42 seconds in I already knew I like your commentary, I've been fishing from inexpensive watercraft bought second, third, and even 4th hand, right along with my unique array of rod and reels I've put together over the years buying them at garage sales and flea markets, about all I buy new is my tackle/bait setups, I even go after my own bait when using live bait, snorkel for lures spring summer and fall, all of this is part of the whole fishing/boating/bait catching experience. THEN THE FISHING IS GREAT AND REWARDING
My 4 year old Daughter started watching this video and now believes you are the best fisherman she has seen since watching Uncle Jeremy on River Monsters(no relation I just call everyone in the fishing community Uncle.) She says you cast better, throw the net better and get way more fish than me. I cannot stop agreeing and I cannot stop laughing!
It is always rewarding to me to catch bait with a rod and reel. When I was a kid..my dad would put me on shiner duty for him and his friend to bass fish...my dad's friend had them in his pond..would chum them with bread..and catch them on a tiny hook. On a 12ft fiberglass bream buster. When I was about 10. I was catching them and pulled one out of the water and a bass jumped out of the water after it..I put it back down and caught a solid 4lb bass much to the surprise of my dad and his friend...lol..memories catching bait
Cool! Good stuff! Love my cane pole for bait. Can't say there haven't been times I haven't rigged long cat rods as temporary cane poles, works in a pinch...
I missed a few last videos, so catching up on them on a rainy day here in New York state. Thank you! I can't believe, you don't have more subscribers. Thank you for your videos, and have a safe, blessed day everyone!!!!
Awesome videos. I’ve been freshwater fishing once, caught two water moccasins. I live on the Gulf coast (Pensacola) I do a lot of surf fishing. I love those catfish.
I caught a giant the other day and I want to give you tubers like yourself a big thank you. Guys like you spend time making these videos and giving out so much knowledge bro. I've learned a bunch and I'm proud to say I caught a big fish from watching TH-cam videos. Especially River Certafied videos. Keep it up man.
Man watching these catfishing videos reminds me of how much fun it is I need to move back to where they live and get out of Alaska. And as far as cricket cubs go I've gotten a 14" one with horns on his head I can't remember what the horns mean but they got like 3 spikes on each eyebrow.
Those nets must be heavy and there seems to be a Art Form to catching those things. I was told I'm too old and weak to learn how by my 40 Y.O. Brother who does just like you and catches all his baits. 58, you still make it look so seamless. Great job, hope you catch some giants with all those things.
Bro. This was my job as a kid. Fishing the mighty Mississippi. Get rid of the bobber. Catch those wary sunfish. Use just a long straight hook. The worm is the weight. That way easy to remove. Love the videos!
For whatever reason I really enjoy the bait catching videos. I need to adopt your castnet throwing strategy. I've been using a castnet for about a year now and I taco more often than pancaking. Luckily I have a good bait spot so I still end up successful.
We have a lot of creeks along bike trails that aren’t very deep. 4-6 inches and a couple of deep places. How do find the deeper creeks. Always enjoy the videos. 5ft max in Iowa?
Any catch is fishing to me .. I enjoy bait fishing more than monster fishing because there are more actions although catching a sturgeon sometimes is a blast. Your videos are awesome bro. Please continue to bring us fans your awesome adventures.
Hey man I just want to say I personally love your videos. I'm in Ohio and fished a tournament on the muskingum river yesterday. We won with 55.2 pounds. Ended up taking the whole pot because only 5 boats competed but it was awesome! We got our 3 fish limit and all 3 flatheads from one spot. Anyways the bait that did it was cut quillback sucker that I bled out then fileted. Green sunfish, suckers, shiners. Cut shad, and bullheads barely got touched. Got 2 of the flatheads on the cut quillback and then the biggest a 27.6 # on a flapper bluegill at 6:38. The tourney ended at 7!
@@adamhilliard7722 yupp! If you bleed out a larger fish like a carp and soak the pieces of cut bait in it it soaks it up and adds more of a scent trail. Thank you btw it was my 2 other buddies first wins and we competed against some really good anglers. They are all mostly local as well so we feel pretty accomplished. We fished the same spot the entire tourney and it was the spot we caught a 35 from 2 weeks prior.
