Winter Bass Fishing - Tips and Techniques when it's Cold

[@johnparrish5681]

It’s an awesome feeling when you’ve caught nothing but dinks for a few days. I watch this video. Have a lightbulb go off. And catch a solid 5 pounder. Thanks

[@yaboydion1380]

I like you man because you explained that With fishing you’re not always going to be successful but that doesn’t mean you’re a good fisherman or a bad fisherman you’re not always going to go out there and catch a fish. What fishing is all about is having fun and being able to go out and enjoy gods creation

[@ryanmccue8180]

Yes it is praise the lord of lords fishing even better with the family 👪 I just have to remember not to have such high expectations for my children and it's a much better time

[@RadReelingFishing]

Very educational video! I fished a small pond in S. Fl. the other day. I couldn't get any bits along the shore, fishing from the bank. I started casting deep in the middle of the lake and started catching bass on plastic worms. It's good that you have a lake like the one you are fishing that has big bass in it and that doesn't get a lot of pressure.

[@frankaylwardjr4986]

I learned bass fishing from watching all of your videos and wanted you to know that you’ve helped me to stick with a healthy

[@BassandCoffee]

Can't believe I met and shook your hand at the East Tennessee Fishing Show! Great inspiration!

[@oscartango8234]

You yube is not letting me comment my question in the comment section. Do you know what power rod hes using?

[@joshstewart2296]

Caught a bunch on Sunday in lake Thomas. Friday and Saturday was some of the toughest fishing I've ever experienced. Great video!

[@eminiardfishing8918]

Lord knows I need it! Great meeting ya this weekend and thanks brother!

[@larrymcmakin1153]

Good to see you fishing. I learned several things from you in the 1st half of the video. Thanks for the info.

[@ww3869]

I could watch these kind of videos all day

[@rpdecks]

Love these kinds of videos Gene. Your thought process... me learning. Thanks!

[@jamesqueen115]

Thanks for the video. I live in Florida and just recently trying to fish fresh water. I have had no luck at all. I am going to try some of your techniques. Again thanks

[@fishin2themax245]

Love the tease jump behind and your reaction! Great video!

[@jacobmiller9292]

Cold water, 4" fluke on a dropshot, game over

[@Blakeneal407]

I enjoy the old style fishing vid like this

[@jacobweininger6258]

Love this video! Very similar to the places i fish the most.

[@patrickconnors8403]

Slow is good, thanks Gene another great teaching video.

[@justfishinjustlivin9292]

Like that your are doing your “how to/teaching” videos again! Keep it up man!

[@jonathancole259]

I still have that same exact rod. I love it for the the cost and works great 👍

[@ChrisPowellFishingTV]

Good tips Gene! Very informative! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@BobbyLunsford83]

Wide angle lens put everything below your vest on blast lol. Love your channel and thanks

[@murderinc.hunting7686]

This is really well done man. I like how you aren't in a hurry to crank it in and whale it back in before the camera gets a shot at it 👊

[@andrewleif]

We punch in winter here in Illinois too, but if the ice is more than half an inch thick that 1.5 oz punch weight just won't make it.

[@RhinoJoeOutdoors]

Love wintertime fishing on a kayak! Just gotta stay safe!

[@thedaveelkins]

Great seeing you at the East TN fishing show

[@josealfaro797]

Awesome video and thanks for the tips!

[@TopWaterAssassin78]

The way you described the lake, it sounds like it's a strip mine lake. When the water temp is that low, I've had a lot if good luck with a jerk bait.

[@SOFTAILX]

I use a hefty tackle box too. Come up north and get into some steelhead. Best winter fishing.

[@andrewkoennecker6600]

This has what I needed.

[@HoosierCarnivore]

Nice video Gene. You caught 1 more than I did down there at Bienville. Can't wait to go back again next year. Great meeting you too! How about an A-rig video?

[@mattyicee1991]

Great video, thank you!

[@jeremiahgiles3593]

I needed this video. It's not freezing anymore, but now it's just cold. The fish are unresponsive, but I'm beginning to see a little fish activity

[@jamespannell8228]

Man I bout 💀💀💀died when you pulled out that big'ol bag of plastics... 😂😂😂😂

[@sense321]

😂 right and I thought I carried a lot

[@lockdupfishing385]

This is so interesting to me I'm in central FL got up yesterday made my wife coffee before she had to leave for work I looked at her car and noticed there was a little ice on the hood of the car.... When I get to my spot and put the kayak in my feet tell me man this water is getting cold started just fishing a Whopper popper 90 by the bank and had about 7 blow up but Everytime the blew up short this was a study retrieve after a while I just started jerking my Whopper plopper and did manage to get 2 before calling it a day sometimes we just got to listen to the fish!

[@Infamousone336]

Hey Gene, you mentioned Strike King tungsten. What's your thoughts on Siebert outdoors tungsten? I'm impressed by them compared to the cost. My terminal coffin is filled with almost all Siebert and some Tackle supply Depot tungsten. Also love the Fukemaster jigs.

