>> YOU KNOW, YOU CAN FISH
FROM DEEP TO SHALLOW,
SHALLOW TO DEEP,
BUT A LOT OF TIMES WHAT I FIND
IS THAT IT'S JUST ABOUT
FINDING THE RIGHT ANGLE.
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE
GOOD BOTTOM CONTACT,
DO THE OPPOSITE.
PUT YOUR BOAT
IN A SHALLOWER WATER
AND CAST OUT DEEP
AND THEN JUST RIP IT RIGHT UP
IN THAT BREAK LINE.
AND IF YOU HAVE A HARD BOTTOM,
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE JUST GONNA
REALLY MAKE HARD CONTACT
AND THAT'S WHAT TRIGGERING
THESE FISH LATE IN THE FALL.
>> YOU KNOW, ONE OF
MY FAVORITE THINGS TO DO
IN THE FALL WHEN TARGETING
LARGEMOUTH BASS IS TRY TO FIND
THESE BIG MAIN LAKE POINTS
THAT DROP OFF INTO DEEPER WATER
AND POSITION THAT BOAT OUT
OFF THOSE POINTS AND THEN THROW
BIG, DEEP DIVING CRANKBAITS.
YOU KNOW, WHAT I LOVE
ABOUT FALL FISHING IS
THAT WHEN YOU FIND ONE BASS,
YOU'RE GONNA FIND SEVERAL.
THESE FISH ARE GONNA BE
STACKED UP ON SPOTS.
THEY'RE GONNA BE CONCENTRATED.
COME FALL, IT SEEMS LIKE
WHETHER WE'RE FISHING
IN RESERVOIRS OR NATURAL LAKES,
ESPECIALLY WHEN THE WEEDS
START TO DIE AND BREAK DOWN,
YOU JUST CANNOT GO WRONG
WITH FISHING THESE ROCK AREAS.
WHEREVER YOU FIND THE FORAGE
OR YOU FIND THE PREY
OR THE BAITFISH,
THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GONNA
FIND THE BASS.
AND CRANKBAITS JUST DO
AN EXCELLENT JOB OF ENABLING YOU
TO BREAK DOWN AND COVER WATER
QUICKLY AND GET THOSE BAITS
IN FRONT OF THE FISH.
AND WHEN YOU FIND THE FISH,
IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING
THE FISH ARE GONNA EAT.
THERE HE IS!
I WAS JUST SLOWLY BUMPING
THE ROCKS.
FEELS LIKE A GOOD FISH.
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
>> OH!
LOOK AT THAT.
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
>> BEAUTIFUL LARGEMOUTH.
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
>> YOU KNOW, THIS WATER'S
PRETTY COLD, 47 DEGREES.
SO THE KEY IS YOU GET OFF
THE STRUCTURE AND YOU JUST MAKE
LONG CASTS ACROSS IT.
GET THAT ROD TIP TO SNAP
TO GET THAT BAIT DOWN
AND JUST SLOWLY GRIND ALONG
THESE ROCKS.
AND BASICALLY WHAT IT IS
IS JUST A SOFT BOTTOM POINT.
THERE'S SOME WEEDS SCATTERED
ACROSS THIS AS THEY'RE STARTING
TO BREAK DOWN,
BUT THERE'S CHUNKS OF ROCK.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE WHEREVER
YOU FIND A FEW BOULDERS
AND SOME ROCK,
THAT'S WHERE THESE FISH
ARE HOLDING.
SO PRESENTATION
JUST TO MAKE A LONG CAST
WITH A DEEP DIVING CRANK
AND JUST SLOWLY GRIND IT
ALONG THEM ROCKS
AND THAT'S WHEN THEY HIT IT.
YOU KNOW A LOT OF TIMES
WHEN WE'RE FISHING
THESE ROCK LOCATIONS,
IT'S ALL ABOUT MAKING CONTACT,
MAKING A LITTLE BIT
OF BOTTOM CONTACT
WHERE YOU'RE JUST POUNDING
THAT CRANKBAIT INTO THE ROCKS.
