My BEST TOURNAMENT FINISH!! (We almost got ran over)

[@dalewood5964]

That was a beast of a fish man. Fantastic job of landing a monster that was barely hooked. Congratulations on a good tournament and I enjoyed the bait catching part too. I can get so lost catching bait fish and before I know it 2 hours have passed. It must be the fisherman in us that brings joy in the love of catching even bait fish.

[@RiverCertified]

Appreciate it man. We got a little lucky and I'll definitely take it. I'm glad you enjoyed the whole experience of it. I'm with ya, it's all part of the fun.

[@RicardoHaruoIriguti]

Tournament is absolutely exciting! That big fish fight was so cool, my heart was beating stronger just watching you guys struggling to land that monster! One of the best episodes of this year for sure, Spencer, congratulations buddy!

[@PahaPoniesSpanishMustangs]

You could hear in their voice that that cat was different 😂

[@RiverCertified]

Thanks man! I'm glad you enjoyed all that. It was a ton of fun to be part of!

[@TheDetroitman20]

Congrats on the big fish. Thanks as always for sharing brother!! 👍🏾👊🏾✊🏾🙂💯

[@RiverCertified]

You bet. You're the man!

[@markmoore5345]

Spencer,Colby dude that big one was so exciting. I held my breath until it was in the net. That was awesome.

[@RiverCertified]

I tried to edit it in a way to capture the suspense. I'm glad you enjoyed that man. Thanks for watching!

[@michaeldunn7716]

Fun video! Thanks for sharing your trip! God bless all here.

[@biggmike2703]

Your videos are hands down rocking it. Started watching you about a month ago. Great job and catch a giant

[@RiverCertified]

I appreciate it Mike!

[@riverrat988]

Congrats brother. Your day is coming

[@mikeolson7188]

Go Figure,the day Spencer catches big fish of the tournament and there was no payout for catching that brute.Hopefully you will have a big fish payout for the next one Spencer cause we All know you are pretty darn good at managing to get a big boy or 2 in the boat.Thanks for takin us along and happy turkey day,gobble,gobble....

[@RiverCertified]

It is kinda funny how that worked out. One big goal was to learn and I definitely accomplished that fishing with Colby. Hopefully it helps with the next one. Thanks for watching Mike. Happy thanksgiving to you too!

[@darrenangle4493]

Congratulations Spencer! That was an absolute GIANT. I always enjoy kicking back and watching your videos. It's a great way to end a long day at work. Thank you always for sharing.

[@RiverCertified]

I'm glad ya dig the videos man. Makes my day reading that.

[@randylippert6416]

You'll get there, Great video thank you for taking us along 👍👍!!

[@RiverCertified]

I'm definitely gonna keep trying. Glad you're enjoying the journey too man!

[@Travis_Rivers]

Dude you are tourney material from what I see it really just takes time on the water bro nice job !!

[@skeetermalcolm1655]

Your videos never get old brother, what a beautiful fish, keep up the great work

[@RiverCertified]

I appreciate that! I'm gonna try my best!

[@kellyhill4410]

Awesome video. Thanks Spencer 🤜🌟🤛🐬🐟🐬

[@RiverCertified]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jeffreyneely9283]

Wow you never can be to careful on the water, hate those close calls. Glad y'all had a great time . Nice fish too, perseverance is what it takes ,and some luck right.great video.

[@RiverCertified]

I agree with that. Bad stuff can happen in a hurry. We got a little lucky on that big one, and I'll take it haha

[@steven-z1b2g]

Ive been down at deer camp with poor reception, so just now getting to watch . Great video as always, and darn good fish as well ! Wont be long and you will be in the money spots in some of these tourneys. Keep on dojng your thing, and weill will keep on watching !

[@RiverCertified]

Hope you got your deer. I'm gonna keep trying, never been smart enough to quit something I want to do. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@waterratlyle2590]

Well done as always, man! Congratulations on the big fish of the tournament.

