5 Sight Fishing Mistakes You Need To Avoid! (Spring Bass Fishing)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ส.ค. 2024
- Bass are spawning around the country and every boat on the lake has a white jig tied on. Guys are prowling the shallows in search of big bed fish and really, who can blame them? This is a great time of year to catch a giant bass, the issue is that most anglers are going about it completely wrong. If you get frustrated when bed fishing season comes, this video is for you!
Fishing for spawning bass is a hot button issue. We're not jumping into the debate today, instead we're encouraging anglers to do it properly. We want you to have the tools you need to be successful, and the knowledge to know how to treat the fish properly when you catch them. The list of mistakes anglers make when targeting spawning bass is endless! Today we're only covering the top 5 and its still a full-length video.
From choosing the right lense color for your glasses, to boat positioning, to subtle colors that get more bites, we've got you covered. Below you'll find links to all of the gear Matt discussed in the video. We've included the exact colors, weights, etc, to help you make the best decision possible. All the links go directly to Tackle Warehouse where you can see detailed photos and descriptions of each item.
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Ned Rig...
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Thank you for the emphasis on fish care and handling during this time. I can't even count how many pictures or videos I've seen in the past few weeks of this being done completely wrong.
i guess I'm quite randomly asking but does anybody know a good website to stream new series online ?
Great info! As always. For you guys who don’t agree with bed fishing. Tacticalbassin has other videos that show how the fish go right back to the bed after caught. That’s why Matt emphasized turning them loose close and quick. If it wasn’t right, Matt & Tim wouldn’t do it.
I caught 8 bass within an hour the other day from your tips. You👏🏽guys👏🏽are👏🏽the👏🏽freaking👏🏽truth👏🏽. This is the only channel I use for tips and tricks when it come to bass fishing. Y’all rock keep up the great content
if this is the only channel u watch for fishing tips you're missing out big time!
@@johnmango6056 I do watch other channels but these guys go in depth
@@ramrod6570 They are definitely the best but far from the only good one. So many great channels out there
@@johnmango6056 agreed
What other channels do you watch? If you don't mind ❤
Matt: your knowledge level is scary high. I learn something from you guys in every video I watch. Those tips on clothing, glasses, and the shallow side are pure gold. Many thanks.
They're not even that old but they've got so much knowledge. You'd think they were 70 and had been fishing for 50 years.
'Tis the season!! I love this time of year. Who else??
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My favorite time of year is def pre-spawn to spawn fishing, it’s the time of year when they’re most aggressive and you can catch em on all the fun techniques!
@@legionssb you got that right!
I noticed the bandaid back on your cheek, hope all is well with your skin issues. Also, had no idea the new moon passed. Thats wild you predicted that. 2 days ago when the new moon phase passed is when ALL of the big bass around here started moving shallow and i was catching tons of fish, couldnt really figure out what triggered them. They were active even after a horrible cold front that dropped the water temps down 12 degrees overnight; I live a good distance north of you guys too. Thats wack, i used to never really buy into the whole moon phase thing, but i might need to pay more attention now.
As a guide down here in the ultra clear waters of Lake Havasu, I need to say that you are dead on about the amber lenses! My bed fish baits? Brown/black 1/2oz Arkie by TRT Custom Baits, trailer is my design called the HMB, also hand poured by TRT. The HMB is also fantastic for a dropshot rig!
Thanks for the vid Matt. You guys are awesome!
I swear Matt is the messiah of bass fishing. I wish I knew that much about anything, let alone fishing 😂
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Literally just woke up to a tactical vid
Same
Good morning
Shit me to. Lol
Same here. Love those morning uploads!.. its a sign to get out there 😄
That’s how it is
You guys have been my absolute favorites since I started bass fishing 3 years ago. Hearing the natural colors and the exposed hook info when I already was in that mind frame made me stoked. Thanks for all the guidance over the years!
As a tournament guy I have club tournaments during the spawn and I really hate taking these fish off the bed but the money invested is tremendous. I'm torn between what to do but I do try to take the big ones back to the area I caught them after weigh in. I just wonder if the stress of being weighed in makes them just dump eggs and leave.
God bless 🙏
Maybe you should get a group of like-minded anglers together and push for catch photo release style competition like we have on the kayak fishing side.
