 I'm casting towards it. Yup. Whoa! Good one. All right, fishing freaks. Welcome on back to the channel. This week we are heading down to Mahiko to start off the fishing gear going bass fishing at a lake I've never been to, Lake Bakarak. Before we get going too far into the video, I just need to let you know about a flash sale at GuggenSquad.com, all of our long sleeve performance gear on sale right now, 20 off, plus use code LFG, you get an additional 10% off. I don't know how long the sale's going to last, so go to GuggenSquad.com. Link in the description. After I left the Elk Woods a few years ago with the Born and Raised boys, they started talking about putting together a Mexico trip and I said I'll be a huckle bearer. So we got the Hush Boys involved and my boy, my Latin brother, Juan Carlos, AKA Senior Bass to go put together a trip at a lake that I've never been to that Juan's very familiar with. This lake is located in the Sinaloa Mountains, a beautiful place to be in Mexico and it is known for having numbers of really good bass. Now international travel into Mexico these days, not the easiest, especially when you're talking about going deep into the Sinaloa Mountains, but once we got to the lodge, I'm telling ya, it is worth it. Greeted with a fresh frozen margarita and an amazing view. So without further ado, I present to you early spring bass fishing on Lake Baccarat. Bienvenidos a Mexico, señores, Lake Baccarat 2022. Finally, I've been inviting these guys since like 2018. I've been talking about it. Yeah, we've been talking about it. We're finally here, Lake Baccarat, pre-spawning. Oh my gosh. Yeah, I just talked to the main dude, he said they're full of eggs, man. Oh, baby, good girl. We're looking forward to catching some big ones out here this week, but just the view alone is awesome. I mean, this is crazy, this is the nicest. You can eat from the floor pretty much. Yeah, the floors are insane. I thought they were wet. No, they're just clean, they're squeaky clean. You saw the bottom? I haven't seen the bottom. Let's check it out. I made a guess by the other one. Pretty, pretty stuff. Oh, look at this bottom, dude. Classy. Yeah, this is like nicer than my house. Me too, me too. Nicer than the tree house. Juan has been telling me about Baccarat for years and we finally got a trip together. I hope that the fishing lives up to the view, but if not, it's still awesome. We've got a full moon in the midst coming up while we're here so the fishing should get better and better. Big girls moving to the bank, it's gonna be very exciting. Let's pop open the rod container and see if we have some rods that are still intact. That's always, that can be an issue. So let's see what we got going on in here. Yeah, by the way, the leg, a little sore. Definitely a little sore. Oh, I think we're gold and pull them on out. Look at that, put an extra t-shirt. My little trick for no rod breakages, I always like to store a shirt or a hoodie or something in there to kind of keep it tight. And then I tried something new this year. Went with paracord wraps on the mid and the top and I even did a little wax bank line at the tips to keep them really, really tight together. And we are good to go. Yeah. No rods broken, we got the magic money bags. We got, oh, this is nothing compared to... Dude, I went hard. I'm not gonna lie. 60 pounds. Layers deep, this is, let's see, one, two, three, four. I think I've got another set in there so it's over 50 bags of plastics. Definitely gonna need this. I think I'll have to lock just a set of those. You don't got, already got some. Yeah. And then I've got, this is my three tackle trays that I made. I've also got some of these for you, my friend. These are Proto. Proto's, can't show those too much, but. Miren esto. I would show them this or no. Give those a dangle. Yes. Can't really show those. Yes. That's for you though, Juan. I know you've been talking about that bait for like a year. Yeah. That is inspired by Juan Carlos. Get some feedback on some new stuff. And then we got the good oldies bringing that big stuff down to Mexico, of course, guys. The big darts, original size trench hogs, munker logs are gonna play, of course, saucy swimmers, you know it. Come on in. I just wanted to see what you guys are doing. Explore. I wanted to see what you, holy hell. If you need some stuff. Oh my goodness. We got you. You came to the right place. You didn't get stopped by customs? No. Dang. Packin' heat. Tasty, tasty, tasty. Yeah, so everybody can take a couple packs of whatever they need to do. Just can't believe these jerseys. You guys went completely, that is hilarious. And my favorite part is how professional they are. Get thick. They're legit. That is outstanding. My boy John B is gonna be very proud of that one right there. The white cloth. Let's see a side friend on lunchtime, you know. Just crying here. Saying she got away. She got away. Yeah, that always happens on the first day. Big one gets away. Hey