Randy talks about what to do if you are only catching small bass…#bassfishing #fishing #bass #fishthemoment #bassmasteropens #fishinglife #smallmouthbassfishing #largemouthbassfishing Lake map breakdowns…fishthemoment....
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@motherlodebassin53692 жыл бұрын
Intuitive angling has risen to the top of my KZbin watching. I recently seen some of Randy’s footage from years ago and it made it even better to see what a hammer Randy has been in the sport. Randy is not just some guy. This guy is spilling the beans on a lifetime of fishing. It’s amazing insight. Thanks
@randyblaukatintuitive2 жыл бұрын
Thx man!
@brianhart69782 жыл бұрын
Long time subscriber here Randy...generally really like your stuff. FWIW, I found this video, including the presentation, content, and title, to be especially good. Your willingness to share your years of experience and knowledge is GREATLY appreciated. Especially when you do it without having to get bogged down in all the KZbin related nonsense you deal with or worrying about comments. Thank you, Randy.
@ec96972 жыл бұрын
Grandpa always said..the bigger fish are a little Deeper…if you’re catching them at 8ft..the big ones will Be 10+..if they are 2ft..go to 4..etc..great advice randy!thanks for the content
@walleyechannel2 жыл бұрын
Randy, finished up the Mercer podcast this morning making breakfast and packing lunch for the kiddos. You do such an amazing job. I hope your fame on your channel surpasses your unbelievable career. I post comments almost every video because I watch every one. In today’s time me and junk algorithms. I still look forward to some common sense.
@walleyechannel2 жыл бұрын
Ring ring: “Hello”. This is your 4:30 wake up call. 1986 87 West Point Ga. you maturity are 24 blows me away. I remember when this show aired.
@joeydeborahelkins17802 жыл бұрын
I appreciate the advice. I've learned a lot from your videos. keep it up
@corymeyer11622 жыл бұрын
I always saw the positive in catching small fish - like you mentioned, if the small ones are there I figured the big ones are there, too. didn't think about the retrieve change or color difference - figured you'd just have to weed through the small ones to eventually get big ones. this is a great tip. super appreciate the knowledge.
@danf46162 жыл бұрын
Wait...What??!! There are bass larger than 1/2 lb?? I never see them! J/K I do catch them a little bigger, but I sure catch an awful lot of small ones. 😂
@shawnmoorshead91352 жыл бұрын
Me too! For some reason here in kansas. At least in my local public fishing waters. They don't get very big. 1-2 lbers. I did however catch a big momma the other day. After chasing her for 3 years. Which got me to wondering. About lure size, color etc...so what I did what rigged up a jig and trailer in a fashion that made it jerk and swim in an erratic fashion. Like dieing. And it worked. At least in my mind that is what I am thinking. So I am going to test it out on some of the other local public ponds and see what happens.
@mnbassintv28492 жыл бұрын
I used to do the same one year my biggest bass was 2 lbs then caught 1 3 at the end. Now I catch 3s every few trips. And I a in MN so 3 is good size
@joefernandezhorsemanship98292 жыл бұрын
Your down to earth and give really good information. Sure enjoy your videos, I am glad I found your channel.
@rickymaynard48802 жыл бұрын
LOL...This question isn't addressed much as most people don't want to admit all they're catching is Dinks! Great tips....The color change tip for cranks (lighter) and soft baits (darker) is a great idea as well as finding more subtle water color (dingy)....GREAT video, thanks Randy!!
@drock54042 жыл бұрын
I've noticed in general over the past 2 years after slowing my retrieves down the majority of the time had landed me bigger fish on average. I've also started throwing more basic colors. Seems to have paid off
@corneliuswilderbergiv2812 жыл бұрын
Randy you are correct. I’ve caught my best fish using black with chartreuse or black and blue worms and slowing down way more than usual.
@af4od022 жыл бұрын
If I am not catching fish, I found just moving to another portion of the lake often works. I try to make the move significant. Not just cross the slough to the other bank but make a run for a couple miles. Try docks instead of laydowns. Try dirty water or clear water. Find a windy bank. Change crankbait to spinnerbait.
