out a lot about the bass too or maybe you end up being in the same exact area so You know just just knocking the dust off here getting oh my gosh, they're just Creemating this thing. No, it's like they're not even letting it get down there What in the world Wow swimming a jig out from under a dock giant White bass that is like sunburned on top comes and grabs it I What can I say guys those things They love me and want to get in the boat with me. So so far we've got yellow bass and white bass It means we've got a lot of a lot of shad eaters in the area I honestly thought that was gonna be a spotted bass. That's normally what happens with spots you'll fish a finesse jig Fish it on the bottom then you'll go to start reeling it in and they just chase it And that's how you know they're kind of suspending but That was a sure enough large white bass I've got the panoptics faced at the dock and you can see all the poles and you could see a few fish That are only like five feet down Suspended in there. Oh It's just just I can't resist Not gonna keep you today At least for now, I just saw this group of crappie on my my panoptics and I'd you know I never leave home without my crappie jigs got him Come here begging Just slurping it. Oh There's a green one trust me. You don't want to flop around on there too long It's already burned my feet and that is on a shallow dock much shallower than these others Ah, just have one eat it right there a little one On the swim in I think I might switch to a crankbait or moving bait Same exact spot Is that last bite that I got it's right on the backside of the current of these docks It's like right there in that current where that That pocket where the currents coming through Okay, I'm gonna try and open water dock edge for a minute Break out this little under spin Okay, nothing suspended under the dogs there Time for a little switcheroo y'all. I just came up the river this lake is kind of It's got like an open area in the southern end of the lake and then it starts turning into a river So I've tried to like go up around the middle lake. It's like up here There's reeds the water is more dirty. It's gonna be more shallow But I'm still gonna fish around the docks, but just a little different look, you know I want to make sure I'm not missing out on some juices Chopper coming through Please point out the bass coordinates, please send them down my way 10 for oh There's one. Oh, that's a big one. Oh my gosh Come here, buddy. Oh My god, that's a big bass. Oh my gosh 12 pound line. Oh Oh my god, it's a giant It is a giant up there shallow shallow From the dock dude. No, no, no, no, no, no, that was not expecting to catch one like that That's a hoggamer there Come here, sir. I was up there in three or four feet of water There's no boat flipping this one. I'm gonna have to come from the side here Fish was stuck nicely in the side of the mouth There we go Gonna put him in the well just for a second get him recuperated Big old deep live will come dig it around. It's like bobbing for Mondos. Yeah What a toke-tastic butter bean let's you go Back to your dock. Oh, it's got a little dorsal fin missing right there slow swim off So still using that same jig all just literally moved to a different part of the lake and just cracked a good one It was kind of a weird bite like the way it just it was running with it I knew it was something but I wasn't sure it was gonna be a big pass So I just kind of leaned on it and that little tiny hook That little sharp hook, you know, this isn't like a like a flipping style hook It just goes right in the mouth. Just and I like to fish a shorter rod when I'm dock fishing and that is one of the reasons why Because if you're pitching up close, you got a 7-6 heavy rod and you just pop them with that A lot of times you'll break them off, especially if you're throwing like 15 I've broken off 20 plenty of times So I actually downsized my dock rods like five or six years ago And I started breaking off a lot less fish and I can get it into targets a lot better So if you're throwing Shorter rod, you just have more accuracy and for me the perfect one is like seven to seven to just somewhere around there I've got really good accuracy still still enough leverage and I throw a medium heavy You know, I don't even throw a heavy Especially if I'm throwing 12 pound line like I am right here. This is a finesse jig set up I had more for like highland reservoirs When I was fishing broken bow and whatnot So as long as you don't pop them hard and they don't run up under the dock into something nasty You can get them But I kind of got lucky right there because the fish it went on a pole But it's a smooth pole as you can see right here. It's not like all rusted out So it made contact with the pole and then came back around and I just kept just enough pressure Where it swam out and then that's when I really started cranking on it got it in Hey guys, it would take a moment to enjoy a nice big pecan log Well I'm gonna do that At least eat a bite of it. Look at the inside