FINESSE TOPWATER and BFS! ( This Topwater Hack Is The Real Deal )

[@JS-oy6nn]

Maybe in the next couple years I might give it a try. I love throwing glides and swimbaits and pitching/flipping is my favorite and how I catch the majority of my fish. Besides I have a few rods picked out I have to buy before I can start looking at anything else. It’s a sickness for sure. 😩

[@catsmasher83]

Just purchased my first true BFS setup and I'm so pumped to catch anything and everything on it.

[@MichaelRomero]

More BFS videos! Can't wait for you guys to review all the new products coming out for BFS. Megabass, Strike king, Z-Man to name a few. You guys should check out the new Phenix BFS classic rod. I think you'll really like it. 👍🏼

[@thesonorandesertangler]

I have the Phenix Classic BFS rod and it's a poor man's Megabass P5 Siglett. They look almost identical and have the same lure rating. Really loving it. Got it paired with an Aldaberan BFS reel.

[@rhodesianhunter9360]

I lucked into a school of wipers that had pushed a ball of shad into a small creek arm. I spent 6 hours catching them on a whopper plopper 65. That bait got retired after that, but it was awesome.

[@rayrayvay6631]

Just so y’all know, it’s not just guys out here catching bass 😂 some of us ladies love this channel too!

[@jdubya3498]

Yep, some of the best content and channels are by ladies! Check out lady bass, think she's in Canada, fishes lake simcoe, Kristen Fischer I think is her name-kayak angler....subscribed to your channel so when you get some content or videos together

[@tacticalbassin]

Ha! We think of "guys" as a universal term. Both of our wives (amazing anglers in their own right) gave it the stamp of approval so that's good enough for us 😂

[@rayrayvay6631]

⁠@@jdubya3498Thank you! I rarely see other females out at the fishing holes but we’re out here too! I’ll check her out

[@rayrayvay6631]

@@tacticalbassin Yeah for sure man just didn’t see many females in your comments (or out fishing across the US) and wanted to represent a proud but smaller group of your fans, not offend. Hence where I said we love this channel

[@tacticalbassin]

We appreciate you! And you're part of a much larger group than you may realize. At least where we live there are a lot of lady anglers running boats on the Tennessee River. It's awesome!

[@gamingwiththedemonslayer]

Great video as always. Would live to see a session where you caught on the BFS system. I started last year with a small craw bait 15lb braid and a 6'6 baitcasting rod and fished finnesse pitching and flipping in South Africa. Great fun and caught my PB on that finnesse presentation

[@clarenceboone2972]

Gotta love the top water battles

[@BorneoFishStation]

Fish BFS not because you need to, its because you want to.😎

[@kindraericksen7077]

Great video.. just wondering what happens to the soft plastics when they are lost in the lakes/ponds. I imagine there is a lot of rubbery plastic at the bottom of most lakes these days. Someone needs to develop something that helps to retrieve lost baits.. and lures too. Love the videos.. and fishing.. was just wondering about with the explosion of fishing lures and baits in the last 10 years.. that means a lot of trashed baits.. hopefully people are gathering them and disposing of them correctly.

[@Davvid1]

Thanks I was wishing I could throw finesse on a bait caster!! Nice

[@dave_ske2482]

Mega bass Dog x jr. Has been out in Australia for many years and it is a slayer on some of our species. Have fun with it when you get them!

[@davidhidalgo5662]

Gone full circle. I started out Trout fishing then creek smallmouth fishing all with ultra light spinning gear. Now it seems with all the BFS that it is going right back to where I started.

[@toddpossum]

Thanks!

[@MichaelGile19]

Yall keep giving up my niche styles, i wouldve appreciated it ten years ago but damn, add a paywall or somethin lol. Youre killin me smalls. Other than that another solid video with information i can confirm as effective. Kudos fellas

[@jeffreyblair1820]

I’ve got a couple of those Damiki Umpa 40’s on back order with TW. Can’t wait to get my hands on them and try them out. The date keeps getting pushed back so I’m not sure when I’ll get them.

[@Stonehorn]

Ive got two BFS serups. I imported my first from Japan a few years ago for trout in small streams because I was curious. Soon bought a second for my bass boat. Im definitely probably going to pick up a Curado BFS next, but I really wish they’d drop a Bantam version. My Bantam is by far my favorite baitcaster. I have a couple already.

