 So right here, I need like a little plopper or a popper. There's one behind under me. I think that's a big one. I think that's a big one. Oh, that's a big one. Dude, dude, dude, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big. I think this is a double DJ. Oh, oh. Today's going to be a fun day of fishing, as you guys can tell. We got a little bit of cloud cover outside. Zero to no wind. This is actually pretty hot. The last couple of days here have been toasty. It's actually 87 degrees right now. Got my boy Fletcher behind the camera. If you guys are new to the channel, please hit that subscribe button and notification bell. And also hit the like button if you guys have been enjoying the content. I honestly think we are just going to be taking some big baits, some big lures, and trying to catch some big fish. It's been a minute since I've filmed, you know, a big fish video and just going out having a good time fishing. So I think we're going to do that today. We're going to be doing that out of the Jombo. One thing I'm going to do tomorrow is I'm going to ride by the river and I want to see the water level. If it's not flooded anymore, I'm going to get Fletcher and we're going to go film some river videos. We're going to film some fishing for river monster series videos, which I really want to bring back on the channel. But for right now, we're going to be fishing out of the Jombo. It's going to be a good day. Let's go ahead and hop on the water and have a good time. Let's keep it. The gnats are already in my ears, Fletcher. Everybody up north is saying, you know, I love or I hate how it's cold up here. One thing that you guys don't have to worry about is these freaking little gnats that get to eat you alive every single time. I have this rigged up on my protea. Like I said, I don't have my top water, you know, on my braided combo, but I don't think on a whopper plopper it's going to matter that much. It's not like I'm throwing like a walking bait where it's going to dive, you know, with fluoro. So I think we should be good. Let's kind of throw it next to the boat. Let's see what we got. So steady retrieve. Oh, baby, all right. What? I'm throwing in there. Sling it out there. I don't even think my drag set. Boosh, the first cast. You know what's funny is I never really work. I've caught some big fish like night fishing with the whopper plopper. I haven't really thrown it a lot. I get the lake and stuff. But I will say when I work a whopper plopper, usually I don't really. See, you do it usually just really, right? I'll reel it out, Paul. See, I always do this. That's what I've always done. But I don't know. I think we're going to experiment today, guys. We're going to figure out what's best. We're going to give it a shot. Fletcher was filming with like a homemade whopper plopper earlier today. We're going to see if we can catch a donk on top water today. I think it's going to be fun if we can. No? Yeah, that was a fish. Really? Yeah. I'll throw it back in there. I don't want to take it from you. Did you? Maybe get a little reaction. I think there's a weight coming towards me. Yep. That's a good one. It is a good one. Oh my God. That's bigger than we think, Fletcher. That's actually bigger than we think. You got the net. Oh God. Oh gosh. No, he's like a four pounder. He's right here. He's every bit of four. You on the net? No, Fletcher. No, it is a four pounder too. I got it, I got it. All right, all right. Scoop this sucker. That's four. Oh my God, his eye. There we go. Oh my God. That's a fatty right there. That's a four pounder. What did I say? I think there's a weight coming. Did I get his eye? Yeah. I didn't get it that bad. Wow, that's a four pounder. Geez, that was freaking awesome. All I got to say is, wow, on that one, I got his eye barely. I want to get that out. You might hand me those real quick flesh. Thank you, bro. There you go. What do you guys think about it for the first fish of today? Maybe my gut instinct on throwing this baby plopper was the right one. Yeah. He's all right. I hooked right outside of his eye. He actually got very lucky there. I would do not want to hurt that fish. But that is a beautiful one. I think he might be just shy of four pounds. But that is a nice, beautiful bass. We're going to get a weight on her. Like I said, we're about to find out. I love how this new scale works. Oh. 384. 