@barryroberts1532 жыл бұрын
Thank you Randy, you answered my questions on this topic. I plan to apply these ideas the next trip out on that spot.
@foreverfishingillinois8152 жыл бұрын
Hey Randy Foreverfishingillinois here long time subscriber as a young bank angler I really love your videos and you always answer all the questions I have and I can look back on older videos to learn also wish I lived in Missouri would love a on the water lesson Dream come true in-between u and Castlidine fishing some of the hands down best advice I've gotten
@JustLewisNoClark2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Randy
@greghammett78942 жыл бұрын
For me in the summer, if I want big fish, I go at night. I've caught big ones in the day, but the night time seems to make them more active or easier to fool. I also catch less dinks at night. Seems like they go in hiding when the big girls are hungry. I know this isn't practical for most fisherman, but the night time is the right time!
@hillbillytarzan2 жыл бұрын
That’s when I catch the most bigger bass and my PB
@davidlaforce18552 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@dallaswood41172 жыл бұрын
Yep best average size I’ve ever had on my favorite bass lake was fishing a full moon night in the middle of summer it was awesome
@robertbrost77772 жыл бұрын
@@dallaswood4117 Full moon right now!
@b.l43652 жыл бұрын
If you want to catch bigger fish. You need to go to a spot that isn’t fish as often. Don’t always follow trails cause obviously people have gone thru there plenty of times for it to have a trail. Go off the grid a bit and you’ll be surprise to catch really big fishes. That’s my 2cents on what I believe. And it’s worked out plenty of times for me👌🏼
@palomarknotsandtatertots5232 жыл бұрын
I live right where the Ozark plateau ends and the Mississippi delta begins. Summer is hot and humid and that's affects the fish activity especially on bodies of water that aren't very deep. At night our state bird the mosquito will drive you crazy, there's no beating them when you're surrounded by rice and more rice as well as oxbow lakes, rivers, sloughs and backwater creeks and ditches. I've never seen mosquitos like this anywhere else and it makes it impossible to night fish around them. It's very hard in the summertime. I have to head to the hills to do any comfortable fishing.
@CDSilverado2 жыл бұрын
I was fishing a channel and was doing real good, but all were dinks. So I ran out of the 5" green pumpkin and started using the bigger 6" and BAM! I start catching 2+'s. The problem is, I have not been able to duplicate this and now I have a good stock of 6" Senkos. I am still learning.
@guycasey17252 жыл бұрын
Do a breakdown on Badin lake NC please.
@jamesg14252 жыл бұрын
Interesting video! I try to think of Buck Perry’s guidelines to answer my fishing questions. Buck says that when small fish are in the shallows it’s an indication a movement to feed is taking place. Generally the biggest fish don’t go shallower than 10ft, so it would be a good time to fish deeper.
@jetcat1322 жыл бұрын
Ol’ Buck knew his stuff alright… he helped change the fishing world with his theory, methods, and teaching.
@jamesg14252 жыл бұрын
@@High-techRedneckFishing That is awesome! I'm definitely a student for life, trying to improve all the time. I'm out in Arizona so I'm fishing highland canyon reservoirs, namely Saguaro lake. It's tough fishing but Buck's guidelines have really helped me get into fish. I was never deep enough, now I'm fishing a lot in 15-20ft and hooking up with 3lb+ fish. Still a struggle to have control around the 20+ ft depths but I'm trying. Much to learn, I just keep reading the books.
@vernervanschalkwyk22802 жыл бұрын
Amazing adviceas always. Thanks Randy.
@davidmcdonaldfishing30182 жыл бұрын
I'd like to see some more on the water fishing and catching. Love you insight on lots of different techniques but would love to see you on the water more. Talking is good but showing us in my opinion sticks in the mind better. Thanks.
@_chrisbuzz2 жыл бұрын
I, for one, appreciate the dinks. I catch them for 1/4 lb to 3 lbs in my local pond. I appreciate the volume! 🙂
@kevindespino89102 жыл бұрын
Always good information thanks so much
@stskatr1512 жыл бұрын
I’ve been on a tough run recently as the water levels have been extremely low, the heat is blazing, and the bite has died for me. It’s been dinks or skunks for the past few weeks. Thanks for the insight on what I should be changing up!
