New Technique Alert! Hover Strolling! (Hover Shot)

[@ronforeman5317]

Pressured water, that's a good one. If it's within 100 miles of a paved road, its pressured. 🙂

[@MattStefanFishing]

lol!

[@terrytresemer2864]

I've done something like this with a tube. 90 deg hook with lead wrap shank, with the weight alittle aft it falls in a spiral. I like what you've done with the flat worm. Max scent is great.

[@MattStefanFishing]

good tip!

[@erichildreth7562]

Great video and this looks like a great setup! This mimics a piece of worm that has been dropped over the side of the boat and it just falls down until a fish eats it. I remember doing this when I was a kid. Gotta give it a try. Thanks Matt!!

[@MattStefanFishing]

Cool, thanks

[@pensnut08]

Oh boy!! Gotta get some new hooks lol I could definitely see people making up their own little keepers. Stiff mono, few wraps of fly tying thread... Maybe lead wire on the shank would work. So many cool things can be done with this technique!! Thank you for this one for sure!! As soon as you said "pressured" you had me. My like was like the 4th of July today!!! I watched one cove across from me... At least 15 boats fished it today. And it's not big at all!! Thanks again!!

[@MattStefanFishing]

give it a try!

[@peterhing3608]

Another great video Matt! Definitely a good finesse alternative for smallies. If you ever make it up to Ontario and want to fish Simcoe message me. I will hopefully have some good spots figured out by then on my new boat! Spy baits, hover's, ned's, shaky heads, neko's, dark sleepers, jerkbaits, etc. Oh man it is going to be fun when bass season opens up here mid June! Also I think Mike Ike did a video on the hover a year or two ago and that was the first time I heard about. Thanks again Matt!

[@MattStefanFishing]

Id love to fish simcoe so you never know!

[@chrisboyd1408]

Happy Easter blessings to you and your family. Tackle Warehouse was out of the hover hooks. But I did order over $100 worth of tackle, not hard to do. I hope the purchase helps support this channel and you and your family.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Awesome! thanks!

[@heinrichkellogg7563]

Matt thanks for the new hook info with the keeper🍺 for Hover strolling. I’ll pick some of them up. Ike did a nice Hover strolling video last year using the Berkley 4” Max Scent flat nose minnow and he invented a new word. “Atomically” correct. He said the Berkley minnow tail splits vertically not horizontally the way he rigged it and that is “atomically”correct😂. Fish it on any vertical cover. Bridge piling, standing timber, bluff walls, deep docks and simple let it spiral down with semi slack line.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Ill check it out

[@davidmachaj6292]

Nice video, reminds me of the Flying Lure from 30 years ago. I enjoy your videos and information that you share !

[@MattStefanFishing]

thanks for watching

[@troyseal9877]

I've been using that jig hook trick for about ten years with lunker city fin s fish. I wrap lead fly wire around the hook shank and super glue.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Sounds great!

[@gregstabryla9945]

Thanks for that Matt. We're all going to find little hacks for presentations. Keeps it interesting.

[@MattStefanFishing]

You bet!

[@Cochran53]

This is a great technique. This is one of my go to baits for suspended fish when they are super picky.

[@MattStefanFishing]

awesome! thanks for sharing!

[@johnrayner5599]

I have never tried this before but I must say that it looks amazing! I am going to give this a try this year, I dont see how it couldnt work.

[@MattStefanFishing]

oh it works!

[@mikegardiner3934]

Great tip, Matt! Can you say schoolers !!!! This is an addt to arsenal for those fish. In stead of letting a dropshot pendulum thru the column, I can try this. As aggressive as Spots are, this should get em on those bluebird kinda days. thanks Matt!

[@MattStefanFishing]

Absolutely!

[@basskirkster]

Your videos are so informative 👍 another technique for me to try this year. Thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@MattStefanFishing]

thanks!

[@JoeGerossie]

I was just looking for a damiki type setup to rig up for tomorrow and I forgot I had some of those in the box! Thanks

[@MattStefanFishing]

give it a try!

