 Oh, there's another one. Oh gosh, that's a crappie. Oh, it's a it's a big and it's a huge crappie All right, everybody welcome back to the channel and to Jimmy Houston's ranch So we're here for one more morning. I've got to get back. I thought while I'm here Let's try to snatch the crappies. We've had some glimpses of some awesomeness some beautiful black crappie yet to catch a White crappie out of here, but I've heard from multiple people now That they have caught three pounders here personally and Jimmy told me that He's had quite a few people had to catch their PB's out here And I'm pretty sure I did for a black crappie. That was my black crappie PB the other day, but I want to see if I can try to get one of those three pounders and the lake we fished yesterday Amazing time with Jimmy y'all just a man. It was just one of those Like lifetime memory type deals anyways I'm gonna go back out to that lake and try to fish that grass line where we did catch a couple of crappie Maybe move out to some trees, but it seems like the crappie are hanging in that grass Kind of in a tough fishing situation before they really move up and start spawning and it gets crazy We're gonna break out the spinning tackle Probably gonna break out a jerk bait as well Maybe some small shad type stuff with some jig heads because we're trying to go for big ones We don't just need to throw a little tiny crappie jigs But we might have to today since they're being a little fickle before we get started today I just want to give a shout out to Mercury motors power is through if you want to check out any of their Small to big engine systems linked down below now. Let's get out to the water and try to get us a big old dinner plate Oh Y'all there is a gobbler a turkey just running this fence right now White tail over here Okay, all we're on the lake. We're gonna put on a crappie jig and We're gonna see if we can get some crappie in the grass This is different than most situations I've crappie fish before catching them in The shallow banks for trees In the grass is definitely different for me. So What Jimmy was explaining was these fish were moving up to spawn the other day They were staging up and they caught like 80 out of one little pocket and When we went out yesterday, there was nothing in there and those fish had just pushed out They're just riding this front out. We don't have exactly a bluebird today. It's pretty bad, but we still have some clouds These fish are probably gonna be buried in the grass and just hold up Waiting for those conditions to get right and by conditions. I mean the water temp and right now It's 55 it really needs to get the 60 for them to to really start getting in there and going ham. So I am going to You know put me on one of these little sickle tails right here these little sickle tail baby shads right here Big fan of live magic shads I use all different kinds of crappie jig trailers But I like these these little sickle tails sometimes where you can swim it So simple jig had 16th ounce We may have to bump up if it gets a little windier Just kind of as a search bait, this is how it happened yesterday caught him on a swim bait I'm gonna throw a jerk bait jerk bait crappie love jerk baits Something about that bait sitting there For extended period of time. They really like that I'm probably gonna catch a few bass doing this as well, but I want to try to locate a crappie once I do well pull down Stay put and then we'll try to hammer hammer around a couple things, but I could get a big one on the jerk bait You guys can see this this grass on the life scope. It is really thick, but there are some edges And these crappie are probably gonna be on one of these sharp edges out here Mmm, there's one. Oh my gosh, that's a big fish, baby. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh, it came off That was so big That was scary That was a that was a big bass I was not prepared for that That was a big bass Took me for a ride Got me hung on the grass The way Jimmy's got these lakes laid out is ideally what I would want to just crappie big bass and big crappie and they're living in some of the same areas And that's a big one too. That's a big bass geez The other one was much bigger than this It's a good way to start the crappie fishing morning though like that Come here you big big booger. Oh My There's a nice one. It's like a five-pounder y'all What a beauty That's a nice fish big old bass starting out the morning crappie fishing. Gotta love it. Awesome See ya that other one. I had on was just an absolute tank buddy Okay, we're gonna try a crappie jig right here. I just saw one on my life scope. I was chasing it That's either a small bass or crappie whoo, and then when this nipley Oh one's coming Come on got him. Oh My gosh micro bass never mind. Holy cow. Jimmy you got some You got some little micros See you dude Okay, see ya Okay, so far got a few bass couple larges no crops so You know could catch a tip that it's really it's difficult because I know there's 10 pound bass in here They're respawn right now I could catch them on a jerkbait right here Really did have a big one on earlier Big old largey. They want a jerkbait ladies and gentlemen holy shmoly Easy release Smashing all my barbs down here for for Jimmy's place Love the idea of that. I'll be honest with you. I'm torn right now the chance at a 10 pound bass It's here Higher chance though. Is that a three pound crappie? They're gonna be on one of these grass edges that one is loaded with bass It really makes sense because that is a that is a old pond where this bastard going into spawn and we caught him in there yesterday for Jimmy's show And it's cooled down. I mean it's in the 40s right now. Those fish have pulled out They're waiting to go back in there sitting on a grass line. Come on be a crappie Nope Dagon basser Rolling Dagon rascal basses Look about crappie size, but you're not there buddy Yep, there's one. This is a crappie. This is a crappie There we go Black crappie time Not a big one Just a gorgeous one Gorgeous Where's that hammer at? Come on big bass one of them Dagon bass You can get off It's always the ones you want to get off that don't get off. There we go All right, here's what I'm gonna do Wanted to try this is the perfect place to do it And it's just a like a beefed-up version. So we're going beef to beefed up crappie tackle here today so I'm gonna grab my My finesse rod right here. This is normally what I would use for shaky heading and You know small jig head type stuff Ned Riggs, whatever and I'm going to grab I'm gonna get this box out. This is like my finesse spotted bass smallmouth Tough large mouth clear water box. I've got little neds and all that sort of stuff. I'm gonna take one of these 3.3 inch saucies and I'm gonna put that on On the little jig head like a little quarter ounce or something Something with a small hook kind of maybe one of these bad boys Right here. I just want something that doesn't