 Oh, that is fun, baby, that is fun. Unfortunately, we're having to leave the lake today. Welcome back to the channel. So we're gonna head back home to the tree house and we gotta get our motor fixed. So propeller, bent prop shaft. That's what we're dealing with. That's our coming up to spawn right now. It's a beautiful time. And I bent my prop shaft, getting on pad. Just dropping the boat off the fun and sun, y'all. Just had a look at it. They said it might be able to be fixed just by bending that back and I'm gonna have to get my prop reworked. Last time I had this happen, I had to file an insurance claim. It was like very expensive. I had a bow dark tree on Ray Hubbard coming out of a creek and it tore my Yamaha, lower unit apart. It was bad. I mean, I barely made it back to the ramp. Okay, silver bell, and I'll see you soon. Be strong. We're gonna make it through this. It's gonna be at least a week is what I'm hearing now. Hopefully they get it back sooner. But, and let's not forget, there's other modes of transportation out there on the water. So I'm gonna be taking the kayak and going back out to the camper. We got the yak loaded up. We're gonna get some baits right now, lock up the chickens and head back over to Fork. Okay, let's see how the OP survived the storm. Don't think we got any hail over there. We should be good, oh yeah. Nice and locked up. So I secured everything before I left guys and boy, it's looking just nice and perfect. It's ground down here, wasn't too soft anyways. But we're back at the home base. So here's some bass boats running around. We got the yak on top and we're gonna launch it and we're gonna fish in this creek for the most part. We'll check the levels. So we had two days overcast. I've had the refrigerator running, that's about it. You know, there's a little bit of pull from some of the other little, you know, the clock and the radio and stuff like that in here. But right now it says we're using 4.7 amps, but there's our voltage, 13.4 and we're at 100%. Let's just make sure the fridge is working. Everything's cold. Milk is nice and frosty. That's really pretty amazing. I don't really know the limits of this thing yet, but it seems like you could park this thing out in the wilderness for a good long while, as long as you're not running any of the big things. And you've got a few days of sunlight charged back up. I mean, all right, now we gotta get these down by ourselves, see how this is gonna go. If you're unloading one of these things by yourself, these are heavy, these are like 150 pounds. Got the nose down and then I'm just gonna take the other side and pull it this way. And you're just using the angles that way you're not having to lift the entire weight of this thing all at once. And I gotta tell you guys, versus my old rack system, I love this one, let me show you why. The weight distribution is much better on this. It's like a cast iron grill up there. And then also here at the back, I've got this lip that sticks out farther. The old bars were up farther up here so I don't get any rubbing right there. So anyway, I love this Rhino rack. This is the first time I've used it for loading the kayak, but it seems to be just way better than just the two bar system. Hey, how's it gonna be hot today? It's been awhile since I've rocked the old Hobie, but this is really good kayak to fish out of so you can use your feet while you're using both your hands for fishing. The last time I was here, focused on a crappie, caught those, ended up with about a dozen, took those home, even got a couple catfish. Then I went after bass, still kind of funky, up shallow. It seemed like there were still a lot of fish that hadn't moved up yet. We've had a ton of rain. The only bad thing about being in the kayak is not being able to see as high. I can still stand up in this kayak, but you can't really pedal. So I'm gonna have to sit down and just focus on stumps and the little breaks and things like that. But one more thing about the kayak that I really love, especially in this situation, being on a lake that gets pounded by trolling motor and electronic ping noise, this thing's quiet. It's really quiet and you can sneak into those shallow areas when the fish are in the shallows and you can often catch fish that you wouldn't out of a boat. So that's a cool aspect of it. Let's get it in the water. Let's get our rods rigged up and let's get to fishing. As long as we don't have any wind, this is setting up pretty good for kayak fishing. So what I'm gonna do, tactics I'm gonna deploy here, Texas rig is probably gonna be the biggest player. So I've got me a quarter ounce Texas rig. I think I've got a three or four-ot hammer hook on here, I'm not sure. Got a bobber stop on it and I'm literally just gonna pick apart stuff. So I'm gonna get into little areas I think they might be spawning or might be preparing to move up to spawn and to fish those areas slow. The good thing about the Texas rig is when I'm drifting in the kayak I can still maintain contact on the bottom. That's one of the biggest challenges kayak fishing is, you're constantly moving. So you're having to fish allures that you can confidently keep in the strike zone, I guess. So moving baits are great. Throwing crank baits and spinner baits and stuff like that. It's