@@RiverCertified I have to get camera gear man! The last fish we caught caused shere pandemonium on our boat. All 3 of us were shaking like a leaf and acting crazy. Would have made for great content. Our nerves were absolutely shot because as one of the other boats passed us around 6:30 they said "if you dont have 60 go ahead and go home" and we currently only had a 10 and a 18 in the livewell so we thought the 27 we caught like 5 minutes later was the clutch fish. Turns out the very first fish that we caught would have been plenty because only 2 other boats caught fish. The one guys caught 2 channels and the other guys only caught 1 channel. We were extremely fortunate and made the right call to sit on the spot we found. It was a sandbar that jutted into the river that was about 3 foot dropping into 9. There was submerged cover all over the bottom of the river and we focused on the inside current break and just got lucky and found the feeding lane and put what they wanted to eat that night in the right spot
In southwest Virginia some people call a Fall fish a creek chub...actually in the minnow family....they get up to 22 inches....my dad caught a 20 incher couple years ago...we mostly catch them when fishing for trout! Love the vids...keep them up!
I caught some creek chub by accident last fall trying for channel cats in a small river in central iowa, majority of them were about 8-9" one was about 11". They were pretty fun to catch. Im gonna go back there this spring and use them for bait!
I've caught chubbs close to a pound id say around 12 inches maybe bigger. Had something tear a 10 or a 11 incher in half last night I guess to small to get it all . Awesome bait video .
I literally do the same thing. I’ve caught some huge creek chubs maybe half pound but idk. Atleast 10-12 inches. It seems like the spots get fished out to me though. One time you go there and it’s fire and then it’s not the same again. Especially with the big ones.
Good stuff! Have you made a video showing your technique for throwing a cast net? I'm just starting to learn, and it's slow going. Millions of styles and techniques out there!
Gotta love creek chubs. Best live bait for channels, smallies and walleye here in the north east. Carolina, or 3 way rigs off the bottom, or jigheads for walleye topped off with chubs. Thanks for the video.
I like bait fishing. Always look at it as a little warm up before I fish for the cats. Plus I never know what Im gonna catch when bait fishing. Sometimes you'll pull in a nice bass or a 2# cat. Always a fun surprise on light tackle.
"I just want an 18in creek chub.." I actually caught a few 22in chub (right around 2 lbs each) in my local river (the Connecticut River, between VT and NH) last month. It's wild to see the difference between adolescents and adults in a fish species.
Caught my biggest 3 on big ole creek chubs .......my favorite fall bait for sure my biggest was 11 inches thought it was a sauger when it first jumped lol
Good video. I live in East TN and it completely different hear. I catch more creek chubs/slick guts(that's what there called around here) in throw net then suckers. But I don't have the best throw net either. It has those crappy plastic covers over the lead weights. I don't like it no where near as good as the pure lead weights. But thanks good luck. Saty safe.
@@RiverCertified you’re prolly right, I thought creek chubs were the weird scales and random black dots. But the fallfish get massive, I’ve caught one 16-17in and nice and heavy (maybe 1.5-2 lbs)
I will say I have used creek chubs my whole life. They are good all year round up here in Illinois. Blast to catch and the big channels love them. Better then shad if you ask me.... I typically fish the Rock River & Mississippi River using them. Now that the cat is out of the bag haha.... :)
Other then shad, because any real catfisherman knows shad is, "the 1"... chubs are absolutely one of my favorite baits. Also love warmouth or greenies from the river/ creek cause they are softer bodied baits then any pond or lake fish. For beginners I would say get some creek baits and try them, at a minimum it should about double your success rate. Good luck, tight lines!
I'd debate that one. Shad are tough to beat, and geographically are probably the best all around bait, but depending on season and region, I give the nod to white bass, skipjack, suckers, and even the creek chub, over shad.
@@RiverCertified I must admit, seasonal baits are my preferred choice too. There's just never a time where I go river fishing and shad are not present. I live and fish out of cincy though and for me I will never only have shad but I will always have shad, if that makes sense lol.
Not sure how much it costs to treat your tap water, but I stop at those water condenser ice stations outside of family videos/ dollar generals now. 25 cents for 1 gallon of reverse osmosis water or 1 buck for 5 gallons
Plus..... I also love fishing for catty on the Susquehanna River here in PA. I'm learning from your videos man. Keep it up. I'm sure we all enjoy your videos. 💪🐋
I catch pounders in Illinois out of the senachawine creek by chillicothe not to mention how incredible the small mouth are all you need to find is a deep hole
I like "Old salt" nets. I have thrown that same net you have, but it was an eight foot beast. I couldn't throw it more then 6 times before my shoulder would say, "not today" 🤣
I must be pretty fortunate I have a pond 8 miles from my house that's full of bullheads and a creek about the same full of chubs. Gotta love NE Iowa! And the Mississippi is a 25 minute drive
I swear I wish I could spend half as much time flathead fishing as I do bait fishing. Unfortunately its easier to get blue gills ( yet a slower process ) down here than cubs in south east Texas. Although suckers and cubs are easiest to get in my area with a 6ft heavy weight cast net in the right creeks/bayous. Thats for the informative video bud. Greatly appreciated.