of that thing Well, that was a boat snack and a half right there. I like that All right little shade zone boat ramp Rocks a little juicy and the juicies right here. Oh, there's one Come here. Oh, no hook set. No hook set. Don't get around that pole. Hardly hook set. Ah Get around there 12 pound line This is not good There he goes There's that one I was looking for just a nice twofer. You know what I'm saying Just a nice two ski. Oh I apologize Apologize for the face connection right there on the boat Whoo, look at that hook y'all how it's just gonna He probably worked that hole in his mouth right there when he got around that That pole and was really pulling hard because tail still bleeding still a bloody tail So I had my drag set really loose. I was trying to catch up to that fish But that's a nice, you know two and a half pound fish Good fish on the juicy and a little pocket These fish are shallow man shallow You know, I mentioned I mentioned this in a video the other day about the fish's mouth But the waters like mid 80s or it's just over 80 right now That water starts to get you know high 70s into the 80s and their mouths become pretty loose just having this Juicy little juicy jig with a small hook you don't put a as big of a hole in their mouth So they have less of a chance to get off whereas like if you're throwing a Flipping jig with a stouter hook you're putting a bigger hole in their mouth and then they have more of a chance to To escape on you Dude that thing just took my trailer My gosh See if a square bill dang one up here. Oh I just had something there could have been a gill All this bait is just Shallow Never fished here before but it seems like it is a shallow Bite but we got we got to get that finesse jig back in the in the game here We'll grab one of these little trailers again this little Cream plastic whatever it is. It's not a it's not a bad little trailer Y'all that was it there has got to be one on this corner somewhere It's got like a little there's a little bite there glue go It's got a little corner nook on the other side that looks outstanding God Good golly hit it on the way down Suspended oh Man, what did I just came over some fish right there? Oh, dude Fish was suspended and hit the finesse jigs while it was sinking Got it. He was thinking it hit it on the sink. It's a good one There's doc. Oh, it's a big one. Oh my gosh. I think this is the same fish that hit me and then it came back Suspended hit it on the way down. Oh my gosh freaking Bertha Yeah God, I love fishing jigs. You can catch them suspended on the bottom It's the best utility bait of all time Freakin perfect hook set again Y'all look at that chunker right there That one's upper fours Upper fours just look right there That's all you got to do just point just comes right out And once I poked him it was open water He swam out the right way What a freaking fatty little torn up from the spawn, but been eating up good on bluegill and put him in the well for just a second That technique right there. I've caught a lot of fish on and actually in the 2007 Collegiate bass championship the boat us one that I Competed in and one with my partner This was the technique that I was using I was throwing finesse jig with a little trailer like this on poles like that Letting it sink down and we were in like 30 40 feet of water and right there. I was in 17 but the fish hit it in like five or six and if you use a trailer like a grub trailer or a little Crawl trailer it'll sink a little slower and they'll they'll think it's a bluegill while it's sinking on the way down suspended right on those posts and then you Do that was that was so cool just a nice fish For a lake I've never been to That's a nice chunky fish, you know See you Get back on that dock Eat those gills. Oh angry. I like when they give me a little sass Just good stuff man and catching them on a jig. Come on now. You got to smash it y'all. I love fishing jigs I know I know some of y'all are intimidated on jigs because I hear that in comments I hear that just in conversations, you know, a lot of people just go to the Texas rig, which is fine Do you with the Texas rib? I'm just telling you the jigs They'll bump up your your mondo game just a hair and I just like the simplicity of them, you know You don't have your weight sliding around anything. It's all connected right there. What the hell? Oh my gosh had one on Got him. Are these larges just Chilling on there on that pole. That was on a crappie jig mind you They are in there Going down the hatch. Oh Those are what's going on. Okay a lot of folks stop at the bass. They're satisfied. I Like to catch the bass, but I like I like the other ones too The other ones deserve some attention, especially the tastier ones I think Here we go, that's like a spotted bass or bluegill that has it. That's a bass Largemouth bass just not a big one. I Felt him doing that same thing with the trailer. I Just let him hang on to it Little guy little guy Hope see you bye Before we go any further before I catch one of my last