3 Baits and 3 Ways to Fish Lily Pads - Bass Fishing 

The drum tap tip on walking the frog SOOOO good. Perfect description sir.

You're a good man Gene! Thank you brother as always. Can't ever say enough how much I appreciate you!

Appreciate all your knowledge Gene! Fishing as with any art form is a never ending learning curve and I've noticed that even if you know things and apply that knowledge to your art, going over your knowledge base brings you back to a centered focus. You help me keep that in the forefront of my mind. Thank you sir!

Man o man i was hoping you would post soon. Thanks Gene i appreciate the videos you make for us, they are one of the most educational around

Great video!! I love that you focus on the tactics and information and not putting fish in the boat. Id rather use this info to put more fish in my boat. Thank you!!

I have lost bass in lily pads exactly as you described, I never completely understood how they get off like that until now. Thanks for that !

Thanks for those tips!!👊🏻 Never thought of using the swim jig in the pads. Like the saying "I'm going to set the.." Will definitely be using this saying!!!! Stay Safe & God Bless!!

So cool seeing you on Caddo Lake. I just got a boat and am addicted to fishing out there. Especially around the lily pads. I've gotten so many tips from you and to see you out on caddo is awesome!

Thanks for taking the time to teach us your experence.

How is that you dont have at least a million subs? You’re videos are always so detail oriented, you such a plethora of knowledge!

Growing up in Florida, I always used a 10" or better curl tail worm, or "swimming worm". Something like a Charlies, Culprit, Zoom, etc. Rig it Texas style, no weight. You're going to cast as far out into the pad field as possible and work it straight back at a steady speed like a snake. Keep the rod tip high so the nose of the worm slips over pads, and move the tip to guide the line around the "V's". When you get to a hole, you dead stick it and let it fall. It slow falls, tail spinning. If the Bass doesn't blow up on it as it swims over the pads, it either will when it falls or smash it as it starts to get away when you start reeling again. Also works great on hydrilla mats or duck weed. Get that curl tail spinning like a soft plastic buzzbait.

Thank you Gene!! Awesome tips!

Hey Gene, appreciate the in detail analysis of the baits and the setups. From Missouri but on an extended work trip in Alabama and have never fished grass or lily pads and really wanting to improve my skills here. Keep doing great work man and good luck in the tournament! Brandon - Dustoff Fishing

Watching this in class.. Worth it!

By far may favorite RU-vid Fisherman! Gongrats on getting that natty this year! I'm from the Oregon Coast and we're grateful we got Dan Lanning! Go Ducks Thanks Gene

I liked the video before I even watched it i know Gene is gonna bless us with some of his knowledge

The earliest ive ever made it into one of these

Super helpful. Thanks man.

Caught a nice 7 pounder thanks to your expertise. Love them blowups!! Thank you man!

Appreciate it Gene! I live on the St. Johns river in FL and that is all we have on those feeder creeks. So far the only time I've caught fish is when I'm hung up in a pad and all of a sudden I'll be like "I got a fish on!"

Thank you for the tips my friend🤙🤙

Awesome video as always man!

Thank you Flukemaster: you are the first one to even touch on the hooks getting hung up on the pad stems. I fish "frogs only" all summer. My area has two different types of pads as the growing season progresses ,flat on top water and later the big ones ,seed pods and stems 2'out of the water. These pads measure over 3' across and get thick as thieves. I use 30-40# Powerpro braid and strength is not an issue , I use two different set ups most of the time 7.5 heavy/ fast and 7.8 extra heavy/ fast, both with 8-3:1 reels. There are multiple issues I encounter . 1 I have set the hook too soon, this leaves the hook exposed near the mouth which is a stem catcher. ( I fish out of a Bonafide 127) 2. This one seems to really perplex me some times , I get a really good deep hook set and the hooks come out thru the roof of the mouth and same stem issues. 3. I get a 4-5# bass hit and they wrap me up before I finish my hook set or shortly after because the pads are so thick and the distance between myself and the fish can be rather long at times . Even with a really deep hook set this can in thick pads be challenging. I think these issues are worth talking about as I've not seen them covered before. Everyone seems to be so worried about size,color ,cadence, bending hooks up and out, boiling frogs ,#s of braid to use . In my experience once your hooked to a 3/4" green lilly pad stem 65# braid is not pulling it out. And once wrapped around a couple of these fiberous stems under water it's a wrap. Perhaps you have some advice for these issues for extra heavy pads? I've already made peace with the issue that it's going to happen and paddling up to hung up fish sometimes works and a lot of the time it's a difficult paddle with one and a half hands free and a lot of times it's only result is to free the frog from the stem. But I catch a lot of bass fishing this cover just have to be content with the issues at hand. I welcome any miracle technique to help 🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🇺🇲🇺🇲