[@kayakfishingforpredators9107]

Thanks for the information ℹ️ Need to give this a try 🎣

[@MattStefanFishing]

You bet

[@kevinjtoner]

This really sounds interesting. Definitely will be trying it…….Thank you Matt!!! 👍🎣

[@MattStefanFishing]

give it a try

[@brianlee9074]

Now that's something I will try. Big sweeping fall pattern, near weedless presentation, will work on lots of baits. Thanks Matt. ✌🏻🎣

[@MattStefanFishing]

Good luck!

[@fishaholic122]

Luv it, I bought a bunch of those hooks years ago cause I got a deal and didn't no what I was gonna do with em.

[@MattStefanFishing]

now you know!

[@sc0tthonkonen288]

Man I'm gonna learn a lot from you. Great vid. Have you ever fished Big or little bay de noc in upper Michigan. I been fishing walleye mostly but getting back into Bass. We also have hundreds of not thousands of inland lakes.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Bay de Noc is awesome fishing!

[@rvfishingyet]

This is a great tip, thank you. Ill keep eye out for those hooks.

[@MattStefanFishing]

thanks!

[@MrJohnB-qs6dp]

Looks like a great technique!!! Have a few areas it may work very well!!!! Stay Safe & God Bless!!!!

[@MattStefanFishing]

Right on

[@TheOutdoorCatch]

I'm definitely going to give this a try!

[@MattStefanFishing]

You should! Ive got a hook i designed coming out in a few weeks for hover strolling! stay tuned!

[@thaoch50253]

Please do a break down of peewaukee lake WI! That lake is so pressured but good quality fish.

[@MattStefanFishing]

got big smallies in it!

[@willperryman4559]

Hey Matt, I just placed a good order through your TW link ✊ thanks 🙏 and Happy Easter to you and your family 😎

[@MattStefanFishing]

Awesome thank you for the support!

[@LowBrowFishing]

I have a whole bunch of jig hooks I can use. I have both parallel and perpendicular line ties. I wonder which one would work best and how well it'll come through thick veg. I guess we'll see.

[@MattStefanFishing]

parallels works better IMO

[@d1tv385]

What size hook are you pairing with the flat worm?

[@learningtofish7036]

Thank you Matt.

[@MattStefanFishing]

My pleasure!

[@robertveith2571]

Thanks for the tip !!!!!!

[@MattStefanFishing]

you bet! ill be announcing a new hook for this technique in the next month or so!

[@fabs8184]

Great video! For you it's good a 6'3 spinning, 1/32-1/4 regular rod for hover strolling?? Or it's better longer rod? I fish often on float tube...

[@MattStefanFishing]

i use a 7'3" ML fast action spinning rod for the 3/64

[@shannonkirby9295]

Interesting, Matt. Thanks

[@MattStefanFishing]

Glad you liked it!

[@alcav54]

Interesting. Worth a shot

[@MattStefanFishing]

yep!

[@jimrichards1798]

Looks quite effective actually

[@MattStefanFishing]

its a good finesse technique

[@williamfaragher3671]

just noticed your prespawn river smallmouth video for members only ! very likely a must watch ! I started watching and posting on youtube fishing videos less than 10 days ago. have not watched fishing videos on you tube in 12 years after taking up fly fishing. watched lots of fly fishing videos ! NOT ! a fly fishing dushbag ! sadly , like many fly fishermen are ! I clicked on Randys winter topwater myths video, back in October left a smartass remark and thought that would be it. then I made the mistake of watching Randys back reeling video ! I had to comment , I was going to take the gloves off and lay the boots to him !... the comment I did leave was... very diplomatic. I hope Randy will, in the future, do another video about back reeling vs drags on spinning gear and braid to fluorocarbon. this time exploring the grey areas ! I will not subscribe to Randy Blaukats channel until he does ! I have been trying to stop commenting on you tube videos since I started. almost missed this prespawn river smallmouth video ! here I am... thanks a lot Man!

[@MattStefanFishing]

thanks for shraing and I appreciate your comments

[@williamfaragher3671]

the truth... often comes in shades of grey.

[@williamfaragher3671]

very likely you have educated many of your subscribers. including myself ! likely an awesome tip !

[@MattStefanFishing]

thanks!

[@timhawkins8611]

Spine rig as well Works great on a lot of clear lakes Nice video bud

[@MattStefanFishing]

thanks for sharing!

