 It's finally time we go back out to do some pond hopping. Along the journey, we met a stranger who told us about a hidden pond full of 10 pound bass. Out of curiosity, we had to go give it a try. But stay tuned till the end of the video because this is only the beginning of today's adventure. All right guys, we're out at this hidden pond and we're gonna be fishing a chatter donk. I got it paired up on my Kicking Their Bass TV X-Luse combo. If you guys wanna check them out, KickingTheBass.com, it'll be linked down below. We're gonna go ahead and get this started. Haven't been to this pond in a very long time. It's more of like a canal pond and we've caught some very big fish out of here. I've actually got one at 10 pounds out of this pond. The last time I came out, I did catch a six pounder. So I have some very high hopes. So let's go ahead and cover some water and search for these giant bass and see if we can get one of these monsters. Oh, I'm pretty sure I just had a bite. Yeah, I think he just grabbed onto the back of it. I'm gonna have to make another cast. That was a quick bite. Here we go. Here comes the sun, boys. It was overcast. It was sunny earlier. Let's see if we can get that bite again. I'm really pretty slow. I'm all big bass. I wanna see it. That is not good. We're gonna go ahead and bring that in. We can throw this out when we get back. Don't litter guys. Anybody watching this video, make sure you don't litter. I'm gonna set that there. When I walk back down, I'm gonna pick it up and throw it in the trash. Every time I see stuff in the lake too, I try to take it out the best that I can. Some places are worse than others. There's some ponds I go to that just trash everywhere and I feel very bad. It's not good. Just remember every single time you go out, if you see any trash or anything, make sure you pick it up. 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 to subscribe button really helps the channel. I'd appreciate it. I'm getting right on that edge. Perfect. Ooh, that was a bite, 100%. Literally grabbed the back of it. Just kind of a little touch like that. We're gonna get another cast in there. That was our first bite of the day. Let's see. Got this fluke on the back of the chatter dawn. Come on, fishy. Eat it this time. I was going to pop it right when I was popping it. One was eating it. That was just the timing. Craziest timing right there. Bass. Really? How big is it? Really? That's pretty crazy. So I've fished out here a long time. I haven't seen, I have seen any of Guana, which is kind of, wow. Like legit, legit yields? Yeah, funny. That's funny. Well, I'll definitely keep an eye on it. Thank you. I appreciate that. You have a good day. That kind gentleman, he said that there is a eight foot gator out here, which I never knew I've been fishing this place for, I mean, it's probably been four or five years now. I don't come out here a ton, but I have never seen a gator and that's kind of eye opening for me. We need to be careful. An eight foot gator, that is one that you do not want to play with. An eight pound bass now? I want to play with that, but. An eight foot gator? No, I don't want nothing to do with that big one. All right guys, we're out at a different pond. First one just didn't work out. We got informed about an eight foot gator, but other than that, we didn't really get anything done out there. So we're out at a new little tiny small pond and still throwing the chatterdunk, hoping that we can catch a big one out of here. On one of the last episodes, I caught a good like three and a half pound are on a topwater in here. So they're in here, it's just if we can catch them. So we're going to cast around here and hopefully we'll hook a big one. There's a big boil right there, I think. Oh yeah, there was. I have confidence guys, we just got to be patient, it's going to happen today. Oh, big bass, I know you're in here. That sucks that we missed that one that boiled right next to us. I was hoping he was going to come get it. No idea what I just felt. I think that was a bite. I think it was something in the bottom. Almost felt like a fence post, like something metal. No, not yet, sadly. Yeah, I'm pretty dogs. Hey, there we go, you're my good luck charm. You want to see it? Oh, you want to see it? Yeah, they're good too. There we go, first fish go. Solid pound in the quarter. Look at that. Look at that. You like that? What's that, a fish? Have you ever fished one? Which one? There's a big, big bass in there. Really? The problem is, eight to 10 foot gator has just settled in their last couple of days. We pulled a six and a half to seven foot gator out of there two weeks ago. My son's pulled several 10 pound basses. I appreciate you, man. Have a good day. There we go guys, first fish of the day. Not a big one. The kind of gentleman stopped and talked to us, pretty old dogs, and he must have been my good luck charm because we got our first fish. He's not a big one, but he's got a fat, thick little body, and that is a start to today's video. Thank you, buddy. Thank you for inviting me. There