 If we get a flat out here, we're still screwed. Hello, everyone, and welcome to another exciting episode. Fishing with Lunger Stevie. That's right. I know you guys love the adventures that we go on. You like when we go out and we tag team those bass out there. But let me just update you on our current situation. Let's just take a gander at the road right now. We've never been here. We don't know where the boat ramp is. We have no cell service, and we're taking a shot in the dark that this is the road going towards the lake. So let that be known. Let that sink in. This is a lake we've never been to, obviously. This road has been maintained since 1950. Yeah, we talked to a guy the other day. It was like, OK, OK, man, that lake, that lake has got Mondos. He's got there. He's flipping it. Bam. We're starting to question that a little bit. If it is the case, this will be a phenomenal fishing video. I've never seen. Oh, were you at a cattle farm? What the hell? We're in the right spot. I want everybody to know this is not a private lake at all. This is public. I am very much so now worried that we're on somebody's land. I am not going to the boat ramp. It's said county road, so let's just hope we get down there and there's a boat ramp. Cattle trail or something. It's going to help me find fish. The town we went through like 45 minutes ago looked barren like a ghost town. Like literally, you hear about old Texas ghost towns. It's pretty much it. Dude. It says something about limestone sponsored by a geologist. OK. What? This lake actually looks like a giant cattle farm. Like, this is, what the heck? I don't even know if I turn on the engine in this lake. No, no, you don't. Oh my god, I fish this lake. We've been a sh, no, you have not. No, you have not. Yes, I have. Shut up. I fish this lake before I went to the army. What? This is really shallow over here. You're kidding me, dude. You know any fish I caught here? When you were at Fort Hood? No, before I went to the army, I was like 17. I know that because that big rock pile in the middle, I ran into it with my buddy's boat. I didn't catch a single fish here. That is the most random. Oh my god. Weird flashback. Oh, I remember this. I didn't catch a single fish here. It's back before you had skills, dude. Oh, this is, this is, oh no, I fished here. This is, I have never been with anybody that just like flashback like, I have fished here like a decade ago. I didn't remember. 12 years ago, this is wild. This is wild. Like this is so shallow right here. Like see what those rocks are? Yeah. I have 100% put a boat up on top of this. This video just got way more interesting. This could go two different directions. It could be like Rob's first time out here. Or it could be a whole new experience. I can't believe I drove all the way out here. I didn't know. Woo, Hood Mini. There is a park. There's a look. There's a table on the trash can. We come bearing great dues right now. Honestly, when we were pulling in, we both had this look on our face like, dude, I don't think there's a boat ramp. I don't even know where we're going right now. We get here. Not only that, I've never been so happy to actually see another boat on the water. You know, on the weekends, you get out there and you're like, oh man, it's going to be crowded. I don't want to see anybody else. So that's very good news. The water is fairly stained, but it's got like a chalkiness to it. And we got a haze today. So that's also another good day for moving baits. When I'm looking at this, we've got a light chop. I'm thinking spinner bait, chatter bait, maybe a crank bait, square bill, something like that. There's a ton of rock and brush out in this lake, it looks like. So stuff that's going to be able to deflect off cover, get a reaction strike. You always have an idea. Sometimes it works out. Other times you have to really switch things up and do some angling to try to figure out what the fish are really going to bite on. But we're going to find out very shortly. Power on, electronics on, red thing on. All right, we got the mud stickers in. Yeah, water temp's chilly. I wouldn't. 51, yep, still cold. They're not spawning. Yep, they're not spawning. You were thinking they were spawning, they're not. I might throw a trap on these rocks. So you just want to go down the rocks real quick. Do you want me to grab anything out the gate? Yeah, let's just do it. Start off with a lipless crank here, guys. Dragon rip, dragon rip. I'm going to also throw it out the way, gentlemen. The water temp was like 51 and a half. Yes, yes, yes, yes, could be a good one. I just broke off and Rob's hooked up. Hey, baby. You got a fish. Hey, baby. Oh, you got a fish. Yeah. Hey, you got felt backwards on the boat. Get on in here with your red lips. You broke off. We caught first fish of the day. Yeah. Good, good, good, good. You have some cranks. Since we got so much rock, I'm thinking a crankbait might be a good choice right now since I broke off my lipless. I keep seeing some fish on the electronics. I think we're going to put a little deeper diving crankbait on first just to see how that goes and then maybe try a shallow as well. We've got two different ones, a little chartreuse color to them since this water's real dinged. It's now raining. Wouldn't expect that. Hey, sometimes life throws you curves. It's windy and it's cold. Way colder than we anticipated. Hand movements, extremity movements. Pretty tough right now. Currently, we've been fishing slow with the jigs. I got a black and blue jig right there. Rob's throwing a jig as well. I tried throwing the crankbait. I haven't got anything as of yet. Literally just trying to get out of the wind right now so we can warm up a little bit. I think the wind is supposed to switch out of the south here in a few hours. One fish in the boat, but we're not giving up. We've come too far. I dressed for summer. Look, Rob's