[@AlexandertheGregfishing]

Gonna try this one.

[@MattStefanFishing]

go for it!

[@johnbutler307]

Thanks again for a great video

[@MattStefanFishing]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@brianpierson7708]

What’s up brother y’all all the ice off the water way up north 😂😂 man I would love to be up there it’s almost 90 year round now down here in southeast Louisiana grate video brother I have hard some people talking about it but had no clue what they were talking about

[@MattStefanFishing]

ice came off yesterday

[@stoneysdead689]

Man, I've been working on this technique since the end of last season- the Victory Tail by Optimum Baits is an excellent bait to use. That said- this is not as easy as it looks, there's basically no weight on your line at all- you're shaking just the slack- and you're trying to get it to just sit in place and "hover"- thus the name of the technique- not as easy as it sounds. Would make a great bed bait though I assume- since you can just hover it in place right over the bed. I need to experiment with some other baits- the Victory Tails are the only thing I've tried so far. I think Optimum is a division of Lucky craft- they make some cool plastics.

[@williamfaragher3671]

finesse fishing does have its challenges for sure !

[@MattStefanFishing]

thanks for sharing Ill check it out!

[@JP-dj1ow]

You can make a good bait keeper on any shank with dental floss and some super glue. If you want to, wrap a little piece of stiff mono to the shank with the floss and then a drop or so of super glue.

[@MattStefanFishing]

thanks for sharing

[@SpookyRedz]

Thanks for sharing bro , new to me too , love it

[@MattStefanFishing]

Great!

[@juleswinnfield826]

Cool, thanks for sharing. Always makes me laugh a little when a "New" technique is revealed and the phrase "Has tube like characteristics" is used to describe the new deal. Irregular spiral slow fall has caught tons of fish regardles of species or bodies of water.... so ya I can see how this deal will catch fish. Thanks for the vid.

[@MattStefanFishing]

haha! thats why the tube is great!

[@depalebe]

Now you're getting into some real finesse. Use this method with a small minnow bait and try hooking it sideways. I like using Fish Arrow.Flash J baits but some of the Berkley Powerbait minnows should work well. Another great video Matt. Thanks

[@MattStefanFishing]

Thanks for the tips!

[@Boris29311]

Fish Arrow abalone shads are made for this technique.

[@glenndaugherity6187]

@@Boris29311 39.00 shipping ! OUCH !

[@clintperry799]

I like to worm fish , I'm going to try that. Thanks

[@MattStefanFishing]

You should

[@douglasspickler4925]

Thanks for sharing this technique. I like it and believe it will produce bites fishing behind other anglers. I just need to get my butt motivated to get going. I don't fish tournaments anymore and fish by myself mostly so I talk myself out of going. I have hunted and fished since I was a kid and now at 69 I believe I'm loosing the desire. Burn out I guess. The wife likes it because I get more yard work done. 😁 I should be fishing the James river open. Some good bags are being caught. Three hours away from the house.

[@MattStefanFishing]

nothing wrong with taking a break

[@craigmiller3648]

What pound test are you using with the 3/64 bait?

[@MattStefanFishing]

6 - 10 depending on water clarity

[@mikeherpel6308]

Sounds like it mimics the Flying Lure from years past worked basically the same way

[@MattStefanFishing]

similar

[@charleshoodmanhood7874]

I fish Carter’s Lake in Elijah, GA

[@MattStefanFishing]

it will work there

[@ronknight6400]

What type of line and size would you recommend for this technique? Looks like a winner.

[@MattStefanFishing]

I like 8 lb fluorocarbon. Here is a video i did of it in action and Ill be releasing special hooks for it in jaunary! kzbin.info/www/bejne/q32rnKqIgb1geJo

[@richardporter1455]

Now that is something NOBODY is throwing around here, but l will be!

[@MattStefanFishing]

go for it!

[@kennethfilas7979]

Matt, How would you fish this in current in a shallow river setting over rocks? I wade mostly so how could I make this effective?

[@MattStefanFishing]

just cast it and tightline it in the current letting the current roll it over the rocks

[@Kamikazefishing23]

I would just be worried about the hook snapping with all the stress on the 90 deg bend. But I’m sure the companies making these specialized hooks would have done tests on them.