gonna be harder to fish a weightless bait if you've got any kind of wind because you're gonna be drifting. But we got really good conditions right now. We just gotta watch out for any storms that come by, lightning, all those things you don't want. As soon as it got on the bottom, I picked it up. It's one of those things, he was just moving with it. Couldn't really feel it because I'm moving in the kayak. Oh, look what I just did. I wanna talk about Lucky. Ran the kayak by Stump. And it happened to grab one of my nicest reels I own. Yeah, just hanging there by a thread. So we gotta whip this puppy around, get that back. I mean, just look how lucky. Wow, we eat jeepers. Okay, notes of self, fork is full of stumps. Might just wanna lay him down so that doesn't happen again. I actually just found one on a bed, but it looks to be pretty skittish. So I totally forgot that I have a push pole in here that I can anchor myself with. As long as I'm kind of sneaky, I might be able to get closer to these fish, but this guy just looks, he looks skit so. Okay, this little boy just had more to play. Yeah, unless they're fired up, I'm not gonna waste too much time on him unless they're, you know, monsters. I am surprised that I can see fairly decent standing up out of this kayak. Okay, also it does appear that we have a lot of little males moving in here. I say little, you know, these are two to three pound fish mostly, but they're utilizing this gator grass a lot. So every little, it's kind of cool in the kayaks. I can sneak up real close to them, but every little spot that has this alligator grass, I'm looking at at least like a one pounder, but there's a lot of just two to three pound males cruising in. I see one just getting, getting nasty over there, getting aggressive. If I get in the right little pocket, I might be able to see a big one, but as of right now, I don't see any females. So I've got this, this pole right here secured down. I'm gonna make a few casts just around the skater grass and see if any fish come up. Just get out of this bug. Might as well call it over. Oh yeah, he's all over it. Where's that other one? Other one's bigger than that. All right, I'll let you go. Couldn't tell which one was eating it. It's usually the smaller one. Okay, I just made a little circle coming out of the cove and I saw another male and then I saw a female that's sitting off and I threw my bandito bug in there. And she peeked at it. She kinda leaned over. So I think she's catchable. I think these are fresh fish that are moving in. So what I did, this fish is right there. And I just did a little circle around here and I planted myself just right here. And I'm just gonna feel for the bite. I don't wanna get too close. These fish out here are just so spooky. But we're gonna throw the bug in there. Sheep, she'll bite it. She just did a circle and I just saw her there. I can barely see at this angle. All right, I gotta pull up. I gotta be able to see. Oh, gosh, there. There it is, she was probably about four pounds. That was the only female I saw in there in the back of the creek. Since we got some overcast coming in, what I'm gonna do is just kinda move out. I'm gonna put a trenchog on, a black blue trenchog, switch up my bait a little bit. And I'm gonna fish these outside edges. You know, once they get on beds, you kinda have to be able to see them, at least out here on this lake. They're so pressured that you have to see what that fish is doing to be able to make the right decision to get them to react and catch the fish. But seeing that many bass swimming around up in the shallows gets me excited. I know that there's gotta be some other fish that are coming in and these little secondary points ought to be a good spot to catch a big one. Doorfish, only a little trenchy. So far, two fish, nothing big. And the overcast is just coming in hard. Woo, getting to work out here, y'all. Well, one fish all the way back, one fish all the way out. Okay, guys, I got the male here. Got it, female's bigger. These are the same, oh. He was two and a half pounds. This female's much bigger. That's so crazy too, how, you know, before those fish were just not very fired up and then I come back in here and boom, they're ready to eat. Sometimes you gotta just give them a minute. Yes, they're both in there now. We should be good to go. That was a bad cast, but she didn't spook. Love to see that. So now he's probably not gonna eat, but she might because I already stuck him. Oh, she might eat it right here. Ooh, she is locked. Okay, there's something about this trench hog. There really seem to be paying attention to it. She's back in there, she's looking. Come on, eat it, girl. Eat it, girl. God, they're both looking. That's so cool. Problem is I'm just blowing around here. Okay, he's back, he's back on the juice. He's back on the juice. She might have it. Oh my God, she had it. She took the trench hog. Golly, sneaky little devil. All right, I'm gonna go bandito bug. She'll just have the ends. I was like, where did it go? Just had it sitting there and she took it. She did not get a hook in her bandito bug here. Females are just a little bit trickier, y'all. At least I'm being pretty quiet with this kayak. She might come take it again. She's got it. Got her. Oh, it's a good