Went ahead and pulled the trigger on one of your brand sunglasses in copper because we have really stained and muddy water here in Missouri. Can't wait to see how they perform when I get them.
Been catchen em in stl
Man, I love your videos.
You guys are very thorough.
Look at his face, wipe the weeds off your face😂🤣🤣
" The reason why the jig is there is because it just plain works... I mean let's just get down to it" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I like the breakdown you give on the different lenses this. I didn't have this knowledge until now at dad. This is a old video I supposed to got this already
Been watching the channel for a couple years, bass fishing has been so much more enjoyable, really appreciate the one on one feel, like I have two awesome guides tutoring me. I’m from Canada, not on the same level as Tim and Matt(on a good year I would be happy to catch one 5 pounder). Still don’t catch a lot of five pounders but hit seven pounds on sm last year and the year before. I no longer consider 5 pounders picture worthy and just toss them back in as if they were dinks. Goal is a 9 pounder, lake simcoe has them and I want them. Your show should be on tv.
Perfect timing video about to go bed fishing
The Amber lenses are amazing! I bought two pair the other week. One being silver mirror the other amber. Couldn't be happier! when it was cloudy as all hell and misting rain on me. I thought who would put shades on right now? But I did amber is legit. Matt is right, the bottom just came out of no where. Cut the glare and brighten my day up! My water is 12ft clarity im seeing things in my lake ive never seen before! Perfect sunny days those silver lenses are killer! Lost an absolute giant last night at dusk. Can't stop thinking about it! Stuck at work watching TB to get me through my fishing withdrawals!
Sapphire blue is by far my favorite color for the entire spawn season simply because we get really dirty water here in Louisiana and they cant miss that super bright blue.
Great information hopefully I get that ten pounder Tomorrow got a six and half today but the ten is kinda skittish and your information in this video I think helped me put the final piece to the puzzle
An old timer ran a tackle shop and recommended i use the brown lenses also. They're the only ones i use. If its clear or slightly stained i wear them. Muddy water makes them useless. My numbers increased greatly because of them. Not only see deeper, but see cover and structure better.
Here in the Midwest, waters are still too cold for bass to be moving up. All of them are still out deep in their prespawn and wintering areas.
Well yea.... he said it’s spawn time for him in Tennessee. Use some common sense. It’s snowing today here in northern michigan. We had ice 3 weeks ago
@@jamesh7469 He actually said "All over the Country." ..........You might want to use your ears, just a thought.
Easy you two. Bigguns are on the way for us all. Just a matter of time
@@WizCudder1 😂🤣👌
@@jmurphy68463 in pa normally its hella could but nope last month was 70 caught a 7 pounder
Makes me want to be fishing right now
I'm glad to know I made the correct decision while trying to catch a fish on the bed. I of course was using a white creature bait but could never get the fish to eat the whole thing so there was a lot of pulling and stretching because the fish only had the non-hook end of the bait. I switch to a 2/0 circle hook and wacky-rigged a TRD and on the 2nd attempt, I caught the fish. Couldn't have done that without an exposed hook.
I think we're mid to late spawn over here in Japan. Great vid
@LucidoMafia which part of japan are you based?
@@ipnoteca Kanto North of Tokyo
@@LucidoMafia any good places around there for bass fishing? i mainly go to chiba
@@ipnoteca Ibaraki-ken Kasumi or Tonegawa is good. But I mostly fish pond and rivers in Tochigi. Tokyo has a couple of pay spots that I've heard are pretty good. Chiba I think tagakagi lake or dam is great
@@LucidoMafia cool i love fishing in ponds too, as soon as i see “tsurikinshi” i know is a good spot 😀 anyway thank you for your reply!
I just ordered green tinted Smith optics polarized lenses and a new pair of amber/green mirror. I have gray but almost never use them. You’re 100% correct on watching what you wear
Definitely alot new anglers! I'm 1 of them lol. I started fishing 🎣 when this pandemic started last year.
So much good info, this is by far my favorite fishing channel! Matt always hits it on the nail
I really like a lizard on a stand up head for bed fishing.good video he covered a lot of good stuff.
Your hat actually blends in with sky pretty well.
That's true
keep taking care of yourself. i always look forward to the wealth of knowledge you provide
I very much appreciate all the advice and recommendations you make Matt. Hopefully I am not out of place making a recommendation for you. Have had several Basil Cells removed from skin and yes it can be concerning. Changed to Banana Boat 50 Stick for the face and it has performed flawlessly. The bonus with the stick of course is your hands never touch it. Take care Brother.
