 What's going on y'all welcome to today's vlog. I'm gonna be your host fishing partner today As you can tell by my windshield wiper situation and the little raindrops here Looking like we got a little little aquatic Uh situation going on today with the raindrops February conditions with a little rain Not warm rain could be tough So i'm gonna take you along for the ride today Sometimes you just get cabin fever though, and you're like, you know what? I just gotta get out there I gotta do this. You gotta scratch the bass itch. So that's what we're gonna go do today Had some fishing freaks there at the boat ramp got a little pregame report the shallow bite does not seem to be on Which I was hoping for Water tip right now is 53 Seeing some bait fish out here eight to ten. That's not bad I think i'm gonna go ahead and try to fish some shallow areas first and just see what's going on And then if I can't get a bit doing that i'm probably going to move out deeper and fish a little bit slower There are some good bass in here that I know of and maybe we'll get bit. So We're going to buckle down. We're going to head to our first spot And get to cracking on them We're going to use some of the baits From the february pro box a lipless crank. This is always good this time of year And hopefully we'll have some bait up there and we'll be able to get a bite And when a fish hits this it's more of a reaction bite It's just coming by really fast sometimes they chase it and run into it But usually it's just comes by their face and then they They'll kind of attack it whereas like a a jig bite or something like that this time of year you got to fish it really slow The fish can slowly swim over to it. They grab it. It's usually kind of a soft Subtle bite this they just have to react to they got they got to make a decision really quick They make a decision to grab it and then a lot of times you'll just see them You'll hook them on the outside of the face or you won't hook them very good because They're not at full swim strength where they can really Run over and suck the bait in quickly Now once it gets over 55 you get up around 60 degrees That's when they really start to chase good and really start to eat good first little spot on the rocks wasn't working out Fish there for about about five minutes Wasn't seeing a whole lot of bait so i'm going to cruise down about A couple hundred yards to some more rocks. It's got deep water close by see if there's any bait over there that's by If I don't see any bait there That's two main lake points that are good indicators of kind of where the fish are going to be setting up But we're going to work through it together All right, so right here. We got these rocks Main lake point the mist And the range is kind of coming and going it's like that annoying little Mist that just covers your glasses and your cell phone Usually when the overcast conditions come along the bass kind of move up shallow winter and Really early spring presponds kind of a different deal because the sun's going to warm up that shallow water and the overcast conditions Are not going to warm up that shallow water So probably keep them at bay in the deep deepness deep fishing slow Man, that's uh, that's a grind. That's how a lot of guys catch big fish this time of year But it is it is a grind. It's not as fun when you could just kind of chuck and wind up shallow. That's what I like to do Here's a good bass Just got him on a brush pile That's a big one He thumped it hard Oh, yeah, that's a big one That right there ladies and gentlemen is a toad and a half Definitely want to make sure we get this fish in the boat. That might be seven or eight pounds right there Oh, let's see what we got. Yeah, that's a mondo Whoo son Ike's headbanger jig just fell right out Whoo, let's get that fish in the live well Get a picture of that one well guys, I just spent a Very very long time idling around probably 30 minutes On a shoreline that had a really steep bank where it went from like five down to 20 I was looking for brush piles. I'm trying to figure out the new lorantz system here. This is my first time Really putting it to use trying to find Brush piles and things like that. You just see on my map here. I went up and down Up and down. This is part of the main lake everywhere. I went that I saw just a little bit of something I marked I marked a fish or a brush, but there's different icons here just going back and forth between The side imaging I have down imaging as well and then the regular sonar in front of me this thing right here the r2 d2 Just keeping us on the spot while i'm sitting here talking to you guys You can see the marker buoy I marked a few this is the first one I stopped at And I was fishing that jig Little headbanger jig with uh, I think it's a rage bug. Like I worked it through the pile Didn't get bit and then I worked it a little bit Up the ledge towards me. I'm sitting in 10. It's 14 out there And then I just got a solid And the fish just started running with it and I'm gonna put it on the scale We'll see how big it is. I think this is going to be the one to really christen in The silver bullet. I was looking for a fish over five pounds the other day with flair almost got there But uh, hey today. I'm pretty sure we're here and that's going to clock in It's bouncing eight six eight Eight six eight. All right Ladies and gentlemen That is a certified mondo right there That is why you fish This time of year you can see that's a female. She's fat. She's getting ready for the spawn And you don't get many bites, but when you do It's a Begging her can be if you put in your time. I love you, sweetie That's a full face sniff right there. I love when you can do that. She put like your whole Oh, yeah, I got to Love it. All right, we're gonna return this bad girl to the depth so she can go make some babies In the spawn Enjoyed you See you later. I'm a little sea rig Not nearly as big Oh, man, he had it though. My gosh. I think I had him on there for a while Didn't really realize it I'm sorry fish Oh popped right out. I never even had him hooked. He just had it In his gullet Just a little guy kind of beat up looking Said, you know what? I'm gonna break out the little the little chicken rig That I was throwing the other day with flair because it's just a good Finesse approach