 I'm not gonna say it's a guarantee, but it's It's about as close as a guarantee as you can get There he is Y'all it's about a 645 in the morning right now Starting to hear some some boats take off. I woke up multiple times last night checking on the boat. He got super windy I actually had to get out in my underwear silver bullet You're still here my old girl Man I had to literally put down as much But as many appendages as I could I put down the trolling motor and had both poles in the back I put the motor down This thing was rocking last night and it was over there and I heard I literally heard My power pole like scrape a rock and I was like what was that I was asleep and I got up I turned my flashlight on I looked outside and the boat was floating away. So thank goodness I had my ears on I was ready for outdoor greatness. Let's talk about sleep. I can't really say That that is the best night sleep That I've ever had not having an actual sleeping pad is a doozy But I know what's gonna make me feel better is a nice hot cup of coffee I've got a huge canister brought enough coffee to last two weeks. So It tells you where my head's at priorities something I'm probably gonna have to get used to at New Zealand is taking down a wet tent every morning So might as well get used to it Thing that happened last night was the water dropped and now my boat is kind of stuck here So I'm gonna have to try to lift it up. They're about to be stuck y'all lessons of life When you're camping on an island on a lake just flooded These are the things that happen. They're letting out water. That's the thing about sleeping on the lake though You definitely get in tune. What's going on first fish of the day? Oh, we came on a fluke Little weighted bait very back to this creek here Coffee still steaming back there. Yeah, that is a beautiful sight right there Just go ahead and hit that like button. Just give it a good hard smash for sunrise coffee and bass right there Look at that bloody tail to indicators Indicators right up next to one of these trees in here Figured I could come back here and catch a couple This little creek being So close to the boat ramp. It'd be worth the shot. Oh That's over a limb there One's got it. Not even kidding. Got it while it was hanging on a limb The old dangle. Oh, I got away The old actual dangle Man, okay That was crazy y'all like I could just see my line moving. I Thought it was like it was a pretty good chance. There would be one around there though These little trees, I can probably take that flashlight off now You ever make yourself a cup of Joe You're ready to get a good sniff and a sip and then you realize you don't have a coffee cup That's what I'm currently dealing with. Good thing is though. I have one of my truck. Look at the steamy goodness It's after fishing that fluke for a minute got me thinking because yesterday I Was seeing multiple fish in areas Like one would grab it and then another one would be behind it. And if I just have To danglers on there it would I would get both of those fish So I'm gonna try that rig out today and see how it does. Well as I'm sitting here at the ramp Looking to my right. There is a There's like five or six Fish just for late sitting in the water at first. I thought they were striper That sort of looking closer on that kind of looks like a drum, and then I realized It's a dago bass. There's maybe one that's about three pounds in there Most of them about two pounds. I guess that's the average size out here Just looking at a bunch of dead floyd bass at the boat ramp. They are pretty tasty, but I try not to eat them I go after crappie. They're much better. Get out our coffee fuel. Am I ready to go? Sunrise bass fishing. Maybe God, I love the outdoors y'all Absolutely love Outdoor greatness One eatin' it bluegill Lot of bluegill in this pocket Skinny skinny skinny. Okay, sir. Let's you go. It's flattening out into this perfect spawning area depth in this creek is Fantastic Y'all I hate doing that. I hate picking up this little little rig here Something I can't do is really set the hook. There's a bite Can't reel into him like that. I came off. Dang it. Worm hooked itself I don't know how big that fish was Big enough for me to remember. The fish size seems to be better in this creek It's better than the other fish I was catching earlier There's a bite. It's got it. That feels like a better one. Nope. What a guy And of course I get the I get the little tweaker here What are you? Are you some sort of hybrid bass? What's going on here? This is a hybrid bass, I believe You see that no Striation through here. It's a spotted bass. It could feel the tongue, but it's got like no No lateral line. It's very strange. It's a cool catch. Oh Just saw a bass Go to town right there On the eats because this water is so clear and this is a flat what I'm trying to do is there's one Little guy trying to do here is just make long cast on this flat So the fish don't see me small one Little trees. It's amazing These things weren't even