 Fish and Freaks welcome back to the channel. I am glad you're here. I just want to start this video off by just saying thank you For being with me the many years that I have been doing YouTube and fishing I am so excited this year as I am every year when Things really start to kick off, you know, we have winter and there's some winter dabbling fishing But this week right here, this is when it really gets going for me So I'm actually in East, Texas today Which is kind of where my channel started and where I started filming and It's just a good place to be this time of year because the spawn and fish movement starts a little earlier Out in East Texas and South Texas. So we're gonna be traveling around over the next few videos We're gonna go into a few different lakes and doing our normal truck camping deal And you guys are gonna come along with me for my passion for bass fishing and crappie fishing and the adventure and all that But today we're gonna focus on a lure Sort of a forgotten lure in my opinion a boomer bait and that is the lipless crank bait. Oh Yeah, you hear it coming. You know what it is So I want to take you guys through just talk about this bait a little bit Because I feel like with everything forward-facing and focusing on plastics and all that stuff Sometimes we just forget about some old-school baits that still catch big ins I'm at a lake that I've never fished before I Just walked down to the water's edge and I saw a piece of hydrilla floating there That's about all I need to know I need to know the time of year and see hydrilla and this is This is coming out that color right there is called cash for a crop, but basically anything red There's a whole debate about why red this time of year, but all I know is they eat it There's gonna be some fishery that are gonna eat this and hopefully a big in I'm gonna talk about some of the reasons Why I think this bait is really effective and why you need to be throwing it especially this time So normally when I'm going bass fishing and I find hydrilla in Texas I am so excited just itty little bit of hydrilla is it's like I just know there's life There's hydrilla gorillas in there, but just launching on a new lake never fish here before It looks like there is grass everywhere. I mean when there's grass at the ramp It's it's usually everywhere. So then it's Well, where do you find fish in all that grass? That's always always the problem So when I'm fishing lipless crankbaits and other moving baits like we're gonna do I Try to look for Just something that's a little different a ditch is Is really key and I know that's really big in East Texas, but it's it's big anywhere honestly a ditch it's kind of like a a Natural little highway. It's like a game trail for fish Another thing is bait. Obviously, you know, if you're seeing bait in an area That could be a good place to throw that lipless crankbait, but the unobvious one is just warmer water temps Shallower water that will have that good grass in it that warms up quickly Sometimes that is just enough to hold the fish. So there's a lot of different factors If we're in really thick grass like we do have here like I'm just seeing walls of grass on the electronics. I like to go with a braid and This is a 40 pound right here The lower the diameter in your braid the better it's going to cut through the grass Flurrocarbon, I do like it if the grass is kind of sparse If I'm not having to get really stuck in it a Lot then I will I would go with the mono or flurro But if it's really thick, I like the braid You're fishing this so fast anyways that the this is gonna be a purely a reaction deal The fish aren't gonna really have time to check out the braid the real Either way, I like high speed Just get get a high speed like at least a seven, but if you can get an eight, you know eight to one That's that's fantastic, too And the rod for both setups. This is a reaction glass rod but Honestly, one of my favorite rods ever for doing this is our Is our green reaction rod? You know, that's a that's a hundred dollar rod It's a seven to That action is perfect It's literally perfect. There's some niceties about this glass that I won't I won't really get into but Just know that you want something kind of medium-powered And the whole goal here is I want to be able to cover the water. It really helps To do most the action with your reel opposed to Me just doing this the whole time I Could do that and when I get a really big Patch of grass and I want to rip through it. I will do this Move my whole, you know, body of the side sweep the rod but Almost all of my strikes that I get on a lipless are coming When I stopped the bait so I've noticed that over the years and So how I fish this bait now Is I will start and stop it. I never just straight retrieve it. I'm always stopping it and It gives the fish a chance to if they are following it Or it's coming by it's just a little it's a change. It's just a little change and it triggers them And a lot of times they will just hit it like a jig when I think stops full-line twitch boom like a big one just will Gyrate the rod. It's insane how hard they hit it even though I haven't caught a fish yet. I'm pretty optimistic Just got to figure out little pieces here This color I'm throwing is called sriracha craw I like this one when this water is dirty like this And we got going on here. We got a little tangle there Lost focus lost track This is this is where I think a lot of people put this bait down is they they think it's just a straight