The Search Begins For BIG RIVER SMALLMOUTH!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ม.ค. 2025
- River Bronze - The Pursuit Of A 20 Episode 1
Welcome to a new series, River Bronze, which is all about river smallmouth bass. In this journey, my goal is to become a better river smallmouth angler, and it isn’t complete until I successfully land a 20” smallmouth bass on camera.
In today’s episode, I took my kayak out on a spring day to kick off this journey. The fishing had ups and downs, but for the most part, I felt it was a successful outing. The crankbait was a great option for covering water, and the tube ended up paying off with the big fish of the day. Stay tuned for more episodes of River Bronze!
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Awesome can't wait brother loved the video!
You made my week 👍
I'm all in Ethan buddy!!!💪🏻🎣🙌🏻
Very cool series idea! Any tips for your Ks brethren would be great 😁
As a fan of bronze, I look towards more of this series. And as much as I’d like you to succeed, I hope we get a lot more episodes.
I trust you will get plenty of episodes lol
I didn’t know the series started already. I’m out fishing now but I’ll be watching this when I get home.
You rock! Thanks for the support John.
Ya know what I love about these series? You title them, and upload a few videos building up (hopefully) to the goal of a 20. Most TH-camrs just skip right to the big payoff. But you let it build, the bluegill series by the end you made a bluegill feel like it was a genuine prize. And I think that fits in with the theme of your channel. Growth. I’ve been watching you for years and you’ve grown from an Online Outdoorsman to the Gold Standard of ultralight products. Proud of you bub
Sorry for the delayed reply here... Thank you so much for the kind feedback :) Tight lines my friend!
I've been waiting for the launch of this series!!! LET'S GO!!!!!🎣💪🏻
Thanks Michael :)
Got into some river smallie action on the Buffalo and White River in Arkansas last month with my older brothers and had an absolute blast! Most of our good ones...including a 19 incher...were caught on the ol' ned rig (TRD). Hellgramite did some damge as well. Super pumped about this series!!
Can't really go wrong with a Ned Rig! Happy you had a successful trip :)
It was good to run into you Ethan! Can't wait until we are finally able to get out on the water together!
Definitely need to get out there together soon! Stay in touch.
The Wallkill river in NY is chock full of monster smallies. Even a 10" bass outs up a hell of a fight, but targeting waterfalls off dams, and little pools and eddy's, you can hook 4 pound smallies in the tiniest little pools, and the fight is INSANE!
My absolute favorite bait is the jointed Shad-Rap crawfish pattern
Sounds like an absolute blast!
@@FishAnything yeah it sure is! I love walking through the river, thigh deep, finding a rock to stand on, and finding a flowing bit of water between 2 massive rocks, letting out 6 feet of line and dragging the crankbait through the flow, and then BANG! right beneath your feet a monster 😂
Love this❤
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Dude, I've been chasing a river 20 for about 3 years now. Lots of 17's and 18's so far. Such a fun goal to try for because even when you don't land a biggun, it's still a smallie. Either way you can't lose!
Let's hope we both get one this fall!
Love this series idea. You have my attention. Across the Big Pond from you in IL we see smallies partial towards inline spinners and small spinnerbaits. Try 1/8, 3/16 smaller profile 1/4 ounce. Pond Magic is a nice size. This should be good. Thanks Ethan
Good intel - thank you Brian!!
Nice. It is going to be an entertaining series. I like that it started in April and will show how your technique changes post spawn and with warmer water temps. Thanks Ethan.
Yeah I thought it would be fun to hold onto the footage for a while and post a bunch at once. Thanks for watching :)
Definitely try the nikko hellgrammite on a ned rig!
I will keep this in mind - thank you!
Every video is always something different. Love the content and the brand. God bless tight lines!!
Thank you Caleb I really appreciate your ongoing support!!
Good water as a rule means moving water, where there are eddys, there will be fish in the vicinity.
I think you will see that I find that out more in episodes to come :) good callout Ernie!
You are embarking on a wonderful adventure. Full size lure will produce less fish but better quality.
100% agreed. I will likely stick to larger power baits in this series. Will work in the finesse tube/worms when I need to draw bites, but big topwater is my confidence bait for big smallies so that will likely get a lot of casts.
Series is kicking off with a bang! Excited to see how the rest of the videos pan out!
Thanks Ramon :) I am excited for this one.
I am so happy that you started this quest. As a Smallie nerd. I love this fish. Have been a subscriber for many months now. Will continue to be watching. Good luck on the quest.
Thank you very much Gary!
This is going to be a fantastic series. Love small mouth fishing.
Thank you! I look forward to your feedback :)
I can't wait to go after some Colorado River smallies in two months. I'll also be going after redear in Havasu.
No way dude I am so jealous! Go get a giant Redear. You get some 2+ lbers on Mule gear and send me pics, I will hook you up lol
@@FishAnything I'll get it done. My confidence in hunting big sunfish is pretty high at this point.
Love this series. Going to be fun!
Thank you Tom! I am excited for it :)
Nice goal Ethan. Good Luck.
Going to take some time and effort but I trust I can get it done!
I also have a three rod limit for river/creek kayak fishing. I also have an $80 limit per rod. That ‘paid off’ on my last creek float when I broke all three rods at the same time. My friend grounded on a sandbar and the current was too fast for me to stop before I crashed into the back of his kayak.
OOOOF I am sorry to hear that happened. Rivers cost anglers a lot of money!
I'm excited for this series!
Happy to hear it!! Thank you :)
Grab a rebel crawfish (wee or regular) most consistent river bait Ive found. (Inline spinners are good too but i like the feel of the crank).
I need to bust out the wee craw soon. Good point!
I believe that was a Chestnut Lamprey, they are actually native to MI and the great lakes region. I'm not sure about their effects on the ecosystem, but I know they aren't nearly as bad as Sea Lamprey for sure.
Thank you - I have been made aware of my stupidity. Definitely won’t be killing them moving forward since you’re totally right. That was in fact a Chestnut Lamprey and it is native so there is not point in killing them. I’ll definitely not make that mistake again! I have done more research and it seems the Sea Lamprey are significantly larger and a bit different looking so I will keep my eyes out.
@@FishAnything I found out basically the same way haha, it just feels wrong to not dispatch of those things. I used to kill gobies when I was a kid because of the DNR warning for them, now they're just a normal everyday fish because they are actually healthy for the great lakes, funny how things change so quickly.
Can’t wait for the next episode. Great job on the video I fish a lot of smallmouth and they really love that Berkeley Mack Sennet just the tip to help you out
Thank you! Might have to play around with the Maxscent stuff!
Hey man! Nice vídeo! Today in Brazil is very cold.. zero fish....😂🎣 #FoconoUltralight
Hope it warms up and you catch a bunch of fish :)
Those small mouth are real head shakers.
They sure are!
Great video....I enjoyed it ......What kind of kayak is this?
Old Town Sportsman PDL 120
What model kayak are you running?
Old Town Sportsman PDL 120
What is your bump board?
YakGear makes it!
I’m in the same boat as you when it comes to lamprey. I can’t stand them.
I want to clarify something... This was a Chestnut Lamprey and I incorrectly identified it as a Sea Lamprey. I will not be killing them anymore because they are native to the area.
Still think they are gross as heck though lol