 Hello howdy and good morning fishing freaks welcome on back to the channel. Glad you subscribed Glad you're here today hanging out with me on a fishing vlog a kind of a special one because we're gonna be looking at One of my very first fishing rods Taking it out and see it if it's still can catch fish So I just cleaned up the silver bullet is looking extra juicy got all the water spots off of it's wax and everything Coming off a goog and wick, you know white clock hands everywhere dirt and everything So just cleaned it up. It is really hard not to take out a good-looking clean boat And I was digging around looking for some camping gear and whatnot and I came across in the closet One of my very first this might actually be the very first Fishing rod I ever had so I want to talk about this for a minute So what makes this rod special is when when I was growing up as a kid my dad used to take me fishing in In his brown terry bass boat, I still remember that boat. He got me this pole. It's a telescoping Pole and it's really designed to catch brim and crappie and And all that but he would bass fish in the front of the boat and you know as a kid You're like casting around you're getting in your dad's way your mom's way or whatever when you're out there On the water a lot of times. I'm sure I'm gonna encounter that with him You know lures flying at you or whatever so this kind of pole a telescoping pole. There's no reel on it There's no casting per se. It's just kind of a placement You know fish around trees or fish around docks or just fish open water up in creeks or whatever We didn't have a huge bass boat. So we used to fish a lot of small waters. He would go and get me We'd go to the gas station. We would get little millworms like little grub worms That come in those little containers like live worms do like little yellow little grubs and I would get those I would put them on a little bitty hook. Sometimes I'd have a bobber whatever he rigged me up So it was very entertaining for me and of course, you know, it just goes along I can still like smell the old two cycle Engine the gasoline the oil burning in the morning. It's just a lot of memories associated with this rod So it's definitely something I'm gonna, you know, hang it up hanging up in the in the tree house or the Cabin one of these days and just talk about it. So I thought while it's summertime Why not break out the old brim pole my original brim pole and see if we can rig it up and catch some fish The old-fashioned way how I used to catch them out of the back of the boat with my dad It's good to it. But first of all, we got to feed the chickens. They've been squawking at me They're pretty hungry putting you guys in on the little summer routine here at the tree house I usually come out here early mornings. It's still kind of cool water the yard. I feed the chickens And I've been giving them some water as well like a big water tub Because some of them like to cool off like that hang out easy girls easy The food is right here. Guess what? Food's right here Yeah, no girls know old hands. No, these are the ones. I really want to get the nutrition anyways because They're the ones laying eggs So we actually have some leftover salmon in here We've got a bunch of spinach spinach. It's got a lot of good nutrients for chickens And then we give them leftovers literally just we've got some of any leftover fruits vegetables. I think there's Some little crab cakes in there. I want to get you some I want to get you some of these treats. Oh Yeah, well Easter egg or nose it's where the goods are Also for those of you that are subscribed to the like life family channel if you're not it's linked down below But thank you for commenting and letting us know what these little fruits are These are actually Mexican plums. So we have these growing in the backyard and They are edible actually and I did a little research you can a lot of people make jams and stuff out of them They're kind of a sweet and sour. Just take a bite out of this one right here Mexican plum Trees they trees have like a really aggressive kind of gnarly bark on them Just look like that Got like a waxy exterior and then once you Break that skin Tastes like a plum. It's a plum Just got a little bit a little bit of tartness to it under the seed In the middle so you want to make sure you don't eat that seed But hey girls Got some plums here Some plums here for you Get back in here. Okay. Go fishing. I just got to tell y'all I am not getting tired of hearing that motor start up I kind of get a little grin every time I hear it because it's like getting into an old sports car or something Or a new sports car. It's just gnarly. I love it I would consider ourselves lucky today because all the way over here. We had some Overcast coming in actually a few little Sprinkles that have moved in it's really windy and usually this time of day White bass or schooling so right here. It's really choppy. I'm gonna try to find a calm spot and see if we can see