 Oh, there's a bite Thank Lordy for boat covers y'all welcome back to the channel Glad you're here. Glad you subscribed first things first if y'all haven't subscribed to the lake life family channel Go over there and do so. It's gonna be right here where you can click it or Down below in the description box need to get that channel to a hundred thousand subs because right now They're not allowing us to have comments on the channel Which is a super bummer to many of you that have subscribed over there and In order to even talk to them to get on their level where you can actually communicate with them You got to have a hundred thousand subs so go over there do it do me a favor even if you don't watch the videos Just go subscribe so I can give them a piece of my mind over there It is mid-morning right now, and I cannot believe the shade the amount of shade that is happening here at the treehouse Spiders coming out everywhere and walking outside. You know it's that time of year. We're like Like every time you walk out. There's little caterpillars coming down green I don't even know where this stuff came from y'all. I don't know why it is just It's all over the yard just feels like one of those days I need to go spend my time out on the water grab a deer sausage stick sticking in the bow a little bit of water Some ice and grab some poles man I've really been waiting on the lakes close to me to turn on and I've traveled To other lakes and other regions and I've had some success doing that But now I want to put my time in close to here so I can go out fish come home to family without further Do let's get out to the water see the conditions and get to danglin Let's figure these fish out clock in put our work in today 67 degree water that might be cooling down as we're idling around but what would y'all be doing until it's 66 degrees Let me know in the comments your thoughts. My thoughts are I'm gonna check back of creek first. It was a little cool last night But I'm not cool enough to really back them out And I'm just gonna work my way out the last time I was out here water was 62 It's like borderline like borderline. They're moving up and there was a few fish sneeze Just kind of fish yellow But not really not full spectrum Let's go see if they're up there and then let's figure out the deal. I always love doing this I always love coming to a lake as it's evolving and figuring out the deal. What is the deal? How can I catch a decent sack of bass? Alrighty, I've been out here about two minutes and I just noticed I just saw a bass blast something on the shore and I'm thinking it could be a bluegill. There he is got him on the bank up there close Slurped it close to the bank. It's a good fish too. They go They go absolutely Slurped it. Oh, yeah, I like that. I Like to start off the first few minutes of the day like that. That's a skinny fish Skinny fish that makes me think that fish has Been up there for a minute. I don't see a bloody tail, but good little first fish That's a little two-pounder See you baby I've been throwing a little bit off the bank and then I threw Right up on the bank Gave it a couple of cranks and I backed off of it crankbait floated up and just Hosed it crankbait can be worked In such a way that can crush bass around brush You just have to be really good at it and I'm not like I know how to make a little roll cast and pitch But there are anglers out there that can take a crankbait and flip it into brush Super soft landings. I kind of got a soft landing right there. That was like an eight And they they could work it through that brush Get those little pitches in sort of like pitching a jig around which is what I love to do but the crankbait at times can be even better just puts off a bigger bigger presence and still thinking about tying on a little blue-goal crank and Trying to get better at that technique All I'm seeing in the back is just some stinky old gar, so that makes me think that It ain't happening. I'm not seeing any bass cruisers. Water's just pretty muddy and Just not getting any bites too. That's always a good indicator. So the back of the creek. No luck Is that gonna be the last back of the creek I fished today? Probably not. I've got more to explore But all I have to go on right now is that crankbait up shallow There also is the shad spawn this time of year too and that could have been happening I see some shad flicking up in the shallows They could have been really going this morning They always spawn at night and usually around the moons as well But we're not really on a strong moon feeling more of a big bass out towards like mid-creek or even mainland It's such a calm day Such a great day if you find them to really slow down throw a shaky head throw throw a jig You know, but that brush I don't know. There's just options this options. It's good stuff man good stuff I'm feeling good about it already caught a fish first five minutes of the day Second fish comes on the swim bait About the same size just choked it right off the bank New spot new location This water is just so calm so still I was like, yeah, I'm gonna pick up my little swimmer. This isn't a lake that I've typically thrown some bait like this on I Know it's good in all lakes, but this just Water's not very clear at all There's not any grass But that one absolutely choked it sets a good sign Another one right there that one kind of felt like a guard hit Another thing that swim baits good for is just identifying Now where a fish is little guy There you go What are you doing hitting that swim bait dude? We've got ourselves a few fish now And it's great to know