[@RiverCertified]

Thank you kindly sir!

[@michaelgallagher4962]

Love the content I learn something every single episode! Keep it up Spencer. What's up with the podcast haven't seen any in awhile but I also don't check regularly. Either way awesome man

[@patriciapowell3824]

You hope we enjoyed this video lol! It was wonderful and say.... that was a heck of a fish you caught. Mighty fine as always. Please stay safe and God bless you and yours always!!😊😊

[@RiverCertified]

Thank you for all that Patricia. I appreciate the heck out of it!

[@tommymohlen8919]

Heck yeah man, grats on that lady there. Pleasure as always Sir

[@RiverCertified]

I appreciate the heck out of it Tommy!

[@onepunch9203]

Thanks for sharing. Win or lose, you spent some quality time on the water doing what you love to do! Nice. 👍🏼

[@RiverCertified]

Amen to that. Thanks for watching man!

[@TinyBoatCatsNC]

Nice job fellas! Welcome to my neck of the woods Spencer! I'm 20 min from Norman and 30 from High Rock. Glad you got hooked up on a good white perch bite. Maybe we'll catch ya next time brother!

[@RiverCertified]

Thanks Richard. You like in an awesome place for fishing. Thanks for watching!

[@TinyBoatCatsNC]

Yeah I'm blessed brother! Lake Hickory, Lookout Shoals, Norman, High Rock, Baden, Tillery, plus the Yadkin and Catawba rivers all within about 45-min. Now I just sound like I'm boasting lmao. Thanks for the content brother. Hope you catch a Giant!

[@GwonkReefkeeping]

So nice to see you catching white perch on your channel. Even if it was just for bait.👍🏾

[@RiverCertified]

It was a whole bunch of fun. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@pstonedawg9576]

You the man !! Tight Lines Captain Spencer 🐟🐟🐟

[@RiverCertified]

Thanks dude! Hope you're catchin' em!

[@bradmerkley4034]

Love watching your tournament vids brother!

[@RiverCertified]

Glad you like them!

[@ramoncasillas4490]

Good job spencer!! I was proud to see you do well. 👍🏽💯

[@RiverCertified]

Thanks Ramon. I appreciate it a bunch!

[@PahaPoniesSpanishMustangs]

I was so excited watching to the end....like it was a close pro ball game

[@RiverCertified]

That's what I was hoping for. Thanks for watching man.

[@bradbex9051]

great video like always Spencer. chasing bait is one of my favorite parts of tournament fishing.

[@RiverCertified]

Thanks Brad! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@bnl346]

Colby's a great guy! He's a pretty good fisherman, too 😛 Awesome to see one of our local guys in one of your videos. I'm sure you'll always have a spot on a boat in a tournament, or just a day of fishing, anytime you come to the Carolinas.

[@McWhiskersFishing]

Great catch and video Spencer! Thanks for sharing and I hope you and your family had a wonderful happy Thanksgiving!

[@RiverCertified]

Thanks man! Same to you!

[@McWhiskersFishing]

Thank you!

[@tylerherron8184]

Great work spencer! Love the content man

[@RiverCertified]

Appreciate it!

[@ron2893]

Congratulations on a good tournament and you will keep getting better results

[@RiverCertified]

Thanks Ron. Definitely gonna keep working on it.

[@billcotton1551]

Landing that big one was exciting to watch. Felt my heart jump when it kept running from the net.

[@RiverCertified]

Glad you enjoyed that part Bill.

[@atuuschaaw]

Congrats brother! Y'all had me holding my breath when trying to land that beast! 😉♥

[@RiverCertified]

Thanks man! That definitely makes 2 of us on that one haha

[@jamesscott684]

Good luck on the tournament 👑🎣💯

[@RiverCertified]

Appreciate it dude!

[@pigsandapples]

Congratulations man. You guys make a good team.

