I'm not knocking any fishing youtubers but coming from other fishing channels to yours theres a big difference more calm quiet and very natural love this channel
After watching kickin their bass or 618 and then coming to this channel you see how much other TH-camrs have such fake enthusiasm and long cuts that have nothing to do with fishing
This dude has got life by the balls. Heading out to enjoy a day of successful fishing thinking about the good times with gramps and catching smallies on his vintage lures. Can’t think of a better day. Cheers my friend.
Your videos are always the best I've ever seen on kayak fishing... But this one is One of the best you ever made. Congratulations, Matt! I've also dedicated a Fish to my late father once, it really hit home!
most peoples videos of small mouth bass they catch a dozen 11-13" bass,and 1 15" bass call it a tank and post the video. I appreciate the quality bass in the video.
I’ll have to try that one on a musky lake some time! I plan on throwing some of those older lures again next year, both from my grandpa’s tackle box and some I find on eBay. I found an old Mitchell Garcia 301 reel in great condition to try them with too!
We didn’t have cell phones or internet when I grew up so grandpa was my main source of fishing knowledge, along with Bill Dance and the Lindners on TV and In Fisherman magazine. There’s no substitute for the time spent with grandpa in his old fishing boat though.
As one who fishes only with very old lures, I really appreciate and enjoyed the video. I also appreciate the sounds of nature and no obnoxious background music as in many of these videos.
I'm certainly not against fishing only with very old lures, but what's the rationale? They're no better than the new lures we have now, and not as good as many.
Thirty dollar lures? I was in a Bass Pro shop a while back, saw an attractive lure, and looked at the price. One hundred and fifty-nine dollars!!! Talk about sticker shock. I only paid a hundred bucks for my first car, and it ran for years. It's hard to believe anyone would pay that much for a lure that looked exactly like two dozen others hanging around the store that were selling for as little as five bucks.
@@jamesaritchie1 omg that's crazy someone would be pissed to buy it and got it hung up on a stump 15 foot down in so big water and had to break off. It's crazy on how much all this equipment has become. It's all about the money nowadays. Most I'll pay 12 bucks lol I mean maybe more if I need to haha
@Ben Tackett do you have any high end tackle stores in your area? Almost guaranteed to find a lure in at least the mid 30s and that's not even saltwater
Hi I’m 72 and you brought a tear in my eye . My father used to take me and my cousin in a row boat fishing we would use worms and catch perch & sunnies my father loved using jitterbugs I remember late one afternoon he caught a 5 lb bass and a 28 inch pickerel and he told we better go home before he emptied the lake . What memories
I love the smell of two-stoke in the morning! Whether it's from the Evinrude on open water, the Jiffy on hard water or the Stihl out cutting firewood in the fall, it always brings back good memories
Wow, made me choke up a lil. When you held that fish up to honor your Grandpa. My Grandpa just passed, in Jan, miss him so much. Wasn't really a fisherman, but he was definitely a hunter! But I do believe i get my work ethic from him, such a hard worker, he loved it! I believe the day he couldn't work the same as he use to is when he got sick, mentally, physically, emotionally. Thank you, awesome video!
Looking through that tackle box was like opening a time capsule, so cool! Just goes to show you that fishing hasn’t changed at all over the past 50 yrs. I only buy cheap Walmart lures & catch a lot of fish on them. Those old lures still work, thanks for an awesome vid!
My dad passed away 3 yrs ago when I was 22 of pancreatic cancer and I can’t bring myself to use any of his lures. Regardless of the age. He has some spinner baits I made myself in there. And some other nice baits from the 50’s. I think were my grandpas
My father passed March 16, 2006 March 16 2007 I took his set of Ambassador 6500 c3 carp fishing, our favorite pass time together and caught my largest yet, 26.6 lbs. I gave those reels to my daughter 5 years ago and she's been rippin lips with them ever since. Dad would be proud!!
