 Yo, what's poppin people welcome back to another episode of kicking the rest TV If you guys are new to the channel hit that subscribe button hit the notification bell Also hit the like button if you guys have been enjoying the content and share this video with a friend If you guys want to get somebody new into fishing. I really appreciate it I love seeing people get into the outdoors and start fishing but today We got a tip video for y'all it's been a long time since we filmed one everybody's been asking about it I don't know really what happened. I haven't filmed one in months. I'm like today is the day Now, let me tell you why So last night we had a full moon not only do we have a full moon, but we also had a big cold front blow in We're here in December We've had really hot days this last week and out of the blue We just had this cold front just smack us in the face The fishing is going to be very tough today But I'm going to show you guys how to catch five times more bass when pond fishing Even if you're on a lake even if you're on a river pretty much wherever you go you can use this bait You can use this rig you can use this technique to catch more fish. So let's go ahead and hop into it So guys I went by Dick's Sporting Goods this morning. I need to grab a few things We're gonna be talking about it right now, but before we hop into that Let's talk about the combo that we're using and what we're rocking with today I actually got the new kick in their bass TV Exluse combo right here. This is the spinning rod. You guys want to check them out They're only available on kickintheirbass.com. I'll leave the link down below We got right hand bait casters left hand and also spinning combos. We have this paired up with 30 pound braid It's very slick. It comes off the reel really smooth and you can get that good long cast Actually went by Dick's and got some of this 10 pound floor right here We're gonna be using this as a leader line because at the end of the day We don't want to be tying our bait directly to braid. So yeah, we're gonna be putting some of this leader line on Which is 10 pound. So I'm gonna do that real quick And you know what I'll always forget scissors, but guess what boy? I'm rocking a pocket knife. See that man. You got scissors. Okay Never mind. I thought I was being uh, wait, let me see that pocket. I was being cool there, dude Carry a pocket knife. You want to see it? Yeah, that's your new everyday care dude. It's my everyday carry, you know, never know when you're out here in these streets I'm here in these fishing streets. When you out here these ponds. You never know, bro Keep that thing on you. Gotta keep that strap on No, but seriously, we always forget the pliers. We always forget the scissors So like I'm gonna start trying to keep a pocket knife on me at all times just in case you never know Like we pulled up to the pond this morning and we forgot the GoPro batteries. It's always something ain't it Cody? We always like We always forget something so maybe the pocket knife will come in handy here one day Yeah, but I'm tying on this leader right now The knot that I'm tying on is a uni to uni knot I'm not gonna explain it here in this video. I'm sure you can go look it up here on YouTube I actually might have a video on my channel about it. I'm not Exactly sure on that if not then I might end up making this video But I tied the uni to uni knot on all my spinning tackle when I'm running from braid the foro I know a lot of people tie a couple different knots the uni to uni just kind of been my core knot For tying braid in Florida together since you're down. So you got the two knots Got that braided one right there. Then you have that for one. So what's gonna happen? Are these knots are gonna cinch down to each other? Boom pretty flush like that. There's a lot of other knots you can tie to where it's not gonna be as bulky as that knot right there but The uni to uni hasn't let me down yet. So I'm still tying that I Do try to cut the tag in fairly short because the last thing you want is all that going through your eyelids I don't want to cut it too short though because once I catch a fish Or I have some constant pressure on this it will cinch down the knot a little tighter So I'm not wanting to go too close with it But at the same time I'm not not trying to leave a big tag in on that As far as the leader line goes, you know, you can go with a short leader I'm talking a couple foot if you don't want this thing going through your eyelids. That's probably what I'm gonna do today I'm probably gonna get myself three and a half foot We end up breaking off. I'll tie on a new leader. It's not a problem So that is what we're rocking with right there got our braid Flora leader everybody else has a personal preference. Some people might want to put a ten foot leader on Today, I'm running small with it All right, so the bait that we're gonna be talking about today It's a very finesse bait. Like I said full moon last night What happens when there's a full moon the fish tend to feed at night Okay, with that being said if you come out here early in the morning most of the time They're fat and full, you know after a big old breakfast at Waffle House You don't want to go to McDonald's afterwards and I think the best things the same way So they're gonna be a little more slower. They're not gonna be as active I'm gonna want to put this bait in front of his nose with that being said this is one of the most finesse baits out There I've caught so many dang fish on it and a lot of people don't use this bait So I want you guys to go try this after this video tag me on Instagram Show me some pictures of you guys catching fish on this because this is a fish catching machine That in my opinion is very underrated and it has to be the drop shot. So I got some stuff at Dick's Sporting Goods to make a drop shot We've got some regular circle hooks right here. These are one-eyed Let me show you one in my hand Boom, it's a little circle hook The drop shot that we're gonna be rigging up today is weedless You can go weedless with it today. We're not there's not a ton of cover in this pond I don't think we need that The one other thing I got with some weights and I have two different types of weights. I Got these long weights right here And I got some of these circle weights right here and you're gonna use Either one of these weights depending on where you're