KISS, Keep It Simple Stupid And You’ll Catch More Fish! - Flats Class 

Literally NO ONE gives more/better inshore advice than C.A. and the fact that he gives away his years of knowledge for free is amazing

From my experience, Capt. CA is spot on here. I've caught more fish on a paddle tail than any other bait I throw by simply power fishing the hell out of it.

I super glue my knots and I never thought of super glue the swim baits!!!!! KUDOS Sir!!!!

Amen Brother! My fishing buddies and I have a saying here in Texas that we live by. “Find em with tails and kill em with Corky’s!” I have the most confidence in slow rolling a paddle tail over grass beds and pot holes.

Ahh all I toss is the 3" minnowz for the most part and not only get quantity but also get quality. I believe it's more About getting your bait in front of that fishes face vs size. So far in my experience

Your method of relaying information is outstanding. Easy to understand and gets me fired up to get on the water. You have also helped me greatly to catch fish and get me back into salt water fishing. Cheers. Keep the videos coming. New subscriber and follower.

The best video for any fisherman!

PADDLETAILS are the BOMB! After better than 60yrs, like yourself, I have a big wall of tackle to pick from. And, You’re RIGHT, power-fishing Paddle tails can cover more water quicker than any other lure I’ve ever thrown. They vibrate so the fish can feel them, and find them. You can easily work them in any preferred part of the water column, and they can easily, and quickly, be changed out for a different color combination as conditions warrant thru out the day. Yep, KISS !!!

This information is gold, thanks Mr Richardson

Thanks for the tips cap! I fallow your power fishing advice to the T. It simply works! Hope your surgery goes well!

I started inshore fishing a few months ago. I recently found your channel and I’m learning a lot. Thank you.

Great info for a beginner like me. I’m gonna try this out this weekend. Much appreciated sir!

I bought this rod with your advice, absolute pleasure to throw, Thanks capt!! I'm going back and getting the med.light aswell

Thank you for doing the videos, reliable information!!

Thanks for the info. Your doing so well. Man keep it up

Great video as usual. We caught limits of trout and reds in our LA marshes last week!

Love it CA, it's a numbers game. The more I put my lure out, the more chances I get to get some action. Same goes for the dating game. Great advice.

Very knowledgeable tips Capt.CA!

"I'd power fish! and I'd do it about 750 times!" - C.A. with giant smile LoL

Great video CA and great tips

Exactly what I needed to hear, great content.

Good stuff as always sir.

Love this style of video, well done!

I absolutely agree with this philosophy. I use a white Minnowz on a 1/8 Bass Assassin jighead and drift fish my kayak with a drift anchor across expansive grass flats along the Texas coast and catch fish. With the wind at my back, I cast as far as I can and burn the bait with twitches and pauses. It just works.

Great action !!!!

Great video C.A.! It’s very easy to get all caught up in terminal tackle and trying a ton of different things. This video helps us keep power fishing as the number one priority! Great job.

Yup!….. learned it from you, CA…. I kinda love teaching people this…cast and retrieve…. Rinse and repeat….grind!

Best advice yet..

Always on point...

Great advice.

Danged excellent video and instruction! I use paddletails a lot in Texas bays, maybe with an occasional stop and twitch, very successfully. And overthinking crap?, well, I’m a pro at that. KISS works.

Put this in practice last weekend. Had my best day on the water of the entire year. It's not sexy, but it catches fish

They make the best yes they do and that's it that 4in is like a one-size-fits-all and I only noticed they slide down a lot when you're skipping them other than that mine stay on

Gained a new subscriber, very informative and I look forward to seeing more of your vids. Might have to stop by academy and grab me some 4 inch baits lol

I’ll usually throw topwater in the morning (because im a sucker for a topwater bite) and when the sun comes out ill either keep throwing topwater if it’s working or ill have a paddle tail on trout eye jig head or on a texas eye. Ill fish the trout eye unless im fishing around places ill get hung up a lot

Amen brother... Grind a paddletail for the win. Could not agree more.

Yep - agree with power fishing like KVD

And you are a machine… you fish hard… I loved it!….and truly…. I learned

Thx for sharing the super glue tip. So many guys I know don't know to use it and are constantly screwing up the lineup rhythm by stopping to fix the soft plastic. Why do you think is the quickest & best knot to use one a jighead dressed with a doezel minnowz?

Really been enjoying your videos. Thanks. From Louisiana and going fish Laffite in August. This will be my first time redfishing so these clips are really helping me expand my knowledge to be competitive in my company tournament. Plan on trying some swimbaits, spinnerbaits and popping corks with shrimp. Thanks for sharing, is that the medium action GLF?

Good advice KISS

have the curado hg 201 paired with the medium powered GLF my first ever baitcaster set up, had it for a few weeks and love it already, been practicing on bass, yet to catch a saltwater fish though but that will come.

