 We finally made it back out to the hidden trophy pond. There's been four bass recorded over 15 pounds out of this place. We're out here today attempting to catch one of these 15 pound bass on top water. This is a 1v1v1 big fish tournament. Contestant number one is Tara. Contestant number two is your boy Noah. And contestant number three is Fletcher. Whoever catches the biggest fish on top water, win. All right, we're fishing for the 15 pound giants in here. We got your boy, Fletcher. What's going on, man? What's going on, brother? We got Miss Tara. What's going on? I'm sorry, but that was the only fist bump you guys are getting today, because we are competing, OK? We have a 1v1v1 top water challenge for 15 pound bass in the hidden trophy pond. That is what we're doing. What do you think's on winning today, man? Big fish takes it all. I mean, we're in the 15 pound trophy pond. It's got to be 15. If one of us caught one over 10, I'm going to lose it. But they live in here, guys. They live in this beautiful water. And we're going to be going after them today with top waters. We're going to go ahead and get it started. We've got one scale, so I think it's only fair me and Tara keep it in the boat, because we're like in the same boat. So you release my time every time I get them. Yeah, so if Fletcher catches a monster, he's got to tow them over too. How about whoever catches the last biggest fish gets to hold on to the scale? That's fair. That's fair. I like that. All right, boys, we're about to blast off. Let's go ahead and get it. Topwater big bass challenge 1v1v1 starts now. Get the launch for that boat hauls, man. That's the boat hauls. I'm starting off with the Mach patroller today. If you guys want to check them out, I'll have the link down below, discount code on the screen. Got this paired up on my Kicking The Bass TVX Lose Combo. You guys want to check them out, KickingTheBass.com. Tara's also using a Kicking The Bass X Lose Combo, but it is a spinning rod. So if you guys want to check out either or, go ahead and head over to KickingTheBass.com. It's that time of year, boys. You need to get out and do some fishing. So go cop yourself one. I really appreciate it. We're gonna get it stocked. Got trouble with it. Before we get deeper into this video, only 27% of you all watching these videos are actually subscribed. So if you could take the time, hit the subscribe button. Really helps the channel. I'd appreciate it. Oh, I got a big one. You got a grass fish right away. Tara's already starting us off here. No, and Tara don't know what they got themselves into. We're about to go absolutely crazy with the frog today. So the last few times we fish in here and if you use some top water, we've had a lot of luck in the far section of this lake up here, especially on the right side. There's like a little cove. So we're gonna kind of zoom up and go straight to this one area that I feel like we can get a bite right out the gate at. And then we're gonna work our way around some. There's gonna be some fish up here. All right guys, so last time we were out here, we did the top water frog fishing tournament. And today we just got the sole top water. So we can use any top water we want. The first fish actually came right here, which was my biggest fish of the day, almost five pounds. So these shade lines I think are gonna be key, especially with how hot it is. We're in 90 degree weather today. It is hot. I'm just hoping these fish are gonna eat top water. I don't think the bites are gonna come easy, but I think we can get it done. So it's gonna have to cover a lot of water. And I think we might pop one off here in this corner in the shade. Nice one too. Oh, it's a good one, Tara. I'm not shady. I don't know if he's quite four pounds, but it's probably like a three, three something. I got good one, Fletchy. Oh no, it just got one. Oh baby. Looks like Old Noah struck first. He barely got it too, dude. Yeah, he looks like a good three. Oh, he came off. Sucks to suck my boy. That's crazy. That's crazy, he came off. Oh, he missed it the first time he came back for it. Geez, boys. Oh, I can't believe he got off. I don't think this is gonna come easy, boys. This is gonna be a tough day to catch him on top water, and I just choked. Straight up choked on a good fish. Lisey wasn't over four. I'm pretty sure he was a solid three something. I don't think he was hidden four, though. He didn't have enough thickness for that. That's a big one, I'm pretty sure. Oh, Tara. Tara, it's a monster. Oh my gosh. Oh, it's a giant. You get a big one? Yeah, that's a big one, dude. Dang. Oh my God. Dude, they're barely hooked. Yeah, I don't know. I don't know. It's okay, I'll land them. I don't wanna hook you. Look how barely hooked. I don't wanna lose them. I know I really, he's hooked the same ways. They're not a, we've got a net. All right, I gotta land this fish, guys. Oh my God, he's so, he's so barely hooked. I'm grabbing now. Oh my God. He's about the same size as that other one. I'll take him though, jeez. Heck yeah, boys, look at that. That's a great start. Think, what you think, Tara? Let's flop her on scale. Don't seem like Fletcher's had a bite. What do I think? I think he is a three pound, I'd say three four, is fair, maybe three three. His belly's a