fishing in what you are fishing So if I'm verdict if I'm on my bass boat, I'm on a deep lake. I'm reading my graph I'm vertically dropping down on fish. I would go with these cylinder weights right here one The cylinder weight is gonna go cut through the water a lot easier because of how it's shaped and two if I'm vertically dropping I'm more than likely dropping down in some cover probably a brush pile This is gonna get through that a lot easier If I'm using one of these circle weights, I like using these in ponds personally You can also throw these on rock. It's gonna go through rock a lot better I'm more gonna use these in ponds. You can use either one But these are gonna be great, you know in ponds in my opinion and also if you're like throwing on some rock I think it's a lot better. You know if you're throwing that little cylinder weight It's gonna get stuck in those little cracks of the rock and the last thing you want is to is the break-off a ton So that's what we're using. We're gonna be rocking this weight right here on that little circle hook Now I'll show you guys what bait we're gonna be using but when it comes to tying the drop shot on There's a couple little factors that are very important So we've got our circle hook right here We've got our line right here We're going to want the point of the hook facing up When I put my line through right just like that So when tying a drop shot you want a very long tag in if that means said I'm gonna leave a lot of flora At the end right here when tying this I'm gonna tie a standard uni knot That's just personal preference You can tie whatever knot you'd like But you see how long my tag in is watch this Very long I'm gonna loop that about six times And there's my knot right here So I'm gonna center down and then this is the most important part Boom I got her cinched down. So as you can tell I got my hook on my line right here and I got This access right here on the tag end. Okay Perfect length to be honest with you. We're gonna be talking about that here in a moment But I want you to notice something with this hook You see how it's sitting sideways? You don't want that because when you're fishing a drop shot Whether you're casting it out or you're vertically dropping on fish either way You want this hook facing up? You don't want that hook facing sideways. So this is the most important part to this video And I need you guys to pay attention here. I'm gonna take this tag in right here And this is very very important guys I'm gonna go back through the eyelid. Okay, so I have my hook right here facing up I'm gonna put this line literally back through the eyelid nothing crazy. No knots or anything You just put it through the eyelid. I want you to watch what this is going to do Boom look at that instead of that hook sitting sideways It is positioned Straight up So when you go to lift and hook set these fish That hook is going to penetrate right in the top of his mouth So that's so important guys because when you're drop shot and you're not trying to go Like just way lay into a fish like a big jig You're really just trying to reel up into them and keep that constant pressure to penetrate that hook with that hook setting up I promise you that right there the single step Is going to help you catch a lot more fish if you didn't put that line through I promise you you'd be losing a lot of fish and you'd be angry at me So I'm glad we got to talk about that. It's a very important step Um now lastly, we're going to take our weight and we're going to tap. We're going to tie it on to the bottom here I don't like to do a crazy knot I usually just do an overhand knot about three times One two Three boom. We've got our hook right there We've got about 12 inches of line And then we have our weight here on the bottom The reason I didn't tie this with a strong uni knot or a polymer knot is because if this weight gets stuck down in something I can still break off and possibly only break off the weight and still have my hook and a lot of y'all are probably asking Noah, why did you only leave a 12 inch? Gap right here between the hook and the weight when I fish ponds I tend to go between 12 to 15 inches on my uh Tag inside of my drop shot If I'm fishing very clear water you can go all the way up to two and a half foot depends on water visibility today. We're in a pond It's not too murky, but it's not too clear at the same time. I think 12 inches the line Is going to be perfect for that. So now let's go ahead and talk about the baits that we're going to be putting on All right, so we got a couple different finesse worms with us today. Um, I got a dirty watercolor This is actually gooseberry Very similar to a june bug. I'll show you this real quick and then we're gonna hop into it This part doesn't really matter too much, but you just need to know the basics of the colors If I was fishing dirty water, I'm going to throw more of a black Or a purple like a june bug black and blue or even like a gooseberry type of worm This water is slightly stained. So I'm probably going to be going with this today I've also caught a ton of big fish putting this on a drop shot The other worm that I got is actually a green pumpkin finesse worm right there That's going to be good for more of your natural water your natural colors You can also throw this in dirty water too. There's no rules to fishing guys Uh, I think they'll bite just about anything for the most part as long as you're working it the right way And you're presenting it in the right manner But uh, yeah, that's what we're going with. I want to show you exactly how I'm rigging this Since this is just a circle hook. We're going to nose hook this bait. We're not doing it weedless so All I'm going to do got the front of the worm got the hook I'm going to go about half an inch Down that worm right there and just nose hook it as simple as that You can go a couple different routes even if you wanted to do it weedless with this circle hook. You can still do so by hooking it in the same spot And bringing it out the front like that You still have your point which you can bury that that's another way of working the circle hook But also running it weedless, but for today's video We're going to go half an inch up and leave the hook exposed There's not a ton of cover in here and I think that's going to be the trick So let's go ahead and get out to the pond talk about how we're