Good work out there! I was the guy who came up and said hey while you were sitting on side waiting to launch on day 2 before i had to get loaded up with my boater for the day! Excellent finish and look forward to seeing you on the elites man!
@@thehookupwsoukup7720 caught a limit, had fun. Looking forward to chesapeak bay for sure. If u want someone to ride along with for practice im your guy. Ill chip in for gas and bring some donuts from my favorite bakery here in va.
Awesome job kept up with you on NPFL and you just got another Sub keep it up and hope you make it to the Elite stage next year. Thanks for sharing your journey. God bless and keep smashing them.
Wow! NPFL has been great to me. Im basically fishing two tours this year with NPFL and the Opens. We will have more NPFL tournament videos coming out soon.
John your channel is as good or better than the ones that have 500k subscribers...sometime soon everyone will see that and it will take off buddy...good wishes buddy and I hope u make the elites. We will be praying for you!
Hey buddy my brother and I are the ones on the point in the blue Ranger at 32 minutes when you caught your big fish right at weigh in. We hollered once you landed it!!! It was so so cool to beable to watch yall and you land that fish !!!!! Congrats on your finish !! @The Hookup w/ Soukup
That’s really good stuff man! 👊🏻👊🏻. I remember you guys fishing and the cheering!!! 💪🏻. Glad you found the video and can relive it. It was my favorite fish catch of the season.
First video of yours I have watched and yes I definitely hit the subscribe button. Really enjoyed it. Being from a small town in Texas I definitely know about fishing in the work boots. Nothing more comfortable. 😂
Great job, sir 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽. You caught WAY more fish in this one tournament than I ever have in the hundreds of times I've been there....literally! I hate that place because I can't figure it out nor get beyond 2 bites in one-8hour day; but you showed that it CAN be a good fishery. Again, congrats to you and a very intriguing video (I watched it twice!).
Congrats what a fun tournament. Great to see someone get so excited about fishing and getting so close to coming out on top. Hope the next one is even better. Keep it going.
That explains the work boots being a carpenter. I subscribe to 3 or 4 fishermen on TH-cam and some don't even wear shoes or they wear sandles or similar. I was thinking that you would spook some bed fish wearing those but your boat must be sound dampened well. Also the other anglers wear a camera on their chest which really works well for getting good shots. Don't misunderstand I enjoyed the video but we didn't even see that last big fish after the catch. Until weigh in I mean. I don't mean to criticize but I think your videos would be much better without the loud boots and adding another camera. Just trying to help you make a better video because I want to continue to watch you fish and I want to see you catch those big bass. I did subscribe so I hope you don't think I'm being critical because I really did like the content.
@@robertnesbitt6110 Lol! I wear the boots when it’s cold to keep me warm. When I get comfortable with a chesty I will wear it. I haven’t proven it out well for me for tournaments.
I don’t know exactly. I had two more events before I went home and I had one before this rotundamente, so it was never drove straight through. I’m guessing 17-20 hrs. I drove straight to Hartwell in SC after weigh in, that was around 7.5 hrs. Then from Hartwell to Ross Barnett, around 9 hrs. Then I went home 11 hrs.
Wow!! What a great tournament video. Appreciate you sharing the ups and downs like throwing back keeper fish Lol. Looking forward to seeing you make the elites.
That was an epic tourney! Fishing what the conditions allowed. Love how you didn’t let the fact that another angler moved in on your bed bite deter you from your mission. Great job!
Good work dude! At least you recovered from tossing back keepers. I lost a club tournament by 2 oz with 2 fish for a little over 11 pounds. How? In a moment of needing a third fish and having a momentary lapse of judgement I thought were on Watts Bar when in reality we were on Ft. Loudon. I threw back a 14 and 3/4 fish. Good videos dude, keep them coming.
This may sound like a dumb question but what are the pool noodles for in the well? To keep them from jumping out or to keep them from sloshing around so much running
The pool noodles are to keep the fish calm and safe. They stay calm when there is something over their head. They stage safe from taking a beating from the underneath side of the live well lid when I am running in rough water.
