Hello ! Fantastic fight 👍 And thanks to learn me how using paddles with one arm. It seams to be easy but with a monster on the other one I'm not sure 🤔... Love from France 🇫🇷
Your videos are about the least annoying fishing videos I've seen. Thank you for that! Sometimes I just want to see techniques and the action instead of hearing an annoying person or loud music. Nice work overall! Your voice kind of sounds like Atz Lee from Alaska: The Last Frontier. It's nice listening.
Very cool video setup. I love how you have the double view and you show all angles. Gives a viewer the sense that they are on the kayak with you. Thanks for all the great ideas not to mention the awesome pike you landed by yourself in a kayak without a net. I can only aspire to make catching a pike like that look so easy. Clearly your a very experienced fisherman. I took notes and am thankful I watched your video. I hope to be posting some videos of fish like that as soon as the ice breaks next spring.
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed the video! I think the landing on this fish went about as smooth as I could have hoped for. I'm always a little nervous grabbing them like that when they have treble hooks hanging out of their mouth.
@@ndyakangler this is the one issue I have with most fishing videos.. so few of them show how to handle the fish safely and how to safely remove hooks properly. Thanks for showing the whole process
Absolutely love you my dude. So happy with how little you have changed over the years. So many people show their true colors with success but you really seem to be you. Thank you.
How does a video this cool get 72 thumbs down, ? I guess there are a lot of jealous people out there that just can’t stand seeing someone so successful at what he does. Your videos are an inspiration Matt and I am jealous as well , but only of the great waters you have available in the area you live. Rock on my friend.
Great clip! The sound of that spinning reel's drag once the fish first figured out what was happening told the story. And when you are by yourself in a tiny boat, one never has enough hands. Had that been me, that fish caught in that way would have made my whole summer!
The quality of your video work is outstanding and I love your over all presense. Your videos are far and away the most enjoyable to watch of any of the other Bass fishing productions. You have gotten me to dig out all of my old bass gear and go hunting bass with my grandson and sometimes his little sister.
I am so glad that your videos are straight to the point dude. I honestly thought that the video was going to start with you hooking the fish and then it was gonna be the stereotypical, bass boosted intro and then a 15 walk around your house but it was just you getting that fish. Thank you so much dude
How cool you kept it is amazing, no fuss, no bullsh*t , landed your monster. I truly love watching your videos, you deserve you’re own fishing show, (not that you don’t already have it)
I have a few projects I’m working on at home but I still have a bunch of videos to upload when I get back to editing. Some of my best trips last summer the videos are going to be long ones so I didn’t get the time to edit them during open water season but there’s a few really awesome videos I have yet to upload! The next couple months are a little slow for fishing vids on RU-vid so I’m not sure yet if I’ll just upload a bunch of shorts the next couple months and save the longer uploads for closer to spring.
You know it's a good fish when it has the power to move your kayak. I'm always amazed by your ability to maneuver the kayak while casting and fighting fish. It is a quirk of pike that they let themselves be dragged next to the boat while still having enough energy to explode when you try to net or touch them.
Best vid I seen so far of a pike catch from kayak. Not because of the size of the fish, but your handling of it is excellent. The paddling technique while drilling, the proper gripping over neck and then the geel rather than using a lipgrip, and most vital for this video: getting multiple angles covering what you're doing. Grats to a nice catch too! ;)
Thanks! I quit bringing the Boga the last few years so I could force myself to become better at handling pike. I've had my fingers sliced up a coupe times and a hook from the spook imbedded in my thumb when a pike the same size as this one thrashed while I was trying to grab it but I've learned a lot from my mistakes.
Dude great catch. The sound of your voice and shaky hands make it seem like that wasn't an easy snag even for an experienced angler like you. What a rush that must have been! Fish on from CT
I like how calm you are when catching a fish. That's when you have alot of exsperence. alot of people just freak out. start screaming. Iv seen almost all you fishing videos. "Your a great smallmouth bass fisherman."
Thanks Jerry! This pike was pretty cooperative once I was able to get a good grip on him. I caught a nice musky last week too, had to pack light on that stretch of river but I had the hat cam with. That footage came out awesome! I'm hoping to get the video done tonight but there's some audio work I need to do to keep it clean.
+NDYakAngler My rear cam is such wide angle that I can't see the lure landing well. Could be because I'm in open water and I cast 40 yards from the boat. I still like a cap cam best, even those it's jittery. Haven't been much because it's too hot here in Florida.
Fabulous video sir. I fly fish from a solo canoe and have wondered how the heck I'd handle a large pike or musky. Watching your experience is inspiring and confidence building.
Lesson learned here I hope? When you are in a body of water with toothy Critters either a big net or lip grippers are a must. I've even seen the kayak cradle attached to a cleat and drapped down in the water and when the musky or Pike parallels the kayak you raise it up and they calm down immediately when they're wrapped.
Dang that pike was having none of your crap haha. Every one Ive ever caught goes on one run and gives up, but that one was not going down without a fight. Awesome.
Id recommend adding a clip on the side or in front of the boat to hold your paddle. I used a broom clip and it works good to give me a way to get the paddle secure when I'm fighting bigger fish. Also add a pole holder so you can not lose a pole when you're landing fish. Nice job!
Thanks man! I don't catch many pike on this river but when I do they're usually big. They slam the spook too, I had a couple nice ones jump clear out of the water when they hit it earlier this summer!
dang that's a nice one, congrats. nice work on getting er back. so tough in a kayak with a fish that big. I just started filming/fishing, and caught a slob pike a week ago. prompted me to search for similar situations.
what a panic! had a similar experience myself the bastard pulled me into an over hanging tree. major yardsale! that was my last kayak fishing trip without an anchor.
Excellent way to fish and a great fish you caught rather by accident You can see how your a new to kayak fishing camera action is good Before I bought my Kayak I watched young people like yourself go through the action you found while Kayak Fishing I bought a used Hobie Kayak a peddle and paddle system with a rudder the absolute best way to fish rives lakes and some streams in 5 months of Hobie Kayak I sent new personal bests for Pike 52 inches Muskie 58 inches (( using a berkley fish gripper it grips the lip of the fish so you can unhook safely )) Large mouth bass 9 lb Many fish caught most of the larger ones caught while trolling using the peddle and rudder system very easy
AWESOME video Matt! So cool to get that in the yak. Only hooked into one beast like that but never got him in. Someday..... Keep it up! Best fishing is right around the corner :)
Thanks Bryan! The fishing has been really picking up the last week! I beat this pike with a 41" musky on Thursday and my friend caught a 36". Lots of big smallies too!
I was expecting the first explosion at the boat, but the second one made me jump as if I was in the boat. Big pike are always a trip. One jumped right into my son's lap in a sit-inside yak. Anxious moments there with all the thrashing and the big teeth and the loose treble hooks flying around.
Thanks Chris! I get lucky a couple times a year and throw my lure in the right spot! I don't catch many pike on this river but they're usually nice ones when I do.
