YAK-A-BASS Stop #3 - Don Pedro Reservoir

[@adrianfoster7387]

"Box of tissues for....whatever" haha. Ok Greg😂

[@BYo10]

I came to the comment section to find this. I knew it’d be here 😂😂

[@dannywalker5319]

On his “solo trip” it just happened to be right where his pillow is… he thinks he is slick lmao

[@GotemGangKen]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@amals51]

We gotta go back and look to try and find the lotion! Gotta be there!! Lol

[@jackschenkiv7260]

Was glad to see I wasn’t the only one to catch that lol oh yeah the tissues and the extra privacy shades “just in case” you need a little more privacy for every single window haha

[@triggerfish2711]

A box of tissues and no lotion, what a savage 😂😂😂.

[@LakeBeltonBassin]

Wake and bake… coffee black no cream. Get down on a new Greg video. Let’s start this week off right!!! Good morning everyone Tight lines!!!!

[@SimplyFishing]

Good stuff as usual. Gonna fish my first BASS event on Guntersville next week...already got nerves.

[@GregBlanchardFishing]

good luck and have fun!

[@brucepreston3927]

Yall have the most beautiful lakes in California, I really need to take a trip out there for a couple weeks to fish...Great Video!

[@GregBlanchardFishing]

Agreed! some really cool water out here

[@thatfishingnoob]

Dang GB, that was an absolutely great day of fishing. Those conditions weren’t bad at all. Good stuff! Also, thanks for conversing with us. You could easily be like “I was AOY, I’ve been fishing for 10 years+, I know what I’m doing” but nah, you’re a down to earth dude. Looking forward to the next premier vid too!

[@adammead8197]

You made good choices and fished well bud. Gotta be happy with that finish. Cheers

[@GregBlanchardFishing]

thank you sir!

[@basswarrior9127]

Beautiful waters🔥 nice finish Greg!

[@qooch481]

Greg, I may have no room to speak on this, but if you keep saying you need a 21 incher, especially when all of your fish were in the 16-17 inch range, you need to get off the dropshot bite. A swimbait, jig, hell even a wacky rig has a better chance of getting those big fish to bite if you get it in front of them. You may have gone over some big ones and missed out.

[@spinfish-4355]

Really, you’re telling GB how to catch the big ones to win tournaments? 😂😂 How long you been watching?

[@qooch481]

@spinfish-4355 I am a long time viewer and tournament fisherman, just leaving my thoughts.

[@raynman67]

He was only off by 2 inches, you stick with what’s working, further more their spotted bass. Easy to say should have could have, but in the moment, it’s hard to put down what’s working. I’m not disagreeing with you, sure after your bag your limit it opens your ability to try other baits, and he very well may have. Just because we don’t see it doesn’t mean it didn’t happen it’s it’s 8 hours edited down to 25 minutes or so and your only seeing casts that catch fish or ones that got a bite but came off.

[@TimHaunFishing]

I agree

[@marcolizarraga7430]

Put a 6 inch senko on that drop shot you will see a change in size of fish. . Trust me

[@jackstein5486]

Nice job Greg with no prefishing. Enjoyed the vid as always!😄

[@Natefive59]

Should try blue oaks or the private dock or the marina, caught some of my biggest bass those places

[@youremomsvilleplayzmc9528]

Once again, nice job! I liked that you found that largemouth cove, but I was hoping you cycled back through it after a short rest, with a jig or a senko. Overall, you did great! Looking forward to the next one. ✌🏼Mo-town man out!

[@mattbarber4199]

That's awesome for taking us with you!! Congratulations on your tournament!

[@alexsshaves]

Great Video really enjoyed this one as all ways , take care Greg and stay safe Stay Smooth 😎👍👍

[@stevenvalenti3722]

Congratulations Greg on a very good tournament and for finishing in the top ten. Good luck on the next tournament.🙂🍺👍

[@vinceh8730]

Decent finish, good luck in the next tournament...tight lines!!!

[@djradrs199]

Great Job Brother for coming in blind !! Top 10 is TOTALLY RESPECTFUL !!! especially out of 90 angler’s out there just Aaglin. 🤘👍👊😎

[@GregBlanchardFishing]

thank you sir!

[@sandybowers5085]

Always good to spend a peaceful Monday morning watching you fish 🎣 😊Congrats on finishing in 9th!!! 👍🏼Beautiful lake! Is there a Lake San Antonio near there? Have a great week!

[@GregBlanchardFishing]

Thank you! not sure I've heard of that place near me

[@seanxing4859]

Back to your roots, humble beginnings, Greg. Love it, bud.

[@troutheadadventures6521]

Really nice finish with no pre-fish. AOY is looking possible. 👍

[@dinks5592]

Good morning gentlemen coffee ☕️ time hope everyone has a good week 🙌🙌🙏.