384. Yeah, she's just shy of four pounds. But what can I say? First fish today, almost a four pounder. That is exactly how you started out. I thought I saw a wake coming out from under that tree. And sure enough, I was right. She came up, slouched that thing. First fish today is a slab. That is a good sign. This is the biggest fish all day. We filmed the video earlier. And this is the biggest girl right here at the beginning of the episode. That's how we like it. Thank you so much, baby. You were a good fish. Oh, yeah. Almost a four pounder. Oh my gosh. She soaked me, man. Oh my God. Dude, that. Yeah. I mean, I got. I'm glad I didn't get her like directly in the eye though. But that is a freaking good fish, bro. Just think about that. Give you a bow. You know how I was saying this sucker's going to twist my line? Oh yeah. That's kind of crazy for the first fish today, man. What was I doing? Was I reeling it? I can't remember. There's a wake. That was so cool, dude. She came right under that tree. And this right out and hammered this freaking plopper. My first fish on the baby plop ever. It feels so good to get back in the top water, bro. I feel like everyone's finally kind of burning over there. This warm weather is kind of coming everywhere. I mean, obviously it's not this warm where everyone else is at, but, you know. It's finally starting to heat up. People are getting back out. Gradually. Yeah. That looks so good. Look at that tiny fish. Oh my gosh. Dude, he wasn't even five inches. Yeah. So small. How big was that fish? I don't know. I don't think he got a good piece of it though. He might come up and smoke that thing. Oh my God. Yeah, you never... Dude, why did he hit it like that? He never got a piece of it, but I hope he's buried. Dude, it was like right when your bait hit the water and he hammered it. Oh my God. Like a big fish. Oh God. That's a bigger one than I think. What, about two and a half, three pound? Is he that big? It's hard to tell. Oh, he's probably about two. He had two number. I don't know if he... Yeah, he's about two pounder. You got one too? You came off? Yeah. A little fat chunker. Look how he has his plopper. Holy cow. Where's the pliers? Here they are. Guys, my second fish today on the plop. Freaking like this little thing. I'm enjoying it. I'm having a good time. If you guys are having a good time, you better hit that like button. Enjoy. I'm having a good time. I'm having a good time. I hope everybody's having a good time. A little fat two. Two number. If not, if he ain't two, he's pushing it. Pretty dude though. I'll take him. Anything on the top water is fun, right? Wow. I wasn't even recording that whole time. You guys just missed something really good. I don't even know why I wasn't recording. I had a freaking four pounder literally kissing my bait. You could see him on the GoPro. Wow. Why did that happen? Dude, that was so close, bro. You know what, Fletcher? I wasn't recording again, so they didn't get to see that. That was one of the coolest things ever. I might have to get that clip from you. Dang it, dude. Remind me, I want to get that clip from you. There's some fish stacked here last time. Small. What, this? Hold up, bro. Hold up. I might. No, he is small. He started to feel like bigger and bigger. I was like, hold on. Hold up, hold up, hold up. I'll take you, bud. I do not like that. I do not like that, Jimbo. I don't like when you give me that sass. He broke the freaking hook, didn't he? Yeah, he snapped one of that. Look at that. Maybe that fish that jumped snapped one off. Oh, he could have. I'm thinking about that. That's a little baby. So guys, I got a little secret. Fletcher has something that I haven't thrown before. I actually have a few of them. I've never thrown. I'm just going to set that plopper right there right now. We might put that back on. It's called a stutter step. Look at that. Look at that. Big boy. That looks like a big fish catching machine to me. I won't give it a shot. I've never caught a fish on this. If you guys have ever thrown this, let me know down below. Let me know what your luck was on it. I'd love to know. But we're going to give this a shot. Let's see if we can catch a dinosaur on it. A dinosaurus. A dinosaurus rex. That's not just a walking bait. I didn't know it was a walking bait. I thought it was something real. No. Yeah, you don't really. What the heck? I bet you can catch them like that. Look at that. You can. I've never thrown on this. It was a bait designed for tiger fish. Really? Yeah. I want to get just a ton of top waters and lay them out on like... Oh, that's a good one. Let's get the net. Get the net? No, no, no, never mind. He's got so much bigger, dude. I saw my flora stretching, you know. Oh, man. There you go. Oh, that's my first stutter step fish right there. Wow. Nihilated it. Guys, I've been talking about it. I've never thrown that before. I just put it on a little walking bait right there. It's in black and red. Got some white on the bottom right here. And I kept talking. I was like, man, I can't believe there's not a fish on this dock. Sure enough, he finally came out and smoked this thing. That was freaking fun, man. This has turned into like a topwater episode. I think I'm going to... This is going to be like the topwater showdown. We're just going to try to use a ton of different topwaters. I'm going to keep throwing it. I really thought this was a big fish. I'm throwing this on flora. I didn't come prepared for this. But I thought... I swore that was like a five plus, bro. The way he ate it. Yeah. Well, when I hooked him too, it was like he didn't move. But like I said, I'm on flora. And I'm used to throwing topwater on braid. But that's still fun. So I have a little two