In the mid 60's my dad started taking us 4 boys fishing in his boat and he had a cooking kit aboard his boat. Years later when all 4 grew up we all had cooking kits on board our boats and run into dad cooking a mess of fish and shrimp on the bank.
That big flathead ran like crazy on that light tackle, that’s absolutely amazing. That rod looks like a great bang for the buck! Thanks for the awesome video, Spencer!
They're so much fun on lighter gear when you can hook em in a fairly open spot. It doesn't work that way very often though haha. Glad you enjoyed it man!
Long video, short video, i could care less cause there all awesome. You are my fishing hero pal. Keep em coming. I'm laid up having shoulder surgery so tagging along with you helps keep me sane. Thanks pal
My friends and I grew up wading and swimming through creeks and small rivers like this one. We'd fish and camp or just go hawging when we didn't bring a pole and this really takes me back. When the daughter gets out of college and funds currently going towards tuition can be repurposed to a Nucanoe or the likes I really look forward to getting back to it. In the meantime, I appreciates you taking me along. You really do turn out quality content. Thank you very much.
Reminds me of my younger days. In my mid 20’s after a little 3 yr stint with Uncle Sam. I loved going out and just laying on a pond or river bank fishing for bull head or actually anything that would bite. Well 50 yrs later and I still like it. I’ll tow my little camper with my bike and lay up at a local camp ground on lake Murray SC. From the hat you live in Illinois I’m guessing. Lived there too in the 60’s and 70’s. Again, thank you for taking the time to make and share this video with us. Tom
Thanks for the awesome video Spencer . I was surprised to see it this soon from the last post so .. great way to pick up a Monday . I enjoyed the shore catch and cook and I’m looking forward to more . 👍
awesome vid man. nothing like small tackle bigs. the kayak rigging has actually been great. some really good tips and ideas. appreciate what you do and how you do it.
Went out to the lake and caught a 5lber and a couple 3s tonight. Haven't caught channels that big before out of this lake, so it was a good night. Now, unwinding and enjoying Mr. Certified, which makes it a great night!
This was one of the best videos I've seen in a very long time. And WOW, congrats on that big flathead Spencer. Just love watching your videos, wishing I was along for the trip.
Your kayak flathead trips are my favorite! I hope someday to get a lot more chances at trips like this. Working five nights a week sure gets in the way of my fishing hobbies.
That spot Spencer is awesome, spots like that just take me back to when my brothers and i would go to river and camp out. Nothing but great memories , thanks for that my friend. 👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💯💯🎣🎣🎣💥💥💥
Spencer, Thank you, it’s so enjoyable and entertaining to see and learn you’r fishing techniques. Looked like a nice relaxing place to be fishing on a quiet river, and those catfish nuggets looked delicious.
That Baby Flathead looked scrumptious. Thanks for taking me along. That one Flathead was quite large and I'm betting was lots of fun to catch. You stay safe and God bless you and yours 😅😅😅
Watching this video with the Cubs vs. Dodgers game on in the background. GO CUBS GO!!! I do like the longer videos and I have been going back through and watching the old videos that I have missed. I just had my knee replaced which I can't go fishing so I can at least watch someone fish. I have typed watch A LOT in this comment.
The unlimited is a beast! Absolutely love mine. I did end up making some diy kydex keel guards for it though. I haven’t had any punctures in the hull but keels get beat up pretty easily and gouged with normal use.
I agree with your thoughts about eating smaller fish - doesn't only apply to flatheads (none where I come from), but most species. More sustainable, less likely to damage the population by not removing the big breeders, and they just taste better. Thanks for another quality video! And congrats on that big one!!!!!
You're right about us enjoying your longer videos Bauer. You have any idea how many of us take you fishing with us while we're out overnight alone?? A lot I bet. Awesome to hear the flathead flush on the video. That biggun looked like someone rubbed its face in the rocks
Nice catch Spencer. I learn a lot about cat fishing from your videos. I fish in west coast reservoirs, and a lot of the line setups you use in creeks and rivers also work out here. Appreciate the info. 👍
Man those little ones were perfect eaters😀. Thats the size were going to be looking for starting wed thru the weekend. Were gonna freeze a bunch. We are gonna bait a few big ones up on bank poles. We keep up to about twelve pounds and have fun with the biggens. That big one you caught wasnt quite forty from what i could tell. Gonna fish with only my dads old fiberglass rods with zebco 888 reels. He passed couple years ago so tribute to him. Prolly taking a knife to gunfight but he always caught alot on em. Awesome vid and keep your powder dry and your pantry stocked young man 💪😎🙏🏾
That’s what I call Super Awesome. I watched Mikca catch some nice blue’s. I’d say both of yaws big fish were around 45 to 50 lbs. That flathead U fried up looked sho nuff Larapin. Great video Spencer
Hey Spencer, I have landed roughly a dozen flatheads ranging from 12-36 inches this year. Most of them coming on your 3 way slip bobber technique. Thank you for all your tips
Hey Spencer. Well the first Flathead sounded good. Glad you are having a well deserved breakfast. I agree that smaller is better for eating, Looks delicious. Catfish is possibly my favorite even though I live on the coast and fish the Gulf, 95 %ft the time,
Blues over Channels for taste is wild to me maybe just from different water but out here in Va most people think channels are better. Sadly there's hardly any left since they released the Blues in our rivers. Another great video, thank you.
