 Alrighty all of what's cracking? I just got done doing live-stream with you guys. It was awesome. Y'all are amazing I hadn't done live-streamed in a while, so I just wanted to say thank you already on another video Get after it. I've been working so hard this week just getting ready for eye cast big event Googing baits launching and everything the whole team's excited It's nice something. I haven't done in a long time is Go catfishing trying to discover all the trails around my house And I've discovered one that leads down to the lake and something that I've been wanting to do is do more adventure style videos that Aren't necessarily going to crazy places like going to Canada and Alaska to go Sam I want to do all those things, but there's a lot more to explore locally too that isn't very far Especially my backyard. I want to go see what's down there. I want to go see if there's any fishing to be had Do a little catch and cook with OSG strap up get your headlamps on because we're going out in the dark Just listen to all the cicadas We're getting excited. All right. This is gonna be a real simple Lightweight fishing trip because I've got a pretty long ways to go First thing I need to get is to dag on thermos hell because these mosquitoes are about to bite my butt off I'm actually gonna go ahead and get this puffer fired up right now. It's a little fresh propane tank This is what they look like I'm not sponsored by this company No way. Do I work with them? I think mosquitoes are Wow, it's supposed to work when yeah, there's a little red light. Oh, you guys can see that when I line it up with a camera It's like a little furnace going off in there. Okay. I don't really like this location Gosh those things are so loud what I do here is show you guys the basics of what I'm doing before I get down there And it's really dark so taking us a pack a small pack. This is my running pack I've been running with this thing for years. It's a camel pack Backpack, I think it's actually designed for bikers and like long-distance runners and stuff. It's a hydration pack You can also put stuff in it. You know, I usually put like Clip bars or whatever. I've kind of transformed it here lately because I've been trying to explore new trails Some of them are unmaintained. I mean I got lost one day guys It would have been a whole another video. So anyway, I carry a machete in there You may think that's crazy, but trust me. You haven't seen these trails yet I've also seen water moxins cotton mouths and copperheads and there's hogs and all kinds of stuff And I know a lot of people say water moxins and they're actually water snakes No, these are actually the big fat nasty cotton mouth water moxins What I'm also gonna do is I'm gonna mark this instead of taking like a ruler and a scale and all that stuff I'm gonna mark that at 12 inches because that's the minimum length to keep these catfish so I can measure them right on the blade before they're for laid Ironic also gonna be carrying These are quarter and should be three eighths three eighths ounce weights Got a curious stringer. So one of these you could pick these up super cheap Just about any outdoor store you pick them up Walmart everything like that catfish bait This is the most important ingredient. It's a catfish dip bait So if you guys have never used dip bait, I'm gonna show you how to use that. Hey, yeah, I can't really do it Anyway, you do not want to put this in your mouth in your lip anywhere close to your face And I'll show you guys how to use it when we get down to the water It's not something I can rig up here. Trust me. That was the bed. So also going in our bag or in our tool belt I'm gonna carry a flashlight super high powered. It's actually really so I can light up trails Well, so I'm not running into any Danger noodles as one of the fishing freaks to scrub them headlamp gotta have a headlamp so I can see what I'm doing put our bait In there just like that and this is another key ingredient These are the hooks. These are special hooks dip bait worms is what it says. They're not really worms But what they're designed to do is In trap all that juicy goodness another thing I probably need is some pliers Got our pliers now what I want to do is just rig up Yeah, I'm gonna get out one of my weights here another key little thing. I need is a swivel Okay, gotta have little swivels or sweaty Just a couple little barrel swivels Just in case I break off. I have a couple of extras and the whole reason I'm going at night guys is because catfish bite better at night They're almost like a nocturnal animal, you know staring at the gook and take and watching that flathead in there He won't even move until it's nighttime. This is basically like rigging a carolina rig If you ever bass fish using carolina rigs slide that up on the line I'm using 30 pound braid right now with some smoke coming off this thing It's it's doing something that I'm gonna put my swivel on uni not Palomar worked just fine, too. The other thing I'm wearing is a belt knife If you guys can see that I wear that belt knife most fishing trips I had one that I loved That I gave away to a guide in the Amazon. So you needed it more than I did but Anyway, that's a mora mora knife. I love these knives And then these come with a little loop on the end like that probably can't see that didn't focus maybe next time Sony We want to go through this swivel with this loop Then we take this right here We go through here So essentially you don't even have to tie another knot There's some danglers there you got to get around but once you get around that should just loop on through come on Don't make me look like a foe