 That's a good one. Oh, that's a big one. Nice. Look at that right there. Welcome back to another video. Today, we're going to be skipping some jigs under trees for some big largemouth bass. These are some pre-spawners. They're fat, thick, chunky. I'm going to tell you. We caught a lot today so far. So stay tuned if you guys are new to the channel. Hit that subscribe button. Hit the notification bell. Also hit the like button. We're going to have some fun today, guys. Everybody's been asking about jig fishing. More importantly, skipping under cover. We're going to be talking about it today. I'm catching some donkeys. Let's get her back in the water. I'd say she is and high, too. She's not three pounds, but that is a fat little chunk. There she goes. So we just made it out to a new lake. We haven't been here in a long time. Super clear water. It's an awesome little lake to fish. I think the last time I filmed a video out here was probably eight months ago. We just left the first place that we hit. Only had one bite. But it was a good one. It was a solid one. It was a good fish. Do you have a picture? I do. I want to show the picture real quick. By the way, follow me on IG at Kicking Their Bass TV. We're going to get out on this lake today. Have a lot of fun. It looks like at least a 12-pounder next to Noah because he's only 4'2". I'm actually 4'1". We actually have a guest that's behind the camera today. I kind of want to show you, Cody. I don't know if you want to be on camera. Sure. We got Cody with us today. He's helping out with the film and everything. We actually had lunch the other day. We were just talking about live, talking about fishing, talking about filming. He's going to be in a lot of the videos coming up hopefully soon. But we're just going to get out here today. It's a pretty day on the water. He's going to hop on my boat. I'm going to be on the front. Fletcher's going to be on his boat. We're going to try to stay near each other just so we can talk a little trash. Talk a little bit of trash. Throw a couple of jigs at each other's face. It should be a lot of fun. Let's go ahead and hop on the boat. We're going to have a good time. All right. Let's go ahead and get it. You good, Cody? Yep. I promise I'm not going to throw you in. I'm good to go. I kind of bottomed out a little bit. We got her off. We're good to go. You good? Yep. How clear this water is too. It is crystal clear. And did you bring the GoPro, Cody? Yes. You brought the GoPro. So Cody actually brought a little GoPro too. And we're going to try to get some underwater shots. The water's really clear out here. So I think that's going to be cool. It's going to be refreshing because back in the YouTube days like probably six years ago, maybe seven years ago, I used to a lot of underwater shots. And it's kind of, nobody does them anymore. Like in the YouTube scene. So we're going to hop back on that. And I think it's going to be cool in the clear water. Three of you that lays down, some fish usually hang off on the edge. We'll just start off here kind of fan cast. See if we can snag a good three, four pounder. Start off. I think they're going to eat that jig though. I just want to catch some big ones on a jig. I'm just in the mood. One thing I want to talk about is just retine, you know, it's so important. And you know, learn from my mistakes. I broke off a ton of big fish just by not retine. I think it's one of the most important things when you're on the water is just be aware of that, especially when you're fishing big old brush piles or big old pipes, culverts on the bottom, big rocks, you know, it's going to fray your line. And it's just something to keep in mind. You need to be retine often. Because if you don't, you're going to lose a lot of big fish like me. And it happens a lot, but learn from my mistakes. And just retine. If you guys are wondering what knot, it's a uni knot, you guys already know. There we go, we're good. Electric's over here trying to steal my fish. You guys, we got to go over there together. He's already casting on it. See what he does? I think you're going to smoke one on that drop shot, honestly though. That's actually a good little combo, you know, I'm throwing the jig, you're throwing the drop shot. Something a little bit different. I kind of love when you get a perfect skiff and it hangs on the branch, messes your whole cast up. Hey, it was first skip of the day though. Got this on a, this little mott crush, cast up under these trees. The thing is we got the clouds out today. And what happens when it's super cloudy, these bass tend to roam. So instead of us fishing this offshore stuff right now, decided to come back in this little pocket, see if there's any rumors along this bank, any fish that are pushed up shallow. Kind of getting into this pre-spawn too, so it's this transition. So these fish should be pushing up as we should be able to see this fish eat the flu. I feel like it's about to get good. Oh, he just broke me off. It's about a four or five