little skinny. These fish are all spawned out. Let's see what we got here, boys. He's three even. Three pounds even. We are on board here. Boys, first fish for me and first fish of the day, beautiful fish. We lost one about the same size a second ago and we got revenge. They barely ate it. You know, today's not gonna be the best day for top water, but we're doing it. There he goes. Beautiful. That bite was so cool. I thought he was a lot bigger. The way he rolled on it, he just looked big. I'll tell you, they're fighting guys. They just ain't getting it good. Those past two fish, I've literally had this patroller by one of the back hooks and that sketch when you're fighting them. You don't, I mean, just like that first one, he came right off. Let's keep it going. See if we can catch one bigger. Maybe Tara ended up getting on a big one. Worked quite a few trees at this point and I just have not had any luck. I haven't even had a sniff on this frog and I got into the area that I was really looking forward to the casting in and just nothing. So I don't know if I need to change gears, move to like a different type of top water because apparently they're not interested in the frog, at least not in the areas that have thrown it. I'm not gonna give up on it quite yet. We're gonna keep it tied on this rod. I might pick up a patroller or maybe a walking bait just to see how they might react to something different. It's a little bit more aggressive than the frog but let me try to work this frog for just a little bit longer and see if I can't get something to bite it. I feel like I finally got my rod dialed in. As I said that, I backlash classic. We got it. Okay. Yeah, I didn't want to pull that straight because we got those treble hooks in us so it would not be fun. Come on, old fishies. We got two bites on the patroller. It's looking promising. The patroller just catches them. You guys saw in some of the recent episodes we went palm fishing them. They were tearing this thing up. They love it. Well guys, I think I'm gonna put this frog up for now and we're actually gonna put this down. We pick up the old patroller. Just want something that's gonna cover some water while we're out here. All rigged up here. Let's see what the fish think. Start firing this sucker across this flat. Oh shoot. Oh, what did I just catch? Oh, that's not what we needed. Got a tree fish? Oh, wrong species. Is that a gator? It might be reptilian. I thought it was a stick. It might have a reptile. Wasn't going for that. I did not see that at all, dude. He came out of nowhere. Well guys, this should be interesting. No, I might need your help. Yeah, I might have to come over there for that one. Oh, he got off. Let's go. What'd you come on? What a plopper, dude. He toasted my patroller. He tear it up? Yeah, he broke off the propeller. Well, I'm glad that came out of his mouth easy. Well, that hasn't happened to me in a very long time. Let me go ahead and clip this off. We're gonna have to change gears here and put on something else. Probably gonna put another patroller on, to be honest. Maybe a walking bait? I caught a dinosaur. All right, boys. We're gonna cut off this patroller and we're gonna go with a frog. I know Fletcher's been throwing it. It hasn't really had too much luck, but I'm just kind of feeling it, guys. I feel a frog bass. I think it can happen. Just got a regular strike, king frog. Pretty basic. I think behind some of these mats, I can get some good blow-ups. If I get it in the right spot, be able to pull those big fish out of the back of the grass. Dude, I cannot believe I haven't got slammed up behind that. Yeah. That sounds bad. It makes no sense. I was right. You know what's sad now? You know what's sad? We flopped out a puncher right now. That's where they're at. They're deep in that grass. Yeah, they're under the mat. Yeah. They're being weird, aren't they? They're being super weird. This is the day that we catch the 15-pounder. He bit me. Yeah, he bit me. I landed back in that, dude. Look at that. Dude, I'm talking. There's like a sliver of water. I don't even see it with my eyes. Yeah, I would 100% have to get them. Yeah, I literally can't see the water. He rolled on me though. I heard it. They're frogs, dude. There are frogs going after the frog. Yeah, that's all I'm going like this. I thought it was a fish. Frog on the frog. I'm risking it from this. Get up in there. I see water there. Hold on a minute. You hear that? He was trying to get it out of the water. I was dangling it. This is not the easiest stuff to cast in, guys. Wait, that's a frog, Tara. It's got to be. Listen, Fletcher already caught a dang alligator. I might as well go for a bullfrog, right? Oh my God. What are we doing today, boys? I knew it was a dang frog. That's frog and a frog. Oh my gosh, that's insane. Man, when I was little, I loved frogs. Like, that would have been my favorite thing to ever catch, to be honest with you. I'm not gonna break it. I didn't want to squeeze him. He would have went. Geez, guys, we caught one bass, one bullfrog and an alligator. If today's going good, that's considered good. Today's going good. I've never caught a bullfrog. That's pretty crazy. I just cannot believe there's not a bass back there. I know Fletcher did this. I don't know if