AND SO A LOT OF TIMES
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE A FAR CAST.
AND WHEN THAT LURE HITS
THE WATER,
JUST CRANK THAT ROD
AND GET THAT LURE TO DIVE DOWN
TO THE MAXIMUM DEPTH.
THIS IS THE SETUP RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS A 6.5 RATTLING HORNET.
A LOT OF WALLEYE ANGLERS HAVE
FALLEN IN LOVE WITH THE HORNET
OVER THE YEARS AND SMALLER
HORNET SIZES ESPECIALLY.
BUT THAT LARGER SIZE,
THAT'S A 6.5 RATTLING HORNET,
JUST A TREMENDOUS BASS LURE.
YOU CAN GET IT DOWN
TO 10, 12 FEET ON A CAST
AND IT'S JUST A LOUD BAIT THAT
PUTS OFF A LOT OF VIBRATION.
THE THING I BELIEVE MAKES
THIS BAIT SO SPECIAL IS THAT
YOU JUST TRIGGER A REACTION,
AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS
IN THE FALL IS JUST TRYING
TO GET THESE FISH TO REACT.
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
>> THERE HE IS.
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
>> HERE SHE COMES.
>> OH, COME ON.
OH, DON'T JUMP.
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
>> HERE SHE COMES.
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
>> OH!
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
>> THERE! (CHUCKLES)
THERE, JUST GORGEOUS FISH.
YOU KNOW, YOU GET THESE FISH
IN THE FALL...
OOH, HOOKED MYSELF.
GET THESE FISH IN THE FALL
AND JUST LOOK AT THE BELLY
ON THAT FISH.
NOT A MARK ON THAT FISH.
JUST GORGEOUS FISH.
NOT A BOAT OUT HERE.
THAT'S WHAT I LOVE
ABOUT FALL FISHING.
>> THERE.
BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS
WE'RE ON THE TIP OF THE POINT
AND WE'RE IN THE BACK
OF THE BOAT IN ABOUT
SEVEN, EIGHT FEET OF WATER.
I GOT THE TALON DOWN
AND I'VE GOT A MARKER BUOY OUT
RIGHT OFF THE FINGER
OFF THIS DEEPER BREAK.
THAT MARKER BUOY IS
IN ABOUT 18 FEET OF WATER,
SO WHAT I'M DOING IS
I'M CASTING OUT DEEP
AND I'M SNAPPING
THAT ROD TIP DOWN
TRYING TO GET THAT CRANKBAIT
TO DIVE AS DEEP AS I CAN.
THEN I'M JUST CRASHING IT
UP THOSE ROCKS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN FISH
FROM DEEP TO SHALLOW,
SHALLOW TO DEEP,
BUT A LOT OF TIMES WHAT I FIND
IS THAT IT'S JUST ABOUT
FINDING THE RIGHT ANGLE.
AND I THINK AS A GENERAL THUMB,
SO MANY ANGLERS, THEY KEEP
THE BOAT IN DEEPER WATER
AND THEY CAST IN SHALLOW,
BUT IF YOU WANT TO MAKE
GOOD BOTTOM CONTACT,
DO THE OPPOSITE.
PUT YOUR BOAT IN SHALLOWER WATER
AND CAST OUT DEEP
AND THEN JUST RIP IT RIGHT UP
IN THAT BREAKLINE.
AND IF YOU HAVE A HARD BOTTOM,
YOU KNOW YOU'RE JUST GONNA
REALLY MAKE HARD CONTACT
AND THAT'S WHAT'S TRIGGERING
THESE FISH LATE IN THE FALL.
>> YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE
FISHING CRANKBAITS ON STRUCTURE,
CATCHING FISH IS ALL ABOUT
POSITIONING THE BOAT
AND THEN FIGURING OUT
THE RIGHT ANGLE IT TAKES SO THAT
YOU CAN REACH THAT LOCATION.