few fish through here. It's getting hot if you're going to use Under 15 pound fluorocarbon on something jig Whatever sometimes I do it on my crankbait especially when I'm going down to like eight pound test I'm gonna show you guys a knot. I haven't shown on this channel for a really long time and It's a double San Diego Jam It's either double San Diego Jam or double Eugene been what I'm about to show you is just really good Not for fluorocarbon. Just that's all you got to remember It doubles over what I typically tie which is just a just a uni knot. Tell you what we're gonna Take a little bit more line off Because we got wrapped around some stuff When you go to retie don't just retie the end Check your whole line like I like to take off a whole rods length worth a line Clip that off throw it in our trash can and the scissors are actually key. We're gonna use the scissors So hang on to those On the double Eugene been you're gonna go through Let's get in here close. You're gonna go through Pulled out you know foot and a half a line Maybe a little more go back through Just like you would at the start of a palomar Take your scissors Hang them for a little extra weight on your lure. Don't drop them in the water Okay, then you're gonna come up here You're gonna wrap that around you're holding all four lines right here at the top Then you're gonna take this loop in where my index finger is and you're just gonna wrap Around I use the scissors because it just helps keep keep things in place with that extra weight You go around there four times and you take this loop you come up through this loop right here Then what I like to do is take my teeth since I'm kind of out of hands And I'll just pull that Just like that till it starts to get tight. I'll wet it Pull it down and then I'll take that extra loop You really use a lot of your fingers here and then just pull all of them There you go, and then you're gonna end up with three tag ends make sure you don't cut your main line So you got your loop Cut that off Then you got your one little tag in there Cut that off And now you have The the strength you have like almost a hundred percent strength on that knot and there's no crimping whatsoever, I'll get a tight shot of that so you guys can see it, but It doesn't work as well with higher diameter lines because you've got a big bulky knot up in front But when you have you know, 8 10 12 pound line, it's definitely not as bulky and It's just stronger. So if you want a little bit more of a little bit more clinch on there W gene bend San Diego jam, whatever you want to call it. Don't know the exact term But just know holds them very much tightly thinking one more It's time to go cool down Up in the cranny Oh, I think one just grabbed it right there. Oh Sure did that was a good hit to how did he escape? I'm really not sure. I don't know how that fish got off. He didn't take my trailer He was just swimming with it. Okay, this one's got it That one's got it Little guy God, I barely said it and still a big old hole in its mouth y'all you see that big hole luckily I'd double double clutched him but Maybe that's why that other one I had got off because it was just tiny at the tiny mouth. Oh, are you gonna do it? You gonna do it one last cast Try to thread the needle here. Oh My that was a dandy sometimes those Ace cast don't don't end up on anything and then you just you know get a backlash and then You catch them Sometimes how it works fish freaks. I'm gonna end it first time coming out of here learned a lot I like the lake a lot of shallow fishing and I'll definitely be back I think it's pretty cool body of water and a lot more of this shallow stuff to explore You know, it's just like so daunting. I'm at the point right now where I need to go explore more But it's gonna take me a lot more time to find Some more juicy stuff like this this last stretch that I went through fish freaks never leave home without your jigs And if you want to pick up some juicies I'll leave a I'll leave a link down below the little juicies the juicies Want to thank mystery talk box again for sponsoring today's video as well Long-time partner love working with mystery talk box to catch go the whole team. Good guys. They're actually coming down soon We're working on more rods more stuff for y'all So thank you for tuning in today if you want to stay tuned for more action like this go ahead and subscribe and I'm thinking about doing a like Whole day experience, you know today I'm obviously editing and everything but I'm thinking about just doing a live stream One of these days where you get to see every single thing that I'm doing every single decision failure Success hopefully so let me know in the comments if that's something that you would be interested in I've never done anything like that Obviously it had to be it had to be somewhere like here where I'm still kind of in the city and have have some service But been tossing the idea around until the next adventure. I'm wishing you the best in all of your dangles. God bless you See you