pounder. All right. Let's get back in there. I don't understand why it's giving you that bit of a time. Well, that one I couldn't really put the hook in. That was really cool. No, no. It's just... As a whole. I know. It might be on these docks though, man. Might get on a nasty little bite. He hit your line, dude. That was a small fish, but... They do that. It's so weird. Hit me. Come on. What? What? What? What was the tilapia? Tilapia. Tilapia? Yeah. Tilapia? A big tilapia. Why the hell is there a tilapia in here? Look at that. He was on that bed right here. You see that huge bed right here? Right when you said that, I saw this bed. That's a good one. Oh, yes. That's a good one. That's a hammer. Dude, that sucker hammered that. That's a solid two, two number. Look at that fish right there in the sun. It's a decent fish. Don't do it. Don't do it. Don't do it. Don't do it. Solid two and a half. He's barely hooked. He's barely hooked with how everything's going today. That didn't seem like he was going to stay thin, but that's a beautiful two number right there. I love that right there. They do hammer that thing. You're right about it. That is so much fun. Guys, if you love the top water videos and you have a specific bait you want me to go over, let me know below, because I just enjoy them so much. I don't see why you guys wouldn't enjoy watching them. That's a pretty fish. Let's get her right back in. Look at that. That's a long bass, man. She's got some. I mean, she's got a thick body, but she's not fat. Yeah, no, for sure. Healthy fish. I'm not going to let her splash me again. All right. That was good. Oh, wake towards me. I got too excited, man. I should have hooked that right there. Please come hit it. That would seem like a good one, dude. I think that was a decent one, man. I got too excited and sweeped too early there. That happens every year on me, dude. I just don't throw top water for so long, and then when I start throwing it again, I get so excited. You're getting antsy. Yeah. Ooh, that looks so good. It's called a yapper rat. I filmed a few videos of that, but I caught some of the gar on it, surprisingly. Gar? Yeah, I was fishing a swamp. There he is. Oh, look at the other one. Fletcher drop right next to my right, no, right here. I'm going to let him kind of pull. There's another fish with him, unless he's gone. I think he saw the boat. Gosh, there's a little bigger than this one. He's with him. Well, there we go. Another stutter step. It's a lot of fun, man. I'm not getting like a ton of bites on it, but let me tell you, when I do, they're hitting it pretty good. This one actually didn't hit it. Yeah, definitely the softest bite on the stutter step. This is fun though. It's just something different. I don't know. I like throwing new baits. When it's a topwater, I really don't care what it is. I'm having a good time. He was not coming off. Look at that little guy. Pretty color stuff. You just got to get that monkey off your back. Remember when I caught that one, it just like, it finally started. Yeah, I lost some, but it was like, I finally... Every time I set the hook, it's just nothing. I feel nothing. Look at this little bass. There's like a hundred of them. Oh my God. There it is. Oh my gosh. There's no way that's how it just worked. Oh my God. There's no way. This little turtle is giving me so much pain. I swear, every time I set the hook, there's just literally no weight on it. I got him. Oh, there's a big one behind him in my bed. Hey, he didn't know it was over here. He's got a solid like two and a half. Oh yeah. Solid two. Freaking, there was a good one behind it, man. About three pounds. Wow. That's a little thick, chunky dude, man. Look at that. That's a pretty bass right there. Two pounder. Nice, Jimmy. Nice, old Jimmy. Thank you for buying, buddy. Yes, sir. Uh-huh. See you another day. There's another one behind him. I always come up in a freaking group. We need to be throwing like a double fluke or something under these trees. I keep talking about it. We're going to do it someday. If you guys want to see a double fluke video, I haven't thrown in a while. I've caught multiple, like two bass on at a time, multiple times. We'll have to make a video doing that. Come on. Yep. Yep. Yep, there it is. Let's go. There it is. Hey, big. But he got it. Thank goodness, all of that. Jesus. Jesus. I get out of the way. Who wants my YouTube channel? I'm selling it. What in the world, dude? We have $5. I don't understand. I really don't understand. That's aggravating, dude. God, Lee, that's a small one. Here it is. Here's a fish for you. Oh, what in the world? Oh, he's pissing. Little squeaky McGee coming after old big guy. Look at it. That fish is big. Man, I feel like this is your best bet with what you're doing. So right here, I need like a little plopper or a popper. There's one behind under me. That's a good one, Fletcher. That's a giant, dude. That's a giant. I'm about to fall in. Dude, is that a five? Yes. That might be six. Oh my God. Just get him in the net. Get him in the net. Oh, that's