All I fished as a kid at the lagoon. Yellow paddle tails with a red head all we bought. Always had a stringer of trout and reds.

The best paddle tails is the Slam Shady 2.0 from Salt Strong by far caught the most fish on that lure

Hi Capt.CA,would it be possible to maybe shorten the leader to 18-24 inches to decrease sight time of the fish and get a more reactive strike ?? Love the video ,stay safe and keep on keppin on !!!

Great video..What size hook you like in the diesel please??

Damnit every time I see that wall of possibilities I turn green with envy!!! Lol

I power fish with a gold spoon when I'm in Florida. Next year I will try a paddle tail more.

kiss...very nice..

Amen!

great video. I definitely struggle with option overload and spending too much time trying different bait. my brother always catches more fish than me and he told me he casts twice as much as I do.. I have wondered what makes the really good guys choose between hard vs soft bait.. it seems the few times I have gone with guides on the Texas coast they throw more soft baits and watching their fishing reports is the same..

Take me fishing 🎣

I've been neglecting using paddle tails... looks like I'm going to have to make a trip to Bass Pro soon... Lol... do you know any good spots in the Keys that a person such as me can wade/fish in? (I've working Channel 5 bridge area with some success)

I’m that guy who goes by himself once a week and brings eight rods with eight different set ups. I’m going to try this awesome advice on a local area that I never catch fish and see what happens, I’ll report back.

truth

CA, I switched to saltwater from bass fishing a little over 2 years ago, your channel has helped shorten my learning curve tremendously. I can't believe you don't have more subscripters. Thank you and I wish you a speedy recovery. Do you still do guided trips in the Tampa Bay area?

there was an old salt near galvestion west bay that absolutely bristled at anything other than hard baits...his quest was really large trout everytime out and did not believe that baits other than hard baits were the answer...was he right? i never ever got to fish with him but he was quite the outdoorsman...even spent time in the chandeluers with rudy grigar as they were buds

Hey Captain CA, what's the difference between the 4 inches diesel minnow vs 4 inches paddlerz? Why would you pick one over the other?

Do you recommend the Texas eyes heads as a wheedles substitute for the trout eyes?

CA! I’m looking for a link to the Chinlockz hooks that you had a video on and briefly showed in this video. Do you have a link you could provide? Thank you for the videos!

Is that GLF a medium or medium-light?

Where did you get that map? I fish citrus county and would love a map like that

Do you like quick connects for your lures to switch out lures right away?

@flatsclass/youtube where did you get that map?

About what weight jig would I need for water about 10-12 ft

How’s that rod n reel set up could you do a possible lure bundle give away I want to try zman but they are a little expensive for me

Hope the surgery went well!!

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I thought the KISS method would be a bucktail

Can u give me the info on the rod and reel set up again please? Thank you. It’ll be my 1st bait caster.

How do I book a character and how much to go trout fishing

What gear ratio do you recommend for bait cast reels?

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KISS method for me: live bait on a carolina rig and just let it soak, wait and relax.

C.A. I have a question. I’ve been trying to get into bait casting reels, but birds nest are a big problem. Does the system on the Shimano Curado prevent that from happening? If so I’m sold.

How do you feel about using the Curado MGL 70 vs the Curado DC for throwing paddle tails and lighter lures ?

As a long time left hand reel spinning gear user, should I use a left hand reel baitcaster if I were to give that a shot? I don't get the whole cast with the right, switch hands to reel with the right thing I see all the time.

How many different colors do you recommend to carry? I'm thinking three. A light, medium and dark. Or should I just go with a lighter and a darker color?

Hey brother, DanFromSavannah here. What camera are you filming these VLOG sessions on? If GoPro, what camera angle are you using? Wide, narrow, etc? Thanks brother

Hahah. True stuff. Jimmy gives me a lot of flack for my changouts, but honestly I've radically simplified along these very lines in the past year. Coming from Palm Harbor with the abundance of Eel Grass, I have a long-standing aversion to open Jigheads, but I also know I lost one good fish on a sight fishing cast today as, while the rigging hook is weed friendly, the rigging hook can also negatively impact hooksets. Today was my first day out with the new Shimano GLFC70M. Very impressive rod for the price. Noticably slower than the SWC-7M, but great for lures in the upper end of the lure weight range. Thanks for another excellent and information session. You are really the best for advanced techniques in a simplified and approachable way.

Cap. Just sold my 17' Flats for a 22 Blackjack 224. My wife's idea, and you know happy wife happy home. So I'm trying to use the techniques that I picked up from you. The only area that I can do some sight fishing is in the Flamingo are that I am familiar with but I can't get into the the same areas as I used to. I miss the action of hunting for the fish not baiting the fish What do you recommend Get a big chum bag or stick to the light takle. Armando Carles

“quit overthinking” Stop yelling at me!

Why mono instead of fluorocarbon?

Surgery? You okay bud?