What is Split Shottin' and why you should be doing it!

[@EasyModeFishing]

You’re a legend! I watched you with my dad when I was a baby!

[@mattietiger2959]

Been watching your show for over 25 years. You're still the man ! A REEL living legend : )

[@dannyyork3742]

Bill, I just want you to know you are the best bass n fishing stewards ever. I've watched you for 40 years and you have never lead me wrong. I meet you one time at bass pro in memphis, the old one before they moved into the paramid. I just walked up to you and started talking. We talked about 15 minutes. You where very nice and down to earth. So thanks for your life long tips, tricks and just fishing experience!!!!

[@robertpatterson3406]

I watched you every week when I was a kid with my dad, it was back when there was 3 stations 6,8,12 and no cable . There was only about 4 fishing shows on tv at that time, one was the fishing hole the other two were Jimmy Houston and Roland Martin.

[@andrewwolf4963]

robert patterson lol i remember that, i also remember things back in the early 90s that there was a very large amount of fishing shows on tv at my home compared to cartoons lmao look where it got me.... addicted

[@robertpatterson3406]

I heard that. Thousands of dollars later.....

[@jeffreylunday928]

Today, 22 April 2020, marks 24th year anniversary since getting out of the USAF. What is even greater than that is on 19 September 1986, the weekend prior to my trip to Lackland AFB, Tx, I caught a 5 pound bass on the shad colored Dancing Eel on a 15 acre pond south of Athens, Tx. One of my best fishing memories of all. Thank you Mr Bill Dance.

[@patrickdonner3542]

I watched you a great deal in the past. I've missed your expertise! Very glad I've subscribed to your channel. I'm in Texas. Keep fishing.

[@mikecarr1378]

God bless you Bill , been watching your fishing show back . Thanks man.

[@rhyswong8976]

You have a informative and also a very unique presentation and I think deserve more views. I'm a newbie and hope to learn more from you. Thank you.

[@MMPPunch]

Why would anyone in their right mind dislike this video...

[@tunit8946]

Met you and shook your hand at tackle shop called Bob Wolfe's in Spartanburg SC. That was around 1986. Still use the dancing eel from time to time. Love to see that bait brought back into production.

[@AdamRamone]

thank you for reminding me of this rig! I used it a lot when I was younger, now I know why it worked so well back then!

[@weaintfree]

I’m looking forward to viewing this video. Some of these “later techniques” Thank you Sir!! Take Care Mr Bill Dance Thank you for the Many years of fishin’ 🎣 tips and entertainment. Your theme song has put a smile on my face and joy in my heart for decades. Don’t know how many times I’ve quoted your, “Come here Busta”.... even when Not fishin’.

[@kevindaeffler3107]

This is awesome, I haven't been able to watch since spectrum yanked my outdoor channel...

[@hooklinetinker9680]

Now that's a great technique I'm eager to give a try. Thanks for introducing it to us. Would you say that it is only useful during the situations you described, or could it also be used as an alternative for Carolina rigging in deep water with a lot of bottom vegetation? Thanks again for all the great videos. We love you, Bill!

[@RogerBankerFishmiser]

I used to do this with a 3-inch tube bait or broken pieces of my jelly worms for the kids. They'd just toss it and reel and pull fish in all day.

[@gizmocarr3093]

Bill Dance goes Barbless is another great innovation for bass fishing that is as important as catch and release fishing. Once you try removing the barb and finding out how well it works you will see for yourself. Not only do hooks come out with less effort they go in easier too.

[@Bass_attack7755]

Except when you eat the bass barbless don't matter 😊

[@gizmocarr3093]

@@Bass_attack7755 You are right nothing wrong with eating bass if you like. They are just as tasty as crappies and as plentiful. It just makes the ones that are too small to eat easier to release. You need a barbed hook if you use live bait as well. Most people don’t eat fish because they don’t know how to clean them or are too lazy to do the cleaning.

[@tomyep4781]

Gizmo Carr ‘

[@Gstar5150]

I like to get about 2 inches of braid to wrap around the line then I crimp the split shot on and it doesn't slip at all because of the braid, and it won't wear your line down as much.

[@Hoggy1963]

You're a vast store of knowledge and techniques.

[@mikepiekarski7903]

I use the the same tech here in early spring and dead summer accept with a tube.