[@RiverCertified]

Thanks a bunch dude. Colby is an easy guy to fish with for sure.

[@jeffcole3094]

Good fish!! I’ve caught a lot of good fish in that area over the years. Colby is a good cat fisherman, a good one to fish with!!

[@RiverCertified]

Thanks Jeff! He definitely showed me a few tricks. I'm jealous you guys live so close to such a great fishery.

[@joshuahart5852]

Holy crap!!@ you finally came to the piedmont of North Carolina.. I live about 15m to where you was fishing

[@RiverCertified]

You're a lucky guy. You have some awesome water to fish man!

[@dougshelby939]

Cool video Spence! That one guy is needing to learn there's no brakes on a boat huh? Potentially could have been bad, very glad it wasn't. Nice fish, shame there wasn't a side pot for biggest fish caught....I wonder if there's any night catfish tourneys? Anyway good video as usual dude. I'll be watching for the next one!👍

[@yourcousins8734]

ole lake tillery lol I live 2 hours from there and go there all the time..Great video..

[@RiverCertified]

It's an awesome lake. Thanks for watching!

[@billhodgson4105]

All those rods !that’s impressive,here in Michigan we’re allowed 3,I usually fish 2 and manage to snag or tangle them both ha ha great job my friend on what you do

[@RiverCertified]

It was definitely a change of pace. Here in Iowa we get 2 and then you have to buy a permit for a 3rd rod.

[@coyroberts8356]

Sweet loved it!!😊

[@RiverCertified]

Glad you did dude!

[@royschlickeisen2539]

👍👍👍👍👍🎣 great video guys

[@ericallison4494]

Good stuff Bro. You'll get em next time.

[@RiverCertified]

Hope so! Thanks for watching dude!

[@ericwilliams4001]

Awsome Spencer loved the video

[@daledenstedt6369]

Congratulations bro

[@RiverCertified]

Thanks man

[@jaredowens6440]

I'm not sure if I'm offended or proud of the fact that having all the rods out is such a south-east thing😂. I am glad we don't have any rod limits in nc for the most part. Great stuff man keep living the dream for us.

[@RiverCertified]

I'd be proud if I was in your shoes with that. It was a pretty cool to fish a different way. Thanks for watching man!

[@JSOutdoors]

Well done sir we enjoyed the video

[@everette6358]

Congrats on the big fish. I hope you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving. See you Monday at 4:00

[@RiverCertified]

I really appreciate that. Same to you!

[@Virginiashadow]

Good work!

[@RiverCertified]

Thanks man!

[@bluesdad54]

Wow, that looked like a lot of fun. Great blue, shame there wasn't a pot for biggest fish. What lake were you fishing? I have fished Tuckertown and it looks a bit like that. Anyway, great video, good tournament and a giant blue cat. I enjoyed both of the videos. Thanks, Spencer.

[@RiverCertified]

We definitely had a blast. We were on Tillery. Sure was a fun lake to fish. Glad you enjoyed it man!

[@bluesdad54]

@@RiverCertified OK, yeah, Tillery has some good fish. I know it's a long trip, but you'll be welcome in NC anytime!

[@coryweaveroutdoors4998]

Good fish dude.

[@RiverCertified]

I appreciate it dude.

[@jeffbelcher4646]

Nice Fish guys too bad ya didnt win but gave it a good run Keep your line tight and your hook baited

[@RiverCertified]

You.do the same. Thanks for watching!

[@crispoutdooradventures3904]

Looks like Catawba River.

[@jaykimura1774]

What lake was the tourney on? Awesome video

[@egregiousblunder5395]

Spencer how many rods do we need? ALL OF THEM!

[@RiverCertified]

Haha when in Rome

[@rogerwilliams977]

Finally caught a big one. What part of N. C.?

[@JozietheTexasLegend]

Hey my Brotha great vid. When do you plan on going live again??

[@RiverCertified]

Thanks man. I might go live on TikTok next week. I'll be on the water down south.