Too bad here in MN we aren’t allowed. Bass opener don’t open till mid May
I love watching your shows you’re awesome
Appreciate the skin caner awareness and prevention advice. One common skin cancer location is the feet which is often overlooked. Bob Marley died of melanoma that originated in his toe. While fishing in sandals feels great, so too does fishing in shorts and a T-shirt. So if we're going to protect ourselves from skin cancer, we should also consider the feet and keep them covered.
This is exactly what I needed man! Somehow some of the bass here in central NC haven’t started spawning yet but sight fishing is definitely in order!
Have you ever fished lake Holt/ holt reservoir?
@@derrickclayton2544 yeah I have, I haven't fished there in a while but I never managed to get any bass. I only was able to bank fish, but maybe I'm missing something. Do you have any tips for that place?
Great video Matt. Totally agree with your thoughts on handling fish during the pre spawn. Let's pray the biopsy turns out to be nothing. Thanks man. 👍🎣
Great vid bro. We been slamming them in TX this year - this Spring has just been crazy. Dropping some new vids soon of 8 and 10 lbers we been catching off beds. Crazy year for bed fishing. Great vid man.
Excellent tips! Thanks for sharing. I have noticed fish do see us on the shore when wearing bright colors.
Ponds around me have literally 10+ feet of visibility and i see tamks everywhere but i scare them off, this is exactly what I needed thanks!🔥👊🏻
same here!
Love the sunglasses guys, I compared them to the old Eye Surrenders and you can feel and see the quality. Love both and will continue to use both.
I wish you guys would make some sunglasses that either go over regular prescription glasses or a flip up version. A lot of people wear glasses.
Revant optics makes prescription polarized sunglass lenses for almost all brands/ frames with multiple color tints to pick from
What a magical time of year🎣
The magic craw color is a detail you legitimately should consider, def one of my confidence colors and I’ll throw some kind of craw/bug style bait, and then a Ned rig and if you piss em off for long enough, you’ll get em! The savage gear Ned salamanders are really cool, I’ll have to get some to try them out!
I’m gonna need to step up to a 21’ boat to hold my gear lol Tackle junkies problems
Great video. Awesome advice. Appreciate you Matt!
Notebook time!!!!
Terrific overview as always Matt!
Can't agree more on treating the fish properly! The future offspring will depend on that. Great info and video again guys!!
Just bought me some badass shades thanks y’all!
This is the only time "Circle Back" is acceptable. 😅
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@@leakecoservices1749 Not exactly what I was referring to.
Good to see you back in TN.
Love the tips on being nice to the fish matt!!
Great boat control advice! Thanks guys
Just ordered a pair of the amber glasses 👀im excited for the spawn here in Michigan
I hear ya! Cold 10 days coming up so we might be waiting even longer.
@@DevonHumpert fr.....I was so hoping that this water would be getting warmer by the full moon at the end of the month....but don't seem like that's gonna happen
Great video just triggered my thoughts my grandfather told me many many years ago Just remember the fish have eyes to
I got a pair of the copper Eye Surrender glasses a couple of years ago after you recommended them in another video. I love them for the lake I live on. Last year they didn't spray the lake so the weeds and this scum stuff was thick everywhere. It was so bad that you couldn't even fish some weedless lures without pulling in a bunch of the slime the was growing on all of the weeds. Anyway great video and if these ones get lost of messed up I'm going to get a pair Tactical Bassin branded ones from Eye Surrender.
3/8oz Black an blue jig has worked wonders for me. With a green pumpkin or watermelon green pumpkin trailer🤙
Nothing better than waking up to some tactical bassin on my phone!
We just got snow in minneola but good stuff. Love watching u guys.
Thanks for the insights Matt! TVA has decided to do the yo to water levels again this year right at spawning time and it's great to have an expert close at hand 😎😁. Maybe one of these days I will bump into you at Tanks store in town 🤔😁
Once again, excellent video with great info. Thanks!
The fish is looking at the sky as a backdrop, so why not lighter colors?