that finally water 65 degrees fish are on the bank like I'm doing one You know when you're just catching them around the bank. They've moved up So now the key is dialing in where specifically in these creeks. Are they I haven't even tried main link That could be all the way out there and then also how do we get the big fish? We've had some two pounders or so now how do we get three four pounders get ourselves a nice Juicy fish. I got myself a little milk run now. I'm gonna hit this cove I'm gonna hit this cove hit this bank, and I've got all my baits lined up. It's gonna be good. Let's hit it baby Bank there with a crankbait right off that point right on the point God what a splash back in there. Oh my god a big one. He that was a big one dad go Well, that's the kind of fish. I'm looking for I think My hook was a little too small in my shaky head for What was going on there? So I? Switched to a slim shake worm It's a little bit slimmer profile It's got a watermelon red man That was the least five pounder Just packed it to it packed it and then hung on to it Which is usually what a bigger fish does doesn't really move too much Set the hook. I like whoa. This isn't a little hefty here Thought for sure. I was gonna get another one in there. I did not What I have done is broke me off these eddy rays deer summer sausage This is why I love to do your hunt right here So I can eat deer while I'm fishing in the spring let the cheese melt a little bit Keep me going keep me fueled that was gonna be my big bass right there But we're gonna go try some other spots try to get a good one that we can give a nice big Mondo sniff on And we break the silence with a fat spotted bass Been a while since I've caught one of these guys little one though Toothy tongue, that's how you can really tell I got those striations, but well muddy water spotted bass it and as pretty as those real dark Nice fatties from other lakes the reason I stopped right here I noticed some some blue herons on the bank and There was a shad jumping and one of them literally flew over there and grabbed a shad Out of you know the fish or school of fish that was trying to get the shad is really cool to watch Then I thought I might throw me a little crankbait on here They're a pretty good size shad that we're jumping out of the water. So I was thinking Might be a big bass Fish on it. Oh Another little peanut golly Still love you though little buggers are in here Afternoon buck bass go have yourself a good day You smell so good your smell gives me happiness lots of bites just Not the ones that I dream of not the ones that I Play up at night and think about get up early for I don't know the shad spawn may have Okay, I gotta get back to that Another buck another little buck they're just eating this little stick bait up like there should be oh, that's a spotted bass spotted bass getting up there Little trick for y'all in your stick baits if you're fishing on shaky. I just take that little Top part bite that off. You're good to go again. Got yourself another another round of fish Especially when you got those little ones just pecking at it. It's technique y'all is So killer when the conditions are tough It's like, you know, just watch the guy go all through here with a crankbait spinner bait hadn't caught anything and then You just slow down with a stick bait either on a Texas rig or a Little jig head like this Well, he's average size. He's not that boy. He absolutely just sat with it You got to really be careful using these baits because they'll just sit there and hold on to it forever You had it chomped That's simple. Mmm. I just switched to a new color too. That's It's got a blue and green flak in it. So I'm getting bites. I've had to resort to this Finesse style of fishing, but I like to call this Texas finesse So just to tell y'all a little bit more about the rig here if y'all are having trouble getting bites And need to rig up one of these The the rod I'm using it's a seven foot medium action rod. So it's it's not a Super whippy rod. It's got a doesn't have a whole lot of backbone quite honest I mean, it's a spinning rod. So it's not it's not a heavy hammer But what I have on here is braided line. I've got our 30 pound eight strand braided line It's really smooth. I like to use really smooth round line when I'm fishing spinning set up You just get better distance it handles better on on spinning tackle, and then I've got a 15 pound fluorocarbon leader and I'm just using our our 15 pound Guggen line fluoro and That those two diameters actually match up pretty good the 30 pound braid and the 15 pound fluoro and 15 may seem quite a bit for fishing a shaky head, but I Have broken off so many fish using 10 12 I'm not even gonna go with eight or anything like that. I'd never go down that path But with this setup with the braid and the fluorocarbon Mixture you're able to get a good hook set because there's no stretch in the braid and then with the fluorocarbon the fish Can't see it and also acts as a little shock absorber and also if you're fishing rocks It's really good too because braid tends to cut up on rocks fluorocarbon. It's pretty strong And that is that is it. It's just a dragging technique. You just drag it in that zone four to six foot There's probably bass that are obviously buck bass moving up there. They're getting ready to bed We got another full moon coming up here and about a week week and a half So there's gonna be just a lot of small fish in this area But to get a bigger one just fish it out a little bit and I've already had my shot at a big one today Didn't quite stick up. I didn't