buddy. First morning. Cheers. Yes. Let's get him. Get that coffee in the system, yeah. I'm ready to dangle. Okay friends, it is time to take off for the first cast of this trip. I am fishing with Logan from the Hush Boys. We connected in the woods a few years ago and he has actually never caught a bass over. Point four or five. Point four or five. So we're gonna have some fun today. Let's get it. Search on this onyx before we came up here and we were just jokin' around like, man we should go to this spot because it looks really good. Like we both have the same idea and we're really close to that spot right now. So this sunrise, unbelievable. About to kick off the first cast of Mexico, Mario. We're about to do it too, like blood proof, baby. Yeah. All right, I'll troll the motors down. Let's get this party started. Oh really? You got the top water? Logan, you got a top water, huh? I got a top water. I'm not gonna fish top water. A little fluke on the big one. You know that is more? I do, but trying to go for a hog, Jamie. Come now. I'll just try it. Oh yeah, that was a good first one right there. Just gonna make sure that drag's not too tight. Got the old dart on here. Got the big dart. Got one. Got him? First one on. There we go, baby. Got him, baby. Nice. Great first fish. Yeah, third cast. Dude. Hooked up, man. It's good. Look at that. Fatty. That's a great fish, man. That was fast. That was fast. Ian? Trace Libras? See? I gotta sniff that first one, baby. There we go. Chunky. Nice job. One last jump. Extra like button. Good way to start the trip. I'm looking for a big girl. Gave me that big swirl. Nice bank right here with some little hiding spots, some isolated rock patches. Looks really good. Throw in the 7-inch dart, which is the biggest one we make. The guides tell me they're like in small fluke-style baits. But there's one. Oh, my gosh. Good one? In the gap. Yeah, just busted my nuggets. Oh, it came back. Something came back. Get in there. In that gap right there? Yeah. Move the trolling motor out a little bit? Yeah. Just keep away from the spot. Oh, one just busted there on the bank. Yeah, that's money. There we go, Loog. Hooked up, baby. That's grande, don't worry. That's probably why I missed that one. Oh, he was there, though. Hey, guess what? He was there. It's a PB for me. Probably is. Look at him running. Dude, if this fish is doing that to you on that rod, I can't wait to see what a big one's going to do. I know, right? PB coming in the boat with Loog. Yeah, it's there. Oh, yeah. Got a boy. That little bump's got it. Dude, he freaking did really swallow it like that all the time. Yeah, they usually do on those. They swallow them. First actual bass for myself. Congratulations, man. This is right where I saw those boils. You're hooked up. Yes, sir. There's your next PB, baby. That boy Loog. He's so heavy on this really tiny little reel and a half up. Absolutely. Dude, I might say it beats the hell out of fly fishing. I'm not going to lie. There you go, right in that spot. Yep. Same spot, dude. There you go, bud. Crushing him now. Justin, this is really fun. I was smiling my face. It's good times. Look at him just bend that rod, man. He's just working me, dude. Mario. Little chunks. They're like little bullets. Butterballs. Now you've got the technique and the feel, so good to go. These next couple of days should be really good, because before the full moon, females will feed up. And then when they spawn, they just lay eggs. They don't really eat, so it's pretty active before the full moon. So with trout, if a female is on her bed, it's almost like if you get something on her bed with her, she'll attack not to eat, but just to get rid of it. That's it. It depends. Yes, exactly. And the males are just way more aggressive with it. So if something's coming in the area, even if it's not in their nest, they see it. They'll swim out of the bed and attack it. Smallmouth are the most aggressive I've ever seen. You don't even have to get it close. That's why they have to have seat. Oh, gosh. Little guy. Dude, it just stopped me. It got me on the move. Oh, you were retrieving it? I was retrieving it. It wasn't on the sink. God, Mexico's one of the few places where a little fish like that will make you think, like, I've got a donkey. Like, if you lose that fish, you think, oh, that's a giant. I just put a bend in your rod. If you would know what that is? Yeah. Oh, yeah. He could make the noise. Whoa. Nice. A little better? Got a baby. Let it sink down there. Are you allowed to do that? That one I did. I got it. I know. It flips to my boys. Oh, yeah. It both flips, huh? Yeah, just let it sink. Got heavy. All right, time for a new dart and a retie. There he is. There he is. Come on, be big. Feeling heavy? I don't know. This rod plays tricks on your mind. Oh, man. Digging in. Dude. I like it. This might be bigger than the two pounder. Maybe not. Little bigger, Vod. There you go. Bigest one of the day. Yeah. Yes. That's