pounder, bro. Really? I was just talking about retiring too. Notice I didn't retire this rod. Gosh, it is a big one. It happens, but it's just unfortunate that we actually talked about it right before this and I made the mistake of not retiring this one. But hey, it happens, and we learned from it. Even though I probably learned from this 75 times in the last month. I went down to Florida and broke off 78 pounders. This. Big one? Nice. Dude, that's a thick one. You can tell, yeah. These are the Z2s by Strike King at Last Tech. I'm a big fan of them. I just can't believe I broke off that fish. But hey, we're going to get right back in there and catch another one. I was just telling Fletcher, if I would have landed that fish with that one that he just caught, we would have just had like eight pounds and two fish. That would have been a crazy start, but can't let it hurt our feelings because we're going to throw right back in there and catch another one. Let's see what we got. Oh, there she is. Clocked it. Yeah, that's a good one too. Not bad. Not like that one that I lost, but she's a good one. She's fighting hard too. Look how thick she is. That's what it's about right there. That's what it's about. Dude, that is a football. You talk about a football, that is a football. Look at the markings. It's just pretty in the clear water. Look right there in the top of your mouth too. Right there in the top. You couldn't get it better. Hey, I can't complain. Just got a lot of catching fish like that. Let's go ahead and get this baby back in the water. We're going to get back in there. There's fish. There's some. They're pushing up shallow. You know, they're roaming. We'll get a sexier release here in a bit. All right, there we go. What you think, Cody? Oh, yeah. That was a nice fish. That was fun. Give me something right here. Oh, yeah. That's freaking thick. Look at that. Hey, I got a giant fledge. That's a good one. That's a good one. Let's see. I don't know. He's dang big. That might be five. Probably high fours. Yeah, I watched him. When I saw him jump the first time, I thought he looks like a six. Dude, no, he's big. Don't let it fool you. Look at that one. That's an over four pounder right there. Easy. Want to scale? Dude, she came. Yeah, yeah, we can weigh her. That's a four pounder, dude. That's, yeah. Yes, Cody. That's what we need. Don't you're right here. That's a good fish. Look how fat they are too. I'm trying not to hook set too hard. I'm kind of terrified now after I broke that one off. Oh, that's a good fish. Just make sure you clear that scale. We don't have a dang bag today, Roy. We're getting after it. What you think? I think four and a quarter of the max. Yeah, she's four, I think. Four and nine. Four pounds and nine ounces. We got some sneaky weight. Yeah, four and a half pounder right there. Let us get it. Dude, she's just fat as can be. You can't beat that right there. That's just so much fun. That's one of the things about, guys, getting out on the water enjoying life. You know, it's a beautiful day, dude. I'd rather it be like this all day than sunny. Like, this is just pretty. And we're all in hoodies just chilling and a good fish like that. We're going to get an underwater shot on this one. We got to do it. Just be one right there, man. It's just, I would have loved to see it skip and a fish just... Oh, there he is. That was a small one. I didn't see him eat it. Like, I could tell you ate it. So I'm opening up a new pack. These are, you know, raged crawls. This one is actually watermelon red. And this jig is the same way. You know, it's got a little bit of green, a little bit of red flake in it. And the one thing I like about these jigs, which I've seen a couple of bait companies do this recently, and this is like a game changer, is it actually has... Cody, what are we doing? Yep, that was my fault, man. I didn't mean to run into those trees. No, so they had this, like, little screw lock on right here at the bottom, and it actually keeps the bait on. And these raged crawls are last on there for a very long time. I actually only had one raged crawl on that jig, and I think I caught around... Actually, I put two on, but I probably caught around 20 fish on that one crawl. And these aren't even the elastic. These are actually very soft plastic. It's a good hybrid. It's not too soft. It's not too rough. And when you screw them on this bait like this, it's a game changer. It really is. Look at that. And this bait is on... I'm telling you, like, it's crazy. Let's go ahead and get to work. Solid pushing through. Right there on that bend. Makes sense. Dude, what in the world do these fish are so fat? Look at that. Can you tell on the camera? I know the camera's a little weird sometimes. You can see it on this one. Look at the thick old boy in this lake. This is the thick old boy. And look at that striking jig, skipping jig hanging out of his mouth. I've been loving this jig, man. I didn't know about it at first. Like, the first video we dropped, I was like, I'm going to try