Fishing for 15lb Bass w/ TOPWATER Lures!

Top water fishing is by far the most exciting way to catch a fish. And today we're back at one of the craziest bass ponds that I've ever fished, the 15 pounder pond. In the previous video, Fletcher hooked into an absolute monster, but unfortunately, we were not able to land it. So today, we're back on the hunt. And the rules are simple. Every fish that you catch, you have to reach your hand into a bucket and grab a random top water lure. Our goal is to see how many different top water lures we can catch [music] a fish on. And let's just say the fishing today was unreal. >> Oh gosh. Yes. Yes. >> [laughter] >> Oh hey. Oh my no, no, no, boy. We almost got one [music] in the finger THERE, GUYS. OH. >> [laughter] >> DUDE, NO WAY, BRO. We are finally back out at the 15 pound wonderland, man. Give us a round of applause. Me and Fletcher tried to come out here a few months ago. The water was blown out. And today, it looks beautiful out here. We hear the fish blowing up. And we're going to be throwing some top waters for this 15 pound giant, son. Come on, no. Yes, sir. And if y'all take a close look here, we got buckets full of top water lures. We got regular stuff like walking baits. And we even have crazy stuff like 100 year old top waters, ducks, bugs, you name it, we got it. We're going to see how many different top waters we can catch a fish on today. So we're going to randomly reach our hand in this bucket. We are not going to peek. There's no peeking, Fletcher. No cheating. >> Dude, I might take a little sneak peek, right? >> No cheating. We're going to grab a random top water lure. We're going to tie it on. We're going to catch fish on it. Then guess what? We go back to the bucket. Draw a random lure, tie it on, [music] catch one, and so on. >> So we're just going straight through the bucket. Every time we catch a fish, we're changing lures? >> Yep. That is it, man. That is it. We're going to see how many different lures we can catch a fish on today. All top waters. >> Dude, I'm going to smoke you. I'm getting through my whole bucket. I'm already telling you. >> You're going to empty the whole >> I'm emptying the whole thing. I would love to see it. >> I'm going to have to start reaching into your bucket. >> [laughter] >> Hey, I got a I got a pretty crazy one. And I matter of fact, I'm not going to be grabbing this bait until later on in the video, guys, cuz this thing right here produces some massive bites. So, actually, Fletcher, I'm taking this one out, bro. We're saving this This is This is my You can pick one wild card that you're going to save like until later. >> Ooh, okay. I'm going to go with the snake. >> Oh, yeah. >> The old slithery boy. We're going to put that to the side, and I can pick that up at any point? >> At any point in time. >> Okay. >> Yep. That's your one like mystery random item. >> All right. Well, here it goes nothing, dude. I'm going to grab my first topwater. Let's see what we get. The old popping pickle boy. That was >> [laughter] >> That's probably my favorite topwater in the whole bag or in the whole bucket. Well, yeah, we got an old popping pickle. You guys know we have caught so many giants on this puppy, [music] and this is going to be the perfect topwater to start off with. >> Well, I guess that means it's my turn, guys. Let's uh rumble the bucket up. >> I'm just going to reach in here and grab the the first thing I get my hands on. It looks like we got the whole bucket, but the one thing that I do have in my hand is this big walking bait. This thing is a meaty boy. >> You don't want to tie on the whole train, dude? >> I might as well just put all of this on. >> We need to film a video like that. If you guys want to see that, let us know. We need to tie like five topwaters alongside each other and see if we could actually catch multiple fish on them. That would be crazy. >> It's like an Alabama rig, but topwater style. >> That is what I'm working with here today. Got this big old silver walking bait, and this thing says Amazon on it. I don't know if that's cuz I got it on Amazon or if it's built for the Amazon. That probably makes more sense. But, there you go, guys. Let's get this sucker tied on. So, I brought two different rods with me today. We have the Kicking Their Bass TVX Lew's V2. This is the new and improved OG rod, but I did bring an OG out, and we are still selling these on the website, guys. So, if you head over to kickintheirbass.com, you can get the OG, or you can