hair. Okay, there it goes and then it and then it's tight There's a treble hook down on the end of this thing So it's really not designed for catching a release like once they eat that sucker It's pretty much gone if you guys are wondering about the rod. I'm actually just using a bass rod using the six and a half foot medium action Rods one of the favorite phantoms have to dodge a few limbs along our adventure here, and I'm not gonna lie to you I'm a little creeped out to go down this trail at night because I've already been creeped out during the day on a couple of little animals It's mainly the slithery ones that I'm worried about we'll get through it That's why God made machetes throw this on like this You gotta wear that hat forwards like daddy told you to do I'm set to go I mean I could literally run with that right there and if I needed to machete something I can do that as well Throw the thermosill right on there probably don't want that right on my face because that stuff Probably toxic, but anyway, I can look that right on my belt and then we're good to go Here's the real crazy part. Okay? We're not hopping in the truck We're not running down. We're not getting in the golf cart. We're not going down. I even have a golf cart That's a theoretical situation. That's a sprinkler There's the treehouse. That's right y'all. It's right behind the house. I Forgot one thing I gotta go say good-bye to that wish jig. I'll tell you where I'm going. Oh, and there's my trail cam. Look at it It's activated Hopefully I'm gonna catch old Pete. He's a critter. I've been tracking around here. Okay. We're good to go down Man, I almost forgot some water too. Jeez Apache trip This is the widest God Cicada scared it Joe's this out of me. So this is the widest part of the trail right here I'm gonna pretty quiet when I come down here. I'm not really talking. It's not bad right now. This is the easy part It's getting there once it's dark coming back That's gonna get a little sketchy. I love trail running and one of the cool things about that Sometimes I discover some cool fishing and hunting spots. I got to get to paying attention So I don't step on any danger noodles. This is this is where it starts getting super thick Look at that. That was from the storm the other night ski trees if you guys aren't familiar you guys that aren't from texas That's what you got right there. Hence the machete. I actually got one of those thorns In my leg a few weeks ago and it was swelling up I didn't know what it was. I thought it was a bug bite at first and I remember that Wacked the mesquite get it got into my leg those mesquite thorns have poisoned them It makes you swell up and it hurts and there could be hogs just sitting in there They sit in that real thick stuff during the day and they come out at night all around me So, uh I do not like the hogs down here. Oh shoot. There's a little newt little lizard Oh, if you've ever seen these They may just look like raindroplets in the dirt. There's a little insect that lives down there It's like a spider. It makes a little A little funnel out of the sand so when other things fall into it They can't get out and then they suck them down. They live in the bottom of it Sorry a little excited. My senses are heightened. Man. Look at that beautiful sunset Just in time for it And that's where we just came from The deep dark woods I'm gonna have to call an audible healer here and get osg to come Get me out if I've got a pick string or a catfish on my shoulder I don't want to carry that through all those woods the whole way. Oh There's somebody hugging and kissing down here This is this is gonna be awkward I totally run their moment. I didn't want to film them. I didn't want to be that guy I just came down here sat down my pack. You ready to do this catfish down here. Y'all have a good one. Hey Glad y'all got engaged or whatever y'all just did but uh, hey Yeah Be safe, huh First step to any catfish in night is to find a good little sitting spot in this stump right here Looks phenomenal. I can set a pole up there Now we do have some giant spiders to contend with. You're just gonna have to deal with that They are everywhere Dead gum at these spiders are everywhere. At least their wolf spiders are not Too contankerous now. We got to get a good stick not to put our rod on it's to dip our catfish bait in because Let me tell you something. You don't want to be putting your fingers or your good knife in there a little flimsy decent We got to dip our bait. I like fishing this way puts out a ton of scent and it's easy It's not too messy. It's not like using chicken gizzards. I've used those in the past those get nasty You know ants come to them. They dry up. You leave them in your truck. You forget about it Your girlfriend gets in the truck and what how do you explain that these types of debates? All you got to do is just seal it up again And you're good to go you can even refrigerate it if you really want to get fancy, but I'm not doing that That's what it looks like on the inside. It's like play-doh, you know Take it you stick it right on in there Stick it in there with your stick and you smash it in deep fully cover it Submerge that thing get it all the way past the line This is real cheap fishing too. Anybody can do this. Let me tell you something It stinks pull it out. It looks a little something like that Looks real nice, doesn't it? Now this is the part you want to be real careful if you're fishing with friends Don't sling this on anybody Because it's gonna start the night off pretty bad. Okay, so all I'm gonna do here is make a good long toss kind of a lob Not really a cast more of a lob You want to