Sitting here with my migraine and starting to smile as Dave is a having awful, terrible, no-good, very bad day. Your presentation of your dilemmas are worth the time watching all in its self.
Aberdeen # 6 with a slip float and a tiny split shot. Or weightless and let it drift to the bottom. If they aren’t biting go deeper and further out progressively. Bee moth larvae=wax worms
Also, if the bluegill swallows the hook, leave the hook in and don’t try to remove it. It has a much greater chance of living if you sacrifice the hook and just bite the line.
My Grandpa taught Me a good fisherman can catch fish in any kind of weather and Dave You are an Exceptionally Good Fisherman and no matter the weather You don’t quit! Thanks for being You.
I really enjoy your videos. Out of all the fishing videos, yours is my favorite. I'm sorry you forgot your steak inside your truck. Plus, I never heard of skip jack until your video. Thank you and I will keep watching your videos
Watching from SE Michigan, I’m not sure how to catfish much.. there are some huge freshwater fish here.. my biggest was a huge channel cat last August on a golden shiner.. your videos are more than inspirational.. you keep it real!!! Congrats on recent 100k subs too I need to figure out how to get rich off fishing lol god bless brother!!
SE Michigan, the biggest are Muskie, caught a 5 to 6 lb channel cat where the black river dumps into the St. Clair River in Port Huron, and busted a 10 to 12 lb flathead in the N. Channel by Lake St. Clair. Might get lucky if you find a dam with deep holes to fish, or go to the west side of the state as mentioned previously.
@@timmysc9913 Bass & pike are plentiful over here . A little further north is some great trout & salmon runs . Lake Michigan is also great for salmon & trout .
Catfish Dave, you sure stood in there for this adventure, endured rain and cold. I sure was wishing that you had a rain poncho tucked in your boat, sure would be a good idea.Your weather forecasters are like ours out here in the PNW, can't count on them for nothing, even with all their high tech capabilities. Thank you for another great adventure where we get to ride along with you.
You videos are great, just for the entertainment value let alone you catch a lot of big fish, however I was just wondering if you had ever heard of a thing called a raincoat? : )
Funny video, Dave. I haven't depended on the weather channel since they began showing movies, ads, and stopped the LOCAL weather spots 4 or 5 times an hour.
Here is a suggestion. Use cricket hooks. Very long shank. Take a pair of needlenose...bend the barb down. They may swallow a few hooks but you can get the hook out easier with a long shank hook with the barb bent down. Happy bluegilling!'
I ground up fish the Head waters of the French broad . The beautiful east ,west fork in Rosman N.C. ... And on down to Asheville, Hendersonville, Alexander, Marshall, And then to Hot springs N.C. Where I was taught how to fish by my dad.. I've floated and waded a many of mile in that North flowing River..💚💚💙💙💯🎯 .It will always have a special place in my heart .
I grew up in Knoxville and we used to go up the French Broad when the white bass were running and when we wanted to eat some catfish. We would go up by the Little Pigeon River and get a few 6-9 pound flatheads to take home once a year or so. Good eating! When the white bass were running we would also catch skipjack. We didn't know what skipjack were. We just called them green shad. Memories.
Good job Dave I was wondering when you were going to check in the Rocks for warmouth or bluegill as you would call them I bet there loaded there but you gotta take the bobber off and down in the rocks so much for rain huh you got soaked can't trust the weather forecasters ever 😮😮😮😮hope you catch some big ones
Catching bait can be a lot of fun..... grab your small reel w/ 2-4 lb test & go to it! I used Bluegill to fish for Stripper's beneath the Texoma Dam on the Red River. They did like the bluegill but so did the cat's...... Fish On !?