AND FINDING THE RIGHT CRANKBAIT
WITH THE DIVE CURVE SO YOU CAN
STAY IN FRONT OF THOSE FISH
AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
AND SO WE'RE MAKING LONG CASTS
AND TRYING TO MAKE
THAT BOTTOM CONTACT RIGHT AWAY.
AND YOU KNOW, A LOT OF IT IS
JUST FINDING THE RIGHT BAIT
WITH THE RIGHT BILL THAT DIVES
AT THE RIGHT DEPTH
OF WHATEVER YOU'RE FISHING.
YOU KNOW, ONE LITTLE TRICK
THAT WORKS REALLY WELL,
IF YOU NEED TO GET A BAIT TO HIT
THE BOTTOM A LITTLE QUICKER
OR JUST TO GET A FEW MORE FEET
OUT OF A DIVE CURVE IS
JUST STICK THAT ROD TIP DOWN
IN THE WATER.
DON'T BE AFRAID TO GET WAY DOWN
IN THE WATER BECAUSE
A LOT OF TIMES YOU CAN GET TWO,
THREE, FOUR, EVEN FIVE MORE FEET
BY JUST GETTING THAT ROD DOWN
IN THE WATER BECAUSE WHAT YOU DO
IS YOU JUST ENHANCE
THAT DIVE CURVE.
THAT DIVE CURVE DOESN'T START
WHEN THE ROD TIP IS
ABOVE THE WATER,
BUT YOU CAN CHEAT A GET
A FEW MORE FEET IN THE WATER.
SET UP IS PRETTY SIMPLE.
SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO USE
MONOFILAMENT FOR PITCHING CRANKS
AND YOU GET INTO SOME
PARTICULAR RESERVOIRS AND LAKES
WHERE YOU HAVE EXCELLENT
WATER VISIBILITY, YOU KNOW,
MONOFILAMENT'S DEFINITELY
THE WAY TO GO.
BUT WHERE WE'RE FISHING,
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF COLOR
IN THIS WATER.
I MEAN, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE
DOWN MAYBE FIVE FEET OR SO.
THE WATER'S GOT A LITTLE BIT
OF A GREEN COLOR.
AND SO I LIKE TO USE
BRAIDED LINE WITH JUST
A FLUOROCARBON LEADER.
SO THAT'S A 25 POUND
FLUOROCARBON LEADER
AND THEN A 14 POUND BRAID.
AND IF YOU USE BRAIDED LINE,
YOU GOTTA USE
A LITTLE BIT LIGHTER ACTION ROD.
IT'S MORE OF MAYBE
A MEDIUM ACTION
THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT
MORE OF A PARABOLIC BEND
IN THE ROD BECAUSE YOU CAN TEAR
THESE TREBLE HOOKS OUT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW,
THESE FISH HIT IT HARD
AND A LOT OF TIMES
WE'RE SETTING THE HOOK HARD
BUT YOU JUST WANT THAT WHOLE ROD
TO LOAD UP ON A FISH,
ESPECIALLY A BIG FISH.
BUT WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE HORNET
IN PARTICULAR IS THAT BAIT
JUST FISHES BIGGER THAN IT IS
IN SINCE IT'S NOT
THAT BIG OF A BAIT,
BUT WHEN YOU'RE REELING
THAT LURE, IT JUST HAS
SUCH TREMENDOUS VIBRATION.
YOU JUST FEEL THAT WOBBLE,
YOU JUST FEEL THAT BAIT WORKING.
AND SO, THE BAIT MOVES
A LOT OF WATER
AND I THINK THAT'S KEY,
ESPECIALLY IN THE FALL.
YOU KNOW, BIG BASS,
THEY JUST LOVE THAT PROFILE.
IT LOOKS LIKE A MAYBE
YOUNG OF THE YEAR PERCH
OR YOUNG OF THE YEAR BLUEGILL.
