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Hellgrammite Fishing For Culvert Chunks!
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- čas přidán 2. 12. 2022
- Fishing for big smallmouth bass hanging out in the shade at a couple culvert bridges!
Gear used on this trip:
Lure: Nikko Hellgrammite amzn.to/3B4RsAl
Rod: St Croix Legend Tournament 5'10" M XF amzn.to/3gT59eW
Reel: Abu Garcia Revo MGX 20 (old model) amzn.to/3OUCrqt
Line: Trilene Sensation 10lb amzn.to/3iwcsti
Such a nice break from the hyped up and geared up fisherman…. Simple gear, simple techniques, quality footage… been a fan since 65k subscribers! Tight Lines!
...and no screaming and yelling like school girls.
Another “oh thank god” morning moment in my life.
Amen My Brother! Thank You Father ✌️
Same
Gods is just a imagination
@@henkstoomflat8840 so is your consciousness, but that doesn’t seem to be stopping you.
@@johnd5643 sometimes i do believe lol when i find money on the street
Sure I'm not alone in this, your video's make my day, thank you for doing what you do sir.
on god
You said it man! Best content on YT!
You are not alone!
Looks like those Smallmouth were hanging out in the shade. It's definitely a teachable moment for us!
Ounce for ounce, pound for pound, there is arguably no better fighting fish than smallmouth bass -- especially on light tackle. Thanks Matt for taking us along on another entertaining video!
Bowfin would disagree.
They certainly do seem much more energetic than all the largemouth I've caught.
I agree, mostly. The smallmouth favorite fish to target. They are so much fun! Could you imagine hooking into a 5 pound bluegill? I think that ounce for ounce, pound for pound… The Bluegill wins.
@@lawrencewilhelm3031 Yeah, but most of that would be due to trying to reel in a fish shaped like a dinner plate turned sideways. Smallies are much stronger and they have that oversized tail. Bluegill rarely if ever jump -- smallies will go acrobatic.
I like how your videos tend to stick to a specific style or theme.. like using a hellgrammite or a whopper plopper, etc. Not jumping all over the place, casting anything to catch enough fish to put in a video. I always learning something. Keep it up!
As a new subscriber who's binging on all your videos, it's great to see all the fish you've caught are not diseased and are so healthy.
I feel like he catches a lot of fish that don’t make the final video, you hardly ever see him catch dinks
"Diseased"? That's a random comment to make. I fish all sorts of places and species and there's nary a "diseased" fish among them if ever. Like what are you talking about?
I hope the water was not too deep or cold, lol!
This is the only man I trust when it comes to fish sizes on CZcams
No livescope needed!!!!! Best fishing videos on the tube!!!!! Thank you.
Great stuff as always Matt! Just know in terms of video ideas that you can do anything and we'd just be happy to go along on an adventure with you! Just keep being you!
I absolutely love fishing culverts! They can be super productive sometimes.
I really appreciate the way you are in handling and releasing your fish...it shows alot of respect for them. Love and always look forward to your videos
Keep em coming.
Depends. He doesn't handle catfish well.
Now this brings back great memories. Thank you for for helping me start my day out right.
This video makes being sick with the flu so much better.
I always find your videos so relaxing and make me wanna go fishing for small mouth too.
I think it's your calm nature and voice that tells me you're a kind person.
Unfortunately, I don't think we have any in the UK. Not that I know of.... anyone?
Thanks Matt, that was a nice change of venue, and those were all quality fish! Waiting anxiously for your next video!
All these subscribers and you do it without stupid commercials like on T.V. and without constant obnoxious music ! Your the best !
Another great video man, love the experience you give us. Feels like we’re right there with ya!
Beautiful smallies, & I like daydreaming back to warm, sunny days. 🐟 ☀️
Saved this for Sunday morning with my coffee. Thanks for taking us on another adventure!