[@coldcreekcatfishingbillie1606]

What was the yellow rods , I thought Spencer used whisker seekers

[@StephenGilmartinJr]

Man I wish I knew you were in town. I'd have loved to hang out and buy you a beer.

[@RiverCertified]

I appreciate that man. I'm sure I'll be back one of these days.

[@tobyberg]

Nice catches, 2 years ago on Christmas day that night I caught the same 10 pounder rat 3 times from 6.10 pm to 6.37 pm, got 1 more then got tore up by something big 12 times in a row, I could not catch him and I tried every way to hook him, I seen several big boils around my line and like 60 feet to the left of my pole next to the back I heard a big splash, how do you miss a big hungry fish 12 times in a row, I believe it was a turtle a giant

[@RiverCertified]

I've never ran into anything quite like that. Sounds like some bad luck, at least with the hooking up part. It's cool you had that much action.

[@tobyberg]

I'm sure it's not a fish, there is no way you miss hiking a fish that many times, one thing I sure if it's a MONSTER he DESTROYED a bank line with a double bottom rig tired to a hundred pound trout line, one day me and him are gonna fight then I'll prove what I know lives where I go fishing most of the time

[@koreywilliams4570]

I got some chicken breast marinating in strawberry jello, it's like 25-30 degrees this morning. Going to see if I can get a bite at the lake. I've been using live and cut panfish and just keep catching bass. So I'm going to change it up a little and try chicken.

[@RiverCertified]

Definitely worth giving it a try. Hope you catch em man.

[@mikejordan6036]

What Lake and these are Blues correct?

[@JamesBronson-hy3rb]

Good job guys how much did that fish weigh

[@RiverCertified]

Thanks James. That one weighed 44.

[@dediandtoys9319]

wow, you have a lot of bait,When I have enough money I will also buy a fishing rod so I can fish too 🤤

[@RiverCertified]

Heck yeah man. Hope you have a blast once you get out there.

[@sistaslab3159]

Awesome video

[@RiverCertified]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@jeffturner9436]

Nice toad Spencer, but only you could bring freezing temperatures to the south. Later Y'all!

[@jacobkean03]

That’s a hell of a way to finish a tournament

[@RiverCertified]

Thanks man.

[@jimmysouthard5772]

I sure enjoyed the video you posted, my son is who won it and Colby is a nut.

[@nobodylistenstodenny]

Attaboy 👊

[@RiverCertified]

Thanks Denny!

[@jamesm.gilbert3543]

MAN YOU KNOW THAT YOUR BASE [CONSISTENT RELIABLE SUBS] WAS ALL ROOTING FOR YA! LOOKS LIKE ALL YOU NEEDED WAS MAY BE ONE OR TWO MORE FISH AND THAT WOULD OF PUT YOU IN A PLACE. MEANING 1ST TO 4TH IS CONSIDERED A PLACE. WELL IT WAS STILL A BLAST TO COMPETE AT SUCH A HIGH FRESH WATER LEVEL RIGHT. YEAH I'M THROWING THE GLASS IS HALF FULL PARABLE TO YA. STILL THAT WAS A GOOD CATCH PERIOD AND THEN FOR A TOURNAMENT PHENOMENAL. BROTHER KEEP YOUR HEAD UP AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT VIDEO ON SPENCER-RIVER CERTIFIED.........E.C.T.

[@RiverCertified]

I appreciate that man. Yeah, you're always one bite away, which sure keeps things exciting. I am really enjoying the competition and learning more and more all the time. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@TheAnglerJay]

We got some fun tournaments on the potomac. Come on up. Potomac is overloaded with blues. It'll spoil you lol.

[@RiverCertified]

I've definitely heard good things. I might have to make it happen one of these days.