JUST SOMETHING THAT'S GOT
A WIDER PROFILE THAT JUST IS
MOVING WATER AND I THINK
IT JUST CALLS THEM IN
FROM FURTHER AWAY,
ESPECIALLY WITH
THE LOUD RATTLE CHAMBER
THAT THIS LURE HAS.
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
>> THERE HE IS.
WOW.
FISH ALMOST PULLED
THE ROD OUT OF MY HAND.
HERE SHE COMES, WHOA!
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
>> HERE SHE COMES,
HERE SHE COMES.
WOW, LOOK AT THAT.
NICE BASS.
OH!
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
>> OH!
LOOK AT THAT.
THAT IS A GORGEOUS LARGEMOUTH.
THAT IS COOL.
YEAH, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.
BOY, LOOK AT THAT.
THE BELLY THESE FISH HAVE
THIS TIME OF YEAR,
THEY ARE JUST CHUNKS.
WHAT I WAS DOING IN THAT
PARTICULAR CAST IS YOU KNOW,
MAKE A FAR CAST,
THEN I JUST GET MY ROD DOWN
IN THE WATER AND REEL.
AND A LOT OF TIMES,
IF YOU STICK YOUR ROD IN,
IF YOU STICK A SIX,
SEVEN FOOT ROD DOWN
IN THE WATER, YOU CAN GET
ANOTHER THREE TO FIVE FEET
ON A TYPICAL CRANKBAIT.
AND SO, WHEN YOU MAKE CASTS
AT CERTAIN ANGLES
WHERE YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING
TO BE WAY OFF THE LEDGE
AND YOU WANT TO MAKE
BETTER BOTTOM CONTACT
IN THAT DEEPER WATER,
IT'S JUST A LITTLE TIP IS
GET THAT ROD DOWN IN THE WATER
AND JUST GIVES YOU
A LITTLE BIT MORE VERSATILITY
WITH THESE CRANKBAITS.
ON A STANDARD CAST
WITH THIS PARTICULAR BAIT,
I MIGHT BE TOUCHING
EIGHT, NINE, TEN FEET OF WATER,
DEPENDING ON THE LENGTH
OF THE CAST.
BUT IF I WANT TO GO
A LITTLE BIT DEEPER THAN THAT,
I JUST STICK THAT ROD DOWN.
I GET DOWN INTO 11, 12, 13 FEET.
YOU KNOW, EVERY PATTERN CAN BE
A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT,
DEPENDING ON WHAT TYPE OF LAKE
YOU'RE ON, BUT BY AND LARGE
AS A GENERAL THUMB
WHEN YOU'RE FISHING ROCK,
IN PARTICULAR, IT SEEMS LIKE
IT'S THAT MUCH BETTER
IF THERE'S WIND BLOWING ON IT.
YOU KNOW, IT JUST,
A LOT OF TIMES I DON'T KNOW
IF IT'S THE BAITFISH
ACCUMULATE THERE OR MAYBE
THE BAITFISH ARE PRESENT THERE,
GET DISORIENTATED WITH THE WAVES
AND THE WIND, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE
WIND BLOWING ON ROCK,
THAT'S USUALLY A PRETTY GOOD
RECIPE FOR SUCCESS.
WOW.
I THINK SHE'S GOT THOSE HOOKS.
WHOA, LOOK AT HER COME UP.
COME ON UP HERE.
OH, HERE SHE COMES.
OH, COME ON UP HERE.
LOOK AT HERE, LOOK AT THERE.
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
>> GET ONE MORE JUMP OUT OF HER.
OH, OH! (CHUCKLES)
OH, CAN'T EVEN SEE THAT BAIT.
THEY JUST...
THEY JUST CHOKE ON IT.
OH, THAT WAS COOL.
JUST A BEAUTIFUL BASS.
I HAVE MY PLIERS HERE.
THERE.
THAT THERE,
THAT'S THE BAIT THAT'S
BEEN DOING ALL THE DAMAGE,
THAT 6.5 RATTLIN' HORNET.
WOW. (CHUCKLES)
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