All of my red reels are abu Garcia 7000s from the 80’s. I’ve been very curious about those ancient Mariner reels. Are they any good?

Yes. DETER MELHORN uses then an king daddy kat also uses them.

@@jamescannon4917 I may have to check em out, what kind of reels do you use?

Thank you for watching! Hopefully I’ll get out on the bash some more this year, I’d love to learn how to fish it.

White River below Indianapolis

Sweet good luck when you go

Thank you sir, I appreciate the comment!

White river below Indianapolis

I was shocked it hit the outside rod, I’ll fish for them structure as shallow as 2 foot sometimes. But slow deep holes can be 🔥

@@JarrydMitchell Awesome yeah sometimes fishing right on the bubble/ current line in the water can be very good them ole flatheads like to Cruze it and usually if you catch one and release them they will stay around 100 yards of were you catch them depending on time of the year.. I live in Ga On The Altamaha river I'll have to do some videos just been busy working.. Great video my friend I'm gonna give you a Sub great content Keep Rockin 👊😎

Carolina rig, 12 inch 80lb ande leader snelled to a 10/0 HTT mad catter HD hook. 6oz bank sinker above the Carolina rig. 40lb ande mono mainline spooled on an abu Garcia 7000. Medium/heavy big cat fever rod. I hope this helps. Feel free to ask more questions!

I do have one more question, I’ve been fishing a Carolina rig with 60 pound braid main and 60 pound mono leader and 8/0 circle hooks. I was just curious if this works or if there’s a better alternative. Also I seem to get a lot of debris on my line such as leaves when fishing my local river so I was wondering if that would negatively effect my fishing and if there’s a better rig to go with in that situation.

@@coltonwalsh9974 unfortunately I haven’t found a solution to debris buildup, I’m not sure if it makes a difference with the bite or not. One thing you could try is making a drop loop for your sinker, I’ve found it helps with snags. With 15-20 mono I’ll tie a loop knot big enough to loop over a sinker, then I’ll cut the tag end 3-4 inches and clinch knot that to a swivel. When you’re rigging the rod thread the other eye of the swivel on your mainline where your sinker would normally go. I hope that makes sense..

Caught the flathead in 7-8 foot scour hole. Slower current.

Yes sir just below Indianapolis

There’s a lot more to fish down there compared to central Indy.

The warm should heat up the bite from hear on out

Hopefully we get some more soon !

It’s a flathead machine! Been super reliable thus far. I hope to see you at few more tournaments.

Thanks for the sub! More videos on the way!

It can be if you’re like me and need practice throwing a big net lol

@@JarrydMitchell I'll stick with the 6 foot net. 🤣

If I had to catch shad in the winter from shore the first thing I would do is utilize whatever docks I could throw my net from. If I didn’t have any docks I would try and catch other bait from rod n reel. Carp, crappie, bluegills anything legal. However if there is a warming trend the shallow water is going to warm up first attracting the plankton and the shad giving you an opportunity to catch some in the net and put them up in the freezer for future trips. I hope this helps

Okay sorry about that

No worries, I just might make a video on how to catch bait from the bank in the winter time now. Thank you for the video idea.

If its winter time, with those water Temps walk the windward shores shad can't handle water that cold every yr a shad kill happens. I go to patoka in indiana and just pick half dead shad up. Can fill 5 gallon buckets with half dead shad.

I see

I saw you got on some fish recently when the water came up, great minds think alike!

Someone’s gotta keep the dinks on their toes 😎

I was on some 34 degree water last weekend lol

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Dad and I are planning on hitting a few tournaments up this year. Hope to see you at a few.

@@JarrydMitchell sounds good buddy, see you then.

Good to hear from you Tom, your old neighbor Tim keeps me entertained at work. He’s also been supplying my house with chicken and duck eggs. Hope the Tennessee River treats you well. 🎣

The River camping videos are my favorite to make

Thank you very much! those fish are crazy to see up close.

Yup that was Brandon’s first trip on the Ohio

It’s fun by yourself but even better with good company 🎣