I'm the same way with keeping my fish, more so cats. I keep them in that 2-8lb range, anything bigger they flavor profile can change and I feel that if I keep some of the 20-50lb fish I am taking good breeders out of the ecosystem. I remember seeing guys on two specific reservoirs in Missouri literally keeping anything they caught and most were in that larger range. I never understood it.
Spencer if I may offer a suggestion for when your on a bank at nighttime you should look into those tripod stand battery operated lights that are rechargeable. There’s many options so far as price but if money is not much an issue I have the Devos lightranger 2000 lumen light. $250.00 bucks but Compacts down to a small zipped bag and extends to 10 ft tall when deployed. On full blast it last 4 to 5 hrs and has amber and red color and can be controlled through the Devos app on your phone. (No im not sponsored by them). Purchased with my own money and absolutely love it for nighttime cat fishing. Lights up to an 80ft round area and would be great for illuminating the night for your videos. I watch so many of your videos I felt I had to finally add my 2 cents but either way love the vids man and keep em coming.
Hey Spencer got a tip use stale corn chips for the fire starter that works as well or better than the Firestarter things and basically free...a few chips will hold a flame for solid 5 minutes
I grew up in Upstate New York. They have a Bullhead run in the creeks. They stay in the rocks up there and are really clean. They taste awesome. A lot like channels .
Awesome beast flathead ! I have no idea why the bite in my area died. I tried shrimp tonight because of your previous video and caught white perch and sunnies. That’s about it. Oh if you’re wondering if I used the white perch and sunnies as cut bait, no. That’s what I’ve been using. My 3 hot to not spots. Hopefully with the season change it will pick up. I miss those nights where I can only use one rod because the bites were spectacular .
Completely with you on the good eating size of fish. I'm not much of a catfisherman, but if and when(and really the only time I do is when my girlfriend wants fish or I'm camping and didn't bring a protein) I eat bass, they're all under 12". Maybe a little over a pound.
That Big Cat you got would feed me and my wife for a few days .. but yet you look at them AS..NOT TO EAT ... I love your channel.. I just get so HUNGRY watching the nice catfish you catch
Hey Cubby, just a helpful tip from a fellow yak catfeesherman Get a hydro web and remove it from the shaft, then set it on the front of the yak and the struggle at the side of the yak that we deal with is over and you’ll never lose another Monster struggling to land him when he’s only inches away. Trust me, I’ve done the same thing you have grabbing the leader line and I learned the hard lesson just like you did with your Dream Flatty. At first I thought I was an idiot for bringing a net on a yak fishing with multiple rods on a river but it hasn’t gotten in the way once and I haven’t lost a fish since
As a bigger dude, I’ve been looking for a yak I can fish and travel a bit of local rivers on. Most to get from my home town to the campground my campers in. Do a little fishing on the way. Give this one a look
These are my favorite!
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Kayak✅️
Camping✅️
Catch and cook✅️
@@dbjones254 heck yeah man. Glad ya dig em!
In the mid 60's my dad started taking us 4 boys fishing in his boat and he had a cooking kit aboard his boat. Years later when all 4 grew up we all had cooking kits on board our boats and run into dad cooking a mess of fish and shrimp on the bank.
That big flathead ran like crazy on that light tackle, that’s absolutely amazing. That rod looks like a great bang for the buck!
Thanks for the awesome video, Spencer!
They're so much fun on lighter gear when you can hook em in a fairly open spot. It doesn't work that way very often though haha. Glad you enjoyed it man!
"I wasn't gonna cook all of it, but I think I'm gonna cook all of it." 😁 Loved the video as always! ♥
Haha glad you got a kick outta that!