There are always jerks that are going to dislike videos even if they are well put together. This man catches fish and is cool enough to make good videos for us to watch, the haters are just mad because they have no skills 😂
As one of the three guys who founded the (NFLCC) National Fishing Lure Collectors Club this video was especially meaningful to me. I thank you so much for sharing it.
interesting club, I have a bunch of old lures and reels/gear as decorations in my shed. Old international reel, old mitchells w/boxes, old lou eppinger boxes, some new stuff too, have the giant rapala lure...
@@lukkyluciano The old Mitchell 508 combo with the rear-swept reel stem I had was the best. Unfortunately the reel broke, but I still have the rod. And have plenty of classic lures, some of which still catch fish for me.
This is what he would have wanted, he would have loved seeing you fishing with his lures. And when your time comes you two will reunite in heaven and catch all the ten pounders up there
My Grandfather just passed last month, at the ripe old age of 93. A man who brought me kicking and screaming as a 10 year old to go fishing for Trout in a tiny stream with a worm and a piece of twig as a float. I fished for hours with nothing to show until that twig suddenly disappeared and I was in contact with something from another world...a six inch Trout. A tiny fish now, but a huge fish in the grander scheme, a moment that shaped the rest of my life. Thank you, Sir, for reminding me what is important in life...you brought a tear to my eye and a smile to my face.
Loons. Also great fishermen who pass their knowledge down the generations. To this Minnesota boy, the loon call is, as you suggested, both haunting and metaphysical.
That black & white Tiny Torpedo was my “go to” lure for early morning Racquette River small mouth when I lived in Northern NY. Still use it today but the Whopper Plopper definitely makes a bigger commotion. Your Grand-dad would be proud.
Great video. My grandfather taught me to fish and hunt. He's been gone for 20 years now. I really wish he was around to see all the big fish and deer that I've been able to harvest in the years since he passed. He would be very proud. I'm sure your Grandfather would love this channel.
just came from your other blog about your grandpa where you fixed his lure and got the biggest bass ever on that same plug you have here the mouse without a tail‼️®️™️
This is the first video of yours I've seen. And I instantly subbed. My grandpa didn't fish, he was a tech guy. But I definitely vibe with the heirlooms.
If you look at the sky at 15:18 too 15: 25 you can see during his tribute to his grampas a face in the sky looking down . Does it not??? Trips me out , I Enjoy your videos keep it up
4:20 As you are texting the action of the tiny torpedo a fat fish swims Also love this video Makes me want to go fishing with my pop Love my dad he’s the one that got me to love fishing and I have some of his old lures his dad gave him
There is nothing like fishing with old lures. I absolutely love some of their unique designs and they way they are made. My goal this winter is to hand carve many of these. I have found that modern plastic lures can't duplicate the action of wood lures.
Your grandfather's tackle box looks just like my grandpa's did. Funny, mine was from the South but still had a lot of those same baits. Awesome video! Love the old school stuff
They must not have had aisles upon aisles of lures to pick from at the tackle shop back in those days. I bet a lot of tackle boxes from that era have many of the same lures.
Couple more things, the more I see you use the power pole, the more I want one. Also did you hear the Loon when you saluted your grandpa? Man that was awesome. My grandpa started taking my fishing when I was 3 or 4 and taught me everything I know about fishing. I think about him often when I'm on the water and wished he was still around to go with me.
I was lucky enough to spend summers as a kid at our lake cabin in MN. My parents weren’t really into fishing but my grandparents would come stay with us a half dozen or so times throughout the summer and my grandpa would always take me out in his little green fishing boat he kept at our cabin. Somehow he could cup his hands over his mouth and do a spot on loon call. I never could quite figure out how he did it.
I'm guessing you are right. We have way too much to choose from and that's why my garage looks like a tackle shop. I won't have a tackle box to hand down, it will be more like a U-Haul truck full of crap. BTW, I was in a Sportsman Warehouse in Lexington, Ky this past weekend and they had a ton of Kalin's grubs and tube baits. I picked up some tube baits, going to give them a try this week on the river.
heck yeah. I just made a giant torpedo just like the black and white one there. its 20" long and bout 6"round. making the river runt spook floater next for my cousin. that was too cool with the river runt
I could have used a little bit bigger torpedo, that little lure was almost impossible to cast with any accuracy mid day when the wind picked up. I was the most impressed with that swimming mouse though. I bet those would be pretty easy for you to replicate on your lathe. The river runt had some nice action too. I’ll have to give those lures another try late summer when the bite really starts picking up.