LoL to the emergency dip. I’ve taken a swim a couple of times to retrieve a favorite lure but a phone…man I bet you moved quick !
We love your channel even though my wife doesn’t quite understand why I would watch someone else fish. Great youtube Channel.
Thank’s !
Been following for a long while now, love the vids. I'm going to start commenting more because I know it feeds the algorithm and you deserve more and deserve to be in more people's feeds. I just learned of your career path and I hope this platform continues to support your fishing lifestyle. Tight lines.
A pleasant way to wake up on a cold, windy November morning and watch some good fishing. Thank you.
Where do you live that it's still November?
I appreciate you. You help my through my bad days and I am extremely thankful
Love the variety. Thanks again for another entertaining masterclass.
That was great! ...BUT ..... NOW WE WANT TO SEE THE BONUS FOOTAGE ....YEAH! THAT ONE !🤣🤣🤣
Love that AFTER going into the water to retrieve your phone you kept fishing! That’s dedication! The accent is familiar, having grown up in MN in 60s and 70s and fished ND (Grand Forks area) rivers back in 1980s. The spread of smallmouth in the Upper Midwest has been a real upgrade to the already awesome fishery. People used to look down on smallmouth (walleyes forever!) but now they’ve even taken over the hallowed waters of Mille Lacs Lake. Yes, it’s an “invasive species” but one that everyone seems to love and for good reason.
I had to make sure I was fully dry before I hopped in my truck and drive to the next spot! Thankfully it was a nice warm September day and not one of the 40 degree ones.
You're blessed with quality waters... We only have a couple small streams and a few small lakes nearby, all with heavy fishing pressure.. you catch half dozen of the one's we'd be lucky to see once a year (or two). Really jealous....
ND, TN and AL CZcams fisherman swear by the Nikko helgrammite. And many more are fishing culverts off any road. What a great day.
You posted in the nick of time. Thx for the quality every time
The Smallies fight always amazes me! And to keep with the theme of these comments...Thank you Lord🙏
Another outstanding presentation...every video you've published has been top notch...keep up the good work...
This is the best fishing channel, hands down!!
That’s a darn good day of smallie fishing !! Helgramites don’t get enough love
Matt, you're always so meticulous and honest. I've wondered for quite awhile now, can you share what line of work /field you're in ?? Thanks. Also, these Saturday videos have for some time now replaced another well known Saturday(in the Chicago area at least) morning fishing show for me. Your content is very alined with the type of fishing i prefer. No crazy antics, no BS. Just solid footage and info. Thanks again !!
Nothing exciting really, I just drove delivery trucks most of my life. I worked for DHL and Fedex for several years and drove a medical supply truck about 500 miles a day a few years last before I got layed off. Fortunately that was right around the time my CZcams checks started getting to be bigger than my paychecks. After 20 years of breaking my back and knees hopping in and out of delivery trucks I was ready for a change and I never would have thought making fishing videos could be a career path lol.
@@ndyakangler So you make more money doing YT than a real job? Where is the real money made in YT, from YT or is it the sponsor/swag you sell?
@@RoadLifePursuits The past couple years I’ve made more off my fishing videos than I ever did working a real job so yeah the potential to make good money is there. For me the money is in the views. Ad rates during the summer usually pay $6-10 per thousand views so if I can average 2 million views a month across my channel I can expect a check for 12-20k each month. Of course about 30% of that I have to hand over to the IRS, pay for gas/tackle/camera gear etc and the ad rates drop over the winter where I get a fraction of my summer revenue but it sure beats working myself almost to exhaustion 10-12 hours a day in a hot truck for 35k a year! It can be stressful when the fish aren’t biting though and I’m struggling to come up with footage.
@@ndyakangler Good for you there young man. As someone who worked in the trades all my life, i completely get the breaking ones back thing. When i finally retired, i went through 9 months of surgeries and rehab just to get my hands "back". They had gotten so bad i had a couple of years where i couldn't even fish. Luckily , although they're much weaker, i now can hit the river a few hours at a time. Sincerely hope this endeavor here continues to grow for you. In my humble opinion, you're VERY good at it.
