 Look at them just like a tuna, like a green tuna. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome on back to the channel. And I just have to start it off here with a humongous thank you and a salute to hitting that subscribe button because we have surpassed the 1 million subscriber mark. I want to thank you so much. It's been over 10 years I've been doing YouTube videos and finally hit that million mark. It's just big, so big salute to all the fish and freaks especially if you've been there since the early days. This pond behind me, two kayaks. We're going to do a little bass fishing. Who's in the picture today? It's best friend Craig. I thought we'd kick it off with a little old school action here, post million subs getting back into fishing coming from the desert. Y'all stuff took me out into the desert. There was hardly any water. I couldn't do any fishing, so we're going to do some fishing here today with best friend Craig. And the last time we were at this pond, you may remember we did a wife fish off and Craig and his wife won. But this time, being back here, years later, we both have kids, the wife's are running around with the kids right now and they're playing, kids are going crazy. This is the time where me and best friend Craig can sneak out in our little yaks and just have a moment, just buds, just buds. Do a little dangling, do a little trash talking, and just have fun like good old times. So let's get in the act and see if we can catch some large mouth bass out here. By the way, I've got some new lubers. That should be money. What's the deal today? You think spinner bait? Well, so. What's the program? Yeah, I was going to tell you. Give me the scoop. I mean, you can catch them all day if they're on shallow frogs. Yeah, oh. Right on the edge. Oh, my. They'll destroy it. Kind of making me want to put on a frog, dude. So here's what I got. Dude, check these little frogs out, though. These are not officially out yet, but look at this little slur. Beautiful size. My beautiful size. You want one? I do. Do you have a dark one? Well, that's about as dark. I got a blue yellow-colored one. I'll take this one. That's beautiful. That'll catch them. Is that weighted, or is that just protection so it doesn't go in there? There's a weight in there. There's a little balance weight. Yeah, nice. But weight. I'm very excited about today's little adventure because every time you come to a little, let's just call this a private pond. It is exciting because, let's be honest, fish are seeing less lures. They're more apt to hit artificial lures, but they also get dialed in on certain little things, you know, whatever the pond's being stocked with or whatever's in there naturally. But if you figure that out, it's just game over. Craig, I think you've caught your PB out of here. I think that fish was over 10 pounds on a frog, large-mouth bass. PB, LMB, 10-pounder on a frog. It really doesn't get much better than that. That's kind of what you'd look for in life. I still dream about it. So we've got these new little frogs we're working on, these smaller sizes, and these look just so good. Usually the detail on smaller baits is tough to get down, but both the hard baits and these frogs, these little hollow body filthies look great. Detail on them is fantastic. So we're gonna see if we can get better on this little baby because that just looks like fun. I've got it on a nice spinning setup, 20-pound Guggen Squad braid. This is just the finesse rod. This isn't the light version. This is just the finesse. So with that braid, we're gonna crush. I like that a lot. All right, let's go do some work. It's about to get real nasty in here. Real nasty. I kind of want to go to some frog waters. Cypress stumps, over. Done. I'm all about it. So we've got a little blue-yellow color. I normally throw either like a bone or a black. That's usually my two favorites. But blue-yellow does have its place sometimes. Throwing this on a spinning setup too is kind of cool. Tighten down that drag just a little bit. No, this would be the first. No one has caught one on one of these little frogs yet. It's a little harder to get that side-to-side walk. There it is, a little bit. But you definitely have to have a proper setup to do it. Again, this is the smallest hollow body I've ever thrown. Oh, yes! Yes, Craig! Craig with the first one on a frog. Nice one, dude. About retrieve, I was just sitting there. Sitting there, okay. Oh, there's a boil right here. We might be getting into them. That's pretty good. Wow. Craig just got him a nice two-and-three-quarter pound largemouth. Oh, oh! I missed my first one. Golly, oh man, I was so, I was so excited. Sorry, Craig, I'm drifting on your stuff here. It's the wind, bro, I can't. Oh, got him! Yes! Oh! Oh, come on! Dude! Oh, you're gonna break my rod. Oh, sorry, man. You're good. I'll steer you in the right way, and you push the grass. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let me cut you off real quick again. I'm so sorry. That was on the pause again. Look at me going straight into the tree because of the push-off. Put my friends first though, you know? Love you, man. Love you. All right, what do you think of that? Oh! Oh my gosh, dude! What do you think of that one? That one just, dude, he didn't eat it, though. You were on the hard pause, weren't you? I was on the hard pause. I literally saw his belly. Look at the boil here. Pausing. Yeah. I also got a wind knot in my line, which is, it's never what you want. There it is. Okay, I've had three blow-ups. I might need to check if there's hooks on this thing. Like, did we put hooks on this rod? Oh, one of my hooks was embedded. That could be part of the issue. Hopefully by now all the wives realize the boys are gone. There's not much we can do. Just got to take care of these kids. Oh, all up in that brush. That was beautiful. Oh yeah, the good one, too. He's tugging me. Look at him tug me. Oh, it's so good. I don't think he's scale-worthy, but he's definitely the biggest we've seen. Oh, gosh, it's gone. Oh, dude, he just spit up a crawfish. He just spit up a full-grown crawfish, man. Look at that, folks. First fish on the mini, the mini-filthy. Absolutely beautiful. Amy, look. Daddy got a fish. We're doubled up. My man. Oh yeah, we got to do a double dad pick. Got it. Say bye-bye, fishies. Raleigh, say bye-bye, fishies. Make sure you don't grab any ants, buddy. See ya. One last jump. Come on. Getcha, son. Nope. Did he just go on you? Yeah. Oh, that was fun. That was first for me, correct? You got four? Four or five? I've had three blow-ups, but that was my first landed one. Nice move, by the way. Come in for the photo. Cut me off. Yeah, this is a veteran move, yeah. Surprised I got him out of there. Yeah, you were right in the thick of that sight. I was in it, yeah. He ate it while I was in there. I let that one eat, so it was like, he pulled it into the cover. Oh my gosh. That's what you like to see. Yeah, that was a fun moment there. Oh, look at this guy. Look at this guy do his deal right now. What are you doing, big boy? What are you doing, big boy? Oh, yeah. Right in the nose, too. This is a good-sized fish, man. Come here. Little bulldog, yeah. Just hefty. Like, dude, that's, I'm gonna say it's three and three quarters on heft. Absolute chunk ball. Stuck him good. That's where you wanna stick him on the frog right there. Beautiful fish. Starting to get a few sores from the summer post-spawn, but just well-fed, baby. Well-fed. Love to see it. Let's go by the Cypress tree so you can get back on there, eat all those delicious little treats. See ya, baby. Oh, that's fun. Oh, man. You know, verdict's still out on the hookup for the frog. You know, frogs are the worst thing in the tackle box for hookup ratios. I do like our full-size frog, the full-size Filti on our hookup ratios. I think it's a good mix of body hardness and hookup. I don't like frogs that are too soft because it sometimes defeats the point of where you're fishing them. But I have missed quite a few fish on it so far. There's a smaller gap in these hooks, so it's gonna make it a little trickier to hookup, but those last two absolutely slurped it. So I think I just maybe need to let them eat a little better. It could be that as well, but that was extremely fun, y'all. And I do like this setup. I just feel like I can skip this thing so good if I want to skip it. And then once you do get the fish hooked up, just having that flex and the rod is pretty helpful. But you gotta have braid. There's no question. I think 20 is your friend with this size frog. That's probably gonna be where you want, but if you put too much pressure on them with a light braid, you will break them off. It's like they swallow the frog and you got those teeth, just sandpapering your line going back and forth. You gotta have a little give, gotta let them run a little bit because if you just straight up shank them and there's no drag or anything and then they're shaking their head, they can saw through your line. So, you know, it's the balance. It's the angle and the dangle altogether that gets the fish in the boat and makes you feel good. There's something very satisfying about catching a fish. I might have been in a blue gill or something. I don't know, it was weird. Do you see that? It was like, it could have been a hybrid, dude. It was definitely a pop, but it didn't, it wasn't like a bass pop. Got him, whatever it is. That could be a blue gill. No, it's a bass, that's a good size bass. God, he sounded like a blue gill. Oh, it's gone too. I can feel the line on his teeth. Wow, the power of suction, you know. Might be a retie here, yeah. Yep, we are filming. Right on that point there, this is gone. This is, I don't know, it's the average size I would say. It's not as big as that last one, but down the hatch, 100%, let him eat at that time. Yeah, he paused it for just a second. There we go. See ya, big boy. Very nice. Oh, that's fun. That was kind of an open water one there. You can definitely catch bass on the open water situations with a frog. That's usually where I kinda work it a little faster, especially if you've got clear water, and then just