Thank you so much for taking the time to shoot this! Your grandfather, I'm sure, would be very happy to see his lures still being used, and proud to see them used so successfully!
Unedited Gamer Yeah man I agree. all of the new lures are just remakes of the old ones. They all still wiggle flash spin float sink. how much more can they do.
Brother, that is so awesome !! I wish I would have gotten some of my Grandpa's lures, but I was in the ARMY overseas when he left us. Once again, damn awesome video !!!
Ive seen largies put a 5 minutes fight and some smallmouth that fell like a perch...it all depend on water temperature,current,time of the year,etc...smallies "normally" like to stay in current so theyre more combative then a largie in 90 degre water
My Grandma died in December (COVID :( ), and I didn't keep much from her home but the fishing box and a couple of rod/reel sets (they used to go fishing a lot with my Grandpa, coarse fishing, very popular in France). As an angler, it was very special for me to open such a box. The smell, all the gear that shows their fishing techniques, their little hacks... And all the gear that I recognized, because I went fishing with them when I was a kid. More important: this gear can still catch fish, so I can keep it alive, me and my children. That is what I call a treasure.
I thought it was amazing. I have several of my grandfather's old lures. His fav was the Creek Chub Plunker. Anyway, just a beautiful river and good fishing.
Thanks! I have my other grandpas tackle box too, thought it was mostly walleye stuff in there but I was looking through it this morning and there were a lot of the same lures. A bunch of old bass and pike lures, even a Hula Popper! One of my favorites back when I was a kid spending summers at the lake.
What fun. Your grandfather's lures were my lures when I was learning to fish. My dad put his faith primarily in River Runts, Lazy Ikes and Tadpollies. Some modern anglers talk about lures as "tools" that do certain jobs. For those of us who fished in the Fifties, these were our fishing buddies, and we had a lot of emotion about them. You do so well with the Whopper Plopper. You might try a Jitterbug when fish are hitting surface stuff. That's a fun lure . . . or fishing companion.
From reading the comments on several of your videos I’ve watched, I see I am not the only viewer turned off by loud, ridiculous, obnoxious background “music.” I much, much prefer the sounds of nature....do not change your video format.
@1:19 That is a Creek Chub Pikie Minnow. @1:27 Red Eye Wiggler spoons nowadays made by Daredevle. @2:36 is a Bomber Lure by Bomber Bait Co. The lure had no name other than Bomber. It is no longer made. The Fred Arbogast Co. made a similar lure called The Mud Bug.
years ago the chocolate bomber, finnish minnow (rapala until Rebel came out with a similar lure and a lot cheaper) and no alibi jig were all you needed to fish the white river bottoms in Arkansas...and kick ass...I think the limit was 20 (been a while)…this was before Bassmaster started the stampede...
MushMan & G Will: Yakima Bait Co. still makes the Flatfish. You can order online. Granted, these are plastic and not the old wooden ones made Helin but if you want to fish a Flatfish rather than hang it on the wall, you can still buy them.
I have my Dad's old box, which contains old items from my grandpa as well, so I have some very similar items to yours. ..... Think I should give 'em a go
Damn straight that's what he'd want - I'd even bet he'd be a bit upset if you decided to mount them for display. "What you doin', boy? Those are used to catch fish!"
I caught myself with an ear too ear grin more than once. I’m thinking these lures were something different for those fish, therefore they hit them hard. Thanks for the outstanding video, and the absolutely wonderful backstory!
I am 69 my Dad passed away in 1974 at 48 years old ..... I still fish with 2 rod and reels he used... and I still have a River runt from when we fished. Thanks for the video!
