Thank you brother. Thanks for keeping it realistic and showing people you don't need to spend top dollar to catch fish. Found your channel recently and have just about watched all the videos. I try to fish daily with my 3.5yr old son, we tend to make it out at least 4 days a week. First thing he asks me in the afternoon when we get home is "can we go fishing dad?". If not he asks if we can watch the fishing show (your videos). I know it says not for kids, but my son is a huge fan.....he just loves catching fish and watching people catch fish. He would spend the entire day with a rod in his hand if he could, even after hours of fishing even when their not bitting he still doesn't want to head home. Anyway, thanks for the entertainment and the positive message of anyone can fish not just the well off, clean up after yourself and others if they don't and keep it realistic. Tight lines brother
Now I finally heard someone make sense of busting fish like me... people always say, "topwater" when fish bust- but you have to think a little more than that. I chase busting bass with creature baits when I don't see a boil. That tells me they are feeding on the bottom but chasing fish up or to the bank. Good call big dog!
Love catching white bass. When they’re hitting topwater it’s so much fun. Your past video in the Blue Bomber (boat) is one of my favorites. Looked like so much fun.
1rod had his run, reached a million subs, made ALOT of great content, then started a family and seems to have let TH-cam go. I don’t hold it against him.
Thanks for braving the rain to make another great video for us to enjoy. If you can't beat them join them Talking about the shad. LOL Good job as always Alex!
Nice. Same thing for us last weekend: tons of baitfish moving around but no action. People were using castnets to get shad, but still weren't catching anything. I got one carp on corn. It's officially Fall, so hopefully the action picks up.
I've never seen anyone else hook a shad on a treble, then just instantly recast and catch a fish like that lol. And what a catch too. Donk of a white bass brother!! Great stuff as always!!!
Never seen that done before with the shad. That striped bass had to feel great. REALISTICALLY nice to see someone have to play a fish with 8 lb. line other than just horsing it in with 30 lb. braid and yanking it onto the shore, or easily up into a boat. You keep it real and that's what I love about your channel. Take care buddy!
That's a nice white bass. Biggest I've gotten is 18 (once), but average is 14 where I fish for them. I do get several around the 16 inch range. They're not in every lake by me but a few of the bigger chain of lakes around here have them.
@@RealisticFishing the state record in Wisconsin was 22.25 inches long and weighed 5 pounds 3.8 ounces. Wow I can't imagine getting one that huge! The state record yellow bass, which those are usually way smaller, is 16.1 inches long and was caught on the lake 5 miles from my house! When I get them out of that lake they're usually almost half that size!
Once my brother and I was fishing Lake Erie from Ashtabula Park, not much was going on when a school of white bass swam through, we caught 16 of them in 15 minutes and just that fast they were gone... They were hitting on 3 1/2 inch white Mr. Twisters... They were a blast to catch, mostly in the 12 to 14 inch range...
That's a trophy white bass in my opinion no matter what lol,that was awesome how fast that thing hit once you got that shad out there! Keep it realistic brother!
Saw that notification and couldn't wait to watch..That was one awesome fish...the fins and tale looked blue...just think..an inch and a half from history..next time bro could be the one...nice move..great video..had a blast..keep it realistic
I just checked the record officially for the state of Tennessee turns out it's 14 in for white bass congratulations my friend you will receive your award through the mail
My local Los Angeles ponds became C-19 test sites so I had to switch up to salt water for a bit... I miss my fresh water fishing but I can live tru you thanks for the content keep it up
i can't effing believe that you decide to throw a hook for a shad and catch one on the first attempt... then throw it back out there in the same motion and catch a slab of a white bass on the first attempt!?! if thats not being an experienced angler and knowing what to do and when to do it then idk. all i know is I'm impressed AF lol
Last time I was out the white bass were biting in really shallow water sometimes less than a foot of water while I was sitting over a deep drop off in the float tube drifting, most were around 14 to 16 inch average a few small ones, hitting on a small Rapala and 3 inch white twister tail grub fishing along rock ledges and logs
man the other day was very windy where it was hard to throw lures and 0 bites on em and they wanted mullet, saw em busting on them, we netted some and boom! Nice catch man looked like the baby striper I catch here
Match the Hatch! Beautiful looking white bass! That was a big one. I don't see too many white bass I know for hybrid stripers or wipers they cross breed a regular Striped Bass with a White Bass. Great catch my friend!!
