The #1 Bank Fishing LURE When It's TOUGH (NOT a Wacky Rig)

[@dakota364]

Biggest bank fishing tip. Don't get emotionally attached to any of your lures 🤣

[@Jcarlo1320]

I’ve had to learn the hard way sadly 🤧🤣

[@Oldbasshole]

Words of wisdom

[@learningtofish7036]

I keep a therapist on retainer.

[@jasonemeric9902]

Yyyyyup... They're all disposable lol

[@jajones43]

When I started fishing I learned that quick. I bought a lure retriever. Didn’t realize how that doesn’t work from the bank lmao

[@shawnbeck2303]

As a bank fisherman. You have to lose a lure. Forget it and move on. I had a KVD 1.5 Sexy Shad squarebill crank. Last year I caught over 150 bass on that single crank. Retrieved it many times after breaking my line. Finally lost it for good. It was beat all to Hell. But the action was different for some reason. I have 5 other ones just like it. But I will miss that lure forever. Shawn.

[@ryanhewson8540]

Bro signed his comments

[@Skap91]

@@ryanhewson8540 💀

[@JakeWerkmeister]

I have a bitsy minnow also in the sexy shad. Same story, it caught everything. Then I retrieved it from a nasty snag that broke the rear treble. I replaced it, and the split shot. Still works, but hasn't been quite the same. The wobble is more temperamental when retrieved at higher speeds. Regardless, those KVD squarebills are the best inexpensive crank bait out there. Can't tell you how many of the 1.5 oz sexy shads I've lost though. It's almost become a point of parody.

[@thomasflores7817]

@@ryanhewson8540 wonder how old my guy is. My grandma signs her texts, and she’s 80

[@noahjo]

well if it’s a squarebill wouldn’t it just float make to the bank eventually?

[@mjkirch100]

More bank fishing videos please! I know it's hard to leave the boat, but... maybe even hit subdivision/ industrial park ponds? For us non-boat-having anglers 😉

[@skipdockside]

They really don't tell you how often you're gonna hang up on tree's onshore as a bank fisherman. Every 15th cast you smack a bush, or wrap around a tree branch. Shore fishing is the death of leader line.

[@jawsTCG]

I lost so many lures when I first got into bass fishing, now that I bought a Kayak I only lose them in stupid ways, but not by getting them hung up! lol

[@reallyoldrookie433]

You get 15 casts? I gotta practice...

[@skipdockside]

@@reallyoldrookie433 hahaha love this.

[@billiegoat1194]

It's always so f'n embarrassing coming back to your fishing spot and seeing your line and new shiny lure 75ft up in a tree, just sitting there watching you goof up.🤦‍♂️

[@shadygraves]

That's why I use a shorter 6'8" spinning rod in ponds and fish mostly with weightless worms and flukes or finesse worms on ⅛oz Spider Slider heads. I very seldom lose lures these days. 45 years of wading has taught me, when you cast into a tree or bush, DON'T OVERREACT! In fact, don't react at all. Where we get in trouble is trying to pull back on a bad cast. Well, what does that do? It immediately wraps your lure around a limb. Instead, do nothing. Once it settles where it's going, SLOWLY pull your lure back to the FIRST limb it encounters. Once your lure reaches that 1st limb, GENTLY wiggle it while applying a SLIGHT PULL. Inevitably, it will come off that limb. Repeat this process until your lure is free of every last twig. *GENTLY WIGGLE AND PULL; NEVER SNATCH!* I can throw a RAT-L-TRAP into a tree, ON PURPOSE, and get it back every single time by doing this. Of course, it's much easier with a single hook lure, but it still works with treble hook lures. I've been doing this for about 35 of those 45 years, so I GUARANTEE it works. It just takes PATIENCE and EXPERIENCE.

[@hapax-si2fd]

"Hung in a tree, fish has got my bait..." Most accurate, REALISTIC, fishing video ever. Bank fishing develops skills that haven't even been thought of before that instance lol. Maybe there's a video there 🤔 how to handle those WTF moments that spring up on us. Anywho love the channel, top quality work and info. Great attitude and spirit, just watching you makes me want to go fishing more and more. Keep em coming brother!