@@thehookupwsoukup7720 that's exactly what I thought because it makes the most sense and I see a lot of guys in my club do this exact same thing.... I guess I should start doing the same because I make long runs!! Stay safe man, continue to stay you 💪✌️
Enjoyed watching you catch some big 'uns. But the last one was the best! Now you're making me think, sometimes. I wonder if what I thought was a "snag" was actually a BIG fish! All the best John!
😂 Time to rethink. The rush of the end of the day, being hung several times before that fish combined with it pulling odd had me thrown. Stupid is as stupid does and I was stupid on that fish.
@@thehookupwsoukup7720 you reminded me now of a fish story where I caught a nice size bass on a Blue Fox inline while out in my waders and it was wrapped a round a big tree limb that was 12 feet wide and 6 feet high about 35 lbs. I dragged that limb with the fish to shore. I released the bass and threw that big tree limb and propped it up on the shore brush as a trophy reminder when I fish my spot that I kept my cool and did the job and caught the fish with like 12 pound leader line.
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Great finish John and congrats... I'm just glad you switched to bass so you aren't whooping me in the crappie tournaments anymore!
I was always a bass guy. I do enjoy the crappie fishing too.
Gotta love the james river jetties.
That place is on the top of my favorite list.
Awesome job!! Congrats!!
Thanks John!
Good work out there! I was the guy who came up and said hey while you were sitting on side waiting to launch on day 2 before i had to get loaded up with my boater for the day! Excellent finish and look forward to seeing you on the elites man!
How did you end up finishing? Thanks for all the comments.
@@thehookupwsoukup7720 caught a limit, had fun. Looking forward to chesapeak bay for sure. If u want someone to ride along with for practice im your guy. Ill chip in for gas and bring some donuts from my favorite bakery here in va.
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I typed in sounds good. And it sent a thumbs up, lol.
Congrats on the finish man, awesome tourney. Good videos great content. Gonna be great to see you on the Elites. Keep up the great work
Appreciate it!
Awesome job kept up with you on NPFL and you just got another Sub keep it up and hope you make it to the Elite stage next year. Thanks for sharing your journey. God bless and keep smashing them.
Wow! NPFL has been great to me. Im basically fishing two tours this year with NPFL and the Opens. We will have more NPFL tournament videos coming out soon.
That was insane,great video buddy,good luck to you,love the content
I should have lost the last fish 💯. The Alpha Angler Rebound Rod had my back.
Wow that was a great video. Congratulations! Love the content, keep it up.
Appreciate the feedback. It was an action packed final day. I’m guessing I caught 30+ fish.
John your channel is as good or better than the ones that have 500k subscribers...sometime soon everyone will see that and it will take off buddy...good wishes buddy and I hope u make the elites. We will be praying for you!
Wow! Thanks for the well wishes. The Elites seem like an impossible task, but we are not stopping.
Great video. I was worried the background music would play through that last minute fish catch. Anticipation is a B. But that was freaking awesome.
We need every tournament day to end with a surprise 6 lber.
Love the video! Awesome boots!
Boots are trademarked.
Great fishing
👊🏻👊🏻
Great video.
Robert. 👊🏻👊🏻 Glad you enjoyed it.
Hey buddy my brother and I are the ones on the point in the blue Ranger at 32 minutes when you caught your big fish right at weigh in. We hollered once you landed it!!! It was so so cool to beable to watch yall and you land that fish !!!!! Congrats on your finish !! @The Hookup w/ Soukup
That’s really good stuff man! 👊🏻👊🏻. I remember you guys fishing and the cheering!!! 💪🏻. Glad you found the video and can relive it. It was my favorite fish catch of the season.
great vid.....what made you throw a black buzzbait instead of white?
Black is my go too unless its super clear and they are on shad.
@@thehookupwsoukup7720 thanks
what crankbait was that you were using?
Chartreuse blue Dt.
