 Yo what's poppin' people, welcome back to another video. Thank you guys so much for the support. We're actually starting off this video with a giveaway because you guys have been asking for one, and this is actually a big giveaway. Make sure you watch this part all the way through because at the end I'm gonna be talking about something that you guys need to listen to so you have more of an understanding on this video. So anyways, let's go ahead and hop into the giveaway portion. So I was actually digging through some old tackle and I had this old reel that is actually brand new in the package that I had from when I used to fish, you know, 13 rods and reels. As you guys know, I'm solely with Luz now. I use all Luz rods and reels. But I actually found this and I was like, man, it would be awesome to give this away to you guys just because it's sitting around. I'm not gonna do anything with it. And I was like, we might as well give it away to the kick in their Bass TV fam. 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So in today's video, if you guys are wondering what we're doing, this video was a video I posted a while ago. But let me tell you, when I posted it, something happened with YouTube and it was not pushed out. It was like my worst video of the year. Something happened. Even other content creators deleted their YouTube video that day because YouTube has some problems sometimes where they don't send out notifications and that ended up happening on this video and it's just died completely and it really won't show it to any of my viewers. So I was like, we need to post this video because it was a killer video of us rat fishing with this massive rat. It was a 12 inch rat and just caught a bunch of really good fish on it. It was just an awesome video. I was so mad that YouTube didn't push it out. So I'm like, I think today's the time that we're gonna upload that. So I hope you guys enjoyed this video. Make sure you enter that giveaway. Hit that freaking like button. I love you guys so much. Hope you guys enjoy this one. We're gonna be bass fishing with big rats. We're gonna see if we can catch some massive fish on some top water today. I'm very excited about this because I have yet to do it. A lot of people have been commenting about it. I'm like, today is the day that we're gonna take the old rat out. So I have another one here today. These are actually both Fletcher's. And this is a brand new spur rat. This one's a lot smaller, as you can tell right there. It's still a good looking rat. But you know, this guy right here, look how big. Look at the size difference on those two. This guy is a massive rat. And so I was like, you know what? I know exactly what you guys would wanna see today. And it would be fishing with the biggest rat possible. You lay this out on my arm. Look how big that thing is, realistically. That is insane. I saw the 10 inches with the tail. So I'm curious, I asked Fletcher as well if he has replaceable tails. He has some in the boat, so if something goes wrong. But look at the detail on this rat where you're just talking about it. This just looks so real. I saw it on the floor and I was just like a little bit sleepy. I would think it's a real. It literally looks like one, doesn't it? You got like the legs right here and other rubber as well. And they're just hanging off as you guys can tell down there. Just the tail. And this one's like a little bit older. And it just looks so realistic. And then you got like the little whiskers up top. I don't know if you guys can see that coming off the end. But yeah, we're gonna tie this bad boy on. We're gonna try to catch some big fish today. If you guys are new to the channel, please hit that subscribe button. Hit the notification bell. Also, hit the like button if you guys have been enjoying the content. Let's go ahead and hop on the water. Catch a big fish. You guys better stay tuned. Let's get it. So we just got out on the boat. We got the big, big freaking rat right here. This is insane. We're gonna be rigging it up on my top water rod. I'm gonna cut off this frog. Put this rat on and see where it leads us today. I've yet to throw a rat like this. I threw like a hollow body rat that was similar to a frog. We're gonna be trying this out today. So let's go ahead and tie her up. Try to catch a big bass. Well guys, we thought we knew what we were doing here, but I guess we didn't. This one actually goes under the water. We want the waking. So we're gonna tie it onto the bill. I guess that doesn't make sense, right? Maybe? I don't know. I don't know. Watch this one just go down to you. It just doesn't wanna wake. Interesting. Oh my gosh. Yep. Yep, on the rat. There you go. On the rat. Did he hit it pretty good? Oh no. He came up and slurped it. Yeah, right off that dock though. It's