I understand. I do a lot of poking around for bait spots in the summer. Try to check out one new spot a week. Been fortunate to find some real good places and that speeds things up.
I do 1 to 2 spot poking a week. But had several spots killed by all the hurricanes and tropical storms lately in the Houston area. Down here its find a good spot and next time its dead. Lol. And the woman and kids get mad when I just pull over on the highway and baitfish for a hour. Ha ha ha. But thanks again for all the great content bud. It is very appreciated.
And sorry bud, I had to say "cubs" instead of chubs in my original comment. Its cause I'm a life long stros fan from the national league. Although ill give up to you that Kerry Wood was and still is one of my fav pictures. I was at wringley for his no no.
12" creek cubs in one spot ;). My only problem they die on my in the summer. Channels llike them to much this time of the year for me. Happy Fishing Bud!
I see you are using the 2 for 1.00 bobbers from wallyworld. Slip or clip. If you pull the peg out and thread the line thru the bobber to a treble hook you can top water fish for bass.
you live in Iowa right? because if so we can use as big as 10' here in Iowa. I'm looking at the regulations as I type to be sure lol. It says "A cast net not larger then 10 feet" But I honestly don't know if that was the same last year lol.
In Croatia we have 2species of chubs:chub(we call it klen) and a litle chub(klenič) they are a simmilar spicies, we alsso hawe a sunfish and blugilld which where brought from USA and they are wery invasive fish but great wells catfish bait(sory on spelling)
I have caught more species of fish bait fishing than anywhere else. I fish the tributaries of the fox river. The first time I ever caught I creek chub it was a monster, and it was very colorful with those huge mating warts on its nose. Those spots are secret excluding the information provided.
@@RiverCertified I got my wife 2 of the firce ||| in 6000 with bait runners for catfishing and she loves em Gunna have to try a smaller one out thanks man keep up the good work love the videos
I was just telling my dad about your videos and how you are from iowa and he was interested in watching your videos. I think i learn as much as i enjoy your videos. Where abouts in iowa are you from?
@@RiverCertified thats awesome. We are from carlisle. My son has seen your catch and cook videos. And he had me take him down to lake ahquabi and he caught a few bluegills and we took them home and fried em up and he ate them. Its so cool to see a 6yr old see something he wants to do and he stuck it out. We appreciate the content you put out and will continue to watch. Thanks again!
Yes, bait fishing is fishing. If a hook is involved in my opinion you're fishing LOL. Love, love , love your channel. Oh, I forgot to mention a line and water
If its what we have here in alabama "small brown or speckled brown catfish we call them mud cats " then a pond spill way a slow creek or watershed after a rain when the water is dingy
42 seconds in I already knew I like your commentary, I've been fishing from inexpensive watercraft bought second, third, and even 4th hand, right along with my unique array of rod and reels I've put together over the years buying them at garage sales and flea markets, about all I buy new is my tackle/bait setups, I even go after my own bait when using live bait, snorkel for lures spring summer and fall, all of this is part of the whole fishing/boating/bait catching experience. THEN THE FISHING IS GREAT AND REWARDING
Dude thats badass! Hope you beat em up!
Bait fishing is almost as much fun as catching real fish. Enjoyed this one!
You got that right! Glad ya did!
It's all Putin a hook in the water 👍
My 4 year old Daughter started watching this video and now believes you are the best fisherman she has seen since watching Uncle Jeremy on River Monsters(no relation I just call everyone in the fishing community Uncle.) She says you cast better, throw the net better and get way more fish than me. I cannot stop agreeing and I cannot stop laughing!
That story honestly made my night. Tell her thanks for the kind words. Thank you for sharing!
She’s correct, he doesn’t lie
Hello hope everybody is having a awsome day.
Same to you!
Thanks man. you as well. 🤙
You too. And a great week to follow.
Hello, I hope everybody is having *an* *awesome* day.
It is always rewarding to me to catch bait with a rod and reel. When I was a kid..my dad would put me on shiner duty for him and his friend to bass fish...my dad's friend had them in his pond..would chum them with bread..and catch them on a tiny hook. On a 12ft fiberglass bream buster. When I was about 10. I was catching them and pulled one out of the water and a bass jumped out of the water after it..I put it back down and caught a solid 4lb bass much to the surprise of my dad and his friend...lol..memories catching bait
Cool! Good stuff! Love my cane pole for bait. Can't say there haven't been times I haven't rigged long cat rods as temporary cane poles, works in a pinch...
