A couple of years ago I was fishing with a floating Rapala. I threw it out and got a knot in my line so I was trying to get it out. While I was doing that my bait was just sitting there floating on top. It sat there for 15-30 secs and then a fish came up and slammed it. I missed him because I couldn’t set the hook but it showed me that these fish would hit my bait without me imparting any action.
Great video Tyler! Great advice that I needed to hear for sure. By the way, love the FINN fishing shirts! My wife bought me 2 for Christmas and they are great quality and excellent designs.
Great tip Tyler as always! Man it's tough to let it sit that long though😅 That Ikon boat looks awesome in the background😎 Is there a walk through video up yet?
I remember fishing with my buddy one time he was in front of the boat power fishing. It was a nice sunny spring day I was in the back feet kicked up on the motor enjoying the sunshine just dragging along a little 4-in straight finesse worm. I catch two or three he'd put down his power fishing stuff and pick up the finesse worm. He wouldn't catch anything for a couple minutes and he would put it down again. Then I would catch another one. I must have out fished him at least five to one that day. I was literally not working the bait at all, just letting it dragged along the bottom as we drifted.
It’s exactly right, I’ve caught some of my biggest fish with a spook letting it set there for sometimes 2min, smallmouth would hit it as soon as I twitched it. They also will fallow the bait mimicking the dog walk, getting the timing down, which I’m sure your aware of. Peace and God Bless Ps. can’t wait to get to mosquito lake lol
I feel validated!! I caught a couple last year "accidently" because I tossed the lure and got distracted in my kayak ... tada!! a couple of nice keepers saved my day. Thanks Tyler!
I have seen this also. I was a co-angler in a BASS Open on the Harris Chain in Florida around end of a January. My boater ran a long ways to Lake Griffin. When the pro arrived at his first stop, he trolled the boat up to some Lily Pads. The pro put down the Power Poles to lock down the boat. The pro brought out one single rod, with a 7 inch black texas rigged worm. The pro cast out the worm and let it sink to the bottom. The pro sat down his rod on the deck in free spool, and began to take off his rain jacket and stowed it away. The pro got out a drink from his cooler. The pro got out another texas rigged rod from his rod box. Every few minutes, he would check his dead sticked worm from the first cast. I began casting a similar texas rigged worm from the back deck. Eventually after maybe five minutes, the pro got a bite and he caught a four pounder. Over the next 30 minutes, the pro caught 3 more quality keeper bass. I had nothing. I was slowly dragging my texas rig worm. Then the pro said, “Your fishing too fast. Let the worm sit on the bottom, don’t move it”. I followed his advice and I began to catch my fish. This tip really blew my mind. Just let the texas rig sit on the bottom. I did some research about this technique when I got home on the internet. I read how in the early 1960’s anglers in Florida would pull up to an excellent spot, anchor, then cast out many texas rigged worms on several rods per angler. The boat would look like a crappie fishing boat, except there were plastic worms dead sticking on the lake bottom. But, we got away from this technique with tournament fishing rules and only one rod in the water per angler.
I know what you mean. Today I had that work for me, but not by plan. I cast out and set down my rod to put some lures away and when I picked my rod up there was a fish on it. This Has worked for me in the past when I fished like that on purpose. Thanks for the tip. I like this type of video. I can't wait to see the sun shirt I ordered the other day.
Back a long time ago,mid 60's,my mentor scolded me me for being so impatient,we were at Lake Isabella,east of Bakersfield Ca,in the northeast corner was fairly shallow with trees,using skirted frog painted hula popper,I would cast and reel,he told me to put it between these two trees,let it hit,take up slack,let the water go flat,a 4lb large came up and attacked it,biggest fish I had ever caught,I never changed after that,great advise.
Mine kicked my azz and never had it happen ever from 1994 to now but waxed my ass dead sticking it on the Great Lakes on Ontario going out of the St.Lawrence river... 16 to 1
Good reminder. Im often guilty of "covering water" and fishing too fast. It takes a while of catching nothing to remind me that you have to slow down sometimes.