[@Agile47509chicken]

Thanks Dinks!

[@Casitascrawlers]

Nice solo trip your consistent that is what keeps you high in the standings. Someone could have one good tournament but it’s not easy to be consistent throughout the whole series & thats what ya gotta do show up & catch fish.

[@mattyg5566]

Love the return to your roots. Done that so many times man! Pedro is legendary, but like so many CA lakes has depleted over the years. That campground is one of my favs!

[@jimfournier9065]

Good morning to everyone and a great way to start my week by watching Greg Fish!☕️👍

[@aaronkingoutdoors]

Great tournament! Was definitely a battle of 1/4 inches. Almost had ya there haha

[@kerrypitt9789]

Greg that reservoir was good to you! I caught; a few moments that tell me you are listening to people. I think you did well. I kind of agree with one of your commentors, If you want big fish change to big baits to finish your bag. Mind you I know nothing!

[@hanafuda4248]

Holy Kayakers! There is a fleet of y'all! How cool.

[@rangers8729]

Monday Morning Mondos! Greg, it’s a always a pleasure to watch your vids.

[@Ahhkim]

You were one big bite away from winning the tournament. Awesome job!

[@overloadedoutdoors7582]

Top 10 when you didn’t pre fish is great all beautiful fish keep up the great work

[@cwg1313]

Great video once again…..like you had tied on last month, foothill lakes (Oroville/Pedro/Tulloch/Shasta) the big fish like a 5” Senko/General on Shakeyhead. Tight lines!!!

[@Eboweezerscrooge]

no McClure!! Thanks for leaving us a spot open in the Top 10 lol

[@GregBlanchardFishing]

haha I never do well at Mcclure so it was the right one to drop anyways! good luck there!

[@BigGuy86ed]

With tighter drag we need to check our leader 3 times as often. Any nick or weak spot in the line is magnified by tighter drag.

[@cbailey0001]

You have all the essentials covered! Tight lines!

[@gera0005]

Thaats the next shirt idea. the fish picto on the front with "thank you kind sir" on the back

[@justinhoward7317]

Idk what it was but you seemed calm this tourney, you fished with less weight on your shoulders, you could tell.

[@granvillej3316]

Another outstanding video great display of your tournament skills Greg. One thing I can say is when you fish the way you know how, rely on your instincts to make key decisions either to stay at one place or move to find another. There is no one else that does it better than you. You concentrate on your abilities your strengths and strong angler intuitions on how you perform on the lake and pull off the top ten with no practice just brilliant sir. I had to wait to watch this video until I got off work, had to work early and tweet Greg is out on the lake doing what most guys would love to be doing the end result is quite satisfying to the soul . Keep it up Greg do what you love to do and reach the reach the stars of the angler world cause I’ll still be watching and rooting you on and someday it would be very humbling to be fishing in the same lake your on and to shake your hand and say thank you so much for your inspiration until the next video take care and God bless!

[@HUNT-FISH-REPEAT]

Good tournament for going in blind, good job figuring them out quick. Great video

[@JakeHarshman]

I have a 2024 Ram Bighorn. The center console is permanent in it but the back seat (I have the Crew Cab) is MASSIVE!

[@GregBlanchardFishing]

Nice! the day i eventually upgrade might have to get a topper or something and make a little bunk to sleep in

[@JakeHarshman]

@@GregBlanchardFishing I considered doing that but I'm not traveling enough this year to warrant it

[@bostonbassgod6663]

Wow great performance

[@ronhess3013]

Truck camping,,,,I remember the days fondly! Great job on adjusting the drag, much more solid hook set!

[@oldschoolfishing4194]

Thanks for sharing..miss the crew!

[@GregBlanchardFishing]

same! next one they'll be back

[@marcusgarcia504]

There's these new studies for bass that are coming out that show Bass dont migrate NEARLY as much as we thought they did. Most bass will swim one area of the lake their entire life. Instead of moving from deep into shallow arms all over the lake like we thought, it shows that they actually use the same arm of a lake for all of the season cycles. They just migrate from the shallow parts of that arm to the main lake, then back up. Even during winter bass can be caught swimming around in the shallows. Its kind of amazing new stuff.

[@marcusgarcia504]

One amazing fish in this study, the one who "traveled" the most. Was actually the biggest fish they had on record. And they think that the biggest fish in the lakes are the ones who venture out. Which is why they continue to out grow their peers.

[@marcusgarcia504]

basically what im saying is. Youre not wrong for staying near the main lake. You just gotta find the group that owns that arm for the decade.

[@bquinn3234]

Top 10, Congrats Greg. Missed the crew on this one, but it was a cool reminder of where you started out, not that long ago, and how far you've come.