do your pauses around the real grassy stuff, like Craig's in right now. But that one was weird, I could have swore to you, it was not a bass, because the pop sounded like a little bluegill pop or something, but that frog disappeared and set the hook, I let him eat it that second time. This thing from the bottom, you know, it kinda looks like a shad or a bluegill, but overcast days I usually go with a dark color. You're filming black, right, Craig? It's typically the program. Oh. Did you see that? Yeah, I did. This spot right here is literally set up for spawning, and these fish should be all up on the edges of this area. There's little May fry garters, heading into the June topwater fun times. I still have the frog I was using on that Toledo Bend trip, that little black frog. Yeah, it was just a little bit bigger than this one. A popping frog too, wasn't it? Yeah, it was, it was a popping frog, but they were definitely eating that better. Oh my gosh, I got one under it. Oh my gosh, dude. I got one freaking, no dude, he's sitting under it like a shark on the frog, dude. I was like, what is that white thing under my frog? Oh, it's a bass. He was sitting there when it was paused. I thought he was gonna come slurp it. Curious. There's something about being in a kayak when you hook a big fish like that, and it's literally pulling you around. It just, I don't know, it feels different. It's pretty cool. There's not a whole lot, yeah. As far as landing fish though, out of a kayak, it's so easy to land them. You know, where it's like a bass boat, you're dealing with, you gotta get down, and a lot easier to just put your hands like already right here. Well, there's frozen cod, and you're gonna get them kind of off the weir. Oh, I just have one on that point. Got him. He was a slurpee too. This could be the one. Oh, it's on the pause. Actually, it's not big. I'll take it all day. Yeah, even this guy's pulling me around. That is just, oh man, there's something about like that pause, and then they eat it. That's so cool. The way they're eating this frog out here, y'all. Extremely healthy for a fish right there. Extremely healthy. For postponed fish, that's amazing. The way they're eating this frog, it's really on a pause. It's like it's bringing out the curiosity in them. And it's key. So, whew, this is fun. It's fun times. We're almost to the juice, and this is where Craig has caught his biggest bass out here, 10 pounder back in this cove. Unfortunately, all the bass in this lake died after an unfortunate fish management situation. But we were just talking about it. He said that here recently in the last few months they've had some fish shock that are over eight pounds. So they are in here. There's probably one close to 10, I would say. Oh, that was out of ways, man. I didn't get a hook in him at all. There we go. Yeah, son. Little pause action, man. What's up? Yeah, boy. Oh, there I go. He spit me. He wasn't that much bigger than the last one, dude. But they're all just so healthy. Let's drop a rod in the water. I'm so excited. Pause is so key right now. So key. Oh my goodness. Woo-hoo! Yeah, I'm starting to get a glimpse here. It looks phenomenal. You ever had a big one just hit you right next to the kayak in here? It's scary, yeah? Yeah. Oh! That there's, it's such a loud, aggressive pop when you're that close to it. You don't even realize, yeah, when you're so far away. Can't believe I haven't been Billy clubbed right here. Oh! Oh, oh gosh! Oh dude, I had a big one right here. Oh my gosh. Yeah. Dude, he's following it. Dude, I had a big one just boil me. Didn't completely eat right here. Ah, Lee. That was a scary one. I was looking at your fish and I just had the frog sitting like a rod's length away from the boat, man. It was just a big ass boil around it. I mean, dude, on the point, on the point next to deep water too. Probably one of them. Yeah, that's one of the juiciest ones. Gurthys. Oh. Oh yeah, I've heard that. Yeah, just a little pop. He's not that big though. I'll take him all day. He followed the program though on the pause. Yeah, baby, give me some of that. Yeah. Now, how come you just slurped it and the other one didn't? Oh, goodness. You pulling. Oh, girl, I love it when you pull me like that. Oh. It's bass fishing just not the best. So fun. Frog fishing has to be the most fun in bass fishing. If I'm trying to pick a favorite thing, I'll love me a jig bite, but the visual slurps and the sounds, it's a full blown audio and visual experience. And let's not forget the smell of a nice healthy grass bass. You know I gotta sniff you darling. This might be the last bass I catch today because we're on time restraints being parents out here, but one more for good luck. See you, sugar. Thank you for following the program and visiting us here on Lake Four Guy Fishing TV. Yeah, I think so. I think we got ourselves a good one here. I mean, that blow up was, look at him turning me, dude. Look at him turning me. Oh my gosh, he's working me. This is a good one. Oh, baby. I love you so much. That might be a five. Ah, yeah, I think it might