The River Offered Me Some Catfish...

I was out doing some bass fishing when I came across a school of channel catfish. I didn't have any catfish gear with so I had to make do with what I had and find some bait to take advantage of the situation!

[@574daniel]

Frog: “ah I usually see these humans floating on those big things here all the time. They never bother us so it’s not anything to worry about.”

[@thanks5832]

“hm why is he getting bigger?”

[@jroberts2535]

*mentions frogs on an island* Me - "I see where he's going with this" * nonchalantly halves a frog with a kayak paddle at first sight with supreme accuracy* Me - "............. why am I not surprised?"

[@WhiteManGodzillaFan]

Yep, that frog was just chillin, and then he instantly was split in half

[@legionssb]

The choice of words for this comment is amazing lol

[@spych0367]

Shit was oddly impressive

[@Yotop-ch3wc]

That was actually pretty awesome hahaha

[@AlexanderBronskyFishing]

Sees a giant school of catfish, no bait, runs to bank, smacks a frog like a boss with his paddle, ties on a rig and slays em!

[@ndyakangler]

It always nice when things work as planned!

[@BenVaughnTech]

A true angler always knows how to improvise

[@austinmull8515]

@@BenVaughnTech aint that truth. I had to male a hook out of a soda can i found one time haha

[@myron6305]

austin mull yup! The tab works perfectly if you can do it just right

[@ianssirensproductions7418]

@@ndyakangler yes

[@GarrettRose]

Looks so untouched. Beautiful part of the country.

[@canin7874]

You sir deserve about 1 million more subscribers. Hands down some of my favorite freshwater fishing content. I stumbled across your videos a week ago and am watching pretty much every one. Excellent work.

[@timothythompson2678]

Frog tip: bullfrogs will hit a lure if you dangle it in front of their faces. Something like a small, brightly colored rooster tail is ideal. Don't know if you have bullfrogs up north, but it's an easy way to catch some.

[@8E4N53K4NS]

Can dangle a bare hook and they will do the same lol

[@myron6305]

Phillup Banks yea their kinda dumb lol

[@gunarmcneal6360]

No we don't have them up here in North Dakota sadly

[@nolansparks7332]

Hard part is getting close enough

[@noahrovente3311]

I catch a whole bunch on powerworms.

[@myron6305]

That was awesome lol. Just spots a school of big cats hanging on the bottom...paddles over to an island and paddle chops a frog in two and picks off a couple fat cats 😂😂😂 this guy is awesome

[@stephencarey5037]

This is a world class river you are fishing in. You seem to be the only person on the water.

[@AJayTheDogg]

This dude is crazy lol how do you stay calm in a situation like that

[@ppplll1122]

Your videos are top-notch!

[@gordonmiller4439]

Thanks, Matt, always a pleasure to watch your videos!

[@ndyakangler]

Thanks Gordon! I’m looking forward to getting back out and getting some new footage! A few more weeks and the smallies should start getting active here in ND.

[@BooshRN1]

If I only knew the river I would be there so fast 😂

[@charlessmith9198]

It’s a good thing he doesn’t give the location so it doesn’t get polluted and over fished

[@shawnbergman6558]

It's the red river

[@poguemahone6152]

You're like McGyver man!!! Great video, as always.

[@MalditosBares]

Improvise, adapt, overcome...🤣

[@bbpoisonn]

Im amazed at how natural the banks in most american rivers are. Here in germany most rivers are either straightened, or have massive rocks on the bank. It just looks unnatural and really ugly lmao.

[@kellymason4190]

That’s definitely making due with what you got to work with. Awesome idea with the frogs. 🤙🏻

[@ndyakangler]

Luckily I paddled by that island earlier and saw a ton of frogs so I knew I’d find some bait there. I should really put a small box of tackle together to keep in my kayak for catfish, panfish and anything else I occasionally come across a school of. I remember finding a school of crappies a couple years ago and having to throw bitsy bug jigs at them lol.

[@snekheadfishing]

man paddles to an island, finds a frog, chops in halve and ties it to his line faster than me prepping my leader rig.

[@LostWalletFab]

You have amazing fisheries.

[@joshgreene3086]

Yes HUGE BASS, we have some decent ones where i'm from just not as frequent i guess

[@chasekparker]

These videos are awesome man. This is some great go to videos of some good fishing. I can’t stop watching them.

[@paulobeid9621]

As always great videos. Can't wait for some spring smallies!! Tight lines

[@ndyakangler]

Same here. The stretch of river I fish for spring smallies was 90% open on Thursday, now we just need some warm weather to get them active!

[@FishingDagestan]

great video👍

[@5urg3x]

Poor froggie :( Looks like a leopard frog too, my favorite.

[@davewesternky]

Ha Ha! Nice! I do the same thing when crappie fishing in the spring when they're spawning..good times on 8lb braid and 5'6" rod!

