 Well, this puppy is not gonna be fixed for the tournament, but tomorrow we're gonna knock it out I got to replace the steering cables and the old old treks and I got to be on the water in about an hour and a half I'm just not gonna have time to do all that I pretty much have to hook this up from the bottom of the foot pedal running all the way up to the sleeve And go into the head of the trolling motor right here And it's just I don't know if this is a possible task right now I was gonna be a pain in the butt. So we're gonna hold off on that The first Official tournament of the year is about to start right now. This is a little night tournament You guys know we fished a lot of them last year the last one that we fished We happen to get second place and we lost by less than an ounce to my man Clint today We're gonna go out here and really try to put a hurting on the fish I haven't been out on this river in about six months except for the other day We did a little photo shoot. We weren't really fishing So I got all my baits ready got my poles rigged up and we're gonna go out there and give it our all This is actually a team tournament. I'm but I am fishing solo today So we're gonna see what we can do guys the only problem that I got is my trolling motor is broken I don't know if you guys saw in the last episode. I'm having to lean forward and Direct the trolling motor with my hand. That's that's the only thing that I'm worried about today But I'm not gonna let that hold us back guys. We're gonna go out here and try to catch them I just hope the fish are biting hope we end up landing some big ones And all in all now just have a good time today. That's the main goal You know, I didn't have anything else going on tonight, and I was like I want to come out to the first River night tournament and try to catch some big fish man So we're gonna have some fun if you guys are new to the channel hit that subscribe button Hit the notification bill also the like button if you guys have been enjoying the content We're gonna go ahead and get after this. Let's get it, baby. You got the net ready Hope we're gonna need that So this is what I'm doing with My foot pedal I got a lean up like this Direct where I want to go. I think the savior in today's situation It's gonna be my power poles That's what I'm hoping We're gonna put our heads down guys do what do what we like See if you can get a few fish in the boat if it's not happening We're gonna move spots and you know, I'm a running gun type person I like hitting so so many spots just move move move move Today, I'm definitely gonna do that But it's gonna be on a slower slower pace than than what I usually do just knowing that my trolling motor is like this so Yeah, let's get after it. I'm gonna start off with a mock patroller or see what we can do These all these base are available into exporting goods guys I'm gonna see if we can get on a little top water bite right here at the beginning Wouldn't that be crazy. I've actually never thrown A bait like this out here like a plopper style bait style bait I've thrown buzz baits and I've torn them up on buzz baits. So it's like why why would they not eat this plopper? So we're gonna see what we can do Hope when we'll get us a good one I feel like this is definitely a bait that can get us a good bite I'll show you guys everything else that I'm gonna be throwing today here in a little bit But we're gonna start off with this top water and see if we can get one to show it So throw a few casts with it. I ain't gonna do too much I think beans man By the way, if you guys want to check out the kick in the bass combos They're only available on kick in their bass calm. I'll have the link in the description box down below We're gonna pick up a worm real quick. See if we can get a bite or two At least let us know If there's fish in the area these spots right here. You got a time right It's me not being out here in a long time. I don't know how this spot's been fishing I don't know how the fish have been pulling through as far as timing goes And uh, today's gonna be a little learning learning curve for us Out here since I just haven't been out here in so long Let's see what we can do throw on this worm a bit. This is actually a big old green pumpkin worm chartreuse tail So that was throwing in that last tournament I fished out here. I've had a lot of good luck on that This water's like tannic It's all about just Oh, yeah, that was a hit right there Eat it man. That's so odd That is so odd Try all spinner bait Give it a good mixture here One of them things like you might not want exactly what i'm putting down, you know, I'll put a different bait Start buying. I just don't think they pulled up yet I think uh, we're early to the show on this one. I don't think it's fish I've got got to the spot how they should But the question is do we do we wait we wait it out and try to See if these fish are going to turn on or do we Go hit some melts and hopes that we can catch a few fish and pretend possibly come back here Not many boats went down over to I think there's only four boats that went That's a big one. Oh, yeah, we need that one. We need that one. He ain't that big He felt big when I hooked him he started running man I was like dude, I got like a three pounder, which