 Finally got one. Oh, it feels good too. Oh, it's a big one Welcome back to the channel everybody We're here at my nemesis lake Ray Roberts Place where I've probably caught a total of five or six bass But there's a lot of other species in this lake in a summer. There's white bass. There's crappie Maybe even some catfish. I really want to try to figure out all of them. So let's get out on the water Let's get to dangling and to help one of the fellow boaters out at the boat ramp here today You know, everybody has issues especially early summer You know, I forgot to put my plug in this morning. So it could be you always help the person Because when it comes time or you need help Somebody else is gonna be there for you. That's how karma works. So here's what I'm thinking Here today. This is a huge body water I've been trying to break down little sections at a time and figure some things out I know the the bass are mostly offshore right now. There's tons of trees in this lake we're gonna start off for bass trying to catch some of those up in the shallows and Probably try to use the electronics to find some deeper fish as we go along and then I've got a few crappie rods We're gonna try to get in some some standing timber Try to catch some crappie as well. But today's a big day. You may notice. I am not holding the camera right now It's because there's a tall bearded man behind the camera holding the camera. I know a lot of you are asking about the editor and slash baby camera guy position will Somebody on it right now. So Like to welcome Collin to the team here. I live G outdoors And it's time to roll gonna have a good time today Don't forget your funny hat. It's gonna be a scorcher. Got one Thank a little bass. It's like a spotted bass. This is a spotted bass Doing up here boy first fish of the day Hey, that's ahead of schedule for my Ray Roberts history. Normally I You know about one every Every eight hours a little spotted bass Everybody wondering what's the difference between a spotted bass and a largemouth bass There and spotted bass are normally really aggressive Usually in schools together sometimes they're alone, but you can see these little stripes right here They have these little stripes really defined that lateral line that goes down that bar It's pretty defined if you feel their tongue. I've got a little patch of roughness feels like sandpaper That's how you tell We have them in Texas and they're not very big like the biggest one. I've ever caught is three pounds here But I've caught them over five pounds in some other states like Alabama on the Cusa River and other places that have Really really big really fat spotted bass. We just don't have them here in Texas. Oh Little oh we came off a little tooter Well that second fish I had on back there I think it was another spotted bass too So there's some small spotted bass roaming around that point I'm not ready to give up on bass yet. I want to explore some more things. There's a lot of points tank dams some offshore stuff I don't think we're gonna be on a shallow top water bite here this morning I think we've missed that but I do want to try a little bit more cranking and Maybe do a little bit of flipping and some of that brush and also just island around some of these deep point areas And see if there's anything out there. I noticed a large group of boats out in the middle That usually means good groups of white bass are out here as well So there's a lot more to explore on this thing I can fish this this lake for 10 years and really not ever you know get on the juice That's how big it is and how how fast it is and it's got a lot of fishable water, which is great We're here to dial it in on everything anything you got Two lakes that are my name is Lake Conroe This one right here Lake Ray Robbins. I'm trying trying to figure this puppy out. Let's go get get some more bass Gonna grab my jig Pitching into these trees I don't know if there's anything living in here. I want to explore a little bit Gotta see more of this lake. We just came over some Some foundation like some old I guess house foundations out here on the point not too far from where we were cranking And I started seeing fish out here pretty deep about 28 feet of water So I've got a drop shot right now. I've got one of our our lunker logs drip rigged on a drop shot trying to get these fish that are Directly under the boat. What's also good. There's a there's another boat over here Normally, I would be a little bit more, you know upset about the situation of like someone just coming in and Hopping right next to me and throwing at the spot that because I know nothing I'm like I'm literally watching them going Okay, I'm gonna see if they're gonna catch fish right here what they're using I'm getting an education right here. So I don't mind it at all but We're seeing fish that are sticking under the boat. I Could see them in my real-time sonar window and They're directly behind or right next to some hard cover out here in deep water So it makes me think they have to be large mouth There's a chance it could be white bass I'll break out a spoon here in a minute, but right now we're getting some really good reeds just below the boat I just want to know what you are We've abandoned our shallow water cranking I'm not gonna do any flipping up there So much brush. It is just a jungle and a lot of it is deep underwater what I've noticed a lot of the boat activity and Just the graph activity in general is out deep like close to 30 feet of water And I'm gonna try fishing some of these offshore points things I can see on the on the graph and I've been going out there and marking bait and Just found some bass that are off of a point. It is time for the first time this year For me to get out that summertime ball and chain Carolina rig It's one of the classic deep water fishing techniques. It's just easy to keep your bait on the bottom So what I'm gonna do is they would take a one ounce Tonks and weight thread that on Go to a swivel barrel swivel and then you tie a knot on that That's the first knot Just tie a little 15 pound Guggen fluoro on the main line Cut that Really simple. So you got your big weight keep it on the bottom then your barrel swivel Then you want to cut yourself a liter. I'm also using 15 pound Guggen squad fluoro carbon right here. I usually like to get about Two to two and a half foot for a Carolina rig so tie your next knot Another uni knot on the other side of that barrel swivel and the reason that I'm Wanting to go to this Carolina rigs