[@frankleaney6267]

Nice improvised fishing video. I did the same thing last summer and got a channel catfish on the Ottawa. Not from a kayak though. Them smallies love frogs🎣

[@junk250]

Love this Channel, when I learned to fish a long time ago you went to a creek with a few hooks and split shot with no lures or bait. But you had some type of 2-3 ft seine to catch some bait and if you have a hellgramite or leeches or craws on a hook it was guaranteed success. You should seine some awesome bait from the beautiful creeks you fish

[@MichaelKaal-TriFisher]

That was awesome. Epic frog jab.

[@randallburgess46]

Nice cats!

[@EliteBassStickFishing]

Awesome vid nice spot!💯💪👊LET'S GO!!!

[@jpap967]

Even when you're not trying to catch smallies, you catch smallies smh lol

[@WILKINSOUTDOORADVENTURES]

Epic vid! Big channels on a paddle smacked frog 😂😂😂👍👍👍

[@ndyakangler]

Thanks! Give me a dozen tries and I doubt I could spear a frog with my paddle and perfectly slice it in half like that again lol.

[@bocephus3699]

this dude... we'll just catch a frog... strolls over to the bank and immediately gets one with his ore. Smooth.

[@rohrernbaermaple3450]

this is an awesome channel. cant wait to hit up the susquahanna river this summer

[@creativercutah4672]

Don't take this the wrong way... I'm not criticizing cuz I enjoy your videos, but you remind me of a mixture of Bob Ross and Mr. Rogers gone fishing! Keep up the good work!

[@ndyakangler]

Haha not the first time I’ve heard that! Maybe I’ll have to get an afro wig on Halloween and do the joy of fishing!

[@onimusza666]

It is a film from this year?! I today still on ice caught:) I am greeting from Poland

[@ndyakangler]

This is from last July. I spend a lot more time fishing than editing during summer so I have a ton of footage I never got around to. We're still waiting for the ice to melt here too. It won't be long now though, I'm hoping to get the kayak back out on the river in the next few weeks.

[@BestBass_fishing]

Light saber paddle engaged

[@virgilcrx]

Awesome content as usual 🤘🏽🇨🇱🎣

[@washoenv]

Beautiful, healthy river!

[@bwill-1122]

You should make a live minnow small mouth fishing vid

[@Allsfairinloveandwarr]

Beautiful area!

[@HenriVineFishing]

Those Channel Cats sure do deliver a fight. I caught one on a fire tiger spoon from Len Thompson last friday while aiming for Walleye and Pike, I definitely was impressed!!

[@ndyakangler]

Catfish are always fun to catch, especially when you hook into one on bass or walleye gear!

[@TheGodGoku556]

"Sometimes you gotta work with what you got" yea je wore socks and got damn sandles bruh🤣🤣🤣

[@zachswildlife22]

I swear everywhere you fish is stocked 😂

[@m0nkeybusiness619]

Catfish are delicious, favorite fish of all time.

[@jonnyrodriguez5922]

I love your channel its simplistic, helpful, and utmost entertaining. By the way what are some of your favorite rivers in Minnesota? its the state I love and love to fish. once again thank you

[@FishingWithBIGD]

now that's how you improvise

[@kkenmore63]

Oh man. Can't wait to hit the water again. Unfortunately the water's beneath a few feet of ice right now.......but soon......

[@funkbeatz5303]

That catfish look good for some good cooking

[@seamurda100]

That looked fun!

[@Bass23]

GOOD VIDEO🎣

[@zacharymcleod6962]

Awesome video as always

[@ibanez2010]

The age-old hand landing a channel catfish dilemma...Lip it like a bass and have it vice grip your thumb or risk punctures and grab it? Haha. I love me some catfishing!

[@ndyakangler]

I’m working on editing some catfish footage right now! I caught a few nice ones on my local river the other day.

[@ibanez2010]

@@ndyakangler It's like YT knew that 'cause this video kept popping up on my recommended lol. Can't wait to see it! I'll be hitting the cats back up in fall.

[@riverfishingtravel6055]

Excelente muy bueno súper genial saludos

[@hawkeyerichardson5026]

I appreciate you being mostly into catch and release, but a small meal of catfish filets couldn't hurt!

[@andrewbendo7147]

Love your videos man, keep it up :)

[@FVT-tn8ji]

This is so awesome!

[@feralgrandad4429]

Now thats what i call "Frog Fishing" :-)

[@innovativeatavist159]

How does this man do all this crazy awesome fishing and still speak in ASMR?

[@joenava2679]

Where is it that you are fishing, it's amazing, I would love to fish it someday, thanks.

[@jamesc6284]

@1:45 omg i spit my drink out lmao. There's one, he just stabs it .. bahahah that frog didnt even have a chance ..🤣🤣

[@DEVILDOGG705]

Clam meat works too if you couldn't find a frog.

[@KayakKid]

Is there any fish you can’t catch? You’re ridiculous! Great video as usual!