my first ratfish. Look how small he is. I was not expecting one that small to eat the rat, but I will say that's the first fish on that giant rat today. Well, there we go. We got, ooh, he's bleeding a little bit. First ratfish, that is crazy. I would not have expected a one pounder to eat that giant rat. That is incredible though. That's a good sign that we got one. Like I said, not big. He's actually missing an eye. If you look at that, right there. Oh yeah. Look at that. He's missing a little, some vision on one side. Maybe that's why he ate that big rat. Look how small that fish is though. Is that not incredible? That's wild that he went after that thing. That is incredible. Oh man, let's get back in there and catch another one. Except this time, we need that like big five plus pounder to be on this side. Yep, yep. Got one? Yep. There you go, good one. I can't really tell. Came around on the edge of that dock the same way. Yeah, it's a good fish. It's actually a really good fish. That's like a four pounder. I didn't know he was that big. It's hard to tell because the rat's so large. Well, that was our second bite on the rat today. That's about a four pounder. I thought he was like two pounds and then you realized how big the rat is compared to the fish. I know. Oh. Dang. I guess we should have had the net. I know. Oh, you were grabbing it, weren't you? Yeah, I know. I was about to pull it out. That's the second bite today on the side of dock so he, I thought I saw something when I casted and sure enough he came up and grabbed it. Let's try different variations of it. Oh! That's a giant. That was a giant. That was a giant. That was a giant. Oh. That was a giant. Dude, did you see that tail? That was a giant. Oh. Like that was. No, that was a monster. That was like probably six pounds. That was a monster. Dude, what? It was right when I switched it up. Maybe that is a freaking, I was thinking about it earlier. I reeled it and then when I went to pop it, he just, he never touched it, bro. Never, he'd completely missed it. That was every bit of five, six pounds. You saw them right there. I saw his go back thin and hold. Some school and rat action. Gosh, dude, when it hit the water. Oh my God. I didn't even move it. It came off. Dude, the rat fights harder than the dang fish. Oh my God. Dude, I didn't even move the dang thing. It hit the water and he went, All right. Number four combo meal of cheese. No lettuce on. Oh, there ain't no lettuce on this one. That's a big one. I was a four plus pounder, bro. You saw him? Yeah, I saw him. I don't think he wanted pickles, man. He ain't into the green stuff. It might have been the mayonnaise, man. I mean, sometimes I'm not in the mood for mayonnaise. Maybe that was it. Dude, that was a big fish. God, gosh, that's him right there. Dude, hammered it. Yo, this is actually, I think a decent one. I got him weird. Oh, did you hear? Oh, there's another one with him. Yeah, there's another one with him. Dude, he's not even moving. Look at that. I got him so good. Oh my God, I got him too. Oh, I got him wrapped up. That's why he's not jumping. I got the braid wrapped around him. Holy cow, that's actually a good fish, bro. That's a fatty. Oh my God, look at the rat. Look at that. You gotta love that. Look at how my braid is. See what I'm saying? That's why he wasn't jumping. You see that? Oh yeah, it is wrapped up all around him. Dude, I like how I'm tied up. He was not coming off. We got him noosed. I guess that's how I had to get it done. He actually had another fish with him. Look at that freaking big rat hanging outside of that bass' mouth. And that is a good one right there. Heck yeah. All right, there's that beautiful fish on the big rat. He hammered that thing. We actually have some fish schooling in the background. It's a solid like three and a half right there. Beautiful bass. That's a big and chunky. We're gonna get him right back in. Look at that. That's a pancake right there. Big ol' slab of meat. That's a good fish, man. He hammered that rat right there. I told you, I heard him splashin' around back there. Let's get right back in there and see if we can catch another one. There's a few fish hidden right behind me. You've seen a lot of fish come up and we don't know if there's a school or what. We're gonna cast it right here in this corner. Off to this. Am I just being runnin' in that bank? There probably is a brown one. That's probably what's happening. That fish that I came back with had another one. Had another one with him, yeah. That's where they were just hidden, weren't they? It was there, right? Yeah, they've been, I've heard a few. They've been runnin' up and down this bank. There's one more cast right there. Oh, oh, damn! Got him! Oh, yeah! Another chunk, bro. I'm behind it, that's a good fish right