[@DavidBronstein1961]

Caught a 5.9 lb bass on a Popx on a Catskills NY pond. Killer lure. But I threw it on a spinner, very tempted to jump on the bfs bandwagon cause I am much more accurate with a baitcaster.

[@romaloboda2280]

Thanks for the video. Would be great to see a video where you're sending BFS lures for 30-40 yards with a tape measure.

[@thesonorandesertangler]

Y'all are always telling people about my secret baits 😂 I just went and added the shower blows and the siglett to my TW wishlist, because they're definitely going to sell out now!

[@RworldKM]

Topwater pencils are awesome. My go-to is the Duo Realis Pencil 65. But there's smaller topwater like the Duo Tetra works Yurapen and the Jackall chubby pencil 55. Despite their sizes, I've caugh 3lb average fishes on them.

[@deluxejunk5764]

totally agree. That 65 is an awesome little bait.

[@vansaukam799]

Back in the day, OG BFS all the way back to the mid 2000s includes lots of specialized aftermarket BFS spools from Yumeya, Avail, KTF, ZPI...while today there are even more from Rays and Roro. Also need to add Evergreen JT95 (mag finesse walker) , Yellow Magic poppers, lots of small tiny JDM topwaters for sure. Don't forget about 1/8 oz buzzbaits and the venerable floating Rapalas and floating tiny tail spins like the OG baby Torpedo and like lures. Good stuff.

[@gregchilders7643]

Talk about O.G I have a eagle claw Featherlite 4ftc10 in pistol grip rod with a bps pro finnesse baitcaster that is great for the baby torpedo and spook

[@vansaukam799]

@@gregchilders7643 - nice! What era? There were also special factory reels from Shimano and Daiwa with lightweight spools from the 1980s. Today, you can order specialized BFS shallow spools for 1980s vintage Bantams as well, both mag and centrifugal.

[@gregchilders7643]

@@vansaukam799 I'm 59 I picked up the rod at a fleamarket and I have 3 bps pro finnesse light 2 of them are gold and the other is a green extreme reel I have had them for about 30 years now and they are still kicking .I take good care of my tackle

[@dant8213]

That megabass grand siglet bug crawler is the deal lately for me

[@andyd834]

Might have to get me one I've been beating my head against a wall while watching bass go full airborne for dragonflies. Got a black pompadour jr on the way to try.

[@bassinbilliards6279]

Dog-x jr. Has been my go to lately

[@seanyB223]

Looks like a 🔥🔥 bait, an very much so underrated

[@dant8213]

@bassinbilliards6279 I didn't know there was a junior size I'm that. Check that Evergreen shower blows 77 out too for a good tiny topwater

[@Tbowie13]

Agreed, the Grand Siglett and the small Siglett also. Sometimes the small Siglett outfishes the GS by a longshot. Not just bass, but big fat bluegills love em too. Catching big ol' stud Bluegill on BFS is a riot!

[@Phil-t6s]

Awesome, really informative video ! 🤙

[@dustinharris8828]

Sorry but the megabass pop-x ain’t a bfs lure, It’s just the smaller pop-max. The megabass “baby pop-x” is the true bfs lure. They just launched the whole bfs line up last weekend so now you can get a X-80 jr BFS, X-70 BFS, Baby PopX BFS, Dog-X jr Co-Ayu BFS, Griffon SRX BFS and Griffon MRX BFS. So all the bfs guys should be excited!! I just started throwing smaller lures and it’s so much fun!! Excellent video Tim!👍🏻🤙🏻

[@tacticalbassin]

Thanks for commenting 😊 We're familiar and in fact already have the Baby Pop X but have been throwing the Pop X effectively with bait finesse for 2 years prior. 👍🏼 Each has a place and we're really excited to see that Megabass has fully embraced bait finesse in the US!

[@jrsweets4833]

Do you run braid for all your BFS setups?

[@kentbrown5369]

Megabass has now released the baby pop X BFS. It is smaller than the Baby pop X very finesse. I fish a heavily pressured spot and they have been chewing the pop X BFS. They also have a new dog x jr BFS the I have had similar results with

[@jimmcculloch5825]

Both you and Matt have superior casting skills. How do you think someone with average or below average skills do with BFS?