Fished that river hard growing up in Carolina. Caught piles of big cats more than enough flatheads 30lbs and up till the big chemical spill that wiped them out. That was a sad day! Best bait up there was horny heads. Irresistible to the cats and big ole tiger muskie. Big blast catching sauger spawning up from Douglas in April. Year round boat loads of real nice smallies. Friend of the family that ran a coal yard back in the day got his coal over in Tn. Last time he stopped off in Newport for breakfast got robbed and murdered and thrown off the I40 bridge in the river there at the lake. Yeah.... Got a little history with that ole river.
dave i smoked the blue gills big ones i live norther ny by the st lawarnce river filled the freezer if you use long shank hooks you will have less gut hooks give it a try
In Minnesota, after Waleye fishing and dinner my body and I would hit the pencil reeds in a paddle boat for sun fish and we never had time to finsh the 12 pack between us, It was fun to catch so many and 1 of 10 was atually an eater.
hello catfish Dave my daddy used to take me to the Tennessee River to fish when I was a little girl I noticed you been doing this for awhile I wonder if you know of him his name is Jim Davis he says he got some fishing buddies up there his boat has river cat on the side of it if he still has it I'm sure he still goes there to fish bc that was his life and his spot he loved and looking at the fish you pulled out the water I remember it like it was yesterday 9yr.old me trying to reel in those big blue cats almost got pulled into the water lol I miss it so much its been awhile since I seen him and i want to go fish again
The fish that dominated your livewell in the beginning looked like a rock bass. I could be wrong. They are similar to a warmouth. Aren't Coosa bass like a spotted bass with red eyes? Just curious.
I couldn't see it very well, but the bush that had you hung up was probably box elder. Leaves look like poison ivy but it's lighter in color and grow on a tree/bush. It's harmless as far as I know.
May I ask what that button is on the back of your boat you keep pushing when you have a fish on? And you need a Bimini top, a buddy heater, etc for when it rains! lol your fan! Bart 👊🏼
Ive been having a week myself. Got new Lithiums in the little jon and cant even go fish. GoPro acting stupid,I need a new fan belt for the Trooper,new thermostats aint working right and the fish aint been biting. Im trying to get my river time in but them fish spirits aint letting it happen. Ive never had an issue with my Terrova though,that guy has stayed solid since day 1.
Look at the bright side there sir if you can’t catch catfish you can sell skip Jack to the local bait shops. They charge anywhere from $7 to $10 do you probably have around $500 worth in the cooler lol
You should keep some emergency rain gear in the box where your PDF is stored, alongside the instructions on how to use your boats ECOS... just say'n! Fix the bilge pump, don't delay!
Hey Mr Dave , sir have you ever tried catching these big catfish out of woods reservoir, in winchester tn ? These fish have almost no pressure on them because most of the fishing in woods reservoir is for small mouth bass and striper We have caught several blues and channel cats in the 25 pound range but there are much larger fish in here because of the warning on not eating catfish out of this body of water , they have possible pcb contamination so people don't fish for them . There are an abundant supply of very large flat head and blue cats in here and a larger supply of channel cats , the water is very deep ,up to 100 feet deep in spots .. Normandy lake is another place you can catch big catfish in numbers... most people here fish for bass and crappie .. there's also Tim's Ford lake here with an abundance of every kind of fish known to man , the state of tennessee put hundreds of large flay head cat fish in Tim's Ford as a conservation effort back on the early 1980s those fish should be record breakers by now .. I fish them all but very few people can catch fish the say you can catch them ,even when we use identical rigs
Sitting here with my migraine and starting to smile as Dave is a having awful, terrible, no-good, very bad day. Your presentation of your dilemmas are worth the time watching all in its self.
I love his videos!
I'd love to get in the boat with him and see which of us could have the worst time while having a lot of fun. I know how it is.
Thank Dave your are the best fishing show 👍👍👍👍👍👍😎😎
Catching them skips like they were on a conveyor belt!! 😅 💪🏼
I prefer long shank hooks for bluegill. Helps keep them from swallowing the hook plus gives leverage for hook removal. Thank you for your persistence.
Aberdeen # 6 with a slip float and a tiny split shot. Or weightless and let it drift to the bottom. If they aren’t biting go deeper and further out progressively. Bee moth larvae=wax worms
Also, if the bluegill swallows the hook, leave the hook in and don’t try to remove it. It has a much greater chance of living if you sacrifice the hook and just bite the line.
I'm dead. These last two trips are like all of my fishing trips. 😂
Love it 😂
My Grandpa taught Me a good fisherman can catch fish in any kind of weather and Dave You are an Exceptionally Good Fisherman and no matter the weather You don’t quit! Thanks for being You.
