I’ve been watching your channel for awhile now. And in the age of clickbait and “OMG YOU WONT BELIEVE WHAT I CAUGHT!?!?!?!” Fishing videos, where people just tend to get all excited over nothing, you truly are the bob ross/Mr. Rogers. Someone I can watch with my kids. Someone I can actually see is a skilled fisherman. Thanks for posting. Thanks for being calm. Thanks for being a great role model for young fisherman/woman.
Not sure if anyone cares but if you guys are stoned like me atm you can stream pretty much all of the new movies on instaflixxer. I've been binge watching with my girlfriend during the lockdown :)
He catches them frequently so I’m sure after a while he’s pumped on the inside but he doesn’t feel the need to freak out. I kinda like that he’s so calm about it
''To be successful in life do what successful people do'' is the motto i've lived by in 2019 when it comes to fishing. Matt your the person i've emulated when it comes to rods/reels, lures and a kayak. 2019 has been my most successful year SMB fishing...THANKS!
Adam Caldwell me too. After an almost nine year layoff; I just got back into it. I have never gotten the size and quality of fish as i did these past three months. Not the numbers that I remember, but very few dinks and mostly good smallies for this region.
@@lt.pickles6383 Last May I caught a 21'' LMB on the Rapala Rippin Rap 05 ''live Bluegill'' pattern. Changed out to a Lucky Craft LV500 ''Golden Shiner '' pattern and landed a 20 1/4'' SMB 5 minutes later. My most productive lure thus far has been River2sea's Ruckus lipless crankbait ''Perch'' pattern. 2020 my focus will be Jerkbaits.
Btw, do not change the “no-music” format of your videos. I have quit watching many fishing videos simply because of their inappropriate, hard-driving, loud, obnoxious accompanying background music that over-rides the content of the video. Many good videos are ruined by this one simple mistake....
Again another excellent video, by sharing your tackle and the particular location and what you’re looking for as far as sandbars, etc. is what makes me watch your videos over and over again. Keep up the great work.
Same here. I have always wanted to be a SM and LM bass angler but I didn't know what I was doing. I'm 47 now and I have to date only by accident caught a deep river SMB and a LMB in a watershed and that's it. Then I find this channel. I bought me a kayak, got some new rods and tackle to match the good Dr of dinkless behemoths. I plan to make it my best year. Can't wait. the yak arrives Friday. I'm going to spend the winter getting it outfitted and ready.
How on Earth do you feel the bite with those gloves on Matt? Or do you look for something else, like the line twitch? Just seems like a flawless hook-set every time! Much admiration!!! 👍🏼
Gregory Rappaport can’t speak for Mike directly but up here in Canada I fish roughly the same way. Lots of times you just feel resistance and start seeing your line move in a different direction, that’s when you know a fish has picked it up. Other times you see the tip of your rod “bounce” and the line twitch.
Enjoyed the fishing trip my friend, but that's nothing unusual when fishin with you. Thanks for sharing the beauty and serenity of it all brother. Your no doubt a blessing for so many people, the time you share is peaceful, it reminds me that life isn't so bad after all, and that when I'm troubled, all i have todo is go fishin LOL Thanks for letting me go with you, i don't get to go any other time, but that is about to change. Thanks again and have a great day every day Fisher King
We have similar conditions here. Only difference is I am watching this from my Lazy Boy under a Buffalo plaid blanket. Nice work. This is proof they are still out there if you are willing to brave the elements.
Yeah, I can fish all year long down here in Texas. Big deal. There's not a river in Texas where you can catch 2-3 lb smallmouth bass with buildings in the field of view and cars driving by! I would love to kayak fish for those brownies in a river like that!
If you are watching a fishing video and see some nice size smallmouth bass & watch them all getting put back in. What is it that prompts a thumbs down? This is a great fishing channel, so, why are you here if you don't like fishing?
I love you channel you really lay the smack down on them SMALLIES!!! I will continue to watch I have a video going up now on catching bass in the winter. I really enjoy man God bless
Nicely Done ~ Super Pretty & Healthy Brown Bass - Hope you can get out once or twice more before it's over. If not, Stay Warm & Safe and see you next Spring . . .
