Do you go stealth mode with the electronics when hunting these giants? Growing up we used to catch the same big one, it was missing an eye so it was easy to tell

Wish I found this video about 2 hours earlier

So I actually had the exact opposite experience with the abrase x versus tasu it's crazy how that happens. I kept breaking off that abrasex

Awesome video! Love fishing your baits man

I caught the same fish 20 minutes later with my lure in it .

That’s is dope, thanks for sharing😎🤙💪🔥🎣

That’s really bad ass

great angler incredible bass amazing vids thanks

Top shelf thanks for sharing

I live in southern cal8fornia .actually in north san diego .what lake are you on.

Awsome video man

You are as good and true as they come, you deserve every fish you catch. Ambassador and role model of swim bait fishing and utmost care of keeping them alive and safely released. Thamk you for your pure content. God Bless man🤙

I got an adrenaline rush watching these catches. Appreciate you, bro.

Dedication = result eventually

Excellent job!

We must have the same luck

Great edit Mike. Definitely breaking the mold with these videos. Showing the real grind out there. Keep em coming.

What a cool video..... Never miss!

I think it's important to realize that the same level of care for these big fish can benefit our fisheries when we also take this level of care of the 3s, 4s, and 5s we're catching more often. It's sometimes tedious and doesn't fit into our fishing style or our "momentum" when we're on the water, but the benefits to the fishery are real.

So awesome!! Were these fish sitting on some structure?

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 pure gold

Such a rad story

what net do you use? sick video!

I love this behind the scenes look! Thank you sir!

Nice video. Do you still get migraines?

Love these videos man, keep em comin 🫡

I have had the same thing happen to me at my personal best in my kayak. I caught her on a Megabass jerk bait, and my scale died on me, but I measured her out in early spring and took a guess on her weight, then released her. Within the next two weeks, one of my dad's buddies was fishing the same lake on the side of the cove where I caught mine and sent my dad a picture of her, she was 6 pounds and 5 ounces when he caught her. My dad showed me the picture, and I knew it was the fish I had caught weeks prior due to the patterning and due to her having a very beat-up upper tail fin. Comparing pictures as well, she was closer to 6 pounds 10 ounces to 7 pounds due to her having played her eggs by the time he caught her. Love your videos, btw and working my hardest to get my first double Digit on a Tyrant! Any advice on how to more effectively use a tyrant on Panoptix?

I'm shopping rods online and watching you in the living room tv. Killer video! Definitely made me follow

wow, same fish is crazy

so how many years did you work on the tyrant for

I caught the same fish 3x within a 2 month period during fall transition everythime she was within 150' of the same brush pile on a point 7.9 crankbait 17' 3 weeks later 7.14 15' nates 9" A week after that she was 8.3 in 5' and took the nates a second time

At the beginning of the video you mentioned that tyrant not being for beginner swimbait anglers. Does that include the 8inch version too? I love your citizens and loving the info on the tyrants.

Brother I just Love the documentary aspect of your videos. Absolutely love'em!

Dude makes some really kino content! WIsh he made more of it.

You can be sure those are the same fish. Biologists use this same method to identify fish. Cool video and story

These videos always get my heart rate up! 💯🗽

Have you moved out of cali?

Great catch Mike.

Incredible fish!!!

What lake is this?//

That's so cool! You going to make it back to Clear Lake this year?

Great story, great fish! I'm not catching anywhere near this caliber of fish but my past two pbs were the same fish set up on the same spot during the same time of year. I know of another giant fish on a nearby lake that was caught multiple times off the same tree by different people. Goes to show that these big fish seem to be creatures of habit and not nearly as plentiful as we would hope.

Much respect!! These giants are hard to find.

Oh man, you're the goat. Awesome video. First time watching one of your videos, time to binge.

Mike,amazing details. You just improved on perfection. Thank you for sharing🎣☮️😎

Spiritual

Well said

Respect

Caught a couple fish twice but nothing of that caliber in New York. Just some 4’s and 5’s. Great story, and great job putting it all together. Love this

Did Mike Gilbert pass away in 2020 ?