get the new V2. We have this one in a medium, a medium heavy, and a heavy, but the medium heavy is out of stock at the moment. But go ahead and go over to the website and check because it could be back in stock. But this one right here is all 7-ft medium heavy. So, if we don't have this one in stock, you could always get the original OG combo, which we all love. But I think for the old frog, I'm going to have to go with my heavy rod, guys. I'm not going to lie, Noah. I don't know >> fully equipped with the right gear to throw this big walking bait, but we're going to try to throw it on my 7-ft medium heavy spinning rod. Should be able to get the job done. >> rod? >> Yeah, I'm going to throw it on a spinning rod. Dude, I honestly like throwing walking baits or anything you have to twitch a lot better on a spinning rod for some reason. >> Well, I'm going to be throwing my frog on the V2, guys, cuz this is actually a 7'3 heavy, and that's going to be perfect for our frog. You can get a little more heaviness in that rod, a little more backbone, and get that frog into that fish. And I would say any of the walking baits or anything else we can put on that original the OG combo. Looks like we're rigged and ready to go, ladies and gents. Let's go ahead and get crackalacking. Butchers, today's the day. >> Today might be the day. >> You hooked into him in one of the last ones, and people roasted you, by the way. >> you, dude. I don't even want to get into it. >> People roasted We'll pop all the comments on the screen. People swore you hooked into a stump. And I saw it with my own two eyes. I believe you had a fish. >> Thank you. >> I'll believe you. I'll I'll back you up on it. I saw it. >> Dude, I'm not I'm not joshing anyone's thoughts when I tell you I had a fish on that cast. All right, guys, let's get to casting. Oh gosh. Let's not do that. Oh my Dude, I already have a baby gator coming up to my frog. Look at him. First cast, he's just he's amped. Dude, that gator is no bigger than 15 in. Look how tiny that little guy is, man. Dude, they love topwater. So, that giant fish in question that I missed was sitting right about where I'm casting here. There's a big submerged tree that likes to hold a fish or two. See if anybody's home today. I'm sure somebody's home, but do they want to come up and eat this massive topwater? That's a whole different question. I'm going to cover a good bit of water today, guys. I'm going to just put the trolling motor down. Cast this frog in the best spots that we can put it in. I really hope we get something nice today. Get Get one of those Oh, did I Did I just have a chaser? Did I have a I think I just had a chaser. There was a big swirl. Scott, check the replay there. Did I have something come up after my my lure, or was that just a big wake from the trolling motors? While this technically isn't a competition, guys, I want to catch more fish than anyone does today. So, we're going to lock in here. See if we can't get something started on this big topwater. Just need to break the ice. Any action yet, man? I had one chaser, I think. There was a big swirl by the boat. It could have been the trolling motor kicking up water, but I'm pretty sure it was a fish. I know I asked Scott to show replay. You got to review the play. I swear if it wasn't a fish, these people are really going to think I didn't catch a fish on that last on that last video. [laughter] Yeah, they're just going to be thinking you're dancing their tots all the time, dude. I'll tell you guys, all we need is this first bite. Once we get this first topwater blowup, we're going to be cruising. I am surprised, honestly, we haven't got a bite yet. This bank looks really good. How are you not a Oh, baby, there Oh, that's a good one, dude. >> [laughter] >> Oh, that's a really good fish, man. It's probably a 3-pounder. It's close to it, if not. Come here, baby girl. Come here Oh, come here. Yeah. Oh, yeah, that's a 3-pounder all day, sonny. Woo! There we go, baby. We were just talking about throwing in those holes on the trees, guys, and that spot looks so good. I couldn't believe we There wasn't a fish there, and he came out of nowhere and demolished it. Look at that frog in the back of his throat. And that is topwater number one complete, guys. We are one off the books. And we are going to be reaching our hand back in this bucket and grabbing us a random one, man. Holy cow, what a beautiful bass. That is every bit of 3 lbs right there. Little low three number. Thank