didn't quite have it in its mouth But if y'all want to see how I spool up this combo, I'll leave a link for my Instagram to where there's a video To how I spool spinning reels. I know that seems pretty simple, but it's given me a lot of trouble in the past with line Twist, I know many people have the same disgruntlement against using spinning reels, but Freaking took off with it I mean that fish should have let go That was a bigger fish probably let go. I had pressure on it and it just hung on to it Look at this strong fish. My gosh Strong fish. What have you had? What do you got on you? You got some sort of big cut big cut on your back dude. I'm sorry It might have been from a bird trying to stab you at some point Sorry about that got a rough little little life just a bunch of these small bucks, you know 14 inches and stuff But this setup right here, I've literally went from not getting bites To getting a lot of bites or just not big by switching to this setup right here. They just can't resist it The only thing I would say about this rig is That it does require patience. Oh There's no there's really no technique here, you know, it's literally you throw it out there and drag it in that depth There's something about these stick baits that they they really like this time of year It's just been proven to catch small and big fish. You got to be patient, which I am not that patient It pains me to fish this way I like to get a moving bait and going around and trust me I did it for many more hours after that little morning bite was over and didn't get a bite And this just seems to be the way to get them now and that's kind of the deal in the spring going into late later late spring is There'll be that shad spawn and fish are just more active in the lowlight Anyways, you get them going and then they'll just shut down in the afternoon and usually the people that end up conquering that day Are you know people that just are really patient? They know how to just soak a worm and then eventually they'll get that big bite God I'm just gonna say this bank just looks Like the right angle for one to be in So many buck bass moving up right now So many bucks coming in and I could tell I could tell they're just coming in because their tails aren't all beat up That one's a little pink But when they get later in the spawn they really they get all beat up and that one looks kind of fresh Another thing I love about fishing this on braid With that leader you get such a good hook set when you make that long cast you start dragging it and then you get that You know you're gonna get a good hook set with the break There's no stretch to it and you also get that sensitivity It's just Feel the bite really good. Oh kiddo key friends. We're gonna shut it down right there Because it is getting movie caliente. I still have to know the grass do daddy duties but got on a good little stretch of Bites right there just by switching up the technique. I have a love-hate relationship with spring I love it because it's the opportunity at a mondo bass. You guys know that I've had a few double digits in My life and they've I've always come in the spring when the bass are super fat Whereas if I catch them in the summer, they're like eight or nine pounders. That's the exciting point time The the non-exciting thing about fishing this time of year is that bass when they get in that spawn mode They forget about eating. It's just not on their mind anymore So they'll always feed in the morning and at night in low light conditions, but during the spawn During midday it could be really tough. They just kind of shut down because they're thinking about spawning, you know And a lot of those buck bass were moving up today had the shot at one big and it came off I'm going to leave another tip on my instagram about modifying Your hook on your shaky head whatever it is to throw these the stick baits I think this is really an ultimate finesse tactic for when the bass are tough fishing finesse rig stick baits like that if you're going to fish in ponds though or Grassy lakes I recommend throwing that on a little texas rig like throwing you three sixteenths ounce on there something pretty light If it's real grassy and the fish are shallow like less than five feet. You may want to go down To like an eighth ounce and really fish it slow and using that shaky head on there That's just lights out for fishing any kind of hard bottom rocky bottom makes that noise Gets their attention and there's something about a fat old stick bait that they just love this time of year For those of you that are unfamiliar with stick bait fishing you need to get you some I'll leave a link down below for carls bait and tackle our online retailer that we work with and that's where I get all my all my terminal tackle and And a lot of my other baits from so I'll leave a link for there And if you sign up for uh carls club, you get 30 off the whole daggum site It's pretty good and you can pick up the new googan line. It is available there That's what's spooled up on my rig right here 30 on the main line as braid and then 15 as the leader It's good stuff. It's affordable and I think you guys are going to love it Okay, that is all I have for you today. My face feels like a tomato And i'm pretty sure i'm gonna have the old kunai's when I take these off, but Got to leave that's just like a tattoo of honor this time of year Hope you guys enjoyed watching today Don't forget to subscribe right here to the channel and subscribe to the family channel I'll leave it linked down below and I love you guys. I hope to see you right back here on the next day