I know it's getting cold very quickly in your neck of the woods. Will you travel and continue to fish? Or do you ice fish? Will we see more videos this winter?
Matt, It’s seems like the season had just started and now it is coming to a close. Maybe a sign of age! A great video as always. They all were quality fish. The two 20” fish look like they were in the 4 to 5lbs range or larger (footballs) the others not too far behind. I would be happy to catch anyone of them let alone all of them. Hard water is coming here also and i have not been able to fish for over a month. I get my fishing fix via TH-cam during the winter months. I will look forward to anything you put out over the next few months either via hard or soft water fishing it will all be good. Stay safe.
Thanks! The warm weather months go by way too fast this far north! I still have some summer footage to upload this winter but I’m hoping to get some ice fishing vids up too.
@@ndyakangler as a resident of Texas now (born and raised in ND though) I go nuts for ice fishing vids. It almost makes me want to brave the cold....almost. :)
Question: Even in warmer weather, and considering how that incredible fishery, how is it that no one else is ever fishing? You always seem to have the place to yourself.
Mark Leyde That’s amazing. down here (TX) every neighborhood pond, creek, lake, state park is swarmed by people every weekend. And they may not catch anything. 😆 And we have snakes, mosquitos and gators everywhere. 😂
Jon Boll Yes. Totally agree. I do week days and avoid weekend crowds. But still, his fishing places are so awesome that I can’t believe people aren’t fishing it.
"This ones not huge" but in reality picks up Loch Ness LOL I've been enjoying your content for awhile man. Awesome content! I'm not patient enough for cold weather fishing. Thats just me though.
I hope you realize just how lucky you are, to have a World Class Smallmouth fishery, in your back yard!! Some people fish a lifetime, and only catch maby one "TANK"! as usual, killer video!! Keep em coming!! ....... Peace!!!
Bro if they ever have a tournament on this mans body of water, God help everyone else NYD would annihilate’em 😂😂😂. Good stuff brother you have to be the smallie master!
dude...i've commented here before...having fished Winnipesaukee in NH for over 45 years, safe to say I've caught thousands of smallmouth...you catch some of the nicest, and chunky, smallmouth I've seen ever...hat's off Brother
Nice fishes man! I've been tearing up the peacock and largemouth here in Florida with swimbaits lately. Never used them much, but I'm in love with a good paddle tail now.
I love how simple his setup is. No 5,000$ kayak and 8 grand worth of accessories on it. Most “kayak fishing” you tubers seem like they are paid advisers for hobbie, yeti, etc..
Well you just got yourself another subscriber. I've seen a couple of your videos you catch some big smallmouth! I do alot of wading my local rivers and while I catch alot of smallies the big ones are hard to come by. These vids make me wanna move to Minnesota just for the smallmouth. 👍
Last December when we had that mild week, when the ice went away. There's a pond directly behind my house, and I was casting blade baits to the middle of the pond. I would let them sink to the bottom and slowly reel it in. Catch many winter bass doing that.
Nice to see your part of the world watching from Australia the different species, habitat, climate and so forth. I just love fishing and the outdoors. I wish you wouldn't show so many people where your spots are because someone will come along and do the wrong thing and keep all fish they catch. Also don't hold your fish up so everyone in cars or walking by can see. Just a thought mate I don't want you to lose your beautiful fish and fishing spots to idiots. Thanks for your videos Jeremy from Australia
Some people claim that river smallmouth shut down and won't bite when the water gets below 50 degrees. Or, that the only way to catch them in cold water is a float 'n' fly through the deepest pools. Way to prove them wrong! (That being said, the only way I have ever caught them in cold water is a float 'n' fly style rig through deep pools!)
You do what i aspire to do. Which is catch chunky river smallies. I fish the creeks for smallies instead of the river because i dont have a kayak. I still catch 3 sometimes 4 lbrs but they dont have near the frame of those river smallies. Keep up the great content. Lowkey the best youtube angler out there
Have the bass been biting lately? I've been mostly fishing pike and muskie the past month but I wouldn't mind trying for smallies one more time if we get a warm day.
