4 Hours of RAW and UNCUT Kayak Catfishing | Drift Fishing the Tennessee River

[@ryanbortzbluecollarlife]

Woke up to the part about potted meat. You have no idea how good that really is 😂

[@DanielKing-mh9tx]

You were blessed today! You caught a lot of fish . God bless.

[@Fishing-Kayak]

Whenever I have a bad day on water , I will remember this video and not feel as bad :)) awesome video!

[@Roberts810]

Always enjoy these long vids Justin. It has became my every night ritual!

[@KayakCatfish]

Thanks for making me part of your night

[@blaynepeterman3641]

Love the videos man, keeps me entertained at work and especially these longer videos.

[@leerose9933]

Holy crap I love your raw and uncut!!! The More time I get to spend with you the better 😊!!!!

[@dariuscreates]

Chattanooga Native here! Love your videos!

[@Dino33553]

I get so exited every time he posts❤❤❤🎉

[@codeman804]

Absolutely loving your uncut videos bud! Hopefully one day i will be able to run in to you one day down at watts bar dam!

[@brianward6117]

Love watching you and listening to your southern drawl. And, Go Dawgs!

[@fishin-afamilytradition524]

Doubles, singles, doubles and more doubles. Stories and fun sizers, near whoppers, and dinks. Quantity and quality were the stories of the day. We definitely got rid of the bad juju, and today didn't stink. Great video man! I was thinking about how to rig a chicken head at the same time you said it lol. Have a blessed night.

[@KayakCatfish]

Haha! Thanks Teri!

[@fishin-afamilytradition524]

Reminded me of Becca's cheers during the lives. Popped into my head while driving, lol.

[@Mojorizen1962]

Congrats J J !!!

[@roberthowe5315]

Great video justin nice number of fish stay safe out there

[@DavidBSharpMusic]

Thank you for the sting hook idea. This has made for hook ups even better. I'm able to hide that stink hook in the stink bait. Catching the fish by surprise.

[@sznpeasin3514]

Hey man I’ve commented multiple times in the past and Thankyou for actually looking at the comments and responding but I just wanted to say I got a 6 lb bass today

[@KayakCatfish]

That’s awesome! Congrats on that huge bass!

[@sznpeasin3514]

@@KayakCatfish thanks man and Thankyou for always responding

[@ITigerbaum]

I see why them fish are so big! Those two stacks in the distance!

[@leerose9933]

I have a feeling in my loins that you are going to get into a 50 pound flatbread!!! Good luck and God bless 🙏 🤞

[@greatoutdoors3931]

Thank you for the video Justin.

[@Rick850angler]

Straight money dude…I’m doin it.👍

[@zachturner3443]

Awesome video man 🔥🔥🎣🎣

[@andybass2045]

Good evening a Justin great to see you

[@KayakCatfish]

Thanks Andy!

[@terrencebuller7676]

Hello Justin, you caught some beauties. Fist bump buddy 🤜🤛. Take care and good luck with future fishing trips. 👍

[@greglee9909]

Justin, appreciate you educating and entertaining me. Wud luv to buy ya a steak and beer sometime. Only 1 hour into this video but excited to see how my chicken does!!😂 your on your last skipjack already!!

[@KayakCatfish]

Thanks Greg! I appreciate you watching and supporting the channel.

[@donprater2754]

Real good advice Justin.😊

[@davidmack8188]

hey i dont know if you hear this enough im proud of you

[@jasondeansmith79]

I really miss those bass tournament videos and I don’t even bass fish lol. I do but it’s mostly river fishing.

[@KayakCatfish]

I need to get myself motivated to go do some bass tournaments. Haven’t fished one all year.

[@BenjaminWatson-q7m]

Proline monster crab mixed with chicken works great, it’s a catfish attractant

[@mylyloy]

Woohoo a new video! 😊

[@KayakCatfish]

Thanks Lynn!

[@AaronMulti]

chicken heads as bait would make for a great thumbnail 😂

[@joegrande4848]

😂👍

[@jpdutoit4106]

Locally (South Africa) you can buy some interesting street food, with interesting names: chicken feet "runners", sheep's head "smiliey" (because of the grin) and chicken feet & heads "walky-talkies" - all cooked on the side of the road. As kids we used sparrows for catfish bait.

[@KayakCatfish]

I hope to make it over to visit South Africa someday but I’m gonna stay away from the street food lol. Thank you for the support.

[@Michagan_outdoorsman_James]

If u do a live I hope to catch it and hang with the group. Dang ole Hank the tank and brother big Bobby big dang cats

[@KayakCatfish]

Thanks James!

[@philipmedlin8902]

Do you use Catfish Sumo rods and reels? Yes sir you had a rough tournament. But you should feel blessed for all of the good tournaments you have had. I doubt anyone put a curse on you. I'm am so impressed with the way you guys catch fish during the day.

