Big Cats and Huge Surprise Fish On Diddy Poles! (Memorial Day Diddy Poles and Trot Line)

[@gabrielhummer9068]

Great video looking forward to the next camp out.

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

Thanks! It was a blast!

[@sheaconnelly4287]

Watching you guys throw back good eating size channel cats is a head scratcher.

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

We keep some too. We kinda just gauge how much we want to eat vs what might wind up getting freezer burnt

[@Reggie2000]

Freezer burnt? Freeze all of your fish fully submerged in water in baggies. Always. What ever you choose to keep that is. People who don't fish a lot don't realize how much fish you can accumulate quickly. Although I always have a deep line of folk who are only to happy to relieve me of it.

[@tsr_outdoors]

Nicely done Buddy buck

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

Thanks!

[@CarlTanner-yn1pr]

Try running trout line across river . Just a suggestion it works better for me

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

I think it's frowned upon in Iowa :(

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

First line run of the year was a memorable one for sure!

[@lindalewis3955]

Enjoyed the video. Great job on camp cleanup!

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

Glad you liked it! We always try to take care of the land we like to use!

[@johnhutchinson5398]

Need to run trout lines across the river not long ways with the bank. Submerg the line about five or six foot deep in the middle of the river then tie it off to the other bank. You’ll be surprised the next morning. Big blues run in that fast middle water picking off anything they come to. But five or six foot deep with the line in the middle will be perfect.

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

In Iowa, you can't run a trot bank-to-bank, unfortunately

[@FishingKit]

I think this was the first diddy pole video I watched all the way through. Looks like a wild time man, but that buffalo was hilarious haha.

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

That's a long one to watch all the way through! Thanks for checking it! You gotta come run with us some time.

[@FishingKit]

@@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors if you don't mind having a total noob on board then sure haha.

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

@@FishingKit I don't mind. I have a lot of noobs on board. If you can bait a hook and smack a pole into dirt, you're good

[@FishingKit]

@@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors sounds simple enough!

[@donniedickerson8077]

A tip for ya on those trot lines, make the Stagings or the Leader about 2 ft long and keep the fish in the Water , invest in a Good Dip Net , I use bank poles some a time or two a year it's a lotta fun , Never saw these pvc ones I always cut the Poles from a Reed Cane grove by my house ,but I may have to make a few of these along , good idea for sure , looked like a good weekend , Tight Lines To Ya 🦈

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

I'll have to make some adjustments on the trotline for sure. I started out with just a walmart trotline but have since remade all my drops. The PVC poles are nice. They're cheap, will hold a 50 pounder and last forever

[@donniedickerson8077]

@@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors I was having some trouble with fish coming off until a friend who I learned many many tricks from showed me the way the longer staging lines worked out, the fish Stay In the water as your picking up the main line as you run it out once they come out the water they go nuts flouncing and that's when I would lose em,, you have to space them a little farther apart but the Benifits are well Worth it ,then I went and Took his Advise and invested in a dip net three times Bigger than the one I thought I needed lol 🤣🤣 that's exactly how he told me to look for one that was big enough lol 🤣🤣🤣 ,and many times since then I have been glad I bought it ,I've. Had that ole net probaly 35 years now ,I've replaced the net about four times and patched it several more times but it's Still dipping fish ,I even added a 10 ft extension to the handle outta schedule 40 1inch pvc pipe ,I can take it off if I need to ,I just drilled a hole thru the handle and the pipe for a bolt with a wingnut or a small pin ,I can pin more onto it as need be, I've made it 25ft long when we fish the coastal piers that's high above the water, I can reach em with it , ,that Area you were in was a good place from the Looks of things ,I like the bluffs ,that usually means Flatheads , Great show , keep it up ,I'm fixing to set some poles this afternoon we've had rain down here a few days so we got some water coming up in the Sloughs and swamp here (South Mississippi) it should be good for a few days or Fishin 🎣 bank Poles , anyway , Y'all stay safe and Lotsa Luck On Your Next Adventures

[@RaisedOutdoors]

Glad I found the channel! Good content!

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

Thanks for watching! Do you run diddies as well?

[@RaisedOutdoors]

@@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors I haven’t in a while but seriously considering it this year. Have some river bank without limbs

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

@@RaisedOutdoors Have you done more limb lines than diddies?

[@RaisedOutdoors]

@@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors yes we’ve done a ton of limb lines

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

@@RaisedOutdoors I ran those in Kansas once. They aren't legal in Iowa. Diddies definitelty help you get to some more spots where there may not be a good limb

[@adamsimpson7610]

I would love to catch a gaint flathead

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

They're a lot of fun to put in the boat!