[@shogunn5065]

Been there, been there, and been there!😢😂😂

[@drmitofit2673]

My advice for bank fishing: boots for ankle support/traction, long pants for mosquitoes/poison ivy, insect repellent, sling bag for all your tackle, one combo (finesse baitcaster is versatile), snap for quick lure changes, wide brim hat for sun protection, polarized sunglasses, fish gripper and needle nose pliers for safe hook removal (a hook in your thumb can ruin your day, believe me). Bonus tip: If the mosquitos, ants, chiggers, or ticks are especially bad, I have found that bicycle pant clips around the cuffs of long pants and insect repellent on my socks and shoes greatly reduce or eliminate annoying bites on my legs.

[@jasonrekker4328]

good tips. Make sure the pliers have wire cutters so you can cut that hook when it's embedded in your hand :)

[@drmitofit2673]

@@jasonrekker4328 Thanks! I added a bonus tip.

[@surfrat8884]

waders or hip waders

[@Hoveyish]

Spot on! I'd like to add a beener clip with a towel and fishing licences hook on to a belt loop or fishing bag. Also, a Frogg Togg suit packed away in a ZipLock bag can help seal you up pretty good from the elements!

[@TheMrplayitsafe]

Great advice. Especially the long pants part. My left ankle is 1.5 times the size of my right at the moment due to probable poison ivy swelling from bank fishing. It's driving me nuts. Wish I'd protected me legs better. :)

[@bigmikefishingchonicles9950]

first, let me say great video second I want to say thank you a lot of people forget about the bank when they get a boat but you always give tips for us bank guys

[@trickytrav88]

Yes i bank and kayak fish mostly. Im slayin em rite now in jersey i happen to love September ,October. The good old erratic action getting it done for me

[@aidand5941]

Great as always content. Been a bank fisherman for 95% of my fishing (50+ years) and learned the hard way unless I KNOW I will encounter no serious brush I ALWAYS wear pants. Protects me from all kinds of nasty thorny itchy brush as well as tics. And yes more bank fishing videos would be great even though I fully realize fishing public waters from shore is a much more challenging than from a boat.

[@sharkillsbear]

Love the video, especially as a bank beater myself. Fun to see you go through the same rigamarole as me. Can't count how many times I've said "why didn't I wear pants" to myself! 😂😂

[@joespafford6499]

I appreciate you putting out videos for bank fishing, I've been ashore fisherman my entire life

[@shadygraves]

The more bank or wade fishing you do, the more you'll streamline your tackle selection. After about 30 or 35 years of walking and wading, I began to only carry one spinning rod and a pack or two of either: 1)Zoom Finesse worms, 2)Super Flukes, or 3) Senkos. In one of those bags, I carry 3 or 4 worm hooks and/or Spider Slider heads. In the other bag, I like to have either a: 1)#9 Smelt colored Rapala floating minnow, 2)a ⅛oz Stanley Baby Wedge Spinnerbait, or 3)a ⅛oz Grey Minnow or Black Roostertail. I can put these in my pockets or my hat, if I wade over waist deep. Oh, and ALWAYS wear pants!

[@LFC_aaron]

Love how you put your fingertips directly on the rod to feel the vibration from the bite. Awesome fishing!!

[@markthomas3684]

I cant tell you how refreshing to see you get "hung up". Usually most KZbin fishermen are walking, talking examples of excellence and only you , the viewer, are wrong. Thank You for not editing it out.

[@S.R.Backwoods1]

Love the Bill Dance intro!! As a bank angler who fished with one spinning rod and reel for my first twenty years of bass fishing, one of my favorite and most productive things to throw was a split shot rig with a 4” worm. I also have killed them in the spring with a beetle spin. Both of those baits were also highly effective when wading in the river and fishing for smallmouth in the spring and summer, but mostly summer because the water was not so frigid and the river wasn’t so high and fast. This was the Shenandoah in Harpers Ferry, WV and the upper Potomac in Maryland. It’s been 40 years since I’ve fished there and the access has been changed in a lot of places as the area got built up so much in the past thirty years.