something on top and Get the old fishing pole a workout Okay, also we have located a lot of fish. They're below the surface. They're not really coming up at this moment I'm hoping that they do We'll show you how this this rod works. So the line ties around these these two little little pegs right here these little brass Deals you just wrap your lineup on there And you don't want to have more line than the rods length because that makes it really difficult to fish But I've got it just a little loop knot around here at the end I've got some 10-pound tests fluorocarbon on here, and this just extends out One piece. Yeah, now they're all connected extends out into 10 feet. So why bam This time of year they're normally feeding on Small small baitfish. I'm gonna rig up this the spoon right here. I'm gonna be able to get it down a little deeper And I can swim it at the surface. I can just kind of drag it along figure eight it Hopefully we can get on them. Yeah, it's unlocated Starting to come up to the top here But I'm gonna need them to just go ahead and get real excited for me to catch them on this hole Cain pole Can't get to them. Oh got one got one got one. Yeah, baby. Yeah, baby first fish on the old school pole That's pretty cool right there. Yo little guy It's about the size that this rod is meant for No real need it. You just fling it on out there. Oh Boy that technique looks bad. Oh, there's a bunch of little ones right under me. You can see them I'm just gonna figure eight it right here. You've had a taste Got him go no There's like hardly any hooks up to this thing There's two fish on the pole still doing it still doing it white bass These are little ones, but these are like Perfect size for right now. Just get a little warm up. Oh, gosh. That was a big one. I was chasing it right there What we got? Yeah Gotcha boy That's fun The rod just leans over. I want to talk about bringing back some memories I think I'm gonna try another spot. Let's see if I can get on some some more fish Like the water should just be erupting right now. I'm gonna see the eruptions Everybody got you That is number four. Well, there must be a lot of shad moving through here. I Would fully expect them to just go bonkers on some shad Up at the top, but those shad are like on the bottom So is anybody here familiar with this fishing pattern that I'm about to mention. It's It's called the scatter pattern and basically what happens is you've got these fish Located dialed and then all of a sudden They scatter they scatter see anybody familiar with that. Am I the only one raise your hand in the comments? Let me know what has happened is the shad which I thought with this overcast would be Staying up top because they're low light feeders if you don't plankton But they seem to be moving out deep in these these white bass are just kind of falling and they're they're scattered You can see some here that are falling the shad suspended and then there's some fish here on the bottom I'm not really sure what they are, but you can see at both sides here like the shad have just decided to move on and Being weird positions that I would not predict, but what is happening is the Sun is starting to come out So things are changing. I was anticipating massive schools On top just going crazy. It was gonna be easy for me to take my pole and just dangling like this Literally, I was just waiting on ran around a bunch just looking for those scenarios I haven't even seen the birds really lining the banks with with shad up shall let's this is normally like it Pretty typical summer pattern But you know the fish don't always read the rule books and I certainly didn't write the rule books I don't know they just said man. Sorry about it. We're gonna go hang out in the deeps get all suspended like So you can't locate us on your little fancy electronics. I can I can't I will let you know fish I just it's really hard to get a lure down in your face and keep it there Especially if there's only like a couple of you. I want you all grouped up. I want you ganged up ready to munch But I digress, but what I also want to do is try to catch some gills and then try to catch a bass Any kind of bass on this rod is gonna be ridiculous. It'll be funny if I can even get the fish in Looked up on the bass hooked up on the bass Gotta get old bass around the tire Well, I hooked him good something I really like about the Those must-have triple grips on our Guggen Guggen squad hard baits stick them good Especially in the summertime when their mouths are clumsy for next attempt. We're gonna take ourselves a wide gap Finesse hook I'm gonna take a five inch Dragon drop. This is something new. This right here has a really good shad profile. You got a pearl belly You got that green pumpkin back So it looks like a shad that's dying and there's a lot of shad that hang around marinas right now Different types of dock structures and whatnot. So this actually is not a bad technique for right now It's just gonna be the delivery Delivery