BFS Topwater Fishing Small Creek! 

I love that you're like, "Oh crap there's wires in the water, and that makes me nervous." "Oh look, a bass next to the wire I'm gonna go for it."

Tiny little creek bass are just as much fun to catch as that six pounder at the lake and every now and again when you get that 5-6 pounder out of the creek, it’s a undescribable feeling lol for every 5 pound bass in the creek there’s 10,000 in the lake. Big bass out of small unstocked water is next level in the game.

Glad that plopper worked out for you. The spectre gill is one of my favorite patterns.

If I had a buck for every time I was in the creek without pliers fishing with trebles I’d be in a boat hahaha

Another great video man! Good to see you using the BFS again I’ve been using mine a lot lately for small whopper plopper style baits and it works really well.

I wish so bad I could find creeks like this easily. I’m in East Tennessee and I’m always so jealous you find creeks like this!

Pretty sweet buddy, I tore em up in the creek/river near my house yesterday with a senko worm, landed 7 or 8 and missed about a dozen lol, pretty decent bass too, Thanks For Sharing, Good Luck🎣

What an awesome place. Thanks for sharing. Fish On!!!

Annnnnnd we are done…..😂 awesome creek fishing trip.

11:13 That redbreast had a fivehead lol. Big healthy fish.

My Zephyr reel does the same thing, I'll try some of the suggestions here. Plus, my rule of thumb for topwater hits is "wait for weight". When you feel weight in your rod set the hook. Great video!

Looks like the cricks I get to fish when I Can them fish them. The surprise fish are the best. Catching sunfish one minute The next minute 13 or 14 inch bass, you gotta love it.

Yeah baby! Topwater! A suggestion.. keep your batteries in a ziplock in a cooler before you load your camera. Then put an ice pack in your tackle pack with your extra batteries.. that should help with the over heating.🤙

Big bass out of small unstocked water is next level in the game.

i feel so much more informed after watching your video!

Always impressed with your casting skills.

Just watched your “first baitcaster video” back from 2020. think we could get a beginner baitcaster video now Mr. Johnnnn 😅 pleaseee lol

Man, I’ve got a kastking Spartan and a Piscifun carbon, I can’t use less than 8 lb line on them without them sucking that line in the side of the spool, it helps ALOT if you leave a 1/4 spool showing when you fill it, but they have sloppy tolerance

Nice to see you take your old string with you. A lot of people just don't know how to get rid of their old string, it helps the fish and the water ways. Just wanted to say thanks again for being a real friend of the environment!!

I love these wading videos. Is that four pound braid you have on that reel? If so you are a brave man. It is so easy for braid that small to creep over the edge of the spool. I thought most all of those ultra light bait casters had a quick release side plate to enable you to just pop the spool out.

In that environment I would get snagged every other cast. Accuracy goals!

7:06 Awesome bluegill

Can't wait to catch those Redbreast Sunfish when I come to your area next month!!!! Wish we had them here in Nashville

19:50 East Tennessee doesn’t have water moccasins, the middle Tennessee one could’ve been just depends on where in middle Tennessee it was.

Great video and great fishing John! Oh wow and glad you are okay, when you say there wires in the water.. I hope all is well. Have a good day and week.

John the Zephyr is known for the line going behind the spool. That’s why it is better to use the Japanese braid in .6 goh and only crank the handle on the reel about 55 times and do not put any more line than that on it. And the amount of cranks is about 125 feet of line. Hope this helps.

Fish or no fish, your casting skills are impressive!

if thats the Kastking Zephyr use a small lever on the back right edge of the magnetic clutch to remove the clutch and spool in an instant. no need to waste line and time =)

Would love to see a smaller, true UL version. I’ve always wanted to make a really tiny buzz bait with a tungsten head to make it even more compact.

I'm late to watching this video, l love watching your videos on Saturday mornings, it was a great time on the water, was wondering do you get a lot of ticks & spiders walking down those streams? 👍🎣

Unsure about the 1st snake, but it was most likely a regular watersnake. The 2nd was definitely a Cottonmouth. They float on top of the water where the other non venomous tend to swim under water with their heads out.

Change out the hooks on ur minnow bait, I switch mine out with either Gamagatsu or Owner hooks and rarely miss a fish. Great vids brother, love creek fishing.

i use that same reel, the anything 6lb and below is prone to do that to you alot on the spool. I found that 8lb braid to a 2-6lb mono leader works well.

John id really love to see you try the Geecrack bellows gill! They make a 2 and 2.8 inch that I’m curious to see whether or not would do good in the creeks you fish. They’re on tackle warehouse

Nice! Surprised the sunfish hit that "bass" lurer. 👍

Cool video. Nice catches for the ol creek. Yeah,you pretty much creek fishing anywhere right now, especially in GA,without seeing Mr.No shoulders..

That first snake did'nt look like a cottonmouth but i dont know for sure. The second one was probably a cottonmouth but i'm not 100 percent on that.

I catch some big skinny water fish on the whopper 60 too. Good work 🤙🏽

Oh and a misspelling at the end verse. Blessings brother.