Thats awesome man! Fishing with my old man are some of my best memories!
I missed a few last videos, so catching up on them on a rainy day here in New York state. Thank you! I can't believe, you don't have more subscribers. Thank you for your videos, and have a safe, blessed day everyone!!!!
I'm just appreciative of what I get and the fact that you enjoy em! Have a great day too!
It’s like the more urban the area the more bait I find, thanks for the bait videos , the thin light test line is the trick
Nice. Glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome videos. I’ve been freshwater fishing once, caught two water moccasins. I live on the Gulf coast (Pensacola) I do a lot of surf fishing. I love those catfish.
I would not be keen on reeling in water moccasins. Pensacola is an awesome area. Trying to talk my wife into moving there.
I caught a giant the other day and I want to give you tubers like yourself a big thank you. Guys like you spend time making these videos and giving out so much knowledge bro. I've learned a bunch and I'm proud to say I caught a big fish from watching TH-cam videos. Especially River Certafied videos. Keep it up man.
I absolutely love reading that! I hope the fish just keep getting bigger man!
Man watching these catfishing videos reminds me of how much fun it is I need to move back to where they live and get out of Alaska. And as far as cricket cubs go I've gotten a 14" one with horns on his head I can't remember what the horns mean but they got like 3 spikes on each eyebrow.
Yeah I think it's around spawning time, the males grow the horns on their eyebrows.
I find bait fishing a very fun part of catching your target fish.
Always a fun time. Keep it up we are watching!
Gotta agree! It just adds to the experience.
Those nets must be heavy and there seems to be a Art Form to catching those things. I was told I'm too old and weak to learn how by my 40 Y.O. Brother who does just like you and catches all his baits. 58, you still make it look so seamless. Great job, hope you catch some giants with all those things.
Its alot of technique. Thanks Harry!
Bro. This was my job as a kid. Fishing the mighty Mississippi. Get rid of the bobber. Catch those wary sunfish. Use just a long straight hook. The worm is the weight. That way easy to remove. Love the videos!
For whatever reason I really enjoy the bait catching videos. I need to adopt your castnet throwing strategy. I've been using a castnet for about a year now and I taco more often than pancaking. Luckily I have a good bait spot so I still end up successful.
As long as you have some bait, that's all that matters!
Bread and orange crappie bait works so good for them and waxies. I have a creek in my backyard and catch hundreds with this stuff.
does one rig those creek chubs the same way as other live bait?
I do anyway.
@@RiverCertified i don't know why but I've always nose hooked them. I'll dorsal hook them the next time
@@fourdeadinohio8303 i do both
We have a lot of creeks along bike trails that aren’t very deep. 4-6 inches and a couple of deep places. How do find the deeper creeks. Always enjoy the videos. 5ft max in Iowa?
You just keep looking. When you find a hole in a creek like that, it's generally loaded.
Just find a creek and fish the dark spoots
“Youll do”.....
“Chanel cats- UUUHHHGHH”
That SENT me 😂😂😂😂
Glad ya got a kick out of it!
@@RiverCertified i do out of all of your videos bud😂 my type o’ humor. Appreciate the laughs
Any catch is fishing to me .. I enjoy bait fishing more than monster fishing because there are more actions although catching a sturgeon sometimes is a blast. Your videos are awesome bro. Please continue to bring us fans your awesome adventures.
Hey man I just want to say I personally love your videos. I'm in Ohio and fished a tournament on the muskingum river yesterday. We won with 55.2 pounds. Ended up taking the whole pot because only 5 boats competed but it was awesome! We got our 3 fish limit and all 3 flatheads from one spot. Anyways the bait that did it was cut quillback sucker that I bled out then fileted. Green sunfish, suckers, shiners. Cut shad, and bullheads barely got touched. Got 2 of the flatheads on the cut quillback and then the biggest a 27.6 # on a flapper bluegill at 6:38. The tourney ended at 7!
Just curious but why bleed out if you're using it for bait? Blood = scent. congrats on the tournament!
Dude that is awesome! It's super sweet to hear you worked through it all, figured it out, and got a clutch fish at the end!
