Wacky Wormin' Big Fall Smallies! 

Or you could go fishing.

@@deadpanfish Exactly. But the obvious point here is that this channel is better than any other fishing show i have ever watched. Period.

@@deadpanfish This would be my option #1 then tv. But winter is unfortunately settling in on us in the Chicago/Milwaukee areas and TV seems to be becoming the go-to. I'll fish until the temps are in the 30's then it's a no. They're calling for snow (although less than an inch) for us Tuesday :(

​@@joeschmo9838same here in central mn this was recorded just before the temps dropped obviously.

Lol Chicagoland here as well, and always look forward to following along on a fishing adventure with Matt. Always learn something and get to see what it’s like actually catching bass on a kayak, as opposed to BGs and Perch lol *_*

NOT Bob Ross!

Bob can't fish!!

Paul, You are not alone & i have been to Minnesota years ago with a friend who's folks live out that way & it way the best two weeks of fishing i ever had . He's lucky he grew up there & knows from all his years there so many great spots to fish even when he's not in the Kayak he still manages to find these spillways that hold monster fish . We should be kinds jealous but in a good way . One thing i like about Matt is he gets to do this all year as we have seen many of his ice fishing vids & it's a year round fish a thon out there ,yea we are jealous as hell LOL 🐟 A true blue fisherman he has no reason to be as obnoxious as many fishing vids so he just does what he loves as do we only we may not be as lucky to be around so many great places to fish.

That was a good day with the smallies

Can you give a location? Would like to try shore fishing with my son here

Same here! Just recently started using a weightless fluke fishing it similar to the waky rig and has seemed to be working well so far this fall

I always use a weightless Texas rigged senko. Caught my PB that way.

Love the wacky! I've had similar good results on my medium and larger rivers with a weighted tube too, either Texas rigged or the stupid tube.

Really? So weightless like in the video? I have zero confidence when throwing wacky worm or any soft plastic really.

I do like a wacky but I have also caught on Carolina rigged with a pegged bullet sinker and 8" of leader ending in a red or purple plastic.

He uses a hat mount. Many youtubers use the chest mount.

The ex fast tip on that rod combined with a reel with a lightweight spool is what is making it work for him. A bait caster will typically not do great with light baits, but his setup works well

The casting setup I use is geared more for light lures and it will fire that unweighted worm out as far or farther than any spinning setup I own. The issue I would always eventually run into wacky working on a spinning reel is I’m reeling a somewhat slack line and it would lead to a birds nest when I go to cast at some point. I also get a better feel/better sensitivity on a casting setup just from the nature of the way they’re designed. Your line attaches directly to a more central solid part of the reel compared to spinning gear, which transfers those small taps better to the rod where they’re felt by my hands.

Keep it simple. Don’t think to much about color or what they want. If you’re bass fishing then senko in green pumpkin/watermelon or blk/blue.

I didn't start fishing until well into my 40s when it was clear my then 6 year old needed to fish. Now I'm hooked but he's moved on. Couldn't catch a thing when I started. Like anything it's trial and error, you gotta enjoy just being on the water and putting in the time. I have about 3 set ups and the wacky figures heavy in the rotation. I catch more than enough to stay happy. Keep casting!

The most important thing to remember is 90 percent of the fish are in 10 percent of the water. Find what the fish want to eat and you’ll find the fish.

I've been fishing since I was 2 (now 22, been doing it for 20+ years), and while I've easily caught thousands, maybe tens of thousands of fish and dozens of species, I often have rough stretches of nothing. A lot of my success lately has come from watching tutorials on RU-vid. Trust me. There are some species that I have been trying to catch for over 10 years with no success.

Yes I’ll probably make a quick video this winter on that. There’s a few tricks, spraying Yum juice on the brass rod so the heat shrink comes off, removing the original scent from the worms so I can superglue the bands etc

It won’t be long here! It’s been below freezing the last several days.

I use the point of an exacto knife like a drill bit. The sharp tip cuts through the fingernail pretty easily.

I tried the point of a hook hurt to bad too much pressure, the hot paper clip was like a knife through butter

It has stayed a bit warmer later this year, at least the water temps have. By now the smallies are probably stacked in their fall spots though we’ve got snow on the ground now.

I forgot my rods at home the other day and had to stop in at Walmart for a $65 Ozark Trail combo. I was actually pretty impressed with it! The rod was a little whippy compared to my more expensive one but it tossed a light jig plenty far and handled some nice smallies!

I kind of made the same mistake, had to take all my rods out to haul the family around and realized I forgot my rods as soon as I pulled up to the launch my next trip out. I ended up going to the closest Walmart and got their cheapest half decent casting combo so I didn’t have to spend a few hours driving back home.

I’d probably get a replica made. Most places I fish smallies they’re catch and release only.

@ndyakangler cool just you should enter fishing derby for musky!🤟🏾🤎✌🏽

Most of the places I fish the water is clear enough I don’t need anything that flashy. There’s a couple split pea soup lakes I fish pike on and it’s usually either a spinnerbait or chatterbait there.

@@ndyakangler Thanks for replying

This footage is a week or two old. We have snow on the ground now.

I use an 11/32” od brass tube. I got it at Fleet Farm years ago but they no longer sell them. Online is your best bet.

@@ndyakangler awesome thank you. I’ve heard of this tip using heat shrink before but never heard how to put it all together. I’ve seen where guys will actually put the heat shrink on there senko and then take a lighter to it. But I like your method more.