[@ramrodrymensnyder2648]

Second that. I don't make it down there too often but it's a blast. Fished a tournament down there 2 years ago. Two fish weight in, we had 90.7# with a 52# and a 48# , I figured for sure we were in the money...nope lol. First place team had big fish that was 70 and change. I was fishing with Flatty Daddies, videos on here somewhere. Had a great day.

[@TheAnglerJay]

@ramrodrymensnyder2648 There are some big one's for sure and a lot of them. Corey's a good dude! 👍

[@headflat449]

The zip tie on the bait rod makes my OCD go into severe overdrive!!😅😅

[@RiverCertified]

Hahaha it is a necessary precaution when you're catching monster white perch like that

[@narcolord]

You're like kid nap-ers. Made me laugh brother 😅.

[@robbiesmith9786]

Wow u have plenty of rods

[@RiverCertified]

We definitely did haha

[@grahammedlock3094]

The amount or fishing rods is insane.

[@RiverCertified]

Haha agreed

[@danhandke5012]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@mulldrifterz6469]

That's a bit excessive with the rods lol. Tangling and losing a monster would be my fear. Anymore than 3-4 per person is probably the maximum you need.

[@michaelwheeler4669]

You look like an excessive amount of rods

[@RiverCertified]

The cat guys over in the carolinas love using 10-20 rods. I'm amazed we didn't have any issues tangling up lines. It actually went pretty smooth.

[@deefisherguy]

Lets gooo

[@RiverCertified]

Yessir

[@TheArby13]

What, smoked fish?

[@williamgibson3477]

Fisk on

[@BrentStAmant]

My god! Do you think you have enough poles out 😂 ridiculous in my opinion

[@jordanwalter2447]

Word on the street is white perch love 1" gulp minnows

[@koreywilliams4570]

I need a boat 😞

[@davephillips3790]

I’m out here with Kolby “. OUT WHERE??????

[@RiverCertified]

On the water. Thanks for watching!

[@chadwright7614]

The more ya fishem the more likely you are to win

[@RiverCertified]

You aint wrong on that one. I'm definitely gonna keep fishing.

[@gagechambley8251]

Love all your videos man I knew you were gonna get into some good tournaments. Speaking of almost getting hit me and my brother were on a 16ft john boat fishin in a channel and a party of(had to be drunk) people on a big pontoon literally came 10 ft from hitting us we were yelling flashing lights and everything.

[@attitudeadjusted9027]

Man you're gaining on it. Big ones go one of two ways seems like. Either they feel alot smaller than they are cus they dont know they're hooked or it feels like a snag right off the bat. So great to watch your progress. Side imaging is crucial for tournaments. Gotta put it in thier face most times. Great vid and keep your powder dry and your pantry stocked young man 💪😎🙏🏻

[@RiverCertified]

It's been a fun getting out on the big waters and learning more and more. The blues on lakes seem to fool me the most. I had a 75 down in Texas that ran sideways and I thought for sure he was a 5 lber until I caught up with him haha. Thanks a bunch sir. Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!

[@jackbelk8527]

For those of us that's never seen a fish finder, could you point to what you're seeing?

[@RiverCertified]

Yeah man, I'll definitely start working that in.

[@LANCEtheBOIL]

What kind of fart sniffling fishing tourney doesnt have a 'big fish of the day' slot ?

[@RiverCertified]

It was a high stakes local tournament. 500 buy in and all of it goes to the top 3 places. That way the winners actually get a high payout. Different than what I'm used to.

[@davephillips3790]

seriously, why do you never mention where you are?

[@brandonfairfield6092]

Why does it matter

[@jerryb4287]

People suck

[@itzmikeomg2755]

You`d catch more if you didn't use so many rods.

[@RiverCertified]

We would definitely catch more fish if we caught more.

[@pastmasters9591]

You think you have enough rods?😂😂😂

[@RiverCertified]

We did have one open rod holder haha

[@jimbow2928]

13 pools in the water looks like a big O bird nest

[@RiverCertified]

I felt like the boat looks like a spider haha