I had a blast at Toho last month. Caught 8 large mouth. The smallest was like 3.5lb. Also caught a 4ft Gar. I think we lost 3 or 4. There isn't really a setup they haven't seen LOL. And if you fish along the tall grass or reeds, they'll break you off slick as a whistle. Those fish are smart in that lake. We were only out for a couple of hours. The weather pretty much sucked the whole time we were down there.
You ever see that 9year old video of Bill Dance “worming” a chatterbait on a spinning rod in grass. It’s how it was meant to be fished . I get big bites when I do this in early spring.. good video
They are spraying that chain and the Harris chain continuously. Some times they have helicopters out there spraying. Had them spray over me and my son. I called FWC but they did nothing.
@@theultimatesteelshooter8610 the little Florida lake I fish the most has a minimum of 4 harvesters, maybe more plus the spray everyday as well. Find a patch of pads holding bass and next day it’s gone. But yes, much better than spraying
I didn’t know any better when I got chatterbaits and fished it like a JIG & Pig and they pick it up just like anything else that’s a Jig. But also, when you reel it in, they bite it also due to the vibration and the cat and mouse chase thing called instinctual striking.
You dog you. Great video. Living here in south central Florida on Crooked Lake(which you have fished) I know about the hydrilla and how to work a worm through it. I have done the same thing as you did and really caught them. Keep it up. Really enjoyed this video.
Junebug Magnum Finesse worm on a ¼oz Spot Remover head is bad medicine on big nighttime spotted bass. My color preference at night goes like this: 1)junebug 2)black 3)redbug. At night, I like to fish it on straight braid, to feel everything.
mid 60's. not sure if i'm going to make it to harris - my buddy chris that owns 44 tackle where i stay at is going to be gone fishing a BASS open so i might head up to Gainesville and try to catch a trophy fish on Orange Lake
that's what it kind of felt like - i think that's why i like fishing offshore hydrilla and eel grass like this it's sort of something i'm really comfortable with.
Dude I really enjoy watching your videos, I've gotta say I'm jealous watching you catch fish on chatter baits I've got a Plano 3700 full of them in different colors and sizes but I've never caught a bass on any of them!!
@@davidharris4030 seriously I've been on my boat a watched bass just look at my chatterbait come by them and them not react to it, and put that rod down and pick up a spinner bait the same color with the same trailer on it and make the same cast with the same retrieve and have bass inhale it
@@jerimydeloach1556 I am 60 years old and my home lake is Chickamauga. I can tell you I have caught fish on both spinner baits and chatter baits. If you have watched professional tournaments a lot like I have. I promise you there’s many many pros throwing the chatter bait! It is a killer bait! Good luck dude!!
@@davidharris4030 appreciate it Chickamauga is on my bucket list of Lakes to fish and hopefully my step-son and his fishing partner can do good in thr remaining Alabama bass nation Jr division tournaments and in the state tournament and get the opportunity to fish it
@@jerimydeloach1556 I hope they do well. It is a fun sport I’ve enjoyed my whole life. Things seem to be changing with the new technology. I have been trying to learn the forward facing sonar game recently for myself.
Hey MikeybigBalzz.! You’re fishing in my spot. Toho is a fun lake. My favorite of central Florida. My 13#12oz came from Toho over south of Browns Point. It’s Toe Hoe Peck a lie guh
@@jaijason8150 it’s insanity , I honestly feel like they are trying to ruin these lakes on purpose . Killing the grass does nothing of value . It makes the lakes murky , increasing temp and killing off all the game fish .
My home lake is Chickamauga and they spray our grass from time to time. It totally ruins areas that once were killer. It takes forever for those areas to come back. It sucks! For about 3-4 years I had this grass flat that was the “ JUICE “ and of course they spray and F__k it up!
