 What's going on guys welcome to another video today I'm going to be talking about our last tournament which was on Lake Chickamauga Whether I do good in the tournament guys or I do bad whatever it is I still want to do a walk-through and pretty much explain what went down You know during practice will went down during the tournament, you know why what happened You know just just the whole deal guys because yesterday was Thursday today's Friday. I've been super busy I really apologize for not getting this video out earlier I didn't notify you guys on social media that this video would be coming out a day late Which is today, which is Friday. So let me explain real quick what I'm doing today So this weekend I was supposed to be going out of town. I've had this plan for a while for a I was going to be going to fish with Tyler and Alex Rudd We're gonna go we were gonna go film on linear Well, Tyler had something pop up and he's gonna end up going back early Back home because he was in this area. So he's gonna be going back home Alex He had some family things pop up which are completely understanding of things happen And so he's not gonna be able to make it, but I do have some things I got to get done this weekend Which I can't really announce yet. I'm allowed to announce it, but I want to keep it a surprise guys I want to I want to I want to make these videos and surprise you guys with this whole deal that's coming up So I'm going home this weekend to handle that situation. I'm gonna be going out on the water I'm gonna film a little bit as well For one of the days and then I'll be coming back here because I got a crap ton of schoolwork guys I got a lot that I got to get done and I can't afford to stay there the whole week And it's not gonna happen with how much I got going on because we got finals We already got presented all our finals So I have all my finals where I have to get done and I won't be here the finals week of school because I'm going to National so I have to like get all this done. Well, anyways, let's hop into the video So if you guys haven't watched the previous vlogs, I would really recommend you go watch them You know, I did travel vlogs and actually filmed the practice day At Lake Chigamonga So I have all that up on YouTube. So let's talk about practice real quick. So practice It was a pretty it was a fairly decent practice. You know, we had about 16 pushing 17 pounds We're just running around fishing as much as possible covering a lot of water Finding new areas and really finding in or keying in what this fish were doing, you know, I knew those big fish We're gonna be we're gonna catch those bigger ones off of bed. We really didn't find too many fish on bed Too many big fish, you know, the fish that we were finding on bed were, you know, two three pounds, you know, barely keeping We saw a few that were actually pretty good ones. But rather than that, we did not see much So I kind of put we pushed out towards the main lake We started fishing the mouse of these little cuts these little creeks I were going in on the main lake and that's really when we started to get the bites I was throwing a jerk bait, which is honestly crazy I was not expecting to throw a jerk bait and I just saw a fish on my graph and they're just jerk bait fish And so I got tied on that mega bass Start casting around gas. It's absolutely killed. I mean caught over 30 fish that day on that jerk bait I caught almost every species in the lake on that bait So I knew I was throwing something that obviously all the fish were eating and we're catching them fairly good, you know We weren't sitting here running every fish you catch was three to four pounds. That's not the case No, that wasn't a case. Did we catch some three to four pounders? Yes, but it wasn't every single fish I'm a bunch of two to two and a half pounders and a bunch of smaller fish as well So we've done a little bit in practice. We figured something out We had a little game plan for the morning the next day was gonna be super cloudy We knew this fish were gonna be Roman So we were gonna just adjust her in the day and do what we could so we get out there We're fishing we pull up to our first spot pretty much We're fishing the mouse at our first spot and then we're gonna push in to the little cove to a little Creek fish the inside in the back of it because we didn't fish time practice and I thought there could be you know It's possibly some big fish in there We got two fours or a three and a half and a four right at the mouth of that So I knew there could be some bigger fish back up in there We went back up in there Oakley caught our first fish. I caught I caught a few bass But they're too small it didn't measure after that We ended up fishing that area for a good bit of time I started running and gunning hitting all our jerk bait spots that we were just killing them on before and I caught our second keeper. He wasn't even that big I mean these fish were both like two pounds, but for them to keep I mean they had to be about that size They're super long fish had to be 15 inches small mouth had to be 18 inches Well guys we stopped at this one spot. I was like, let's just try this real quick first cast I catch a spot and it's too small throwing back This big old yacht comes by and it's stirring up some water So there's gonna stir up that all that bait Turning throw it throw a cast kind of behind the boat where I saw some fish on the graph when I was pulling up I'm drinking that jerk bait. I hope one he's pulling my drag You know he's told me all around like all right. This is a big one. So what we need we give him to the boat He's a big small mouth is like three and a half pounds and Get him in the boat. He has to be 18 inches. You guys gotta know that measure to me. He's like 17 and a quarter Literally had to throw back like a three and a half pound small mouth Which was honestly the worst experience in my life guys Like I've never had to sit there and throw back a good fish like that for no apparent reason like we had to sit There and just release it and that just absolutely sucked as we're fishing on throughout the day You know, we're catching a ton of fish guys. I'm