" I was going to eat it all, but there is still a pile"
Long video, short video, i could care less cause there all awesome. You are my fishing hero pal. Keep em coming. I'm laid up having shoulder surgery so tagging along with you helps keep me sane. Thanks pal
My friends and I grew up wading and swimming through creeks and small rivers like this one. We'd fish and camp or just go hawging when we didn't bring a pole and this really takes me back. When the daughter gets out of college and funds currently going towards tuition can be repurposed to a Nucanoe or the likes I really look forward to getting back to it. In the meantime, I appreciates you taking me along. You really do turn out quality content. Thank you very much.
Reminds me of my younger days. In my mid 20’s after a little 3 yr stint with Uncle Sam. I loved going out and just laying on a pond or river bank fishing for bull head or actually anything that would bite. Well 50 yrs later and I still like it. I’ll tow my little camper with my bike and lay up at a local camp ground on lake Murray SC. From the hat you live in Illinois I’m guessing. Lived there too in the 60’s and 70’s. Again, thank you for taking the time to make and share this video with us.
Tom
I love the night time noises,while fishing,the crickets,the occasional coyote,and of course the noise of a screaming drag.... Awesome Spence
Thanks for the awesome video Spencer . I was surprised to see it this soon from the last post so .. great way to pick up a Monday . I enjoyed the shore catch and cook and I’m looking forward to more . 👍
awesome vid man. nothing like small tackle bigs. the kayak rigging has actually been great. some really good tips and ideas. appreciate what you do and how you do it.
Went out to the lake and caught a 5lber and a couple 3s tonight. Haven't caught channels that big before out of this lake, so it was a good night. Now, unwinding and enjoying Mr. Certified, which makes it a great night!
This was one of the best videos I've seen in a very long time. And WOW, congrats on that big flathead Spencer. Just love watching your videos, wishing I was along for the trip.
Pretty successful trip. Fried fish looked amazing as always. Thanks for sharing brother!! 👍🏾👊🏾✊🏾🙂💯
@TheDetroitman20 thanks man. I appreciate all the support!
Your kayak flathead trips are my favorite! I hope someday to get a lot more chances at trips like this. Working five nights a week sure gets in the way of my fishing hobbies.
Amazing video Spencer, that big flatty was well deserved!
Hell yes
Best time on the water in this one. Great flats as well.
I love your videos. You make me laugh all the time, and I've learned a whole lot about catfishing. Great combination!! Keep having fun.
That spot Spencer is awesome, spots like that just take me back to when my brothers and i would go to river and camp out. Nothing but great memories , thanks for that my friend. 👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💯💯🎣🎣🎣💥💥💥
Glad to see you enjoying the new yak. Good video as always. Little fish breakfast never hurt nobody! Hope ya catch a giant
Great couple of days on the water,the nuggets looked real good ,thanks for the trip Spencer and keep the great videos coming
Another awesome video Spencer as alway thanks for taking me along always feels like I'm there with ya you stay safe out there
Really like all your videos. There’s always something about your kayak videos that I love more. Keep them coming, Spencer.
Glad ya do man! I appreciate ya watching!
Love seeing you on the yak Spencer. You know there’s no better feeling hooking up with a good fish on one.
Great video 💪🏼
Whoo! Best part of every Monday, just in time to sit down after work.
Hell yeah man! I appreciate it!
Spencer,
Thank you, it’s so enjoyable and entertaining to see and learn you’r fishing techniques. Looked like a nice relaxing place to be fishing on a quiet river, and those catfish nuggets looked delicious.
Loving the longer videos. Keep grinding bud.
Glad ya do man. I'm gonna stick with it for sure.
amazing beautiful beast of flat-head .. great river scenery… i usually enjoy my dinner at least once a week while watching you fish .. and cook 🎣 🛶
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Great job Spencer 💯👏
Thanks Beverly!
Great day Spenc! Love the flatheads. Keep em comin man.
Your absolutely the flathead king 👑🐟🎣🐟🎣Love your catch and cook TH-cam videos. That fish looked delicious 😋
I really appreciate the longer videos. Keep them coming ✌️
Perfect time for video . Pre Monday night football show
That Baby Flathead looked scrumptious. Thanks for taking me along. That one Flathead was quite large and I'm betting was lots of fun to catch. You stay safe and God bless you and yours 😅😅😅
Watching this video with the Cubs vs. Dodgers game on in the background.
GO CUBS GO!!!
I do like the longer videos and I have been going back through and watching the old videos that I have missed.
I just had my knee replaced which I can't go fishing so I can at least watch someone fish.
I have typed watch A LOT in this comment.
The Iowa legend right there boys
Haha that's debatable. I appreciate it though.
