i wanted to make a video that focused on the highest gains that you could make as a fisherman
a video that if you were to follow would set you apart from the hundreds of thousands of fishermen
out there in a short amount of time the idea to create this video actually came from you when i
pulled the window fishing a community you might be thinking what community well if you're not subbed
you're not seeing those community posts so hit that sub and bell but i asked the question how
do you rate your fishing skill we had 313 votes and this is what you said percent gave you one
star eighteen percent gave two stars forty four percent of you gave three stars 22 percent of you
gave four stars and six percent of you gave five stars but the majority of you 72 percent of you
gave three stars or below so this video is for you buckle your seat belts folks we're gonna be moving
pretty fast starting with number one here we go become an expert on the fish that you're trying
to target for me and many anglers out there it's the largemouth bass so if i want to catch them in
size and in numbers it'd probably be a really good idea if i knew how they operate like behaviors
and patterns only 10 of the body of water that you're fishing have the ideal characteristics
that that large mouth bass loves i'm talking the temperature oxygen content ph turbidity structure
cover food and more you're going to want to know their spawning cycle how they react to bright
light what type of predator are they what does that mean how does that play out when can you find
them in the shallots when do they retreat to deep water how does the age of the fish affect this how
does the spawning stage reflect this where are the bigs located what are the seasonal movements
of bass what are the temporary movements of bass how does that lateral line work and the list can
go on and on by the types of fish that you're trying to target don't be this guy hey man what
are you fishing for oh you know man whatever's biting it later that day hey what'd you catch
oh i didn't catch anything you know me i just love being on the water it's so relaxing and i
love those sunrises so you love spending thousands of dollars on your kayaks and lures and watching
countless hours of youtube videos because you like the sunsets be a bass expert moving on the number
two you're only as good as those you surround yourself with it doesn't matter if you're a
new angler or a seasoned vet you can always learn something new from other anglers here's a few ways
you can quickly increase your fishing game number one find a mentor number two join a fishing club
here's a crazy idea most people hire a fishing guide when they're going someplace that is
unfamiliar to them here's a crazy thought hire a guide from a lake that is local to you you might
learn something that changes your fishing game and the beauty of the guide is that we will help
you individually and be able to point out some tweaks that you need to make and offer suggestions
as you know the smallest tweaks can make all the difference moving on number three fall out of love
tell me if this sounds familiar you still fish your favorite spot with that same lure you've
been using for 25 years because that's where you caught your first fish 25 years ago if you were
doing this you are getting too comfortable and you will not evolve into a better fisherman you
will simply be a mediocre fisherman fishing the same spot in the same way until you die
that was harsh the point is you need to be on the move if you haven't received a positive response
in 10 minutes you need to take it somewhere else you need to change it up change up your
lure change up your lower color or simply move to a different spot sometimes i lose track of
time i actually did this yesterday when i went trout fishing i actually set an alarm for myself
sorry set an alarm for 10 minutes i set your alarm for 9 48 a.m moving along to number four although
it's convenient to fish where everyone else fishes don't expect to go back to the same fishing hole
over and over again and expect different results go where others aren't willing to go it's going
to require a little extra work you may need to do some online research break out your google maps
and start looking around drive a little further to get to that remote spot wait a little further
into that river and you may need to invest in a kayak or a belly boat in order to get out to those
remote places fish where others aren't willing to go and trust me you will be rewarded on this front
all right help me out guys if you're tracking with me if you're getting value from this help
me out and hit that like button right down there all right moving on to number five annoy them my
wife told me i should be a pro at this compliment yeah compliment sometimes bass are simply not
hungry but that doesn't mean you can't get them to bite this is what i mean what you're looking
for here is the reaction bite and bass will nip at the other fish around them simply because they get
annoyed and there's a variety of different ways that you can annoy bass you can flip in the
cover crash in the cover bang your spinner bait bang your square bill crank bait into rocks and
logs this is how i get the smallies and trout to smash my square bills when i river fish in
pennsylvania and i'm really pumped because i have a trip scheduled in august and i have some videos
coming soon here's something you might have thought of whenever you get your square bills
cotton weeds rip those out most anglers will think of that cast as the loss but wait sometimes when
you rip your lures to weeds it causes a reaction bite give it a bit of time before you reel that
thing in really fast and spend the next 30 seconds removing the lake from your lure another way is to
jig those bottom dwellers hook up a weighted crawl dad send it to the bottom and kind of make it look
like a fleeting crawfish this is another great way to get that reaction bite when those fish
aren't hungry and sometimes you know the fish is there you literally can see it but they're still
not biting simply annoy them keep throwing keep throwing keep throwing sometimes you might need
to throw your lure there 10 15 times and you'll annoy that bass so much it will simply take the
bait number six way to become a better fisherman is always be evolving if you believe that you
learn best outside of your comfort zone the fishing the same way you always have is not
going to make you a better angler it's simply going to keep you stalemated in your skills
you constantly need to be evolving evolving your skills evolving where you fish how you fish
evolving the lures you use the depth the seasons of which you fish evolving who you fish with
guys you've heard it said doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results
it's just crazy and to be honest with you for years i did this i fished the wacky worm style 90
of the time but because i want to become a better angler and i want to evolve i have a goal this
year to really tamp down that percentage and try new presentations try new lures and try new places
if you want to be a better angler sometimes you just gotta throw something up on the wall and see
if it sticks moving on to number seven don't fight that fish so hard this is what i mean when you
get a fish on the end of the line i get it it's exciting and the first thing that usually comes to
our mind is i got to land this thing as quick as possible because we think it's going to get off so
this tip is going to be a little counter intuitive because those of us have been doing this for a
while know that if you try to bring that fish in too fast and you fight it too hard that water pony
might break off but also keep in mind not fighting it hard enough you might lose it as well by having
too much slack in the line so here's my tip for you when you're fighting a fish extremes are bad
and steady pressure wins the day on a scale from one to ten one being complete slack line and ten
being you're fighting that fish in like you have a hundred pound test you want your steady
pressure to be around a seven utilize your rod as a shock absorber utilize your drag wear that fish
out it's okay to let that fish dance around in the water for a minute you're just wearing it out and
it will be easier to land now obviously there are always nuances to this approach if you just cut a
bass near a tree you're going to want to horse that thing out a little bit but if you're an
open water there's no reason to hulk hands that thing and if you like these tips you're going to
love this video 14 reasons you're not catching bass from your kayak thanks for watching guys