 There he is, Mr. Jojo Bars himself. I don't know, so it is my birthday, guys. John's got this cabin. He invited me out to come hang out and do a little dangling. I said, sure, man, I'll get the silver bullet. Come on out. Fishing is tough right now. But this lake is, I've just always had good luck in it. I like it. I like it for multiple species too, not just bass. So I'm putting the boat in the water, and I already saw a few bass cruising. You know, water's probably about 90 degrees right here where I am, but lots of bluegill, and in fact, beds. Bluegill beds, if you can believe it, right here in August. And not just little ones. I'm talking magnums. So I'm going to try a little bluegill fishing. I've got the Gold Series Micro Rod. So these are made for pan fish. I've also got the 1,000 size spinning reels. Been using these for crappie. With the amount of bluegill that I'm seeing up shallow, there's always going to be bass in the summertime hanging around those areas. And marinas, docks are great places for that to happen. Giving her a hot, steamy dangle today, guys. We're just going to see what is living around here. Now something fun that I like throwing just to catch anything is this little saucy. Just swimming it around, it catches everything. Catch the bass on it, catch bluegill, crappie, whatever. Since we have so many of these beds up here, I'm just going to kind of swim this around, see what happens. See if we can get one of these big tank gills. Ooh, little one just tried to smack it. Get out my summertime friend here. Now the top water that's stuck to this rod. Oh, everything is baking. So freaking hot. Got bluegill stolen right there. There we go. I don't know what this is. Big bluegill. Oh my gosh. That is a magnum, man. That's definitely my PB for the year. Look at that. Just glued in the nose with that saucy. That is crazy. All right, we'll let you go. I was confused. I know it wasn't a crappie, but it didn't feel like a bass. Just big old, tasty bluegills. I'll catch those all day. Getting popped. Tearing me up, man. Now you're good at doing that. Probably need to do a better job of letting me eat it. Used to those crappie thumps. You can see some of these things coming up, the surface, and they're just huge. Oh my God, look at this one right here. Oh, God. I'm literally stuck, but I'm looking at one that's a chief. It's a chieftain. Oh, goodness. God, these are giants. I mean giants. Holy cow. Oh my gosh, bluegill, y'all. Running. Oh my gosh, this micro rod's perfect, too. Look at the absolute behemoth size of these. Holy tater tots. I just want you all to look at that size. My gosh, that is freaking massive. These are the biggest bluegill I've ever caught in a lake, y'all. Go get bigger, darling. Geez. Wow, I let that one sink down a little bit. I mean, you could tell who can those little fish with this rod, it's a lot of fun. All right, I'm going to try this chartreuse in black. I've done well with this color just in general. Bluegills seem to like pink a lot, too. Got some straight pink ones I might try, but I'm not even catching the fish that I thought I was going to. I thought I was going to catch these ones that are on beds, but I threw over there and they were not attacking like I was hoping, so I'm just swimming these docks. There's one. Oh my gosh, another big bite. Just didn't let him take it. Probably took my tail. This little paddle tail on this thing is, it's thin plastic, it's designed to actually swim. You know, a lot of little swim baits you get this size, I mean, they're just not going to swim at all. But God, that little tail kicking, that just seems to get him going. It's like every cast I'm getting some sort of nibble. I've just got a bite right there, just tapping it. You know, my last technical Tuesday video was talking about this line that I'm using. You know, this is a 12-pound braid right here in that yellow color. And this is a perfect example, because I'm fishing such a light bait that a lot of times when I pull it up, it's falling, you know, on a slack and I'm looking for that twitch. I can, a lot of times, feel it in my rod, but I like it when I can see it happening. It took the whole plastic. Ripped it up and then took it off the hook completely. Pink Mini Mondo, pink head. Let's see how feminine they want to be here. Kept those big themes. Oh, first cast, absolutely. It's a lot to get in their mouth though. It's essentially like a grub. Just letting it sink. Come here. Not quite as big. It's still a giant. The males will get that real red color on the chest. The females have more of these just bars. They're kind of duller colored. Still really nice fish. One on the pink. Oh, there's plastics right here. I can fish. I can probably catch 15 crappie on one of these. Little bluegill. Nope, they're voracious. Little tiny banditos. Things as cute as a little spotted pup. Cute as a spotted pup. Look at that little tiny buddy. Man, I'm telling you there's a bunch of them. Boy, howdy. Yep. Actually, I think I saw that one on the scope moving towards my bait. Look at this fight. Magnums. This might be the size right here. He dials them in. Oh my gosh. Hammers. Hammers, y'all. That is a big old male. Male jaw. He's got a big old fat head on him. I mean, goodness. That is awesome. It's not just one. There's a bunch. Holy cow. This might be the deal here, this size. I've actually fished a lot on my birthday. Going back many years. It's kind of like a pastime. Oh, God, that one felt big. That one felt big. Picked up on the drop. What I used to do anyway when I was younger is I would night fish. And I caught my first smallmouth on my birthday 20 years ago at night on Lake Texoma. So we're going to do a little bit of fishing here tonight in honor of that. Goodness gracious. Sitting on the bottom, they're huge. Saw him on the bottom. Absolute giant. Holy cow. Best bluegill fights I've ever had, guys. This is a questionable boat flipper. I'm not even kidding. Oh, my gosh. Look at this thing. Holy cow. This could be my biggest bluegill ever. That is a wide-bodied mammur jammer. Holy cow. This is one reason I really like purple fleck and a lot of my bass plastics. It's because of that right there. A lot of bluegill have that just dull little hazy purple on them. I'm going to throw this one in the well. That one's worth a pick. Oh, my gosh. My GoPro actually just says it overheated. So I had to switch up cameras here. Mm-mm-mm-mm. That's got to be a bass. And he's got me caught. This is a big bass. Don't do it. He's going to come up on that other side a bit. He's