a six. That's a six. Let's go. Dude, I thought he was under me and he was. Dude, that's a freaking hog. That's a five number. Is he six? He might be. He's a hefty guy. He might be six. Dude. Holy smoke, bro. Guys, that is incredible. Seeing a fish this big hit the top water is just something else. Especially the way he annihilated this thing. I thought I saw him coming underneath. I think this fish is every bit. He's every bit of five. I don't know if he's six, but he's a hefty freaking dude. That's a five all day. Oh yeah, it's a five pounder. I'm telling you, he's a heavy guy. Look at that fish. Oh, baby. Look. He doesn't look. This is what I'm going to say. I don't know if he looked. Does he look like a five pounder? Oh yeah. He looks like a four to me, but he feels like a five. Yeah. Dude, he looks so big. I think he's probably pushing five. He's pushing five. All right. Oh man, come on, baby. Be a five pounder. Be a five. No, don't drop him. Don't cut me short on this one, fish. In the world. Four, eight, nine. Four, eight, nine. Gosh dang it. Hold on. Reset it. Reset it. You want me to try it one more time? Reset it. He went to 505 and he went back to 485. Well, needless to say, that's almost a five pounder. He's just shy of it. And that is a giant fish to catch on top order. What a freaking beauty. We're going to get her right back in the water. I cannot believe old babies just shy of five. Look at her. How fat and just, that's a dinosaur, man. That's a sloth. Oh, look at that. She's going to kick for you too. Yeah. I'm going to put her underneath so she don't wet us. Oh, that's a beauty, man. That was a beauty, man. That was a good fish right there. We got a four, one that was almost four. We got one that was almost five. There's nothing beats that top water action. I thought I saw that fish coming up under it. And then right when I noticed it just demolished that bait. That's what we want to keep doing. That's what I saw. I think that's a big one. That's a giant. I'm going to poke you. I think that's a big one. Oh, that's a big one. Dude, dude, dude. Big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big. Big, big, big, big, big. Dude, this is big, big, like big, like big. Oh, oh, it might be a double. It might be a double. It might be a double. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. Oh, guys, guys, I was literally just saying we just need a big one. I think this, I think this is a double digit, guys. I think this is a double digit. Oh, oh, oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Noah. Noah. Noah. Noah. Noah. Noah. Oh my God. Dude. Dude. That's so big. Oh my God. Bro. That's eight bucks. Bro. Oh my God. That fish might be bigger. Dude. That's at least eight. At least eight. Oh, eight all day, bro. I'm the turtle. Do when you poke something. Dude. Dude. Dude. Dude. Dude. Dude. Dude. That fish is huge, bro. That's every bit of eight. I'm shaking. That's an eight pounder. I'm shaking, dude. This is the biggest bass I've caught in quite some time. On the turtle. On the turtle, bro. It's literally, this is the most patient I've been all day throwing this thing. I've debated it so many points on what I was going to do. Dude, she's either, I think she's eight. I don't think she's below eight. She might be seven something. I think she's eight, though. She's eight. Eight. Eight, five, five. Yes, eight, no. Eight, five, five. Jeez. Look at that. Look at that. Holy smokes, guys. I've been waiting a while to catch a fish like this. It has been a hot minute. I cannot tell you how good it feels to catch a giant like that. My heart is racing. Dude, my heart is racing. My heart is racing. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. That's a tank. That's an absolute tank. Oh, we got to get some pictures. Yeah. We got to get some pictures. Hold on, guys. We got our pictures. It is time to let this megalodon go. Absolutely gorgeous fish. I just cannot get enough of seeing a fish like that. Dude, my heart is thumping. My heart is thumping. It is time to let her go. Come here, big beautiful. You got me freaking out, man. That was awesome. Thank you for eating my turtle and inhaling it. It's much appreciated. I know you're ready to go. But you swim off. You'll make some babies. Oh, god. Yes. Oh, yes. Oh, yeah. You want to let him? I'll risk it for the biscuit on this one. How about that, Noah? She ate it. Look how she ate it right there. Inhaled. That was crazy. I actually thought she was way bigger than that. I never said to die. She was making like a freaking ruckus over there. I was like, oh, yeah, this is a four, but he ain't even a three. He's a good fish. That is freaking crazy. This top water by so much fun, guys. Fletcher freaking caught. We've caught a bag today, Fletcher. We have caught a bag. Our top five, eight and a half of five. Four. Four. Some threes. What is that? Nine plus six is 15 plus eight. We've got like 24 pounds. Oh my God. It looks like a guess in it. Yeah. We've got like 24 pounds today. This is stupid. There she goes. All right. Off into the blue.