I put this 14 inch live crappy in a deep river bend and this is what I caught!!

Placing large live baits on deep wooded structure in search of Giant catfish. On the Tennessee River. #Madkatz. Getting it done.

[@jimmorrison-ye2yj]

Thanks for giving Christ a mention!

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Amen 🙏

[@anthonyrobertssr9684]

Using a Crappie that big to catch a Catfish is like trapping racoons with a piece of sirloin steak 🥩😅

[@Iceberg_225]

😂😂😂 that’s the best narrative For this post. It’s crazy 😜

[@SquatchMan123]

I agree what a waste.

[@ShiningLightFishing]

I like ribeye better

[@asymptoticsingularity9281]

True that!​@@ShiningLightFishing

[@anthonystephens5497]

You have obviously never eaten flathead catfish. A 40lber is as mild and tender as any crappie you have ever tasted.

[@ronaldshank7589]

I wasn't sure if I was going to subscribe...until you started talking about Jesus. That did it for me! I'm subscribed, and I'm happy to be a Child of the King, too! Praise God for that! He didn't have to save me, but he did!!!

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Amen. He is good!!

[@zapa1pnt]

Praise to Jesus!!! GOD incarnate and my Savior.

[@bigwhitehunter]

You have another sub my friend. Fishers of men.

[@coleallison7293]

AMEN BROTHER!! Love the end of the video, praise the Lord.

[@billpierce5440]

Waste of a good eating fish

[@demetriusevans4139]

For real

[@LiveVicariouslyThroughMe]

People nowadays will do anything for attention it’s unreal

[@benborah1264]

My words exactly

[@jasonsimmons6684]

Man that crappy woulda been a good meal lol.

[@user-ew1kd3vl1c]

Nice catch but I like crappie to much

[@kurtsaxton823]

I agree there's nothing better in a fish fry then a white perch like that. That was a huge crappie where I come from.

[@stevewiverstad2805]

🎉🎉😢drawer

[@Jenna-ce4lo]

It was , for the catfish that is

[@StanleyWallace74734]

That bluecat would have been a better meal

[@WNYXeb777]

Wasting a terrific dinner there bud!

[@justinjohnson2294]

I would rather have that 14" Crappie for dinner, that any flathead!

[@davidbarnett5777]

I’d rather catch a crappie than a “crappy”. 😅

[@demetricemitchell8046]

That's what I am saying

[@timweyers4798]

Yall are sleeping on how good flathead is

[@Texas_Squatch]

The Crappy is like .......... "Team Works makes the Dream Work" !!!!!!! 😂🤣😉👍

[@ShiningLightFishing]

For sure

[@theastuteangler]

"I dont know how big he is but I know he ate a 14 inch crappie" Put that on a shirt please

[@MrMoDaddy]

One hungry catfish! But lookin at him makes me kinda hungry haha

[@EastTennesseeWhiskers]

Great video!!!

[@thawrealwrelic]

Man praise God for you brotha. Stay blessed...

[@ShiningLightFishing]

U two

[@leeronbradshaw7322]

Awesome catch!

[@sammymarcy6029]

Game warden in Tennessee would take his boat, truck and fishing license plus a huge fine

[@user-hh9br5ki3x]

The bait stores at the Mississippi river aux Bose from Cape Gerardo To tunica, cut off just below memphis and on farther about thirty or forty miles south sell huge fantail goldfish Just like they sell menows They work best of all especially if you're fishing with yoyo's and trot lines

[@SquatchMan123]

We have a local river that has given me and my fishing buddy 4 flatheads last year. Each one was caught on night crawlers. We had two 25 pounder’s, one 35 and one 45 pounder.

[@StanleyWallace74734]

Do you ever go noodling for those flatheads and bluecats? It is a big time rush

[@jramseysr1]

Crappie are also illegal here in Az and we used to have a one pole limit then that charged for a 2 pole stamp and now we can use 2 poles, but no baiting for deer and no trail cameras and only one deer per year, some years I get a nice buck with a bow then I get drawn for gun season and its a wasted tag not legal to do both but you can buy a archery tag over the counter and get one in the draw? The Game and fish or as we call them coot and carp commission SUCKS here! So I go to Oklahoma for deer we get 6 each!