Haha I threw a 4 inch keitech and some kid had a big Texas rigged lizard and was asking me if there were fish in this pond (this is ct in january).... he was there all morning no bites. Bait just sat after my cast while talking to him and I caught a small bass
COANGLER BEHAVIOR AND SETUP I have fished 132 BFLs as a coangler and always had a blast. I have a system where I place all I carry into the back storage and have it set up to get to specific lures quickly. This maximizes floor space for my angler to walk on if he needs to chase a caught fish around the boat. I bring 6 rods that are set up to use multiple lures. I normally cast parallel with my angler. We usually cast at a 45 degree angle to the boat while we are moving at a decent speed. That way we don't go too far past our lures and get hung up. If we go slow enough then I cast out to the side or back. Its all relative to speed. But I NEVER fish over his head or near his spot until I know he has moved on. It doesn't matter if he takes 10 minutes to retie and the boat gets turned around. Common sense and decency won't allow me to cast to water he hasn't touched and I know is about to continue to. Here are my rod setups that might help other coanglers minimize what they carry (another problem anglers complain about) - 1. Spinning (15# Braid to 8# Tatsu) - *Drop Shot (Roboworm, Wacky Senko, TRD, Minnow) *** with NED RIG as weight Also called Drop Dead Ned 2. Spinning (10# Fluoro) - Weedless Wacky Hook (Senko, Trick Worm, Finesse Worm, Neko Rig, nose hooked Fluke or paddle tail, Swimming Worm} ***Winter/Prespawn - speed clip use Shad Rap and Jerkbait 3. Spinning (12# or 15# Fluoro) - Shaky head (Worm, Brush Hog, Crawfish, etc.), Finesse Crankbaits and Jerkbaits (ie. Rapala Shad Rap) 4. Baitcaster (8 foot with 10# Fluoro on a Lew's BB1 5 speed and Speed Snap) - Squarebill, Lipless and other hard swimming baits 5. Baitcaster (7'4" MdHvy with 15# line) - Tie on Chatterbaits, Spinnerbaits, Magdraft, Swimbaits, etc. 6. Baitcaster (Short 6'10" Hvy with 15 or 20# line for Skipping) - Tie on Jigs, Swimjigs, Swing Jigs, Magdraft, etc
My great grandmother would throw out a 6in Manns jelly worm and lay the rod down and she would sit in a lawn chair watching the line never moving the worm and she caught a lot of bass doing that
This past summer I was throwing a jig towards the bank and landed in a tree. I ripped it out and it came sailing back over the boat and into the water. needless to say I had all sorts of slack line on me and my buddy and tangled up in all our rods on the deck. When we were done laughing and I finally reeled up slack I was surprised to have a 5 lb Largie on.
Been many a bass caught by guys while picking backlashes out.
great point. I've seen it multiple times.
hahahahaha i am one of them
One of my biggest bass this year was caught on a spinnerbait that fell to the bottom while I picked out a birdsnest.
@@kevinledford8260had a buddy one day dead sticking a tiny spinner bait for a min or two at a time in our nearby pond and he killed it.
Once caught a big smallie on a buzzbait in 3' of water......when it was sitting on the bottom. I was picking out a 'professional overrun', ha!
A couple of years ago I was fishing with a floating Rapala. I threw it out and got a knot in my line so I was trying to get it out. While I was doing that my bait was just sitting there floating on top. It sat there for 15-30 secs and then a fish came up and slammed it. I missed him because I couldn’t set the hook but it showed me that these fish would hit my bait without me imparting any action.
Great tip Tyler keep them coming. Thank you
Dude your channel is getting so good. Thanks for this tip and keep up the good work.
Thanks for the kind words, I appreciate it
Great video Tyler! Great advice that I needed to hear for sure. By the way, love the FINN fishing shirts! My wife bought me 2 for Christmas and they are great quality and excellent designs.
Love hearing that. Thanks so much for the support
Caught one of my biggest bass fishing a jig , threw it out , put my rod down to tie my shoe, picked my rod up & the fight was on !!!!
Great tip Tyler as always!
Man it's tough to let it sit that long though😅
That Ikon boat looks awesome in the background😎 Is there a walk through video up yet?
Love your videos Tyler thank for telling us great tips and keep up the great videos!