@ec96972 жыл бұрын
This is the toughest time of year..hang in there…what’s been working for me lately has been waiting for mid day and running a Swimbait down in the deep grass.seems like early and late they are spread out but when the sun is up high they get to be a little more predictable.good luck
@stskatr1512 жыл бұрын
@@ec9697 thanks for the info! Tight lines 😎👍👍🎣
@scooter83202 жыл бұрын
Go at night
@stskatr1512 жыл бұрын
@@scooter8320 Good point… I need to scope out a few good spots 🤔 👍👍
@scooter83202 жыл бұрын
@@stskatr151 I fish the same spots I fish in day for the most part
@dennisederer35942 жыл бұрын
Great points. For me , if I don’t catch dinks, I catch none. Maybe tomorrow.
@learningtofish70362 жыл бұрын
Thank you Randy.
@shootincoyotes2 жыл бұрын
I've found that ponds cycle fish size over the years, lots of small ones thins out to a few big ones then back to small ones again.
@Thewheelman02 жыл бұрын
Even longer subscriber here Randy lol thank for the info
@northbaybassanglers10682 жыл бұрын
I stopped catching dinks when I upsized my swimbait to a 4-5” and I put and under spin on it. Reeling it in at medium speed on a 7:5:1 gear ratio bait caster and fishing the deeper underwater vegetation
@1MoreCast2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Randy!
@oxyfee64862 жыл бұрын
I’ve been killing them on Atomic Tubes, I think they’re for trout, six pound small mouth yesterday, large numbers for two weeks. X Zone Goby Punch, fishing them rediculously slow, dragging slow on bottom.
@eyre17202 жыл бұрын
True
@mr.skeptical30712 жыл бұрын
That's every time I fish Hartwell, except it's only 2-3 dinks!!!
@BillSr.2 жыл бұрын
I'm trying to learn offshore summer bass fishing. That is something hard to learn. I mean finding them that is.
@stevemakoskijr80742 жыл бұрын
Holy crap Randy I didn’t realize you’re in the TR area, you run up Flat Creek?
@bhmsupra2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Randy
@dawsonredfield96792 жыл бұрын
Great video Randy
@SpookyRedz2 жыл бұрын
I upsize the lure , the blade too
@kennyg31922 жыл бұрын
I wanna learn how to cash further how can I cast further with a crank bait Randy
@bassnerd49182 жыл бұрын
This is way off topic. But I just listened to you on Dave mercers podcast. When it comes to the topic of live scope. I think looking at the tournament organization to change this is beating a dead horse. But I don’t believe this could come down on a state level. Because I hunt and where I hunt we can’t use things like electric game calls. And I seen some states banning trail cams for hunting. I think this could start happening with live scope at a state level. Just had that thought in my head and had to comment it before I forgot it 😂
@corybowen88392 жыл бұрын
Randy have you ever fished at yateville lake in ky .
@budcin2 жыл бұрын
i do this on the cali aqueduct here in so cal… i would love to hear your thoughts on the live x model 1 lure from megabass.. i have been able to catch bass later in the day when they wont bite a jerk bait and even drop shot slows down..
@jayrumsey872 жыл бұрын
Randy need baitwrx to make black/chartreuse and brown/ copper old school baits
@jayrumsey872 жыл бұрын
Sorry randy,...left out the tinsel and jig part...thx
@Bruce_Swain2 жыл бұрын
My first thought when i read the title, was use them as bait xD
@terrytresemer28642 жыл бұрын
It's been so very long since I've caught a dink. Last week I would have been happy with a dink. I feel like I'm in Southeast Asia with the monsoons we're having.