a good one. There you go. That's biggest fish of the day, right? Forski, yeah. Handled it beautifully, man. Bad boy. I felt like I knew what I was doing, too, because he nibbled, and I loaded up, and then it thomped, and wow. Played him just perfect. Got a bite. He's got it. Little guy. Dude, I had a nibble right when you were setting. It's like they communicated. Nice, dude. Just breaking the ice. A little bit of ice breakage. It's more filming this time. Just don't want him to rip my worm. Stop doing that. Is that a special worm? That is. There's only like four little guy. You know, little buck. Sniffing. Smells good. Young buck. Young buck. New area. Fishing the weightless plastics is an excellent way to catch fish in early spring. And on Mexico lakes, plastics just work so well. But as the sun came out, they started getting off of that wacky rig and that weightless dart. And they started going more towards the bottom, less suspended, and moving out to 12, 15, 20 foot. Little guy. So we started switching up to a variety of different Texas rigs. Ripped it up. And just started catching them all over again. Needed that one, right? Needed that one, man. Grinding. Oh, we spit out a little shad. Look at that. Yeah, you did. That is the first bass I've ever caught on the Sleezer. Very nice one. Having to go a little slow and steady here with the T-rig. Get these babies to munch. Black and blue. Black and blue is good. Here. We're starting to get some answers here. Starting to get some clap backs with the trench hog. Looks like a bite. Got him? Yep. Maybe. There we go. Little tasty one. Run out on that point again. Surveys of time. Another four ski. Eyes, buddy. Yeah. Man, love to see it. Needed that one. OK. I'm going to get a little video of myself here and let this guy go. Oh, this is your camera. Oh, it is? Yeah. Dang, look. We had it covered. Sorry. All right, four pounder. Nice trench hog. I had a really good bite on another point. And then next point we came to just got doink, again, and a good solid fish right there. So I think the trench I'm going to stick with. Love you, señorita. Oh, yeah. Nice, buddy. Yeah, it's about midday. So I'm probably going to go ahead and get a little snack and then come back for the afternoon dangle. I think that's going to be extra tasty. Half time. Half time report. I think we've got like four, four pounders, basically. We're in that four. Yeah, we're in the four zone right now, which, you know, for Mexico, we could do better. But it's been fun watching Logan break his PB many times. Let me get down here. Delicious. Anyways, guys, loaded up on some more trench hogs. What is it, Peter? I didn't do a whole lot on a jig this morning. Really bad disappointments. Pain in the mouth. I was thinking about you when I was doing my gig. I was like, where in the French town is jig? He was calling his jig hard. No, I didn't. Oh, I'd like to use these. Slam shake worm. If you've got to ask, you can't afford it. Little guy. Beautiful fish, though. My gosh. Beautiful golden color. Bright white belly. There's one. Same. Deep. Deep bites. Sure did get that drag going. Yeah, just needed something to help me stand up. Give me a, where's my beer? Oh, I just got a bite, too. We're doubled. We're doubled its beer time. Mine's a little, a little heftier. Oh, nice job, Logue. First double of the day. Yeah, we needed that. We needed that. There we go. Tasty treats. Yours could eat mine, but I'll take it. Bigger. Good solid thump. That was perfect, dude. It was like right when I hooked up, you were like, oh, oh, oh. That's like a four pounder, isn't it? Yeah. That's nice. What did we say we were going to do on our double? I think it was a shotgun of beer. Shotgun of beer. That's what it was. Thanks for reminding me. Let's let these guys go. One, two. Nice double backflips. Should we synchronize, like, dive came? Bonus like points right there. Cheers to the Mexico dangle. Got it. Hush and LFG. That was perfect, dude. Get in there, Logue. That wacky rig will kill it. Wacky rig? Do you have a wacky rig tight on? Wacky. Yes. Because they're suspended. This trench hog is just absolutely slaying down here, and it's Mexico bass. Love it. And how I'm rigging this up is on this Texas rig, but I'm using a little bobber stop or peg with a 3-8-ounce tungsten weight. And I've got a five-ot hammer hook on there, which is a perfect setup for this trench hog. And the 3-8-ounce weight allows it to fall at a decent rate. Not too fast, though. I think these fish are starting to slow down here with this full moon coming. But the 3-8 is perfect to get the appendages moving and not fall too fast for these fish. 20-pound fluoro. And I just keep my drag kind of backed up a little bit. Oh, got one. Not too tight. Oh, yeah. He's a runner. You never know when the Mondo is going to lie in Mexico. Big. Big, huh, Nick? No, that's good size. I got a Mario. He's pushing down there rapidly. Texas rig, man. He's doubled up again. You got some juice. Watch that troll motor, like I said. Dude. This might be a little bigger, bud. It could be bigger. Good one. There you go. Let's see what we got here, Logue. Tail flapper, dude. Here we go. Here we go. PB action. Oh, yeah. He ain't bad. Oh, that's a good one. He ain't bad. He ain't bad. Fiver, baby. Yeah. That's my guy. That's a chunk. Doubled up. Are we doing another beer? You might as well. Dude, that's big. He's not bad. I'm going to have to weigh that one because it's very chunky. Let this little smearly one go here. Well, you just look at that for me real quick. Dude, look at that hook. New player, look at the hook. Barely. Dude. That game. New player? No, no. 4-0-5. Yeah, 5. I'll take 5. I'm going to say. 4-70. 