That was a great video Spencer. I'm no kayak guy but totally enjoyed watching your trips. Dang nice flat heads.grub looked very tasty. Thanks..💯💯👍👍
The unlimited is a beast! Absolutely love mine. I did end up making some diy kydex keel guards for it though. I haven’t had any punctures in the hull but keels get beat up pretty easily and gouged with normal use.
I agree with your thoughts about eating smaller fish - doesn't only apply to flatheads (none where I come from), but most species. More sustainable, less likely to damage the population by not removing the big breeders, and they just taste better.
Thanks for another quality video!
And congrats on that big one!!!!!
Thanks for letting us tag along! Love the new Kayak, didn't notice any movement at all while you threw the net. Grats. on the big Flathead.
Brother your videos put me in my happy place haha.. Great vid as always!
GREAT trip buddy!!! That was a NICE flatty for sure! Best of luck on the next one, and GOD BLESS ALL!!!!👍😊🙏🙏🙏🙏
What a catch! Love the videos, Spencer!
Glad you like them!
Congratulations on your new yak!!!! Great river video again 👍👍
Is that the start of a mullet I see? If so, another couple inches and you’ll be rocking a full on Kenny Powers!!! Awesome video dude! As usual!!!
Dang that looked like fun! Great upload sir!
Always fun to go on the trips with you. Thank you. Stay safe
Another excellent video and an awesome fish! Appreciate ya
Youre on my top 5 youtubers list. Probably closer to top 2. Fkn right spence!
Pa pow
I appreciate the hell outta it dude!
You're right about us enjoying your longer videos Bauer. You have any idea how many of us take you fishing with us while we're out overnight alone?? A lot I bet. Awesome to hear the flathead flush on the video. That biggun looked like someone rubbed its face in the rocks
Nice catch Spencer. I learn a lot about cat fishing from your videos. I fish in west coast reservoirs, and a lot of the line setups you use in creeks and rivers also work out here. Appreciate the info. 👍
Thanks man. Glad you find some value in them!
A lot of great flatheads on that stretch of the river. I love that area.
Man those little ones were perfect eaters😀. Thats the size were going to be looking for starting wed thru the weekend. Were gonna freeze a bunch. We are gonna bait a few big ones up on bank poles. We keep up to about twelve pounds and have fun with the biggens. That big one you caught wasnt quite forty from what i could tell. Gonna fish with only my dads old fiberglass rods with zebco 888 reels. He passed couple years ago so tribute to him. Prolly taking a knife to gunfight but he always caught alot on em. Awesome vid and keep your powder dry and your pantry stocked young man 💪😎🙏🏾
Loved the video keep up the great work!
Here I was bummed out about James Earl Jones. I pop in to find a new video. Great timing!
Hope you enjoyed it! Not sure who that is. I'll Google it.
Your tuned in Captain. Good stuff for sure
I felt like it on this trip. Doesn't happen enough. Thank you sir.
Very nice catch on light gear! I know that was fun
Yes Spencer did get a catfish tattoo that’s awesome 👏
Cmon Spence, you gotta come up to southern Indiana and check out these flatheads! We got em. Big rivers, little rivers whatever you wanna fish.
Nice channel catfish 🐟 Love eating them all 😋
Great video man 🔥🔥🔥🎣🎣🎣
Glad you enjoyed it man!
That’s what I call Super Awesome. I watched Mikca catch some nice blue’s. I’d say both of yaws big fish were around 45 to 50 lbs. That flathead U fried up looked sho nuff Larapin. Great video Spencer
I need to call Ol Micka. I appreciate the reminder and I'm glad you enjoy both our videos. Micka is a good dude.
Watching this about to head out, gets me pumped. So excited to see my exact nucanoe on screen and seeing how your tweaked it
That's awesome man. Hope you beat the brakes off of them.
You do my fishing for me, love the videos!
Haha heck ya. Glad ya enjoy them man!
There's nothing wrong with slurping coffee when it's hot
Hey Spencer,
I have landed roughly a dozen flatheads ranging from 12-36 inches this year. Most of them coming on your 3 way slip bobber technique. Thank you for all your tips
Hey Spencer. Well the first Flathead sounded good. Glad you are having a well deserved breakfast. I agree that smaller is better for eating, Looks delicious. Catfish is possibly my favorite even though I live on the coast and fish the Gulf, 95 %ft the time,
I imagine it's a nice change of pace. I have a buddy who mainly fishes for reds and specs and loves it when I fry catfish.
Good one Spencer!