is a good fish out here, but I'll take a one and a half chunk Let's get it boys. Hey, we on board and spinner bait. That's all I wanted right there just To show me some life type thing, you know, God, let's go baby I'd say about 10 minutes Maybe maybe not 10 minutes. Maybe a little less than that. We got a fish in the boat. That's exactly what you want Okay, okay I will say my my drag wasn't set on that combo That was such a weird spinner bait by two that wasn't It was like when the bait landed she ate it. Like I didn't even have to reel it It was like the fall of the flutter like this big falls or spoons flutter or not spoons the bait's flutter and uh It's like he almost ate it when I threw right up there. He was up way close to the bank in that shade right literally same cast Tiny guy. I guess what he's a fish. I don't think he's on key And if he does I really don't want to weigh him in He will definitely be the one to go. I could tell by the way he was nibbling sometimes, you know Get me hooked right here. These are the I'm telling you these are the ones that I get you to Tiny tiny turds. I don't know what's wrong with his bottom Thin right there either. We're gonna measure him. He might be 11 and a half I really don't want to weigh this fish in but if he does measure I'm putting him in the box How we rock especially in these tournaments, you never know Yeah, he he's 11 Well, you tried buddy. You're fat and you're not big enough All right, I'm not discouraged by that if anything that gives me more confidence Oh, he's still behind it. He's still behind it. I think that first bite was a gar guys. I really think that was a gar Just the way he ate that thing just didn't seem like a bass. I don't know Yeah, oh, that's a nice one too, man. He's right on that current break Moment I landed Let's get a baby Let's get a baby Mm-hmm. You're fat. You fat That's some of youtube river bass Big old belly like that. He ain't a giant He's a meatball man. Oh, he does a meatball Okay, I'll take him for the second fish I don't know if I want to weigh him in but hey, we're getting fish in the boat What's crazy is that cast right there? I had not count A fish in that spot all the last year when I was coming out here all the time I threw right in there instantly. I mean, it's the spot that makes sense. It's the spot that you think a fish would sit I just never caught him there for some reason I was like, man, that looks good. Let me cast here. I cast out like that before I could even click my reel I felt them just eat it I'm never in my life seen that are you Why are they grabbing it? See his teeth went right on it It's a redfish, bro. It's a freaking redfish. Oh my god. It's called a redfish, dude What bro, you crushed that thing. I gotta take a picture of this dude. This is insane. Oh my god I'm bleeding a little bit. That is insane. Holy cow. That's insane Wow I have yet to ever catch a redfish. I thought I had a big bass, man I really thought I had a big bass That is so cool to see though I can I can officially say I caught a redfish In a dang bass turner. I should put him in the box. Wait him in Bro, that was wild, man I've never guys, I I've had 50 60 fish days on this spot right here. I have never not once Had an opportunity to catch a redfish in a course during a tournament I could freaking demolish it dude. I seriously thought that was it. I've been so patient guys. I've been like Biting biting my lips man this whole time. I'm like, man, am I doing the wrong thing? And then I felt that bite and I was like, oh that's a good one I thought that was a three to four pound bass right there. I was like that is exactly what we need, but It was a dang redfish That was the most unexpected thing I have ever seen. Maybe that's good luck guys. Maybe maybe that's just Some good luck. Maybe that's a good luck charm saying no, it's all right. Just take a deep breath Catch you some good fish. It's all right My second like thought process is like, hey, we gonna throw a jerk bait here for a second We got our third fish That is awesome Okay, that's 12 He is 12. He ain't big but he's still decent. I hope and we'll call him out, but Jerk bait fish took him. He's small. He's running on me I'm gonna keep My first cast on that dang patroller I don't think he was even 12. I want to say he's like 11 He is a very small one That's crazy. I threw all these different baits up there I didn't have a bite. I threw this patroller up there. Literally the first cast and I get slammed Not about a big one, but I mean, hey Somebody should tell me something about this top lure Okay, okay. I'll pull the rod out of my hand. I was laying on this puppy Okay, these fish are so small, man, but We getting step closer to a limit Is he 12 is best That is not what we want to catch but I will say it's okay Because we got four fish And given our situation with the trolling motor. I feel like I'm not doing too bad with it I'm just having the fish so pink slow Given with that situation. I'm kind of happy. Well, I did talk to uh, two boats Come over here. I talked to Clint. Um, he said he had two fish I don't know how big they are. They're probably similar size Then I talked to one boat after him and they said they had two fish. So I mean, heck We're at least putting a few fish in the