[@jfarmer4860]

Tim …off topic but… from your prior career, do you anyone who has a shock boat in the Northbay ? We’ve been tagging fish on a private pond and now it’s time to see how we are doing…

[@jimblack806]

I understand the reason for BFS But I believe Randy Blaukat (the intuitive and bass pro legend) along with myself have been throwing finesse lures on spin cast my whole life Rapala 5 deep runner for instance is how old and has remained a go to in ruff times getting a limit Spin cast will have you getting up to 10 more yards on a cast or more

[@davidlanphere5817]

Great video, as always

[@SslHowie]

The one thing I miss is where are you? I know it does not matter but I always wonder. I assume TN, but not sure.

[@rogermoore3270]

I had so much fun last summer throwing the 77 shower blows for river smallmouth, haven’t been able really get it going yet this year but I’m trying lol

[@raytubach8988]

Hi Tim, do you ever throw the 75 Whopper Plopper anymore?

[@greatestever3827]

What BFS reel can cast a 1/32 25-30 yards out ?

[@m109guy]

What bfs rod would you recommend for a neko rig or a in weighted wacky rig ?

[@maxcole3930]

Use like to see a true comparison with casting distances from spinning reels to BFS set ups. With everything being identical. Same lures, line, rod blanks. See what actually casts further?

[@romaloboda2280]

Interesting.

[@maxcole3930]

@@romaloboda2280 everyone is raging about the bfs, I don't know I don't have any. But only advantage is can think of is line twist over a spinning set-up. Besides that if someone just likes bait casters better. Im curious of a true comparison though! Quality of reels being equal too!

[@andywilliamson7846]

@@maxcole3930 I don't have a so-called "Bait Finesse System" yet, and I do generally prefer baitcasting over spinning. I'm just not sure I want to buy a reel with only a 45-50 yard line capacity of 8 lb. line.

[@rhatter]

Can't wait to try the new bfs baits from megabass. The bigger question is when are we getting a bonus video of tactical bassin at a Staind show since they are on tour with the new album coming out?

[@williamfaragher3671]

Billy Westmoreland would have approved this message... Little poppers fish BIG !

[@ren77able]

First, the baby pop x is the bfs I prefer from megabass

[@bassinbilliards6279]

Finesse lol BFS is totally different I can throw that all day 9n a med 1/4-3/4 with zero issues.

[@bassinbilliards6279]

I throw it on a 6'10" med zodias or Expride. I've landed a ton of fish in my local lakes on the 77.7 since last year spring.Even the dog-x jr is cool with great action. They're not bfs just finesse.

[@andyd834]

Bingo with the curado or slx 70 mgl

[@bassinbilliards6279]

I started with the SLX mgl 70 since first released and caught literally 100s of fish on them with zero problems. Eventually I got the curado 70mgl and l9ve it even more.

[@donaldferris1638]

So is there technique specific BFS rods or can a person buy say a Dobyns or mega bass p5 and do bottom contact run small crank baits etc

[@robbiejones5676]

Hey Tim! I finally pulled the trigger and got a Curado BFS Reel, and The Curado BFS rod. I need to hide it from my wife. LOL

[@eagles20jon]

What are some budget friendly reels for bfs rods

[@thesonorandesertangler]

Shimanon SLX BFS from Japan is like $150

[@SeMoArtifactAdventures]

Heddon tiny torpedos have caught some pigs for decades.

[@williamfaragher3671]

Heddon Torpedos tangle way to often ! There are many better topwater options available...

[@SeMoArtifactAdventures]

I’ve never seem to have an issue. No more than anything else with treble hooks. They just have the lite subtle action that Tim was talking about. I use the tiny torpedo in bluegill color on the small mouth in my area.

[@williamfaragher3671]

@@SeMoArtifactAdventures Heddon Torpedos, Arbogast Hula Poppers and Jitter Bugs continue to be good fish catchers. Storm Chug Bugs, Baby Chug Bugs and the Smithwick Devils Horse became my favorite topwaters till this day. Will have to get some of these modern finesse poppers ! For sure ! Billy Westmoreland was ahead of his time and also a visionary. Little poppers do fish Big !

[@law1831]

That showerblows 77 was killer in the phoenix area last year. This year has really sucked for topwater for some reason.

[@andybales7318]

Topwater in ohio's been crappy, too.....low water levels perhaps

[@yongkim636]

Which bfs rod do you recommend as a do all.