Underwater a few days ago. Now. They're just utilizing them as cover pretty adamant. I mean, it's been like every Creek that I've been into it's that's a thing We got He's running Got the drag loose. Oh, you're just a guy, but I knew you were gonna be back there strong Mighty and strong got you right at the top of the lip, buddy Right on the top of the schnip. Oh That's weird. I didn't even get him on the inside of the mouth Skinhooked right on the outside This little two-pound large mouth boy This lake is loaded with two-pounders Will there be one back here? I Think so. I'm not gonna say it's a guarantee, but it's It's about as close as a guarantee as you can get There he is. Got him And it's a decent one. Oh, look at them jump, baby Gosh dang. I love me some large mouth. I love when you guys get predictable, too Beautiful beautiful. You know another two and a half pounder. Man, you choked it. You choked it go Look at that glistening fins in the sunlight Golly, better smash that like button, you know another fish in a pocket I don't know if y'all could see that white area right there below my line So when a fish bites your lure, especially soft plastics, especially weightless soft plastics when they suck it all the way in Their teeth get on this area right here. And when you're using a a hook like this just a plain simple hook No, it doesn't need to come through the plastics. It's exposed I don't need to set the hook really that hard and if I do I'm gonna break my line when I'm using light pound test like this Really less than 10. I try not to yank on them too hard reel into them. You know, usually get them And they'll get a better hook set too and just make sure you're retiring often I'm using a light line There he is now Little guy Right at the end of that log though Listen to that tail flap in the air Full body exit from the water Gotta love it. Oh man. I was good and lift you dude Nice healthy fat one Just like clones just two pound galore See buddy, so we're approaching the back of a creek here And it uh, it's probably gonna have a few more That's just been the pattern Especially like these little pockets these little cuts like that Something that they could just kind of tuck in and do a little spawn action They absolutely love it. There's another one Right there in that little cut a little smaller another one with it Another dad gum. Oh gosh. This is when I need my double my double fluke. Ah, okay Here's a spotted bass There was a bigger one with it. I'm assuming they were spawning I don't really know much about Spotted bass spawning to be honest with you They're kind of mysterious But uh, that's a fat chunky healthy one There was another one with it. That was a little bigger And then there was another one that came in that was like tiny I was like, hey, uh, can I eat that? So the other day I got in my mtb pro box Some goodies, but one of the things that really stood out to me Don't get rigged. It's one of those things where I was thinking I haven't tried this technique too much And uh, all those fish that were coming up with multiples yesterday. I would have got them on this So two hooks two swivels and I'll show you how to rig this puppy up. Okay. So first thing you want to do is rig you up a leader With one of these barrel swivels And one of the hooks it comes with So I'm using 15 pound Guggen fluoro right here. Okay barrel swivel at one end Put your hook on the other end. Okay, we got about 18 inches for our leader Okay, I'm going to cut myself another leader One's about 12 is going to be 12 inches. The other one's about 18 We're going to slide this one up the line. We're going to take the longer one We're going to tie it here to the end of the main line Coming from the rod and reel Rig up my other bait here and this thing is going to be sick in the water One is a little bit longer than the other. So it looks like they're chasing each other And it is nasty That cast ought to have one point comes out there a little bit longer Probably going to be a spotted bass There's a largey It's a largey suspended out here He ate the clear one. It's good to know. Thank you for the knowledge, sir Oh, hey there bud. Hey You threw my lure you daggum punk You punk That is a spawner. That's a mid spawner there. That's going to need a retie. You see y'all When fish has got it like Right down in there That's why you just want to do that real easy hook set. So definitely need a retie after that Let that fish go It's crazy is like in the very back of that pocket. I can see fish just swarming around It's like they're getting ready to spawn they're moving up And they're they're not really interested in eating too much. They're it's like at this time of day They're looking for their beds making their beds getting ready another two pounder Just another two pounder Got some good luck butterflies just landing on the boat here Blessing the boat for us. Where are you going, sir? Come on back. Come on back Got my lucky butterfly over here. Look at him. He's coming in coming in hot Flying