it out, but let me tell you, it's been smoking the fish in this clear water. It's got that green pumpkin, little bit of blue glimmer on the jig. Fat girl's like it. Or is he a fat boy? We're going to try to get it to double up. Because these offshore spots can be just dumb. Just dummy. We're going to see. Make a good old cast up there with this jig. Give her a little. Then lean into him. That's how we do it. They probably will, man. I'm going to try the jig at first. Just to get us an old double up if they're really stacked. I'm going to switch to that flukey, dude. That fluke's killing it. I want to just hit that tiny gravel on the side. You know what I'm talking about? Double up on fives, maybe. We did it before. Or it was like fours. I know your dad was out here. That was crazy. That was the last day we came out. These clouds today, man. You know. No, I got a fish. Oh, you're dang big. Yeah. Happens. I'm just acting like a fool today, man. I don't know. That's kind of my bad. I thought you were more in. That was about what? Four pounder close to it? Dude, next cast there's no way. Throw in there, Fletcher. Oh, gosh. Two biggings on this offshore spot. All right, Fletcher. I'm waiting to get you an old. She's not the biggest. She's a good one, dude. I don't know what I'm saying. Ah, look at that. Look at that. Enjoying life. Nice little fish. Look at his lipstick, too. It's turned into a fashion model today. Fat, thick, old bass. What do you think? That was a good one, dude. That's a nice little fish. It's crazy to throw back in there cast to cast. That's what we were talking about. Those fish, you know, what you got to understand about bass is they hang together. And that's just a little note right there to take. I mean, there was back to back. Same spot. So, you know, we're kind of off the bank a little bit. There's these huge pipes that they actually dumped in here. And there's a bunch of brush as well. But those fish are stacked on it. Let's get this baby back in the water. The lake's just a little low, but it's perfect to skip under everything. I know. It makes it nice. It actually makes it perfect, yeah. I mean, I think that bin would be solid, too, bro. Right next to me. That's a dang decent one. Dude, these are all big, Fletcher. They're all big. We picked the right spot to come to this man. Stabbing the heck out of my hand. Nice. Yeah, he ate right next to me. Dude, his lips are so red. I had him good, too. He went coming off. That's a pretty fish. It's just heavy, too, like high, too. Maybe pushing through. I bet you looked and you drifted on top of what he was on. There's rock right there. Probably. Or no, I actually caught him right there. I think he drifted. I think you drifted. That's a bunch of chunk rock right under you. That's a pretty fish, guys. Let's get her right back in. Nothing big. That's probably the smallest one I've caught today, isn't it? Which is crazy because that's a good fish. It's just happening today. Sometimes you get those days just... The fish are biting. It's nice outside. There she goes. It has been a little weight. I'm just trying to get back on. We got us a solid three-pounder right there. Let's get her. Oh, she barely hooked. We just want to risk it. All right, baby. Right there. That's a high two number. I want to say he's a three-pounder, but hey, he big good. Let me tell you. Skipping this jig under these trees, you got to love that bite. And that is a stud. Every fish has just been fat, healthy, beautiful markings on them. And that's what you want to see when you come to a lake, especially one that you haven't been to in a very long time. And these fish are just filled out. Fat stomachs. That's a good, I'd say two and three quarters. Two and a half, two and three quarters. That's a freaking big one, too. You just ate it at the boat. Oh my gosh. Dude, that is insane. And Cody's just over here chatting. Yeah, dude, a good one, bro. Right after that last one, just crazy. These fish are awesome in this water, too. He's not going to do it. I want to give him a little, I want him to give me a little dance real quick. Look at that. Dude, these are, like, probably the smaller ones of today, but it's crazy to say that. Like, these are good fish. Solid two and a half, two and three quarters. Thick and healthy. That fish ate me under the boat. We were fishing along that bank. It was really shallow. This one finally dropped off a little bit, but I think I need to be having the boat a little further out because this fish just ate it right at the boat. But that is a pretty two and a half pushing two and three quarters. Fish right there. They're just very dense. Very dense and fat. Healthy bass. And I think that is going to be the last fish on today's episode, guys. If you're new to the channel, hit that subscribe button. Hit the notification bell. Hit the like button. We've got some awesome content coming soon. I'm about to film a video just on skipping jigs, so stay tuned for that one. Hit the like button. I love you guys so much. Peace.