October Topwater Smallmouth

It may be the last chance for topwater action this year in MN so I tie on a Spook and go looking for some big smallmouth!

[@GLepage74]

2:52 was by far one of my favorite catches you made on the channel. From the way it hit the top of the water to the sheer size of the thing. What an incredible catch!

[@cheesygorditacrunk]

That first smallie was insane. Great fishing as always. Best channel on YT

[@CarolinaBassHunter]

He is awesome!

[@captainggttv3243]

Carolina Bass Hunter wow you really like this guy lol

[@CarolinaBassHunter]

@@captainggttv3243 ✌️

[@Abaddon5850]

Fr it looked like an lm comin in what a monster

[@gabrielmadrid4472]

Thing looked like a little grouper!

[@r3ynolds_ow581]

That first smallie was gigantic! I always feel the adrenaline rush from my chair when I watch your videos. I really don't think that there's any other channel that does this like you do.

[@captainggttv3243]

Love your videos best kayak and fishing channel

[@CarolinaBassHunter]

He is awesome!

[@predwards8941]

New video: “topwater seagull on saltwater LEGO chewie”

[@predwards8941]

Also that first one was a straight monster

[@likensrus]

After watching this dude catch fish for a year now, I'm ready to sell my Triton and canoe and start Yak fishing. Dealing with jerks on the lakes, the attitudes of bass tournaments and the high costs of gas and oil and battery's has me looking for a more simple way. It all just doesn't seem as fun as this.

[@MrSweetloustyles]

Those seagulls had me cracking up!! 😂😂🤣

[@onepunch9203]

Yeah. And then the heron!

[@williamreed9868]

I don't know how you keep your calm composure catching that first one. I'd be jumping up and down like a kid on Christmas

[@louisferrer1490]

1st catch was insane!!! That was so awesome how that bass jumped that spook ❤️❤️❤️

[@FishingWithLardAlmighty]

Over the entire season, my total for smallies 18" or better at my local river stands at 4. You just caught that many in one day. Just throwing that out there. Great vid, looking forward to some more chilly water smallmouths!

[@henrycoleman5715]

Swear my biggest this being my first year smallmouth fishing is 19 and it took alot of work to find one that good every video you watch is chocked full of 20s!

[@ledraps22]

Time to move to Minnesota. Or does NDyakAngler offer guided trips :O ???

[@bassinassassin9077]

My best was last month, 22 inch tank of a bass

[@jonboll2066]

I got used to catching 15"s .. even a 13 would make me happy.. our rivers have them but hard to find unless you put in a lot.of time

[@DirtySouth69]

I agree with Jon Boll, I havnt caught very many 18" plus and I get happy when I catch a 13-15" fish although I have good rivers near me neither are as good of a smallmouth fishery as any of the lakes or streams in this guys area.

[@some_edgy_name494]

I love this channel, I fish rivers for smallies too so this is just amazing to me

[@kevinnelson4348]

Ain't nothing sweeter than top water fishing and that rush. Sweet video

[@carrillo52]

Yes! Love this video. No greater feeling than when you see a swirl and cast on it and a smallie destroys it! Awesome video!

[@girlcanfish2074]

"I don't think that was seagull poop!" Hysterical 🤣Love your channel, keep em coming as long as you can in the cold!! Best wishes!

[@seth4648]

You are one of the few people I believe can tell the difference in high end rods. I myself, cannot. They all just feel nice hahahaha

[@jimmansi1187]

Absolutely the best top water strikes I’ve ever seen, the first & last were awesome, beautiful fish, nice catches!

[@adamcaldwell553]

Thanks for another awesome video Matt. ST. Croix should be paying you big time. Your the reason I purchased my ST. Croix rods.

[@charliekeehan339]

I don’t know how u manage to stay that calm while catching those fish

[@garybond3663]

Love them Sppoks. Great day of fishing for you. Loved it.

[@antoniomora1255]

A most enjoyable outcast fishing day in October when you expect the good time for smallies or largies is about to be over and you grab those final moments. As always this video is a real treat to myself at the end of my day. By the way, I also had an anecdote similar to yours with that heron. It was with a “martín pescador” ( a beautiful blue coloured Eurasian fishing bird) which attacked my jerkbait repeatedly.

[@RedBeardBassin]

Always look forward to your vids. Keepin fishing videos the way they should be. Good fishing without the bull!