@@ndyakangler I haven't gotten any bass out there, but over the past month the pike have been biting! Man, I've gotta say. I used to go fishing up to when I was about 10 years old. Then I took a 25 year hiatus before I moved to Minnesota 6 months ago. You and Richard Gene are the reason I took fishing up again. It's so cool you replied, and keep up the awesome content!
That's awesome! Last time I was out there it was mostly pike too. I've caught bass there this late in the year in the past but without the warm water being pumped into that stretch any more I don't know how active they'd be. Pike are still a lot of fun though and they stay pretty aggressive all winter.
Can you maybe change your lure a bit to see what else the smallies are biting? That would be interesting to know if they also bite lipless or jerkbait.
hey bud,new sub here.I live on a big river here in West Virginia,&target similar fish to what you were catching today(along with largeys and spots).I'm looking for a good,versatile rod for swimbaits:what kind of rod are you using?I have a quantum that just popped the tip guide insert,& its low-end anyway.I'm looking for a good rod to throw smaller Kietechs and other swimbait type presentations on.
I use a 6’8” M XF St Croix Legend Tournament. Their Bass-X rods are really nice too at a fraction of the cost of the LT’s and they make them both with pretty similar specs. The M XF’s are great for light jigs/swimbaits like I was using here and unweighted plastics. If I go heavier than a 1/4oz jig head I’ll usually switch to the M F which has a little bit heavier tip.
Thanks! It gets tough to thumb the spool accurately with gloves any thicker than the ones I was wearing but I was able to do it like I normally do with them. I didn’t need to be too precise with my casts either plus fishing as slow as I was I wasn’t casting often.
Such quality fish. I'm surprise that little river isn't crawling with boats or at least other yak fishers. I hope that wasn't your last yak trip of the year.... but if it was.... you went out with a bang for winter! Thanks for sharing.
It must have been a little too cold out there for everyone else. The week before when it was in the high 40’s there were a few other kayaks and several people fishing from shore.
Wow how exhilarating! I saw that first fish take your bait, I was watching the line twitch. Then you set that hook and an absolute chunk got slayed. I learn so much from your skills bro. Please keep 'em comin'
Great video, can you message me about, what brand model of kayak you use. And any elaboration on how you retrieved that jig. if I saw it right it look like you were just very slowly twitching it along
Thanks! My kayak is a Wilderness Systems Tarpon 120. That’s about right as far as how I was fishing the lure, when the water is that cold I’ll fish it almost painfully slow twitching it along the bottom. Generally the colder the water is the slower I’ll fish a lure.
Goes to show you the bass don't slow down, the just the fishing speed. I've never winter fished for smallies, looks like things are gonna change. Thanks for the great videos
I’ve been watching your channel for awhile now. And in the age of clickbait and “OMG YOU WONT BELIEVE WHAT I CAUGHT!?!?!?!” Fishing videos, where people just tend to get all excited over nothing, you truly are the bob ross/Mr. Rogers.
Someone I can watch with my kids. Someone I can actually see is a skilled fisherman.
Thanks for posting. Thanks for being calm. Thanks for being a great role model for young fisherman/woman.
Well said! I try to do the same but NDYakAngler is the best.
I agree and have the same style if you’d care to check out my channel sometime.
No doubt. So much better than watching the good old boys “S” the rod to make it look like he is playing the fish.
THIS
Not sure if anyone cares but if you guys are stoned like me atm you can stream pretty much all of the new movies on instaflixxer. I've been binge watching with my girlfriend during the lockdown :)
i appreciate that you measure them so we can get a better perspective on the size. Sometimes it's hard to tell when watching a video
“ not huge” catches a huge smallie that first smallie was so huge how do you not go absolutely nuts about fish that size
Johnredcorn 1 he’s the most calm person in the world lol
Jared Malone so true lol
I go nuts over 3 pounders lol
He catches them frequently so I’m sure after a while he’s pumped on the inside but he doesn’t feel the need to freak out. I kinda like that he’s so calm about it
Cheenou Lee same
Dude you catch absolute pigs all of the time it’s insane u must fish the best smallie spots in the world
Bryan Dean yea exactly 5 1lbers would be a great day to me
Hmmm, very tough decision here but I'm saving this for my morning coffee tomorrow.