be. It's getting up there. Look at him just like a tuna. Like a green tuna. Oh man. It's so cool. I've already done a 360 of my kayak. I think it's gone. Gone orville, man. Geez. Might have been the one and came back. Yep. All right. Come here, sugar. Oh, spitting up crawfish too. These babies are eating some craws. They're eating craws and frogs. Woo-cha. Yeah. That's definitely a four. Oh yeah. Nice fish. Definitely a four. Oh my goodness. I could end on that one. I'm not, but. I'm gonna definitely go make another cast, but oh my gosh. I don't know if this is the same fish that had me. I can get my whole fist in there and then look at this. See if I can, oh, try to eat my finger. I don't know if you guys can see that, but there's crawfish. Just spewing out of that thing. That is just everything you want in life right there besides an amazing wife and kids, which we already have. So that's just a delicious bonus. Go ahead and smash that like button. Oh, smash it for four pounders eating frogs. Oh, into the deep. My goodness. My goodness, high five. Boa, bam. Oh, buddy. Thank you for the invite. Me and Craig were just talking about, you know, we've been fishing together since we were kids and we still act like kids who are fishing together because of those kind of moments right there that we just don't, we don't forget. We don't take for granted. I'm really digging this combo. You know, I'm so used to working a frog with a bait caster in this hand that this arm is getting a little tired, but I can actually work it pretty good with the bobs. It's really hard to get a walk out of it when it's this small, but they're eating it on the bobs. Frogs holding up really well. And the ones that have eaten it so far, it's just gone. And that's what I've seen on fishing smaller frogs like this is fish that get a little timid on a bigger frog. This one's just gone. You know, I mean, you still catch big fish on, on the frog. It's just, it's a little smaller and it goes down the hatch a little bit easier. You know, you know, I finally got that fish. I was working back there, but he's not quite the size that I was thinking. I thought he was going to be a logger headed ninny muggins. Just look how gone it is though. It's gone. Smallest one of the day for me, but it is disappeared. Just came right up. Oh, see ya baby. Little frogs getting eaten. We are going to end it right there, ladies and gentlemen. I caught a few more fish, GoPro died, but to be able to come out here and fish a new bait, these little frogs, the little Filthy, we don't even have a name for ya. This is like one of the funnest baits to throw in bass fishing history is a frog. You know, me and Craig, we're talking about, we went to a Toledo Bend years ago and we were kayak fishing and I still have the frog. I still have it. It was a little smaller frog, a little popping stuff frog and it's just being able to, I was able to get that in between pads and working a little bit better and they were just eating it better. There's times where a smaller frog does come into play. Even though this frog is small, I was able to get good distance on it. That's really key. And to be able to do that, throw it in on spinning gear is the program. You've got to have braid. I recommend 20 pound. 20 pound braid is like the perfect balance between abrasion resistance and castability. You'll get more castability with a smaller diameter line but you're not gonna have the abrasive resistance. So 20 pound is perfect and I was throwing this on our Guggen Squad Green Series finesse rod. It's a seven foot and it's a medium power fast action. It didn't have the drag all the way cranked down. I had it where fish could pull a little bit but unlike where I have on my bait casting frog rod where it's just cranked down and you get that bite and just put the screws to them. So really fun to throw this. I'm excited about the possibility of skipping this up under docks and just skipping it up under trees and things like that. And it is literally the perfect pond fishing bait. We're in a large pond right here and the natural forage is frogs. They stock it with baitfish. They also have some crawfish but it's naturally just loaded with frogs. So this little baby around your local ponds. Now this bait isn't available yet. Like I said, this is just something we're tinkering around with but I'm feeling these are gonna be happening. You got one on, bud? Oh, crappie! That's the second one, two cast, man. Are you serious? We're gonna have to fish Friday night. Me and Craig had an absolute blast out here. Thought it'd be fun to come fish with him and me and Craig have been fishing together for, well, since we were young teenagers. So we were just like kids again out here today. So I hope you guys had fun watching and happy frogging this summer. I salute you. Thank you for subscribing. Thank you for smashing that like button and we'll see y'all in the next one, folks. I know, it's, you know, she's gotta get warmed up. There you go, good cast, Emmy. Good job, look at that. Look at your fishy swimming in the water. Whoa! Good cast.