[@KayakCatfish]

All of my gear is listed in the video description

[@bobbyfulgium6989]

Did you have a banana laying by the bird lol.

[@garysteen7834]

Have you ever tried chunks of Asian carp for cut bait?

[@KayakCatfish]

Never tried Asian carp for bait

[@garysteen7834]

@KayakCatfish I have had luck and it is readily available and it does not come off the hook.

[@stingrayzz512]

Hey Justin my wife recently bought me a Garmin Striker 4 fish finder. I was wondering how you were taught, or learned the difference between fish and debris in the water! I’m 15 minutes in, and ready to relax and watch the show!

[@KayakCatfish]

I’m definitely not an expert on the graphs but the fish are pretty obvious on my unit compared to debris. I have never used the model you have so I’m not sure what they look like on there.

[@latishajaubert5600]

That Garmin 4 is not nothing like his. It shows air bladder also everything you see is past you a bit. Unless you run the sonor directly under the vessel, like ice fishing. I'm still learning mine and it's been 2 years. I just put my bait in areas that simulate what I past. Water depth,temp and blimps on screen. I wish I could afford live scope or even side scope ,but I'm poor lol but love to fish. Also I know I couldn't even put one of his cats in my yak lol. Heavy fish is all he catches not the little babies I catch.

[@stingrayzz512]

@@KayakCatfish That’s understandable! Thank you being new to the fish finder gang is very much different from what I’m used to

[@stingrayzz512]

@@latishajaubert5600 Man your comment I relate to so much 😂! I bought a scupper plug mount for mine so I can tuck it into my back scupper holes, and can set my crate above it

[@paylakehater4414]

As always a GREAT VIDEO!!! I thought that first GOLLY WHOPPER hurt your wrist the way he twisted? Also i have watched enough videos and know for a FACT you have caught more than probably 50 Cats off of those STINGER"S!! Quality fish, ALOT of action and only 3 skip"s GREAT DAY!!

[@KayakCatfish]

Thanks buddy!

[@andybass2045]

Ryan is 4 points behind you I'm keeping up with it since I picked you angler of the year

[@jonboatmorava9115]

People that I talk to about what kayak they want they end up really wanting a pontoon but for the price and ease of a kayak. 😂

[@MahliSecond]

Nice

[@sidneydyer4603]

Let’s get it

[@ryanbortzbluecollarlife]

Sacrificed a live bird 😆 I sincerely didn’t know about this one 😆

[@jpdutoit4106]

How about having a small live bait under a balloon behind the kayak when you do the raw and uncut ultralight trips?

[@KayakCatfish]

I could probably do a live bait sometime. It may be a bit of a hassle when I navigate around trees and get snagged but we may catch some different fish with it. Thank you for the super chat!

[@MGS566]

Hey Justin!! When you are short on bait as you were in this particular trip, would it hurt to pre-cut some of your skipjack and place it back into the bag? This way, instead of just throwing your used head pieces into the kayak for possible use later, you can throw them into the bloody bag of bait to infuse them with more blood and oil.

[@Fishing-Kayak]

Btw , chicken heads usually considered as the by product. A lot of the time , they get discarded with help if acid , unless they get a contract from livestock food producers ...

[@JerrelBaker-vo8xv]

How do you transport your kayak. If it is open to outside. That also maybe what cracked wind shield.

[@JerrelBaker-vo8xv]

Now maybe a good time to have a channel cat, for cut bait.

[@greglee9909]

Justin, question please. You always say fish the ledge on a creek channel in a lake if possible or maybe the ledge of the lake itself if no creek channel? The question is before the drop off, on the drop or right when it hits deeper water? As always, proud of you Brother

[@KayakCatfish]

I always try to work the break lines. Some ledges will have multiple break lines. I typically focus on the deepest one most of the time.

[@jonboatmorava9115]

Goodness Justin..you're worst day on the water has outdone my whole year 😅😅😅 101, I haven't caught 101 worth of fish in 48 months, I could pay off a car before catching 101" worth of cats 😅😅😅😅

[@tylorcousins8212]

I'm at 185 bass since April 😅

[@davidcampbell1312]

Would you consider taking your board along and let us see how long some of these big fish are?

[@KayakCatfish]

Unless it’s in a tournament, I don’t want go through the hassle of measuring them

[@d-squaredoutdoors5670]

I can see that as a new segment on the channel: the weekly "Bizarre Bait Battle" Skipjack vs Chicken Heads Skipjack vs Soap Skipjack vs Bubble Gum Skipjack vs Vienna Sausages Skipjack vs Preparation H Coated Chicken

[@KayakCatfish]

Haha! I wouldn’t hold your breath waiting on that to happen.

[@d-squaredoutdoors5670]

I think those big catfish are used to getting spined in the mouth by the bait fish they eat. That is why they sometimes don't react to the hook. It is not until they realize that they are being pulled to the surface do they really start fighting hard.

[@KayakCatfish]

That’s a great point. I’m sure they get spiked all the time.

