$10,000 Kayak Tournament WIN (Susquehanna River Hobie BOS)

The Hobie BOS headed to the Susquehanna River in PA for a regular season event, my brother and I dialed in the smallmouth to take the top 2 spots! 192 kayaks fished for two days, and at least for Ewing and I, there wasn't a dull moment. This is the footage from day one, the secret sight fishing bait/technique landed two of my 5 fish that made up a 95.5" limit. The day 2 video is where it really shined and I will go more in-depth with the explanation. Stay tuned!
*IMPORTANT*
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[@bassinbill96]

The phone call to the director was wild 🤣 “I see a giant one I’m about to cast at” 💀

[@ramrodrymensnyder2648]

Those are the days dreams are made of...the money is just icing on a really sweet cake. Awesome stuff man.

[@glennplomchok5125]

that is some kick-ass smallie fishing right there.

[@TylersReelFishing]

Boy is wading in a kayak tourney😂 I love it

[@philipgilroy7635]

Great job!! Love fishing for Smallys, Susquehanna River is in my backyard in Pennsylvania dude you're on another level!

[@jonathancreed4968]

Was stoked for this one! Congrats man!

[@volboy23]

Heck of a job Nolan! Congrats!

[@christiecoopersellshouses5738]

Congratulations on your win! Looking forward to seeing more of your awesome videos!

[@nickmaraveyias1185]

Great fishing, good filming and editing Nolan! Congrats on the win!

[@chrishannegan2316]

This is the best tourney video I ever saw. I needed this. Congrats!

[@wendellgray3859]

Congrats!! Great video and thanks for sharing

[@fishes2much]

That was an absolute beatdown!!! Impressive, dude! 👏🔨

[@cjfishtales2238]

Wow, what an unbelievable tournament experience you had! Great job on the content and editing as well. You got a new subscriber

[@joshuaevans59]

Yeah that was down right nasty! I didn't hang around for day 2 due to my flip but wanted to say congrats Nolan. You and Ewing absolutely killed it.

[@HokeOutdoors]

Smallmouth on topwater gets me excited every time! Can't wait to see day two

[@nolanminor6761]

Day two is equally as nutty

[@Phillyfisherman]

Great stuff man. Way to think things through and find the fish.

[@mikeg.2240]

Without a doubt best smallmouth video I have seen this year!

[@kriswinz_yakfishing]

Awesome job dude! My experience was completely different conditions but its great to see, thanks for sharing! 🤘😎

[@edsmith4257]

Cool video. Lots of good tips throughout.

[@thatfishingnoob]

Did you definitely put in the work man and it paid off. Great job

[@jonnygrizzle]

Good to see some Virginia guys dominate! Best of luck to you guys, in the future!

[@scottbirchfield2016]

Congrats on the win!! Great video. The phone call to your brother was nuts. If I tried that I would have definitely tossed phone into water instead of kayak😂😂. I can't belive you didn't have your phone tethered

[@bassinbill96]

That morning topwater bite was 🔥🔥🔥 heck of a job man. ✊🏼

[@shannonruble8085]

I would have been freaking loosing my mind if I got a spot like that. No way I could have been as calm as you lol congrats man! 10k and some nice freaking smallies!

[@Ben-by1hp]

Great job !

[@patrickmiddleton1980]

Congrats man!

[@joshuasims6055]

Great video and hell of a job smashing them. That same spot was were the Pa Bass Nation tourney was won 3 weeks ago!

[@ryandoll3684]

Man you done did it 🔥🪲Sold out world wide in a week lol..Last year that bite was insane on the river here.Picking them up of the ground and catching fish at will …Congratulations you deserve that one for all the intel you did before hand

[@nolanminor6761]

It's very rare to predict it from that far out but I sure do try my best every time!

[@irod7]

Great job

[@thecreekcrawler]

What a clinic man!!! That was unreal. watching all those wakes everywhere is crazy

[@nolanminor6761]

It really was blowing my mind but I'm sure you can tell

[@markedwards2194]

When its your time it's your time congratulations 💪🎣

[@bartgrider6895]

Congrats.. It's obvious you've been fishing for awhile. Excellent job on "thumbing" the bait caster instead of using the drag... What action Veritas, winch? Evergreen Gizmo

[@nolanminor6761]

Everything I used is shown/explained in the last 6-7 minutes of the day two video! Thanks for watching, I've been fishing for a little while yes haha

[@josephlincks5113]

Great job congrats. Good luck in your college season. We could see you in the Elites some day

[@reeljourney]

Congratulations bro

[@leonardcrater9380]

Gotta love a good top water bite !!

[@dylanhedrick5219]

Hell of a first cast

[@BEtheFish]

So sick dude

[@MrAdub814]

That's funny they be biting like that(top water) way up where I'm at on the small juniata not as many beast like that thou great video!

[@isaiahstanley1148]

Dude thats a epic day you cant get any better.. well i guess you can if you won on day 2 lol new sub here

[@ChrisMitchellFishing]

you're wild handling the choppo/ plopper like that lol. That looks like a blast.