@@thehookupwsoukup7720 DT6? 8? 10?
If you get bored while in sc let's link up make a video! Im down on murray
I will be back to Hartwell at some point in the fall fishing another Bass Open.
You threw them back because you had the confidence you were gonna cull them. Ha
😂 I wish.
Awesome finish john!!! This place is my home water's hats off hell of a job john.
My favorite tournament of the year!
Awesome job I live in Virginia and have grown up on the James so I know how tough it is
It’s one of my favorites, now.
Great video - congrats!!
Glad you enjoyed it.
Don’t be the guy that thinks he’s the only one that found those fish or the guy that thinks a stretch of water is theirs
That’s good advise.
Congratulations! You have put yourself in a great spot keep it up we are all pulling for you,thank you for sharing,
Thanks for following along. Always been a dream to fish the elites.
First video of yours I have watched and yes I definitely hit the subscribe button. Really enjoyed it. Being from a small town in Texas I definitely know about fishing in the work boots. Nothing more comfortable. 😂
Awesome!!! Super excited to have a great subscriber. Thanks for the feedback. Let me know which video is your favorite?
Fishing at that level is tough.Nobody see's the work off camera.Nice to see that work paid off for you.Keep doin what you're doin!.Congratulations!
It’s a great opportunity to fish full time professionally. The hard work is definitely not the pretty side.
Great job, sir 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽. You caught WAY more fish in this one tournament than I ever have in the hundreds of times I've been there....literally! I hate that place because I can't figure it out nor get beyond 2 bites in one-8hour day; but you showed that it CAN be a good fishery. Again, congrats to you and a very intriguing video (I watched it twice!).
Keep it up. Fish anything that is green. Those frog fish are fun to catch.
Congrats what a fun tournament. Great to see someone get so excited about fishing and getting so close to coming out on top. Hope the next one is even better. Keep it going.
Years of construction work has me enjoying the opportunity to fish professionally. Who doesn’t get excited catching a giant bass? 👊🏻
That explains the work boots being a carpenter. I subscribe to 3 or 4 fishermen on TH-cam and some don't even wear shoes or they wear sandles or similar. I was thinking that you would spook some bed fish wearing those but your boat must be sound dampened well. Also the other anglers wear a camera on their chest which really works well for getting good shots. Don't misunderstand I enjoyed the video but we didn't even see that last big fish after the catch. Until weigh in I mean. I don't mean to criticize but I think your videos would be much better without the loud boots and adding another camera. Just trying to help you make a better video because I want to continue to watch you fish and I want to see you catch those big bass. I did subscribe so I hope you don't think I'm being critical because I really did like the content.
@@robertnesbitt6110 Lol! I wear the boots when it’s cold to keep me warm. When I get comfortable with a chesty I will wear it. I haven’t proven it out well for me for tournaments.
How many hours was the drive and back to oklahoma
I don’t know exactly. I had two more events before I went home and I had one before this rotundamente, so it was never drove straight through. I’m guessing 17-20 hrs. I drove straight to Hartwell in SC after weigh in, that was around 7.5 hrs. Then from Hartwell to Ross Barnett, around 9 hrs. Then I went home 11 hrs.
Wow!! What a great tournament video. Appreciate you sharing the ups and downs like throwing back keeper fish Lol. Looking forward to seeing you make the elites.
Mental mistakes usually don’t pan out for a good day. I need to sharpen up if I want to qualify. Thanks for the feedback and for watching.
New sub 👍👍 liked !’
Awesome! Glad to have you along. You got some videos to catch up on.
That was an epic tourney! Fishing what the conditions allowed. Love how you didn’t let the fact that another angler moved in on your bed bite deter you from your mission. Great job!
The James is a great fishery. I think the tide allows for so many different ways to fish, because it’s ever changing.
Awesome, thanks for the video.
Glad you liked it.
Congrats on your great finish. Love the videos too. Very positive and very entertaining!
Thanks for following. We have Kissimee chain videos dropping soon.