[@markphilippsjr]

all right I'll be honest a lot of times your videos are very technical and you're just really precise in your wordage , this video was a lot more relaxing and fun you're funny guy 🤣

[@134rwa]

The Drop Shot is also deadly during the cold months, a great lure.

[@christopherharpster9330]

Bill Dance bloopers are a staple in my garage. If I'm having a bad day, I'll "go work on something" which is usually a cold one or two and Bill Dance bloopers. I'll usually get a few chuckles and go back in the house lol

[@gustavotellez5358]

Loved this video. Non-ideal conditions for bank fishing is what I experience all the time. Very interested in that drop shot from the bank. Very interesting!!

[@jasonrekker4328]

Another tip: always plan your fish landing tactic if you get into a big one...where are you going to go, and how are you going to get there? You don't want to be looking for footing while battling a pig. Just this weekend I hooked into a steelhead while targeting smallies from the bank, and I'm glad I had scouted a landing site. Footing was awkward and water was swift...plan your strategy ahead of time and stay safe!

[@toothpicdinosaur3777]

Poison ivy has an oily substance. Shower as soon as you get home and wash first with dawn dish detergent to minimize the rash.

[@brettoetting]

So fun watching you pound the bank, been out there like that so many times. When walking through the brush, I often point my poles behind me and seem to hang or spear trees less often. I also carry tackle in a sling bag which can hold a couple 3600 boxes, but I’ve since started packing smaller 3449 weight/hook/lure boxes and have room for “refreshments”. The bag also has a rod holder, which is a big bonus.

[@andrewc5286]

Great content! As a bank fisherman I love when you make videos like this!

[@TSoneonetwo]

rod sleeves helped me greatly, as a bank fisher. especially when having to go through thich brush to get to the bank. it seems my fishing line likes to catch everything except fish. buying a fishing backpack helped me out alot, also. helped me deal with all the break-offs, and allowed me to carry the variety of gear I need to adjust to conditions, and find what works.

[@Rage1732]

I just started fishing the drop shot and it is a very fun rig to fish near the bank. I see some movement or ripples near some cover and I drop it in an it makes for an epic reaction strike. I normally cast it no further than within about twenty feet from the bank and have been pretty successful. The Roboworm Morning Dawn sculpin is a great bait to rig up.

[@jdw88devils]

Really like this style of video. Would love to see more of you actually fishing and talking through what you are doing.

[@Deo-d6p]

Great vid! Thanks for the tips and lessons from the bank!

[@smashmouthfishing4896]

Literally looks like I’m watching myself fish 🤣 the same rod similar reel, my favorite color margarita mutilator on a dropshot 😮‍💨 love the video!

[@mindyabbey9231]

Appreciate the bank fishing video! I don’t feel like such a newb watching you get hung up lol!

[@niccolobarbero2812]

nice to see some nice bank fishing video! great stuff man

[@drodriguez0907]

I like this vlog style for fishing!

[@benniemaxwell2869]

As usual, love your videos Tyler. You had me cracking up again about your shoes. As a married man myself I can relate 🤣

[@benniemaxwell2869]

I wish you were closer to Michigan. I would love to fish with you. I’m 55 years old….O.F. my wife calls me (old fart). Hopefully I want to get a boat next year and I want to go on a trip every year to a new lake.

[@essneaks]

I'm a beginner. Just started fishing by myself with no experience or help. I have caught about 8 lbs of grass and lost a good 3 lures already 😂😂 but it's still relaxing and fun. Thanks for the tips, I'm definitely going to be trying these out later!!

[@ryanwilcox8866]

Really enjoyed the more vlog type format! Keep it up!!

[@mikereilly3242]

Great video as usual. Definitely like the bank fishing videos.

[@mzahra1]

If shore fishing & you want your lure 18" (for example) above the bottom, and you're reeling in at 30 degrees (for example) from horizontal, then you're lure is only going to be 9" above the bottom. You'll need 36" between your drop shot and bait. Different if in a boat and a much steeper angle, but still applicable. SINE (angle of retrieve) * (length between drop shot & lure) = vertical distance above bottom.