[@andrewlee3156]

Good stuff big dawg.

[@derricksnyder6535]

i keep trying to find cold weather fishing videos and ive realized the definition of cold weather is greatly skewed.

[@Fishingchanneltv]

well done, nice tips and you got some bass doing that

[@basscaliyinkkk3699]

Finally been waiting for this

[@caysendamron1747]

Great video keep it up!

[@kellymason4190]

Nice to see someone catching smthng. Sure ain’t been me. lol. 🤙🏻

[@steelcitybassin8964]

You’re the man Flukemaster! I wanted to ask, how do you get your great audio? What type of mic setup do you use? Thanks!

[@terribleatfishing]

very nice, thank you

[@thurminatorfishing206]

Gene i fished upper pickwick today for 4 hours and not even a sniff! Threw everything but the kitchen sink..lol we are having a massive shad kill and man they aint biting nothing!

[@asparker3351]

I fished Wheeler. Same results!!!

[@mred419]

what is the fish finder you are using?

[@weldon9254]

Sorry about our Bulldogs. My heart ached for a week after the game. Nice vid!

[@BassinNmore]

great video, just subscribed

[@johnbolton7598]

I like your impersonation of a suspended fish...haha

[@covapack]

How do you like the Jackson Kayak “Liska” Model?

[@kevinh.9348]

Hey Gene, you going to be at KY Lake in May for the Bassmaster Elite Tourney? We scheduled a trip down that way the same weekend and was wondering if you were planning any meet and greets.

[@JackB_05]

Nice video!!!!!!

[@gpi1955]

you cracked me up at your "oh look at me comment" lol

[@seancurtin6572]

What’s good about the 2 tap vs the normal red eye shad???

[@MRbassmasterman]

I don't think the 2 tap is as good. The sound a 2 tap puts off is far from the sound from an old school red eye shad.

[@bassjunkie4881]

Watching Bass fishing videos while working Bass Junkie just can’t say no

[@murderinc.hunting7686]

Where does one get a 5 gallon zip lock bag?

[@josephcurrier6617]

That Murder Inc. Try a grocery store.....

[@wesleyhackney]

Watching this makes me want to go out here in Raleigh NC where water is in low 40s but never have much luck. Instead focus on catfish and Crappie instead

[@jonathanworkowski3372]

Wesley Hackney hahaha funny u say that. I live in Wake Forest right next to Raleigh. I’m only 13 and going fishing with every chance I have. Last winter I caught plenty of bass on falls lake during the winter months. This winter I can’t catch a thing

[@OFFFishing]

Great tips awesome video👍👍🔥🔥🔥

[@FishingFrames]

All iced up here!!

[@tex0416]

Went out yesterday for the first time of 2018 only took jigs and fished mind numbingly slow with no luck. Those days really kill confidence. I'll be waiting for the warmer weather now, even though I'm itching to rip a lip.

[@fishingfreak5903]

Hey Mr Jean. I love your videos. I just subscribed. I live near Pensacola FL and just yesterday I caught one that was 4lbs and 5 oz. But how do you set the hook this time of year. I got a ton of bites but missed almost every one. During the summer I get most of the bites. What's the difference? Also if you're ever this way I'd love to fish with you. All I ever fish is rivers

[@smedlydumpsterjuice8875]

Are you using a #4 hook?

[@caseymiller8737]

Do an update on the kayak (what's new)

[@scienterprises9194]

Gene, you’re complaining about 48 degree water, half the lakes up north are half frozen if not all the way frozen. I would love to have some of the 48 degree water. Lol

[@joshuanorton1806]

Tybro2 • the problem is it’s Florida and the bass are affected differently to those temps

[@Flukemaster]

Tybro2 is correct. Florida bass react worse to cold temps than northern bass.

[@KohlOutdoors]

Yes they go dormmate it seems. I always dreaded the cold fronts when I am fishing down there

[@justindanley6817]

We like orange and blue too.lol

[@BassGeek]

That's the truth man. I'm with ya I go looking for that bait. Thanks for the VIDEO BOMB at the Expo. Yell at me sometime. I'll send my info.

[@oscartango8234]

what power rod are you using

[@rustynutz8704]

Thats one big bag of worms! On a lil kayak

[@blackhawku]

What type of knot you was tying when you was Texas rigging the bio spawn worm.

[@zachlinton5177]

If I have big pond with very little cover how should I go about that in the winter

[@brandongrueser4192]

Are Lily pads a lot like water hyacinth? I have tons of Lily pads in the lakes I fish. Also how do you approach pads?

[@BootStateKnives]

Hey Gene, what is that alien head thing around your neck?

[@cwonger22]

It is the remote for his micro power pole on the back of the Kayak.