Thanks for another awesome video from Tactical Bassing
Its hard to slow down after the prespawn. Sometimes skip spawning all together and let them bass do their thing and I will see them again in post spawn 👿
. I didn't know that wearing bright color clothes determines how fish will bite or not. Great info! Thanks!
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Great video.. I Grew up in Pennsylvania, its illegal to fish for bass from April 14-June 1 during the spawn. I'm definitely against bed fishing , especially in tournaments where the fish are taken away, that doesn't make sense. Thanks for stressing that point.
I love the jig for beds!
WOW, this guy is Really good. Very impressive!
Thank you for the info man!! Really helpful!!!
What about the dark sleeper swimbait? You recommend that one in a one of the previous videos and man does that work. Thanks to that recommendations I was able to land a heft bedding bass.
Great information as always😃😃
Another great video! Thanks again guys
I wish I was in this time of the year here in Connecticut water temps are still in hight 40s low 50s fishing has been so tough we have had 2 tournaments and there has only been 1 largemouth caught 6 smallmouth and now there saying we could see snow on Friday I can't wait for this winter to end all I want to do is show these guys in my league what I can do but its been nothing but and empty live well and not a fish in sight 😢
I WATCHED THE VIDEO Listened go u guys and CAUGHT A PB thank you
Im from brazil and you make me catch large mouth....thanks brow....im ready for the next job and use the yours methods....thanks master
Right after I watched this video I caught my pb (7 1/2) on the savage gear bluegill swim bait. Thx tactical
i can’t wait for bed fishing in oregon
Awesome video
Wish more people would take your advice on fish care during the spawn. Too many guys putting em in the livewell trying to get that multiple fish pic....
Really enjoy your videos....but I have a hard time with all the specifics after seeing people catch bass with a leaf or a block of wood
During the spawn the fish will attack a shiny hook
great information, well said bro.
thank you for all the info
It’s so crazy that people don’t understand that Fish can see you lol and yes Polarized Glasses are the absolute best even if it’s Strike King or Solar Bats they absolutely work.
Got it. As a bank angler wear a ghillie suit to site fish. Get some amber colored contact lenses. Don't forget your dead down wind spray cause those fish WILL smell you! Tight lines
The funny thing is that that's just about dead on accurate attire for targeting native trout in Western North Carolina.
@@jasonc3522 double up and turkey hunt at the same time! "Is that bush fly fishing?"
Bed fishing is illegal here in Pennsylvania, and I’m not too upset about it. I get that there’s a great chance at catching monster bass during the spawn, but it almost feels like cheating to me - kind of like shooting a turkey out of its roost. I respect those who choose to bed fish and do it as ethically as possible, but I’d rather leave them alone to spawn, then catch them once they move back deep.
Excellent brother. Are you guys coming to fork this month for the pro stop.
People used to think I'm crazy wearing camo shirts when I'm fishing..
WELCOME BACK TO TAAAAACTICALLL BASSSSINNNN
Bucket fisherman are in full swing this year, saw a local lake with a ton of empty beds while the bass are still spawning, saw a straw hat flip flop wearer with a stringer full of bass 1lb-4lbs. SAD
Have you guys stocked up on the duo realis cicadas yet? The hatch is going to be crazy on the chick this summer...
You guys, I have a question. How many different types of bass species are there. I caught one yesterday and it looks white as snow. But it don't look like a white bass. It has black markings on the very top
Agreed send it back soon as you take the picture let them be free . Plus the big bass genes need to continue.
Exactly. Pains me to see guys rip a big girl off a bed and not think twice before they toss it in their well to mount
@@aidanconley3162 fully agree this day in age people know better too . Get a plastic mount . And set them free god knows you’re ripping the next state record for the water. I’m 44 caught plenty of bass over 5 biggest was 6/9 oz when I was 18 they don’t get much bigger here in Rhode Island . And I knew that then .
Question 🙋♂️: why do some of my rod tip guides have indentations on it ? The inside of the tip of my guides are no longer smooth. Why does this happen ? I’ve only had some of these rods 7-9 months. The rods I use are spinning rods that run from $ 35-45.
WOO its almost the spawn where i am at
What about in crappy mucky dark/brown/cedar water? I’m stuck with that anywhere I can fish within a reasonable driving distance
Great info!! We just about getting ready for the spawn out here! haha
Good stuff!!
thank you
What kind of fishing gloves do you reccomend that cover up until your fingernails ?