retrieve You know, they'll try it a little bit if there's some grass but Don't give it enough enough time, you know A lot of people will get frustrated with uh You know, I'm like, oh, yeah, I got this got this weird grass and You know, there's certain kinds of grasses that are certainly better for fishing this But you don't even have to have grass You could have a straight up rocky bank And throw this thing and fish it the exact same way. You just need to be very Cognizant of what your lure is doing And if you use that technique that I'm Showing you guys, it's pretty easy to stay in tune with it Got some little piglets on the shoreline. Hope they hear me now Yep, we better run we better go Go little buddy Let's get out. Oh, I didn't even see that third one See you oinky So I've been out on the lake for approximately 10 minutes since I've never been to this lake before. I don't know what the normal Uh lake levels are I don't know if this is like new stuff In the water or I don't know But it looks like a good swim jig chatterbait thing I am excited about what is going to happen This week we're going to catch some fish. You guys need to stay tuned kind of like to think about the hydrilla bed as uh It's like carpet, you know, I'm trying to as soon as I Feel that my bait is has lost Tension meaning it's touched something down there It's no longer falling. I am moving that real quickly because It's like shag carpet and I don't want it to sink farther than An inch into that stuff or it's really gonna Get a berry and you can definitely use uh forward facing for this too. I mean this bait shows up really well and forward And it really helps to see You know the grass line and the little changes and maybe you'll see a depression That you wouldn't see just regular fishing and you could let it drop into that that little depression And all that stuff I've done that before too, but there's just something really nice about not using it And I'm able to cover a ton of water with this bait And not have to I'm not sitting there tracking it or anything. I'm just I'm working I'm burning calories I'm out here burning calories ready to get ripped by a toad I want to get clapped back by a toad baby. I don't know what this is. That's not what we're looking for That's like an old pad stem That's kind of what that looks like Which could be good another Well, I don't know could be good right now. I just Don't like my treble hooks in it First fish of the day On the old chatter swimming a little flavorful combo right there. We'll let that fish go The first clue There's a lot of debris down there It's not good for the lip lists. This is this is great for swim jigs and The chatters right now big pad fields with timber That's what we got going on here There's we got him. You hit it kind of weird What even close to the tree Not even close a little male bass Little male bass liking that uh liking that orange on the happy trailer That one sucked it really good So I've had three fish so far none of them big just little males The old chatter swim So I just need to change the water man. I need to move somewhere It's like sort of confusing. I like what it's doing. I just need to I think cover some more water to get in the right spot You know if all those were three to five pounders I'd be hunkering down back in here, but just some males moving up doesn't get me too excited I'm gonna look at the map try to find some other Uh areas that we can throw these moving baits Connect on a large one Gotta sniff a bigger number two of the day guys. So, uh, you know, we started off We're just kind of getting the lines wet. Then we went up into a shallow creek I was liking it. I was kind of vibing with it literally vibing vibe jigs And uh, I just came under a bridge As soon as I got under here this shallow shallow area 61.6 water alerts Alerts are going off right now There's gonna be some fish up shallow in here. I know it Here we go boys. Oh, here's a big one Big and on a lipless. Oh, yeah I actually don't think he is hooked in the mouth anymore or he's got it really far deep In the mouth, but I didn't see it. Oh, I think he's got it really far down in his face That's the one we're looking for there Oh my gosh, it's gone It's a go That's what I was feeling on that braid It's a really cool bite. I'm sorry. I did not get that bite on camera There's the old five six pounder right there boys Clutch is gone I'm telling you big bite It's good. It's good for a big bite, man Hang this guy on the stringer for a second I came back in this little cut and it didn't look good at first up up there flipping But uh, I just I went I wanted to go farther back see if the water got any warmer 61 right here And I saw that there was grass Actually Up closer to the to the reeds than when I originally started which is good. That's what I wanted One a little holding place before they go to the bank. They're not quite on the bank yet And I'm embarrassed to say this, you know, the camera didn't catch it Thankfully actually, you know, I was lifting that bait When I got close to the boat I've been I've been telling you guys how I how I fish it with the reel And but I was just kind of close to the boat and I was lifting it and I was kind of looking off I wasn't really paying attention And I looked back and I couldn't tell if my the boat was moving towards the line or if the line was coming towards me I I just lifted up and the fish had it and The fish ate it on the stop completely down the hatch. So I'd love to see it I don't have