FFS sucks

This gives rise to what i always thought. And i dont bed fish as result. I follow tournaments for bass but hate when they bed fish.

This is crazy good info.....wow

Love this! I’ve been trying to target these things for years, but never really figured it out. Small hooks pinned to lead might be the answer. Might try tomorrow in the Mississippi!

Caught a MS river smallmouth last year on nightcrawlers- it hit lighter than a logperch. Kahle hook completely covered up, finally set a hook. Caught a bigmouth drifting half a worm once- same light bite, but I was quick on the trigger. Dad got a bigmouth on a pink crappie tube last summer.

This is the most UNDERRATED fishing channel man.

Why use a drop shot when you can use a bobber instead??? Plus you can adjust the depth as needed, can't do that with a drop shot. Drop shot rig is OK but don't be fooled by this, have fun and use common sense and have fun just fishing and enjoy yourself like you did as a kid, it's just fishing.

I caught three in Southern California around night time at a creek I used a green spinning bait with gold

Very informative!

Brilliant.

All bream lol

Great detail when I was younger and even to this day I go to creeks to see if i can catch these overlooked colorful fish I also wade clear streams to look for log perch and darters I find these fish as exciting as catching shovel heads or bass thanks for the video 👍

Another video that claims to show "all the common sunfish" but leaves smallmouth, largemouth, and rock bass out of the list. Say panfish, if youre unfamiliar with sunfish.

Trying to get my knowledge of natives up to snuff. I can id fish from all over the world but i get stumped with natives lol. Growing up it was blue gill pumpkin seed or green....also generally known as catfish bait. Its past time for me to know better. Loved this video and will be plowing thru your others as well. Thanks a million for the awesome work.

This needs to be titled, or at least included in title, the best video for step by step knot tying. This has helped so much.

How would you factor in buoyant plastics (Zman, mule fishing, etc)? Obviously they would impact the play height, with it vary with the ratio of size of plastic vs size of hook. But are there situations where you would avoid buoyant plastics, or situations where you would specifically seek them out?

Can you discuss Elassoma? I have been obsessed with them since a child thinking they would be perfect aquarium fish.

In Austria people released the sunfish into the wild. Now they are in most big lakes in carinthia and are a big threat to our native perch. They have an extensive brood care and even attack human when you go near their nests

nice series. my favorites way for sunfish is dropshot big nightcrawlers and beetle spins. tend to get the nicer fish with those.

i love drop shot i do a variance though and instead of tying the hook on like this i do a surgeons loop knot. for some reason i just love that way a lot more. for bass or bluegils. nice vid. i like to use nightcrawlers the most.. and no lie ill put big full ones on to draw the bigger fish if im going for just bigs. or you can just pull them into small pieces if that doesnt matter.

next time you need to rent boats on bigger lakes during the spawn and then try to catch some big ones of each. nice skipjack those things are so much fun to catch at the dam. i use em for bait for commercial catfishing and you can get em 4-5 at a time with a bunch of jigs tied on with white curly tails. they are like mini tarpons. bluegills are fun because they dont take a long time to bite if they are around.

Brother you need to leave those danger noodles alone!

I have a handful of flies but never really used them. Ill have to swap out my Trout Magnet tomorrow. Ive never seen one of those bully bluegill but Ill be picking up a few next time Im at the store. Congrats on finishing the series.

Still watching the video, but I'm trying to ID a fish based on memory. Thought it was a pike back then but I'm getting back into fishing and the memory of the event sticks in my mind. I've found however that pike don't seem to have the same teeth I remember. Same body type, think it was kinda silverish but the main thing was I was reeling my line back in with no bite, got the lure back to me about a foot and some change over the water when suddenly a slender long fish dove up out of the water and snatched the lure with what I remember to be 4 very long curves teeth like mammalian canine teeth, top 2 were probably 2 inches little under and the bottom 2 were shorter, then the rest of the mouth had a line of tinier same shaped teeth lining the jaw. I can't find anything with the same tooth structure, muskies looked similar and sounds like they pull aggressive stunts like this, but even those teeth don't match what I remember. Ik my memory might be skewed a bit over the years but the teeth were the first thing I saw coming up out of the water I'm pretty sure they're how I remember them to be

nice catch! Fyi its a bluegill.

Wow this is awesome good job dude, you killed this one!

Why not use circle hook?

Do you use leader to your braid or straight braid to hook? I have 10lb braid on right now and would love to try this method

Does it matter if using cut bait like worms since you not using any action

love the content, and beautiful fish

ok so if i wanna fish drop shot buy a boat or fish from a pier or bridge got it !!!!!

Great to see you back in action. ❤ your videos. Very informative and practical.

I always enjoy your videos where you take a different tack or put together unexpected combinations. This one is especially fun because the comments are so interesting!

Ive been catching bluegills for years on a Betts popper and adjust a bubble float. Subsurface I use same float setup with the bimbo skunk weighted or unweighted fly/lure👍

This series has become one of the most valuable things I've ever watched, the knowledge that has been imparted onto me through these videos has caught me tons of fish and more importantly created countless fun memories! Koaw, I am incredibly thankful for all the experience you've accumulated and work you've done for the community. Personally my favorite way to target sunfish, nothing beats either a size 10 black woolly bugger or mule minnow 1.2 on a 1/80 ounce jig tied to a tenkara rod! The control you have over the presentation is precise and the fight is so fun, its hard to beat. Also surprisingly easy to cast around brush using slingshot casts.

A dropshot would work well too. You might even use a floating fly on it to suspend it a few inches off the bottom.

I have been using tiny flies on a Zebco 33 Micro on my channel. It opens up the possibility of many more smaller fish. I rig it exactly as I would a cricket. A small bobber above a splitshot and a fly below that.

Excellent. What fun and inspiration!

Nice Information Koah, Wish I Could Meet You And Discuss This Information!!! This Is Up My Alley!!! Keep It Up Sir!!! This Is Doctoral Work!!!

Excellent! Love the tank footage. Good fighting fish here in Texas. Good tasting too. Great job on the video my man.

Easier than that, just try to catch any other fish besides a sunny... And you will catch a sunny

I’m a huge panfish guy. Crappie, red ear, bluegill and perch are my target species 90% of the time besides for four or five trips each year up to Erie for walleye, and a few trips down south for saugeye. The #4 Gamakatsu hooks are the hooks I use 90% of the time. I absolutely love them and have no need for any other.

Congrats on what I would deem a fairly amazing feat. Finding and catching all of the Lepomids is tougher than many would think. Habitats and hybridization makes it tough in some places.

Awesome video!

Wow so much information! Super organized video with detailed diagrams! Thank you so much for making this! 10/10

Send me some live one's. Here California its hard to find them now this days

Had to look it up to see if you were having another snakey flirt with mortality. Nope. Harmless. Good looking creature as it writhes out of your grip!

Thank you for your knowledge

Nice diamondback watersnake 🤩

This is such a good video