Good stuff Mikey. I have a brother in law in Florida fishing from the bank and, I'm trying to help him out. He's new to fishing. His lake has grass so, I have set him up with a watermelon red flake Zoom Super Fluke and some green pumpkin Yum Dingers. Thanks for the tip on the Fat Ace in JB Blue color, I'm going to send him that one to try. BTW, 3/0, 4/0 or 5/0 hook on that 6" bait? Thanks.
Pretty cool of you to hook him up like that! I'm running a 4/0 old school o shaughnessy style hook on that fat ace. if you're fishing around more emergent stuff like pads and cane i'd look at a wide gap.
Anglers should never go anywhere without an assortment of stick baits in natural and proven colors like the two you showed today. I’m pretty sure they will work almost anywhere in the world for tons of different species. The simplest, most enticing and effective design, possibly ever.
Man send the first 45 seconds of this to FWC cause duck hunters have been complaining about the spraying for years and how it’s ruining the environment and whole ecosystem. You can’t play God with Mother Nature. FWC thinks the bass fishermen like the spraying. As a 26 year native it’s depressing to see the state being killed.
So apparently too much grass will kill the lake and deprive it of oxygen! According to a marine biologist. Killing the grass doesn’t kill the bass- just a messenger
It doesn't kill the bass - it kills their habitat. Mechanical harvesting is a WAY better option since it doesn't kill the grass which then decomposes and depletes oxygen levels to say nothing of the chemicals put in the water by spraying. It's the typical lazy govt solution ...
Listen to Shan o gram… aquatic biologist he’s on here… too much grass covers the surface area of the lake and at night the grass doesn’t produce oxygen but still uses it choking out the lake. Once again not my words
Great vid zMike. Thorough explanation on what you are doing to catch em on Toho! Really enjoyed your expert explanation!❤️
I watch a lot of bass fishing videos on TH-cam…the way you brake down you day is perfect. Do are definitely sharing the juice. Thank you.
Mikey, I have followed you since the early days and I think this was one of your best videos to date!
Thanks man that means a lot also appreciate you sticking around for the Long Haul!
Toho is my favorite lake to fish. So many big fish in that lake.
I had a blast at Toho last month. Caught 8 large mouth. The smallest was like 3.5lb. Also caught a 4ft Gar. I think we lost 3 or 4. There isn't really a setup they haven't seen LOL. And if you fish along the tall grass or reeds, they'll break you off slick as a whistle. Those fish are smart in that lake. We were only out for a couple of hours. The weather pretty much sucked the whole time we were down there.
Great video! I’m a big fan of the Zaldaingerous swimbaits and just got them loaded versions to try. Appreciate the tip on worming the chatterbait.
You ever see that 9year old video of Bill Dance “worming” a chatterbait on a spinning rod in grass. It’s how it was meant to be fished . I get big bites when I do this in early spring.. good video
no i haven't! i'll have to check that out! ol billy dance ahhahah
That Lowrance set up is killer
Im stuck up here in Illinois waiting for the fish to come shall love the videos Mikey 📹 way to go bud tight lines my homie
How about that spray boat showing up right when I'm talking about Heather so much grass 😅
Spraying EVERY lake in Florida. Someone getting a kickback from DuPont?
They are spraying that chain and the Harris chain continuously. Some times they have helicopters out there spraying. Had them spray over me and my son. I called FWC but they did nothing.
Mechanical harvest is a SO much better option but FWC is too lazy to invest in a system that will actually protect the ecosystem long term ...
@@theultimatesteelshooter8610 the little Florida lake I fish the most has a minimum of 4 harvesters, maybe more plus the spray everyday as well. Find a patch of pads holding bass and next day it’s gone. But yes, much better than spraying
Yep we need better grass...management. wish they knew about it.
I didn’t know any better when I got chatterbaits and fished it like a JIG & Pig and they pick it up just like anything else that’s a Jig. But also, when you reel it in, they bite it also due to the vibration and the cat and mouse chase thing called instinctual striking.