Your grandad never fished lake shabbona
You always crack us up!!! Love your humor CFD!!
"Whatever they say, the opposite is true".
That's good advice for almost everything in life😂😂
This is my typical fishing day experience. Thank you for free therapy Dave 🏆👍
I really enjoy your videos. Out of all the fishing videos, yours is my favorite. I'm sorry you forgot your steak inside your truck. Plus, I never heard of skip jack until your video. Thank you and I will keep watching your videos
Skipjack fishing looked fun!! Bait is stocked up, Dave!! Thanks for sharing!!
Or just cast net them😂 there all siting on the bottom right now this time of year.
Best channel man! Weathermen are like politicians bro.
Watching from SE Michigan, I’m not sure how to catfish much.. there are some huge freshwater fish here.. my biggest was a huge channel cat last August on a golden shiner.. your videos are more than inspirational.. you keep it real!!! Congrats on recent 100k subs too I need to figure out how to get rich off fishing lol god bless brother!!
West Michigan here, west of Grand Rapids .
Alot of nice cats in the Grand River .
SE Michigan, the biggest are Muskie, caught a 5 to 6 lb channel cat where the black river dumps into the St. Clair River in Port Huron, and busted a 10 to 12 lb flathead in the N. Channel by Lake St. Clair.
Might get lucky if you find a dam with deep holes to fish, or go to the west side of the state as mentioned previously.
I’ve heard there’s good salmon/trout runs on that side of the state.. I’ve never landed one!! Bass pike & muskies are main targets I’m going for!!
@@timmysc9913 Bass & pike are plentiful over here . A little further north is some great trout & salmon runs . Lake Michigan is also great for salmon & trout .
@@conradboykoii1170 Big cats in the Grand River at this end .
Catfish Dave, you sure stood in there for this adventure, endured rain and cold. I sure was wishing that you had a rain poncho tucked in your boat, sure would be a good idea.Your weather forecasters are like ours out here in the PNW, can't count on them for nothing, even with all their high tech capabilities. Thank you for another great adventure where we get to ride along with you.
As a Willamette Valley native, never even looked at the forecast, just carried rain gear and boots all year round lmao.
Catfish dave is lazy. He'll tell ya his self. He could Careless about getting wet😂
We used to hunt ducks and geese in foul cold weather so we bought a little gas heater for the boat. Handy for setting your gloves on fire.
Just noticed...Congratulations on 100K subs. You deserve it, it's been a long time coming my friend.
You videos are great, just for the entertainment value let alone you catch a lot of big fish, however I was just wondering if you had ever heard of a thing called a raincoat? : )
Love the show, Dave!
Funny video, Dave. I haven't depended on the weather channel since they began showing movies, ads, and stopped the LOCAL weather spots 4 or 5 times an hour.
OMG 😂😂😂😂😂 Dave you have my kind of luck. LOL.
Great video man 🎣🎣
👍👍👍👍👍great 🎣video Dave despite the lying weather man . Be watching for the next one.
Here is a suggestion. Use cricket hooks. Very long shank. Take a pair of needlenose...bend the barb down. They may swallow a few hooks but you can get the hook out easier with a long shank hook with the barb bent down. Happy bluegilling!'
Thank you for another great video Catfish Dave
Good ole Tennessee weather lol gotta love it 😂
I like watching the fishing for bait vids
Hey Dave they sell rain jackets at Wally world
I ground up fish the Head waters of the French broad . The beautiful east ,west fork in Rosman N.C. ... And on down to Asheville, Hendersonville, Alexander, Marshall, And then to Hot springs N.C. Where I was taught how to fish by my dad.. I've floated and waded a many of mile in that North flowing River..💚💚💙💙💯🎯 .It will always have a special place in my heart .
Thanks Dave for the Fishing entertainment .👍👍👍👍👍
Darn Dave your luck & Joy are slipping, there’s certain was to get your joy back😂
Great show keep up the amazing work be safe my friends God bless all
Great Video!! When can we expect a new spring time video??
A new channel is born! “Skipjack Dave”
I am glad to see you fishing again after your bad luck yesterday!