@@adamhilliard7722 yupp! If you bleed out a larger fish like a carp and soak the pieces of cut bait in it it soaks it up and adds more of a scent trail. Thank you btw it was my 2 other buddies first wins and we competed against some really good anglers. They are all mostly local as well so we feel pretty accomplished. We fished the same spot the entire tourney and it was the spot we caught a 35 from 2 weeks prior.
@@RiverCertified I have to get camera gear man! The last fish we caught caused shere pandemonium on our boat. All 3 of us were shaking like a leaf and acting crazy. Would have made for great content. Our nerves were absolutely shot because as one of the other boats passed us around 6:30 they said "if you dont have 60 go ahead and go home" and we currently only had a 10 and a 18 in the livewell so we thought the 27 we caught like 5 minutes later was the clutch fish. Turns out the very first fish that we caught would have been plenty because only 2 other boats caught fish. The one guys caught 2 channels and the other guys only caught 1 channel. We were extremely fortunate and made the right call to sit on the spot we found. It was a sandbar that jutted into the river that was about 3 foot dropping into 9. There was submerged cover all over the bottom of the river and we focused on the inside current break and just got lucky and found the feeding lane and put what they wanted to eat that night in the right spot
In southwest Virginia some people call a Fall fish a creek chub...actually in the minnow family....they get up to 22 inches....my dad caught a 20 incher couple years ago...we mostly catch them when fishing for trout! Love the vids...keep them up!
If I caught something that looked like a creek chub that was 20 inches, I'd lose my mind. Even if it wasn't a creek chub haha
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallfish
I caught some creek chub by accident last fall trying for channel cats in a small river in central iowa, majority of them were about 8-9" one was about 11". They were pretty fun to catch. Im gonna go back there this spring and use them for bait!
Thats awesome man!
Do a video on what you look for as far as structure or drop offs using the fish finder.
I appreciate the suggestion dude! I'll do my best!
Will you do a video on how you throw your cast net please.
I've thought about it, but Luke with Catfish and Carp made an awesome video on it. I use the same method he does.
theres a county park outside of Altoona that when we come back, we catch the 8-10 inch chubs and decent suckers. biggest we caught was 13".
I've heard good things about that area, just a long ways to drive for bait.
I got about 100 8 to 12 ich suckers and creek chubs for winter frozen sadly cant use live lol in Canada, another awesome video thanks again
Sounds like you're ready for some lakers and pike though!
@@RiverCertified oh yea man big time need few more 12 plus inchers for pike but other then Im set
I've caught chubbs close to a pound id say around 12 inches maybe bigger. Had something tear a 10 or a 11 incher in half last night I guess to small to get it all . Awesome bait video .
Those are jumbos! Definitely need some of that in my life!
My biggest crick chub was around 16 inches but I literally grew up in a crick catching them and I still go back to the spots I fished when I was 7
Now they come back as bait and not pets 🤣🤣 never have much luck off them kind of a last ditch effort to get bait
That's a giant! Surprising you haven't had much luck on em.
I’ve caught them in local creeks as a kid 9-12 inches long ! Horney head chubs were my go to fish as a kid..
I literally do the same thing. I’ve caught some huge creek chubs maybe half pound but idk. Atleast 10-12 inches. It seems like the spots get fished out to me though. One time you go there and it’s fire and then it’s not the same again. Especially with the big ones.
Agreed. That's why I keep a rotation. I'd fish them out myself otherwise haha
Whether baitfishing is fishing or not I still enjoy the videos
And I really appreciate it!
Good stuff! Have you made a video showing your technique for throwing a cast net? I'm just starting to learn, and it's slow going. Millions of styles and techniques out there!
I haven't, but I use the same technique Luke with Catfish and Carp uses. He has a great video on it.
@@RiverCertified I'll check it out thank you!
I need clarification! Shiners, green sunfish, suckers, bullheads? What’s the preferred bait and when? Thanks, great channel!
Creek chubs and suckers are my preferred bait in the fall. Glad you enjoy the channel!
@@RiverCertified I guess what I’m asking is what baits for what season and if possible why they preferred. Thanks.
How deep are those spillway creeks? typically
The best ones are at least a couple feet deep
Got some good ones. That net is awesome. My next purchase for sure . Great video as always
The hardest part is the fear of losing it. The nicest net I've ever tossed, and reasonably priced. Glad ya enjoyed it sir!
Gotta love creek chubs. Best live bait for channels, smallies and walleye here in the north east. Carolina, or 3 way rigs off the bottom, or jigheads for walleye topped off with chubs. Thanks for the video.
Gotta agree with that! Glad ya enjoyed it!