Single tongue patch and only one stripe extending to the tail are ways to tell if its a white bass. If there are hybrids, there are usually also white bass around. 👍
Yes sir!! I got skunked the other day using some Gulp Maggots. After an hour of trying I finally went to the bait shop & got some green worms. Made 2 casts in the same spot I fished earlier & caught a bass 🤘🏻
I Caught 2 Giant Drums on a lipless yesterday and it reminded me of your early spring vids, So it is confirmed Lipless cranks are indeed a good lure for Drum I guess lol
That was a nice fish n caught him fast on first cast smart call...I usually use a 1/4 weight for my Texas rig I can really get it out there but I've just started getting into bass fishing so I dunno if that's wat I should b doing or go lighter
Nice will watch later today when I'm done with my car replacing rotors and brakes 🙂 76 chevy nova I like working on my car just like fishing keep it realistic
Yea buddy!!! Went out last night and got the ol skunk... Hit the spots and worked em over, nothing lol... Your on it though brother, hell yea get some!!! Cheers bud!!
thank you for giving me the ideas of how to catch bass wile bank fishing I am a bank fishermen at my age74 it is hard to get in and out of boats so your information is very very hapleful thank you again from N.Y. state god bless
You might want to try an underspin or something else with flash in that situation. It just stands out a little from the thousands of other baitfish. Spoons work good too if you're fishing in deep enough water.
[Sets up shad rig...] " just like that!" ... [1st cast w/ shad on ...] BAM! "Fish! 🎣 Fish already!!!" Dang Alex; you're good brother! 👍😎👍 ...that's how it's done son.
Thank you brother. Thanks for keeping it realistic and showing people you don't need to spend top dollar to catch fish. Found your channel recently and have just about watched all the videos. I try to fish daily with my 3.5yr old son, we tend to make it out at least 4 days a week. First thing he asks me in the afternoon when we get home is "can we go fishing dad?". If not he asks if we can watch the fishing show (your videos). I know it says not for kids, but my son is a huge fan.....he just loves catching fish and watching people catch fish. He would spend the entire day with a rod in his hand if he could, even after hours of fishing even when their not bitting he still doesn't want to head home. Anyway, thanks for the entertainment and the positive message of anyone can fish not just the well off, clean up after yourself and others if they don't and keep it realistic. Tight lines brother
Of course he can watch with your permission 👍 Good luck out there
Perfect example of adapting to the situation. Excellent!
Nice white bass! We can’t ask for anything more efficient than that… One cast get your bait, the following cast get your bass. LOL
That white bass was all "Let me go! I work at Academy! I need to get to the clearance sale before you!!"
😅
Watch the water and try to adapt to what the fish are doing. Very satisfying.
This place is amazing, it has many beautiful fish, your fishing equipment is great, congratulations you are a great fisherman.👍🎣🐟😉
As a newer angler, I learn so much from watching your channel. Thank you so much and keep up the great work!
Now I finally heard someone make sense of busting fish like me... people always say, "topwater" when fish bust- but you have to think a little more than that.
I chase busting bass with creature baits when I don't see a boil. That tells me they are feeding on the bottom but chasing fish up or to the bank. Good call big dog!
Great call switching to live bait. Boom, first cast! 👍🏻🎣😎
Boom!
Best explanation of what bait fish are doing when we see them on top. Great episode today!
Love catching white bass. When they’re hitting topwater it’s so much fun. Your past video in the Blue Bomber (boat) is one of my favorites. Looked like so much fun.
No bs, just the way that I like it! Well done
Thanks 👍
Wow, nice white bass on live bait. Love to fish for Peacock bass with live shiners. KIR!!
I want to try that one day
@@RealisticFishing You make it down to Ft. Lauderdale and I will be happy to take you.
love the blue fins on that white bass!!
Sweet catch. BTW I love how you show how easy it is to simply switch to different options and finally get a nice catch.
Learned something new today, going to put it into action tomorrow. Thanks for another awesome video! KIR 🤘🍻
Good luck!
I love how 1rod1reel shows up more in your intros than he does on his own channel these days.
He said he loves my channel. I am cool with that 😀
@@RealisticFishing It is very cool indeed.
1rod had his run, reached a million subs, made ALOT of great content, then started a family and seems to have let TH-cam go. I don’t hold it against him.
Love your videos, they are my after work drinking coffee on the patio relaxation ! Thanks.
Cheers!
Thanks for braving the rain to make another great video for us to enjoy. If you can't beat them join them Talking about the shad. LOL Good job as always Alex!
They eating shad? Use a shad 😉
I always enjoy the simplicity and realistic fishing from your videos
Really cool watching your progression through the different lures. 1st cast with live and a great White Bass. Great video Alex!
Instant bite as soon as that shad hit the water!!! That was a really nice White Bass!
I've noticed the river level is down so far I think its been adding to the fishing problems around me as well
it might be
Nice. Same thing for us last weekend: tons of baitfish moving around but no action. People were using castnets to get shad, but still weren't catching anything. I got one carp on corn. It's officially Fall, so hopefully the action picks up.