I'm not knocking any fishing youtubers but coming from other fishing channels to yours theres a big difference more calm quiet and very natural love this channel
After watching kickin their bass or 618 and then coming to this channel you see how much other TH-camrs have such fake enthusiasm and long cuts that have nothing to do with fishing
Like who wants to watch 40 seconds of an aerial shot of your 2022 f350 with a 100,000 dollar fishing boat. It’s all flexing not fishing
I completely agree, these young guys are a bit obnoxious
Your grandpa is proud of you. Appreciate your sentiments toward previous generations.
This dude has got life by the balls. Heading out to enjoy a day of successful fishing thinking about the good times with gramps and catching smallies on his vintage lures. Can’t think of a better day. Cheers my friend.
Your videos are always the best I've ever seen on kayak fishing... But this one is One of the best you ever made. Congratulations, Matt!
I've also dedicated a Fish to my late father once, it really hit home!
Any smallie video is a good video! Keep up the good work!
Great theme! Great show!
This is amazing man. Putting your grandpa's knowledge to use and his old lures 👍👍👍i really liked this video
Your grandfather would be proud good vid man
I’m so sorry for your loss
most peoples videos of small mouth bass they catch a dozen 11-13" bass,and 1 15" bass call it a tank and post the video. I appreciate the quality bass in the video.
Those baits swim surprisingly well
My father had all of those lures - as did my grandfather.
10:00 now that is just amazing. You just got a sub from me, i enjoy every one of your videos.
Rest in peace to your grandpa
I got the same lures! They were my great grandfathers
Nice! Very nice indeed.
That creek chub lure the first one you showed is what's best for musky around here I to was handed down some old lures and they catch fish
I’ll have to try that one on a musky lake some time! I plan on throwing some of those older lures again next year, both from my grandpa’s tackle box and some I find on eBay. I found an old Mitchell Garcia 301 reel in great condition to try them with too!
Thank for sharing video
Nice tribute to grandpa! "Tough bite".... pffff, shut up Matt!😆😉
I still have, and use, a tiny torpedo. Works great.
I just lost my grandpa and I’m 14 and I learned a lot of fishing from him he sadly passed away from cancer
We didn’t have cell phones or internet when I grew up so grandpa was my main source of fishing knowledge, along with Bill Dance and the Lindners on TV and In Fisherman magazine. There’s no substitute for the time spent with grandpa in his old fishing boat though.
Fun video. 4:23 fish swam right underneath the lure.
I HATE the feeling of losing your gramps old lures!
As one who fishes only with very old lures, I really appreciate and enjoyed the video. I also appreciate the sounds of nature and no obnoxious background music as in many of these videos.
William Sonnett I absolutely agree, sir!
True!
I'm certainly not against fishing only with very old lures, but what's the rationale? They're no better than the new lures we have now, and not as good as many.
William Sonnett yep
Jackson show some respect
I wish a slow day of fishing for me entailed catching 7+ fish...
"to say its a slow day would be an understatement"...so dramatic... on a good day its every cast LOL
Bud he was out there for odds are like 5 hours
Lol I'm lucky if I get 2
On a "good day" at the creek I go to, I'm lucky to get 3 or 4.
On a OK day of 6 hours I get 0...
It looks like your Grandpa never really left you... great tribute!
Well said!
You modified some (FAIL). Still a great video though. I like original rusty lures
ToUgH LoVe no reason to hurt the fish more then needed by using rusty dull hooks.
I can’t like, it’s at 420
RIP to your grandpa
I’m sure he’s happy seeing you fish with his lures
Angus Snow love the runt. One of the best lures I’ve used. Got mine from my oldest brother.
Love that you paid homage to your gramps. I’m positive he’d be impressed with the angler you’ve become. Keep up the great work!!
See fish dont care about your 30 dollar lures, grandpas fishing box tells a story and lure catch any fish
Yep!
Thirty dollar lures? I was in a Bass Pro shop a while back, saw an attractive lure, and looked at the price. One hundred and fifty-nine dollars!!! Talk about sticker shock. I only paid a hundred bucks for my first car, and it ran for years. It's hard to believe anyone would pay that much for a lure that looked exactly like two dozen others hanging around the store that were selling for as little as five bucks.