pants. Look at that. Look at that great shot of Rob walking over with his pants that are literally meant for like South Florida jogging in the morning. Alright, I'm going to crawl up here. I'm going to get a little stretch. Talk to nature. Just got to let that out sometimes. And then you'll catch them. Just got to get that out. Switching gears here. Throwing spinnerbaits and moving baits on this windy, very windy dam. Is that a fish? Oh my God. That's a nice fish. There we go. Hey, that looks like... God dang, dude. That thing was freaking pulling. Come on, baby. That entire area is not going to happen zone. I can't tell if there's only a few feet of water on them or not, though. That's the issue. Can I say something to the fishing freaks? Sorry, I didn't really... No, I'm recording because this is a moment where I realized Rob's bass fishing intelligence has really sparked up in the last few years. We were coming back here and we were like, hey, let's give this a shot. These trees, these creek channels, you know, maybe they'll stage here. However, think about this, guys. Michael Phelps, he could probably get to the boat ramp. I don't know, maybe take him 30 minutes. A bass could probably get there in like 5 to 10. Easy, like just on an easy cruise. This isn't like a giant lake where they'd have to come way up in a creek arm, you know, and they're basically sticking there. They're staying. They could be anywhere they want to be out here pretty quick. So they're going to reside in that nice, sweet spot zone, which I think we hit it. The first fish Rob had deep. It was kind of not shallow water, but it was mid... Yeah, close to deeper water. Why would they want to come all the way back here? Anyway, I just want to commend Rob on his... I just really... Hey! Hey! There was something there. Think somebody's messing with us a little bit. Yep. I think that was a get the hell out of my creek explosion. Yep. I don't know. I don't know. That was a warning, a warning pop. Yep. People over here on the shoreline are... Yeah. They are trying to hit us with fireworks. This is weird. They're shooting these things out. All of a sudden we come back here and it's like they're just firing away. The only time I've ever been shot at or fired upon is East Texas. I got a... It's a whole new region. Probably some kids on meth or something up there having a good time. Oh, there's a stump. Anyway, we're going to Mosey on out of here. Probably been one of the most interesting fishing days of non-fish catching that I've had. And a long time. I'm glad you guys are along for the ride. I just want to catch one now. This is ridiculous. Yes. Oh, the square bill. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Oh my gosh. The struggle. The struggle. Oh, my lands on the square bill. That's a miracle fish. A miracle fish. He's struggling. He's struggling. I'll tell you what. That's a big fish right there. I mean, not size-wise, but freaking monumental. Tales from the crypt, man. Got a real barn burner today, huh? Real barn burner. Oh, I just got smoked. I got him. Are you? I got him. Oh, yeah. It's a crappie. It's a crappie. Yeah, you get it. You get it here, crappie. Yeah. That's a giant. That's a tasty one. Look at that. Wow. I'll take it. I'll back up just so you can. I'll take it. Is how cold is he? Let's take that in. Feel it. You want to cook it? It's like a cold dinner plate. Want to make it a catching cook? Well, this was another day. Look how windy it is, guys. You can see his fins just going to town right now. That's where we're at. He's like he's underwater swimming, oscillating. Oh, God. It's been a long day. I tell you what. It's been a long day. I will take that crappie. That's a photo. I just got crushed. You got crushed by a crappie? Spot like it, man. We're out of school. I got a fish. I got another bass. Back to back cast. You got a bass? I think it's a bass. Back to back, baby. Oh, it is. It's a bass. Back to back, basser. Oh, no. Sorry. It's probably species. Oh, I got him on the outside of the face. Hey now. Hey now. He's very cold. That is one thing in common with all these fish today. Super, super cold. On the exact same spot where Rob caught the first fish where we thought it was going to be on fire and then turned out not to be on fire. I will take that one. My gosh. I will give that one a full blown face knife. I would say if I didn't know you, I'd say you're freaking... Yes. Yes. There he is. Yes. This is the one. This is the spot. Oh, you got a crappie? No, no, no. It's a bass. It's a bass. Get him. Get him. Whoa. I cannot believe that. Not again. Not again. Yes. Yes. Oh, square bill. Yes. All states. Got him. That's a good fish. That's a lot better than the last one. Oh, no. Dang it. Oh, I've got some. Got him. Got him. Oh gosh. Is that a big one? Yeah, I got it. Dude, that's a big one. Come on. He's behind a tree. Just keeping him up. There he comes. Here he comes. Here he comes. Come on. Come on. Where's he at? Oh, yeah. Good fish. There we go. There we go. There we go. There we go. There we go. Get his face. There we go. There we go. There we go. There we go. There we go. There we go. There we go. Put something together. Look at that fish, guys. There we go. Look at that fish. Radley. Putting pieces to a puzzle together, my friend. That is a fat one, dude. Yes. I feel so good. There we go. Hey, look at him. Fish. Yeah, I just had one whacked. He's got a smoke, too. Probably one of those. Yeah. Twirler. Twirler. Tip of the day, always check your lure before you deploy it. Check and deploy. Oh, gosh. I got one on the tree. Did you get one? Yeah. He's home. He's home? Dude, I was in the tree and he... I still got him on. You got him on? Yeah. You ever get him? I was bouncing it off the tree and he came up and smoked it. I just literally... I think he came out. He's off? No, I still got him. He's in the back of the tree and he came around. There