Wow dang! Switching that up just turned it up! I didn't know how to catch shad that way either... Thanks!
Really like your videos,nice that you appreciate catching all species of fish,it shows that you really love to fish!
That was quick! That shad barely hit the water! Cool stuff Alex!
LOL so awesome. You didnt have to touch the shad just cast it back out there and wham! great video
Thanks!
You didn't have to wait at all once you switched to live bait. LOL. Nice catch.
Instant bite! 😀
@@RealisticFishing Heck yeah it was!
I've never seen anyone else hook a shad on a treble, then just instantly recast and catch a fish like that lol. And what a catch too. Donk of a white bass brother!! Great stuff as always!!!
Never seen that done before with the shad. That striped bass had to feel great. REALISTICALLY nice to see someone have to play a fish with 8 lb. line other than just horsing it in with 30 lb. braid and yanking it onto the shore, or easily up into a boat. You keep it real and that's what I love about your channel. Take care buddy!
Thanks!
Never caught a white bass but that looks huge to me. Congratulations Alex
Now that's the way to stay persistence and catch a fish ,awesome Alex, as always keep on keeping it realistic 🐟👊
Those white bass are some good fighters too! Love it!
A bigger white bass than my pb largejaw. Nice!
WOO!
That's a nice white bass. Biggest I've gotten is 18 (once), but average is 14 where I fish for them. I do get several around the 16 inch range. They're not in every lake by me but a few of the bigger chain of lakes around here have them.
I am still waiting on that 18 🙏
@@RealisticFishing the state record in Wisconsin was 22.25 inches long and weighed 5 pounds 3.8 ounces. Wow I can't imagine getting one that huge! The state record yellow bass, which those are usually way smaller, is 16.1 inches long and was caught on the lake 5 miles from my house! When I get them out of that lake they're usually almost half that size!
Way to go Alex. Keeping it Realistic!
Once my brother and I was fishing Lake Erie from Ashtabula Park, not much was going on when a school of white bass swam through, we caught 16 of them in 15 minutes and just that fast they were gone... They were hitting on 3 1/2 inch white Mr. Twisters... They were a blast to catch, mostly in the 12 to 14 inch range...
That's a trophy white bass in my opinion no matter what lol,that was awesome how fast that thing hit once you got that shad out there! Keep it realistic brother!
Craig has the best realistic fishing clip, I love how he doesn't take his eyes off the camera lmao
Nice white bass! I’ve never caught one. Looked like he put up a pretty good fight
Sure did, they are fun to catch
Nice trick. I’m going to remember this one! First cast too! Awesome!
Saw that notification and couldn't wait to watch..That was one awesome fish...the fins and tale looked blue...just think..an inch and a half from history..next time bro could be the one...nice move..great video..had a blast..keep it realistic
KIR 👍
Great colors on the fins.👍 nice job
thanks for the new video Alex great content keep up the good work and have a good day no great day
Thanks! You too!
Nice white bass Alex! Way to go man!
Nice fish brother,keep slaying them out there.
Thanks, will do!
Thanks for the upload.....I like that paddle tail bait.
You rock sir! Keep it realistic!
You rock!
Nice video Alex! Beginner question; is it just a snag when you catch the shad on the retrieval?
yes
@@RealisticFishing thank you sir!
I just checked the record officially for the state of Tennessee turns out it's 14 in for white bass congratulations my friend you will receive your award through the mail
That was so 😎 to watch Alex . Nice call. Now that was realistic! 16 1/2 white bass. 🍻
What’s your rod reel line setup you throwing them lures hella far !
My local Los Angeles ponds became C-19 test sites so I had to switch up to salt water for a bit... I miss my fresh water fishing but I can live tru you thanks for the content keep it up
That was amazing!... very nice white bass!
Thanks!
Now that was instant when you got a shad. Man that is a big ole white bass
Mind blown! First time seeing the live bait with the treble hook. Not a hugh fan of doing it myself. But still pretty cool.
Storm cranks actually work really well....those 1.99$ ones work great on walleye
Man I can't catch a walleye, but I hear they are in here
That water was boiling with fish!! What a fish for a first cast on the shad 😱
Tada!
Love it. So close to a trophy. But still awesome and that is realistic baby.
Awesome catch you made and great! tip, thank you
i can't effing believe that you decide to throw a hook for a shad and catch one on the first attempt... then throw it back out there in the same motion and catch a slab of a white bass on the first attempt!?! if thats not being an experienced angler and knowing what to do and when to do it then idk. all i know is I'm impressed AF lol
Been at it on the TH-cams for years now. So I have some experience 😉
@@RealisticFishing damn right!