@@jamesaritchie1 omg that's crazy someone would be pissed to buy it and got it hung up on a stump 15 foot down in so big water and had to break off. It's crazy on how much all this equipment has become. It's all about the money nowadays. Most I'll pay 12 bucks lol I mean maybe more if I need to haha
@Ben Tackett do you have any high end tackle stores in your area? Almost guaranteed to find a lure in at least the mid 30s and that's not even saltwater
Ben Tackett I have seen them for a lot more than $30
Hi I’m 72 and you brought a tear in my eye . My father used to take me and my cousin in a row boat fishing we would use worms and catch perch & sunnies my father loved using jitterbugs I remember late one afternoon he caught a 5 lb bass and a 28 inch pickerel and he told we better go home before he emptied the lake . What memories
I miss fishing trips with my grandpa. The smell of black coffee, Marlboros, and mixed gas take me back every time.
I love the smell of two-stoke in the morning! Whether it's from the Evinrude on open water, the Jiffy on hard water or the Stihl out cutting firewood in the fall, it always brings back good memories
Yup the smell of a snowmobile warming up on a bright cold January morning :)
I wish I had my grandpa's old tackle. He taught me to fish as well. Good memories.
Man... You struck home with all of that. Damn, miss ya Grandpa.
sadly I never got to meet any of my grandpa's, bith were really good fishermen :(
Wow, made me choke up a lil. When you held that fish up to honor your Grandpa. My Grandpa just passed, in Jan, miss him so much. Wasn't really a fisherman, but he was definitely a hunter! But I do believe i get my work ethic from him, such a hard worker, he loved it! I believe the day he couldn't work the same as he use to is when he got sick, mentally, physically, emotionally. Thank you, awesome video!
mrnava your story made me choke up, you must have really loved your Grandpa.
Rest in paradise I'm sure he was a great man hes up there hunting the biggest elk im sure
I feel your word's my friend. Have a blessed year
Johnredcorn 1 keep dreaming
Looking through that tackle box was like opening a time capsule, so cool! Just goes to show you that fishing hasn’t changed at all over the past 50 yrs. I only buy cheap Walmart lures & catch a lot of fish on them. Those old lures still work, thanks for an awesome vid!
True that
I thought i was the only person who bought cheap Walmart lures,until i went and the area was empty,i said hmmm the real fisherman have visited
I liked this video for the simple fact that he understood his grandpa would've preferred he USE the lures rather than display them. Signed: a grandpa
15:16
I'm not crying! You are!
also... I would like to thank your Grandpa for teaching you about fishing.
I'm with you on that statement friend. Thanks Grandpa's
My dad passed away 3 yrs ago when I was 22 of pancreatic cancer and I can’t bring myself to use any of his lures. Regardless of the age. He has some spinner baits I made myself in there. And some other nice baits from the 50’s. I think were my grandpas
My father passed March 16, 2006 March 16 2007 I took his set of Ambassador 6500 c3 carp fishing, our favorite pass time together and caught my largest yet, 26.6 lbs. I gave those reels to my daughter 5 years ago and she's been rippin lips with them ever since. Dad would be proud!!
You’re like the Bob Ross of kayak fishing! Relaxing vids always
That's awesome
A happy little lure lives right here. It's your tackle box, you decide.
Why would anyone give this a thumbs down. Really cool video definitely enjoyable to watch. Have a good day and stay safe Jimmy from Massachusetts
maybe because of the sandals
because they bought 100 dollars lures and still haven't caught anything lol
People are dumb
There are always jerks that are going to dislike videos even if they are well put together. This man catches fish and is cool enough to make good videos for us to watch, the haters are just mad because they have no skills 😂
I think it's the same guy who spends all day going from channel to channel giving thumbs down.
As one of the three guys who founded the (NFLCC) National Fishing Lure Collectors Club this video was especially meaningful to me. I thank you so much for sharing it.
interesting club, I have a bunch of old lures and reels/gear as decorations in my shed. Old international reel, old mitchells w/boxes, old lou eppinger boxes, some new stuff too, have the giant rapala lure...
