 Oh my god! Barely hooked dude. Barely hooked. He was ch- Oh, I got him Cody. I got him, he's monster. Oh, I got him. That's a diggin. Diggin. Hey Cody. Oh my gosh, I got a freaking moose dude. What is poppin? Boys and girls, ladies and gents, welcome back to another episode of Kickin' The Bass TV. If you guys are new to the channel, hit that subscribe button, hit the notification bell also with the like button. If you guys have been enjoying the content, we got a special video for you guys. Not only do we have a special video for filming this intro backwards, which means we have already completed this video. And let me tell you, it is crazy. You guys are going to want to watch this one all the way through. We caught some freaking huge ones. Every fish that we caught was big. It was just crazy. It was a crazy video. But I wanted to show you guys something. So I got this box in the mail from a special person. He didn't want me to say his name, but it's John John. John John's barbecue. He actually brought some barbecue over to us at the Bassmaster Classic. It was phenomenal. We had dinner with him. Really nice guy. And I just really appreciate him. John John, if you're watching this, thank you so much for the support, man. And more importantly, thank you for doing everything. Just bringing us food, sending us baits. I really appreciate it. But he actually sent me out a package not too long ago. And I sent a bunch of baits in here. It's pretty cool. He sent some of these jackhammers right here. Those are the fire curls, which are really hard to get. And he sent like a bunch of bluegill swim baits. And this one right here is the one that we were throwing today, which I'll show you guys on my rod. They sent a bunch of really cool stuff. These are actually soft plastic ones. Just really neat. Those are like JDM baits. So really cool stuff. Big shout out to John John. Thank you so much, man. Really means a lot. The bait that we're going to be using today is the Vitalien. I believe it's called the Vitalien. This is by Megabass. And it's a sexy looking swim bait. Look at that thing. It looks like a big old bluegill. This is actually a floater. So it goes just a little bit beneath the surface. But if you stop cranking it, it's going to float right back up to the top. It's pretty lightweight. I'm actually throwing this on my Kicking their Bass combo. Usually I want to throw swim baits on this rod, but this isn't a monster. So I can get away with it. But yeah, I have this on 17 pound fluorocarbon Kicking their Bass rod. If you guys want to check out any of the baits or rods that I use and get a discount, I have the links and the codes down below. But we're going to go ahead and get this video started. If you guys want to see more swim bait content, let your boy know. Because we enjoyed filming this video and we caught some really big fish. If you guys enjoy it, let's get it started. What do you feel in there? Like an eight, eight and a half, nine pounds today? Nine, nine and a half, ten pounds. I got to do one thing, Cody. What's that? We're good measures. We have one more chocolate chip muffin. I got to shmunch it down, dude. That's how the big ones are going to bite. One bite though. One bite, dude? How would a big fish eat it? I mean, can you really try and do it today? Two bites, two bites. One bite, bro. Oh, you're going to get a ten. Jeez. Think of more like a 12. I think there's one in here. That 12 pounder. Open up his mouth. Eat a hole. Just like a boy ate that muffin. All right, let's go, Cody. Freaking me out. Making me eat muffins a whole. We're going to throw this thing in the water real quick. Just going to see what the action's like. First thing's first. You need to check our chat. I know we're just kind of testing it out, but you never know when you're fishing. We've had some crazy stuff happening. By the way, in one of the recent videos, I went out with Fletcher. We had a crazy catch. You guys should go check out that video. Let's see what we got. This is a floater. It's not going to dive down much. It's going to wobble right below the surface. Dude, it looks so dangerous. Oh my God. Can you see it on the camera? Yep. Oh, look at that. Dude, just a wobble of that bait. It's gross. Oh. Thank you. Oh, gosh. No way. No way, Jose, brother. I hooked him in the booty. What? Dude, how do you start off the video like that? What did I say about some crazy things happening? Dude, that's crazy, bro. I don't think we've ever had a booty hook. This might be my first booty hook this year. Oh. I look painful. This is a fat guy. He's not much bigger than a swim baby. He was hungry. Think about that. This bass eating that. I mean, it's not a giant swim bait, but that guy's used to eating bait that size. I wasn't expecting to see one that big on it. That small. That big. That size. Oh. He's hyper, dude. That fish is crazy. Oh, my gosh. That was crazy. That was crazy, dude. That was crazy. I've never seen anything like that in my life. That was... Your face is killing me, dude. That was crazy. Did you see him eat it? Did you watch that? I'm so upset. Dude, that was crazy, dude. I didn't see him eat it. I watched him jump all the way out and spit it out. Dude, he... All right. So, like, I flipped the swim bait, right? Right here on the edge of this pipe. I reeled it across and got it to where it's like under this pipe. He came out of nowhere, dude. And just, like, right there. Just ate it all the way. That was about a six-pounder. Dude, I'll watch it out my feet. The GoPro might be able to see it. Like, I can see it clear as day, but he came out from under that. And I just didn't have him hooked all the way. That was so... One, so annoying. And two, that was just... That was crazy. Dude, it had my marbles going, dude. I was about to lose it. Like the meanest bass. Yeah. Oh, my God. Barely hooked, dude. Barely hooked. Please, baby. Barely hooked. Mmm! Yeah! We were just talking about it, Cody. Oh, my God. There's no way that's the same fish. Are you freaking kidding me? But we caught him over there. Dude, what? There's no way... Cody, that's the same