@@ndyakangler Win ! Some time next year maybe I will run into you on one of your spots :).
Nothing like waking up Saturday morning to some fishing
Always nice to see an upload from you☺You have the cleanest looking go pro footage on yt by far!
Two of my most favorite outdoor sports: bass fishing and skinny dipping!!
THAT WAS YOU😮! I was admiring this sharp little kayak rig parked on the side of the highway when my wife said” did you see that guy “? When I said no, what guy, she replied the one that just jumped off the bridge in his underwear. I thought she was just pulling my leg.
I love finding those just “one more cast” spots.
You’re videos make me want to go fishing. Awesome
Nice video catching smallies. Getting to cold to fish, so I'll be watching vids for next few months. Tight lines everyone!
The hellgrammite is a goated lure. Largies here in NJ eat them up like candy. Great video!
December 3 and I’ve already got cabin fever. I’m never gonna make it to spring. Great video Matt, awesome chunks.
yeah usually when i go fishing where my phone is at risk, i always wear pants with zippers so I don't have to go skinnydipping 😂
I always keep it in a zippered or Velcro close pocket but I took the phone out to get the thumbnail pic as I was kneeled down on the slanted concrete. I set it on my leg for a second to try to adjust the plastic and heard a fish splash in the tunnel, got excited and stood up to fire the jig in there and heard my phone bounce off the concrete a few times before going splash. Usually the phone stays in my pocket most of the day.
Always good to see your video's...keep them coming
That was nice. Thanks for sharing this with us.
As good as it gets! Great stuff, as usual. Thanks!!!
Absolutely my favorite CZcams channel. Nice hawgs . Thanks for the awesome videos
Has anyone told you that you are like the Bob Ross of commentary for bass fishing. "We just need a happy Lil smallie by this bush over here, now let's see if he has a friend over there" Bob Ross style.
Great content BTW 👌
Video title: Nelson in his skivvies!
Another great video sir, keep them coming please!
Great video! Man those smallies where chunky, keep up the awesome videos!!
Thanks for the video and as always well done.
Nikko Hellgrammites are beyond compare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great vid!!!!!!!!!!!
I love those nikko hellgrammite baits ever since the first time I saw you fishing with them years ago I had to get them and have been using them ever since and they crush the smallies and the largemouth as well!
Keep on doing what you love and don't ever stop! Also, your thumbnails have helped you in the old CZcams algorithm so keep up the awesome pics and don't drop your phone in the water 😀
Just wanted to say I started watching you after my fiancé past away and hadn’t fished since we’ll fast forward to now two years later and me and my new gf fish almost every weekend and you my good sir have made it where I love doing it again thank you
We used to net the hellgrammites in the creek and slay smallmouth all day. It is the best bait for smallmouth by far. They are nasty but they stay on the hook great.
When I was a kid in Utah back in the mid 70's my fishing buddy, kind of a mix of big brother, best friend, partner in crime (him being a family man with 3 daughters who didn't fish) needing a fishing buddy grabs the son of a widow who lives across the street and needs a miracle a father figure who has time to teach this kid the tricks of fishing for rainbow, cutthroat, big mouth and small mouth, pike and anything else that swims. One of the best places we found to fish was on the road up Provo Canyon. Wherever a culvert crosses the road we get out, catch minnows with a cheese hook loaded with stinky cheese and a small salmon egg. We then use the minnows to fish for rainbows in the pools both upstream and down from the culvert. Caught some beautiful trout in those streams had a blast doing it and I'm sure my friend Del is still out there doing it.
Glad to see I'm not the only technology wetten-er out there, lol!
Great video man!
One of Gene the Fishing Machine’s favorite baits for bass!! 👍🏼
Great day when you upload!