[@RiverbendlongbowsOutdoors]

That was a load of fish👍 Finally finished Great video Zack

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

Awesome! Glad you liked it!

[@RiverbendlongbowsOutdoors]

@@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors 👍

[@kenemory2219]

How long do you make your diddy poles sir

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

8 feet

[@Dylan1094]

How you getting all those bullhead

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

We baitfish with ultralight tackle. Use a small circle hook, a pinch of crawler and put that below a light slip bobber and 1 split shot. It takes some searching but once you find a pond with lots of bullies, they bite like crazy.

[@williamwilburn3921]

I can't believe ya'll throw your catfish back . nice eating catfish that were caught. oh well I guess i like catfish too much to throw back. i catch what i need and throw the rest back. liked video.

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

We definitely like to keep some for a fish fry too but we wind up with quite a bit more than we need

[@jesseg6708]

What size boat are you in?

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

@@jesseg6708 A 1760

[@CD38325]

We run bank poles here in west TN but we constantly check them all night long. Gar here are major bait stealers

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

Missing bait seems to be the name of the game. We have quite a few gar here too

[@troyholstein5256]

You guys are catching channels on bullheads that's crazy

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

Bullheads are a great bait for sure.

[@RiverbendlongbowsOutdoors]

This is good man👍 Half way through Gotta finish later Circusary trot lines happen 😅👍

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

Awesome! It's a long one. The 2nd half is better.

[@shawnsderbyden1032]

Try hole dead uncooked shrimp with the heads on let them sit out for a while and drink a bit also use chicken gizzards sometime when u set trot lines

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

Will give em a try next time!

[@shawnsderbyden1032]

Deeply Driven Outdoors if you can get down south and get some live ones and keep them alive they work really good to I used them in Louisiana when I was down there long as the blue crabs didn’t get them first they worked really good and only 6 bucks a lb for big ones

[@unorthodoxcatfishing9165]

This is my other channel. It was a 58 lb Flathead. The vid is on this channel. If you get a minute. Check it out.

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

Ohh, this channel I'm more familiar with!

[@southgajeeepers2416]

Cool video. Y’all did good. I’m still fighting high rivers but did manage to get a 58 lber. I’ll drop by on my other channel and shoot you another like .

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

Awesome! High rivers can be great fishing as long as you got bank to work with. A 58 is a real beast. Flathead or blue?

[@ChasingTheCall]

I’m ready to do it again!

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

I can't wait!

[@greggjordan6966]

just wondering, if you're not going to keep them, why are you catching them?

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

For fun! We did keep a few.

[@greggjordan6966]

never thought buffaloes were in the altamaha

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

We're up in Iowa. We have a lot of buffalo up here.

[@kennethsmith8844]

Here in Georgia the flathead cat is an invasive fish and fish and game try to eradicate them

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

No kidding? I think I have heard that before. I should go to GA and lend a hand lol

[@southernmafia9121]

If y’all don’t pull them up so fast they won’t freak out pull them up slow and they come up slow and won’t fight and you won’t lose fish as bad not saying y’all lost a lot of fish just a pointer but y’all might have a different theory

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

It depends which one of us is pulling the fish up lol.

[@southernmafia9121]

Deeply Driven Outdoors oh yeah man I understand I wasn’t saying y’all was doing it wrong ain’t no right or wrong way really I’ve just found that pulling them up slower they don’t freak out and start twisting and pull that hook out and when they come up nice and slow they usually have there mouth open you can grab then in seconds

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

@@southernmafia9121 Definitely. The more experienced guys do that and lose very few fish. When I pull up a flatty, I'll often look to grab them in the mouth. When I pull up a channel, I'll often give a gentle lift first to feel him out.

[@southernmafia9121]

Deeply Driven Outdoors same here if it’s a smaller blue or a channel I’ll pull him on up but I want that picture of that flathead for sure you wouldn’t probably ever be in Georgia but if you are and happen to think about me get with me and I’ll take you to the Altamaha River if I could dm you on instagram or something number anything I could show you what our state records are and they were pulled out the Altamaha we run bush hooks our biggest on bush hooks 59lbs and biggest on pole was 44lbs

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

I appreciate the offer and I'll keep it in mind! I'm up in Iowa and it's a far cry from Georgia BUT if I find myself down that way, I'll get ahold of you because that sounds like a good time. It may be years from now though lol. Are bush hooks the same thing as limb lines? Tie off to a branch with a baited line and hook?

[@garyhodges6510]

Y waist your time if your not going to keep the fish

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

We keep some. It's a good time whether we keep em or not

[@windomwatts2748]

Had to back out of video. With all that noise music

[@DeeplyDrivenOutdoors]

Hmmm