you, honey. Woo! Hey, you got to start somewhere, man. Yes, sir. Come on. I am unfortunately dealing with a tangled bait here. I got hog-tied around my front hook, so I'm having to re-tie. But the dancing glizzy will be back in action in no time. The dancing glizzy. That's a little sus, dude. I don't know about that. I don't know if I support that name for that bait. All right, here we go, guys. Mystery bucket. Hand in the bucket. And we are going to grab something. Oh my gosh, what is this? Is this what I think it is? This is honestly another really good bait. Oh, yeah. Okay. >> [music] >> So we have the Mach Patrol. And this is actually in bluegill color. There's actually another Mach Patrol in here in white, and usually that's my go-to color. Well, I'm going to tell you guys right now, it is not a bad idea to be throwing bluegill colored baits. You know, the last couple of months, bass have been bedding. Now they're done bedding. Bluegill have pushed up, and they've made a bunch of brim beds. >> [music] >> And this is actually going to be perfect to throw along some of this grass, and I feel like I'm going to get some of these really aggressive bass to attack this thing. There's not many times where I'm like, "Hey, this is the color we need to be throwing." but I actually feel really [music] good about it, man. Really good. And we're actually going to keep the frog on my V2. And since uh we have a treble hook bait, I'm going to put it on a 7-ft medium heavy here. >> [music] >> And we're going to go with the old OG, man. We We thrown the OG since the V2 came out just about, [music] besides when I'm fun fishing. So, I'm excited to give this thing a whip, dude. And by the way, once those OG combos are sold off the website, they are gone, man. So, this is going to be your last chance to get the old OG special [music] cuz they will not be made anymore, sadly. The V2 will, but not the OG. The whole old bank edge that I'm fishing right now, guys, is pretty shallow. Which not as This isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's just I'm not sure what the fish are doing right now. Oh, there we go. On the dancing glizzy boy. All right. She's feisty. She's feisty. Get on in there. There we go, guys. Check that out. >> [music] >> Pop that thing right off the top of the surface. Let's try to get this out without getting any hooks in myself. Got a lot to maneuver around here. Yes, sir. A nice little one to break the ice over here on my boat. Probably two and some change. We're going to try to keep on improving from there. Not the 15-pounder. >> [laughter] >> But hopefully we can find them once we switch through a few baits here. Let's cut this off and move on to the next. >> [snorts] >> Cool as Dude, that bite was insane. >> I heard that from here, boy. >> Bro, it was Oh, gosh. It was one of those bites that you just sounded like it sucked it down. It was like That was sick. She's barely hooked, guys. We got to land this fish. Come on. This is going to give us three lures complete if we can land this one. That's a good bass, too, dude. Not a bad one at all. Come here, baby. That's a good 2 and 1/2 pounder. Come here, baby. Oh, yeah. Dude, that was such a cool blowup. Hey, you can't beat topwater blowups, dude. There's something about it, dude. Just get your blood pumping. I don't care if you're a fisherman or not. That's got to get your blood boiling. [music] There we go, boys. We got the patroller in the bluegill pattern knocked off the list, and that is a good quality fish, guys. That is three lures. We just got two knocked off. Fletcher got the old big boy knocked off. We're going to be moving on to another bait. Another bait and another journey. Peace out, dude. Well, I want to get back in there, guys. Let's go ahead and pick our second lure. It looks like we got a plopper. Nothing too crazy. Just a nice little plop. Let's give this thing a toss. Did you just catch that one on a plopper? Yes, sir. All right, I got the same thing on, guys. Let's see if we can get quick success just like Noah. Oh, that's the big one though, ain't it? Yeah, this one's a little This one's for the big boys, dude. Oh, yeah. I'm probably going to catch like the smallest fish possible on it now now that I said that. to say that's the 15-pounder plopper. All right, here we go, guys. Magical hand in the bucket. Oh, go. Oh, boy. >> [laughter] >> They're chomping today. That's a good fish, boys. That is a good fish. Oh, no, she's barely hooked. She's barely hooked. She's like a good