Thanks for watching. I appreciate that the most
@@TylerBergerFishing no problem I’ve been watching the bass fishing hq vids for a while and this channel to for fish offs. Love the content man
Thanks for this reminder. It's hard to just let it sit but that's good advice.
Great video and tip Tyler.
Awesome dude! You are so right.
Great knowledge shared. 👍
I remember fishing with my buddy one time he was in front of the boat power fishing. It was a nice sunny spring day I was in the back feet kicked up on the motor enjoying the sunshine just dragging along a little 4-in straight finesse worm. I catch two or three he'd put down his power fishing stuff and pick up the finesse worm. He wouldn't catch anything for a couple minutes and he would put it down again. Then I would catch another one. I must have out fished him at least five to one that day. I was literally not working the bait at all, just letting it dragged along the bottom as we drifted.
That is a very good tip, i do this time from time and it works great.
It’s exactly right, I’ve caught some of my biggest fish with a spook letting it set there for sometimes 2min, smallmouth would hit it as soon as I twitched it. They also will fallow the bait mimicking the dog walk, getting the timing down, which I’m sure your aware of. Peace and God Bless
Ps. can’t wait to get to mosquito lake lol
Goood stuff man. That's probably the most difficult technique for many of us.
Funny story, that's how I use to catch em in toho!
A good pause half way back in on a big wakebait can produce massive strikes as soon as it starts moving again.
Good video i needed that
I feel validated!! I caught a couple last year "accidently" because I tossed the lure and got distracted in my kayak ... tada!! a couple of nice keepers saved my day. Thanks Tyler!
I think we have all been there. Sometimes those accident fish help
I have seen this also. I was a co-angler in a BASS Open on the Harris Chain in Florida around end of a January. My boater ran a long ways to Lake Griffin. When the pro arrived at his first stop, he trolled the boat up to some Lily Pads. The pro put down the Power Poles to lock down the boat. The pro brought out one single rod, with a 7 inch black texas rigged worm. The pro cast out the worm and let it sink to the bottom. The pro sat down his rod on the deck in free spool, and began to take off his rain jacket and stowed it away. The pro got out a drink from his cooler. The pro got out another texas rigged rod from his rod box. Every few minutes, he would check his dead sticked worm from the first cast. I began casting a similar texas rigged worm from the back deck. Eventually after maybe five minutes, the pro got a bite and he caught a four pounder. Over the next 30 minutes, the pro caught 3 more quality keeper bass. I had nothing. I was slowly dragging my texas rig worm. Then the pro said, “Your fishing too fast. Let the worm sit on the bottom, don’t move it”. I followed his advice and I began to catch my fish. This tip really blew my mind. Just let the texas rig sit on the bottom.
I did some research about this technique when I got home on the internet. I read how in the early 1960’s anglers in Florida would pull up to an excellent spot, anchor, then cast out many texas rigged worms on several rods per angler. The boat would look like a crappie fishing boat, except there were plastic worms dead sticking on the lake bottom.
But, we got away from this technique with tournament fishing rules and only one rod in the water per angler.
I know what you mean. Today I had that work for me, but not by plan. I cast out and set down my rod to put some lures away and when I picked my rod up there was a fish on it. This Has worked for me in the past when I fished like that on purpose. Thanks for the tip. I like this type of video. I can't wait to see the sun shirt I ordered the other day.
Yep I have done that before too. Also, thanks for the support, it should be there soon.
Thanks for sharing
Back a long time ago,mid 60's,my mentor scolded me me for being so impatient,we were at Lake Isabella,east of Bakersfield Ca,in the northeast corner was fairly shallow with trees,using skirted frog painted hula popper,I would cast and reel,he told me to put it between these two trees,let it hit,take up slack,let the water go flat,a 4lb large came up and attacked it,biggest fish I had ever caught,I never changed after that,great advise.
Tyler great video 📹
another good tip, Tyler.
Great tip.
Roland Martin says let the ripples settle
The Dice on the bed... try it.
Fished a tournament at Lake Thurmond , gun fish would cast in shady areas never moved it they would crush it, l
never moved it.