Jerry Routh a river runt is the first lure caught able bass one still have it
@@lukkyluciano The old Mitchell 508 combo with the rear-swept reel stem I had was the best. Unfortunately the reel broke, but I still have the rod. And have plenty of classic lures, some of which still catch fish for me.
Amen .
im thoroughly enjoying this video right now good job I love old lures and whoever did those 13 thumbs down go suck sour egg LOL
They worked for grandpa and the fish haven’t changed.
In fact, odds are good the fish haven’t seen these in a long time.
Well thanks to your grandpa, you just proved we are all wasting money buying all the specialty lures on the market.LOL great video as always!!
How does it prove that? Those were some of the "specialty lures on the market" of his Grand Dad's time.
I was watching a show last night and some of the lures were worth $200. With my bad luck with snags my upper limit is about $30.
This is what he would have wanted, he would have loved seeing you fishing with his lures. And when your time comes you two will reunite in heaven and catch all the ten pounders up there
My Grandfather just passed last month, at the ripe old age of 93. A man who brought me kicking and screaming as a 10 year old to go fishing for Trout in a tiny stream with a worm and a piece of twig as a float. I fished for hours with nothing to show until that twig suddenly disappeared and I was in contact with something from another world...a six inch Trout. A tiny fish now, but a huge fish in the grander scheme, a moment that shaped the rest of my life. Thank you, Sir, for reminding me what is important in life...you brought a tear to my eye and a smile to my face.
Your Grandpa loved you regardless if you fished or not, but you honor him greatly by walking in his footsteps and traditions.
He was a great man and I’m lucky to have had him around most of my life.
15:20 the bird call right after you spoke to your Grandfather wasn't any coincidence. He's happy his lures are still catching trophy Smallies
Loons. Also great fishermen who pass their knowledge down the generations. To this Minnesota boy, the loon call is, as you suggested, both haunting and metaphysical.
the river runt is a classic!
That same style River Runt was handed to me by my Grandfather. It's tied on my sons pole today.
That black & white Tiny Torpedo was my “go to” lure for early morning Racquette River small mouth when I lived in Northern NY. Still use it today but the Whopper Plopper definitely makes a bigger commotion. Your Grand-dad would be proud.
Yup. black and white Tiny Torpedo at dusk was killer for smallies in Ontario for me back in the day.
Great tribute to your grand dad, i hope i leave that type of memory on my grand kids.
Great video. My grandfather taught me to fish and hunt. He's been gone for 20 years now. I really wish he was around to see all the big fish and deer that I've been able to harvest in the years since he passed. He would be very proud. I'm sure your Grandfather would love this channel.
just came from your other blog about your grandpa where you fixed his lure and got the biggest bass ever on that same plug you have here the mouse without a tail‼️®️™️
The 5 Diamond Daredevil... What a classic lure
This is the first video of yours I've seen. And I instantly subbed. My grandpa didn't fish, he was a tech guy. But I definitely vibe with the heirlooms.
Awesome video man. Loved this one, it being sentimental!
I have one too that belonged to my Dad. I remember it when I was a little boy. I'm now 60.
If you look at the sky at 15:18 too 15: 25 you can see during his tribute to his grampas a face in the sky looking down . Does it not??? Trips me out , I Enjoy your videos keep it up
wow...and I believe that there is no such thing as coincidence....thanks for pointing that out...
wow you are right!
YOUR OUT OF YOUR MIND !!!! You act like this guy is the only guy who had a grandfather
Nice video. Gramps would be proud. Always a pleasure watching your vids. Good job of editing and narration besides the fish catching.
4:20
As you are texting the action of the tiny torpedo a fat fish swims
Also love this video
Makes me want to go fishing with my pop
Love my dad he’s the one that got me to love fishing and I have some of his old lures his dad gave him
Same
There is nothing like fishing with old lures.
I absolutely love some of their unique designs and they way they are made.