[@GregBlanchardFishing]

Thanks Brian, same here and wasn't that same tournament feeling but brought back memories of the old ways

[@TH-1988]

Congrats bro! Keep pushing for that #1 seat. 💯

[@brianj6746]

Gotta love all the “fans” who couldn’t tell Greg how to win the tournament beforehand, but now know the exact reason he didn’t place first after its all over!! How about not adding to the never-ending parade of sofa critics and just telling Greg congratulations and how well you enjoyed the video?! Another great tournament Greg, and congratulations!! Great video, as always!

[@pxfishing]

Nice job grinding it out

[@barrycates7360]

Congrats on your finish. I liked the 5 star resort !!!!!! It reminded me of when my dad and I slept in my Honda Civic at a nascar race in Talladega years ago.

[@GregBlanchardFishing]

Thanks Barry! haha nice. actually i prefer it over a motel anyday

[@craigwjones22]

It’s never as fun without the bros!!!

[@jasonmpease]

Nothing makes my Monday like a GB vid! Nice finish! Solid stuff.

[@stephengrenot7039]

Great looking morning good luck on the tournaments.

[@daltonrussell1775]

Hey Greg a little tip I could give on the whole bed fishing thing is find a white jerk bait that sings and ad single hooks so you don’t have to worry about snagging with the trebles and you can get that jerk bait to really sit in the bed and it has seemed to get a lot of those finicky bed fish for me

[@GregBlanchardFishing]

thanks Dalton, will have to give it a try!

[@ablazetrogdormkii2647]

Nice job, 9th is very respectable.

[@WillSelbyKayakFishing]

Hey man just want to say thanks for making these videos I've been working on my kayak the last couple years and wanting to do tournaments and watching your videos have really showed the path to do that. I'm sure I'll see you next year on the trail.

[@GregBlanchardFishing]

Awesome man! looking forward to seein ya out there

[@tylerbezaire9453]

So pumped for the annual new York trip. 🙌

[@GregBlanchardFishing]

you and me both!

[@johnzeetee6747]

I agree with qooch for a kicker fish, big baits catch bigger fish. Maybe a jig or swim bait, etc just might help ya. Great tournament though, you definitely did better than I would have. I struggle in clear water to this day….

[@angiespencer4156]

Dang that was close 😅 good job Greg a couple of baits you might wanna check out by zoom, the fish Dr and the swamp crawler good for drop shotting!😊

[@Jerms84]

I think Greg could survive off Sierra Nevada, meat sticks and coffee. 😂

[@GregBlanchardFishing]

at least for a few weeks im sure of it🤣🤣🤣

[@donprater2754]

That flat worm was the ticket.

[@randymcgee9176]

That Berkeley flat worm works on all lakes I ned rig it last Friday it put at least fifteen fish in the boat Tulloch lake it works on Pedro Melonie’s also

[@anthonyvespia6662]

Greg, congrats on another top ten finish bro! I always enjoy watching you break down a lake, find the right bait, and start catching fish. Big W is coming!! 💯 🛶 🎣

[@fongxiong1]

I got 88-89 inches shore banging around the dam the Thursday before this tourney. Maybe 30+ fish all on the flats on the jerkbait bite.

[@Bigtonesoutdoors]

Energy drink in had at the desk watching Gregg at Work

[@lizsmith9948]

Fantastic to see that you have a shot at the AOY again! It is weird to not see you with the "crew" and staying in the comfort of an Air B&B. My husband made a comment about you sleeping in the truck; he's 6'1". I laughingly told him to stick his feet out of a window 😉 Btw, those mosquito screens are pretty 😎 You accomplished staying in the top 10 👍 It's exciting following your journey on the tournament path - best of luck, keep your lines tight! 🎣

[@hankcogburn2600]

Awesome video. What a beautiful place to fish.

[@caseycuster87]

Worked at Don Pedro for 2 seasons. I always waited for the day id see your name on an iron ranger slip so i could say hi😅

[@BigT209]

35$ for a launch nowadays it’s getting crazy

[@PaulFerber]

Stella got his groove back!!!!

[@jamessexton6173]

Every time I tighten my drag on a drop shot I tend to break them off on hook set! I need to change my set up, line or knot I’m using!

[@BnADaddy99]

Hey Greg, another great video! Thank you. Glad to see you're still learning how to make adjustments. Looked like after your adjustment you had a lost less frustrating day. Quick question on your launch trailer. Where did you get it, what's it called? I've been looking at a couple of them but like yours that's able to be towed. I don't have the room at my house for another trailer, but something like that would be nice for getting in and out without taking up a bunch of room on the ramp. Thanks!