[@nolanminor6761]

Had to go no pliers for my boy Seamoney

[@MrBobbysmithinhouser]

Thats one of the best smallmouth videos I've seen in awile.......can't believe how many theor are in that area

[@nolanminor6761]

it was a pile of them!

[@umienh916]

Nice. Interesting you guys can fish out of the kayak.

[@yauckoutdoors]

In case you didn’t know, someone won $10k in a bass tournament (2022 Hobie BOS on Susquehanna River) on this lure. Maybe the color, season or location is not right, but it does work. Appreciate you honesty though.

[@BigBaitPosse]

That was epic..new subscriber..

[@benonem]

nice vid man

[@jonhudgins7798]

Absolute smash fest! Would have been difficult for me to not just want to keep getting after fish that n a bite like that, good for you to keep a level head!

[@tmkayakfishing8236]

Nice, Day to dream about

[@BrandonBarton13]

Wow. Looks like such a sick fishery. Congrats and good work.

[@nolanminor6761]

Really really impressive river. The number of 17 to 19" smallmouth in that place is just ridiculous.

[@jeffreyriddle4645]

Great tourney in my home waters!!! Curious top water bait?? Plopper 60 or 75? Color...PS??

[@ripptydevibes2581]

I fish rivers almost solely for open water season (Delaware River PA) and nearly all of my spinning lures are produced on a fly tying vise for a reason lol. Even my lake trout gear for NY is the same weight as you were throwing the bug.

[@nolanminor6761]

Now the lake trout bit has my attention

[@ripptydevibes2581]

@@nolanminor6761 Lol yeah we had an OUTSTANDING smallie/trout/salmon trip in April all casting plastic shallow. Been awhile since I been on a great trip

[@brentwilson1899]

"At a disadvantage" 🤣🤣🤣 29:55

[@shimanoshane4020]

Congratulations great tournament great video! What is the brand fishing net your using? Looks to be very efficient!

[@nolanminor6761]

Gonna be honest it's my dads old net and I have no idea, but I will try and get back with you on that. The ideal net would be that style but with a bigger hoop and better mesh for treble hooks.

[@netmangaffer]

Promar landing net. I use the larger 18.5" x 20.5" hoop with a 30" handle while Nolan is using my old 13.5" x 18.5" hoop net with the 18" handle.

[@ohioriverangler2003]

A few fish were caught in this video

[@dwightstephenson_fishing5150]

So Hobie BOS allows you to fish outside of the kayak and basically bank fish. Interesting. Never knew and don't think I've heard of any other trails allowing that.

[@jaredpenton7416]

He stated they made an exemption for this event do to the water level. The Susquehanna River is fairly shallow and difficult to navigate because of that.

[@nolanminor6761]

Bingo

[@dwightstephenson_fishing5150]

@@jaredpenton7416 yeah I missed it when I first watched it so my bad. I can understand because I recently fished part of the Shenandoah River In VA and there were many areas where we had to walk the kayaks a ways to get to the next section.

[@justpassinthrough7]

Congrats seemed like a phenom day rippin lips. Whats the setup you were for choppo?

[@nolanminor6761]

Gear description at the end of the day 2 video!

[@flyfishing4life]

🐐

[@glxbe]

what lenses were you using to sight fish?

[@netmangaffer]

You will be amazed at this answer

[@nolanminor6761]

Yum sunglasses with amber lenses. You can find them at walmart for 4.99. I keep a bunch of them ready to go

[@danielbakaric8754]

What part of the Susquehanna you fishing?

[@JHNS_world]

Where at in the Susquehanna?

[@scottkrewatch9868]

What stretch of Susky is this?

[@dalyenf7245]

What rod and reel combo is that

[@nolanminor6761]

Gear description at the end of day two!!

[@dalyenf7245]

@@nolanminor6761 okay thanks

[@MusicCityAngler]

What size wopper plopper was that?

[@nolanminor6761]

75. Honestly would have rather used a choppo 75 or 90, but I couldn't get my hands on any because for one the supply chain is messed up but also we had 190+ anglers on a fishery where they were CHEWING that bait so no tackle shops had them. A clear colored bait seemed to be extremely important to get them to commit.

[@nolanminor6761]

That plopper spun my line up so bad but I didn't have a choice. I had to keep cutting my bait off and letting my line out to untwist in the current. Choppo seems to roll a lot less.

[@MusicCityAngler]

@@nolanminor6761 See I was wondering about that. Your brother said he was using a 110. I have messed with both the plopper and the choppo and it seems the choppo does better for me. I got all my smallmouth bites on Dale Hallow near me on a black choppo.

[@nolanminor6761]

@@MusicCityAngler Choppo goes hard

[@davewesternky]

All you do is add a Spro ball bearing swivel to the nose of the Choppo or the Ploppers. Lose the flimsy split ring and go with a speed clip and str8 braid. NO MORE TWISTING. NOW GET AFTER IT!!!!!

[@wynettekell-lo1bo]

Normally you can’t leave your boat in a tournament.But for 10 grand I like to get in this tournament

[@stormyoutdoors4845]

😜👊

[@bobbender2788]

do you not need to be in the kayak for a legal catch?

[@thestalkarcheryarrows]

You didn’t even catch the bass out of the kayak….