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I tried both ends,but as a contractor I had a job,why spend the money,for years I watched boaters that had money,no skills to speak of,I generally had a limit, pissed off a few,I always told my boater,I'll fish my 180,I'll get the net on request,I won't back your boat in,but I will park the truck,I had to retire from tournaments,you're right,like everything it takes communication, not losing your temper,take what you get,you might find a giant following the boat

Good thinking on the cutting down of a larger cylinder weight. That’s some good juice! Seems so obvious to me now but had never crossed my mind before.

I love that story. I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Harold several years ago at the Bassmaster Classic in Shreveport, LA. He was quite a character but a super nice man. I live in Central Arkansas a little north of Little Rock and I consider the Arkansas River my home water. I love love love to pitch a pitch a jig or worm. Unfortunately, everyone else does too. Great tip!!!

The Carolina rig and shaky head are always tied on wherever I go in the back of the boat. I agree with all your choices. The only choices I would for me are a finesse jig, wacky rig and weightless Senko.

Had to chuckle when you said you create a checklist! Every time I forget something my wife and daughter give me grief cause I didn't have a checklist

Great video !

Nice and through video on tackle and rods, some good info there, now we just need to know what’s in that other bag

Excellent tip. I like the rivet. Going to build me up one of those combos.

Pretty neat storage. Will check out.

Fish-able water...

Is that the 5/8 grey ghost or a different color? Thank you...

Thank you, I wish more posters would provide tips for non-boaters. I fish both front and back and this tip will assist me from both positions.

** RECAP** I took out both the G Buzz 3/8 and 1/2 out this morning . Right out of the package they both ran perfectly straight. Wire is heavy duty and never had a problem bending out if I hit a rock or lay down. Only thing is Buckeye put a premium blade on their buzz baits with a slick finish and you don’t get that squeaking sound whenever the blade is rubbing up against the rivet. I’m going to try to use some sand paper on it today to rough it up and hopefully get some squeak in it. Other than that , it’s a very high quality buzz bait with all the bells and whistles .

Over 20 years ago, I was in a BASS weekend series event at a local lake. It wasn’t until only recently, that I realized, that my boater had “broke a rule”. The boater was a good guy. Offered me baits and allowed me to fish. The tournament day was almost over, when we discovered our starting battery had gone dead. The trolling motor batteries were still good. Together, we jumped off and cranked the big 250 hp Mercury with jumper cables. We drove back towards the boat launch. Then about a mile from take out, the boater slowed near a big patch of hydrilla and lilies. The boater said, “Let’s flip this hydrilla for the next 15 minutes before check in”. The boater then said, I am going to let the outboard just idle while we are flipping. Maybe it will recharge the battery and we can avoid jumping it off again. So, we took off our life jackets, stood up on the front and back decks and began flipping with the outboard running, with no “kill switch” attached. I believe there are at least three rule violations here! I was a very new tournament angler at the time, and I was having a good time fishing. Tournament infractions were the furthest thing on my mind. The boater actually flipped up a 2.5 pound bass to improve his catch while the outboard was running. The rule violations were in my opinion unintentional, but definitely major violations.

When it is possible, I some times cut the lure off and peel off a cast length or more of line and let the line untwist behind the boat when idling. This helps remove some line twist. The braid to fluorocarbon leader is the best solution.

I remember reading books on “how to fish”, that were printed in the 1950’s and 1960’s. These textbooks suggested you choose your fishing rods based on your physical height. I am 5’8”. A 6’10” rod has always felt in perfect balance in my hands.

Great advice. Just experienced this very thing this past week end. Needed to win to make championship and saw and lost enough fish to win. The fishing gods said not this time. Learned from my mistakes and will give it hell the next time!!!

Nice, good advice, just wondering how do you decide how long to fish a bait, before switching the bait or color, from back of boat perspective?

Good stuff right there, I like the idea of cutting the flapping part of the trailer off, could be cause of lot of the short strikes, thanks for the info!

Why cant the old pros who have 20 to 30 yrs reading graphs adopt to new technology? They have beaten visual targets their whole lifes. Those boat dock fish, shoreline fish visible known targets, same grass lily pads have seen more pressure for 50 plus years. Now, the new guys come in, find fish never pressured before and whos crying ? The guys who have more experience with graphs. This is a pay to play sport. Its gambling. For years, there was Daddy money and successful businesd men who could afford to fish. Now, fishing is in High Schools as a sport, and college. Now fishing has avenues to unseat old pros who in normal sports would have been cut years ago due to youth and talent.