My goal this winter is to hand carve many of these.
I have found that modern plastic lures can't duplicate the action of wood lures.
Your grandfather's tackle box looks just like my grandpa's did. Funny, mine was from the South but still had a lot of those same baits. Awesome video! Love the old school stuff
They must not have had aisles upon aisles of lures to pick from at the tackle shop back in those days. I bet a lot of tackle boxes from that era have many of the same lures.
Couple more things, the more I see you use the power pole, the more I want one. Also did you hear the Loon when you saluted your grandpa? Man that was awesome. My grandpa started taking my fishing when I was 3 or 4 and taught me everything I know about fishing. I think about him often when I'm on the water and wished he was still around to go with me.
I was lucky enough to spend summers as a kid at our lake cabin in MN. My parents weren’t really into fishing but my grandparents would come stay with us a half dozen or so times throughout the summer and my grandpa would always take me out in his little green fishing boat he kept at our cabin. Somehow he could cup his hands over his mouth and do a spot on loon call. I never could quite figure out how he did it.
I'm guessing you are right. We have way too much to choose from and that's why my garage looks like a tackle shop. I won't have a tackle box to hand down, it will be more like a U-Haul truck full of crap. BTW, I was in a Sportsman Warehouse in Lexington, Ky this past weekend and they had a ton of Kalin's grubs and tube baits. I picked up some tube baits, going to give them a try this week on the river.
NDYakAngler that loon in the video was your grandpa talking to you!
I know this is an older vid, I thumbed up it a year ago, and I 👍 again today!
@10:00 l love when you can see them hit it
Even better at 12:37
Those were both bad ass to watch. Goodness gives me the shakes to get out on the water
heck yeah. I just made a giant torpedo just like the black and white one there. its 20" long and bout 6"round. making the river runt spook floater next for my cousin. that was too cool with the river runt
I could have used a little bit bigger torpedo, that little lure was almost impossible to cast with any accuracy mid day when the wind picked up. I was the most impressed with that swimming mouse though. I bet those would be pretty easy for you to replicate on your lathe. The river runt had some nice action too. I’ll have to give those lures another try late summer when the bite really starts picking up.
That is a tough bite? Jeeze. Apparently this is not Ohio.
I guess I’m spoiled lol, I’m used to catching at least a dozen nice fish if not many more just about every time I fish this river.
Yeah this is an incredible fishery
My grandfather was instrumental in teaching me the love of fishing. I have some of the same era life’s from his box as well. Great memories.
Thank you so much for taking the time to shoot this! Your grandfather, I'm sure, would be very happy to see his lures still being used, and proud to see them used so successfully!
Very cool bro! :-) Could b the start of grandpas equipment challenge. :-)
The more I watch your videos, the more I'm convinced that I should leave Pennsylvania and move up to Minnesota. haha
Just goes to show a fish will go after just about anything that has some form of movement to it.
Pretty impressed
Unedited Gamer
Yeah man I agree. all of the new lures are just remakes of the old ones. They all still wiggle flash spin float sink. how much more can they do.
Especially bass, you could hook a dog turd to a line and they would bite
8:25 Now THAT is a nice fish!
You are WAY better dealing with current than I am thats for sure
Brother, that is so awesome !! I wish I would have gotten some of my Grandpa's lures, but I was in the ARMY overseas when he left us. Once again, damn awesome video !!!
Hell yeah. That mouse is bad ass.
I have not enjoyed a fishing video this much in a very long time. Thank you so much for sharing.
Great video! Grandpa would be proud!
Small mouth bass fight so hard and large mouth is like couple of head shakes and a jump or two then you just reel in
Wrong
Ive seen largies put a 5 minutes fight and some smallmouth that fell like a perch...it all depend on water temperature,current,time of the year,etc...smallies "normally" like to stay in current so theyre more combative then a largie in 90 degre water
Awesome man, just awesome.