system to get it there a 10 foot cane pole with really no hook set if if one grabs this thing I'm gonna it's gonna be hard to tell first of all Because when you pull up on this rod To check if a fish is there you really have no let like once you try to pull up on them And they feel it they're gonna let go you're not gonna be able to fastly quickly Drop back down and bring it back up Wendy Wendy My goodness I'm really just letting the lure do all the work. So I'm moving the boat. I'm Casting or placing the lure just ahead of me and then letting the line sink and by the time It's about parallel with me. I just lift it up and go to the next thing And I can cover this area Pretty good doing this. It's just gotta pay attention to the line. It starts moving I got him guys. Oh my gosh I got a freaking bass. Yes. Oh, I stuck him good. Look at that That was a two-handed magnum hooks out there Holy cow any bigger than that that would have been quite the fight Well, you just swam out the exact way you needed to Clean you up little buddy Thank you for bringing back some old childhood memories. That was fun That was cool. I was actually able to get a hook set on it And and it swam out perfect way it swam to the other side of the boat actually I am going to rig up another one of those and just see if I can get maybe one a little bit bigger But checked it off the list. Why bam? I honestly don't even know my biggest bass on that rod It's probably about that size that that could have been quite honestly. Oh my god. Oh That was a good one. That was a good one. I didn't get a hook set in him. He was just running with it Dad go Oh He was taking off with it. I Wasn't paying attention. The wind is really kicking up now. It's blowing these clouds out of here We're about to receive the full wrath of the Texas heat. So I was able to get one bass. I had another one on I don't know how big it was. I mean it it felt tasty. Now. I'm gonna fish it the way I remember the most which is with a cork or a bobber an indicator You know depending on wherever you are or whatever you call it. That's what I called it when I was a kid So I'm gonna take a bobber like this. I'm gonna find the smallest hook in my boat If I can scrap up a fly that would be phenomenal But I'm gonna try to find the smallest hook that I have and put it on here and see if we can get some Some gills or some sunfishes and that's the way I used to fish this rod When I was sitting in the back of my my dad's boat toss it out there up under a tree or whatever It is watch the bobber go down pull back on them sling them in the boat have a smile Maybe have a snack maybe a you know a little combo or a Starburst or skittles just whatever kind of snack dad got you from the Zippy mark and Wabam childhood memories made LFD shout out to you. That's my dad by the way for introducing me into fishing Well, she's a little breezy in here. I'm gonna give her a whirl Oh Did take it Be small another one got it got it There is your American standard bluegill pork chop of the lake Oh my gosh, there's another one on it another one on it They're coming out of woodworks for this thing. Oh my goodness One attack the bobber and the other one attacked the fly That is beautiful. My goodness Look how pretty this fish is. I mean that looks like a tropical reef fish That's awesome. See you buddy. You're aggressive. I like you Yeah What man? So we've got a bluegill and I believe this is a Oh, I Am forgetting my biology Apologize there's a bunch of them back here in their party Got it Well, I'm cleaning these suckers up in here with this pole tiny tiny but fun Take you again or at that beautiful creation right there. See ya. I've learned Operation so you can destroy bluegill It's gonna happen It's gonna happen I can I can see this guy just not quite What he wants made up my mind fishing freaks. I'm gonna come back and destroy these gills It's getting about time for summer bluegill catching cook. Look at that rod just disappeared back in my tube And once you want to do you just take your line you wrap it right here And you were good to go there used to be a rubber piece that went on top But I lost it over the years and got a little blood on my rod right there from that bass Successful all righty fishing freaks. We're gonna sign it off for today I was able to break out my old dusty childhood pole and get a variety of different species on it and It's kind of cool thinking about taking it on this little bluegill mission with me So that's what I'm gonna do next I've got a way to cook these bluegill that I want to try go ahead and smash that like button for Resurrecting a rod from the past and bringing back some old memories Maybe you've got something in your closet or in your garage that needs a little dusting off Just break it out. See what the old fishing technology used to be like it'll make you appreciate the new stuff We've got now until the next fishing adventure. I'm wishing you the best and all of your dangles. God bless you. We'll see you