 Oh, look at that fish chasing. Look look look. Do you see him? He's chasing. Dude, big and big. Oh, no, you might have me on that Be big Holy Before we hop into this crazy episode, I wanted to announce that I'm gonna be at the MLF outdoor sports expo Aka Red Crest later this week the 10th through the 12th and Charlotte, North Carolina Also, meet me at the Bassmaster Classic the 24th through the 26th March so if you guys want to come out and meet me make sure you go to the mock booth right next to the striking and lose booth at the Expo it's always a blessing getting to meet many supporters of the channel So I'd love to see y'all there today We're going to be searching for some giant bass and some clear water ponds ultra clear water to be exact And we're gonna be hopping around to a bunch of different places today and we're gonna see what we can throw together I got a couple special guests with me. This is person number one. Let's go Fletch Dude check out this new setup I got. Oh, dude. This thing is the new 2023 Barbie rod the Barbie rod catches like like the nukes. Yeah, dude, it catches frickin nuke You're sending bombs. I was just talking to Noah how like this is gonna be like the new trend You're gonna see all the the biggest anglers in the world on the tournament scene fishing with this thing right here Barbie rods. Yeah, let me see you send a nuke out there, dude. Oh I mean, I know where you landed straight bomb that is a frickin nuke and then we got the man Connor People how you doing? Yes, sir Hopefully we get some today, but I'm waiting for Noah to actually come out with these kicking Barbie combos We got to see what lose is looking at Pond looks good super clear today show. We'll see how it is. You got the Connor special I got the old wake bait. This is my go-to bait, but hopefully it gets on him today So he's got the striking wake He's got that paired up on a kick of the bass combo if you want to check out these green kicking their bass ex lose combos They're available on kicking their bass calm. You check them out down below. Yeah, Connor usually works this wake bait Tell them how you work it. I fish it weird So I think it's actually designed to be fish top water So I don't know if you could see it on there, but if you notice the bill is very flat So this bait it makes a wake it goes under the water, but I usually burn it fast So I'm reeling I'm burning I'm burning it and it's like two foot under water But it sometimes agitates him and gets him to a strike so I mean you've got a ton of big bass on that Yeah, this is my go-to show. We'll see if it works today This is the first body of water that we're gonna be fishing pretty clear We can almost site fish these bass as we walk up on the bank, but I'm gonna go ahead and walk back here Rig up my rod. See what we're gonna throw today and get after it. What's the goal today? Fletch, what's the big bass the goal is to just catch a bigger fish than Noah But but far as like, you know my personal goal size-wise I'm shooting for a 5 plus There's definitely quite a few in these waters. Hey, you know, we're always on the hunt for a 10 pounder You know, that wouldn't be bad either boys. I didn't say it in the beginning, but let's do a little challenge Little 1v1v1 action. Okay. Okay, and we're gonna do the biggest fish since that's where we're looking We're hunting for the big bass today. So yeah, biggest fish whoever gets the biggest one wins A kicking combo and a barbie rod. I need a few more kicking combos So yeah, whoever catches the biggest bass so if we catch a pretty nice one, go ahead and slap her on the scale I'm curious to see what these clear water ponds are gonna hold boys. You're throwing a jig. Jiggy Piggy. Jiggy Piggy You're rolling the you're rocking with the wake bait He's rocking the jiggy jiggy. I think I got to get wiggy wiggy with it with the chatty-chatty. Okay. Okay, you know I'm gonna put a cheddar cheddar So we're gonna put a cheddar cheddar on today. So this is a thunder cricket by striking This is a white and chartreuse leave. This is a 3 eighth ounce. This might actually be a half. It's kind of That's pretty big on it Yeah, I'm gonna I'm gonna work with this puppy. You guys know almost every video. I'm starting off with the chatter Don't we're gonna start off with this and we're gonna actually experiment around with some different baits Don't think I'm just gonna throw this the whole day. I want to play around today. So we're gonna start off with that you know Bill our confidence to get some fish on the bank and then uh, you know, try to catch some Other fish on different baits. That's kind of the game plan. Well, sexy swimmer right here It's like the bloke great one I don't have any white ones with this is what I was throwing in some of the recent videos over the past month And this combo tend to work pretty great white and chartreuse with that I almost wish I didn't put chartreuse on since we're fishing a clear water I kind of wish I put just a straight white on but It will get away with it ready to rock and roll with the old bitsy jig Let's give this thing a fling and see what it's all about. I see a bass cruising right there See if she is interested in this at all. Oh Gave me a cold shoulder That's not what we like to see. Noah mentioned it earlier, but I'm throwing this wake