@clintperry7992 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tips ! (ALL)
@ronniemitchell92212 жыл бұрын
Good video
@kennyg31922 жыл бұрын
And some things and sometimes Randy and I’ve know you notice that’s why you got a arsenal of anything you need to throw in Atwater here’s a difference and you know this from the bottom of your heart us electric anglers we can’t go 40 miles down the bank or down the river or upper Lake you know we can get there but we’re not gonna have the opportunity as most and I know this because I’ve been on a gods boat in another state and the fission was totally different I mean same tactic same material it’s like going to another classroom in another state the teaching is the same the techniques are different you’re always gonna have a little something different and that’s what people need to realize just because what you’re doing out there doesn’t mean I’m gonna do that here, Now all of our begins hang around 4 to 8 feet of water and depending on the lake if it’s deep after the spawn they go back down to 10 and 20 feet of water and they hang on the sides of the rocks and the ambush and most of my catches her of a crank baits but I can’t cast long enough to get my 6S D’s in my 25 foot divers down to a 25 foot strike zone
@kibscott60962 жыл бұрын
Well I'm a bank fisherman for the time being, but even so you would think cause I'm casting long , big boy is coming
@danluther17412 жыл бұрын
I had my share of "dink days!" I've even caught dinks on a Musky Jitterbug!
@LowBrowFishing2 жыл бұрын
The thing that I try to remember is that bass have brains and aren't just mindless pieces of meat. The bigger ones got that way for a reason. They're survivors who beat the odds. You have to always keep that in mind.
@Rage17322 жыл бұрын
I think your last point, being in the right place at the right time, is the actual key to big bass. You can’t catch big bass where there are none no matter what bait you use.
@kibscott60962 жыл бұрын
Yep, I can kill it with 8 to 10 inchers , need a bigger fish lol
@HickbillyOutdoorswithDWVerts2 жыл бұрын
Slightly deeper. Or SHALLOWER...
@corvette_jake72252 жыл бұрын
I'd settle for a dink. Been on an major dry spell, and it's not just me, almost no one is getting fish out here right now, the amount of baitfish is obnoxious and the fish are seeing so many anglers every day they have become numb to all stimulus, they aint hungry and they've seen a million lures in the last two months. The only people catching fish are the guys going for carp and catfish
@soulshine2u2 жыл бұрын
negative ghost rider.... it's you.
@corvette_jake72252 жыл бұрын
@@soulshine2u yeah a bit of it probably is forsure but my slumps arent usually this bad and a lot of the anglers I've been talking too are having the same deal at the local mudhole. At best we can get them to follow bait back to shore or the boat but they just aren't committing like they were a few weeks back. I've seen one guy get a decent morning fish on a large topwater rat a week ago and that's been it. The only change in past weeks has been tons of baitfish spawning and a huge increase in people fishing. There's other lakes that always produce but I really don't want to sit in 2 hours of LA traffic to get to them
@wolverinex42432 жыл бұрын
Will a Vision 110 catch dinks and win the number game? That's the question.
@cjtxpride88712 жыл бұрын
Gotta be catching them first. Fishing highly pressured lakes.
@sibley27perry2 жыл бұрын
This past weekend for me I was catching smaller bass. I added some scent to my senko and immediately the size of fish went up by over a pound. The scent was the only change I made.
@bhmsupra2 жыл бұрын
Other changes that occurred in addition to using scent........#1 - The time of day. #2 - The area that you were in, unless you were sitting in one place fishing. Use you noodle.
@howardspicer31472 жыл бұрын
Gang gang
@fishaholic1222 жыл бұрын
Well, what scent???
@bottomlinebassin20012 жыл бұрын
I try to find the dirtiest slimiest water and throw a 🐸
@wolverinex42432 жыл бұрын
Some places only have dinks.
@kenneth9874 Жыл бұрын
Or dink fisherman
@wolverinex4243 Жыл бұрын
I bet you you will lose to dink fishermen. Lol
@Beefster992 жыл бұрын
What if you are a bank fisherman and a dink master. Not me. Asking for a friend.
@7ryckzzzzz2 жыл бұрын
Your video titles are very offensive……..
@dong83072 жыл бұрын
lol 😂 a tad sensitive?
@jimt12402 жыл бұрын
They are only meant for 90% of the average anglers
@kenneth9874 Жыл бұрын
Go back to your safe space
@corneliuswilderbergiv2812 жыл бұрын
Randy you are correct. I’ve caught my best fish using black with chartreuse or black and blue worms and slowing down way more than usual.