[@WHOOP817]

I love your fishing style. I fish in north Texas and as soon as may hits it's top water early then drop shot or Texas rig the rest of the day. I fish with lower test line a lot and highly recommend you add a foldable net. I use small tackle boxes in a backpack and separate them In types swimbait/drop and Texas/ cranks/crappie and bluegill. Get one that has a water bottle holder on the side and a anolog scale for when you catch a giant. Tight lines bud!

[@Antznewz]

picked up the dropshot last week and had a blast. normally I dont fish it in ponds but they were stacked

[@everettsmithhotspot8404]

I keep it simple and cheap from the bank. Mono line from Walmart $1.75 for 700 yds. Stick with weedless weightless lures Texas rigged worms and grubs.. Hooks from Acadamy sports $4 for a pack of 25 3/0 ewg. I creek fish in the area swamps fun and low stress. On my boat toss those $8 crank baits and have a good lure retriever handy.

[@allanvarner5037]

Great video and some awesome tips I will be trying real soon. We have some nice bass here in Pa. I hope to hook! way back in the 80s I used a lot of Mister Twisters and had good luck.

[@rzrselliott]

I experienced a similar scenario to your's when you missed that first fish but when I was untangling my line the fish took off with my bait so I just set the hook with my hand lol

[@mswallow817]

i fish pressured lakes/ponds a lot and have a tough time. I'm going to give the drop shot a shot (pun not intended) but your comment about finding the spots no one clearly really goes was genius. I never really though of that. I just always use the trails or openings that have been made by others.

[@paul6907]

ol bill dance baby!!! my favorite fisherman of all time!!!

[@yakoobjunior9631]

Enjoyed this video and thanks for sharing 👍🏼

[@BamaChad-W4CHD]

Yep I know that song. Thats when Saturday mornings were solid gold! Not a care in a young boys heart but what Papa Bill was catching that day. Hopefully he would fall in or run into some bees and it was really a fun morning lol

[@ricknmoe100]

Best comment during the video, “Oh Sh!t, I almost died.” You are awesome. I wish you the best. Great video. 😎🤙

[@iketaylor109]

Been on the bank twice this week. Enjoyed it and your video 🐟🎣

[@KirkDiet]

Good video, great tips. As a regular bank fisherman getting up in age, I found a blunt pointed walking stick to be invaluable hiking up and down slopes and helping with path clearing...looked like you had your hands full with rods and camera tri-pod though. I used to fish Texas rigged plastic worms (sliding sinker to the hook) 75% of the time from the bank but have gotten away from it...thanks for the inspiration to pull the plastics out again and rig a little differently.

[@peatmossoutdoors8950]

Kayak and bank angler here!! Loved the video brother your awesome

[@HayesR.J.]

Best song ever!!! You win the internet for breaking that out 😂

[@juli82E]

Pretty well covered the bank beatin' situation, great video!

[@learningtofish7036]

Caught my first crankbait fish and wacky rig fish while hanging on the side of a cliff, alone at Anderson Ranch reservoir a year ago. Nobody there on 5000 acres but the eagles. I was just learning. I'd really like a boat.

[@fishinglikestevie...thewon7244]

Don't hear Too Many Anglers singing The Bill Dance theme song nowadays. Great fishing to Ya!

[@barrelbum1016]

That walk around the tree move landed me a crap ton of ticks a few months back.

[@rodlinvon-hugenstine5142]

Get’n pigs on reverse Texas rig plugs in Philly … art museum got some proper sized smallys. Outside of Philly too, stalking the Brandywine has been sick!

[@kmw5100]

as a bank angler, I definitely feel the thing about wearing shorts and getting poison ivy. I never learn. Got it particularly bad this time around because I did not want to lose my last chartreuse/white chatterbait mini max since it's been getting me a lot of fish lately with the flooding in my area, so I walked down the river bank right into a bunch of the stuff to get it out of the snag.

[@user-ug6jt7iz4q]

You got me with the Bill Dance theme song. Subbed.