a live well on the crispy collector. So Don't see this every day, but we are You know, just putting the six pounder on our stringer here It's kind of wild, but look at that Bit just a big old slobber knocker right there, baby This bait just still catches big ones Interesting bite. I'd love to see you suck it in like that You're no longer on the stringer Well switching to the vibe jig Gear wise I like a somewhere between six and a half seven and a half Gear ratio reel just kind of keeps that nice steady pace I'm throwing this one on 20 pound line 20 pound line And the reaction rod the green series reaction rod. Absolutely amazing. It's just perfect. I'm throwing a half ounce You know blaze orange Happy trailer on the back just to give it that little Little pop in this water color Getting a little bit of fade off on our hydrilla. I'm not in love with it. Let me back out Do another little little run here. Crispy's doing great guys Crispy's doing great day. It's you know, five to ten. This lake is actually pretty big And um what I'm liking about this is it's kind of forcing me to Fish a little differently. So you know my instinct today at first I saw some bait balls and things out in some deeper water And I was like, ah, you know get out there and throw a jerk bait in the neighboring and stuff like that And then you know what? It's spring. It's hot like spring's coming. It's not spring, but it's coming. It's hot today I want to get the crispy up shallow. That's where it's made You know made to do do greatness so I don't know. I'm kind of digging it right now. Honestly this this next few days and months set up Great for this boat and I'm going to be taking it into some uh, some shallow water places and fishing with it and There's just something refreshing about Getting a shallow water bite versus You know all winter and you could fish offshore the entire year if you want to Forward-facing is just so popular Obviously I do it. Um, it's a great way to catch fish, but I don't know. I'm just getting back to basics here loving it. Could I go find add new or use boat tomorrow and fish out of it. Yeah, but I'm I think I'm gonna ride the crispy for a minute, dude. I'm just gonna I'm just gonna do it I kind of want to challenge myself with that. Honestly that fish I just caught Probably be my PB bass out of here over six pounds. It's probably my PB bass Out of the crispy. Say what we're gonna get out here with this lipless We're gonna get out here in the middle Almost fell in Apologize. Well go catch a big See buddy. I'm just talking to longer TV. We were comparing notes there. I thought I had a fish on Um, that's the nice thing about Being in a squad is Just got guys fishing all over the place right now and kind of get a feel of the general fishing what it's like and You know just compare notes. It's pretty nice Oh, there's one Cracked on it good It ain't big but certainly did Give it the old smack roo Oh, yeah, little buddy little buck Man, this was crazy is get these little bucks and then This is literally where I caught that Six pounder On the old lipola It's a healthy one man really healthy fish right there That's a future Future biggin for sure got the nice genetics All right, that one was I mean same stuff guys four to six Oh hooked up guys. Oh, we got a good one. I'd literally just picked up this bait And I threw it in something that has been bugging me all day Oh my gosh That's gone That's a gun down the hatch Come here Oh, it's not a giant, but it's It's a really nice fish, you know four pounder. It's a gun You know I'd fish probably 20 minutes without a bite on the lipless And I was getting hung in this this vegetation. I don't even know what it is Honestly, I've never really encountered it before And it just looks like salad And I was like, you know what I've thrown up there with the lipless a bunch of times getting gotten caught in it It's been frustrating because it looks like nice lush good cover Picked up the vibe jig and uh came through it and boom Literally first cast with that so Really nice fish. We'll let it go See my dude Look at this Just bright green veg It's beautiful looking I'm sure it's really healthy for the lake looks great Love to see stuff like this in lakes. What should they were Whichever lake we've had that kind of shallow vegetation same depth 4 to 6 foot 4 to 8 foot real net right over the top Guys, let me also explain something about This trailer this happy trailer. Okay It's called the happy trailer. This bait is is basically designed To be pretty one dimensional and it's to go on a bait like this a vibrating jig That's what it's designed for So if you put this on a spinnerbait or a swim jig It's really not gonna be that that nice So a drop shot, maybe it would look kind of cool. Maybe you put it on a jig head I don't know but that we really made this to go on the backs of these And it's it's perfectly fit for it and it vibrates Absolutely beautiful. It's omnidirectional. It's a fantastic bait. So if you don't have any of those It's a good one use that promo code lfg. We're gonna change areas for a little evening Evening strike and then it's time to go camping All right, last stretch of the day here that I'm gonna fish. I got lily pad stems They're on the lead end to the way back. We're about halfway in the creek The math just makes sense for everywhere else. We've caught fish today. We should get a bite here I'm gonna vibe jig it and if the hydrilla looks present, then I will also Throw the uh the lipless crankbait Backlash