Little Grassy Lake Land Of The GIANTS

[@251reeling9]

you always make it look easy setting the hook on those green fish

[@TheTinHorseMonty]

Hook sets are the easiest part. Finding the fish is a different story! LOL Good to see you in the comments brother!

[@kylemolletfishing9123]

Good call with docking it for a little while man. It's not worth getting zapped. Stay safe brother.

[@TheTinHorseMonty]

Thanks Kyle

[@Garminrules]

I'm with ya on the lightning! Little Grassy known for Sasquatch too.

[@TheTinHorseMonty]

I'm pretty sure a Squatch is lerking in those hills.

[@markfreiner3282]

Gabe I don't know what kind of camera setup you have but that's the sharpest picture I have ever seen on you tube. plus great video

[@TheTinHorseMonty]

Thanks Mark. It's a GoPro 5 Black. Does a good job in the elements.

[@dennisd6180]

Toughest day but you stayed safe. Day on the lake is all that matters. Tnx for sharing

[@TheTinHorseMonty]

Thanks Dennis. Had a lot of fun out there.

[@brianrobinson1975]

id say you did pretty well

[@TheTinHorseMonty]

Thanks Brian.

[@HookLife]

Lake looks light it might have too many small bass. Some culling of small fish may be needed

[@TheTinHorseMonty]

I saw lots of nice fish but they were suspended and would not bite. A fish fry would help fo sho.

[@danielt3425]

Still impressive fun and decent numbers day. Always enjoy watching and learning.

[@TheTinHorseMonty]

Thanks Daniel. It was a fun day with lots of fish.

[@jerryg957]

Looks like you had that lake all to yourself, thanks for posting !

[@TheTinHorseMonty]

Yup. Only a few boats off and on.

[@jonahlawrence6204]

Nice video you did good considering the tough conditions

[@TheTinHorseMonty]

Thanks

[@billyhaney5002]

Couldn’t been better timing we’re fish there Sunday. It’s tough this time of the year. Thanks for sharing.

[@TheTinHorseMonty]

Good luck Bill!

[@Winkiedoodles]

Gabe, you are having too much fun video fishing with your awesome gadgets. It is definitely advantageous and contributes to solving the puzzle and having fun. Just a few more days of 90+ here and then we settle down into the 80s with night temps in the 60s. Hooray! Best wishes, Don

[@TheTinHorseMonty]

It's fun to watch all those fish swimming around, just doing fish things. Long live the 80's!!!

[@shawntitsworth4878]

Caught the snot out of Gabe. I’ve been down by little grassy but have never fished it. Would like to hit crab orchard sometime as well

[@TheTinHorseMonty]

I had a fun day. Showed off your jigs at the end of the last livestream with Scott Patton. Great looking baits. I need to hit Crab sometime.

[@jeffpeterson8846]

Nice content as always Gabe!

[@TheTinHorseMonty]

Thanks Jeff.

[@chrishampton8842]

Caught several of my best bass at Grassy. Camped and fished there every fall for 20 some years. Love that lake. Need to get back

[@TheTinHorseMonty]

Beautiful lake.

[@chrishampton8842]

Yes it is Gabe

[@Mags120fish1]

Caught one of my biggest bass ever on Little Grassy beating the bank in the spring on a spinner bait. Guessing in the 8 pound range. A big fish for Illinois. Was with guide Jay Zapp and he put my photo with fish on the cover of Southern Illinois Outdoors publication. What a time. Your video brought back memories. Little Grassy is a beautiful little lake.

[@TheTinHorseMonty]

Jay Zapp is a SI legend. Never met him but have heard good things about him.

[@Mags120fish1]

@@TheTinHorseMonty maybe get some of the old guys from that area on your pod cast. Jay is an interesting guy to talk to. He lives and breathes bass fishing. Fred Washburn, Cottonmouth Lures, is another one. I’m sure they have some interesting stories to share.

[@TheTinHorseMonty]

@@Mags120fish1 Good suggestions. Fred passed away recently. I can reach out to Jay sometime. Thanks.

[@HamiiHamii]

Unfortunately Jay passed a few years back too. Lot of fishing knowledge between the two. Some of us lucky enough to have been around them, are hoping to carry on half the wealth of knowledge they leant.

[@HamiiHamii]

Great to see you on grassy. Awesome video! Lot of amazing memories there, LITERALLY grew up on that water. Grassy produced my largest of 8lb 13oz that I've yet to best. Used to be magical, lucky I got to see the very tail end of it. On the "Tornado" topic, have unintentionally fish during one plus drove past a substantial water spout there. Again lots of memories and stories 😅😂

[@TheTinHorseMonty]

Thanks bud. The lake has plenty of bait and smaller bass. I think it's on an upswing. You are qualified as a trained spotter!!

[@scottbee501]

The biggest fish I and my fishing buddy caught at LG was crankbaiting off grassy points in the fall and Carolina fishing in the summer. We would fish the entire lake. But, those storms can roll right through that lake. Great camping and canoe lake.

[@TheTinHorseMonty]

It's one of the few lakes that doesn't get much pressure.

[@fishingismydrug1]

Do you have a 9.9 or a 25hp on your boat?

[@andrewbrowning1605]

9.9 to fish this lake

[@TheTinHorseMonty]

It's a 9.9

[@fishingismydrug1]

@@TheTinHorseMonty Thank you sir!

[@134rwa]

Big fish definitely think differently from smaller ones, especially during the Dog Days of Summer, but thank goodness we can still have fun with the smaller ones, as Debo says, "embrace the dink". The best thing about those Summer storms is they usually pass fairly quickly, but you don't want to be caught out on the water when they're coming through, they can be quite nasty, and they don't care, Haha.

[@TheTinHorseMonty]

Ya I had a fun day fishing a lake that I don't get on very often. I was happy to just catch some fish. Like you said, the storm only lasted about 30 minutes.

[@tonygreen4356]

👍

[@TheTinHorseMonty]

🤘

[@dustinrussell1810]

Little grassy in Makanda il?

[@chrishampton8842]

It is

[@TheTinHorseMonty]

Yes

[@bigmikefishingchonicles9950]

I had a question for you a while back you did a Monday night video with a guy and he was talking about jigs and I asked a question do they do custom jigs he said yes if you email them a picture of what you want they can do it do you remember the name of that company

[@TheTinHorseMonty]

I'm not sure who that was but I know Eric from Hawgz Custom Baits will do that for you. hawgzcustombaits.com/

[@chums101]

Not sure what happened to Little Grassy but it used to have a lot of big fish. There was a yearly early spring tournament that drew a lot of boats even some area pros and it wasn’t uncommon for winner to have a 5 or even 6 pound average. I’d like to blame it on being managed by the federal government lol. I do kayak there when I’m not fishing and I see quite a few 3 or so pound fish cruising shallow but I can’t catch them when I bring my boat out.

[@TheTinHorseMonty]

It's still a good lake. I know some good fish are caught out of it. I bet the night bite is good.