[@youtubeprimer9669]

That was pretty cool

[@tbone198786]

Nice cats!!!!

[@tammywith2562]

Is it just me or does he sound like Matthew McConaghy.....Mr. Kitty Cat

[@robintaylor7355]

I don’t know but I wish you’d start fishing

[@Stenzo21]

Esistono i moschettoni per non rifare mille volte i nodi genio.

[@adairdouglass4391]

Alot easier to catch fish when you can see them!??

[@Putaspellonyou]

Man, where is this amazing river you pull all these lunkers out of?

[@Martin-lw8qb]

i never go fishing but is there a reason why you are releasing them? why are you not keeping them and eating them later? im confused but theres probably a logical answer im just really curious?!

[@nickapopla]

I always wondered if they made polarized camera lenses

[@6412mars]

You should have kept one to eat? I sure would have 👍

[@johntavissecondaccount3273]

He kinda sounds like tobe from the office

[@dreamlynch8047]

The catfish in the pic 👁👄👁

[@thesuburbanfisherman3652]

Try taking a treble off one of those lures and throwing the hair weightless that works well for me when I’m in a jam

[@ndyakangler]

I could have probably got a couple of them to hit a lure. I’m pretty sure they were in that area feeding on all those shiner minnows schooled up in that weed bed. The catfish on this river act a lot like bass at times. I’ve caught them on just about everything I throw at smallmouth, even topwater lures!

[@jalenwalden8137]

That was so cool lol

[@Serafum-rb4lp]

What boat you use in this video?Can you tell me name?

[@patagonia816]

If you don't mind me asking, where is this?

[@kyleshooked594]

GJ!

[@yangjianhunt]

Awesome video! Are you using chest mount go pro? Great angle!

[@ndyakangler]

Thanks! I was using a hat cam rig that I put together. I have a video where I go over how I made it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWXSZah_fbmNmqs

[@yangjianhunt]

Thank you sir!

[@matthewkeeling8823]

I miss fish OT river!

[@dougporter3097]

Love your channel! What state do you fish in?

[@ndyakangler]

Thanks Doug! Most of the fishing I do is in Minnesota.

[@TNRVG]

Cool!!!

[@EuroTrashTV.]

Looks like some pike could live there

[@ndyakangler]

There's a few pike and muskie, and lots of smallmouth.

[@EuroTrashTV.]

NDYakAngler I wanna catch my first pike! I live in PA it’s kinda tough

[@gucciipoptarts4160]

Did he just cut that frog in half

[@biancaschulz8917]

Yeah.

[@cscottfish]

Where do u buy that needle nose like tool?

[@vincentkozicki3136]

where are you at

[@balusmart8273]

I'm try fishing till 3 hours only 2 fishes that also small fishes I want what's u use fishing stick plz bro

[@bryine.willis8683]

> lap...

[@chrisreumont]

You could used your mouse hear cats like to chase them.

[@ndyakangler]

Haha that might have worked! I was surprised I actually caught a walleye on that BBZ-1 rat one morning! I've caught a couple cats on the spook too so they'll hit topwater occasionally.

[@carlolgren3135]

How do you consider that small mouth as being a small fish

[@levimeijer4032]

Rip frog

[@reformeddaddy]

What are you going to get when you retire your tarpon

[@ndyakangler]

It will be a tough choice. Right now and I’m looking at both the ATAK and the Bobafide SS127. I like how small and light the Tarpon is compared to those two though. The only thing I wish it had is a little better seat.

[@reformeddaddy]

NDYakAngler i ended up getting a ride 115 with the max seat. I couldnt pass up the deal i got. I like the atak 120 for sure, and sat in a bonafide when i went with my dad to get his big rig. The bonafide has the most comfortable seat ive ever sat in on a yak

[@reformeddaddy]

I think the bonafide 107 should be out next month. Be a great river boat and i think its actually a little wider than the 127

[@GRILLBUOY101]

i clobbered 1 with a tennis racket once it was in my hand at the time frog attacked ,me it was self defense

[@jdalend]

Good times... MN or ND?

[@ndyakangler]

This was in MN.

[@manuelitopalmacayosa3154]

Atrapa al pescado de las weas

[@timothythompson2678]

What are the forceps/scissors you're using?

[@ndyakangler]

William Joseph hemocuts. They quit making them though so they’re difficult to find.

[@timothythompson2678]

@@ndyakangler I found some on Ebay. They were $10 more than they originally sold for, but yours look awesome, so I bought them.

[@RiFLEisFortuna]

Easily catching fish with a toad on a jighead. Only in America.

[@FBFENT23]

🎣🍤

[@chetyoder]

Get any sno this wekend? we got 17.5" fri night and sat , yuck

[@ndyakangler]

Ouch! This winter just doesn't want to end. We got a couple inches but most of it has melted already. I'm ready for some warmer temps though so the smallies start getting active!

[@ianssirensproductions7418]

Lol can ya comment or heart this pls lol