bait and I'll actually show you guys how I work it traditionally Beats out there And if you can see it waking there It's just under the water Just under But the way I work it I bomb it out And then I'm essentially bringing my rod tip down and I burn it pretty fast But with that rod tip down there, it's gonna get that bait a couple feet under the water where these fish are at So we'll see if we can get on them before we get deeper into this video only 27% of you all watching these videos are actually subscribed So if you could take the time hit the subscribe button really helps the channel. I'd appreciate it Well boys, we're actually gonna do a quick change. I think I'll tie it back on here in a little bit But I have a better idea This is honestly complete like polar opposite of what I was going for Like I don't want to throw it because I was throwing it earlier today and I was having fun with it And that's gonna be a little wacky rig right here. It's actually weightless. It's got a couple of wee guards on it But yeah, we're gonna rig this puppy up throw a soul stanko on it Get to work. I think we can catch some on it We I was throwing this this morning and we caught a good bit of fish on it And I like never throw a wacky rig I know if you guys are like hardcore supporters of the kick in their bass nation I know you guys know I don't throw a wacky rig often back in the day. I used to a lot I think it's a great bait and I want to introduce it back on to the channel because it's been so freakin long So we're gonna start off with this. I'll show you guys exactly what I'm gonna pair up. I Just think that chartreuse chatter donk It's a little overpowering for this water And I was gonna tie on a different color anyways, but then I thought about the stanko I was like, you know what we're gonna do that boys. What do you think about that color? So that's this is a ocho My striking so these stick baits are very interesting. They got like an octagon shape to them I kind of want to put this over a little bit Yeah, they're shaped very differently than your stereo typical Sanko That's like a plum color and I think that could work really well in this clear water We're gonna take a spare and spare is actually gonna be like a watermelon red Yeah, I think that's what we're gonna try out There's a good couple of tree lines down here, but I kind of want to fish with it And I think we're gonna be able to catch some fish if this isn't working Now I want to switch up to something else and go for some bigger bites But I think this could catch a big bass if we see him and knowing that this place is clear water We can pretty much sight fish. So it's gonna be fun holy That scared the out of me, bro That is Dude come here you guys got our witnesses, bro So I'm just walking okay. I'm like casually looking in the water to see if I could see a fish I haven't even made my first cast yet Dude, I walk up. Okay You hear that Dude, I stepped right here and all of a sudden I heard Do you see all those fish bro you see all those fish Oh my gosh, I cannot cast as wacky Did you see that good one? That was a nice one, dude I need to walk over here guys. Well scared the heck out of myself about getting myself a heart attack I mean, that's pretty valid though Connor, right? I think you're something rattling between your legs like that Oh look at that fish chasing. Look look look look. Do you see him? He's chasing Dude, he chased it from the other place dude. I saw him the whole way I saw him the whole way dude. That's insane Did you see it? Did you see it? Oh my gosh, he was high-tailing it too. Could you see him though? All right I'm gonna run this guy back and weigh him. Fletcher you wouldn't believe that bite I just had dude. I threw it across burning it and I saw the fish chasing it high tail But the whole way back to me dude. All right guys, we're zeroed out. Let's see what we're at here Make sure we focus there We got us a two seven. All right, we'll take you. All right two seven to start off the little challenge Let's get this guy back in the water. Oh All right, we're gonna toss him. There he goes All right guys, we can't seem to get anything to bite in this corner. I'm actually gonna walk down on this side See if we can get us a fish. We got to get something started off Alright, I'm just laying a good one in the big fish little challenge that we got going on I'm just gonna pitch this here. I don't see anything. This water's so clear. You gotta be a little stealthy Like I'll lay down there. I'd assume there'd be a fish nearby Dude, he just ate it. That's cold dude. Oh dude. That was sweet That was awesome. I actually thought I was hung on a tree guys. Oh, there he goes. I'm just gonna let him go Barely had him hook. Well, that's our first fish Flipped on that tree and just let it sit guys. Nothing more than that. Didn't move it around Didn't anything. I actually thought it was stuck on the tree at first Did not realize that there was a fish on it and I was like wait, that's probably a bass That's the cool part about a wacky rig because you can work it so slow and just kind of chill out Let that bait sink Just let the fish grab it That was a pretty slick bite. That was so cool. Just saw him come out of the tree and eat it I wish you guys could see this. He came off again. I can't I'm not gonna