[@johnwilliamson2276]

Thanks again, with arthritis in my legs it keeps me off the water. But I really enjoy watching these videos of yours.

[@Kltpzyxm17]

As a kid growing up on Long Island sound, we'd tie snapper blues right to our line, and throw it out so the seagulls would pick it up, and try to fly away with it...or so they thought. : )

[@CarolinaBassHunter]

I'm going out today. Gonna try topwater. Those seagulls were wanting that spook. Wow what a first fish!! I use that scale too, very reliable. Oh man that Blue Heron was on it! Those were all some nice fish! Awesome man 👊

[@Hartleywm]

Awesome stuff. Sure hope this is not the last of your smallie action for the season. Watching your videos when I'm away from my home waters and unable to fish gives me the thrill I need to keep me sane. Tight lines!

[@ndyakangler]

I’m hoping for a few more weeks of open water! I still have several videos worth of footage from the past few months too.

[@HoosierStateFishing]

My God that first fish was a GIANT!! That scale had to be off.

[@huelauj]

21 inches and only 4lbs??? Yups, that scale is definitely off lol. I agree it was a GIANT!

[@HoosierStateFishing]

@@huelauj Damn near as big around as it was long!

[@loria611]

Great video! Good fish there.

[@jonathanandrews5559]

Unbelievable fishery you got out in Minnesota, would love to have that kind in Massachusetts that’s for sure

[@coreyoie5508]

I was born and raised in Minnesota, never fished for small mouth. Finally started to fish for them after watching you. Haven’t caught any monsters. The ones I have caught tho fight like no other. If I ever come back I would love to go out with you

[@MsKindaSorta]

👏👏👏👏 *sloooow, deeply impressed clap*

[@stephenmckinney4152]

Kinda Sorta standing ovation clap

[@dewyfromknoxville254]

Brother, if you ever want to fish for some World Class Smallmouth in Tennessee, give me a shout! We got a Lake called Chilhowee, that's cold mountain water, crystal clear, and its World Class Fishing!!! My Dads largest, is 8lb, 4oz. And my largest is 7lb 12 oz. But they average around 4 to 6 lbs. And they fight like you've hooked daffy duck!!! Love your vids, best show on youtube. Lmk, if you wanna come, and bring your kyack, that's how we do it too!!! ....... Peace!!!

[@brianathern9154]

Can't beat the tank busting action in October. Seagulls, Great Blue Heron, bird apocalypse! I was waiting on ravens to confirm that theory. Great video

[@frankleaney6267]

Watching this made me go fishing 🙏 Biggest small mouth fishery is the st. Lawrence River. Wolf island is on my bucket list...

[@SirWilhelm46]

Have to watch the birds. They also seemed to like the spook. Excellent fishing.

[@jerrodknapke7324]

Awesome video as always!! Those were some oinkers!! On my Birthday at that!! Thank you sir!!

[@PHFishingBiking]

😲👍👍You got some TANKS!! That spooks working like a charm!

[@smalliehuntermatthubbard2539]

Again im gonna say you ate so lucky to have fisheries like that. Been waiting for a good video been a few weeks. And this foots the bill!.

[@jacobmcintosh3378]

Awesome as always!

[@rod708]

Im a new subscriber! I really enjoy watching you catch those big bass! You are the guru of small mouth bass that is for sure!

[@RobBassMaster]

Rod me too! I’ve just started a KZbin Channel on fishing that you might I joy. Check it out, like, comment and possibly subscribe. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnLNl3mXhq12qrs

[@Twangtown7]

Beautiful bronzies!

[@stewartmainville303]

Beautiful smallies!! Those seagulls can be hilariously annoying. Usually why I don’t throw top-water in the river behind my house. 🤣

[@josephnywayfarer1345]

Impressed with the hooks on that spook. They really held those Smallmouth even through jumps and thrashes.

[@DEVILDOGG705]

He upgrades his hooks as do I. I prefer the full size super-spook.

[@Gweezy08]

Beast smallmouth. Great video as always

[@captainggttv3243]

I live next to the Susquehanna river which is supposed to be one of the best small mouth fisheries in the country but I don’t see how it would compare to the places u fish I haven’t ever fished there though but I never seen much bass like the ones you pull out of there

[@Thumpaholic]

2:53 Flew out the water for that spook!!

[@SunnyIlha]

Holy Moly catchin 'em right at the launch ramp next to the highway. A 21" 4-pound moose and a group of 18" elks. Clobbering a topwater spook!!