Used to have a pond that had 12-15 inch chubs but it froze to the bottom one year and killed everything off
Thats the saddest thing I've read all day
Here on the Leon River in Texas, hand sized perch and small carp always nailed the big yellow cats on our limb lines.
I believe that. Great baits.
Bro...I have caught some here in Indiana around 12". Awesome bait!! I use corn to catch them, one kernel at a time.
Very nice!
I like bait fishing. Always look at it as a little warm up before I fish for the cats. Plus I never know what Im gonna catch when bait fishing. Sometimes you'll pull in a nice bass or a 2# cat. Always a fun surprise on light tackle.
What part of Iowa do you live in I'm in linn County Mt.vernon to be exact. I grew up fishing the wapsipinocin,born and raised in Anamosa
Creek chubs up here in Rhode Island get about the size of stocker Trout. I want to say my biggest creek chub was 2 pounds or so
That's absurdly giant
"I just want an 18in creek chub.."
I actually caught a few 22in chub (right around 2 lbs each) in my local river (the Connecticut River, between VT and NH) last month. It's wild to see the difference between adolescents and adults in a fish species.
Any suggestions for catching flatheads in the Wisconsin river? I know u don’t live there but was just wondering.
Depends on the section, but I have some articles on my website that might help. www.rivercertified.com
Ok sounds good, thanks for the info I can only catch channel cats as of late so that’s why I was wondering
Caught my biggest 3 on big ole creek chubs .......my favorite fall bait for sure my biggest was 11 inches thought it was a sauger when it first jumped lol
I gotta agree. Its been a minute since I got a truly giant sneeb like that
12-13 inches is pretty common. Do you catch them with the horns on their heads when they get real big?
Seems more seasonal to me. Spring and summer they have horns, then end of summer and fall they don't.
Just caught some chubs the other day. Need to try some for bait now.
Good luck!
@@RiverCertified put out a trap tonight so tomorrow or the next day hoping to try them out.
No bubbler on the bait bucket? Keeps em fresh
They weren't in it long enough to matter much
I just enjoy watching u fish and the commentary and then your go catch the big guys happy day
And I love that you do! Thank you!
The Michigan State Record for Creek Chub is 13 inches. My largest is 11 1/4 and i thought i had a small trout on the line haha.
I bet. That's a giant!
My biggest creek chub probably around 10/11 inches. Great bait!
That's a giant!
Good video. I live in East TN and it completely different hear. I catch more creek chubs/slick guts(that's what there called around here) in throw net then suckers. But I don't have the best throw net either. It has those crappy plastic covers over the lead weights. I don't like it no where near as good as the pure lead weights. But thanks good luck. Saty safe.
That is interesting. The extra heavy nets make a big difference for catching suckers. Good luck sir!
Your fishing videos are amazing, this place is very beautiful, it has beautiful fish, congratulations you are a great fisherman.👍🎣
Thanks for the kind words!
@@RiverCertified - 😘😘😉 👍🏻🐟🎣🇦🇺
hey man. Can you list what equipment you use to make your videos? Computers, cameras, other equipment, etc. Thanks!
It's linked in most of my video descriptions I believe
@@RiverCertified hey. I’m talking about your filming equipment. Not fishing equipment lol. That’s all I see listed in your video descriptions.
@@Landerjosh Okay. Camera: amzn.to/2SUKrf1 chest mount: amzn.to/3du4omg Computer: amzn.to/3nVKh55 Camera boom: amzn.to/2SWZBjR Camera Claw: amzn.to/378FkQA
I've thrown my net on a couple of large mouths 3 and 4 lbs. They tore the hell out of it, but managed to get them in. Wasnt expecting them
It is definitely fun to see what comes up in those nets. I've even caught a few small flatheads in mine this year.
I only seem to find big fallfish in southern Pa, creek chub usually get 4-8 inches but are much more rare than fallfish
I thought they were the same thing.
@@RiverCertified you’re prolly right, I thought creek chubs were the weird scales and random black dots. But the fallfish get massive, I’ve caught one 16-17in and nice and heavy (maybe 1.5-2 lbs)
I will say I have used creek chubs my whole life. They are good all year round up here in Illinois. Blast to catch and the big channels love them. Better then shad if you ask me.... I typically fish the Rock River & Mississippi River using them. Now that the cat is out of the bag haha.... :)
I don't know if I like em better than shad, but I like how I can get em more consistently. I'll take either most days.
Lee Fisher makes some badass nets!
Hell yes!