[@thomasindler1576]

Well that catch fish in a rain barrel with live scope? With my rain man shrit on. Or should I keep watching you talk .

[@MattStefanFishing]

i have no idea what you are talking about

[@dragonli1863]

So， Hover Rig as your introduced, and Hover Strolling, except install efficiency, gravity center position making rolling action, what is difference and advantage? thanks.

[@MattStefanFishing]

the hover rig hooks will help plastics last significant longer and prevent losing any nail weights. Much more efficent

[@jasondaniels209]

Hey Matt how about sending over some max scent 😂. Can’t get any! Sucks! However, I’m gonna try this technique when ice goes out soon.

[@MattStefanFishing]

I cant get it either...

[@jasondaniels209]

@@MattStefanFishing yeah I hear ya brother. Inflation, unobtainable household goods, fishing gear. The list goes on. Thanks Joe Biden. Anyway! Yeah thanks for the content man. Awesome learning channel. Off topic but I’m seeing a lot of tube videos. $100 bucks says the tube makes a come back in the year 2022.

[@genelavigne3711]

Can you put up a link for the hooks... thanks. Plus you didn't go over rod and reel set up or what size line to use

[@MattStefanFishing]

hooks will be coming out on February 15

[@mikeeller557]

Nice Thanks Matt . Drop shot gear ?

[@MattStefanFishing]

yep

[@kerryschallon8879]

Sounds like a technique I can use fishing docks at my home in Lake of the Ozarks.

[@MattStefanFishing]

yep!

[@SamAndSamuel]

What size hook are you using on the flat worm.

[@MattStefanFishing]

size 2

[@exconcurly]

Nice mike iaconelli chicken rig

[@MattStefanFishing]

a little different than the chicken rig but does have some similarities

[@limegreenfishingmachine3332]

I will be adding a weed guard ill tie on this would be fun bait

[@MattStefanFishing]

good idea!

[@limegreenfishingmachine3332]

@@MattStefanFishing 50 lb fluorocarbon wrapped around like a wacky rig hook

[@rancepenick4226]

ok so i have a question i throw my ned rigs on a 1/16 ounce tungsten head and i am just wandering why u would go with this over the ned? because to me it seems like they are doing the same things with the gliding and horizontal swim back to the boat. i haven’t tried hover strolling but i know it would work on these clear water resivors in central texas

[@kennethpalmerii1747]

Same question I had….

[@MattStefanFishing]

this is better for suspending fish. If i know the fish are on the bottom i like the ned but if they are off the bottom this works great

[@kennethpalmerii1747]

@@MattStefanFishing Ah

[@rancepenick4226]

makes sense i just wasn’t sure thank u for clearing it up love all the tips. especially with these new finesse tactics that these texas fish haven’t seen always proves to do them dirty

[@davidcox9674]

Hi Matt, I'm in Australia which is always a hundred years behind. Would it be feasible to use an hws hook as would do pretty much the same as the keeper hook. Or would the hidden weight upset the balance? Love your content and have used some of your tips to catch Australian Bsss.

[@MattStefanFishing]

Yes you can! but the weight is a little further back so you will probably get more spiraling on the fall than gliding motion

[@mpellar]

So, the weight is removed from the jig, hook is inserted and a weight is added to the exact same place the jighead would be. Am I missing something?

[@MattStefanFishing]

weight is inserted into the body. check out this jighead www.tacklewarehouse.com/descpage-CTHV.html?from=MSFG

[@leepao6302]

that just basically the spine rig

[@MattStefanFishing]

ill check it out

[@richjones9962]

good stuff

[@MattStefanFishing]

thanks!

[@mikeantes9597]

Matt do you think you could rig that on a 1/16 oz ball head jig and have the same results?

[@MattStefanFishing]

similar but it would fall head first and with this it glides more than falls vertically

[@mikeantes9597]

@@MattStefanFishing gotcha thanks Matt. Have a great Easter

[@taronhowell2523]

Been doing this for years

[@MattStefanFishing]

awesome!

[@michael_mc_gowan]

Interesting rig, do you think this would still work in cardboard colored water?