get it taut but not tight So there's enough tension In the line. It's on the bottom So I can pull a little bit of slack out But I don't want it super tight because it's gonna start dragging the bait I don't want to do that and I'm just gonna literally watch that thing and that's all you got to do Now you may get real excited when you start seeing it You need to wait You need to just stay calm and wait till it slowly pulls down And then you pull into the fish I haven't done this in a while so it may take me a couple tries, but that is how you do it It's a good way to work on patience You can also find your soul out here cat fishing on the banks Give it a tickle missed it pulled the camera away. He's interested He's trying to figure out what it is. It's like I've never seen a Uh a bright yellow noodle like this before probably gonna see a little wave motion in the rod And that happens constantly A bite will be very obvious in the eyes Any minute now somebody is real excited still about fireworks in the fourth of july Getting it Hopefully it'll scare some catfish over here towards me. I'm a green man right now I don't want to speak too soon, but I think this little deal Might actually be working. There's a little bit of a breeze, but I'm really not feeling the mosquitoes too much right now So this is another way you can do it right here. You know once it gets really dark and you can't see You put it just right near periphery. It's right on the left side of my face right where that tumor was still is Maybe I should put on the other side. You're definitely gonna see it out of your periphery. I need to just grab the rod There's a little tap there. That's literally just from the waves Even in pitch dark like I'm not I'm not I'm fishing like this. I'm not fishing with any line I'm not I'm not I'm not using this lot. I'm using this what I'm rigging up the baits and uh, so you guys can see my blurry green face That's about it Okay, we're getting an actual bite now Actual bite. Okay. I think he's got it. He's running with it. Yep. I got him Got him I'm there Thank is the channel cat. There we go. Now what you definitely got to do with these guys Let's watch out for their spines You just kind of grab them between between your fingers Otherwise they'll get you so that's all the way down. He's got it Look how far he ate it. I let him have it. It'd be a lot easier if I had that thing on my head. I know buddy Now you were definitely 12 inches long. I don't even have to measure you but he actually ate it so bad I'm just gonna have to cut the line. So I'm just gonna put him on the stringer And toss him in the water Okay, so we got one We're back in the game Put a new little noodle on there and I'm just got the rod sitting right next to me fresh little catfish fillets like that Good Okay another bite See if this one's got it He probably debated me. I have to put a fresh coat on Look at that guys a little scorpion A little scorpion next to my bait. So just sticking that in there I try to coat it like I'm bread and butter Nice and juicy. That's gonna get a bite I'm not kidding y'all when I say I was over there taking a tinkle And this rod about did a back flip or a front flip Over this daggum stump. I got a little wet spot on my pants right now, but They always bite at the worst times I've probably gotten a dozen bites That've only got one fish. I think on this one. I might actually try to hold the rod it's usually within the first Four minutes or so and it's out there and then we'll get good one I let it just sit in my hand that time When we started moving with it I got it. Uh, it is past 11 and uh osg is unresponsive Not gonna lie to you. I Did try to get an easy way out have her come meet me, but She's pregnant. She gets a lot of sleep And she usually doses off about 10 30. So I miss my opportunity there I think I'm gonna have to walk back through the woods with these catfish In the dark This is some Blair witch stuff going on here. Let me know in the comments. What would you do? Would you call your wife right now? Tell her to come get you get her out of bed Or would you take the trail in the dark? I think I'm taking that trail in the dark. Just kidding. She takes me back. Yes. I was gonna do it though. I was All right little kitties This is the trail where osg stepped over giant snake So Look at the size of that dude Definitely don't want to walk into that. Please be osg. Please be her. Yes Oh pack worked out well. You have a story. I have a story What is it? I feel like I would have been here 15 minutes ago, but I walked outside To try to find your cooler Yeah, and I found your your white hard cooler Yeah, well right next to the cooler. There was cinnapede Oh, you saw a cinnapede? Oh, that's her worst fear I'll show her right now, but she's She's she's in her In her no makeup night mode right now. Oh, thank you for the chills. Let me tell you something I was surrounded by thousands of spiders down there a bed spiders. There were scorpions. I saw scorpions There's no teller. There's probably tarantulas Snakes and all that kind of stuff down there. So here's the thing I was I was about to walk back on the trail and I was already creeped out. Oh shoot I just realized I still have my thermos cell on and they're smoking here Don't have the thermos cell on inside of the car I don't want to roll your window down over there I got two catfish. I'm gonna take them off for breakfast I got a bite every cast. What's wrong with catfish for breakfast? Catfish for breakfast? Yeah That's just so swithic How dare you insult my people So I was about to walk through the woods And then you texted me back because I was like you're