I think I might try that floating worm rig. Thanks for sharing!👍

It's been a very slow frog season for me. So I tied on a T rigged Senko with 1/8 oz. weight and dragged across the lilies, dropping in holes and letting it sink at the edge. BAM! Got an 8 lb even bass on it.

Awesome Job Thanks!!

Good to see a Ga boy. greetings from east Of Atlanta

Great videos. I'm in so cal and I just got into bass fishing. Learned alot, your the only channel I get my info from. Trying the dropshot as first try out. I've always fished from the surf. Are you a fan of surf fishing?

Yes a heavy braid is a key to keeping your fish hooked!👍

Great video Gene, haven't thought of going with an even heavier braided line, will give it a shot 😎

Man, more times than not there’s a couple in those pad’s🌾🌾🌾

Thanks

Good video

Great. Video!!! Was curious what speed reel you usually use for these techniques? Higher?

Awesome

What is the weight size you use for the floating worm above the swivel?

Yup. I was doing everything wrong. Thanks.

That’s some bassy looking water

Jean, what if I don't have a raft or boat, how would I go about going out to get my fish?

Are you still fishing the Lilies in the fall transition?

I’ve been fishing a senko on a flouro leader this past week. There’s a pond by my house and the lily pads have started breaking up. Basically a weightless senko with the leader. Cast on to a pad near a hole reel into the hole and let the senko do its thing. Been killing em. The braid slices through the stems.

How are you securing your paddle as a pole anchor???

1st. But that's only because I just got home from fishing. Now I have to go buy some more lures!

Are you anchored down with your paddle?

Sorry for the random comment but I watched one of your videos where you described a device you can use to secure things with little plastic rings. I can’t for the life of me find it! Any ideas ?

I like to know what is meant by medium heavy and fast action rod

Man i thiught you hit lottery and retired. Glad your back!

Novice question, but why would you not want yo use a Texas Rig for lily pads? It being weedless would be good for them, no?

What pfd are you using Gene?

Does anyone else think this is the Bob Ross of fishing?

Have you ever used one of those frogs that have the frog legs on it ive had no luck with it

Do you go strait braid to the frogs or do you have fluorocarbon leader when you fish around pads?

What if your rod has a recommended line weight of 30 - 40 lb. Braid .? Still use 50 - 65 lb. ? What's the point.?

Very surprised you put straight braid on swim jigs (no disrespect, big fan of your content). I thought fluro was a must. Can anyone confirm its not?

Let 'em fight their way out....got it!!

Don't sleep on a swimjig on top of the pads! If you run into a thick group of pads, don't just burn it across back to open water, work it over them.

The start of fall...half the country no longer has pads...good timing.

Louisiana born and raised. At first 10 seconds of video-that sure looks like Louisiana... lol

Gene you looking like you’re slimming down a bit. Is it just the lighting or is Mr Kayak starting to rub off on you a bit?..

But what I'm I'm to poor to afford a different action rod and line for ever different rig?🤔.lol

Caddo🤔😎

In my area I have the largest lilpads I've ever seen in my life

Frog Weighted frog Ribbet frog

Dumb question... why are we watching you explain what you're doing with the lure and not watching the LURE?

Come on and get rid of that bait caster!

Don’t mean to be a Karen at all but the intro volume is sooo loud

talk too much!!!!