fish, dude. This is the third time we've came here. And the third time that we've caught this bass. What? Dude, that's a mill... That's one in a million fish catch right there, dude. Seriously. One in a freaking million. And it was on a swim bait this time. Look. Oh, my gosh. Hey, boy. Come on. Sit. Oh, gosh. It's smack cammy. It's smack cammy. Don't smack cammy like that. The last two times we came, we've caught this bass. He's got a broken jaw. We were just talking about it last time. We thought it was so cool the last time. And then it just happened again. And we caught him on a swim bait this time, bro. How crazy is that solid four pounder? He's looking a little thicker than a month ago, don't you think? Yeah, he is. He's looking a little thick. Alright, dude. That was cool. That was a big fish. First one on the... or second one on the swim bait. I shouldn't have had that monster earlier, but that makes up for it right there. Just catching that fish again. The craziest thing. Cody said it earlier. He's like, what if we catch him again? Then like an hour later, we catch him. Thank you, buddy. I'm gonna give him a little toss. See, I'm not holding him by the lip because it's literally detached. He seems like he's getting better though. Every time we catch him, it seems like it's more healed. Don't you agree? Dang, dude. That's just crazy. Give me some... give me a knuckle touch on that. One thing I noticed that I did that time, instead of just continuously reeling that bait, I was giving it like little cranks, which I did it before, but right when I cranked it, he ate it right at the bank. So maybe that's the trick. Reel that bait steady, but give it little sporadic movement. So if a bass is behind it, you give it that pop and the bluegill darts, he commits. That's what I think is gonna be the trick. Oh my God, look at that blue, dude. There's a fish. Oh my God. Oh, oh, oh, he's hitting it out of the water, Cody. Dude, he never had it, dude. He was hitting it like a freaking topwater. Oh my God, that was crazy. Yes, dude, that was a massive one, and he was poking it with his nose, hitting like a topwater. Dude, he just boiled behind it again. Oh my gosh. Hold up, dude, that was so dumb. He's still out there. There's some big ones sitting here, dude. He was literally hitting it with his nose, knocking it out of the water. Oh my God, that hurts my heart. Dude, he... he was... Oh, I got him, Cody. That's a monster. That's him. Oh my God, that's a mega, dude. Oh my God. There's a mega, Cody. You wanna try to grab him? I got him hooked pretty good. Oh, there's a tank, brother. Thank you, dude. He just will shut him down right there. Dude, that was a mega. Look at his eye. That is a monster, dude. Guys, look at that freaking tank right there. That was a big one. This fish was chasing him on swim bait a second ago, and he was like hitting it with his nose, popping out of the water, couldn't eat it. You know, I found out that he ended up only having one eye. He's strong. But he came back and ate that sucker. That is a big boy. That's what we're looking for, these big swim baits. You don't get many bites, but when you do, it's usually a big one. Let's get her back in the water. Thank you, baby. You made my day. Did you miss the bait, but you came back for it? You're a freaking monster. There she goes. Look at that, man. That was a freaking tank. I know we missed that one, Cody, at the beginning, and, like, that was depressing, but we came back from it, man. We were upset, dude. And then, you know, we ended up catching that other one. I mean, it's been a good day so far. You can't complain. I wish I would have had that fish. I would have been happier than that one, but that's still a really big fish. You were just talking about crazy things happening. You caught that fish when we were just testing out this one bait. We caught that fish for the third time. Caught this fish. It's been a good day, dude. And I think we can get one more. We came over to this side, guys, and we usually don't have any bites. It's super shallow. And I was just cranking that thing across this shallow flat, and you could just see her moving, like all the dust coming off the bottom. We're still sitting out there. I made a couple more casts, and she ate it, so it's the best feeling in the world. We're going to see if we can get another one back in this corner. Oh, I got him. Hey, Cody. Oh, my gosh, I got a freaking moose, dude. I got a big one. It's about a four. Up here, boy. What you think about that, brother? That's a nice one. Now it's coming together. I was just walking the bank guys, just kind of casting. I was kind of getting on the bank, and fan cast parallel, and he was up shallow right there. The first time we came through here, he's not quite four, but he's a good three pounder. Pretty fish. Can't beat that right there. Smoked that swim bait, though. Get him back in. The first time we came around, we saw a lot of wakes come off this bank, so I wanted to make a little cast down there. Sure enough, got this good guy. Pretty fish. That's held my breath for like 20 seconds, dude. That was scary. Flip you up on the bank, bud. Nice fish. Two and a half pounder. That was... I think we just need to have conversations, Cody, like off-camera. What were you saying? What were you saying? Craziness. Dude, he was hiding in that grass right there. He was right in front of you. Dude, I don't even know, dude. It literally came up to the grass, and I watched him just come out of the grass and eat it. Never knew he was there. What a crazy catch to end off today's video, guys. I love big swim bait fishing. If you guys enjoyed it, and you guys love big swim bait fishing, too, hit the like button. Be subscribed to the channel if you guys aren't already. We're on the road to a million subscribers, and I'm just so thankful to be at 600,000 right now, and I'm just ready to hit that goal, guys. I'm ready to make it happen, each and every single one of you guys. I hope you enjoyed this video, and that's a nice bass right there. Let's get him back in the water, and I'll catch you guys in the next video.