we go. Yeah. There we go. Hey, ho. I was just on that branch right there and I paused it and that fish smoked it. Hun square bill. Switched the colors up a little bit. Rob's been getting them on that gold. Just put a little chartreuse in there. There we go. It is. It is a fish? Yep. Oh, yeah. Look at this. Dude, fish are freaking... The fish have activated. The fish have activated. He must have been behind like a blog or something. Oh, yeah. That's a good one. Oh, yeah. I'm on the deck of the boat. You want to take the patrol motor for me? Yeah. Yeah. That was a good fish. Hey, we just got back-to-back fish. This is like an unbelievable game. It's not like, you know, we've had fish catches way better days, but it's like the what has happened. It's like what in the world? Oh, what? What? Was that the last cast? Yeah. Last cast. The freaking hybrid, dude. What? Dude, I stopped it right at the boat. Oh, I got a cast again now. I can't... That's got to be hybrid. Yeah. Look how big that thing is. Oh, yeah. These are for shribers. If there's two like that, that's the same size. Oh, baby. We turned a mountain of doodoo into a glorious shrine today. Heading on in, it feels so good. Give me a high five, buddy. Oh, yes. I'll give you a little bit more detail when we get back to the casa. I just want to say that me and Rob, we've had some pretty crazy days on the water. We've had some really tough days on the water, really good days on the water. Today was very unique because it was so tough. We were like cast away from being like, let's just go. We drove all this way, but let's just go because this isn't working out. So let's try one more thing, one more thing, one more thing until bam. And we started hooking up. And then the pattern just arose before us. That was freaking awesome to experience. And we're going to be talking about this day for a long time, probably down the road when we're in another situation like, man, I don't know. We did that one time, we didn't give up right there and then things changed. So anyway, if you guys have had a day like that, let me know in the comments. But for sure, a big learning experience today. I always got to learn something when you're on the water, but today we learned a lot. Now that we're back in the tackle cave, I just wanted to share with you guys, you know, something that I learned today that I thought was really interesting because we went hardcore on jigs for like four or five hours. After a while, we really figured out fish are not going to be going out in the silty, deeper water. There's nothing out there. It's just sand and silt. You know, fish do not like that. I'll tell you guys that. The rocks that were up shallow, they didn't cascade out very far into the water. So we pretty much knew within, you know, four or five feet of that bank. That's where the fish should be. And we hit that hard with the stick ups and the rocks with jigs for a long time because Rob got that one right off the bat on a jig. I broke off my lipless crankbait and I said, you know what? I'll just stick with the jig too. You just got a bite. So I stuck with that way for way too long. I did have one whack throwing that deeper dive in crankbait and I thought it might have just been like a fish just bumping into it. I really didn't take that as a bite and I didn't run with it. I threw the square bill for a little bit, but not enough. So later in the day, we just picked up square square bills and got on a windy area and actually went back to one of those same areas where we caught fish earlier on the jigs and it started working very well. I don't know if that's because if the fish might have been suspended. I'm not really sure, but definitely keep that in your arsenal. You know, I ran into a fish and freak the other day at Cabela's. His name was JJ and he said he just caught his personal best on a square bill and it was a sexy shad square bill that he was throwing. It could be just one of those days where it's windy, just the water conditions. You know, I personally, I love to throw chatterbaits, spinnerbaits a lot in those conditions when you have windy type areas and the baits moving a little bit and the water is getting above 52. Today, the warmest we saw was 54 and the square bill is really doing it for that. So I would, if I had to put like a principle to it, I would say the rocks might be better for those lipless, lipless, well not lipless, but square bill crankbaits. I don't have the exact one that I was using. That was one of Rob's, but basically this right here. And Rob was throwing a gold color. It definitely did better. It had kind of like a gold black back, a white belly, a little chartreuse on it. But there's all sorts. I preferred ones with rattles in the springtime. I prefer ones without rattles in the summer and fall. But that basically right there was getting it done today. And you guys can obviously go check out Rob's video. You can see the exact rod he was throwing. He was actually throwing it on a rod that I really like for throwing square bills. But I kept it really simple. Just carried two rods with me today. I wasn't planning on throwing square bills that much. Springtime is changing constantly, constantly, constantly. So just keep switching it up until something works. Go with the conditions. Don't get locked into one thing and I think you'll find yourself catching more fish. So we're going to end it on that message right there. Fishing freaks. And bass fishing is about to get really good. I'm super excited. Living down here in the south, being in Texas, it kicks off pretty early. So I'm really excited about that. And of course we have the Mexican videos coming at you soon y'all. I'm super pumped going down there with my dad. I've got reports. It's supposedly phenomenal. You guys are going to see that next. Don't forget to subscribe to the channel for more action. And I'll see you guys on the next one.