we go, boys. That's a start. That's all we needed. We've had a lot of gator talk today. He gave me a little advice on a pond to go fish. We might have to go try it out, but very kind gentleman. Appreciate people like that, you know? Sounds like he's a fisherman himself. Instead of sun, he catches a lot of fish out there, so that's just awesome. Let's keep on hunting. He's got to be more. Oh my gosh, that scared me. I don't think that was a bite. I think it might have been a little stick. I just had a big one follow me up. I think it was a big one. The boil was crazy. Totally just follow me right up to the bank. I was talking to Ter, just not even paying attention. Oh man, that boil was crazy. I will say I threw my cast out there in the middle like that first one happened to follow me back up. Geez, man. Well, that's a good sign, guys. We caught one, had one follow us back. Maybe the fishing's about to heat up. Maybe those dogs were a good luck charm. All they had to do was walk by us and started getting some bites here. Man, I wish I caught that fish. That hurts. That was just a good boil. I didn't lay an eye on him, you know? He could have been a little smaller, but that boil just seemed pretty big and most of the fish I catch out of here, pretty large. You know, that last one was small, but I believe there's some really good ones in here. All right, guys, we're on to the next. Boys, just took this man's advice and let me tell you, this is the juiciest place I've ever seen. I cannot believe I haven't fished it yet. Holy cow. Boiled out there. Oh, there's a little gar. So there's a big gator out here, so be cautious. I said his son's caught a couple of tins out of here. That's pretty crazy. If you guys want us to come out to this pond and live bait fish, let me know because I actually have an area around here that I can go catch live bait and I can come over here and use it. Yeah, that's the gator. You see it? You see it? It's huge. That is a big gator. That man was not wrong. We're, oh, Tara, I forgot to retie. I should probably retie. I'll be back. I think this is the right decision. Definitely need to retie. This is actually a double digit caliber pond. We do not want to be playing around with that because I'll be very upset. And if we do catch a 10 pounder right now, I'm going to be very happy and I'm going to freak out. Even if we don't do good here today, I'm definitely coming back. This place just looks good. It looks like there should be some good fish in there. Here we go. Looks so good. There's like a little creek in the back there, guys. I don't know if you guys can see, it's like a little tiny pocket. That's the gator right there. I don't know if you guys can see them right there, but a little tiny creek. Looks so good. This place is definitely juicy. You just might have to be very patient here. Looks so good. He had it on the freaking ball right at the mouth of that little creek. So I'm pretty sure that this pond gets natural water from the swamp, similar to one of the other ponds around here that I've fished. And I'm pretty sure that connects right to the swamp. Totally missed. There we go. There we go. He's not that big. I thought he was a lot bigger. There we go, guys. First fish in the new pond. Oh man, beautiful bass, right there. Beautiful markings on him. He's pretty skinny for the most part, but still a healthy fish. Beautiful colors on him. All right, let's get him back in the water. First fish of the new pond. Thank you for biting, baby. What's crazy, guys, is the cast before I had a bite under that tree, and I threw that bait right back up there. Let it hit the bottom, and he already had it. I lifted up, he was running with it. That was insane. There's the same cast I just threw. Maybe there's more. Gosh, I really thought I had a big one. He was running with it so far, and I couldn't really move them. He might have been in a tree. It just felt like one of those big bass and I grabbed it and you can't even turn them. Oh big bull, big bull. Come on, fish. Huge bull. So guys, normally, I just standardly fish in a charter bait. I'll just throw it out there. Steady retrieve back, right? Every once in a while, give it a pop. So there's been days. I haven't done it in a long time to where I just felt like they weren't active enough to chase this thing. So pretty much what I do is I throw it out. Let it hit, sink to the bottom. And I pretty much just hop it like a jig or a worm. And I just let that blade just go back and forth and then fall back to on the ground. It'll work on some days. And sure enough, I just threw up there, popped it a couple of times and I felt when grabbed the back of it and spit it back out. Same situation on that first fish I caught over here. It was like I threw the bait in and he already had it. So it seems like they're just a little slower. You know, if I was throwing a little Texas rig or something slow, I feel like I'd be getting more bites, but with the chatter donk, I feel like you can kind of adjust or retrieve. And I've caught them this way multiple times before. So I