there. Oh my gosh, look at that. Look at that bass. Oh, the rat. Oh my God. There it is! Finally found some fish stacked up. We've had a struggle with this freakin' rat. Let me tell you guys, now we're finally gettin' on some good quality fish and they're frickin' smokin' that giant right there. This is a really good fish, too. You can tell the quality of fish that are comin' on this thing. The first fish today was smaller. They seem to be gettin' bigger and bigger. Yeah, we lost those big ones earlier. We're about to get on them real good. Dude, that is a big fish. That's a fake boy. That is so good. I watched him come up behind it and frickin' hammer it. Hope you guys saw that on the camera. We're gonna get him right back in the water. That's a frickin' pancake. Pretty fish, man. You can't beat that. Gosh. Let's get back in there. Keep catchin' them on the rat. A little chrono-bump. Little chrono-bump? Oh, bye! Yeah, I heard him blow. I was workin' that last one really slow. Just kinda pop, pause. Pop, pause. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. He's right there. Look. Oh my God. Dude, he was comin' out of that. Like, all the way until I got to the boat, he started comin' out of the tree. He wasn't big. He's like two pounds. I don't know. The last one looked like he was two and he was a solid three and a half, so. I just wanna see a dinosaur. Come out of these trees here. Got one? Yeah, I was about to reel it in. That's a good one. Oh, gosh. That's actually a really big one. I was about to throw it. I was about to reel it in. Guys, we got a, we got a freakin' tank. Oh, I got him double hooked now. That was perfect. We got a freakin' tank on. Oh my gosh. Oh my God. Oh. Oh. Look at that. Look at that bass. On the freakin' rat. Dude, as Fletcher, I've been around the block with this rat today. And just to see that right there, they're quality ones. I will say that, man. You cannot beat the quality of these fish. I literally just casted in that the same spot. I had a perfect skate cast. That's the thing, man, with these, I know you can agree too, these big baits like that, we were just talking about it right before he bit. It's like a big swim bait, you know? It calls them out. And if these big ones are up under these laydowns, especially on a sunny day like today, they see something causing a ruckus by the trees. He'll come out and eat it. And that one's not as big as the other ones. I thought he was bigger, man. He looked so big when I was fighting. He looked really big in the water. That's a solid three pounder, man. They're just good fish. I wish we would have had this big ones earlier, but we can't complain though. That was a good fish. We're gonna keep on working it. We came back in this pocket. It's right off the main lake over here. We caught two fish coming back in on the bends. And now we're gonna hunt around here. See if we can call some more big ones out on that rat. Dude, I literally started to just put my hand on it to reel it in and that's when he hit it. Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh. It's a big one too. Move your rod, move your rod. He's right under me. He's right under me. Look at that. Oh my God. You think he sees the boat. Toss or dig. You're gonna catch this fish. Reel it up to me. You should catch that fast. That was actually a really good one. Like a three pounder. Yep. There he is, there he is. Got him. Yeah, we got him. Yes, sir. Oh, he wanted a snack. He just wasn't quite ready to commit. Yes. He soon as I think he hit the bottom, man, he picked it up. Was that not perfect? That was money, dude. Yeah, it is a three number. That's what I thought he was. That is a good fish right there. Hey, that's teamwork right there. Yes, sir. Oh, sorry, dude. Chrono, Chrono. You got ice on there? Yeah, a little bit of ice on there. All right, we got him off. But that's actually crazy because I just had casted in that same spot two times and he didn't want to touch the jig at all when I just threw it up there by itself. He called that rat out, that fish was ready to eat something and he just got scared off by the boat. I think when he just kind of got close through that jig in there and as soon as it hit the bottom where he was just kind of more hidden, he smoked it. We were just talking about it. You were just talking about that, how it calls out the fish. And that was a prime example of it. Dude, that is so cool. Just a gorgeous green gal. Bye, baby. Dude, that was so good. Give me Chrono a bump. Oh, crap, bro. Nice. What? Wait, what? I have a fish, bro. What? I didn't think I had them. Dude, oh my God, there was two. There was a, oh my God, I felt like such a wiener. I am a wiener for that one, dude. There was two fish and I saw a small one and I was looking at the small one and it never moved. And all