going to be working this bait How we're going to target these fish and put some fish on the bank in these very tough conditions So we just made it out to the pond got our old kick in the bass combo Got our little drop shot rig. Let's talk about what we're doing You can do this anytime of year. You can do this in the spring. You can do it in the summer You can do it in the fall You best of bet you can do it in the winter and that's what we're doing today. So With today's conditions being really tough More importantly with us coming into this winter time These fish and these ponds tend to stack up in the deepest part So we got this little pond out here And you got this bend And you got on the banks. That's very shallow, but it gradually drops So right in the middle here is creating a little ditch. That's where those bass are going to be sitting So looking right out here in this pond you got this little lane as you can tell it's really shallow But you can tell it slightly drops off Right here in the middle is where it's going to create that little tiny ditch Which is not deep out here, but on the banks is two and three foot in the middle. It's about six So with that being said right here is going to be a good good zone right here In my opinion this corner is going to be even better Because you've got a bend So you have the center where the deep water is at You've got a bend right here in the middle. So that's exactly where we're going to throw Right there Right in the middle on that bend Make sure our drag set pretty loose We're going to throw that drop shot down there. There's a couple different ways to work this thing We can throw it on the bottom and drag this, drag this bait Just like this very simple, right? or We can throw this bait out there and just kind of give it some little pops just like this Slight little movement nothing much. I mean you're you're really trying to work this bait slow That's that's the key and the cool thing about the drop shot You got the weight on the bottom and the bait that's high So if you put pressure on your line, so there's no slack in your line You're lifting that worm up And then when you let your slack go down that worms dropping that's another great way of working this So there's a bunch I could go into all the different ways to work this drop shot I got a couple different videos on it today. We're just going to be focusing on How to target these fish and how to work this thing slow to get them to bite So let's go ahead and get started. Let's kind of pick this center section out and see if we can get a few bites Oh, oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah Oh, yeah small That bite was so soft and I wasn't even moving this drop shot. He's not a big fish by any means But he is a start today And we got our first fish on the old drop shot tiny dude That bite was so soft man. He's fisher. I saw all your line going to the left He was swimming with it when he goes from 80 80 degrees a day ago to 35. Yeah I mean do this And I'd say on the 80 degree days it was like 75 at this time, but that's a 40 degree drop, dude There we go guys. We got our first fish Got the monkey off her back. Let's see if we can get us another one that time I was working it really slow. That might be the trick. We gotta Really slow it down right now to get these bites I think we're gonna figure them out here in a minute. It's gonna be like Back to back Yep That's a better one Not a big one, but it's a better one Isn't the same spot as that fish So Another learning point right there guys. That's why I love going fishing I love getting out trying new things. I've drop shotted a ton over the last 10 years But it's not something that I do every day But you know not a big fish He's a little better than that last one And I'll tell you he was in the same spot and that tells us something Especially in these cold months out of the year this fish tend to stack up We're gonna keep on throwing out there and see if there's some more, but nice little bass Two fish that's pretty quick. Can we make it three? Is this the money hole that we've been looking for? I'd say what what do we do Cody hunt around for about 30 minutes? Yeah, if that if that maybe 20 minutes. Yeah And we were talking about it. It's like you got to find that spot where they're stacked up in Boom two fish back to back if we can get three that's going to really Prove that concept especially this time of year working it really slow and they barely pick it up It's kind of just a little Just a little You know You know what I'm saying another feels like yeah, wait, I'm not sure it's a little Okay, yeah, I know what you're talking about Just had to you know, yeah, I wasn't sure at first What we got Oh nice little bass Not big, but I won't tell you when you're when you're out here freezing your butt off And you catch any type of fish. It's just fun, man It's just fun. We move spots right there and then boom We're finally on to something couldn't get a bite for a second there, but now we're catching some All right, that's our third fish. This is probably the chunkiest one so far that one looks fun Yeah, yeah, he actually He put up a little fight. Those other ones just kind of led me really mad I want y'all to pay attention to something too When I'm hook said I'm on this drop shot. I'm not way laying. I'm not I'm not Hook setting you know what I mean? I'm just lifting up. It's the only time you're not way laying I know It kills me, but I love it at the same time That's the one thing about catching these small bass on the drop shot Is your line just like twirls up and gets all tangled up, but man, we uh We still got on a few And the toughest day to fish out of this year in our location with the big weather change full moon I am satisfied that we were able to catch Four fish that quick not big at all But we did catch something on this tough day. It was very tough conditions I want to end this video all off guys. I don't want to keep it too long The main purpose of this one wasn't to come catch fish It was just to teach you guys a way to catch more fish next time you're out on the water And next time you guys have some tough conditions like this Tie you on a drop shot go out and try it tag me on instagram comment down below Let me know what tip videos you guys want to see next hit the like button if you guys enjoyed this one I love you so much and I'll catch you on the next video