all around us. You just got to enjoy nature This is uh This is a paradise y'all look at this amazing Bass paradise Oh, this lake really reminds me of one of my favorite places to fish in the world. It's Table Rock Lake That's gonna need a retie right there. Mm-hmm. Hey another two pounder I've definitely got some goodness happening here for for bites, you know getting those two to two and a half pounders possibly had some bigger fish broken off but certified bonafide Stick a fork in a pattern Going in the backs of these pockets and creeks and I'm at a different part of the lake than I was Yesterday, so if you guys are wondering what that looks like from a map point of view This is basically it and you just look at you're looking for pockets. You're looking for big creeks and pockets within those creeks and anywhere that has some water depth In the backs of those pockets. So the ones that are super shallow and really flat You can just kind of look at the topographical Situation going on and you could figure out which ones are deeper and shallower And you can run that pattern pretty much everywhere But this lake is ginormous And I haven't explored much of it So I kind of want to go exploring and see if there's anything else that I'm missing out on It's hard to leave fish that are biting. I'm really breaking a rule here Don't leave a pattern. That's good. And don't leave fish that are biting But just for the sake of it's a new lake. I haven't explored it very much I want to make sure I'm not missing out on anything because this lake has got small mouth and a bunch of other species I'd love to get on the line Dagum dangle fest out here. I love it. Let's go silver bullet Get us to the next hole Little guy Come here now. Well, he's a two pounder He's just crazy little two pounders Got to do it y'all. Sweet delicious one Gosh, they're small, but they're beautiful and I love them. Oh, man I'm gonna let you go in the waters by my boat. Hopefully you're not blinded. Oh, there goes one There's a bunch more swimming by The amount of beds that are in the back of this cove are ridiculous Oh you so see you baby I came back in the back of this creek and it splits in the back and it is just Chocked full of beds. The most beds I've seen this entire time I've been fishing it may have something to do with being like midday too and they're really piling in here get starting to get Get their beds made but it is just when you see that it's just fancast around Well, y'all It is just uh pretty safe to say these fish are Getting on beds this afternoon That was just one of those one casters Just wah-bammed it No, man, this is the like the most spotted one I've seen. Oh, yeah 8 pound test Look at that beautiful little speckles there Uh, there's a lot of rock down here. It's good hard bottom. There's bluegill like this is the most spawning activity I've seen But it also means that The action's kind of slowing down because they're starting to bed at least in this region of the lake that I'm in so I think I might actually get out of here because I'm not seeing any big fish on beds So I was running down the lake and I looked down at my gas gauges said zero Like I have a digital meter That says it was like point one over here And then on my analog gauge It's showing empty as well I had a quarter tank just a little bit ago so I doesn't really make sense, but I'm super scared to run up to another spot that I wanted to Because if I do run out of gas, I'm Screwed like this lake is big. It's windy. It's not a good situation. So I'm probably gonna have to shut it down here guys Didn't run out of gas Thank the lucky stars. Well, was it a good day on the water y'all? Absolutely it was Even though I didn't get any big fish Just catching a lot of decent fish I'm really impressed by this lake. I really wanted to catch you a double on the donkey rig. Look how fun that is That's like a what do you call those things a children's mogul or something like that? That thing in the water is crazy and I was hoping for a double hookup, but I will return One day I will get a double hookup on this donkey rig and I will leave this link down below if you guys are curious I want to check it out on your home waters. It's pretty fun to play around with, you know If you like throwing weightless baits, if you got clear water, there's just bass that are schooling up together You see them More than one at a time Break this thing out. So I'll leave it linked down below. It's available at carls Didn't get a small mouth didn't get a wall. I didn't get a crappie, but I will be back y'all Let me know in the comments down below if you like that format just going out doing a little camping little fishing exploring new places I love doing both of those things and that is where I'm going to leave you today y'all If you haven't subscribed to this channel, yeah, go ahead and do so and I hope wherever you are You're getting to experience some outdoor greatness. If not, just soak it in right here and I'll see you right here On the next one