he went behind the mats, but he definitely casted up in the trees. It just doesn't make sense. And this frog's kind of sinking, guys. I've caught a lot of fish on it, so I can't really work it as slow as I'm wanting to. Look at the bird. You didn't have a frog over here, really. Uh-oh. Hair is on board. You see like he did the bore up on the board? Oh! My heart just sunk. He was riding with it. That was a big flash. I just lost my PB right there. Came out of the water and got off. My alligator bullfrogs. I didn't take a picture of it. It's the same one, same spot. Ter's got a monster on. Lower a little bit of line up. Oh, yeah. That's a good one. I might beat mine. Woo! He ain't no seven-pounder, but he's a good one. Heck yeah. My heart. Woo! That blow-up was freaking intense. That was crazy. That's good. I wore my eyes and that was a dinosaur. When he first jumped, he looked like he's about four or five minutes. Let's go. You need the pliers? See, that one took good. Good job. Well, you got payback. Want me to weigh them for you? Hell yeah, you want to weigh them. What's the lady doing, man? That's a good one. All right, what? High fish, really? All right, so mine's three, even. I think you're gonna be like two ounces short. I think it's a, what do you think, a two-twelve, or might be a two? I'm saying a high two. All right, Ter. Let's do it. What are you thinking? Close to three? That's about what I was. It's two ounces short. Two pounds, 14 ounces. She's two ounces short. Oh, that's a good fish, though. Good job, girl. You got you one. That's still a nice fish. Almost three pounds, pretty much three pounds. But that one you had on, gosh. I'm just glad you got one, though. Listen, like you said, we learned. I'm going back for it. You going back? I'm going back for it. This one's beautiful, though. That's a good one. The blow-up was intense. Me and Fletcher were like freaking out. Job, girl. Hey, you didn't take the lead. You're close. But hey, you passed old Fletcher Daddy. You passed Fletcher. So now you got, I'm leading with three pounds. Ter's got a two-fourteen. Fletcher's got a big ol' bow. Got a big ol' goose egg. The goosey egg. All right, you see that bank behind you, Ter? We didn't get a bite here, but I feel promising about this. I think it can happen. We're switching up. We're going to put a sexy doll gone. And sexy shag, Kelly. Got a little bit of chrome on the bottom. So guys, rolling thumb when I topwater, oh, when I topwater fish, when it's sunny out, I like a little bit of chrome. When it's cloudy out, I like white or bone. I know I mentioned that a lot, but just to let any new viewers know, it's kind of like my go-to there. I think this is the first walking bait try today. I don't think Fletcher's throwing it. Ter has been throwing the popper. Maybe that's to get him mad and angry. I like this angle, though. You've been getting those bites off the bank. I feel more comfortable throwing off the bank now, you know? Man, finally got a nibble. That fish was like six inches long. That's so tiny. Oh, that is unfortunate. Oh, man, this is frustrating, guys. Do not like getting shut out, but I am in the struggle bus to say the least. I'm thinking we're going to go with the sexy dog, that little walking bait that has never done me wrong. This is a striking sexy dog, by the way, guys. We're going to go ahead and cut that frog off and get this thing all tied up. All right, showtime. See what's going on with this. Don't have a whole lot of line. Oh, man, just pulled it off. Not a good start. Not a good start. Hopefully a fish does not try to eat this why I retied this to the spool. Today, my mission is to show you guys on prime examples on how not to win a fishing competition with your friends. If you don't want to win, which I know all y'all don't, just followed my 10 step guide here today on how to guarantee loss. What you thinking? Oh, just got one. Hey, let's go. Oh, oh yeah, we're in the lead. We're in the lead if we get this fish in. Let's go. Let's go. Come on, stay down, stay down, stay down. Stay down. Stay down, please stay down, stay down, stay down, stay down. We were thinking about making a move and good thing. We did it because I am finally on the board guys and I think I got the lead. I think so. I think she's gonna be, I think she's gonna be four. She's long and she's got some, some thickness to her. Not like crazy filled out, but definitely not skinny by any means. I think that's probably a three. She's three 12 right on the money, right on the money. I thought she was gonna go four. I was hoping for it at least. Three and three quarters, all four. She was filled out. She's still got a nice little belly though. Not bad at all. Good fish man. Get a little, get a little bass. Fletcher just took the lead. We got a three 12, three pounds and then she caught a two 14. So we appreciate the bite there lady. I think every fish has come on a different bait too. And right here. And right here. This is, this is the only bank that is producing fish apparently. Yeah. I'm glad to secure the lead guys. I'm glad. Oh, oh come back. Oh come back. Yeah. Yeah. Seems like I found the bait. I think I found the bait boys. Sexy dog is delivering. I don't think she's gonna be bigger than that last one, but holy smokes. It's