have a big hook on it and that looks to be About perfect. Okay. We'll try that thread this through a swim head would be better but We're gonna give that a shot See if the crappie can get that in their mouth. It's looking supreme I'm gonna try to get back on these little crappies here. I think they're just so far buried in the grass It's gonna make it Make it tough to see him with any kind of life-scape or anything Gosh that was a crappie Just plinked it Trying to get it that crappie's trying to get it right now. It's a little too big for First face We'll throw this crappie jig out there and see if we can get them. That was a good hard thump though. Oh That one got it This has to be a bass And it is Down there deep on that grass line Not a crappie if it was it would be my PB Come here little sugar bagger Okay See ya Big crappie there we go crappie on the swim bait And it's just a nice beautiful golden black crappie Look at that beautiful eye. I Will have you tattooed on my arm at some point Okay, I love you. I love you so much. Okay first one on the swim bait and That was awesome. I want more of that I want a three-pounder slam a sweat bait. How cool is that? Come on You know, there's super colored up right now too with With the spawn being just around the corner and there's another one Here we go. Now we're doing it. Now we're doing it ladies and gentlemen Now we getting them and that one's slurped it. I'll let them have it Let them have it You are a tasty little treat Tasty little treat. Yes Love to see you in the morning Sunrass This is definitely different for me guys. I'm normally looking at crappie and brush piles or you know suspended over a rock or round docks or something like that, but Catching them in the grass is different. I've I've seen it done but it's just It's hard to look at them with the electronics. You just kind of have to catch one and There's another one. That's a bass Bass mixed in Electrofun, Electrofun times here. Oh There's one. Oh, that's got to be a bass. Yeah, I think so. I think it is. If not, it's a magnum crappie. Oh Yeah, it's big big and just one of the big green devils. Oh, yeah Yeah, come here Pounder or so and I don't I don't mind catching you. I mean, I really don't Really don't healthy, but They go healthy, but See you Crop lock wasn't a giant but just a lot of those 12 to 13s right here They're just not they're not in one tight pod just having a fancast over this little grassy flat area. Oh, there's another one. Oh gosh, that's a crappie. Oh It's a it's a big it's a huge crappie. Oh, yeah, baby. Oh Yeah, baby. That's a monster. No. No, I lost it. Oh my god. Oh Oh, geez. Oh my gosh, that was freaking giant. Oh That was the freaking huge that was probably my PB. Holy cow. Yeah, that thing was in the twos for sure Maybe mid to high twos. Oh My gosh, I think hit it like a five pound bass. Oh That was the one little one It's a little runner dad go Oh You know catch the catch the little one So I'm using a barbless hook here guys, but oh Man All right, now that the Sun is popping out I can see a little something right here Might be holding these crops Drop you in the tree and that's a good one. That is a good one Not quite as big as That hammer Love to see it. There we go. Drop it time Okay, there's a pattern developing now trees that are on the flats. Oh Gosh hammered right there Right in the middle of that tree Pick up this jig and just pitch it at this tree a couple times See if we can get the big mama hiding in there Got it Right in the middle, and that's a big and come on, baby Come on big girl Get up in here. Oh You're so beautiful Lovely That's a nice one there y'all shoot baby What a gorgeous healthy fish man healthy fish. That's probably about a 15-incher Not my biggest. We'll let it go See a big girl. Let's just see if we can get another one out of this tree Got him Come here biggin about the same. It's a nice one. I got a feeling There's a big in there Oh my Gotta be a bass. That's the old green one fish has been caught before recently See you girl Boy, there we are big crop big crop Come on Come on, baby Get up in here big and yes That's a mega flopper. Oh my gosh Easy easy easy calm down. I know so excited isolated stump Big and holy That's a nice one right there y'all. Oh my gosh, I just found the school This is the school suspended open water See this school of crappie right there guys Right there. Oh my gosh. Oh It's bass Is it no, it's a big white crappie. Oh my gosh. It's a big this this is a school of the big white crappies. Oh my gosh, oh My gosh, there could be a giant in here. Oh Oh There we go. Oh That's another black crappie. It's just light colored And he had it. Oh my gosh. I gotta stay on that school That was the school man. They were on the move They were just suspended open water Stud I could see that school suspended down there and they're just hovering out over this point And as soon as I I hooked that one the school just scattered They weren't all in anything or just open water come here Not a giant, but another crap had an awesome morning crappie fishing y'all All right, I let those fish go ended up being a 15-inch or and a 16-inch or Lost a giant I don't know how big that crappie was y'all, but it was a magnum But throwing the swim baits that is a new technique that I haven't done for crappie I thought I'd break it out today and It proved to be very useful. I mean obviously it caught bass on it, too Throwing a little swim bait on a jighead like that. It catches a lot of different species But if you're trying to go for a bigger crappie's target some bigger ones It is a good thing to throw and what I really like about it is I could get a lot of distance in my casting and Fishing the grass, which is something. I've never done before for crappie I could keep that bait in that zone just above the grass a lot easier than throwing a little like 16th or an eighth ounce crappie jig and you could just get so much more distance cover more water So using that quarter ounce. I need to play around with the jig heads. This is just like a net head style But the hook was okay, but I need to find the perfect little jig head for doing this But I'm definitely going to keep this in my arsenal for fishing for crappie's in lakes that that have big ones and Use that to target long areas when they're spread out Or just pitch to trees where I know some big ones are hanging It's a lot easier for me coming from you know bass fishing background Just pick that up and I can target cast really really really easily with it So any if y'all there are the bass fish I'm gonna want to try that out for crappie Give it a shot, but I just got to just got to enjoy the experience I had out here today and man Come back so bad. So anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed watching today Make sure to subscribe here to the channel because we're almost at a million Subs y'all and you got to smash it for big old crappie's. I love you. God bless