boat Can't complain. So where's that to keep fishing guys? Gotta be a fish I'm not buying that. I'm really not buying that Actually, there's some urge tree right there. You can barely see it Only thing the reason you can notice is the smooth work. He ate it right there. I was about Right there on that isolated tree, baby That was so cool. I literally watched him dive over it like a dang top water. He ain't big guys, but guess what? That's fish number five Oh, man All we got to do is pray that nobody else caught him I didn't catch him. I'm telling you, I didn't catch him today. I gotta be a few small ones That's all I was hoping would happen on this spot guys. I never fish this spot like this this spot's like Twice a year once a year type spot. You know what I mean? But Hey, it paid off is crazy because This is a great talking point, man to really pay attention to your surroundings You know, what I noticed is when I came up on this bank right here It went from two foot out there in the middle to five foot. Okay You got a steeper bank. Not only do you got a steeper bank You still got some good cover in the water, you know a lot of this cover with the tie being so low It's still up on the bank But I'll tell you this bank, you know, it still has a good couple solid pieces of cover I'm not talking about just one not not one little isolated piece It's got a good couple solid pieces. You know, there's places for bass to go there Not only that but I kept going up there on that bank You know, I was honestly way too close to the bank. I I just couldn't control the trolling motor And what I noticed when I was going up there and I said it right before I caught the fish I said, look at that isolated stump right there. That's below the surface As I said that I was honestly going to go past it I wasn't even going to cast at it because I was like, I'm like three foot from it Sure enough, I cast at it. Look what happened. We ended up catching our fifth fish Pay attention to them small things when you're fishing guys and that just saved That just saved us right there from weighing in four fish to weighing in a limit And don't get me wrong. We don't have nothing special. We've had a tough little day today but We got part one of the tournament done Now we just got to see if we can catch a few more and try to get size That's our biggest thing right now. We need some size in the boat. It don't even have to be a big I don't know what people are catching today for all we know. That's the only limit caught. I don't know Which I don't think that's the case. I think I think some people caught them Especially doing that Only a few boats went down river. All the other ones went up river Either is really good up there or it's really bad. So maybe Maybe uh, we lucked out. I don't know. I know, uh Clint and that other guy I talked to you know, they had a few fish. So it's like people are catching some fish I just don't know if there's any size to it. So And I'm gonna be honest with you This tree right here could have another bass. I cannot believe that sucker. I hate it like that too. That was so cool Such a cool little talking point too, man. All right, that couldn't have gone better. I will literally wash them go over that tree I got Guys, that was a bite too. I'm gonna break it This line is so strong. It's a brave axe God Mm-hmm I'm gonna be doing this That ring my ear it popped so hard that popped at the end of my rod That is some strong line, dude. Gosh I'll tell you if I lost the fish today or broke one off there ain't no reason for that Because that line as strong as can be we are still in six foot of water on this bank. This is actually a freaking Fantastic looking bank. Uh, I love it. Good thing. Noah did come prepared on the rods I gotta back up Texas And it has a crow on it. Maybe Give up another presentation It's so funny that how I struggle so hard of just fishing this little banger, you know, barely Barely any current. This is dang trolling them. There's a lot easier fishing like a bottom bait though. Oh Dude dude dude He's running at me biggest one today. Oh my gosh Oh my gosh Look at that hook the mouth side of the mouth. I don't even know how I hung on to that fish Not a big one by any means not a big but dude big compared to what we got in the box I ain't a bad fish Now the tricky part here It's cold. I think I spotted the smallest Well, that's our smallest dude. Good thing we got one of the babies out of the boat. They're all babies, but All right, he's fat though, man. He's got he's got a little belly on him. Dude guys. What in the world, bro? All right We can actually make something happen here. Let's let's let's focus up. This is like comeback zone right here Oh Oh, I got that up in my trolling motor. I was like, don't even start this trolling motor's had enough I cannot believe off of just paying attention That we just caught two fish right there We caught our fifth fish and got a hole out of literally just paying attention to our surroundings Going with gut instincts Even this crawl choice. This could have been this could have been game changer Like me breaking that lure off. I wonder if that's the same one that bit me Or maybe there's just a couple there. I mean, this is like I said, it's a great bank You got a great isolated tree