Other then shad, because any real catfisherman knows shad is, "the 1"... chubs are absolutely one of my favorite baits. Also love warmouth or greenies from the river/ creek cause they are softer bodied baits then any pond or lake fish. For beginners I would say get some creek baits and try them, at a minimum it should about double your success rate. Good luck, tight lines!
I'd debate that one. Shad are tough to beat, and geographically are probably the best all around bait, but depending on season and region, I give the nod to white bass, skipjack, suckers, and even the creek chub, over shad.
@@RiverCertified I must admit, seasonal baits are my preferred choice too. There's just never a time where I go river fishing and shad are not present. I live and fish out of cincy though and for me I will never only have shad but I will always have shad, if that makes sense lol.
@@timmann111 that absolutely makes sense man. Hope you're beating them up over there!
I got a 15-16 inch creek chub on a Mr.Twister I was going for smallmouth. The thing fought like a decent smallmouth so I was excited just to be sad.
Thats super sweet really
Not sure how much it costs to treat your tap water, but I stop at those water condenser ice stations outside of family videos/ dollar generals now. 25 cents for 1 gallon of reverse osmosis water or 1 buck for 5 gallons
What Brandon said
Im subscribed to 2 other fishing channels..... I kinda forgot about them, not that they are bad, but yours are a tad bit better....
Awe shucks man. You got me speechless. That never happens haha
@@RiverCertified *coughbullshitcough*
Plus..... I also love fishing for catty on the Susquehanna River here in PA. I'm learning from your videos man. Keep it up. I'm sure we all enjoy your videos. 💪🐋
Mullet is a key bait for big fish as well
Absolutely. We just don't have them here.
@@RiverCertified forsure their scarce her love this videos tho keep up the great work
12inches. PB. I catch a lot in the 8-10 inch range
I've never actually measured one. That's a monster.
I always enjoy catching bait, even more so when it is putting catfish on the bank.
My thoughts exactly!
You ever use whisker seekers 9’6” heavy rods? Just bought me a pair can’t wait to put em to use 😬
Oh yeah, got a couple myself. Awesome bank rods for flatheads, or for outside rods on a boat!
River Certified that’s exactly what I want them for! Bank or boat for flatheads 😊
I caught a chub this year that had to be an inch or two over a foot.
Woah
Where are you at in Iowa>? Fellow Iowegan here. Just east of the Muddy Mo about a mile
I'm in Central Iowa. Wish I was that close to the Missouri!
I caught my first flathead a few days ago 25 pounds
Thats awesome man!
Thanks
The tag pole, I would’ve used for big bass fishing, they love (tag poles) or as they would call them babyfrogs.
Never heard tag pokes before. I kinda like it😁
Thinking about fish (any) eating tadpoles/frogs now put me off eating fish. 😳😂🐟🎣🇦🇺
I catch pounders in Illinois out of the senachawine creek by chillicothe not to mention how incredible the small mouth are all you need to find is a deep hole
Those would be freaks of nature man, as far as the chubs go!
I know right we call them hickory shad cuz like the log on fire just 1 lasts all night cat fishing
What are those fish? Im from North texas an never seen them longer bait fish?
Creek chubs and suckers.
I like "Old salt" nets. I have thrown that same net you have, but it was an eight foot beast.
I couldn't throw it more then 6 times before my shoulder would say, "not today" 🤣
They make them with lighter weights😆 ill check out the old salts when this one inevitability dies on a rock
I must be pretty fortunate I have a pond 8 miles from my house that's full of bullheads and a creek about the same full of chubs. Gotta love NE Iowa! And the Mississippi is a 25 minute drive
Youre very fortunate!
In Riverton ia they have one on the wall that's in the iowa books. Something around 2lbs if I remember right.
I need to check that out.
What depth of water is better for river fishing??
I've watched this a few times...its a classic. But have you ever tried a cane pole for pan fish
I live in Cedar Rapids Iowa and fish the Indian Creek for Chub's I've caught them up to a pound... Good for cut bait at that size
I swear I wish I could spend half as much time flathead fishing as I do bait fishing. Unfortunately its easier to get blue gills ( yet a slower process ) down here than cubs in south east Texas. Although suckers and cubs are easiest to get in my area with a 6ft heavy weight cast net in the right creeks/bayous. Thats for the informative video bud. Greatly appreciated.
I understand. I do a lot of poking around for bait spots in the summer. Try to check out one new spot a week. Been fortunate to find some real good places and that speeds things up.