[@CaptainKenFishing]

Wow! Hard to think a 20lb class blue ate a 14” crappie!

[@xSteve1983x]

But what about a “Crappy” 😆

[@CaptainKenFishing]

@@xSteve1983x 14” anything 😂 🐟 or 💩

[@richnoggin7524]

@@xSteve1983x it's crappie you public school scholar.

[@xSteve1983x]

@@richnoggin7524 what? The title of the video called them a Crappy. It was a joke…. I know they’re called Crappies.

[@richnoggin7524]

@@xSteve1983x you are a crappy.

[@jimwoods3742]

Where I live at the foreigners were used fishing nets to clean out the farm pond

[@Walkercolt1]

A 25 pound blue is worth a boatload of flatheads to me! Blue's are the best tastin' 'cat there is, and I could make several months of dinners from a huge blue. Honestly, 'cats over 20 pounds USUALLY have alot of wasteful fat. Har' in Okra-Homer, years ago up on Spring River, my Grandma and me caught 3 blue's that totalled about 20 pound. We fried and ATE my 8 pounder on the bank for "breakfast" with Paw-Paw's help. We got some channel cats too using crappie for bait. You probably know, ain't NOTHIN' tastes like one that was swimmin' a half-hour ago fresh-cooked on the banks!

[@integr8er66]

I guess you have never had a big blue from the Mo river or Mississippi. They are mushy fatty and muddy. Disgusting

[@coltonwalsh9974]

What rod and reels do you use for open face for those giants

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Madkatz heavy, and a pennfierce 8000

[@mindinmybusiness6787]

I love this method. You get 2 for 1…. I’m still learning 😊

[@codyrussell2767]

Great video. Loved the tip of the hat to our lord and savior

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Thank you!

[@JAckDorathy-kw5bz]

Several years back my brother got a ticket for using a crappy as bait the game warden said it was because it was a sporting fish

[@ShiningLightFishing]

They are legal in Tennessee . If caught in rod and reel and over ten inches and your limit is 15.

[@tangobear5359]

It’s depends on your state

[@donaldpiper9763]

@@tangobear5359It’s illegal in Missouri to use sport fish for bait . It’s also illegal to hunt over bait like they do in Texas . I use perch or shad.

[@rustyshackleford9557]

​Lol...every one where I live mistakenly calls green sunfish " perch" ... Perch, true perch are a gamefish and not allowed as bait in most states. Most likely this gentleman's " perch" are actually sunfish. I was at a fishing seminar once and a Northern pro fisherman freaked when he heard folks saying they used " perch" for bait. I had to explain that southerners oflen call green sunfish " perch".

[@xSteve1983x]

Crappie, not Crappy. Title of the video was wrong.

[@mkflores6777]

AMEN ALL BLESSES TO KING JESUS and to you and your channel sir

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Amen

[@charliehenderson38]

Great fish, how many ounce sinker are you using

[@ShiningLightFishing]

8 ounce

[@user-hh9br5ki3x]

Hi everybody it works just as good using a brim or sunfish

[@blindowl-bushcraft-survival]

Great video that was a fantastic blue New Subscriber, take care

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Thanks

[@Maacnetic]

Still a nice catch . Even better fried

[@user-qz7yi4kg9k]

Very nice job!

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Thank you very much!

[@steinhoffdj]

Thought you may never get that hook out

[@KnightOfZero117]

Does those rattler thing increase hook ups?

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Not sure but it doesn't seem to hurt

[@yourwaterswoodlandskeithad111]

Awesome! Crappie doesn’t compare to how good flathead tastes. Besides, anyone can catch crappie and bass.

[@ShiningLightFishing]

You got that right!

[@StanleyWallace74734]

Wow that was a nice bluecat

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Thanks

[@StanleyWallace74734]

@@ShiningLightFishing do you do any noodling

[@robertstom7]

Thank God for you experiencing His goodness!