Dad had Bill Dance to watch, I've got Catfish Dave. Pure gold sir.
You know the old saying if it weren’t for bad luck I’d have no luck at all 😂
lol aww Dave had a bad day! 😂
Fun fact: the French Broad River where you are fishing is believed to be one of the oldest rivers on Earth.
I grew up in Knoxville and we used to go up the French Broad when the white bass were running and when we wanted to eat some catfish. We would go up by the Little Pigeon River and get a few 6-9 pound flatheads to take home once a year or so. Good eating!
When the white bass were running we would also catch skipjack. We didn't know what skipjack were. We just called them green shad.
Memories.
I always use a chartreuse or pink popeye with wax worm. Thats either in rivers/creeks/lakes. just got back from catching a bunch bout 30 mins ago.
I hope you are ok! I have not seen any new postings from? God bless you 🙏
You need to take a road trip to Kansas and try out Milford lake for some Kansas Blues!
Dave eats more cheese than anyone ive ever seen. He is the Erkle of catfishermen. 😂
Good job Dave I was wondering when you were going to check in the Rocks for warmouth or bluegill as you would call them I bet there loaded there but you gotta take the bobber off and down in the rocks so much for rain huh you got soaked can't trust the weather forecasters ever 😮😮😮😮hope you catch some big ones
Catching bait can be a lot of fun..... grab your small reel w/ 2-4 lb test & go to it! I used Bluegill to fish for Stripper's beneath
the Texoma Dam on the Red River. They did like the bluegill but so did the cat's...... Fish On !?
Good day to go back to hotel and catch a nap. Sometimes a good nap beats a day of getting wet fishing.
Dag blasted rain ...rocks...blue gills..trolling motor..weatherman..
in michigan we call them rock bass very good eating
Fished that river hard growing up in Carolina. Caught piles of big cats more than enough flatheads 30lbs and up till the big chemical spill that wiped them out. That was a sad day! Best bait up there was horny heads. Irresistible to the cats and big ole tiger muskie. Big blast catching sauger spawning up from Douglas in April. Year round boat loads of real nice smallies.
Friend of the family that ran a coal yard back in the day got his coal over in Tn. Last time he stopped off in Newport for breakfast got robbed and murdered and thrown off the I40 bridge in the river there at the lake.
Yeah.... Got a little history with that ole river.
dave i smoked the blue gills big ones i live norther ny by the st lawarnce river filled the freezer if you use long shank hooks you will have less gut hooks give it a try
Gotta stash some lightweight frog togs in the boat.
bass pro 100 mph rainsuit…. its worth it dude. That and a bimini top 👍
In Minnesota, after Waleye fishing and dinner my body and I would hit the pencil reeds in a paddle boat for sun fish and we never had time to finsh the 12 pack between us, It was fun to catch so many and 1 of 10 was atually an eater.
The Upper FB is in Brevard and Rosman NC. That’s the lower French Broad in Tennessee
That River really should be flowing really good all the tears that are falling into it from all of your crying 😭
I watched a quarter way through I got tired of listening to you cry no I want to turn it off and forget to like
i have a son-in-law that likes to squirrelfish too.
hello catfish Dave my daddy used to take me to the Tennessee River to fish when I was a little girl I noticed you been doing this for awhile I wonder if you know of him his name is Jim Davis he says he got some fishing buddies up there his boat has river cat on the side of it if he still has it I'm sure he still goes there to fish bc that was his life and his spot he loved and looking at the fish you pulled out the water I remember it like it was yesterday 9yr.old me trying to reel in those big blue cats almost got pulled into the water lol I miss it so much its been awhile since I seen him and i want to go fish again
Lesson of the day: No matter the weather or weather forecast always have a rain jacket in your boat
Dave you seem be struggling at life lately, I feel for ya, keep on fishin.
Your worst day sounds better than most of my days I get fish.
I want to find Mooneye on that river. I know where they are on another river nearby.
The fish that dominated your livewell in the beginning looked like a rock bass. I could be wrong. They are similar to a warmouth. Aren't Coosa bass like a spotted bass with red eyes? Just curious.
As a side note, green sunfish sometimes hybridize. Also, what looked like poison Ivy may have been box elder.