4-7, I'll take that. He looks so big to me. Like, if that scale told me 8 pounds, I'd be like, hell, yeah. Yeah. 4-8-6. OK, I get some PV. Congrats, bro. Give it a little water and we'll get a pick. OK. Fishing in shades is nice. Very nice. Yeah, you are. Right under the boat. That's how we're doing it right now. Dude, just chunk. Dang, dude. Healthy fish. That's so healthy. This is why you come in January. Because this fish in six months will be much smaller. Moist. Moist. Yeah, buddy. My beer fish. The game goes for a day. Oh, look at him. He's got a fish. Get the shot, Logue. No. Whoa. Supercharged. Turbo mode. Yes. Got a turbo charger in there. And he was just swimming right at me. He's actually engaged. Tongued him. That's why he's extra angry. It's a good fish when they make a kaplunk. Going through a pack here. This is good stuff. Going through an entire pack of trenches. I'm starting to notice that when I'm just dragging my bait really slow, I'm starting to get more bites. And it appears that there's male largemouth bass that are starting to make bets. I see the full moon is coming. And I'm just wondering, when am I going to get a big, big female? Like, you know, 7, 8, 9 pounder. Because these females are bound to come in with this full moon and set up on these beds with these bass. But the way the Mexico banks are in a lot of these mountain lakes, it's so steep. And they won't go into shallow spawning coves. They'll spawn right on steep banks. The water drops so much in these mountain lakes that they have to have deep enough water, at least 10 foot, to spawn. So you almost never see a bass on a bed in Mexico. Slide that thing out about 20 foot. And there she is. Keep wondering when one of these deep ones is going to be big. Wind in one eye. Just solid chunks for the average fish. Two and a half. These are nice. Very good, Rox. Yeah. Good for crankbait, huh? Crankbait on the point. It's one of the best feeling points. I think we need to be much farther out and casting towards it. Yep. Oh! Good one. What a jump. Oh! Mm. Mm. An evening tug, man. Look at this tasty fish right here. Come here. One last jump for the folks. Not going to do it. All right. We'll take you. I'm just stuck on three and a half four pounders today, which I can't complain. This rock on this point felt amazing. I'm just dragging that trenchy down there. And boom! About 15 feet of water. Love you so much. Backflips. Oh, nice work, dude. Wabant. And it just flies it down like fast. And it freaking hits the boat seat and goes right in the lake. And then the propellers kept it going down. I got a fish. Solid. Mm, posible. Bueno. Cinco libres, possibly. Yeah, very strong. Fuerte. Muy fuerte. Muy fuerte. Swing it right in there. Look at the fatness. I think I'm stuck on four. That one's pushing five. Oh, that's a good looking one. That one's about like the one you caught. What do you think? You think it's five? I might be. Let's give it a check. I think it's four eight. Like yours, four. Ariane says four. Ariane's not a believer. He's not about that five pound. Not even. 440. I'll still give you a sniff. Love you so much. See you. I'll catch those all day. That's first. I'm not mad at that. Is that second cast? Second cast. Lucky lipper. And a Texas rig can't be beaten. That was a pretty good first day. Could not crack that four pound mark, but I think I caught almost 30. It was like 27 bass today. So Texas rig was the jam. Throw in the trench hog. Glad I got a ton of those. Lunker log's been good as well. But just looking back on my previous years in Mexico, I'm throwing like a swim bait or a jig or big crankbait. One of those things, like off the big points, I think is how I'm going to get my big bite. But the water's 70 degrees. The full moon is on its way, and I think these fish are going to be coming in, the big ones. So I will see you guys on the next episode. All my buddies that I've been fishing with down here, Border Raise, Hushin, and my boy Juan Carlos. All those guys are linked down below. They're all filming here. So you can go check their channels out and make sure to smash that like button. Starting here off right, bass fishing down here below the border. And I'll see you guys very soon on the next episode.