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Always!

[@brianbray2721]

A big blue will love it

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Yes

[@EricRobinson-pp3tk]

Just subscribed

[@michaelhales-mu4kk]

That 14" crappy grown over the hour..and blossom into a catfish.

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Sho nuff

[@treybacon7452]

Crappie isn’t bait???? What??? I’m a fisherman!! Bait is bait!!!

[@ShiningLightFishing]

For sure

[@ntentsntents3849]

How Many Poles does it Take.?

[@ShiningLightFishing]

As many as I can cast

[@carloswaters9937]

Nice fish,what's your p.b catfish?

[@ShiningLightFishing]

98 pounds. Got a 84 on video

[@m1ferreira465]

I have a saying: the bigger the hook, the bigger the bait, the bigger the fish!

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Truth

[@braxtonpierce8768]

I live on a private lake and never tried crappie as catfish bait, but now I need to try it cuz my lake does have blue catfish and flatheads among many other fish species

[@dereksteele2284]

I'm not sure what state you live in, but check the regulations before you do so. In my state, crappie is considered a gamefish, and it's illegal to use them

[@braxtonpierce8768]

@@dereksteele2284 It’s not illegal for private ponds and lakes, but depending on the state, it’s only illegal in public lakes

[@dereksteele2284]

@braxtonpierce8768 In my state, it's illegal in any public and private waters

[@braxtonpierce8768]

@@dereksteele2284 Yeah but you can easily get away with it on private lakes. I live in Georgia on a private 250 acre lake and tried almost everything for catfish bait, but even wardens aren’t allowed to trespass here cuz the land has a lot of history with my ancestors who came to an agreement with the government in the early 1900s. It’s a long story but the property was owned by my ancestors from way back in the early 1600s

[@dereksteele2284]

@braxtonpierce8768 just because you have a low chance of getting caught doesn't make it legal. I also wouldn't be going online and telling someone about something i do that's illegal. I don't know what state you're from, so I really don't know whether it's illegal for you or not, but either way, it's not hurting my feelings

[@everestinspections9088]

Very pleasant video, good job

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Thank you very much!

[@zve482]

Nice to see content right out of the box. Keep making vids, you’ll have a whole hell of a lot of subs.

[@ShiningLightFishing]

I appreciate that!

[@terryharvey8020]

That fish isn't big enough to have swallowed the crappie. It got knocked off in the fight reeling it in

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Possible

[@sammymarcy6029]

In the state of Tennessee it's against the law to use a game fish for bait. You can use pan fish like bream

[@charlesholbrook737]

That catfish did not eat that 14 inch crappie. I don’t believe it.

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Thanks for your comment.

[@SH-os1ck]

That's a waste of a crappie😂😂

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Thanks

[@fishingwithohdad]

One big crappie for one big blue. New sub here. Live what you have in your "about" page.

[@NettingwithNick]

Nice blue!

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Thanks

[@srverde34]

Yoo dude make me wanna go fishing

[@ShiningLightFishing]

You should

[@benjaminkiser2938]

Well i just can't see that catfish eating a 14 inch crappie

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Thanks

[@davidmaroneysr.7568]

I don’t think that’s legal, and I’ve never seen an active game warden with a sense of humor

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Legal yes.

[@ronnieogden6758]

Catfish before I even watch it

[@zizwehunt1872]

Ironically, I've caught some of the biggest cats with small crappie more than any other bait!

[@ShiningLightFishing]

ME too

[@user-no6sq6ms6p]

I would eat the crappie, and left the scavenger fish on the bottom.

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Good advice

[@donaldburleyson3099]

Why do people think catfish are just scavengers? Catfish are predators and this video proved it...

[@ShiningLightFishing]

They just go by what they have always heard rather than learning for themselves.

[@mikeflo2089]

Do you ever retrieve your bait , or just let him enjoy it ?

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Depends on how much bait I have.

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Depends on how much bait I have

[@phflhs]

LMB best flathead bait period.