because I saw a lot of the fish really close to the bottom But this is a a four-ot hammer hook That you can get at shopcarls.com these fit our Trinch hogs Mondo worms cracking craws Bandito bugs the four and five oz fit really well the fours are for your smaller baits craws Bugs things like that and then this five-ot Really fits our Mondo worm and the trench hog really good This is a great summertime off-shore fishing bait. It's got a lot of appendages Those long kicking legs just big profile fish like big profiles post spawn summer As a general rule go bigger baits Post spawn smaller baits during the springtime Want to rig that up Texas Texas rig style? Where that hook just sits right on top of the bait and then we have these ribs on all of our Guggen baits You just kind of skin hook into one and that'll prevent it from popping out into some cover And then here's the most advantageous part of this whole situation this season We wanted to come up with another LFG series Rod in the big sexy line favorite and we came out with an eight foot Rod it's an eight foot medium heavy rod and it's a fast action. What this means is You're going to Fling Your baits out there with an eight foot you're getting so much leverage If you've ever tried to cast a Carolina rig, you've got like two and a half foot three foot of leader Almost impossible with a six and a half seven foot rod you get up to seven two seven three seven four seven five Gets a little easier eight foot makes it very easy. So this is the rod. I like to use for deep swim baits Throwing like big jig head swim baits offshore deep crank baits and then Carolina rigs football jigs things like that That's what it's designed for so really get your bait out there far. So Here we go. Hopefully we got a mind of a hook set with this big eight foot rod Just now it has water. I hope there's a bite Dang it. Give me the old tap tap. So at this point I've completely switched sides of the lake and I'm dragging some rocks I'm going to drag some rocks as soon as I get a little deer sausage Out deep about 20 to 25 feet of water Tried the shallows tried all that the typical stuff this lake y'all to me It just it hates me. It is my nemesis. I'm gonna figure it out And I hope you enjoy the journey of these times where I'm not catching them because one day I'm gonna I'm gonna slay out here, but someone is on the water right now He's been up to the Guggen HQ Got him hooked up on some trench hogs, and he's already caught some five six pounders They're slaying out here today somewhere on the water right now. It is going off It's just not in this boat No, at least the deer sausage is good. Give me that Danieler. This is really the complete opposite of Fishing deep look who I found White bass finally found some fish. It was literally going in. I was like, you know what some good rocks Got in a brush pile or something nasty got stuck in it line just goes boom start taking off I set the hook line breaks lost my entire Carolina rig population out here strong It's like water world. I'm Kevin Costner on tunes jet skis theaters This fish freaks out switch it up switch it up to a Mando worm Try to get in there and not Just jab my Carolina rig weight into the cupboard that one It tapped it and then I was waiting for him and then he pulled off with it. That was my fault Got something something's happening out here right now. There's a 32 33 pound sack being caught Somewhere in deep water. I know this Because there's pictures being sent it That one could have been a bluegill still got me excited though Finally got one. Oh, it feels good to oh, it's a big one. Oh, it's not that big, but it's a nice fish Feels good These are good good ones out here. Oh God, that's just a personal good feeling right there y'all Mando worm top of the nose blind in one eye Got broke off on a sea rig Throwback out there with a Mando. I'm figuring out some good little hardcover places. That's a nice fish It's not a giant six seven eight pounders, but it's it's a nice three and a half three and three quarters fish Yes I'm literally shaking because I've just been working so hard to try to figure something out And I know the potential out here. That's why I put everything down to go bass fishing today I saw the potential I Wanted to kind of dabble with crappie. I'm just I'm gonna keep fishing this lake until I figure it out Yeah, let's let this guy go. I might get another one. Thank you. I needed you. I needed you so much Back into the deeps Yes, fish came in about 20 feet of water hard bottom Typical summertime deal big worms big creature baits like the Mando worm and trench hog It's good things right now. So I gotta fire it back out there That's it. That would honestly be a good way to end today's video, but I gotta I gotta explore it a little bit more Okay, I've had a few more cast out here Nothing so far I did find a brush pile and I think that's where I had that other fish break off But we're gonna take it into the HQ right now and then wrap it up I am fueled right now though to come back out out here and explore more of this stuff I'm gonna just gonna dial in on the graph and find a bunch of spots I may not even fish for an entire day just boom boom boom boom boom Start calculate mode and then come back and fish all of these spots hard and figure out the juice See if we got anybody in the store. Alrighty. I was good to meet some of you up here at the HQ today Y'all want to stop by we're up here on two three four five nail road in crumb, Texas And some of us come up here and we work the store every once in a while So you just might get to hang out with us got PB photos We've got special story photos, especially if you've caught your PB or big bass on Guggen Bates We want to see it come up here bring your photos posted on the brag board Make sure to subscribe right here if you want to see more dangling y'all and we're gonna continue into some of this offshore structure Fishing I wanted to get in this little crappie dangled today But I got what soon as I started seeing some of the bass are being caught today and the size I just wanted to dial that in and let me know in the comments If you want to see more of that but right now I got ahead to somewhere tropical We're doing some saltwater fishing something I have not done in a year and a half So I'm excited to get back to a couple saltwater videos and they get back on the bass out deep Thank y'all for tuning in today make sure to subscribe right here So you don't miss a single dangle hit the like button and I'll see y'all