The example you gave is for only one person. I see many young anglers, in the local tournaments I fish, that are hammers without FFS. If these youtubers that keep complaining (for clicks only) would stop, the problem would go away. All, these that are complaining are not fishermen, and some that are have not been competitive for a while. If FFS in tournaments is such a problem, why not just not participate, and the tournaments would go away. If any other job offered and easier way to get the work done, everyone would jump on it. FFS has been blamed for viewership decline,(there is none) because you don't learn anything. If you watch baseball, can you hit a ball like the pros. probably not. Can you Pass a football like Brady. probably not. Can you dribble or shoot like Jordan? Just watching does not make you any better, it's only time on the water. FFS is not the problem in fishing, it's the anglers.

I’ll see what I can come up with. Whenever it comes to plastics I might only take a bag of medium size brush hog,finesse worms,sinkos , 11’ power worms and a bag of zoom speed crawls. Most of them are going to be in green pumpkin colors. That color pretty much works everywhere. I don’t take a big tournament with me anymore, instead I use a small back pack tournament bag. Overtime I started realizing I always took way too much stuff and it just got out of control trying to stay organized all day. Just look at the plastics you have and ask yourself, if I had to depend on just 5 different plastics to fish the rest of your life with what would they be… Lol!! Sounds crazy but it helps. What part of the country are you in and what lake?

Great video once again! Would love to see more of these types of videos on different techniques ESPECIALLY geared towards co-anglers! Can you go through your co angler bag? For example how you organize soft plastics vs hardbaits vs terminal tackle. I end up having one box for assorted soft plastics I think I might need (dont end up using all of it or even 25% of it sometimes lol). One for hardbaits/frogs, one for terminal, and one for jigs, chatterbaits,swimjigs,football jigs. I put it all in a 3600 plano bag with the magnetic top. Got some clips and molly bags and attached it on the outside of it and can fit so much more without making it too clunky. Not sure how Id fit buzzbaits in other than just tossing em in there but that risks bending them. Thanks!

I agree with you also. I have livescope on my boat. It works, but it’s not my favorite way to fish. I enjoy being a co-angler. You get to ride in nice boats, meet great fishermen, and learn new techniques. But, being a co-angler with the boater using livescope is a dead end. Several years ago, I signed up for the three BASS opens in the southern division. From Florida, to Tennessee, to North Carolina, the boaters were all using livescope. I knew after my last tournament day, I was probably never going to fish a tournament again. I have seen the videos explaining techniques for co-anglers to use to catch fish behind a boater using livescope. These are great techniques, but it is not the way I enjoy fishing. Participating in tournaments is for me enjoyment, not a job or grind trying to catch 3 12 inch bass. I have dropped my annual memberships from the big two bass tournament organizations. BASS and MLF no longer provide me with any fun or value for my dollar spent. Hopefully, the organizations will see the light, and fix the problem. In the meantime, with no tournament entry fees to pay, I now how have lots more money to spend on high end rods, reels and tackle. I thumbs up and subscribed! Thanks.

Good video. I cant count how many key fish has came outta the back of my boat.

Great info about the swim back!

Get yourself a boat.... then you can become the boater. Problem solved.

Thank you so much for telling me what I've done wrong!!!

What do you do when your pro is going so fast with the trolling motor that you can't use your finesse techniques because that happened to me in June??? Also, I ran into a situation where as soon as I started catching a lot of fish, my Pro wanted to leave!!! Is there anything you can do about that situation??? Last question is about Fluorocarbon line and that is why did that line always spin out on my spinning reel constantly??? I spent more time cutting my line and re-spolling!!!

I was a co-angler in June and my first pro put the trolling motor on high and was blazing through around these beautiful boat docks! I was really wanting to fish drop shot, but he was really going so fast that I couldn't use my techniques that I wanted!! My question is what do you do in that situation???

I hate to tell you this, but if your back Fishing… And you’re a co-angler you can completely fish the back 45 of the boat… For you to whine about not being able to do whatever hit your own boat you go on your own… All you do is wine wine wine, wine wine it’s not a guide trip Let me say that again it’s not a guided trip for you to catch fish. Also if that angler is on Fish or he hast to parallel the bank to catch him, then he’s on the Fish to parallel the bank to catch him. That’s not your problem. It’s not his problem to put you on

Thank you!