[@jasonmartin9985]

Bro how’s the sprinter van coming along for camping I have the same truck and your right great for a long nap or 1 night of camping but think of the space and comfort and maybe some convenience of a actual bed and a lil bit more space keep um coming bro

[@MarkoMygun]

Ahhh yes great hot sweet cream coffee and watching Greg Drop Shot all day almost lol. Hey Greg yes the drop shot works ,but I think that's what's keeping your numbers down. I think once you get a couple nice ones on the drop you should change to something else. Great video and your still in there for AOY. And the seasons still young. Thanks for the video bro can't wait for the next one.

[@jerryyoung6889]

Nice job finishing in the top ten.

[@cc519]

“Box of tissues for whatever.” 😂

[@mr.v2689]

Greg gonna be up near Lake Ontario fishing this weekend. If your up there maybe we’ll bump into each other on the water! Great tourney and good luck all season!

[@Laujboi207]

I know where your going Greg, don’t worry I won’t spoil it 😎

[@kyleburns1621]

Hey brother another great video! I do miss when you would put the bait you were throwing in the bottom corner though.

[@JenkinsB]

2", that's a tight spread across the top 9. well done mostly blind

[@BobbyOfEarth]

Thru the complexity of the sport, we sometimes forget that when we simply "pull" into a fish with a closed mouth, even w/light wire hooks, often times the bait, sinker or hook will only get pulled against the inside of it's closed mouth without actually getting the hook in the fish, and when the fish opens its mouth...

[@benmills6284]

That was sweet! Awesome culls! How do you keep your scrubber plugs out without getting water in your hull?

[@jamesmiracle2818]

2things-retie more and that lure knocker u r the luckiest at that I use a string and still loose them don’t dare drop it with nothing tied to it GREAT TOURNY

[@55Dag]

good stuff. Miss the "crew". Lol.

[@tonyburton7695]

Don Pedro has a lot of trout that go in there if you throw a large trout swim bait, you have a good chance of a hog. Once you reach limit i would try it.

[@kylekoelker495]

Love your videos. Also, what brown cooler is that where you are keeping the IPA'S??

[@christopherjoyce4622]

"Alright, lets get out of here." *throws one more cast*

[@jimjamez3675]

I was there that day 🫡🎣

[@garysharpe2457]

Nice finish!. Curious, light line with a drop shot. How often do you retie? Every 4-5 fish?

[@JovanniRoy]

"Lets get outta here..." *casts again*

[@BigT209]

My home lake.

[@robertyamane9395]

Opening scene, don’t you have packable rain gear?. Personally, I have a 20 year old Simms lightweight rain jacket (windbreaker) and same rain pants, that bundle up in a ball. Whenever there is a chance for rain when in higher elevations I always make sure I carry them in my dry bag that I pack. Is your truck a RAM? If it is, I have a RAM 2019 Big Horn 4x4, with the raisable center armrest. But like Santa, I want to put a shell on it like I have all my previous trucks, so I can truck camp when I finally get my kayak “tuned-in” and ready for tournament life.

[@justintate4340]

Top of the morning men! Here Here ☕️

[@shanenichoson]

Big fan Greg! Where do you get the pictures of the lakes for your thumbnails?

[@mromar355]

Hello Greg love your vids been subscribed for a long time. I just got my first kayak I live 1 hour away from Don Pedro. I've personally never been and obviously have no experience fishing with a kayak. Where in Don Pedro would you start? Any pointers highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[@Usuario-23]

Let’s go.

[@jason_ryan_fishing]

Ugh... it's Monday already?? 😂

[@raynman67]

$40 bucks for a car camp spot, 😮cheez n rice

[@elizabethsumpter9129]

👍

[@TimHaunFishing]

I'm no pro, but as someone else said. If you're looking for a 21" kicker fish, the odds of it coming on the bait that has hooked up 14-16" fish consistently all day are slim. The drop shot can and has caught big fish, but it was showing it wasn't a big fish bait that day. You limited out with the drop shot and caught countless dinks on the drop shot. Those large mouth were there, but they were looking for a different presentation. Time to pick up a big fish bait. I'd rather throw a jig, spinnerbait, bladed jig, swimbait, or crankbait hoping for one good bite; than get a dozen small bites, hoping one is good. Kicker fish need kicker baits. Just my 2 cents.

[@garysims4491]

if you ever tournament fished its hard to do that when you are getting action on the drop shot he proly even tried other things just didnt make the edit lol think about it

[@TimHaunFishing]

​@garysims4491 I have fished a few, but it is that very limited experience that I formulated my opinion from. I have little I can tell Greg about fishing. But sometimes a little outside perspective (like people telling him to tighten his drag) can give a lot of insight.

[@DerylKowalski]

Does the Titan X hold more water than your previous Native Kayak. Seems like there is a lot of water pooling in the bottom of this kayak.

[@montyjerkins5848]

So Greg, who’s the biggest drinker among the crew? And how many Pale Ales have you personally killed in one sitting? 😉

[@markbridenbeck1030]

9 out of 99…….id take it any day gb