know it's possible. There might be something I'm gonna try out here for a minute. First fish I caught was when it was not even moving. I had a bite right away. I randomly saw a boil through right in there instantly. Oh, the gator's right there. Okay. Yeah, there's something in the water there. So I didn't see what the boil was. And I thought, what if it was the gator? It went down and that was me crawling my chatter bait along his back. Well, we've only had one bite here, guys. One fish. That is about it. Oh, that's a good one, I think. Yeah, that was a good one. That was the biggest one today. Right as I'm just saying, we've only caught one out of here, guys. Look at that. Let's go, baby. It's a beautiful one. So these fish are definitely coming out of the swamp, guys, with how pretty those markings are. Those are riverbaths. How does all that is? Those are swamp baths right there. I made the weirdest noise. Look how pretty that fish is. That is an easy two and a half pound fish all day. Maybe two and three quarters of her lucky with how fatty is. Beautiful lateral line. And they're living in this tannic water, the swamp water. They just tend to have beautiful colors, beautiful markings on them. And that's a good fish. Let's go ahead and get him back in the water. Thank you for biting, baby. This is our second fish out of the pond. Wow. You got me all wet. There we go, guys. Two fish. Today has been nothing but just being patient. You know, it hasn't been the best day in the world. We're not done yet. We have a lot of fishing to do, but today's just been me patient, me calm, stay positive, and we have seemed to hook into a couple fish here. So we're just gonna keep on staying confident, staying positive, and being patient. And I think we're gonna have a couple more bites. After this pond, I have a really juicy one that I'm gonna go to, and I think we're gonna end up smoking them. I was just wanting to try out some different places, but I'll see if we can catch one more out of here. But there's something. Oh, Terri's behind me. Do you see that? That is a good one, too. That was the oddest, the weirdest bite of my whole freaking career. Holy cow, grab your worm, Terri. Come here. Throw it right here. That was about a three pounder, maybe three and a half. Oh my goodness. So that fish bit it, and it felt like, I don't even know what it felt like, to be honest. It felt like he wasn't on, but he had really been running with it so hard. That was the craziest bite, guys, I have ever had on a chatter bait. God, that was weird. Deep in the sauce. Yeah, this is frog's territory. This is where a 10 pounder lives, right there, boys. I stopped reeling for two seconds, and now I'm hung. That's a good bit of angle. Not good. Lost in the sauce. I can literally see you right there, chatter bait. Just let go. Let go of my chatter bait. Here we go, there he is. Yeah. Okay. We is in the forest. Oh, yeah. You ready to move ponds? I definitely have high hopes in this place. I just think we're gonna have to come back. Come back more supplied with the right fishing gear, and come back with some 10 pound material, AKA live bluegill. If you guys wanna see that video, comment down below, hit the like button. Let me know. We're gonna go head out to another pond that I haven't really fished before, and then after that, we're going to hit a place that is loaded, and they should be biting really good. So make sure you guys stay tuned for that part. You ready? Oh, there are a few cats. Oh, that's a nice one too. Oh my gosh. Heck yeah. It's crazy how different they look from pond to pond. I was literally saying we're going, and there's a good two pounder. Not big by any means, but not small. But look at the markings on this one, compared to all the other ones. Pretty much no lateral line. It's very pale and white. I love how we're about to just leave and happen to get a bite. Thank you, buddy. There we go. We're piecing it together. I did not think this was it. Just wanted to throw a few casts, and right as I'm about to reel in my last cast, someone bites it. So I think we deserve one more cast out there. What in the world just happened to me? That is called a stickfish, bro. You know what? Look at me. Say we're a cat fishing or a live bait fishing. This is literally staking the ground, and then you lay your fishing pole on it. That's a perfect little rod holder. All right, let's go. Tara, what are you doing? What are you doing? I'm putting it on the patroller. Oh my goodness. She has been begging to put on a patroller for the last what? All day. All day. She started off with this on her rod, and then I told her, I was like, oh, today might not be a day for top water. And she's been thinking about it all day. So I was like, go with your gut and tie it on. She'd been throwing that worm you've had, what, one bite. You would think like a worm or something slow would just get way more bites than this, but she hasn't had block, so maybe you can get a top water bass today, though. That's what I'm hoping for. But by the way, guys, if you wanna check out any of