My Grandma died in December (COVID :( ), and I didn't keep much from her home but the fishing box and a couple of rod/reel sets (they used to go fishing a lot with my Grandpa, coarse fishing, very popular in France). As an angler, it was very special for me to open such a box. The smell, all the gear that shows their fishing techniques, their little hacks... And all the gear that I recognized, because I went fishing with them when I was a kid. More important: this gear can still catch fish, so I can keep it alive, me and my children.
That is what I call a treasure.
That is not a slow day mate I’ve fishing 🎣 Al day and not caught a thing! Nice tribute to your Grandpa
Your grandpa left you with the best lures, catch all monster in one creek
I thought it was amazing. I have several of my grandfather's old lures. His fav was the Creek Chub Plunker. Anyway, just a beautiful river and good fishing.
Thanks! I have my other grandpas tackle box too, thought it was mostly walleye stuff in there but I was looking through it this morning and there were a lot of the same lures. A bunch of old bass and pike lures, even a Hula Popper! One of my favorites back when I was a kid spending summers at the lake.
What fun. Your grandfather's lures were my lures when I was learning to fish. My dad put his faith primarily in River Runts, Lazy Ikes and Tadpollies. Some modern anglers talk about lures as "tools" that do certain jobs. For those of us who fished in the Fifties, these were our fishing buddies, and we had a lot of emotion about them. You do so well with the Whopper Plopper. You might try a Jitterbug when fish are hitting surface stuff. That's a fun lure . . . or fishing companion.
nice video. really enjoyed this! grandpa would be proud of ya i'm sure!
From reading the comments on several of your videos I’ve watched, I see I am not the only viewer turned off by loud, ridiculous, obnoxious background “music.” I much, much prefer the sounds of nature....do not change your video format.
That's a good fishing hole.
Some days they just bite. And you get to ask yourself,"What do I feel like catching a fish on?"
Great Video !!! never had a grandpa all died before I got to know them. You tube taught me how to be a better fisherman Awesome Stuff Cheers!! :))
@1:19 That is a Creek Chub Pikie Minnow. @1:27 Red Eye Wiggler spoons nowadays made by Daredevle.
@2:36 is a Bomber Lure by Bomber Bait Co. The lure had no name other than Bomber. It is no longer made. The Fred Arbogast Co. made a similar lure called The Mud Bug.
years ago the chocolate bomber, finnish minnow (rapala until Rebel came out with a similar lure and a lot cheaper) and no alibi jig were all you needed to fish the white river bottoms in Arkansas...and kick ass...I think the limit was 20 (been a while)…this was before Bassmaster started the stampede...
I'd love to get a Lazy Ike lure again.
@G Will: Thanks for the ebay tip.
I thought it was a Heddon Torpedo. Have you guys ever heard of Flatfish lures?
MushMan & G Will: Yakima Bait Co. still makes the Flatfish. You can order online. Granted, these are plastic and not the old wooden ones made Helin but if you want to fish a Flatfish rather than hang it on the wall, you can still buy them.
I have my Dad's old box, which contains old items from my grandpa as well, so I have some very similar items to yours. ..... Think I should give 'em a go
Loved the video very cool idea i always wanted to see these old type lures in action thanks for sharing
Used that Spook lure from my great grandfather's tackle box. Still have it and it's probably one of my fav lures I fish with.
HAH! Best fishing video I've ever seen. Thank you.
Damn straight that's what he'd want - I'd even bet he'd be a bit upset if you decided to mount them for display. "What you doin', boy? Those are used to catch fish!"
You did something ive always dreamed of doing. Super cool of you to reuse an old family heirloom.
Caught tons of largemouths on the tiny torpedo back in the day
That smallie hitting the Runt was awesome!
I caught myself with an ear too ear grin more than once. I’m thinking these lures were something different for those fish, therefore they hit them hard. Thanks for the outstanding video, and the absolutely wonderful backstory!
Great video that brought back some memories ... good job! I subscribed ...
I am 69 my Dad passed away in 1974 at 48 years old ..... I still fish with 2 rod and reels he used... and I still have a River runt from when we fished. Thanks for the video!
i love fishing the old lures nice vid. as always