You dog you. Great video. Living here in south central Florida on Crooked Lake(which you have fished) I know about the hydrilla and how to work a worm through it. I have done the same thing as you did and really caught them. Keep it up. Really enjoyed this video.
Thanks man!
Been throwing the 6” inch swim bait a lot this spring in the lakes up here around Gainesville.
Junebug Magnum Finesse worm on a ¼oz Spot Remover head is bad medicine on big nighttime spotted bass. My color preference at night goes like this: 1)junebug 2)black 3)redbug. At night, I like to fish it on straight braid, to feel everything.
What was the water temperature that day? Will you be making a stop to fish the Harris Chain?
mid 60's. not sure if i'm going to make it to harris - my buddy chris that owns 44 tackle where i stay at is going to be gone fishing a BASS open so i might head up to Gainesville and try to catch a trophy fish on Orange Lake
Mikey the start of another Bass season 2024. You know its going to be good whenyou see Bogs running point on the front deck 🎣.
Hellz yeah!
Great video as usual. Have you tried a Bomber-A looks like a Tiger jerk bait. I find it very good along the grass lines.
Great job! You wore Bog out!
Goin to Kissimmee next weekend thanks for the tips!
Good luck out there
Great video
Great job Mikey!! 💯% correct stick worms just catch them.
Streamlined is a good word for both water and air.
Love how boog always knows when you hook a fish
You da man Mikey!!🎣
look like you back up in Wisconsin fishing the grass edges in summer.
that's what it kind of felt like - i think that's why i like fishing offshore hydrilla and eel grass like this it's sort of something i'm really comfortable with.
I just noticed that Mikey is so cool that he got power poles to match his SLX reels!!😎
🤣
I wish we had grass like that on Oconee
Dude I really enjoy watching your videos, I've gotta say I'm jealous watching you catch fish on chatter baits I've got a Plano 3700 full of them in different colors and sizes but I've never caught a bass on any of them!!
You will! Put a small swimbait as a trailer and use it on the spawning area’s this spring. It will become one of your favorites.
@@davidharris4030 seriously I've been on my boat a watched bass just look at my chatterbait come by them and them not react to it, and put that rod down and pick up a spinner bait the same color with the same trailer on it and make the same cast with the same retrieve and have bass inhale it
@@jerimydeloach1556 I am 60 years old and my home lake is Chickamauga. I can tell you I have caught fish on both spinner baits and chatter baits. If you have watched professional tournaments a lot like I have. I promise you there’s many many pros throwing the chatter bait! It is a killer bait! Good luck dude!!
@@davidharris4030 appreciate it Chickamauga is on my bucket list of Lakes to fish and hopefully my step-son and his fishing partner can do good in thr remaining Alabama bass nation Jr division tournaments and in the state tournament and get the opportunity to fish it
@@jerimydeloach1556 I hope they do well. It is a fun sport I’ve enjoyed my whole life. Things seem to be changing with the new technology. I have been trying to learn the forward facing sonar game recently for myself.
Sweet vid. And the sun is pulling a number on that black plastic on your SLX’s. Lol
they've seen some action ahahha
Hey MikeybigBalzz.! You’re fishing in my spot. Toho is a fun lake. My favorite of central Florida. My 13#12oz came from Toho over south of Browns Point.
It’s Toe Hoe Peck a lie guh
Damn that's a giant!!!
They are killing the grass like crazy here on the CA Delta as well .
Same on the LA delta. Just look at lake cataouche where kvd set the 3 day record for classic. It's completely gone and that lake is dead.
@@jaijason8150 it’s insanity , I honestly feel like they are trying to ruin these lakes on purpose . Killing the grass does nothing of value . It makes the lakes murky , increasing temp and killing off all the game fish .
Hey Bog!
Hate the spray boat.
I’ve been fishing down the docks. Have some fun good bites. And then…here comes the GD spray boat. Ugh!!
My home lake is Chickamauga and they spray our grass from time to time. It totally ruins areas that once were killer. It takes forever for those areas to come back. It sucks! For about 3-4 years I had this grass flat that was the “ JUICE “ and of course they spray and F__k it up!