telling you we're catching them good and they were all just dead on the money They're just pushing 15 I mean like hairs guys and these were fat fish note that the fish that we were catching were bigger than the ones in Our live well like these fish were fat These are like two and a half fat two and a half to three pounds or three and a half pound with a small mouth Found fish that we're having to throw back. So we threw back probably 12 13 pounds worth of fish Just because they want to measure which just sounds absolutely stupid, but that's what it was We get about, you know, three and a half four hours into the day, you know, not we're just kind of getting warmed up You know, we knew her bite was gonna pick up later on in the day Well, I'm driving down the river. We're gonna go back to her first spot and I feel something a little weird But you know, it feels a little different. So I pressed down. I felt a little weird. I'm like, all right I'm gonna lower the boat As I'm lowering the boat right when it's about to about to drop down like that Right when it drops down, you just see my motor just shaking like crazy. What do I do? throw back Lift the motor up and one of the ears on my prop and it's absolutely gone Just I just flung flung a prop or flung one of my blades So at that point I was like, all right, maybe I can just idle over here to this bank Well, I put it in the gear shake him really bad. I'm like, all right, there's no way no way that's gonna happen We'll be idle it over to this bank. It's just super steep bluff wall There's like no pockets nearby All we have was a trolling motor at that point and all we could do is just put down the trolling motor and covered water so that's what we did and I caught a few fish and Just couldn't make it happen there guys. We had to call one of our teammates. They went and picked up Oakley I stayed in the boat because Oakley had to go weigh in our fish I stayed in the boat and as Oakley and then we're gone There's a boat ram nearby that I had to work my way towards because I have my dad That was actually gonna come pick me up with my truck Oakley took my keys and then my dad picked up my truck and ran into this boat ramp that was nearby So as I'm working my way there, I caught like 12 13 pounds I would keep I was actually measuring the fish because I wanted to see if they would actually keep without all the bigger fish So we caught the winning key and I caught about 12 13 pounds Just right there right after the tournament after Oakley was gone just covering this water going back I caught him on a drop shot Caught him on a jerk bait caught him on a little beaver Just tearing them up just tearing the fish up caught two for three pounders I'm in the rest where you know around two two and a half. Geez guys I just don't understand why all this crazy stuff happens in tournaments every single time You know something crazy happens was just tournament fishing for you guys if you guys tournament fish you know you can't go out there and win everyone or you can't go out there and Expect it to be an amazing day You can't go out there and expect you not to have boat problems or whatever it is And this year has been filled with a lot of that stuff guys filled a lot of boat problems filled with a lot of Stupid stuff that really shouldn't happen But it does and that's the part of fishing and you just got to accept that and go on to the next event But about my boat is actually getting fixed right now. So by the time I get in Atlanta should be good I actually bent my prop shaft as well So with that whole deal with that motor with that with that motor shaking everything when you got to understand So that prop you got three blades on it When you take one of those blades off that things, you know, it's it's tumbling like this when it goes around Bent my prop shaft on wind up contacting Yamaha or my boat mechanic did and he got us hooked up there So that's getting fixed and everything what sucks is we just put in the brand new prop shaft on there Not too long ago gonna get a new prop put on that was a must anyways My prop had a little dean in it and it wasn't coming through water perfectly. So that that was our event guys All the fish I pretty much caught on I tried to throw in that big swim bait The fishers were not committing Oakley threw it a good bit. Oakley threw more than me He had a few bites on it where fish slapped it, but just never got it I was throwing that jerk bait pretty much the whole time because that's what I had confidence in That's what I was catching them on, you know, that's what was happening I was going out there and just I felt like that was the only thing I could really get a bite on I only got a bite on slow-moving baits after the tournament or I only caught one during the tournament on a slow-moving bait and I never caught one on it during practice It was just very weird, you know, I was just killing them on that jerk bait, which is unexpected But that just shows you guys that you guys got to fish the fish and not the lake when you go to these lakes You can't expect, you know, all these fish to be doing a certain thing You got to go out there with an open mind and figure this fish out and that's what we did And we did the best that we could and that's all we can say from there But I hope you guys are enjoying the vlog series guys. I'm heading home this weekend I'm going to be vlogging I want you guys to leave a comment below and what you guys want me to see on linear If you guys want to see a certain tip video on linear You want to see how I'm going to break down linear because note that I have not been to linear in a while So when I go out there, I'm pretty much just going to be fishing like a whole new lake I'm not going to sit there and fish the stuff that I've been fishing I'm going to go out there and you know experiment a little bit And I figure out what those fish are doing and go put the hammer on them guys But thank you guys so much for watching if you enjoyed this video Be sure to smash the like button be sure to comment below be sure to subscribe and hit the little bell Thank you all so much for the support and I'll catch you guys in the next video