[@jimmcculloch5825]

They have talked about the Cashion ICON BFS Casting Rod 6'10" Med Lt before, and I think Tim had one on the deck today

[@caseysaunders2137]

I bought my first BFS rod/reel about 3-4 weeks ago. Tested in local pond at sunrise. Caught a chunky bass after only a few casts with a baby lipless and could "send it" (as Tim/Matt say) a crazy distance. Since then it's been 105F min daily. Zero rain. Zero clouds. Insane UV. N. Texas area. Can't wait for 95F. Will feel like AC compared to the bs right now.

[@austinholden2826]

I want to create a BFS combo, but I am not sure what to get that's affordable

[@thesonorandesertangler]

What's your price point? Kastking has rods and reels that are like $80 a piece. Lews has BFS rods for $150. ARK just released a BFS reel for $160. Nako released a BFS reel for $180. The reels aren't that cheap, but you can find some budget rods.

[@douglasspickler4925]

You guys make the BFS exciting. But what do I do with all my spinning outfits? 😂🤣

[@tacticalbassin]

Ha! Don't get rid of those just yet... BFS is awesome but we're still at its forefront. There's are 1000s of spinning rods and only a couple dozen BFS models. That's going to change in time but it will still be a while before BFS rods meet all the technique specific needs.

[@douglasspickler4925]

@@tacticalbassin 👍

[@FiciousCritik]

My BFS combo: Shimano Calcutta Conquest BFS / Loomis NRX+ JWR 802C

[@sfunk6294]

What are the benefits of throwing these finesse baits on a BFS bait cast equipment? I’m able to fish finesse baits on spinning equipment, no problem. In fact I see no reason for bait cast equipment in Bass fishing, period. I figure if salt water guys catch 100 lb Tarpon on spinning equipment with 4000 size reel, no problem, why is a baitcaster needed for a 10-15 lb Bass? Maybe a video about all the benefits of bait caster equipment.

[@bassinbilliards6279]

It's not only that. I use 9' 8000 size spinning reel for 50-100lb rays all the time. Using baitbasters for freshwater is just better all around. No line twist and there is just more power techniques you can use on a baitcaster. They're lighter and smoother and more high end depending on what you get. Comparing tarpon to Shark to bass to catfish is just different techniques and better ways to catch fish overall.

[@xDx0xUxGx]

Shimano should bring BFS down to Intenza and SLX,

[@M.Bassin]

Shimano Sensilite

[@carsoneckard4982]

Mannnn stop tellin all the good secrets 🥲 I been chuckin a giant dog x for over a year now thinkin I was onto something 😂

[@Justin_Mooney11]

Lez gooooo !!!!

[@Tylerbone96]

Was really hoping Shimano would bring over the SLX BFS this year, I like my Zephyr but I much prefer my curado BFS. Glad to see you’re still talking about that Dobyns 700, I caught a 20lb carp on it not too long ago that i snagged by accident. That was an adventure 😂

[@ScuffedEngineer]

It's the same reel, you can swap parts between the two.

[@dant8213]

@ScuffedEngineer KastKing and Shimano swapping reel parts? I find that hard to believe dude...but I have been wrong before...once

[@ScuffedEngineer]

@@dant8213 The SLX BFS and Curado BFS are the same

[@dontnonowuno9953]

Tactical rocks

[@franciscodreyer3736]

Lures are to big for be BFS

[@HanSoloxcs]

Pressure on the water because of people with hundreds of thousands of dollars in gear, bait, boats and equipment 😂. Thank yourself 👏

[@jeremylewis8316]

Be a man throw a big bait all day and blank

[@andywilliamson7846]

😄

[@trophybasshunter4life584]

Please give all of this BFS crap a break. Let's hear about big fish techniques like swimbaits and glide baits and rats and more electronics videos.

[@tacticalbassin]

It's funny you say that because we've had many complaints the last 2 weeks that we cater too much to swimbait fishing 😂 It's a constant battle to please everyone. Perhaps you missed all the recent swimbait and big fish content? Maybe not... wither way we do what we can to help everyone.

[@romaloboda2280]

Come on, I like BFS and fishing without FFS. But, @tacticallbassin have a point, "It's a constant battle to please everyone. " Thanks.