[@MrHurricane1405]

Do you find usually in the winter time locating bigger schools of fish and pinpointing exactly where they’re at gets easier?

[@KayakCatfish]

I think they do tend to school more in the winter but fishing during those cold months is usually hit or miss for me.

[@salt3-hu3fl]

Where are catching skip jack on chickamauga right now?

[@KayakCatfish]

Below watts bar dam

[@DanielViens-dy5tc]

Wow it’s kinda hard to believe that someone would stoop that low to put some bad Judy on an opponent to keep him from whoopin their ass in a tournament. that’s messed up but I believe there are those who will do it. Hang in there and keep on keeping on! Say hi to the Baby Cheetah for us!

[@givemeabreakdoc]

Good gawd I hate drifting. I hang up too much.

[@Roberts810]

That's what has got me gunshy about doing it. I can't stand to be fixen rigs all day.

[@givemeabreakdoc]

@@Roberts810 I get 50-75% of them back, but I’m drifting 4 rods, and if 1 gets hung, I have to reel them all up, get it unhung, drop them back down. It’s a hassle.

[@Roberts810]

@@givemeabreakdoc for sure is a hassle. I've tried two rods so far till I can get used to it.

[@Goldburgenstein]

​@Roberts810 could you troll for cats with a bottom bouncer?

[@givemeabreakdoc]

@@Goldburgenstein but you can only use 1 rod, and if you run into a tree top, you still get hung up.

[@JerrelBaker-vo8xv]

Well I need to watch full video before writing comment

[@givemeabreakdoc]

Oh nooooo. Justin using chicken? Blasphemy!!!!

[@bartfoster1311]

Well you were wrong about them catfish not having access to chicken to fish with. 2 night ago i found a dead chicken floating down the river. I though it was just a piece of wood but i had to swing back around because i was 90% sure i saw bird legs sticking up. It was stuck in the floating debris that night but the next morning it was gone.

[@JerrelBaker-vo8xv]

I believe that it is brains on chicken. On fish the head has gills for blood, there is more in gills than body.

[@adampolk7818]

Do you use an anchor trolley for that kayak? I know you use a dumbbell

[@KayakCatfish]

I don’t have an anchor trolley on it but I need to install one at some point.

[@DennisWest-ru8fw]

Liked to have seen you upend! Promise I wouldn't have laughed!

[@joemurray9131]

when you going fishing in that pond like you did last year????

[@KayakCatfish]

I’m sure I’ll get back down there at some point this year

[@JefroMullins]

I survive off potted meat during winter in the deer woods 😂

[@douglasmedlin7159]

I can't imagine the cussing you would have got if you had asked for a ditch pickle for bait.😅😅😅😅😅

[@douglasmedlin7159]

Look at how many bass have swiped at your blue gill while ultra light fishing yall also have muskies also to.

[@thaddeuswireman552]

Highly suggest chicken liver wrapped in pantyhose on Sandusky bay. Used to live in Ohio, and while chicken catches them the livers have always caught me twice as many channels easily.

[@dwaynefowler7093]

is that your house on the hill?????????????

[@KayakCatfish]

I’m way too cheap to own property on the water

[@dwaynefowler7093]

@@KayakCatfish LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU CAN HAVE THE ONE ON THE LEFT

[@virginian7317]

Darn Justin, you need to cross out some black cats crossing in front of you. Ma Brewer swore by it I tell you. Them old Appalachia women knew their stuff.

[@gamechaser94]

What kayak is that?

[@douglasmedlin7159]

It was probably a channel cat and he was afraid you would cut him up for bait.

[@JerrelBaker-vo8xv]

I thought the real reason for having boat was carrying all the lures.

[@douglasmedlin7159]

What sucks is not being physicalally able to do it anymore.

[@coreycatch6268]

Wow just crazy about the dead animals hopefully this trip breaks the hex hopefully find out by the end of this one lots of fish so far

[@chasefreese]

I bought skip jack from a bait shop up here in Indiana . It was trash. As soon as it thawed out enough to run a hook through it , it was all mushy . $$24 for 3 skips . I got robbed

[@JerrelBaker-vo8xv]

Do you think skinny fish were males coming off bed?

[@miamiwax5504]

When u coming back to the keys?

[@KayakCatfish]

Hopefully November if everything works out

[@chrisbankston1294]

I want to fish somewhere different besides Memphis TN. Unless you have a boat, you couldnt catch a tick off a dogs ass

[@Goldburgenstein]

Try harder, use Google maps and follow your river, find some good spots and do some scouting. I'm from up north and I feel the same way about my area but I have managed to find some good spots and land some big ones.

[@jonboatmorava9115]

Commando is fine unless in light colored pants. Otherwise undies are pointless, if you separate laundry in 2024 you're wasting life

[@joshuagray6743]

Thighs or breast? Bones or no bones?

[@KayakCatfish]

Chicken breast no bones