fish. Oh, that's a bigger fish than I thought, guys. Holy cow. Oh, baby. Oh my gosh. Definitely bigger than five. Oh, that is fun. Baby, that is fun. Woo. Did not think I was gonna be getting one off the bed of a kayak. Look, she's pulling me around. Oh my gosh, what a jump. She's just pulling me around. Oh, there you go, girl. There you go, girl. Nice. Nice big female. She just moved up here on the bed. We're staying in that little bandito bug. Oh my gosh, y'all, that fish is hefty. Oh my gosh, that fish is like six and a half, maybe seven pounds. That's definitely bigger than what I was thinking. Holy cow, look at the noggin on that fish. Geez. Got a little three-yacht hook. Just stuck her nicely. All right, I'm gonna give her a little water. An absolute beauty, y'all. I don't have my scale with me, but I'm gonna say that fish is very close to seven. So let's let it back in the water. Let it go do its thing. Makes more babies on beautiful little pork. Woo. My goodness. That just shows you guys how deceptive fish can be, when they're on beds. I try not to get too freaked out when I see a female. It's hard sometimes when you see a big shadow, you're like, I don't really know how big that is. That could be really huge. But I thought that fish was like four and a half, maybe five, and then when it came at me, I was like, oh my gosh, it's wide. That fish was like maybe seven pounds. So the male, he was about three pounds. It was just a really nice pair. And I came in here earlier. I couldn't get the female was not even coming into the bed. She was staying back. So it was just one of those things where both the fish were fired up. I came back later. I caught the male on accident. I was trying to let him go because she was about to eat it. But since he was not protecting the nests, it actually worked out in my favor where she came in there and bit it. So did not expect to see one that good out of a kayak. It was very challenging drifting around and I couldn't anchor up in a good spot to be able to properly sight fish. But what I ended up doing was just pitching in the bed and letting the kayak drift off where they couldn't see me that well and just wait for her to pick it up. And I just had to watch the line because it's so hard to feel. You're not very connected with your line when you're fishing out of a kayak. But awesome fish, y'all. Very awesome fish to catch out of a kayak as well. So, hey man. Silver bullet down, came out with a kayak. Busted, let's just call it a seven, lucky seven. And I did have another one just throwing a dart around. Random fish, about four pounds came up and bit the tail. So it was a garter, male garter, maybe post spawn. But this is the original pocket where I started fishing and it seems like there's more fish in here than I thought there were, but I just can't get the ones that are cruisers to bite. Quarter ounce, it's like the go-to bed fishing weight right there. Quarter ounce, that's a three-yacht, a little bit smaller than I normally use. Fits just about perfect on there. I usually use a little bit bigger hook on them, site fishing. There's another one over here that caught my attention. Almost ate my bait, fully ate it. Just nipped the tail. There's another one in this hole back here. I don't think he can see me right here. Oh, he ate it. Yeah, he couldn't see me. Yeah, now they're getting aggressive. Some of them. Let's see how fresh looking you are. That is a very fresh fish, y'all. Just moved up on this full moon, making a bed. And part of the big key of site fishing and bed fishing is not letting the fish see you. So I'm kind of wondering, in my kayak situation, I might have a slight advantage. I can't go very far, but if I focus on these little pockets here, I might have a better chance at catching some of these fish. My vantage point isn't as good. I'm drifting around, but I'm so quiet. And normally when I'm in my bass boat, I'll try to shut my electronics down if I get in a real shallow area because bass will hear that, they'll feel that, and they might not bite. The kayak's kind of cool, it's kind of cool for this. I'd say we had a good little stop in there, ladies and gentlemen. I wouldn't have gone back in there if I had my bass boat, but just because I'm restricted to where I can go, it ended up working out and there are some big fish that are moving in. The few days before the full moon, feeding activity is normally really good. And then once the full moon happens, when they're on the spawn, they tend to just lock down, they get on beds, you have the opportunity to sight fish, the fish of a lifetime, if you're on the right lake, but other than that, it gets on a tough bite. I've had many days out here of just not catching them on the full moon if I can't see the fish. Hey guys, I do see another big bass, but it looks like it is, I don't know, it's in a weird mood. It's hanging around this dock though. I'm gonna say it's about five pounds, there it is right there. Coming up to the top, just spooked it there. Yeah, it's like it's bed is on the dock. Oh, that fish is on it, eat that thing. This is a really strange bedding fish. Like it's looking at my bait, I don't know if it's on a post or what. What in the deuce is going on with this one? You looking at it? There you go. Okay, well guys, I have