of a sudden, it wasn't that fish. It was a different one, freaking hit it. That was a solid three. That was stupid, dude. They were just looking at that thing. And I didn't know I had one on. I never, literally never felt them, never, nothing. I thought my bait was just, that was stupid. I think there was one by me. Could be her own. Sun's so bright. Yep. There you go. Nope. I didn't think she had it. I don't know what that, it was a small fish. She'll eat you. Oh, this is gonna be cool. Do another trade. Oh, God, she's right there. Where's your jig? Where's your jig? She was right there the whole time. Yeah, she was right there the whole time. I might be able to catch her on your jig. She might, it might be too late though. Oh man. That was freaking crazy. Yep. Yep, same thing. That is awesome. Oh, she came off, that was freaking cool. Oh, that was so cool. Butcher wasn't using the jigs. I picked it up myself and still got her somehow. That's another thing to note guys, when you're fishing, you know, whether it's a buzz bait, whether it's a sort of top water, whether it's a swim bait, any big baits in general, if you're gonna see a bunch of followers like that, especially on big swim baits, especially on buzz baits where they come up and just miss it. If you take any sort of crawl worm of any sort and you pitch it in there, what usually happens is the fish will come up and then it'll sit right below it to wait and see if he killed something. So if a jig or a little worm comes falling in front of his face, he's gonna eat it. And we demonstrated that literally twice today. That was freaking awesome. I bet if we tried this corner still, that close corner and then this pipe, so maybe it didn't go over. Are you wanting to go right here? Yeah, like all the way up there though, like wherever you usually get. Oh, oh. There it is. Dude, he came out of nowhere. I just happened to look back. I was reeling in my jig and I freaking saw him come out of nowhere, trying to eat it. Before you saw it? No, I just saw the fish coming and then he ate it. Oh yeah, that's not a bad one. Holy cows out of football, look at that. You see that marking on them? Oh yeah. It's a beautiful fish. I picked up Fletcher's jig for a minute just to kind of, I've been dying to catch the jig fish and I was reeling it and he came out of, do that as a football. Came out of nowhere and hammered that right there. Hybrid jig, six cents. Beautiful, let's get him back in. Okay, back to the rat. Gosh, that was awesome. Well, that's actually a good one. Not a bad one at all. That might be my biggest one, dude. Holy cow. Eat it good? That's a good one. Look how big he is. Dude, it was too hard. Don't worry about it. Dude, I shouldn't have done that. So freaking biggest one today, that was a four pounder. Worrying about the video guys, that's what happens. That's what happens when you decide to be a fishing content creator. Nick's cash, oh, are you okay? Yeah, that could have been right. That could have been very bad. Are you all right? Yeah, I'm good. Oh my, thank God it didn't stick you, dude. Oh, it caught me a wild Fletcher. That would not have been good. Fletcher would be ripping drag. Dude, that was my next cast. What in the world, this bank. I think they're betting on this bank real good. Yeah, this is the heat. This is the heat. One way I've been looking at this is, you know, I started off working it a lot different, but now it's like the pop in motion. I'm kind of walking the dog with it. I'm giving it pops and posin' it. Giving it another pop posin' and I'm kind of just walking the dog with that rat. And that's really how they want it. You know, usually I wouldn't want them to get a good look on a bait like this, but surprisingly, that's how they're biting. So, you know, I throw it out at the edge of a tree, I give them like some aggressive pops and it's like calling the fish out and this bait's just dartin' back and forth. Goin' for it, dude. That's a fish. Gosh! Oh my gosh, that's a good one. Please don't spit it. Please don't spit it. Oh, I got him in the frickin' gill. Oh my gosh, I got him in the gill. Don't spit it. Look at that, how I have him. They're good. Oh, he's barely hooked. He's barely hooked. Oh, thank the Lord. Thank the Lord. Look how I had that one. That was probably the best rat bite of the day. Would you say, what would you say about that one? That was definitely competing. He smoked it. He's definitely top two, top three, top 40 bites of today. Beautiful one, not a giant, but that is a good fish on the red. That is so much fun. We're havin' the bites. It's just hard, that hookup ratio. And even on that one, you know, I had him in the gill. Let's get him right back in the water. That's awesome. So much fun, fishin' a bait like that. There he goes. Man, that is a blast.