[@tphvictims5101]

You catch some beautiful fish 🎣 Wow 👍🏻

[@sbhiggs5]

Your videos always make me want to get up to Minnesota and fish top water

[@troutbum3977]

Nice video buddy 👍 and nice smallies love the spooks

[@texasbassfreak3549]

Just goes to show you that Topwater lures are not just Summertime lures. They can be used all the way up until late Fall, early Winter depending on where you live . Thanks for the video!!! ANOTHER great Smallmouth Bass fishing video!!!

[@ledraps22]

Birds were hungry that day. Nice bass ND, That last one was incredibly wide! hope you find fish through the cold season. be safe

[@MrGeroth]

That first one was close to a wall hanger. Thanks for sharing.

[@RESISTFEAR]

Wow those small mouths really explode on that topwater.... Great fishin fun ;)

[@machineshopinc.6783]

The size of the fish are really impressive! Nice going

[@Titoburritobandito]

10:18 baby come back song went through my head.

[@robertbuchanan4378]

Another awesome day of fishing 🎣 😎, your to blessed to be stressed.

[@tinkmarshino]

Boy those gulls really want that spook.. you should carry a small bb gun with you to help convince them they do not want it.. Dang that was a chunkmyster! Heck I have an old wright Mcagill eagle claw pole I picked up in the 70's cost me 10 bucks I think.. caught more fish with that ole pole that I can even remember.. still got it and it still catches fish! A hundred buck seem like a lot of money to spend on a pole to me.. Geez we just might start callin' you the bird man!...... Well thanks again for the trip down the river.. always fun going with you.. take care, carry on and be safe..

[@jbrown9485]

Thanks Matt will be my my river tomorrow

[@BravoBassin]

man I love your smallmouth video's those things are tanks you are catching! my PB smallies is 2.9 pounds I would love to catch a 4 or 5 you have some real donkeys up there where you fish my friend! going to be bummed when it get's to cold for you to fish for them again this year always look forward t your video's!

[@hoosierbackoutdoors1237]

Man!!!! I gotta come up there and catch one of those big smallies!! Wow!!

[@jlmize1507]

Which is bigger, a fish that is a toad or one that is a pig?

[@GRILLBUOY101]

Pig is bigger.lol

[@ephesians3987]

A question which a Tibetan monk can answer

[@MrCandunc]

JL Mize It’s a zen quandary

[@jlmize1507]

@@MrCandunc I almost suggested that you slap yourself. Lol

[@dmm3124]

And that forget about the tanks.

[@simplemanfishingvideos1395]

Dang dude. Fishing for urban tanks. Great video. Well done!

[@stillinyaisstillinur3300]

Another gr8 vid nice catch

[@fisherzealot7241]

I had an owl chase my Whopper Plopper for about an hour one day. He just kept following me up the creek as I waded. I figured it was mental. Looks like all of your birds are mental.

[@jake318HD]

Giants!! Holy cow we dont get them that big around here, nice fish man!

[@tieronefishing2402]

Man, way to work that spook! I need to get into some of that action

[@johnnielarge5506]

I caught a blue heron on a popper one time... it was an interesting catch plus it had a DD22 hung on his foot

[@ffsrekt]

I have the st croix bass x 7ft medium fast and its incredible.

[@eddieharper1486]

Great video man. :)

[@experimentalfishing1292]

caught my pb yesterday...bought my 1st spook today...trying that out tomorrow.

[@alexg495]

I have the same bass x rod! Works like a charm for the cheap price

[@friendlyfishingguy9556]

Holy crap big smallie for first fish of the day

[@bobbyswain7049]

Nice smallies once again

[@greggaunt8923]

I had the same problem with seagulls on my body of water, I never did catch a fish while they were trying to get my lures.

[@harrygrimley4352]

There I no season for seagull. Also no limit. Tastes like chicken. I hear. Awsome video. Thanks

[@todd620]

“Get away from my spook” lol

[@davidguthrie5941]

Smallies always fight to the bitter end.

[@ph00z00]

awesome fishin.

[@3DCGdesign]

A scale! Hooray!

[@chrisreumont]

Nice video Matt, I wasn’t sure in the beginning if you were fishing or bird hunting. Lol

[@ajm1039]

The videos are amazing! What’s the camera setup because your videos look insane, especially the last video with the fog!