and I had one knock it I turned on my GoPro and I don't know if he That was the same fish that just had it the whole time or If that was a different fish, but he knocked it pretty good coming through those limbs That's a much better technique for going through Uh, the limbs of the tree having that three sixteenths ounce weight Really helps where it's not like dragging all the way through the limbs It just kind of puts it up in the limbs and you can feel it and work the uh It's a fluke I got on here through there before I pick up my buoy And I lose where I'm at. I want to make sure to mark this brush ball. Okay. There it is right there So i'm going to go new waypoint and you can see some of the brush I know this is kind of hard to tell so on here you can see the brush This is a brush pile and you can see some fish kind of around it I think I could zoom in with this sucker, which is kind of cool. Yeah So there's the brush right there And there's a couple of fish just kind of in and around it But there was a mondo there Fosho All right. Here's another example I've got a little brush I've got some bait fish and stuff. I just went over one another one of my marks Uh, it looks like there's a couple of fish there. So I'm gonna turn back around. I just threw my buoy out Through the old crankbait out there I think I discovered what Might have been going on. It's not a bad sign though All right, no luck here. I cycled through all three baits. I had one bump on the jig and dropped it So time to go explore some more offshore structure That's looking juicy right there. So we are gonna toss her out That's what down scan looks like I'm still trying to get used to that really Just to be honest with you guys that looks like fish. There's bait in it Looks like there's two fish right there. Zoom in on that situation And uh, yeah, there's some blobs on there Should be something down there I got a fish, but he's in the burst pile When I set the hook it was just like Heavy He was directly in the brush. It's kind of tough with the carolina rig because I don't have direct Pressure on the fish. Well, I no longer feel the head shakes It's a good indicator that fish has got off or it's just hung in there too deep Broke it. That's part of brush pile fishing. That's enough for today or two You've done well. Well, it's good to be home OSG Hey, honey How are we doing? Oh, welcome back to the empty nest The empty nest is pretty much what it is I feel like I can echo in here See you got your vlog camera out over here. Do a little vlog A Oh, it's it's she's beautiful. She's a real beauty. She's got her own little minty thing. That's right Take a look at mine. I'm boom Check that out. Here's like the macho man the big fuzz Well, the fishing freaks just wanted to say hi. I uh, I gotta go talk to him about the lure So I'll see you in just a minute. No fun. There you go. Here we are the lure cave I kind of wanted to get A couple of more videos in the cave before it's moved You know OSG just mentioned our house is empty. That's because we're moving and we have it showing Literally the reason I went fishing today We had a showing on our house that I couldn't be here I literally had to leave. I was like, well, I got this boat in the trailer Here, um, we're kind of semi living here But not really because our house is a show home now So I guess I'm just going to go fishing It worked out my favorite because we got a Mondo, baby Now you don't get Mondos every day. I love to catch those fat girls The fat girls come around this time of year basically through Uh, April and then when we get into post bond bass start getting really skinny So this is really the time of year if you're going to go try to catch big bass, you know Basically now through March, April, you're going to get those Mondos every once in a while But in January, February You're only going to get a few bites. So you better hang in there If you start seeing that bait up shallow, that's when you start getting a lot more bites Unlike the chatter baits and spinner baits and all that fun stuff that I really like to throw too But when the bait fish are still out That means a lot of times the bass are going to be out too And it's going to be a slow bite and a lot of people throw jigging spoons You can throw, uh, jerk baits if the bass or if you got clear water And the bass can come up and down But today I had dirty water and I had to go slow And that's where that jig really comes into play Jig is my favorite bait to throw for big bass And literally it was the exact same jig I hadn't even retied from the other day With flair, what I caught my biggest bass on there When we were fishing some pre-spawn conditions So the jig just seems to get it done And I had that rigged up on 18 pound fluorocarbon line On a high-speak ratio reel with a 7 foot favorite big sexy Let me tell you guys, I am so excited that my 7-2 Signature series big sexy fishing freak rod is almost here Y'all pay attention to the socials I'm going to let you know when it comes out But I really wanted to fish that rod today And that that extra two inches fishing brush piles You know just having a little extra leverage I really like that I like a 7-5 more for like just straight flipping like up really shallow 7-2 is like my favorite overall though That's why we made the rod It's freaking awesome Can't wait to show you But anyways, I'll let you know when it's out And a big shout out to everybody that's been hitting me up With the Make Every Cast Count gear Tagging me on Instagram and stuff like that I haven't officially started the contest yet To come fish with me But I know you guys have been getting the Make Every Cast Count gear I just want to thank you guys for all the support With all the gear at the fishing freak store I guess we can call it Thank you guys for everything For helping support this channel Especially during these hard months of January February It's it's really really tough on us YouTubers So I appreciate the merch buys Check it out if you haven't already Go get you some gear And subscribe right here to the channel If you haven't already hit the ding dongs for notifications When I put out the video So you can get them right in your face As soon as they hit the internet And as always Thank you for tuning in on this video And I'll catch y'all on the next one