Last time I was out the white bass were biting in really shallow water sometimes less than a foot of water while I was sitting over a deep drop off in the float tube drifting, most were around 14 to 16 inch average a few small ones, hitting on a small Rapala and 3 inch white twister tail grub fishing along rock ledges and logs
Did you just jerk the treble hook thru till you hooked a shad?
man the other day was very windy where it was hard to throw lures and 0 bites on em and they wanted mullet, saw em busting on them, we netted some and boom! Nice catch man looked like the baby striper I catch here
Well I'm thoroughly impressed. Wow
How does this have such little views? Snagging the shad and turning into a white bass was so crazy! Awesome video!
That was awesome 👌 first cast.
Oh yeah!
Match the Hatch! Beautiful looking white bass! That was a big one. I don't see too many white bass I know for hybrid stripers or wipers they cross breed a regular Striped Bass with a White Bass. Great catch my friend!!
Single tongue patch and only one stripe extending to the tail are ways to tell if its a white bass. If there are hybrids, there are usually also white bass around. 👍
Yes sir!! I got skunked the other day using some Gulp Maggots. After an hour of trying I finally went to the bait shop & got some green worms. Made 2 casts in the same spot I fished earlier & caught a bass 🤘🏻
Sometimes they want the live stuff 👍
Realistic Fishing it seems like the spot I fish, that’s all they want is live bait
Man, nothing fights like a white! Ill have to try that treble trick. I mainly see the skipjack variety here in the east. Thanks for keeping it real!
This fall is gonna be good fishing I can feel it
Nice white bass.
Thanks! And I hope so 👍
I have that same feeling.... going to be a good season for hunting and fishing, I just pray that we dont get a killer winter in GA.
I Caught 2 Giant Drums on a lipless yesterday and it reminded me of your early spring vids, So it is confirmed Lipless cranks are indeed a good lure for Drum I guess lol
Drum hit all sorts of stuff, and its fun too see what they will hit next 👍
That was a nice fish n caught him fast on first cast smart call...I usually use a 1/4 weight for my Texas rig I can really get it out there but I've just started getting into bass fishing so I dunno if that's wat I should b doing or go lighter
Is it bad for your real to set the bale by reeling in? I see you use your hand but I’ve always just cast and turned the reel to click it back in
I think it wears out faster, no science to back that up though
If it's a struggle, the live bait usually comes through for me! He really didn't want to get measured haha! Nice fish!
Nice will watch later today when I'm done with my car replacing rotors and brakes 🙂 76 chevy nova I like working on my car just like fishing keep it realistic
Classic!
What a cool thing to catch that with a live shad!
Yea buddy!!! Went out last night and got the ol skunk... Hit the spots and worked em over, nothing lol... Your on it though brother, hell yea get some!!! Cheers bud!!
It does suck when you can see the bass, but can't seem to catch em, nice work switchin it up to live bait!
Great catch!
Woo!
thank you for giving me the ideas of how to catch bass wile bank fishing I am a bank fishermen at my age74 it is hard to get in and out of boats so your information is very very hapleful thank you again from N.Y. state god bless
I love those Pulse minnows. One of my favorites to throw now. Good video as usual! lookin forward to the next one!
I have had success on the pulse, so it was worth a try
Heck yeah Alex. That is a nice white bass.
Yeah baby!
Hey Alex got a question
You might want to try an underspin or something else with flash in that situation. It just stands out a little from the thousands of other baitfish. Spoons work good too if you're fishing in deep enough water.
You throw a hook out, catch a Shad. Throw the Shad out, catch a bass. Who knows what would’ve happened if you threw that bass out.
[Sets up shad rig...] " just like that!" ...
[1st cast w/ shad on ...] BAM! "Fish! 🎣 Fish already!!!"
Dang Alex; you're good brother!
👍😎👍 ...that's how it's done son.
All the fish I've been catching lately have been on trout worms and big red worms. You can never go wrong with live bait.
Dandy white bass 👍. Way to go!
Sweet fish! Love your channel
Nice catch 🐟 keep it realistic💯
I love that dude in the beginning of the vid...lets do this...
Great video way to adjust to catch fish got to work for them sometimes way to go alex
Gotta change it up sometimes 👍
Can someone do a wellness check on 1rod?
Grabbed it out of the water like a boss!
Snagging the shad was crazy. I've never seen then caught in anything but a cast net
Always great info
👍
Hey Alex, great video! That was crazy how fast that shad got hit when you cast it out. Wow.
BTW, how do I send you a KIR shout out clip? 😁
It feels like fall in texas but this bipolar weather could heat up again if it ever stops raining.