[@user-nq5ej2du1x]

Break out hamburger buns. And lets do some deep fat frying. Party is so on.

[@ShiningLightFishing]

K

[@derekjester7873]

What kind of setup do u have under your lead there? Oh, and great fish buddy!

[@ShiningLightFishing]

It is floats and rattles. It keeps the bait up off the bottom and the rattles make noise every time the fish moves.

[@derekjester7873]

@ShiningLightFishing very cool. Thanks

[@MatthewRogerson-wk3bd]

Where exactly is it legal to use game fish as bait?.... More importantly why would you take a delicious fish to catch a garbage fish most likely full of worms?

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Thanks

[@TheSFCjaymo]

Where is this? In Minnesota everything you’ve been doing is illegal!!! Can’t use game fish for bait, on the river you cannot fish with more than 2 lines in the water!!! EXCELLENT VIDEO THO!!! Thank You 🙏

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Tennessee

[@TheSFCjaymo]

@@ShiningLightFishing Thank You 🙏 so much for the channel!! We have over 10000 lakes and THE STUPID FISHING REGULATIONS HERE ARE RIDICULOUS!!! By the way my Morrison family is from Elora TN. Right by Huntsville AL!! May The AWESOME LORD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY BROTHER!!!

[@rd4908]

Is bluegill game fish in Minnesota?

[@TheSFCjaymo]

@@rd4908 yes it is!! So is perch!! DNR laws here are PATHETIC AND STUPID!!!

[@ultrainstinctvegeta9559]

@@rd4908yes it is

[@HighGradeTexan]

Isnt it against the law to use a protected fish for bait ?

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Not here.

[@HighGradeTexan]

@ShiningLightFishing I'm down tx will give you the chair tho

[@sammymarcy6029]

That's a blue channel catfish, flathead catfish are a yellow color.

[@alexthurmane4]

Ahhhight getting’ twards ening’ (im at the right place)

[@thereal_fatshady6920]

Nice, subscribed!

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Thanks for the sub!

[@andyherring8416]

God bless the states the foreigners haven't screwed up the fishing. Not naming any nationality but here in California were lucky to catch a 6lb anything. All Fishermen should follow regulations regardless of nationality ! Local law should be followed at all times !

[@kingssuck06]

Open border and golden algae have done a number out there

[@ColtonRobinson-ej4xr]

That's exactly what happened to the catfish population at my favorite lake! They had to up the legal size and then decrease the daily bag limit because They would literally fill up buckets of 12 inch channel and blue cat's. 😅 They measure them from the longest whisker to the lengthist of tail fins. I'm talking catfish with six inch bodies, and when they can't catch em with hooks, they start throwing cast nets and running gil-nets, but they always end up littering the ground with thousands of shad! It's gotten so bad that they've even managed to hurt the baitfish population and Whenever I clean catfish they have nothing but moss and grass in their bellys! 😢

[@user-th3ll8rl7i]

Could they be Mezzkins? That's the way they pronounce it in Texas.

[@ColtonRobinson-ej4xr]

@user-th3ll8rl7i lmao 🤣 if you can name the lake, I'll take you out on my boat!

[@Chalz108]

Asians

[@ronnieogden6758]

No flathead

[@jramseysr1]

Love the video! but I always believed that fish was pronounced croppie, even though its spelled crappie, so I looked it up and the pronounce it right web site says Croppie is the correct pronunciation, Thank you for the video have a Blessed day😁 Trump 2024!!

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Just being silly with the name

[@sammymarcy6029]

What Hannah Barron videos of her hand fishing in Alabama

[@BrettBecraft]

I would rather eat croppie than catfish any day what am I missing here.