[@MattStefanFishing]

It might, but i dont think it would be my first option

[@Mavejar520]

I have 19 lb Sunline defier d braid and I usually run a long 8 lb daiwa samurai leader m- it that too heavy for this technique?

[@MattStefanFishing]

nope

[@bigmercury1]

Interesting setup. Thank you Matt. I'm curious how this is different from a ned rig? Is it that the line tie is slightly further back on the bait? Basically everything else that you mentioned about it is the same on a ned rig.

[@MattStefanFishing]

this is meant to be fished higher in the waater column

[@billsmith8305]

Do you feel comfortable doing a SM lake breakdown for Pickwick?

[@MattStefanFishing]

Already done. I've completed a spring and a winter pickwick lake smallmouth only lake breakdown fishthemoment.com/spring-smallmouth-lake-breakdowns-matt/pickwick-lake-alabama-spring-matt-stefan

[@williamgould2470]

Where is your nut in relation to the hook I. Is it on the top of the hook I or is it more leaning towards the front as you pull the bait towards you

[@williamgould2470]

Knot not nut.lol

[@MattStefanFishing]

tops is the ideal location

[@bigmikefishingchonicles9950]

Man I ordered those hooks about a month ago I am gonna try it with the water bug

[@MattStefanFishing]

good idea!

[@randycrabtree6495]

What are the advantages over a regular swim head?

[@MattStefanFishing]

Different fall and motion

[@jasondaniels209]

Oh I wanted to ask, what size hook for a that max scent worm you got in the video?

[@MattStefanFishing]

its the size 2

[@jasondaniels209]

@@MattStefanFishing thanks Matt.

[@rodcashman4793]

Would have been nicer if you showed rigging it. Great video 📹

[@MattStefanFishing]

thanks for watching

[@JoshMoorin]

What would the benefits of this rig be over using a regular ball head jig?

[@MattStefanFishing]

it suspends much better and glides more

[@JoshMoorin]

@@MattStefanFishing thanks!! I definitely want to try this out it’s a cool looking rig!

[@limegreenfishingmachine3332]

This is also spine rig with a fluke style bait

[@MattStefanFishing]

Ill check it out never heard of the spine rig

[@limegreenfishingmachine3332]

@@MattStefanFishing look on here Ike had it up

[@dustinsommers7803]

Maybe I’m under thinking this, but couldn’t you put a dart head jig in a tube and get the same effect?

[@MattStefanFishing]

i dont think it would work nearly as well but you could try it and compare them.

[@wolverinex4243]

Funny thing is they use nail weights for worms only or whatever. I need them for my swimbaits.

[@MattStefanFishing]

nail weights work in all kinds of stuff!

[@richardbossman9875]

New way of doing an old technique. Charlie Brewer slider rig is the same action with less fanfare. Grab a slider head and thread a Charlie Brewer slider worm on and fish it slow.

[@MattStefanFishing]

similar but not quite the same thing in my book. but the slider heads have caught me a ton of fish!

[@fishntools]

You never mention the knots used? Is this a Loop Knot application?

[@MattStefanFishing]

I use a miller knot

[@georgemcdonald6974]

ike did this last year

[@MattStefanFishing]

thanks for sharing

[@lennymachowski5660]

you can run a bobber stop on the shank of your jig hook to create a keeper. just before final position can even place a time drop of suoer glue and slide bobber stop into final position.

[@MattStefanFishing]

great tip! thanks for sharing

[@academicmailbox7798]

Matt, you could try this as well.

[@academicmailbox7798]

There are small plastic lines copper tubes. Which fly fishing anglers used to dress what are known as tube flies on (it's just a small bore copper or brass outer tube, which has a plastic inner liner tube that is melted slightly at either end so the line has a low friction surface to move against).

[@academicmailbox7798]

What you could do with your plastic bait if you wanted. Is to utilize a silicone rubber sleeve (Hellabass channel showed the pliers they use to insert the silicon sleeves on the baits). Which work better than an O-ring. What I would do then. Is to use a drop shot hook underneath the silicon sleeve component (where the straight part of the hook shank and lie tie are laid down flat against the plastic bait, and the bend and point of the hook ride upward).