[@bassman6211]

Love the bill dance shout out. Good luck with the wife over your good shoes. 😬

[@anthonygray2643]

Now I'm going fishing with Bill Dance today man I love that show and his you tube channel

[@cjmartinez4233]

My go to lure when bank fishing gets tough is a 4” Keitech easy shiner, fishing it weightless with a 2/0 ewg rolling it in nice and slow and it seems to work for me everytime

[@ericschmidt2085]

Im glad im not the only one who sings Bill Dances theme song when the moment calls for it.

[@bruceesterline3170]

Well I was thinking coyote but then the den so hard telling. Just would like to say that you picked a good rod by Okuma I have several and really like them. 👍

[@brandonmerideth5450]

Bank fishing is what taught me and will remind me to make the most precise casts lol

[@walterlinks7463]

I truly enjoyed your sites. But, if I may, you should carry a Pruning Shears! It's great for cutting branches and cutting Poison Ivy! I keep them and they have helped me a lot for Bank Fishing and some time on a boat. I always also keep Gardners Glove for cutting Poison Ivy Vines. I am so allergic to that vine.

[@richbarletta3941]

My guy Ty!! You crack me up, this def my fav video so far since I’m mostly on the bank myself. 👎 On the country music, not for me ha. Good vids tho for sure keep em coming my guy!

[@agentf96]

Yes keep doing the bank fishing videos

[@RickVogel-me6vg]

Lost a lure in the trees a little ways off bank whilst fishing by myself and was to chicken to retrieve it because of the gators and water moccasins I seen that day. Took my son with me yesterday (Easter) so he could spot for me and went out in the water, got my lure and high tailed it home!

[@jerryflanik2659]

Hey there Ty. I am a bank fisherman so I appreciate you putting a video fro together for us bank fishers. I normally take 3 poles and a backpack that I can strap the 2 poles I’m not using to. I take a 7’3” spinning rod, 8’2” casting rod, and a 6’6” casting rod. I would be interested in seeing a video of what you would take for a day of bank fishing. Obviously I don’t have a deck of a boat to put a dozen or two rods on. if you had the only takes three rods, what lengths, action, etc. would you recommend to cover pretty much any kind of lure you’d wanna throw? Give it some thought. I’m sure it will be ….”A Good One.”

[@shadygraves]

When walking/wading, it's best to streamline your tackle. I've been wading for over 40 years now. I highly recommend a 6'8" ML Spinning rod. It's much easier to fish around trees, bushes, overhangs, and grass. The slightly shorter rod helps in those tight places. If you need more casting distance, I recommend a Zoom SuperFluke or Senko. My #1 pond fishing lure has been a 5" Zoom Finesse worm, either weightless on a 2/0 or 3/0 worm hook, or on a ⅛oz Spider Slider head.

[@chrislindsey5877]

With Bill Dance today! 😆 🤣

[@BassFishingHQ]

Bam!

[@chrislindsey5877]

@@BassFishingHQ used to watch it with my pop's all the time! Thanks for all the great tips! I'm in central indiana so the tips really help!

[@beerandgunz40g4l7]

October seems like it will be fun and bill dance gone fishen lol 😆 I always find myself getting stuck on a tree 🌳 or on a rock's 🪨

[@acon2834]

I fish 99% bank. Best advice is rubber boots. if you can get just a couple of feet off the shore, opens up a TON more area, and easier casting, lots less snags.

[@davethegaultney224]

"Im goin fishin with Bill Dance todayyy..." I think that's what you were singin lol, haven't heard that theme in a while

[@rodcashman4793]

Great video and informative 👍 I never fished a drop shot . I'll have to try it.

[@dylanp8080]

The Bill Dance part brought back some memories from my childhood watching tnn

[@chrissimpson4258]

Keep the bank videos coming!!

[@chrismash1792]

Great bank fishing video. Thanks

[@Erick726]

Careful with pouring your own weights. There's no safe exposure level for lead.