And you know those fish are sitting on the back of that as this current's passing And right when you lift it over that tree, that's usually when they hit it, you know, they're sitting there on that current break Let's see if we can get another one, man. Guys, I got stuck. I'm not a hundred percent sure if it was a bite, but It might have been right Gotta get a little closer Oh, this is such a mess Give me my rod back Well, we've gonna wash out this stump, but I think we got what we needed to out of that one where some keep moving I don't want the stump to hold me back. I don't know if there's another fish on it Let's keep moving. Oh, there's no way I wasn't recording No, it wasn't was it really nice? Well guys, I got another coal Oh my gosh, you can't tell me I wasn't recording on that whole thing There's another isolated tree right there. I threw probably forecast kept getting slammed And um, I was like, man I'ma back off of this for a second Kept getting hit kept getting hit. I'm like, oh my gosh. I know I can catch one here and uh, sure enough Finally caught one Oh my gosh Okay, that felt like a decent bite ended up culling out another one of our small ones He wasn't big, but he was bigger than that other one This is a little reliable, man summer craw Rage crawl Kind of long fish on it in the past They're destroying the crawl so I want to put a crawl on keep it rolling if they're not gonna eat this bro If this horse fly, I swear dude, ain't your time You think you're all cool, dude until you're dead on the carpet. We're gonna hone in here guys I think we can catch At least one to two more fish off this spot All right, I'm upset. I didn't get that on camera dude. It was such a good little clip Such a good little clip All right, y'all I think we're gonna call it 15 minutes short It's 833 right now a ramp's right down there. I'm just by myself And I don't want to be in everybody else's way when I'm trying to put my boat up It's kind of a pain in the butt at this ramp too, especially with the current So I will catch you guys at the way in What a day we're uh back in the car right now. We're waiting to weigh in everybody's pulling out I just talked to a kind gentleman a second ago. He said he's got four fish Um, and he couldn't catch any down where I was he had to go up So I'm wondering if people ended up catching him really good up river. I don't know Uh, I mean we got a limit. We just don't we don't have any size to him You know, I'm proud that we got a limit. I'm happy. I just wish we would have landed a few big ones today I think that could have been the game changer of you know, picking up this tournament was landing two to three really good fish And we just never had the opportunities. You know, we fished hard Um, we did what we could with the trolling motor that was a little aggravating at times But um, I'm still impressed with you know, our performance today and just being able to catch fish And I'm in that current with the trolling motor and just I was getting frustrated with horse flies and You know, I'm still happy on how everything went, but let's see, uh I'll catch you guys away I literally just walked up there to weigh everything in and I didn't even turn the goat fair back on But we had seven pound seven point two eight So I don't know what that's gonna do, but just could not find the big ones today We'll get them next time, but I'll let you guys know what ends up winning. I'm gonna stick around for a minute I'm just sitting down editing this video and I realized I forgot to film an outro We ended up getting the top five. I think 11 pounds one second place was nine pounds Then it went down to eight and then the seven pounds and you know, we only had seven point two eight It was a tough little tournament, but you know, we stuck it out We caught a lot of fish ended up cooling a few times learned a lot in that tournament and also, um, you know It just goes to tell me I need to be more prepared next time. You know, the trolling motor wasn't working I should have got that fixed before the tournament I think I could have helped this out just as far as hitting a lot of those main river spots Throwing a lot of moving bait and being able to position the boat in the right spots like that was my hardest time yesterday was just trying to Position the boat and get it in the correct spot while throwing the bait and still keeping it in a productive area And working it the right way. It was easy to throw the soft plastics But when it came down to like the moving baits, it was so hard to do Like it was just so hard to fish those and work the trolling motor at the same time But overall, I hope you guys enjoyed this video. If you're new to the channel subscribe I'd really appreciate it Share this video with a friend and also the like button if you guys enjoyed the tournament video and you want to see more We're gonna start fishing some of these here and there over the next few weeks So if you guys enjoy this stuff, let me know. Um, we're definitely gonna be getting a dub here soon Uh, this was the first one of the year. I cannot complain and we called a redfish. I was just insane That was probably the craziest thing that's ever happened to me during a tournament But I love you guys so much and I'll catch you all in the next video