Frankly, I could see this backfiring really badly if they ban ffs at the bpt level. As a boater payouts are already pretty bad. I think guys will just fish other stuff instead. The co angler shortage will turn into a boater shortage imo.

thanks

love the lead over tungsten idea, good idea to mix it up

Great topic and subject matter. I have spent 20 years plus tournament fishing from the back of the boat. It became very obvious to me that the "standard rod" wasn't standard for me most of the time for many reasons. This is why I have been building my own rods for several years now. I get exactly what I want/need for any technique to suit me! Plus, there's nothing better then catching them on a rod I built. Like your channel. Keep up the good work!!!

Excellent tips. Thanks.

I think those guys understand the fish,you said you're a diver,well diving is amazing and you can learn a lot about bass by getting in their world, they love craws,they feel the vibration and they show up,they seem to like green pumpkin, watermelon with flake,keep it simple and concentrate on presentation.

So cool you're showing those,in my shop I sold the lightning rods,all one piece 7',6-6,spinning and casting, I sold about 150 of them at 34.95 90 day full refund if they broke,I usually fitted an Okuma reel,I told so many people you don't need a Loomis,all my swimbait rods were Fenwick HMX glass rods,I had anything I wanted, just couldn't see it,good info I hope your viewers give them a try!

You can make enemies quick too,I had to speak up about two issues, one got me injured,going through a no boat zone,very shallow and wildlife, going 65 and a duck flew up,hit me in the face,split lip,bloody nose,sprained neck,he took me back, he was DQed,suspended for a year,they paid for an ER visit,that 4lb duck at 65 felt like a truck,the other one was a snagging issue on Cal Delta,just didn't care that I watched and warned him.

I'm retired now,fished both sides for forty years,I've stayed in a lot of hotels,burned a lot of gas,all the Co's I knew just won't pay anymore, I'm glad I'm not in the tackle business anymore, I think baits are to expensive now,everything is.

I seem to have found the fastest fishing boaters that will get you snagged when you're dragging, if see what their chasing I like to drag a weightless shad ,jerk it like it's wounded, I would rather have a bank than an openwater scoper.

Tournaments are stupid and overdone, no respect for the fish

Great channel Ken! Keep up the good work and the subscribers will come.

I’m planning on going fun fishing this weekend too, for perch. They’re uncommon in my state but the local reservoir has them and I found the spot they’re hiding out last time I went. So I’m gonna grab some minnows and catch us some dinner, hopefully 😋 Just bringing my ugly stik, it’s been ol’ faithful. I’ll get a nicer spinning reel setup when the time is right. I have a $300 baitcaster combo and I told myself I wasn’t going to buy another pole until I learned how to use it. I pretty much have, but I still have a distance to go!

I have small pontoon 5 x 10 that I always fish from the rear of the boat. It puts the pressure on the person in the front to catch more than me. I try to fish a different color or type of bait than the person in the front.

I love my Lightning Rods. I have been using them ever since high school over 30 years ago. I own several right now that I use for mostly panfish. I have an 8 foot ultralight that is a killer slip float rod. There are tons of rods $100 or less that will catch lots of bass and hold up better than a $300 rod.

Bringing a new generation of, what exactly into the sport? People who don’t actually know how to fish, is what I’m hearing from you. And that the only product left on the shelf will be the stuff they pair with their FFS. Also - what does this mean for the wildlife populations when people can eventually just harvest abundantly using the increased technology? What about poachers? How will you all feel when they begin forcing smaller limits in general? Or do people think stuff like that isn’t a possibility? I have never looked at a screen while fishing in my life, maybe my cell phone, I have a boat, but I don’t even have, or know how to use, the 2D imaging. FFS just seems like the atomic bomb in fishing technology. It seems to me it should be limited to stuff like marine biology at best. Sadly, I doubt anyone will care enough until it’s too late, and will die on whatever hill this is until that day. All you tournament anglers need to come together and do something, there are people shilling out to this hot mess for profit. Even if it means you all host your own tourney with no FFS to see who REALLY knows how to fish to prove who the best of the best really are. Fishing tournaments are boring to watch. Nobody wants to stare at a screen showing a guy staring at another screen. We all know they would not have caught those fish without it.

Lightning rod has been good rod since the inception, can’t speak about the new ones cause I’m still using the old ones, they’re pretty reliable!

Brother, you are a national treasure. Pretty slick little trick!!! That will definitely keep me from super glueing my fingers together on tournament morning lol.