[@academicmailbox7798]

Then what I would do. Is I would insert the copper tube with plastic liner. Inside the front part of the plastic bait. As you have explained there (using the nail weight). Except that in my system the line enters through the middle of these weighted copper tube component. At the front of your soft plastic bait. And you create a pin hole aperture in that bait. Somewhere on it's back. For the monofilament line to exit the soft plastic at the top (and then the monofilament attaches to the line tie of your drop shot hook). That is laid flat along the top of the soft plastic bait.

[@academicmailbox7798]

So why would you do this? Why would you bother at all? Well, to be precise about it. What will happen if you rig your soft plastic bait. In this way. Is that you will generate a longitudinal bending force. Down along the lateral line. Of your soft plastic bait (you have to judge exactly right, what distance the silicon sleeve needs to be positioned at). Depending on the length you make the copper tube component. At the front. You can use a hack saw (and get spare plastic liner). So you can make copper tubes. Of different lengths. Some of them very short. Others much longer. Normally for fly fishing. They sell the plastic lined copper tubes. As two inch, one inch and half inch lengths. And believe me. There is considerable weight. In a two inch length copper or brass fly fishing tube component.

[@academicmailbox7798]

Another way to do it. Would be to insert a very long shank hook. Into your plastic fluke bait first. To rig the fluke bait. The way you would normally rig it. Using a large, long shank steel hook. Then, have your monofilament line. Attached to the line tie of the long shank hook. And remove the long steel hook. By dragging the hook and the monofilmanet tied to it. Through the fluke bait at the other end. What will then happen. Is you have pulled the monofilament line. Straight through the bait and out the other end. You will have the copper tube already threaded on the monofilament (above the head of the fluke bait, and ready to be moved down and into the front portion of the plastic fluke bait). Then you remove the long shank steel hook. From the end of the monofilament line. And you replace it with a suitable short shank, drop shot hook or similar. Of your own choice. And you pull the shorter shank hook back into the bait itself. Leaving the hook bend and point outside of the bait.

[@soonerfan1675]

It’s a dull day when you don’t learn something. 👍

[@MattStefanFishing]

yep!

[@jessarmendariz8752]

nail weight noise THANKS

[@MattStefanFishing]

Welcome

[@MrIfish2much]

It will take 4 weeks to ship

[@MattStefanFishing]

just right now, we are working on the backlog and getting caught up.

[@brianmastersfishing7587]

I’ll let you know how it works on Lake St Clair

[@MattStefanFishing]

its gonna be good i bet!

[@rickvann3489]

Can you say the Johnston boys from Canada...lol

[@MattStefanFishing]

shhhh. I used to room with Chris and Cory when the were still with FLW...maybe thats where i got the info haha

[@rickvann3489]

@@MattStefanFishing bet that was fun bunch to room with Eh! You know anything about their new smallmouth bait?

[@iceman5117]

Pssst. Casting a jigging rap will give you the same action

[@MattStefanFishing]

ok

[@scottvaughn9565]

Boss...

[@MattStefanFishing]

thanks for watching

[@chrisrittenburg1719]

Isn't this the Spine rig?

[@MattStefanFishing]

maybe? Ive never heard of the spine rig...probably just another name for the same thing

[@bigjim435]

Just use a darter head

[@MattStefanFishing]

doesnt perform nearly the same...not even close

[@bigjim435]

@@MattStefanFishing its the same thing!

[@matthewcritchfield6997]

This isn’t new Mike Icanelli did a video about this more than a year and a half ago

[@MattStefanFishing]

Ill check it out...

[@matthewcritchfield6997]

@@MattStefanFishing Yes sir I enjoy your videos and I was not trying to be disrespectful but Ike in the shop, the spine rig, two years ago in my library of KZbin videos

[@alphaclp440]

🤫

[@MattStefanFishing]

thanks for watching

[@nicholasgursoy1114]

Noo don’t let that out the bag man that’s my favorite because nobody is using or buying them .why did u do that .. lol

[@MattStefanFishing]

sorry man!

[@zackfronk1498]

Figured this out about 2 years ago. Taken a shit ton of money in those 2 years. Really wish you didn’t make this video lol

[@MattStefanFishing]

awesome!

[@krzysztofmyron1889]

😀😀😉

[@MattStefanFishing]

thanks for watching!