Good work dude! At least you recovered from tossing back keepers. I lost a club tournament by 2 oz with 2 fish for a little over 11 pounds. How? In a moment of needing a third fish and having a momentary lapse of judgement I thought were on Watts Bar when in reality we were on Ft. Loudon. I threw back a 14 and 3/4 fish.
Good videos dude, keep them coming.
Not good! Glad to hear I’m not the only one who has done this. I think I was on a dehydrated burnout from 25 days straight of competing.
@@thehookupwsoukup7720 very possible on the burnout issue.
This may sound like a dumb question but what are the pool noodles for in the well? To keep them from jumping out or to keep them from sloshing around so much running
The pool noodles are to keep the fish calm and safe. They stay calm when there is something over their head. They stage safe from taking a beating from the underneath side of the live well lid when I am running in rough water.
@@thehookupwsoukup7720 that's exactly what I thought because it makes the most sense and I see a lot of guys in my club do this exact same thing.... I guess I should start doing the same because I make long runs!! Stay safe man, continue to stay you 💪✌️
@@bamadondon0495 Anything to keep the fish safe and calm. Stress can actually cause them to lose weight as well.
What kind an size buzz did u catch em on
Booyah black blade black skirt 3/8 oz
Great video John*****stars
One of my favorite days on the water!
Talk about fishing the moment! Congratulations on the 3rd place finish. Killing it! 🔥
💯 Need to fish like this in every event.
Awesome ! Well done and congrats brother 💪🏻🎣💪🏻
Top 10s are rare. Proud we could share it with you.
That was an amazing sequence of events... fantastic catches. Congratulations
Crazy, Crazy. We fish and fish for those kind of moments. Glad we could share it.
Great Video!
👊🏻👊🏻
Great job.
Very blessed event.
Hammer for sure on my home pond!
The James is your Home?
Dangerous man on a mission! Good job John. Keep it up!
Mission Impossible it seems.
Congratulations! You have put yourself in a great spot keep it up we are all pulling for you!!
One event at a time. All it takes is one bad day to hurt the season.
@@thehookupwsoukup7720 so true
Awesome job brother! Keep it up you got this.
Working hard. Thanks for rooting us on.
That was amazing !!! Congrats !!
Thank you! It was a great tournament for sure.
Awesome video bro keep up the content!
Working on it. It’s tournament season now. We’ll get back to regular fishing too.
Absolutely amazing! Congratulations!
It was a great event. Thank you for watching!!
Congratulations John you are the man!
It was a good event.
Tough SOB to wear boots all day! 😂😂
😂 Just an Okie Tile Setter.
@@thehookupwsoukup7720 I’m in Owasso but I wear my comfort shoes 😂😂
Done a lot of work in Owasso. Truth is the the boots are water proof and if the water is cold in am I wear boots so I don’t get my feet cold and wet.
@@thehookupwsoukup7720 I dont blame you. Had too many days out with wet feet.
Enjoyed watching you catch some big 'uns. But the last one was the best! Now you're making me think, sometimes. I wonder if what I thought was a "snag" was actually a BIG fish! All the best John!
😂 Time to rethink. The rush of the end of the day, being hung several times before that fish combined with it pulling odd had me thrown. Stupid is as stupid does and I was stupid on that fish.
I hammer them all and I catch alot of wood. I don't miss many fish though.
@@thehookupwsoukup7720 you reminded me now of a fish story where I caught a nice size bass on a Blue Fox inline while out in my waders and it was wrapped a round a big tree limb that was 12 feet wide and 6 feet high about 35 lbs. I dragged that limb with the fish to shore. I released the bass and threw that big tree limb and propped it up on the shore brush as a trophy reminder when I fish my spot that I kept my cool and did the job and caught the fish with like 12 pound leader line.
lol. The old tree pounder.
This is a reel fish story! Got to love it.
what do they toss you when your passing the dock heading out?
It’s a key fob with my boat number on it. The official time in and time out key.
Epic finish!!
Appreciate the comment.