HoosierStateFishing watch it twice! ☺️
@@MsKindaSorta 😆
HoosierStateFishing good call
Love this comment
''To be successful in life do what successful people do'' is the motto i've lived by in 2019 when it comes to fishing. Matt your the person i've emulated when it comes to rods/reels, lures and a kayak. 2019 has been my most successful year SMB fishing...THANKS!
Adam Caldwell me too. After an almost nine year layoff; I just got back into it. I have never gotten the size and quality of fish as i did these past three months. Not the numbers that I remember, but very few dinks and mostly good smallies for this region.
@@lt.pickles6383 Last May I caught a 21'' LMB on the Rapala Rippin Rap 05 ''live Bluegill'' pattern. Changed out to a Lucky Craft LV500 ''Golden Shiner '' pattern and landed a 20 1/4'' SMB 5 minutes later. My most productive lure thus far has been River2sea's Ruckus lipless crankbait ''Perch'' pattern. 2020 my focus will be Jerkbaits.
For completely selfish reasons - I hope you have a mild winter:-)
Btw, do not change the “no-music” format of your videos. I have quit watching many fishing videos simply because of their inappropriate, hard-driving, loud, obnoxious accompanying background music that over-rides the content of the video. Many good videos are ruined by this one simple mistake....
I wish I could "thumbs up" this comment a million times
Hello can you put you rod/reel of gear in the description. I luv ur videos
My friend.You are the best fisherman on the internet.IE youtube.I love your show.
Another NDYakAngker season come and gone. Thanks for the knowledge and the always enjoyable videos.
Only thing I’ve caught lately is a cold. Awesome video as always 👍🏼
Hooked On Smallies Same my throat is killing me right now but I been doing a lot of pheasant hunting with great bag limits
Another quality video man! Thanks! And stay safe during the winter!
The urge to go fishing tomorrow is real all of the sudden thanks Matt! The videos are food for my soul!
Again another excellent video, by sharing your tackle and the particular location and what you’re looking for as far as sandbars, etc. is what makes me watch your videos over and over again. Keep up the great work.
Same here. I have always wanted to be a SM and LM bass angler but I didn't know what I was doing. I'm 47 now and I have to date only by accident caught a deep river SMB and a LMB in a watershed and that's it. Then I find this channel. I bought me a kayak, got some new rods and tackle to match the good Dr of dinkless behemoths. I plan to make it my best year. Can't wait. the yak arrives Friday. I'm going to spend the winter getting it outfitted and ready.
@@XxsteamerxX
Good luck, I hope you catch a kayak full of Smallies and Largies!
How on Earth do you feel the bite with those gloves on Matt? Or do you look for something else, like the line twitch? Just seems like a flawless hook-set every time! Much admiration!!! 👍🏼
Gregory Rappaport can’t speak for Mike directly but up here in Canada I fish roughly the same way. Lots of times you just feel resistance and start seeing your line move in a different direction, that’s when you know a fish has picked it up. Other times you see the tip of your rod “bounce” and the line twitch.
@@PROutdoors94 thanks for those tips, they are very helpful information.
Wow!! You said "not huge" and I said "B.S." hahaha. What a gorgeous first fish of the day!!
Very cool to see someone kayak angling in my part of town. I definitely want to get one and start going off that kayak launch by the fire dept
What town is this?
Enjoyed the fishing trip my friend, but that's nothing unusual when fishin with you.
Thanks for sharing the beauty and serenity of it all brother. Your no doubt a blessing for so many people, the time you share is peaceful, it reminds me that life isn't so bad after all, and that when I'm troubled, all i have todo is go fishin LOL
Thanks for letting me go with you, i don't get to go any other time, but that is about to change.
Thanks again and
have a great day every day Fisher King
We have similar conditions here. Only difference is I am watching this from my Lazy Boy under a Buffalo plaid blanket. Nice work. This is proof they are still out there if you are willing to brave the elements.
Yeah, I can fish all year long down here in Texas. Big deal. There's not a river in Texas where you can catch 2-3 lb smallmouth bass with buildings in the field of view and cars driving by! I would love to kayak fish for those brownies in a river like that!