first cast It's my first backlash of the day really This bank said pretty interesting because it's it's real flat I mean this whole thing is just lily pad stems in the summer You know for a mile Just flatty Mcflat Turn my electronics around where I can see a little bit Oh, I got one. I literally got one. That's a big one too. I came out of a pad stem and he He rocked it Yeah, buddy, you're strong. Look at that Isn't that fun times boat sling in the crispy There's a nice, you know, three and a half or Yes, sir I love it when a plan just comes together barely hooked right there I was just in a pad stem. I was kind of pulling out. You know how to backlash Boom there she was There we go. Got a nice little Little sack here another thing I'll say One of the final tips, you know started out with the lipless really wants you guys to Not forget about that lipless because as you've seen today, it has caught the biggest fish, but It shines when the water temperature is a little cooler So this water's 61 62. This is almost like Soft plastics start getting good, you know your swim baits and Little underspins throw throwing your texas rigs and all that stuff The lipless crankbait bite I feel like is it's really hot when waters you know high 40s low 50s like 55 is really good. You know once you start getting in the 60s It's still okay. I think you still catch them on it But that's when I think the vibe vibe jig gets better. That's when You know a swim jig and a spinnerbait that's when those things really get good and one of the things that How we see every year it's like when the fish's fish's lips are red I'll start seeing that when it's cold throw a red throw a red crankbait The sun's getting low the bugs are coming out it's time to head back to camp y'all We're gonna have some good dinner tonight. We've got to respool some some lines Gotta get ready for tomorrow We're going on a little trail a little trail the big bass Come with me. Let's catch Sally together Oh Sally Lurking out here somewhere. It's her time It's almost the full moon Well, just backing into my little spot right here. We've got a mystery on our hands folks I put my cooler with all my food out on the picnic table It is gone Seems I've got some new neighbors. I'm about to walk over here and ask them if they've seen anybody that took this thing It literally had all my food for the week. I had backstrap in there rice various other goods That's very rude. That's very rude. If someone took my cooler. I'm That's not cool, man. Okay. I'm just confirmed with my fellow dangler my neighbor You know et Guy with the machete chopping down a deal tying up his John boat You never know how that's gonna go But really nice guy and uh, he said hey park ranger come out here about two hours ago. We got you cooler I was like I wonder why they did that. I mean I reserved the spot Anyway, somebody has got my cooler. It wasn't stolen and we got to go investigate. We got to get our dinner, you know before these Rangers head out. They were on a walk. So they just are waiting back up there. Thank you so much. I appreciate it This is the time where like no one wants to be bothered, you know, they're going on their walks and they're chilling out and It's like You just took my dinner I wanted to come back after a nice day of dangling and crack a cold pop That was in my cooler And have a little backstrap and rice. It's just fun being on these little fishing adventures with you guys I like going throughout the day And talking through the the fishing equation And you know when I'm learning something I'm I'm talking about it But uh, these other little side adventures man, I feel like these things are what uh What I meet people on the water or wherever these are the things they remember like remember that time blah blah Yeah, yeah that crazy time maintenance shed. Here we go recovered The cooler they actually said uh someone was eyeballing it and it was a preemptive strike to take it and protect it from the ones that were Being a little snooty. You never know. I've always been really fortunate at Every state park in texas really But uh, you never know You never know where the criminals made lurk All right guys the batteries are on charge. We got our cooler back. We're gonna be cooking on the tailgate sleeping Inside of the truck tonight. You know the drill you've seen me do it before keeping it simple We're just out here sleeping with the bass Guess what got it done today on the big one What we talked about this morning Half ounce clutch This one is in sriracha craw Give you some we got them available and if you're local you could even go up to Our crumb store and we got them in there google squad dot com. No, we're good to use my promo code lfg and Why you're at it? There's some of these babies These are nasty that color by the way. I couldn't think of it today. It's flaming hot Today is like it was kind of transitioning It's getting geared up for bass to be on beds Great day today by the way a lake i've never been to Uh didn't get a ton of bites, but to be able to you know catch a six Catch four catch some nice threes Uh just catch some nice decent fish I can't complain next few videos. We're grinding out here. We're gonna be on the bass We might do some crappie as well But we're doing crispy type stuff. All right. I got some reels to re-spool for tomorrow morning That's gonna be next video. Stay tuned for that. I'm about to go cook some deer steaks crack a cold pop enjoy a nice sunset And I'll see you guys Next video. See you soon