Mine kicked my azz and never had it happen ever from 1994 to now but waxed my ass dead sticking it on the Great Lakes on Ontario going out of the St.Lawrence river... 16 to 1
Good reminder. Im often guilty of "covering water" and fishing too fast. It takes a while of catching nothing to remind me that you have to slow down sometimes.
I'm willing to bet it was a local co-signer from FL. Dead sticking is a winter ans spring staple here.
Haha I threw a 4 inch keitech and some kid had a big Texas rigged lizard and was asking me if there were fish in this pond (this is ct in january).... he was there all morning no bites. Bait just sat after my cast while talking to him and I caught a small bass
COANGLER BEHAVIOR AND SETUP
I have fished 132 BFLs as a coangler and always had a blast. I have a system where I place all I carry into the back storage and have it set up to get to specific lures quickly. This maximizes floor space for my angler to walk on if he needs to chase a caught fish around the boat. I bring 6 rods that are set up to use multiple lures. I normally cast parallel with my angler. We usually cast at a 45 degree angle to the boat while we are moving at a decent speed. That way we don't go too far past our lures and get hung up. If we go slow enough then I cast out to the side or back. Its all relative to speed. But I NEVER fish over his head or near his spot until I know he has moved on. It doesn't matter if he takes 10 minutes to retie and the boat gets turned around. Common sense and decency won't allow me to cast to water he hasn't touched and I know is about to continue to.
Here are my rod setups that might help other coanglers minimize what they carry (another problem anglers complain about) -
1. Spinning (15# Braid to 8# Tatsu) - *Drop Shot (Roboworm, Wacky Senko, TRD, Minnow) *** with NED RIG as weight
Also called Drop Dead Ned
2. Spinning (10# Fluoro) - Weedless Wacky Hook (Senko, Trick Worm, Finesse Worm, Neko Rig, nose hooked Fluke or paddle tail, Swimming Worm}
***Winter/Prespawn - speed clip use Shad Rap and Jerkbait
3. Spinning (12# or 15# Fluoro) - Shaky head (Worm, Brush Hog, Crawfish, etc.), Finesse Crankbaits and Jerkbaits (ie. Rapala Shad Rap)
4. Baitcaster (8 foot with 10# Fluoro on a Lew's BB1 5 speed and Speed Snap) - Squarebill, Lipless and other hard swimming baits
5. Baitcaster (7'4" MdHvy with 15# line) - Tie on Chatterbaits, Spinnerbaits, Magdraft, Swimbaits, etc.
6. Baitcaster (Short 6'10" Hvy with 15 or 20# line for Skipping) - Tie on Jigs, Swimjigs, Swing Jigs, Magdraft, etc
I will try this
I always fish slower no matter what I’m doing and whenever I fish shared weight tournaments I make my pros mad because of how slow I drag a dropshot
My great grandmother would throw out a 6in Manns jelly worm and lay the rod down and she would sit in a lawn chair watching the line never moving the worm and she caught a lot of bass doing that
While bank fishing I’ve dropped my phone in the dirt a few times when my line started moving while I was barely paying attention to it.
Sounds about right. Been there
I learned this lesson early in my years, I caught more than a few fish by winding line back in over a backlash due to noob casting.
hahahha that sounds about right
Dead sticking for sure in the winter time
It can be effective all year as well
Top Water, have you done any vids on the topic of Savage Gear 3D Wake Snake?
I have not done any videos on that! Ill look into it though
crazy you don't have more subscribers.
We will get there
This past summer I was throwing a jig towards the bank and landed in a tree. I ripped it out and it came sailing back over the boat and into the water. needless to say I had all sorts of slack line on me and my buddy and tangled up in all our rods on the deck. When we were done laughing and I finally reeled up slack I was surprised to have a 5 lb Largie on.
hhahahaha yup I have heard another story similar to that...thats crazy
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Let it soak.
Yessir
I get more bites by putting my rod between my kegs and check my phone after i cast out a ned or wacky worm. Never fails
It's all about the pause
When I fish slow like that I can feel a piece of my soul die
Hahahahahahahahahahhahaha
I dead stick quite often
There are days when it is the biggest difference