If you are watching a fishing video and see some nice size smallmouth bass & watch them all getting put back in. What is it that prompts a thumbs down? This is a great fishing channel, so, why are you here if you don't like fishing?
I love you channel you really lay the smack down on them SMALLIES!!! I will continue to watch I have a video going up now on catching bass in the winter. I really enjoy man God bless
Nicely Done ~ Super Pretty & Healthy Brown Bass - Hope you can get out once or twice more before it's over. If not, Stay Warm & Safe and see you next Spring . . .
Not a bad way to round out the kayak season, two 20”-ers, everything else lunkers, too. Love the channel!
Heeeey ✌️ and Yay! 👏
It will even be cold down here in Texas too.
Nice man. I know that was fun! 🚣♂️🎣👍
I know it's getting cold very quickly in your neck of the woods. Will you travel and continue to fish? Or do you ice fish? Will we see more videos this winter?
I’m going to try to get more ice fishing videos up this winter. I plan on heading out tomorrow to check ice on some local lakes!
NDYakAngler well good luck my friend. I'll always be watching 👍🏻
Matt,
It’s seems like the season had just started and now it is coming to a close. Maybe a sign of age! A great video as always. They all were quality fish. The two 20” fish look like they were in the 4 to 5lbs range or larger (footballs) the others not too far behind. I would be happy to catch anyone of them let alone all of them. Hard water is coming here also and i have not been able to fish for over a month. I get my fishing fix via TH-cam during the winter months. I will look forward to anything you put out over the next few months either via hard or soft water fishing it will all be good. Stay safe.
Thanks! The warm weather months go by way too fast this far north! I still have some summer footage to upload this winter but I’m hoping to get some ice fishing vids up too.
@@ndyakangler as a resident of Texas now (born and raised in ND though) I go nuts for ice fishing vids. It almost makes me want to brave the cold....almost. :)
I love all your videos except that they make me jealous.
Best fishing channel on TH-cam! No nonsense, no annoying music, just pure fishing. Like if you agree 👍
Question: Even in warmer weather, and considering how that incredible fishery, how is it that no one else is ever fishing? You always seem to have the place to yourself.
People are lazy and there big boats can't be used on this water for the most part. Plus we don't let the word out about it.
Mark Leyde That’s amazing. down here (TX) every neighborhood pond, creek, lake, state park is swarmed by people every weekend. And they may not catch anything. 😆 And we have snakes, mosquitos and gators everywhere. 😂
@@MsKindaSorta that's why you gotta get out on the weekdays.. I doubt he's doing most of these videos on the weekends
Jon Boll Yes. Totally agree. I do week days and avoid weekend crowds. But still, his fishing places are so awesome that I can’t believe people aren’t fishing it.
@9:30 when you pan down to show just how slow you are working that line...priceless! Ty Sir!
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Yes, that footage on his handling the gear was priceless, a lesson pure n simple.
"This ones not huge" but in reality picks up Loch Ness LOL I've been enjoying your content for awhile man. Awesome content! I'm not patient enough for cold weather fishing. Thats just me though.
I would never guess you could catch smallies in 37 degree water.
Wonderful. Good demonstration of those cold water bites. Thanks for taking us along.
"He's not huge" all the while the smallie is shaking his head nooooo I am YUGE
I hope you realize just how lucky you are, to have a World Class Smallmouth fishery, in your back yard!! Some people fish a lifetime, and only catch maby one "TANK"! as usual, killer video!! Keep em coming!! ....... Peace!!!
You always make it look so easy catching those football shaped smallies. Great video as always.
Bro if they ever have a tournament on this mans body of water, God help everyone else NYD would annihilate’em 😂😂😂. Good stuff brother you have to be the smallie master!
I like how you described upper 30s as warmer lol
Nice Smallies! 👍🏼
Just awesome. You really have some great waters that you fish.
That was a great day on the river!
Nice. Now I can dream of fishing. Thank you.
Great smallmouth bass fishing video! Those are some beautiful smallmouth bass! Blessings!