crazy how you can be throwing stuff that is super similar in nature. In one area then you just switch to something that just has a little bit different action and all of a sudden they want a bite. Like I can't tell you how many frogs and ploppers I threw right in that same general area without a sniff. Throw this one on the scale just for fun. Are we just doing biggest fish? I don't think she's gonna get a three 12, but she's fatter than the last one. A little bit shorter. I'm saying like high two, low three, two 14, not a bad fish at all. I'll take that all day long. I appreciate the bite there, lady. Let's y'all go. All right, all right. I love this change in pace here guys. I was about ready to throw in the towel and beg to switch ponds because it was just not happening for me here, but we finally have something going. That's like two fish and I don't know four or five casts with this thing. See if we can keep it going. Two 14, me neither. It's the only spot holding these dang fish on this one spot. I just had one swirl on this. Let's go, they're all right here. They're schooled up underneath this bush. Come on, come on. I can't tell if she's good or not. She's been keeping her head down and running right at me. Come on, baby. What kind of size you got on me? Getting progressively smaller, probably a little bit smaller than that last one. About the same length, a little bit skinnier, but a healthy two pounder. Nevertheless, just gonna let you on go. No need to weigh you. We already got the lead and you are not gonna be three 12. I can tell you that. All right, boys and girls, we are out at a different lake slash pond. The first one that we went to the old trophy pond, it wasn't bad, but it wasn't good and just they weren't wanting to eat top water. I don't know what I'm doing. Little do they know what just happened the last hour. Let's try to go. I don't know if you recorded any of that on your GoPro. I got nothing. But we were trying to get the golf cart to pull the boat out and erosion boat ramp did not agree. And we had to go all the way to get my car all the way back at the house to get the boat out. It took like three times as long as it should have taken. It was a solid close to an hour there. So we're back at it now and we're gonna be doing some more top water fishing just on a different lake. And I think we're gonna be surprised on what we find in here. I'm hoping they're gonna eat good. There's some big fish in here and we haven't filmed out in this place in a very long time. So we're gonna go ahead and get back at it. Fletcher is leading the big fish tournament with a three 12. I have a three pounder and Tara's a two 14. So Tara's in the losing seat. Heron did hook the biggest fish. She did hook the biggest fish. You had them on. You had him on, but we redeem ourselves now. Oh, hello. There we go. That's more like it. That is more like it. Absolutely crush that thing. Stay down. Now she's giving up. Okay. All right. Not gonna, not gonna call our big fish, but a respectable, like probably high one pounder low two pounder. And that is the first fish of this pond. Glad to see us starting out on a different note in here than we did in the first one. Hey, that's a good sign. Yeah. That didn't take long at all. We'll see if we come up. Come a little too fast. One big down. There we go. Don't fall in. No. I'm so excited. Oh my gosh. She's fighting. How big is it there? Oh my God. Wait. Oh yeah. That's probably beating mine on going on. That's a dang good one. That's a 30 pounder all day long. I'm gonna get on the boat. I'm gonna double up with you. Tara, I got freaking smoked. Oh my God. Yeah. Tara got one too, dude. Double up. Hey, they're big. They're coming for the scale on these. I don't know. This one I got is pretty dang good. Hers is. Oh man. Are we trippin'? Oh my God. I might have the winning fish right here. Yeah, that's close. Oh my God. This is a decent one. I gotta land this one. I don't think she's forward, but. Oh man. She might be guys. That might be the freaking takeover. We gotta go over to Fletch. That's dang close. Like they're both like. Oh my God. Oh no, it's got me beat. I feel jelly on it. Hey, you might have my previous one beat. This is definitely up there. I don't know, Fletch. It's very close. Like it's just gonna be nail biting actually. She's definitely over three and a half. I don't know if she, I don't think she's heading forward, but Tara's got a pretty good one. Yeah, that could definitely be a contender. I'm saying three, nine. I'm gonna say three, 12. Oh my God. Is it three, 11? Yes. Oh, let's go. What in the world, dude? I love it. I love to see it. Hey, we coming close though. We're on a good bite here. I don't know if I hit three at least. All right guys. This literally missed Fletcher's three, 12 by one ounce. That is sad. I probably should have re-weighted her, but I want to get her back in the water. She is close. There you go, baby. Dang shark. All right, let's see what Tara's got. I think it's three. Three one, three one. Oh, it's still going. What you got, girl? Oh, three, three. Three, three. There you go. Yeah, three, three. Okay. Hey, we all want some decent ones here. So we got three, 12 is still leading Fletcher's fish. I got a three, 11 and Tara's got a three, three.