[@PeterCPRail8748]

Nice end of season top action

[@mateom3796]

you should have more than a mil subs

[@drewknepley2774]

dude those fish are huge, holy hell

[@AlexRuddFishing]

Always on that sauce man!

[@billymitchem5256]

Early Christmas with that first one

[@texasbassfreak3549]

Gotta get me some of those Topwater Spook lures!!! :)

[@MrIndyjoe]

Just curious, do you carry a thermometer with you when fishing? Do you happen to keep a fishing journal? I like your total approach to sm fishing and have learned a lot watching your videos. I an constantly experimenting on the river with different lures and techniques. You are the consummate pro!

[@ndyakangler]

My fish finder shows the temperature but I don't bring it along very often unless I'm on a larger body of water and looking for deep structure. I've found around 52 degrees is when the smallmouth lose interest in topwater though and I can usually dip my hand in the water and take a guess as to whether it's that warm or not from having my temperature gauge with in the past. I don't keep a journal but I have all my video footage from the past five years backed up on hard drives. I'll look through those every now to see what worked and when. I've spent a lot of time on this river system the past seven years too so I usually have a pretty good idea of what the bass will be up to any time of year. Except for winter, still trying to find them through the ice!

[@michaelbyrne8860]

Nice smallmouths Zara Spooks & jumpin minnows are great baits! The weighing & measuring isn’t all that? Most fishermen can guess the size & weight just by looking and beginners aren’t going know what a nice smallie is until they start catching them! The quick release is the cats ass!

[@carlc8284]

Thought for sure that blue heron was gonna get that spook!!

[@boomergun]

Glad to hear that you like the rod. How do you like the reel?

[@gabrielmadrid4472]

First smallie was a frikkin grouper!

[@nickpowell8865]

Wow....just wow

[@bassinassassin9077]

Do you ever catch small fish? I lucked up on a 4+ pound 22 inch smallie last month. Definitely my PB and just shy of my largemouth PB

[@teamflanneloutdoors5631]

I'm just speechless right now.

[@rendog896]

Great vid...I guessed 4lb 3oz on that first smallie! Pretty damn close

[@ndyakangler]

Thanks! I think that first fish was around 5lbs. The scale reading seemed a little light so when I got home I threw a 5lb weight on it and it said something like 4-2. That’s one reason I usually just get length measurements instead of weighing fish, I don’t trust those scales much.

[@rendog896]

NDYakAngler thank you for answering back...what an amazing smallie! Keep up the great work. New subscriber

[@daleowen2606]

water temp is already down to 50 in northern idaho. fished my favorite lake for smallies with a friend and all we got were a couple largies and a brown trout. I need to move to wamer minnesota lol

[@ndyakangler]

I just got off the water and it was 42 degrees here in MN today after three days of low 30’s air temps and a snow storm. The bass were hungry though!

[@daleowen2606]

Man. I tried a whopper plopper 90. Rattle trap, and a jerkbait. Not a single bass for me. Just the trout. A bad day at this lake used to be 10-15 smallies only lol

[@ndyakangler]

52 degree water is usually the point where they seem to lose interest in topwater. A jerkbait should be good below that though. I’ll throw those, jigs, and wacky worms most of the time from now until it ices up.

[@daleowen2606]

I tried a bitsy bug jig with a yum chunky crawl trailer and a whacky rigged yum dinger. Not a sniff. My friend got one on a jerkbait and one on a roostertail. Before they loved whopper ploppers, cranks, and whacky rigs

[@RocketsFishingAdventures]

Your topwater season is coming to a close just as ours is about to heat up! I've loved watching your vids while our Aussie bass have been having a rest. If you want a fix of topwater action I'll be sure to post up some Australian Bass smashing surface on my channel to keep you going thru winter :)

[@clintmock5615]

Love your videos!! I have a question. What would be your first choice presentation after the water cools and the top water bite goes away? 🎣👍🏻🔥

[@ndyakangler]

Usually a jig or a jerk bait, or a wacky worm if it’s a calm sunny day and the fish move shallow. I was getting them on a Bass Assassin Elite Shiner on a 3/16oz jig today in 42 degree water.

[@clintmock5615]

NDYakAngler thank you sir I will try that on my river system. Your videos are amazing I’ve learned a lot from watching you. Thank you for sharing!!

[@bxfishing2929]

AWESOME 👊🎣