I couldn't see it very well, but the bush that had you hung up was probably box elder. Leaves look like poison ivy but it's lighter in color and grow on a tree/bush. It's harmless as far as I know.
May I ask what that button is on the back of your boat you keep pushing when you have a fish on? And you need a Bimini top, a buddy heater, etc for when it rains! lol your fan! Bart 👊🏼
It's a button on the camera that takes a few still photos while he's reeling in the fish.
Dave try casting that worm weightless with no bobber.
Not any " Real" fish to mention. But still, as Always, a great video on gathering bait. One cannot bottom fish without it !!
The weather man is the only one that can lie to you and still get paid for it
Hey the worst day of fishing is better than the best day at my court ordered anger management classes.
Just remember a crappy day on the lake is better than a good day at work!
Just wondering if you have ever fished Grand lake in Oklahoma ? Some very nice Cats in that lake... I know it would be a long drive for you though lol
Ive been having a week myself. Got new Lithiums in the little jon and cant even go fish. GoPro acting stupid,I need a new fan belt for the Trooper,new thermostats aint working right and the fish aint been biting. Im trying to get my river time in but them fish spirits aint letting it happen. Ive never had an issue with my Terrova though,that guy has stayed solid since day 1.
Dave,
Just got into your video,
How bout a cast net?
Anyways,
Always watching!!
That goes to show you can't trust the weather mans computer
Thats a funny name for a river.
I carry rain gear even on a sunny day. Doesn’t take up much space.
Radar is a good thing to keep an 👁️ on
Love the entertainment
We catching them in about 10 to 15ft. Hurry and get the ford fixed Dave! You missing some good fishing
Look at the bright side there sir if you can’t catch catfish you can sell skip Jack to the local bait shops. They charge anywhere from $7 to $10 do you probably have around $500 worth in the cooler lol
Bluegill Dave
lol
Appreciate yah Dave! The cat man doo!
Just another one of those days. LOL
I've caught more catfish on cut bluegill than live. Lots more
You should look into the canopy’s for your boat like Haggen Grubs has on his.
Blues one of the best eating fish on the river
Just told my wife that Dave is about to catch one.... She asked me how I knew and I told her Dave just ate a piece of Cheese...
Dave, come to nickajack and fish off my boat one time. I will catch bluegills for you REAL FAST
lmao welcome to the world son if it can go wrong it will.
You should keep some emergency rain gear in the box where your PDF is stored, alongside the instructions on how to use your boats ECOS... just say'n! Fix the bilge pump, don't delay!
Your having a hard time fishing my old stomping grounds....😊
Hook, Line n chill sweatshirt. Woot woot
More i listing to Dave the more I realize his entire trip is nothing but complaining wow he getting worse and worse
I’m back though I never left still had my view & like just couldn’t comment
Maybe you could go to that Tractor Supply in Berlin KY that your twin worked at and get one of them $30 rain suits
Dave,
Do you have an online store? I would like to have a catfish Dave shirt or there were fish in the video , tshirt.
Keep Catching,
Rusty
Hey Mr Dave , sir have you ever tried catching these big catfish out of woods reservoir, in winchester tn ? These fish have almost no pressure on them because most of the fishing in woods reservoir is for small mouth bass and striper We have caught several blues and channel cats in the 25 pound range but there are much larger fish in here because of the warning on not eating catfish out of this body of water , they have possible pcb contamination so people don't fish for them . There are an abundant supply of very large flat head and blue cats in here and a larger supply of channel cats , the water is very deep ,up to 100 feet deep in spots .. Normandy lake is another place you can catch big catfish in numbers... most people here fish for bass and crappie .. there's also Tim's Ford lake here with an abundance of every kind of fish known to man , the state of tennessee put hundreds of large flay head cat fish in Tim's Ford as a conservation effort back on the early 1980s those fish should be record breakers by now .. I fish them all but very few people can catch fish the say you can catch them ,even when we use identical rigs
Snafu . sound familiar dave 😂
I remember good ol liein Matt Hinken . Weatherman extroidinare 😂
What has happened to Dave? Don’t see any videos anymore
Pensacola and the south is low on rainfall..