hold a fish today. Am I? Or is he stuck? Are you stuck buddy? There you go boys. That was so cool. I just wish that there's some sort of filter There's got to be something I can put on the GoPro to where y'all can see What's going on in the water like my sinker was just chilling there. Nothing crazy He was just chilling. I was popping him every once in a while. He was fluttering down And then all of a sudden I just like from the right hand side this fish just comes out and eats it. He doesn't even hesitate Oh, there's a bass right here boys There's one like a bad one. He's actually looking at my bait. I threw a way out from him I want to stay way far off this bank. Oh, yeah, he's looking. He's going right towards me Yeah, yeah, he is but he's about to come eat it guys. This is a pretty decent one. Oh, he's doing it He's doing it. He's doing it. He's doing it. He's doing it. He's about to eat it He ate it. Oh No, dude, what? Between us like just staying back staying calm and sniping that fish. I hate that he went right up in the air and we missed them Wow That was so stealthy like that's the stuff I want y'all to see if we had a drone up in the air right now We would be able to see these fish eating the bait. I know we can give it a shot Give it the shot like I've yet to catch a fish in any of these so I Don't know if they have any fish in them or not I would assume they do. Let's try we won't spend too much time with it Here we go boys pond number three All right, I'm feeling good about this one Looks really good We'll rip one down this way I'm feeling it. Oh My gosh, dude, he just followed me and that was like probably over four pounds Dude, he he literally came all the way to the bank. Why aren't they hitting it though? He changed me all the way up to me Fletcher Let's get to work here There's four pounders or something even bigger than that, but I would not mind catching a few fours real quick Dude big and dude Yeah, dude. Oh, no, you might have me on that Dude look at that ball right there. Oh no yours is bigger than mine. Oh, that's a pretty fish though, man Oh, that's a good one. Look at the mouth on that thing Yeah, we just doubled up. I Barely hooked this fish dude. Look at that Barely hooked it Dude yours is bigger than mine. Heck that might beat your fish another pond Connor we're smoking them. I got a nice little two-pounder, but I ain't gonna do it You got one almost three in the other pond that one's close to it again Okay, we might be on to something here This might be the spot dude. You might just found us a little honey hole We're gonna give this we're gonna weigh this guy because he's He's short and stocky. I don't know if he's two seven short and stocky Let's find out what's your this thing out. Yeah, okay To eat We're one ounce over. All right, not the exact size we're looking for but we'll take it We went from two seven to two eight. Let's see what else we can do Little upgrade flat you This one was this one was two eight. Thank you, dude What do the people want? That's the real question Things people want a net rig. Oh There's one on the net on the net is she respectable. I can't tell yet. She's coming right at me. Oh She got a little chunk She got a little something something in the trunk boom, I Don't think she's gonna be a new leader so he ain't gonna wear But I'm glad to have a fish on the bank finally second fish. I've got hooked first one on the bank We're getting something going here. It's all we need all we need is a little bit of hope It's amazing what you can do. We'll just announce a hope guys I didn't see that until just now Huge pipe right there. I don't know if you guys can see this but there's a giant pipe right here Got my hopes right now. I think we're about a Oh, dude came off. Oh my gosh. I Watched him eat it guys. I Watched him eat that as soon as they hit the water just he twirled on it. Oh My god, I don't think that was a bite the second time, but dude They're getting aggressive it's crazy because the other pond they were just not aggressive at all This pond is like a little hyper They're want to move in bed. It's pretty crazy Like I said sometimes Dude you keep stealing my trailer. That was a nice one Dude that fish was over three guys. I got another one to eat me dude. They're loaded. They're freaking loaded, dude My trailer's gone, but I'm just gonna keep casting because There's a lot of fish in this area I had three bites on that one cast. Oh, dude, you just ate me again Okay, look I'm gonna show you all what I'm working with They keep biting my trailer off. You see that I'm gonna throw in here and work it like it did Let's see what's gonna happen. I just had So many bites right here in this one spot Plutcher didn't even know he had the honey hole there What is going on? I'm so confused Is that happening? That has to be a fair show What is happening? I know I'm going crazy guys. You're going crazy. I'm watching like big ones pick me up here Like three to four pounds. I'm literally looking at them They're not eating it though for some reason They're like sharks. They're like freaking sharks. They keep going like this over it I'm watching Really watching it happen Dude, I he just picked it up again. Like what is they're not eating it though? I'm just I shut my strategy. I don't want to like put down the moving