Blues over Channels for taste is wild to me maybe just from different water but out here in Va most people think channels are better. Sadly there's hardly any left since they released the Blues in our rivers. Another great video, thank you.
Love the channel brother keep doing you its aswsome peace out from Ohio Don T
I think that hating mosquitoes is something that all of us can get behind and come together under.
I'm the same way with keeping my fish, more so cats. I keep them in that 2-8lb range, anything bigger they flavor profile can change and I feel that if I keep some of the 20-50lb fish I am taking good breeders out of the ecosystem. I remember seeing guys on two specific reservoirs in Missouri literally keeping anything they caught and most were in that larger range. I never understood it.
We're definitely on the same page there. Everyone does what suites them, and if it's legal, it's hard to think too much. At least for me anyway.
Love the yak fishing
One thing I noticed with Flathead is they taste Amazing the next day cold too. I also keep max 15 lbs. I’m up in the twin cities in Mn
Spencer if I may offer a suggestion for when your on a bank at nighttime you should look into those tripod stand battery operated lights that are rechargeable. There’s many options so far as price but if money is not much an issue I have the Devos lightranger 2000 lumen light. $250.00 bucks but Compacts down to a small zipped bag and extends to 10 ft tall when deployed. On full blast it last 4 to 5 hrs and has amber and red color and can be controlled through the Devos app on your phone. (No im not sponsored by them). Purchased with my own money and absolutely love it for nighttime cat fishing. Lights up to an 80ft round area and would be great for illuminating the night for your videos. I watch so many of your videos I felt I had to finally add my 2 cents but either way love the vids man and keep em coming.
Hey Spencer got a tip use stale corn chips for the fire starter that works as well or better than the Firestarter things and basically free...a few chips will hold a flame for solid 5 minutes
There’s never anything wrong with catfish nuggets too snack on thru out the day … of fishing and enjoying the outdoors !
Thanks for the video Spencer. Looks like I need to get me a kayak
You bet man. Be careful, they're a blast!
I grew up in Upstate New York. They have a Bullhead run in the creeks. They stay in the rocks up there and are really clean. They taste awesome. A lot like channels .
Hell yeah. Love eating bullheads. Especially outta cool water.
Awesome beast flathead !
I have no idea why the bite in my area died. I tried shrimp tonight because of your previous video and caught white perch and sunnies. That’s about it. Oh if you’re wondering if I used the white perch and sunnies as cut bait, no. That’s what I’ve been using. My 3 hot to not spots. Hopefully with the season change it will pick up. I miss those nights where I can only use one rod because the bites were spectacular .
Thanks for the take along!
You bet!
you swap boats out alot !!! lol Great video Spencer
Great work, thank you for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Love how you didn't use that log hawg as the thumbnail. Keeps us guessing! 😎😬
Love them big flathead I'm gonna be on them soon at ky and Barkley lake
Completely with you on the good eating size of fish. I'm not much of a catfisherman, but if and when(and really the only time I do is when my girlfriend wants fish or I'm camping and didn't bring a protein) I eat bass, they're all under 12". Maybe a little over a pound.
sweet! love to eat flathead, gotta love it.
They're delicious man!
Looks like fun.
Love youre Kajak Videos.
Hallo from Germany
Glad you like them!
I live near the kaskaskia river in Illinois....our flathead love em some bulkheads! Great video!
Bullheads*
That Big Cat you got would feed me and my wife for a few days .. but yet you look at them AS..NOT TO EAT ... I love your channel.. I just get so HUNGRY watching the nice catfish you catch
Cool thanks 😊
That slurp is bomb lol
Hey Cubby, just a helpful tip from a fellow yak catfeesherman
Get a hydro web and remove it from the shaft, then set it on the front of the yak and the struggle at the side of the yak that we deal with is over and you’ll never lose another Monster struggling to land him when he’s only inches away. Trust me, I’ve done the same thing you have grabbing the leader line and I learned the hard lesson just like you did with your Dream Flatty. At first I thought I was an idiot for bringing a net on a yak fishing with multiple rods on a river but it hasn’t gotten in the way once and I haven’t lost a fish since
Needs his morning coffee 😂
Keep the long videos coming
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scales: Just like CONFETTI...! 😄😉😊
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30:10 look at the SS bendo rod 😂
As a bigger dude, I’ve been looking for a yak I can fish and travel a bit of local rivers on. Most to get from my home town to the campground my campers in. Do a little fishing on the way. Give this one a look
Biggest tip I can give anyone is clip the fins on the bullheads. Seems to have a huge difference where I fish.
I've tried it an haven't noticed any difference. Interesting you have.