U know all u need is some crappie tubs and save ur money... I been catching Brooke trout in the creek s in Alabama this June

The first snake was a water snake. The second one, however, was a huge water moccasin. No moccasins on the east side of plateau. Middle Tn to west, definitely have moccasins.

Do you have a link for that small plopper? Great video my man

Is mono best for topwater or can I use braid? Will fish shy away from braid?

The snake that was in the short clip was a cottonmouth. They swim with most of their body on the surface. It probably saw a predator, possibly a large bass.

Time to sort thru the extra reel box and dig out a new reel .

Hey can you help me with how to cast as well and accurately as you do, I keep getting bird nests. Is it my drag? If so how do you set your drag

I live in Central Kentucky and was curious about Cottonmouths geographic range. From the information I found these snakes are only found in the far western portion of both Tennessee and Kentucky. Im pretty sure you are safe from them where you live.

I have the same reels and when I used mono the line would do the same thing that happend to you. I switched to 10lb braid and used a 6lb leader and have not had a issue since. Hope that helps. Love the videos keep up the good work

For the line issue - I am going to assume that you have the tension adjusted correctly and that with little side to side play in the spool you still have a gap on that side between the spool and the frame. Can you confirm that even with the tension maxed out the gap still exists? If so, remove the palm plate. Take the little clip / spring out (watch out it will fly away) and remove the bearing and the spacers and or felt thing behind it. Make sure you note the order. Put it back together with just the bearing. Is the gap still there? Then, take the bearing out and put it back together with just the spacers and felt thing. Is the gap there? Then do it once more with just the felt. Any gap? I suspect that your spool is not seating correctly within the frame of reel, which is a manufacturing defect causing the gap that the line is getting into. If you want to know for sure, let me know if you have the gap present in the configurations I gave you above.

What combo are you using?

What rod and reel is that I have been looking for a ultra light combo

My guyyyy these baitcasters!🤣🤣🤣 Plzzzzzzz go back to the spinning reels as the regular reels brother. It's why I started watching you🤘🤘

Awesome crk awesome video

power lines and snakes... your poor momma!

The no pliers thing is a bigger deal than you brushed off. Protect the resource

Anyone know what rod and reel this is? Brand and model. Thanks .

What rod are you using?

wow....

I doing find some place for this sunday

What rod is that.

"aaaand we're done". I have not yet made the leap to a baitcaster, only because of clips of birds nests like that.

Nice

get two cameras, use them in 20 minute bursts.

Where do you get your where you measure your fish the yellow one I like to order one this is Rod Whiting. Thank you.

Whare is that creek

That place begs for an ULTRA lite 1000K reel with 4lb mono

Can u send me the link to the lure

You won't be walking through creeks like that here in florida

What is the smallest whopper plopper you can get?

have a moment, I'd love for you to check it

the first snake was a typical water snake, the 2nd one probably was a cotton mouth..... no idea why it about faced and hauled rear end.

I caught a pickerel on that lure

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if the bass is isnt electricuted ! should be safe !

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Snakes are not poisonous, they are venomous.

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It amazes me the amount fish in those creeks you fish.The water is so shallow.

That reel sounds like it's headed for retirement 👍

Creek fishing is the best, I caught some giant bluegill today for my pond

And we’re done! 😂😂😂 Been there done that…..

26:00 why I never made the move to casting gear, and stick with the shortcomings of spin gear...

I have watched so many of your videos and I'm still amazed by your casting accuracy, especially in tight conditions!

Watching from an old cabin built in 1947 in northern Michigan. Black flies are bad if no wind yikes!!!! Been fishing with little success, maybe the heat and the water is cloudy hopefully it gets better. GREAT VID👍

going to have to get me one of those lures

I know... everybody wants to yank the rod when you see a topwater explosion! If you get in the habit of not watching your lure and waiting to feel something, and set the hook by feel your hookup ratio will be much better😅. And I'm sure the more you fish that BFS system the more you will love it❤!!!

This dude is the Chuck Norris of Creek fishing...

The first was a common water snake. 2nd one was cotton mouth/water moccasin. You are fine as long as you let the poisonous ones do they're thing and move along.

I’m so jealous of people who have fishing spots like this where they live, I live on California and there is NONE, these videos keep me at bay lol. Great vid

I bet a good sized fish flashed that snake. Years ago, I used to fish this swamp. Normally I don't keep bass, but I kept one to eat, and when I cleaned it, it had what was left of a snake in its stomach.

18.17 the reason i only use spinning reels nowadays. i had a few baitcadters but always ernt back to the worm rig on my spinning outfit

This video perfectly captures the magic of creek fishing! The combination of peaceful scenery and heart-pounding moments when fish explode on the topwater is just exhilarating. I couldn’t help but smile when you finally hooked that big one after all the close calls. Truly a fantastic adventure that leaves me wanting to grab my rod and head out to the water!

Everything about this video is a W!!! How did you get so accurate with casting the BFS rod!!?? And LOVE the Galatians scripture!! 🔥🎣

What creek is that?

That hybrid you caught was beautiful.