no idea what was just recorded or not. I'm having a lot of problems with this GoPro Hero 9, Hero 9 Black, but anyways, I just caught that fish. He just kinda wanted it sitting there right on the edge, finally just aggravated him. Nice, healthy looking, fresh fish. Here in thunder in the background, so I don't know how many more casts we're gonna get to make, so I'm just gonna get this one a sniff. He's a little spawning. Back to your bed, do your thing. Be a good guardian. Okay, yeah, it looks like that file is totally corrupt, so you guys can't see, but there was a bed right up here in this corner, and that fish was up pretty shallow, but I went in this little pond back here, and that's the only fish I saw. Pockets are really key this time of year, because it kinda works out, because most of the time we wanna be out of the wind, but the fish really wanna be out of the wind as well. They don't want their eggs getting sloshed around, and there's a couple of elements that bass need to have a successful spawn, and they actually do need some sunlight, so they'll spawn at a whatever depth is it feels comfortable for them, for sunlight to penetrate down there, so it depends on the water clarity. They like to have like a backstop, they like to have some protection, so you wanna look for like little grass clumps or a log stump, you know, they love stumps, and a hard bottom, you know, something like shell beds, pebbles, anything like that, I mean, they'll spawn on boat ramps, any kind of concrete structures, rip, wrap, but it's almost never just silt, because the silt is, you know, they don't like it in their gills, first of all, you know, it'd be like breathing in dust for us all the time, and it's not good for their eggs, so I am seeing a lot of males, doesn't mean that there's not females on beds around here as well, I've obviously caught one today, but the males usually come up first, and then the females are right behind them, so these are pretty fresh fish coming off the full moon. This guy's really looking pretty dark, guys, so I think I'm gonna take it back to the camper, maybe fish one more little spot if I can, but it's getting hard to see too, it's getting real windy and overcast. All right, come on, baby, I like the bank, I like it, it looks pretty good, there's some stumps in there, just looking for a feeder. You buddy hungry? Oh gosh, a little over the water, oh guys, oh no, knock your skirt off, sometimes you knock your skirt off. Are you a crappie? Yes you are, dandy, a dandy crappie too, goodness gracious. That's a big one, I thought I got bumped by a crappie. All right, I just have to come in there and do a drop of dig in the morning. Okay, I got to end on one of my favorite fish in the world. Caught a big one, raining, overcoming the odds, whoo, it's that only in. Oh man, there's a big fat drop, those big patties, this has been, I'd really like to have my boat, oh goodness. We're a little damp, but we made it in safe, y'all. It's a little sketchy when you got, you're in the kayak and you're holding the graphite rod and there's like thunder and lightning and you're getting rained on and you can't get back fast, so like there's no fast way to get back, but I'm glad I came out here, guys. I needed to come out and get the camper anyways, so I just thought, I'll get the yak, just do it, do it old school. And sometimes fishing out of the kayak is just advantageous. It's so nice having the bass boat, you have all the tools to your disposal, electronics, it's amazing, but when the fish are up shallow anyways and you got to be stealthy, kayak can be pretty cool. So I was able to go find a few pockets where the bass were spawning in. I wasn't able to get on a bite where, they were just biting a Texas rig or biting a spinner bait and that usually happens, especially on lakes that are highly pressured like this one around that full moon. You get fish that lock on beds, they're in spawn mode, they're not in feeding mode. You'll see them feed really good up before the full moon, like three or four days before the full moon and then after that, that week gets kind of tough, but if you could see them, you could definitely catch them. So I was able to get them on the bandito bug, just a winner, just a winner for bed fishing. Compact creature baits is what you want when you're bed fishing because they'll pick up the end of a worm or any sort of elongated creature bait. So a bandito bug, hard to beat. I don't necessarily throw bright colors that I can see unless it's a deep bed that I know there's a fish there and I'm really trying to see if the fish picks it up. Most of the time I'll just throw a natural color because it seems like they'll eat it better anyways. But it was a good challenge, trying to see the fish out of the kayak, being low and then being moved around with the wind and everything like that. But it was fun, you guys. And I caught a freaking toad. We're gonna sign it off on this beautiful drizzly evening, y'all. Let me know in the comments what your favorite springtime bass fishing bait is. If you could only pick one, let everybody know in the comments down below. Smash that like button for greatness in the outdoors and subscribe right here to the channel so you don't miss a single outdoor adventure. Love you guys. I'll see you.