Mikey youre a G
Good stuff Mikey. I have a brother in law in Florida fishing from the bank and, I'm trying to help him out. He's new to fishing. His lake has grass so, I have set him up with a watermelon red flake Zoom Super Fluke and some green pumpkin Yum Dingers. Thanks for the tip on the Fat Ace in JB Blue color, I'm going to send him that one to try. BTW, 3/0, 4/0 or 5/0 hook on that 6" bait? Thanks.
Pretty cool of you to hook him up like that! I'm running a 4/0 old school o shaughnessy style hook on that fat ace. if you're fishing around more emergent stuff like pads and cane i'd look at a wide gap.
@@mikeybalzzThanks! He's done plenty for me. I have some 4/0 Gamakatsu EWGs here so, I'll use them.
Don't know why but riding on an air boat is on my bucket list.
I think it's more fun being on them than around them LOL
Do use drone to find some of these spots.
Stupid question. What kind of bird is making that weird laughing sound in the background. We don’t have them in Oklahoma.
So what was this worming technique? Watched the video but don’t think you explained
Wondering same! What part is the “ Hush Hush”! Just kidding Mike because you gotta have a title.😁
Anglers should never go anywhere without an assortment of stick baits in natural and proven colors like the two you showed today. I’m pretty sure they will work almost anywhere in the world for tons of different species. The simplest, most enticing and effective design, possibly ever.
* in my opinion
I only keep 2 worms for shakey heads 🤷🏾♂️ junebug and a watermelon/pumpkin..I throw no senko style baits tho..and I straight catch em..idk why lol
I think Bog needs his own fishing rod. Maybe his own channel: "The Adventures of Bog". At the least he should have a tackle box full of dog bones.
that's a good idea - i like the dog bone box!
Looks like a fun day of button-pushing....
You think lake Toho is hard to say try “Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg” or as we say “Webster lake”
You win 😂
Smoked on them .
BE "LIKE" MIKEY!!!!
Old school Florida fishing with ffs Lol😂😂😂
guilty ahhahaha
Man send the first 45 seconds of this to FWC cause duck hunters have been complaining about the spraying for years and how it’s ruining the environment and whole ecosystem. You can’t play God with Mother Nature. FWC thinks the bass fishermen like the spraying. As a 26 year native it’s depressing to see the state being killed.
It’s not fwc but I know I’m from Okeechobee spaying suck
@@marshallcomfort1 They dont do the spraying but theyre all involved with each other.
Old school balls flipping
Ohh thats what they call it😂😂😂 shoot I should be a pro. I fish a chatterbait 50 different ways year-round 😂😂😂 i been doing this off instinct 🤷🏾♂️😂
Certified hammer
who doesn't know to try a senko
So apparently too much grass will kill the lake and deprive it of oxygen! According to a marine biologist. Killing the grass doesn’t kill the bass- just a messenger
First time I have heard that.
Same
It doesn't kill the bass - it kills their habitat. Mechanical harvesting is a WAY better option since it doesn't kill the grass which then decomposes and depletes oxygen levels to say nothing of the chemicals put in the water by spraying. It's the typical lazy govt solution ...
Grass produces oxygen.
Listen to Shan o gram… aquatic biologist he’s on here… too much grass covers the surface area of the lake and at night the grass doesn’t produce oxygen but still uses it choking out the lake. Once again not my words
I like your videos but all the click bait titles about pros is used a lil to much lol
Agreed, it's time to mix it up a bit
What happened bro
Fuck...
If you don’t like Florida aquatic weed control and or the types of vessels used on OUR waterways, please go back to Jersey!!!
Who's from Jersey?
@@mikeybalzz you might not be from there but you have their attitude!! Please tell me where did you get your aquatic management degree.
@@SpoonpluggerI guess you have all answers! Tell everyone what you would do!