Wow, the SMB you are catching are amazing. Fun to watch, great stuff.
dude...i've commented here before...having fished Winnipesaukee in NH for over 45 years, safe to say I've caught thousands of smallmouth...you catch some of the nicest, and chunky, smallmouth I've seen ever...hat's off Brother
Your videos are just so easy to watch.
Nice fishes man! I've been tearing up the peacock and largemouth here in Florida with swimbaits lately. Never used them much, but I'm in love with a good paddle tail now.
Best fishing TH-cam channel🔥 Keep up the good work brother! ✊🏼🎣
I love how simple his setup is. No 5,000$ kayak and 8 grand worth of accessories on it. Most “kayak fishing” you tubers seem like they are paid advisers for hobbie, yeti, etc..
Well you just got yourself another subscriber. I've seen a couple of your videos you catch some big smallmouth! I do alot of wading my local rivers and while I catch alot of smallies the big ones are hard to come by. These vids make me wanna move to Minnesota just for the smallmouth. 👍
YOU ARE MY FAVORITE FISHING TH-cam CHANNEL !!!!!
WOW - And I complain when the water temp in winter gets down to 7c (45f)
Last December when we had that mild week, when the ice went away. There's a pond directly behind my house, and I was casting blade baits to the middle of the pond. I would let them sink to the bottom and slowly reel it in. Catch many winter bass doing that.
you sir are like the bob ross of youtube fishermen. thanks for what you do i love your videos
Another Amazing Day I See!!! Wow Great Fishing Cheers!! :))
Matt is a Bass whisperer, Bass Master!!
My COMENT is very good.. 👍👍
Great video i know how you feel i'm here in Quincy IL today we had a nice day but the waters been cold but living on the mississippi river is nice
Got to give you a lot of credit, it's not easy maneuvering that rod with those stick gloves.😎🎣📹👍
imo best fishing video i have seen no huge swimbaits n frogs n googan bait promos just good info on cold water smallies great video n solid fish
Great vid but I have no boat and not sure w hat I would do off shore on a swimbaits besides get snagged every 3 minutes
Lol
Switch to lighter lures. I went from a 1/4 to 1/8 and reduced my snags and caught more fish.
It amazes me how the Size fish you catch doesn't surprise you those are damn good smallies
Wow ur amazing great stuff it pays off when u know the body of water ur fishing in hu bud
Two words...Bass Sandwich. 20 inches...about 4 1/4 pounds? Maybe 4 1/2?
Nice to see your part of the world watching from Australia the different species, habitat, climate and so forth. I just love fishing and the outdoors. I wish you wouldn't show so many people where your spots are because someone will come along and do the wrong thing and keep all fish they catch. Also don't hold your fish up so everyone in cars or walking by can see. Just a thought mate I don't want you to lose your beautiful fish and fishing spots to idiots. Thanks for your videos Jeremy from Australia
Some people claim that river smallmouth shut down and won't bite when the water gets below 50 degrees. Or, that the only way to catch them in cold water is a float 'n' fly through the deepest pools. Way to prove them wrong! (That being said, the only way I have ever caught them in cold water is a float 'n' fly style rig through deep pools!)
Nice ,enjoy your vidioes
At least you'll never starve. You let a weeks worth of dinner go today.
You do what i aspire to do. Which is catch chunky river smallies. I fish the creeks for smallies instead of the river because i dont have a kayak. I still catch 3 sometimes 4 lbrs but they dont have near the frame of those river smallies. Keep up the great content. Lowkey the best youtube angler out there
Any time of the year a tight line is dear Great video !!
I can’t get them to bite this well when it’s 87 up here in PA 😂 Love the videos man!
I'm here in pa and must agree
THOSE SMALLIES ARE MASSIVE!
Only thing I caught was feelings and you catch football size smallies lol
Lol good one
Any season, any bait, anywhere, anytime always able to catch fish. You are fish whisperer. And with no fish finder. Oh man
i was expecting maybe a couple fish... not a 20lb bag. Nice fish
Hey! That's where I've been fishing this winter!! Love your videos, you're the man.
Have the bass been biting lately? I've been mostly fishing pike and muskie the past month but I wouldn't mind trying for smallies one more time if we get a warm day.