still coming and I already committed. I was like, I'm doing it I'm going my phone like turns on silent after like 10 I know mine does too But I was amping myself up and then you texted me back. So you see I'm glad I'm scared Honey, I found the centipede. There it is. Okay. She's freaked out. I'm Honey, I'm gonna take care of it. Oh my god. That thing is nasty. Ooh Oh, it got away too I can't I can't let that happen Okay, don't tell her I kind of missed It got away, but we're not gonna learn no Got it. Thank you You bet take care of business around here. That's what I do Now I'm gonna clean some fish So I have my fish I'm going to put them on ice I'm going to let them chill overnight But I am happy to know that I can go right out here and I can go catch some catfish And it got me inspired to do some other night fishing type stuff out there. I saw some garr someone around There's lots of minnows and the shallows so there could be some bass up there as well And something else I used to do back in the day that I think I want to try again is putting out some jug lines But that's for a whole another video y'all. I'm about to go get some sleep. I'll see you fresh in the morning Made myself a little coffee with some honey and turmeric just to get things spicy and I filleted the fish y'all Man, I forgot how much meat you can get off a catfish versus, you know, like a crappie or bluegill or white bass or something like that They've got like back meat You know, I like to take the filet knife all the way up. I've got my four filets here And I'm going to cook these up for some breakfast. We're going to do the old traditional southern style catfish and coffee to start today Ain't nothing better than a fishing freak lie I'm not going to deep fry them. I'm just going to pan fry them, which is a little different It's a shallow frying process. I've already been heating up the oil and a good old cast iron skillet, man They retain the heat very well. They're really good for this right here If you're an outdoor guy, you got to get yourself a cast iron skillet I'm going to flour these kitties up a little bit. I've already patted them dry I don't want to eat a whole deep fried meal in the morning. You know what I'm saying? You run it to the bathroom in five minutes The fermentation will go with the little cayenne works that located I feel like I'm driving into the big city when I come here to the kitchen It's like I've got my my man cave downstairs. I come up here and it's like I'm in the bag of cayenne. It's hitting my nose Grease is hot It's time to put these fillets Into the good stuff here. Oh, look at them shrink up like that. So wow with the skin on baby. Do it There's some tongs Where Where Make it a cooking show it's failing. Well, let me show you all what happened. So because I left the skin on That one curled up pretty bad So I'm gonna have to roll him I want to lay him in skin down. I forgot about that skin, didn't you? Now don't worry the skin will just separate from The the meat after you cook them. I mean unless you really want to chew on the catfish skin though I don't Winston would love to Testing this method out here What's that? There we go Oh, oh it's going see how it's curled over like that I think that's the last minute thing I gotta do. It's riding high. I don't have to skill it. It's trying to get away still So since they're bottom theaters What kind of nutrition do they have? Good Full of bottom minerals Okay, we'll be done first That little guy, yeah You get some biscuits to go with this I agree Catfish and buttermilk biscuits Where are the biscuits? Not even in the stratosphere biscuit land That's why you stay with the catfish and I'll stay with the catfish I like it I put you on one of the nice golden brown outside and then nice juicy white lice and cinnamon I'll be back right down. Thank you for ready for a taste test How did I end up observing you? I don't know It's like I just came into your kitchen and you got a little jealous and that's what ended up happening It was like reverse psychology. This is the catfish So that just peels right off the skin. It's just really nice It's flaky Catfish This works out That's good Not too much breading or anything. Just a little flour on there. Pan? Pan? Cigar? Pan-fried? It's a light pan-fried Hey, that's good. You know what? I got I can eat that skin. That's good like potato chip I like how you can just take it right off the skin too Let me fill that off It's a little sticky around the edges. It's just a different taste a different feel and gosh Fresh ones like that are so good Just a little black pepper that little bit of cayenne for a little bit of spice. This might be the first time I've ever had a pan-fried catfish for breakfast But I'm telling you it's not going to be the last I knocked down these two little filets I'm going to wait for these big boys to cool off and I'm just going to go to town I'm going to close it out right here guys. Thanks for being here If you like this type of adventure style fishing, let me know in the comments and of course hit the like button My personal opinion is I really like making these videos because it's reconnecting me to my past But before I got super into bass fishing, I mean I was on the same lake I used to do this kind of stuff all the time. So I love it and I just feel like a big kid if you want to try this recipe with osg's recommendations I'll leave it in the description below and if you have suggestions for other ways to cook catfish Channel cats blue cats flatheads. Let us know in the comments another fishing adventure awaits us soon y'all Thanks for being here. Love you and I'll catch you on the next one