bait, but like If I had a jig right now, I feel like Like look at the boil dude, you see that they're freaking low Guys, I'm gonna retie so I'm real quick. Looks like Noah's getting absolutely obliterated down there by something he ran back to change a soft plastic Or something along the lines of that. So what are we gonna do? We're gonna go right to his spot and we're gonna just slid the right on in there And see what's going on. But first we're gonna check this pipe. This pipe looks very enticing There's one. We got him Another one on the ned Not what we need not the size we need Connor, I'm putting a square bill on. Do you have another wake bait or no? I'm tying on this wake bait like Connor's working it because They are fired up on moving baits right now. I just cannot get them to commit on that chatter dog But I had so many freaking bites Let's go down here and see Did you get smoked? Do you see him? Watch I got one Got him Stuck him Stuck him That one feels like she might have a little bit of girth Oh, yeah Oh Boom that one's worth weighing I think You think that one's worth weighing? Wait Connor, you want to see something funny? You want to see something hilarious? Connor look, Connor look. I want to catch a lot of the rod dude. I want to overtake him right here. Watch this All zeroed out Like right at two pounds It was jumping back between One 15 and two pounds There he is Did you just pick up my dangle? He's using son of a gun You better give him my rod back, boy You gotta tie your own ned bait off That's uh-oh Oh come on, baby Be big Be bigger Do you think you think that hash me? Oh cool. It doesn't feel like it, but let's give it away. All right What is going on here out there? We're on the mother load Just about two one pound 15 ounces This this might be a new honey hole. Ah, it's a snack. Please come out. I don't want to get a retie Dude, no, you put some bad voodoo on my Bait over here. That's a tree. All right, we'll go back to back here. I'm feeling it But I slowed it down just a little bit kind of like right here I feel like this bait just does an exceptional job of making these fish freak out and think they have to eat Just say oh my gosh, dude. I just got slammed So we're gonna tie on this four odd. There might be a three odd extra why get up We're gonna go with that that pink flu I just feel like I can take advantage of this right now since we're doing this little one view one view one deal Like if connor standing next to me and a fish follows him back like it's been that's been happening to us I could technically just throw in right behind it And possibly salvage up the bottom, but I feel like this fluke is slow and fast at the same time So it might might do the trick The real question is should we go with a solid pink? Should we go with that more of like translucent pink Um, I'm gonna say with it being cloudy out We're gonna go with the straight pink And I think we're gonna be surprised with the results on this. I got the secret bait Did the fish I just caught I just told him to let all the other fish To not buy yours. Oh to not buy mine. Okay. Well, I'm gonna catch his brother And tell him to not buy yours. You know what I'm saying? Right, you see this fluke. Oh my gosh, this caffeine shot looks so good, dude Yeah, dude and this caffeine shot falls guys the tail just kind of like wags Dude, that looks so good Oh, it looks so juicy Here we go boys our final destination Our final destination It's the final countdown Well, what's gonna happen is connor gonna win and one of us gonna pick up a good one I guess we're about to find out. There's some good fish in here If we can get one of them hooked, it'd be a freaking fatty dude. I'm telling you There's like brush piles connor that you're going over How far down are you? From the bottom Oh hold on Yep Uh-oh Oh I was like he's coming up Is it gonna be a big head? You see what I did, dude? Look how fatty he is, uh, he is thick Look at that thing, buddy What? Brothers man literally ate my bait with a leaf on Hey, that's a chunky guy. Definitely fat just not what we're looking for. Yeah, I hit that tree, dude And I went boom pop dude one hard time and I felt like a slight tap how to give it a little wiggle wiggle pop We smelt through the last time too. It sounds like dead blue No, dude, that's a that feels like a good one. Oh Gosh, I was pulling them out. That's not a bad one, dude, but it ain't beating me. I mean, that's a two pounder Fat belly golly Well, they're eating the jig Crunchy Oh Look at the red lipstick Pretty fish with that puppy go Catch them on our last stop. I like that That was a good bite, dude. The last one was a little tap. That one was like, don't know Congratulations young sir. You have won The turn guys you you didn't know the reward of the challenge But no is actually turning the channel over to me now I mean that's what it seems like after the last couple of days. I mean shoot. You're not wrong Good day fishing. No, did you weigh? I didn't even weigh. You didn't weigh. I didn't even weigh. So that means I officially second No second place Guys, I hope you enjoyed if you did please hit the like button Let me know in the comment section down below and what you guys want to see share this video with a friend Get somebody new and efficient and I will catch y'all in the next