[@zenunderground]

**hill** LOL Keep climbing that Florida topography Soldier... Life's a struggle

[@imwas144k]

Bank fishing tip for you. Walk through stuff like that bushy area with your rods pointing backwards

[@bendinglightstudio]

Thank you for the awesome content. Quick question for you..... How do you know the distance your weight to the hook should be for your dropshot if you don't know the depth of the location? Do you constantly adjust as you're bank fishing o do you pretty much keep at a1.5 ft like you did at the 13:00 (ish) mark? Thank you!

[@stevearmstrong5818]

What a cool dude ur, and a great fisherman. Really like your show!! Tight lines big guy... God Bless Bro 😎

[@ashersway6518]

I support bank anglers, much respect

[@thisislargemouth5566]

Throwing a drop shot or a weightless senko is so boring but it just works. What I love about drop shotting the 4 inch roboworms specifically is you can literally catch anything. I've caught huge largemouth, spots, smallmouth, every sunfish you can think of, tons of crappie, a channel catfish and even a turtle. Lol. I still just have such a hard time picking up the spinning gear and throwing a drop shot. I'll beat the water to a foam power fishing before I step her down to the finesse stuff.

[@dannyb78]

Love your channel, been following ya for a bit now. Have you thought about getting yourself a telescopic rod ? There are some really good ones on the market now.

[@davidmiller2238]

I'm sensitive to poison ivy too. Poison ivy has 3 leaves. So, I taught myself to walk thru the brush trails repeating audibly, "Three leaves, three leaves, three leaves." Haven't been swiped by poison ivy for many years now!

[@shadygraves]

Leaves of three, leave it be

[@shawneldridge4465]

😏 in the fall I do have very good luck on these baits here and they are Vmc pro series crayfish jigs, Berkley powerbeat ripple shad, Bobby Garland original baby shad, yo-zuri pins minnow, feather jigs or hair jigs and pautzke fire worms. These baits never let me down. Great video and I enjoyed watching it

[@mikegr169]

Great video 🎣🎣

[@DavidS19551]

Watch those snakes my friend, I had a Springer Spaniel years ago that I took fishing with me when walking small lakes. He always walked ahead of me. One day while walking he stopped and was staring something down, I called him to come to me but he wouldn't move, so I walked up to him and about messed my pants..a nice size water Moccasin was curled up right where I was fixing to walk. I loved that dog, only bad thing was, when I cast he would just in the water to retrieve it. Don't like them snakes..nice video, I watched it a while back and came across this one a few minutes ago

[@centraltexasbassin2228]

I love the bank fishing videos!

[@daverig5453]

nice lake I wish there was a place like that up here where I live. I would be there all day fishing

[@colobisman6132]

I’ve never fished a drop shot before but I’m going to take the next 3 days to try it and see if I have any success. I’ll be fishing a 2000 acre lake loaded with smallmouths and a 5 acre pond with a lot of 1 to 4 lb largemouths. I’m going to master this bad boy or die trying.

[@wickedskillz101]

ha that was so realistic, thanks for sharing your tips :D

[@johnnyblaze2620]

I've been using the exact worm and hook for a couple of years now...stop giving away the secrets bro lol great vid brotha 👍

[@christophershelton1735]

I’m a bank fisherman as well. Been struggling here lately in southern Oklahoma. Really hot. July 2022.

[@joepworther2284]

Thanks, I'm a mainly bank fisherman ! Maybe you guys do a video for deep water from a bank too, because I fish in Austria in deep lakes, where the bank starts shallow (small area) and than in gets 11-14 meters and deeper...

[@csmith80]

Going fishin' with Bill Dance today!!!!!!!

[@jimmyfishing2472]

Wow. Fish on bro.. from 🇵🇭

[@joshkeith6084]

All the spots one can't get to by foot and all the poison ivy suck as a bank angler. Definitely worth a little 2 man or yak. Good video for sure!

[@hookedbyhurley8208]

Another awesome video, great advice. Thanks

[@BassFishingHQ]

Thanks for watching. I appreciate it

[@slimer240]

So I’m new to fishing and I’ve noticed you have your weights below the hook is that how they are suppose to be either on spinning rods or casting rods? Trying to learn as much as I can.