the mock baits, I'll pop up the discount code on the screen and website link would be down below. All right, guys, I got high hopes for this pond. I've been waiting all day to come fish it, and it is finally that time. So let's get after it. Hopefully we're gonna end up catching some big ones. Let's get it started. I haven't been here in about three weeks. This place has been pretty good to me. Only been out two times in the last, like, three years. This is the one that was drained previously, so I just never came back to it. I don't think I've fished with the chatter-donk in here yet, so maybe we'll get on some good fish. Oh my gosh! That was a crazy bite. And I just wasn't in the right position to hook set. That messed me up. I felt like a pretty good one, guys. The boil looked pretty nasty, too. I was looking forward to that cast. I probably should've gotten a better position before making that. That's probably my fault. Finding a good another angle on him. Oh, boys! First one out of this pond. I saw a whole wake for him coming over towards it. He is not big. Probably one of the smallest ones today, but, oh man, that was a good bite, and he ate it good. I saw his whole, like, spiral going towards that big. Well, there we go. There's one fish out of here, many more to go, and that is the smallest one of the day. You know what's crazy is that's how flooded this place was from rain and from the rain the last few days. I just walked up on, like, a school of them right up on this flat. I think they were more scared of me than I was of them right there. They were just sitting in that grass. It's really flat right here. It's got, like, a slight drop off. The more I walk up, I can see, like, some of the fish are spooking off. They're right there on the edge. Should be prime. Little parallel cast, look just like that. That thing is not. All right, guys, we're back. I know you guys recognize this pond. I'm hoping they're gonna be biting because today has been a struggle. We have not gave up. We have put our heads down completely grinded. There's probably seven ponds. It hasn't been the best, but it could have been a lot worse, and we're just gonna keep on hunting here. I think we can pick up a giant out of this place. It happened before a few months ago, and it definitely happened again. There's an opportunity that's gonna present itself tonight. Just gotta stay positive, and keep fishing around, and just be able to catch them big. I'm beaming today. I ain't gonna lie. I'm casting. My casting's been on point. It's the fish catching part that's been a little tough on me. Oh, I stepped in goose duke. Ha, ha, ha. Ha-ha. Oh, goose duke. I do not like goose duke. No goose duke for me. I'm moving spots. These fish are just being dang stubborn. Beautiful skip, and now we're gonna hook that right about, come on. I wish, man. I can only dream, right? Guys, this is him. This is him. Please come back. Please come back. Please come back. The boil was ridiculous, and that was my freaking opportunity. I hooked up with my eyes, instead of my feeling. Oh my gosh, please. I got too antsy. Today's been a tough day, and that was our opportunity. I hooked that probably 0.5 seconds too early, and it was too late, you know? I just, I went with my eyes what you never need to do, you know? You really need to go off that feeling for the most part, unless you can just see the fish clearly. I saw them swirl on me, and I didn't wanna take any chances, and I just kinda got a little excited. Not the right way to handle it, but we live and we learn, and we're gonna keep trying. Yes. Yes, yes, yes. There we go, boys. Right in this pocket. Let's go. That is awesome right there. Come on, buddy. Get on the bank, yes. Not a giant, but that is a fat one. Oh man, thank you so much for Biden. You can tell where he's been caught before right there in the corner of his mouth. Not a big fish, but definitely a rewarding one, and he's gonna grow up to be a giant one day. I can just tell by his belly. Thank you for Biden, buddy. Thank you so much. There he goes. Wow. That gives me some confidence, guys. We haven't had a bite in this pond yet. Still waiting on the giants. We've been searching all day. It has been a struggle, but we're not giving up. I don't know about y'all, but if I know anything, this right here is a landing pad for a gator. Right me if I'm wrong. Let me know what you guys think in the comments. There's been gators in this pond. Pretty positive that's where he comes up on the bank. You got one? Big one? Keep the pressure, Tara. That's a monster. Nice. Yes. Yes. Tara's a good one. She's the biggest one today. Yes. Good job. Oh, you waited all day for that bite. Heck yeah. That's pretty much close to a three pounder there. Good job, girl. That's what the search is for giants is about, guys. We waited all day, worked very hard and Tara got her a good one. Yeah. That's a good fish, girl. Good job. Buddy, thank you. We needed that today, didn't we? Good job. You worked all day for that bite and this video series, Searching for Giants, that's what it's about.