[@christiang5157]

No I'm not eating crappie I like a nice fillet not small

[@christiang5157]

Catfish> crappie is small I cn feed more with catfish

[@ShiningLightFishing]

😢

[@wabowhunter83]

Spinning rods on a boat for big fish... So weird

[@ShiningLightFishing]

😮

[@troyyardley9471]

Lik I say it's a bait fish it's got scails

[@stangreene9151]

That was disappointing... you could've caught a better cat on a piece of chicken 😂😂😂

[@ShiningLightFishing]

I have to

[@Texas_Squatch]

Kill a Crappy just to Catch and Release a Catfish ....... 🤣😂

[@ShiningLightFishing]

For sure

[@JBillionzz]

@@ShiningLightFishing ignorant af

[@mikeryoung1842]

Why on earth would you use a crappie when there carp and suckers to use. This guy is got a screw loose .

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Thanks

[@TADDs101]

Weeze fishin wid da crappy

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Sho nuff

[@Jeffroh]

Ive caught bigger on a redworm lol

[@ShiningLightFishing]

ME too 🤣

[@johnnyrhodes9183]

nice work lost ur bait on little blue ha ha ha

[@ShiningLightFishing]

😢

[@richardbryant7972]

Rather eat the crappie

[@Katfish_Mark]

I figured it would be a bigol flathead take that think down

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Me too!

[@byronkacheris5781]

Would be good eating crappie

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Yes 👍

[@todddreher1220]

It's not crappy. It's not something that's nasty that you took a dump. It's pronounced crop-pie with a short o sound.

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Blue gill

[@todddreher1220]

Play he caught a couple of crappie that big I'd be taking them home to eat. Because I would have caught some bluegill or or went and got some shad or skipjack. shad and skip Jack are oily fish. They put a scent out there faster and stronger than other fish that's why they can pick up on the scent of them much easier and faster. So I would have used something like that can taking a crappy home to eat.

[@johnstreber2716]

Has the game warden visited your home yet ??????

[@ShiningLightFishing]

It is legal in Tennessee.

[@MeteoricStoneofShatteredSouls]

Id rather eat the crappie.

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Me too. But I can't eat all I catch. Catch and release mostly

[@MeteoricStoneofShatteredSouls]

@@ShiningLightFishing I grew up in Eastern Oklahoma and I just can't see using a live crappie at all. But especially a fatty like that one. That was half a fried fish meal man. We used to catch crappie upward of 3.5lb but most "keepers" were in that 12-15 inch range. We would use the crappie guts after they were fileted(before it was ilegal), or the live perch as catfish bait. That's been some years now and I'm in a different state...I miss those trips.

[@martys4814]

Its against the law to use game fish as bait…..not very smart…obviously……

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Thanks

[@donniecardwell3786]

Don't believe everything you see on here IMO some stuff is not as it seems

[@ShiningLightFishing]

That is for sure. Good advice 👍

[@MichaelArnoldSr.]

You don’t do any catch and cook

[@ShiningLightFishing]

I will sometime.

[@allenbrian72]

What a waste of good crappie

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Thanks 👍

[@kristopherjohnson789]

What a waste of CRAP-PIE

[@JBillionzz]

What a waste when you could use just about anything else for bait and catch the same fish. All around terrible way of doing things. Be better

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Thanks

[@emptychamber9001]

Always one! ☝🏼

[@JBillionzz]

@@emptychamber9001 actually there are a ton of common sense comments saying the same thing…

[@richardareed3512]

Crappie ain't bait

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Works for me

[@user-wq2ej1gq9z]

I can't tell!

[@tomkarau]

If that big crappie catches a big flathead.. you should be able to see the crappie in it's mouth..

[@ShiningLightFishing]

😮

[@JP-pg3zp]

Waste of a good fish

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Thanks for your comment

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Thanks for your comment

[@GenXMafia]

Waste of a good crappie

[@ShiningLightFishing]

Thanks

[@arlopernell7210]

For sure dam waste of a good fish

[@keithr-xj7zx]

Kind of dumb doing something illegal and putting it on the internet. 😅

[@ShiningLightFishing]

You need to check our laws.

[@ShiningLightFishing]

😢

[@timungerank7321]

Isn’t that illegal to use crappie for live bait. You should check your fish and game regulations before making these videos. LOL.

[@ShiningLightFishing]

It is legal in the state that I am in. But thanks for your concern.