Beautiful Smallies. They are so fun to catch.
No1 passes up a Hellgrammite video! Awesome!
The feeling of approaching a spot and there is no one else 😎
Matt you rock! Love the channel and content! Peace
That’s a great day of fishing thanks for sharing.
Can't wait to call ND my new home this Spring.
I needed this today, Thanks sir.
Love the vids. No bs or talking too much. I also appreciate not looking at your face while you are talking. Too many CZcamsrs love to point the camera at their face.
Fun watching the fights from above.
Hello from Minnesota
Its such a great bait. My go to when nothing else works.
Man you're good. You always catch beautiful fish
Those bassies sure are eating well!
Man if I tried fishing something like this around here. I'd just get snagged on tires and bicycles and grocery carts and plastic garbage... It's always absolutely gorgeous everywhere you go, even places where cars drive by every 30 seconds it's beautiful.
There are so many smallies in those North Dakota waters, awesome 👌
The ol' Nikko! It's a killer always.
Hey love your videos watch your channel I really appreciate everything you do 🎉👍🏽
NGL you grinding through all conditions on your channel over the years subbing…yesterday (Dec 2 22) I was tossin a craw and gettin a smallie bite on the Milwaukee river which I’d never think of doing in the past when it had some ice already and thawed…those things are pigs
Thank god! We’ve missed ya brother!
Very nice! I purchased some of them before the end of the season here in Jersey but didn't get a chance to test them out. Can't wait until the spawn next year to pitch them out!
I love a good culvert fishing spot! I had one off the mississipi up north in MN. Caught 8 species one day!
I wonder how many times you have caught the same fish by returning to previously fished locations.. Love the videos.
I’m sure it’s happened many times. There’s been a few times I swore I caught the same fish off the same spot and piece of structure on different trips though only to go home look at screenshots of the two and see they’re different fish. There’s a good population of smallmouth on this river where if there’s one there’s probably several other nice ones near by.
Perfect thing to do on a Saturday morning, watch you slam some smallies lol!
One of my favorite baits
I used to use a rock rake and a framed screen (two man operation) to catch live hellgrammites in the chemung river in upstate NY…. Excellent bait for all sorts of shallow water fish in the finger lakes region….
5:57 Love the honesty
Great video Matt. Culvert fishing ah the overlooked gems. And I was beginning to think your river spots didn't produce dinks alas one appeared. Thought they were reserved for my river and creek outings in northern IL. Blessings this holiday season. How about a mash up compilation video of viewers lures they sent?
One time I was fishing crystal clear water in the UP, and I caught a 21 in smallie that had two nice ones follow it. My next two casts were a 20 in and a 19 in smallie, but I do agree that when they follow up each other they typically don’t bite. That same day my brother and I had smallie about 23ish follow up another one two times and never caught it like most.
Have you ever tried live bait. I use minnows sometimes. Those fish can't resist live bait. They work great on brown trout in small streams too. Even if it's dead they still work great.
Great video as always...
Winter sure looks funny in the Dakotas! Green leaves in December? Lol... I've already started my count down, 17 days till the shortest day of the year!
That little guy at 7:20 is such an over achiever! Love it!
Excellence AND adventure!
Nice smallies!! I live in Wisconsin so that’s pretty much all I get lol
Oh btw you should make the next vid with only live bate😊
Great vid buddy!
I was gonna go brown trout fishing, but I can go after this… 🎣🎣
this gotta be some old footage cause im not far from ya an it was -25c to -35c with the windchill all day.. lol
we haven't had a day like you are enjoying here for at least a month, maybe 5 weeks..
none the less, thjis was some great stuff..
not alot of people who claim to be fishermen know that culverts on highways are a great place to catch a few..
thx for takin us along on another Matt Excursion
😎😎👍👍
This video is from late September. Winter showed up here around the start of November this year.
Keep it up your videos are so awesome
Great video!! Hello from missouri