[@areddfishing7473]

Why did they end No.8 tackle? I love the hellbent rods

[@russellanderson876]

Why were you throwing a black/blue when the water was relatively clear? (I thought you threw that when the water was murky?)

[@drj3033]

Ponds are frozen in Colorado. I fish the river it’s 30 degrees

[@todddunaway9914]

Really Gene? Water temperatures around here in Nashville have ranged from 38 to 43 degrees. If the water temps around here were in the 50’s, I would go everyday.

[@FishingLakeCountry]

44 degrees in va. caught fish sat, guys from Texas do not like cold water. ha,,

[@zachsimon5587]

Really Todd? Water around here is frozen. Someone always has it worse

[@kadenw.223]

Dang. Very sad to hear about the Blackouts, I love mine and was getting ready to buy another

[@ryanrichterkessing4415]

I haven’t caught a bass in 2 weeks and I’ve fished everyday

[@mangospineapples]

I haven’t caught a bass since mid December . It’s part of the process .

[@darryladams519]

Caught one yesterday, drop shot zoom watermelon finesse worm. Brush pile by dock with sand stone "rock" around.

[@lynnallison9885]

Hey guys would a daiwa bg 5000 fit for that kind of fishing ? or is it too small ?

[@darrinklinko1950]

What’s that knot called that you put on the Texas rig? Thanks!

[@calebbennett8080]

It was a clinch knot

[@cbf2430]

They don't make the black out because the rod guides where very cheap and they broke off. I know because i had one and it fell apart on me

[@Flukemaster]

They don't make the Blackout because No8 Tackle was dissolved and is now the One3 Brand. The Blackout is now called the Fate Chrome and the guides are different.

[@cbf2430]

Flukemaster o well that's good

[@ctofishing9381]

cant catch nothing lately your reel sounds rough

[@tannerwrinkle2921]

Its the heavy braid

[@scottmull5036]

Please excuse me if you've been asked this before. I don't own a boat so, fishing from shore is my only option. The wife and I want to try winter fishing. On average which species of freshwater fish is easiest to catch in the winter? I've seen videos on cold water bait and tactics but, nothing on the species most likely to bite in cold water close to shore. Thank you.

[@smedlydumpsterjuice8875]

Try fishing for winter specks (crappie).

[@areddfishing7473]

Also which 13 fishing rods have close or same blank as the 8 hellbents? if that could be answered

[@kbone87]

I can see open water!! Gettin close

[@badsenseofhumortacos5830]

I feel bad for the 231k wishermen 😂

[@WildBillHabiki]

lol @ the giant bag of baits :)

[@RATyson]

As always, thanks for the knowledge! I am anxious to get out for my first fishing adventures! Now, if I could just find the time... I have 2 full MTBs to work.

[@marks8022]

Winter fishing yeah right. Where's the 34 degree water. 40 and 50 is fall weather. It's neat seeing somebody winter fishing and not having to deice your guides.

[@zackstaa7826]

In Florida wintertime, it doesn’t snow and temps at night rarely get under 30 degrees.

[@unicornsteaks6769]

How to bass fish in winter: Go to Bienville Plantation in FL. Got it.

[@ImACitizen1]

FlukeMaster if you haven't already do a tips and tricks for bank fishermen

[@blubberboy1897]

Most of the tips you see in a boat or yak can be used on the bank. You just have to apply them Differently

[@dannyyork3742]

Anybody on how cold water is when u shouldn't use a rattle trap? Gene said 48° but when is it to cold?

[@InnocentFormalities]

“That’s not goood” *looks down somberly Like bruh it’s ok your fishing things will pick up 🤗

[@maxlhemp]

I’ve been searching for a blackout rod and at least now I know I won’t be getting one. Any suggestions for one like it?

[@Just1MoreCast]

maxlhemp not 100% sure but I believe the 13 fishing defy series is basically the same thing.

[@Flukemaster]

The Fate Chrome is the exact same blank with different guides, handle and reel seat.

[@Just1MoreCast]

Sweet

[@mangospineapples]

Awesome flukemaster. I love how you actually explain how to fish . These other youtubers for ex. Jon b peric etc are trash and the exception of one rod one reel

[@murderinc.hunting7686]

You look like AJ Styles. Especially with that Georgia hat lol

[@dravenharrington1412]

That Murder Inc. lol. How did you come up with that

[@youtubesubscriber6709]

nιce

[@hookdup1927]

you should really be having A drysuit on if your kayaking in cold water gene.

[@lpdtoutdoors1027]

What paddle do you use?

[@Flukemaster]

Bending Branches Carbon Angler Pro

[@blubberboy1897]

An expensive one

[@coolmantoole]

The stuff around that water hyacinth looks like water lettuce to me.

[@TheCturner199]

Chunk a shad rap bro

[@JOE40341]

I'll just wait till the water warms up lol

[@muncho62]

I don't think you know what cold is. Jeez. its like -5 degrees here today. I would kill for that so called cold fishing.