I do 1 to 2 spot poking a week. But had several spots killed by all the hurricanes and tropical storms lately in the Houston area. Down here its find a good spot and next time its dead. Lol. And the woman and kids get mad when I just pull over on the highway and baitfish for a hour. Ha ha ha. But thanks again for all the great content bud. It is very appreciated.
And sorry bud, I had to say "cubs" instead of chubs in my original comment. Its cause I'm a life long stros fan from the national league. Although ill give up to you that Kerry Wood was and still is one of my fav pictures. I was at wringley for his no no.
12" creek cubs in one spot ;). My only problem they die on my in the summer. Channels llike them to much this time of the year for me. Happy Fishing Bud!
I've never had a problem keeping them alive, even on hot days. Weird. Good luck out there Mark!
I see you are using the 2 for 1.00 bobbers from wallyworld. Slip or clip. If you pull the peg out and thread the line thru the bobber to a treble hook you can top water fish for bass.
Put a small splitshot inside for a little weight
That's crafty
you live in Iowa right? because if so we can use as big as 10' here in Iowa. I'm looking at the regulations as I type to be sure lol. It says "A cast net not larger then 10 feet" But I honestly don't know if that was the same last year lol.
What is a sucker?
It's a type of fish. There's a pile of different sucker species.
If and when you accidentally drop a fish back into the water and your initial reaction is that...it counts as fishing 😂👊
BEst reason yet haha
Also 10-12 inches is max for creek chub if you catch a 12 incher you could be a state record holder
I think it would be cooler to use a state record as bait haha
In Croatia we have 2species of chubs:chub(we call it klen) and a litle chub(klenič) they are a simmilar spicies, we alsso hawe a sunfish and blugilld which where brought from USA and they are wery invasive fish but great wells catfish bait(sory on spelling)
No worries on spelling. It's super cool to hear stories from other places. Thank you!
That fish kiss made me blush don’t do that again lmaooo😂😂😂💀
No promises🤣🤣🤣
Ever try using small pieces of slim Jim's they definitely hit the slim Jim's hard
Yessir. They definitely work
Was that a black river certified sticker on your cooler?
Yep! Need a couple? 😁
@@RiverCertified yes I do!..I have a white one on my white bait cooler lol
@@edbrown3047 message me how many you want and ill get em to ya!
@@RiverCertified thank you!
I have caught more species of fish bait fishing than anywhere else. I fish the tributaries of the fox river. The first time I ever caught I creek chub it was a monster, and it was very colorful with those huge mating warts on its nose. Those spots are secret excluding the information provided.
I need to bait fish creeks more. You're right. There's all kinds of stuff in them.
Love all your videos man. Keep up all the hard work.
Glad you like them! I'm gonna do my best!
What size is that penn fierce lll reel ?
That ones is a 2500 I believe. I'll get the link updated in the video description.
@@RiverCertified I got my wife 2 of the firce ||| in 6000 with bait runners for catfishing and she loves em
Gunna have to try a smaller one out thanks man keep up the good work love the videos
I was just telling my dad about your videos and how you are from iowa and he was interested in watching your videos. I think i learn as much as i enjoy your videos. Where abouts in iowa are you from?
That's awesome. I really appreciate it. I'm in central Iowa
@@RiverCertified thats awesome. We are from carlisle. My son has seen your catch and cook videos. And he had me take him down to lake ahquabi and he caught a few bluegills and we took them home and fried em up and he ate them. Its so cool to see a 6yr old see something he wants to do and he stuck it out. We appreciate the content you put out and will continue to watch. Thanks again!
Yes, bait fishing is fishing. If a hook is involved in my opinion you're fishing LOL. Love, love , love your channel. Oh, I forgot to mention a line and water
That's solid logic. I'm gonna have a debate over this on a podcast someday.
I'm a Penn fan all the way!! Especially the older models when they were still built by people and not robots
I have to agree. Same with the abus.
How is your bait bucket set-up
I know that this late: but what is your set up at home for keeping the bait alive until you go fishing?
I have a video of it on the tips and tricks playlist on my channel, and lots of other info.
Thank you for the information. One last question; do you feed your bait fish, and what type of feed do you use?
I'm having tuff time trying to find bullheads in my area (Boone IA). Any personal recommended spots?
There's some private ponds in that area that have them, but not much now after they drained McHose.
If its what we have here in alabama "small brown or speckled brown catfish we call them mud cats " then a pond spill way a slow creek or watershed after a rain when the water is dingy
I just caught a ton of pounder hybrid sunfish for bait, and if they pull drag, that's fishing. And they pulled drag
Baitfishing is like a warm up for catching the real ones
I like that concept a lot!