@@ndyakangler I haven't gotten any bass out there, but over the past month the pike have been biting! Man, I've gotta say. I used to go fishing up to when I was about 10 years old. Then I took a 25 year hiatus before I moved to Minnesota 6 months ago. You and Richard Gene are the reason I took fishing up again. It's so cool you replied, and keep up the awesome content!
That's awesome! Last time I was out there it was mostly pike too. I've caught bass there this late in the year in the past but without the warm water being pumped into that stretch any more I don't know how active they'd be. Pike are still a lot of fun though and they stay pretty aggressive all winter.
The train graffiti was cool.. The " dirty Phil shoulda been Philthy Phil!!!
Hey if you ever go out ice fishing I’d love to see that too, keep up the great content
It's also on my wishlist...
Were you wearing a dry suit??? I went in 37° water before while wading and it wasn't pleasant...
Can you maybe change your lure a bit to see what else the smallies are biting? That would be interesting to know if they also bite lipless or jerkbait.
Great fishing! Spring can’t come soon enough!
aweflix it’s here brother, time to rip lips... 6 feet apart😂
You should weigh some of the fish u catch now then
I’ll have to get a new scale one of these days. My Rapala one said 4-3 last time I weighed a 21.5” so I question its accuracy.
hey bud,new sub here.I live on a big river here in West Virginia,&target similar fish to what you were catching today(along with largeys and spots).I'm looking for a good,versatile rod for swimbaits:what kind of rod are you using?I have a quantum that just popped the tip guide insert,& its low-end anyway.I'm looking for a good rod to throw smaller Kietechs and other swimbait type presentations on.
I use a 6’8” M XF St Croix Legend Tournament. Their Bass-X rods are really nice too at a fraction of the cost of the LT’s and they make them both with pretty similar specs. The M XF’s are great for light jigs/swimbaits like I was using here and unweighted plastics. If I go heavier than a 1/4oz jig head I’ll usually switch to the M F which has a little bit heavier tip.
Great video with some nice fish. How do you "thumb" your spool with winter gloves on?
Thanks
Thanks! It gets tough to thumb the spool accurately with gloves any thicker than the ones I was wearing but I was able to do it like I normally do with them. I didn’t need to be too precise with my casts either plus fishing as slow as I was I wasn’t casting often.
Such quality fish. I'm surprise that little river isn't crawling with boats or at least other yak fishers. I hope that wasn't your last yak trip of the year.... but if it was.... you went out with a bang for winter! Thanks for sharing.
It must have been a little too cold out there for everyone else. The week before when it was in the high 40’s there were a few other kayaks and several people fishing from shore.
Wow how exhilarating! I saw that first fish take your bait, I was watching the line twitch. Then you set that hook and an absolute chunk got slayed. I learn so much from your skills bro. Please keep 'em comin'
I do a lot of very similar fishing, from the Yak here in TN on the river caught my personal best Smallie last week, 21" 4lb 10oz
Maybe you said it in the video and I didn’t catch it (no pun intended) but what equipment are you using Here?
I forgot to mention it in this video but I had a 6’8” M XF St Croix Legend Tournament, Quantum Smoke 7:1 reel, and 10lb Trilene Sensation.
Nice Job !! Gotta love some bronze backs. Some pigs too.
You even spank the smallies in the winter, another awesome 👌 video
The best part of waking up is Fol...
NDYakAngler in your cup.
What a great river! This is awesome
Dammmmmmm.
Great video, can you message me about, what brand model of kayak you use. And any elaboration on how you retrieved that jig. if I saw it right it look like you were just very slowly twitching it along
Thanks! My kayak is a Wilderness Systems Tarpon 120. That’s about right as far as how I was fishing the lure, when the water is that cold I’ll fish it almost painfully slow twitching it along the bottom. Generally the colder the water is the slower I’ll fish a lure.
You show the fish great respect and release with care great fisherman
Belas imagens! Parabéns.
Qual o seu nome?
Goes to show you the bass don't slow down, the just the fishing speed. I've never winter fished for smallies, looks like things are gonna change. Thanks for the great videos
man u catch some pigs