[@sewing1243]

Has Bill moved to Florida? I keep looking at the trees in the background of Bill's recent videos and that sure looks like what I'd see in Florida, not SW Tennessee.

[@billdance]

Nope, still in TN- forever!

[@deckmonkey1459]

The steer in the background near the beginning gives it away. All they have in Florida is gators.

[@timsterrett2417]

BILL,do you remember the plow jockey worm,they were me and my dad's go to bass bait.cant wait till the next one.

[@rickb5946]

Good to see you Bill!. I been watchin you catch bass for 50 years!. How many bass you think you have caught in your life?.

[@billdance]

I can't count that high! Thanks for watchin'.

[@uniknot]

@@billdance Me too! Glad to have found you again! Lots of great fishing show memories!

[@ralo4265]

Good stuff Bill! 💯

[@davidbilly3766]

Thanks Mr.Bill

[@dylansmith648]

Hey bill I would like to know what bait to use in the cold

[@basshuntertnbassfishing4356]

Awsome show again Bill... #govols

[@richardmorton5538]

Great video I like it

[@Hoggy1963]

And bloopers too. Ha, i kill me.

[@RoosterCogburn2112]

You can do the same with a bullet weight and a bullet weight T stop and you won't end up with damaged line from the split shot causing you to potentially lose a fish.

[@PKB96]

11:36 Gear Sheet

[@natesomers5387]

Bill your my hero god bless

[@joelmccaman6324]

The color mars does it

[@anothersomebody8195]

Does anyone know the difference between this and texas rigging it?

[@bass4996]

A Texas rig uses a bullet type slip sinker

[@bass4996]

Texas rigs use a bullet type slip sinker

[@livinglifeoutdoorstv6550]

“Split-shotting” is more akin to the Carolina rig. You might even say it is a hybrid Texas rig and Carolina rig

[@AdamRamone]

the weight shape also affects how the lure sinks or swims. it sinks in a different way than it would with a bullet weight that the Texas rig uses.

[@derekstanley9886]

I wanna dance with Bill

[@strictlyfishin_3345]

The man!!

[@jeffhager9398]

Very effective in the private lakes you fish I'm sure

[@johnmildebrandt1241]

Works well anywhere

[@andrewwolf4963]

Bill, buddy, pal, i know you love you old hats. but as you get older your brain gets bigger because all that knowledge. what i’m trying to say is, it’s okay to make the hats circumference a little larger! love, a fan who cares

[@neekopeeko9054]

21' bass boat in a private pond/lake? Every bass averaging over 5lb. This isn't real fishing. I'm pretty sure these fish don't see many lures. It's like fishing a pond in the Garden of Eden. Feels more like an infomercial for Bass Pro Shops than a fishing show. It's fun to watch but it's not reality.

[@billsutherland2128]

Too many commercials!

[@jeffhager9398]

& quit holdin them poor fish like your trying to break there jaw

[@Bass_attack7755]

No evidence that holding a bass like that is bad for them. And don't point me to that dumb picture example. No scientific evidence that holding a bass like that is harmful. Only opinions no facts.

[@jeffhager9398]

@@Bass_attack7755 been watching him for many many years , why don't he just hold his fish like everyone else, straight down , just seems to me he's putting alot of pressure on their jaws that's not necessary, I been a avid bass fisherman for 30 couple years, maybe not that bigga deal ,just irratates me!!

[@thechatterbox6783]

@@jeffhager9398 I am with you on this, their jaw cannot hold their weight up, the bigger they worse it is. Tiny bones and tendons break causing them not to be able to eat. Why take the chance? You release back into the water so the fish might live and bite again. Why take the chance on harming the fish?

[@jeremystrickland4740]

🤣🤣🤣Yall sound like a bunch of liberal ass women! Just shut up!!

[@Bass_attack7755]

@@jeremystrickland4740 proper engrish. You all.

[@placebogroyper9442]

Shallah or deep

[@Cowboycash1637]

Is he still alive

[@darryladams519]

YES my son and I saw him at the Guntersville expo in Birmingham AL a while back this year, pictures and autographs.

[@Cowboycash1637]

That’s sick that you saw him

[@darryladams519]

@@Cowboycash1637 Spoke with him also. About his blooper episode where the snake drops out of the tree on to him, he is very laid back but likes to cut up. He signed a friends hat on the inside of the flap/head band part and in the lettering. Friend was looking all over sa Au ing I saw him sign my hat but where. Bill was laughing so hard.