going to do his best to get me into something nasty. Maybe this is a big old catfish. Are there? Okay. That might be what we got. Oh, my gosh. Big old slimy one. Oh, my gosh. It gave me a run for my money. Don't take my net. Man, I'm about to filet this one. Let this fish go. It's not going to get you. My daughter, she's afraid of squids in the lake. I just think they're squids. So finding Nemo got to her. I just saw the numbers of gills that are coming over there to eat the bread that that little girl's feeding them. They're all that big. They're huge. I was honestly expecting to get a bass right there because I threw in that little saucy and just put a fresh one on him that was a little bigger and just thinking I might get like a real magnum bluegill and got bit and went for an incredible ride on a spinning setup. That was so much fun, but it turned out to be a big old catfish. And I have to tip my hat a little bit because that catfish was taking me into the cross member trying to go up under the dock into the cables and had to do a lot of steering there, a lot of angling. So I was able to get that thing back under the boat, position the boat over right on top of the fish where it couldn't go to either one too far and correctly play the drag with 10 pound test leader. Don't want to tooth the horn too hard, but got to give it a little beep every once in a while. Okay, everybody's leaving to go wakeboarding it looks like. So these swarm of fish is back and open for me to fish. I'm going to throw this swim bait in here and just get magnum. I'm just reeling it until, oh gosh, oh my. I mean bluegill. Not bass, that's crazy. Absolutely smoking it. Oh, this is gone. This is completely gone. Do you think that one wanted it? I don't even know what my PB is, but I'm probably just breaking it like multiple times right now. Just another bite. That one's got it. This little one, just, you know, just like an eight-incher. Just like an eight-inch, nine-inch crappie, no big deal. Just getting throttled. I think it's bread. It's working on this reel too. Oh, he's literally spitting up bread. Oh yeah, in the juice. Just getting bing-bonged. Oh my. Get over here. Where are you going? Where are you going, Pigeon? What a fight, y'all. I mean, honestly, this is what makes it fun is fishing it on light gear. Giant. I can't imagine catching these like on a cane pole. I think I'm having more fun doing this than I would out there sweating, fishing on a ledge or something for some bass, but it's all relative. I mean, the tug is the drug. No matter what it is, it's really about, you know, how you're catching them, what kind of line, rod. These things are pulling drag, bending the rod over. It's never a bad time. I'm getting shy on me. God, you're big. God. Wearing me out. Wearing me out on this, this light rod is a big one. Oh God, giant. Oh yeah, giant. Oh my God, look at the magnum. Look at this rod, guys. It is about to break the freaking rod. That is the biggest bluegill I think I've ever caught in my life. This thing looks like a cartoon character. Look at this. Are you kidding me? I could not have timed this any better. Yeah, I saw on the live script. I was like, why is there so many just stacked right there and then this little girl comes over feeding them bread. I think they had a giant, they had an entire loaf in seconds. I was like, oh, okay. That's why there's a lot of fish right there. Try a little chartreuse black to see if we get something crazy. Sure, by now they're getting getting used to it a little bit. Get on down there. Giant, giant. My God. Down the hatch. These look like tilapia. They're so huge. See ya. Everyone loves a good little rigging shot here. Just threading the swim baits for destruction. Here we go. Let's feed the trolls under here. The trolls under the bridge. Slow retrieve. One more, give me the tap. That's a little one. That's... Normally I'd be screaming and saying, it's a giant. It's a giant bluegill. Look at that. But this is by far the best bluegill fishing I've ever had. You know, as a kid I would go bluegill fishing. I had like a telescopic cane pole that my dad gave me and it was such a good fight. I'd use these little worms. It came in a little styrofoam cup. My dad would put me in the back of his terry bass boat and I'd just dangle that thing just have a good time with it. Get the occasional different species that would really tug. But oh my gosh this just reminds me of that. Oh man. You guys can't tell I'm having a good time with my birthday. I'm going to end on that one because it's such a giant. I could sit here and probably catch a hundred of these. But don't want to wear out a good thing too bad. Stud. They're all studs. As sweet as the old green fish. Oh. Thank you for that. Thank you for the tug. Well happy birthday to me because I just smacked the biggest bluegill that I've ever caught. Had the best bluegill fishing experience I've ever had. And it happened in about an hour. It was an hour of whacking up guys. Especially fun on using the light tackle. I know many of you have asked about the crappie stuff. What is the crappie stuff coming? Most likely it's going to be in the spring of 2023. We got a lot of stuff coming in 2023. But all the plastics are I'm really proud of them. And I think you guys are going to slay not just crappie but a lot of other pan fish as well. I've kept an ultralight in my rod arsenal since I was a kid essentially going back to a cane pole. It's just really fun especially when you get in a situation like that where you can't really throw baits really small that are like on a bass spinning rod. You really need an ultralight and it's just nice to be able to skip those things. Then obviously the fight. The fight's a really good time. And I'm going to kind of giant catfish on this thing today. It was just really fun. So go ahead and smash the like button guys. And go smash some summer bluegills man. I mean these things were on beds still. Totally shocking. So now I think I'm going to move on to little bass fishing. See what kind of bass fishing there is out here. But I'm going to tell you what, if I don't get a bass bite I'm going back to that dock. Don't forget to tell me happy birthday in the comments. Not because I want to hear happy birthday just to get the algorithm boost and get that baby revved up. And I just want to thank you guys for being here. I get to remember it but I get to share it with all you guys too. So it's really fun. So special times man. Love it on the water. Love the great outdoors. I will see you guys on the next one.