four. GET IN HERE. YES! WELL, HOW ABOUT THAT, ladies and gents? Our second fish of the day pushing probably [music] about 4 lb. Really healthy quality fish. And as you can tell, this one is super dark compared to probably some of the other bass we're going to catch today, and that is a telltale [music] sign that this fish has been sitting up under that mat all day long away from the sun. And this is what I like to call >> [music] >> a camper. This guy likes to camp and wait for his bait to come right to him, and that Whopper Plopper was calling his name. Let's go ahead and get this thing cut off, and we are moving on to bait number three. Well, guys, I got distracted by Fletcher, but we got a white buzz toad on a buzz bait. This is going to get very interesting. You guys have been asking me about throwing a buzz bait, and we got you a buzz bait right now, boys. So, let's go ahead and tie this thing on and get to casting. I think we're going to get a sick eat with how they're biting right now on this thing. We're tied up to Noah, guys. We're going in for our third bait here. Dude, we're picking out the same baits. I just got a buzz bait. >> [laughter] >> Dude, I feel like I feel like I'm going with the buzz. I'm not re-drawing. I'm not resorting to that. Yeah, mine's got the actual like toad on here. So, hey, let's see which one catches the bigger fish. Will the actual toad on the back of a buzz bait be better than a normal buzz bait? I'm actually very excited to throw this down this bank here because we have some laydowns that open up down here on this right side of the bank, and I feel like getting this thing within this crevices on the bank and the laydowns is going to be money. So, I'm actually going to I'm going to steam past this and get up by those trees. We're going to get hammered. That's just [laughter] It looks too good. >> [gasps] >> I'm telling you, bro. Yeah, dude. It It just looked way too good. It looked way too good. Oh gosh, this is a big 'un. Woo! Dude, this is actually fishing insane right now. This might be the best fishing I've gotten into all year, and I've had some good fishing so far. Oh dude, I barely got this fish pinned, bro. This is a high 3 pounder. Ah, SHE'S GOT ME. OH, SHE'S SOAKING ME, DUDE. I'M soaking wet. Oh my goodness, Sally. That's close. Dude, that is every bit Hold on. I'm sorry, boys. Y'all are wet. I'm actually drenched, dude. My glasses I look like I wet my pants. It's in my eyeballs. But, we did get a dang crazy buzz toad bite. How many lures we completed so far? Is that five? >> That's five. >> Okay. Five lures complete. Got a freaking nice one on the buzz toad. He actually hit it twice. They're amped up today, dude. When they're hitting like that, that's how you know they're eating. All right, baby. Thank you for the bite even though you got me soaked. Thank you. Thank you, baby. She's going to soak me again, ain't she? No, she's not. >> [laughter] >> Gosh, what's going, dude? We are rolling, Fletch. I can't believe you didn't get a bite down that. >> Me, too, honestly. >> Oh, there goes one. Oh, there we go. Speak it into existence, Noah. Speak it into existence. And that's fish number three and bait number three complete. Dude, what is going on? I don't know. But, uh there's a good chance we get through this whole bucket in like half an hour. Well, there we go, guys. Our third fish. A little bit on the smaller side. Our smallest one yet, but good to know there's a little variety of size biting today. >> [snorts] >> Hopefully the next one's a little bit bigger. And in the buckets, mix it around. Oh, gosh. I got a rat, dude. I got a ratatouille. Yeah. I swear if I pick out a rat right now, I'm going to be I'm going to be crazy I just going to be crazy. Okay. I almost got a rat. I got the duck. >> [laughter] >> We got some crazy lures coming out now, man. I don't know if we we've threw a lot of the regular baits. Like, most of these baits are going to be crazy from here on out. And y'all can see kind of what we got in here. Attached to my lure, we got a small whopper plopper. We got a little rat. Just a few other goodies in there as well. But, uh let's tie on this small duck. It's a little smaller than the one Noah put to the side by a good margin. So, I'm hoping we get a nibble on it. So far the So far the fish are telling me they're going to bite just about anything we throw at them today. Look at the way the fish torqued my little buzz bait there. I mean, look at that. I don't know if I've ever had a fish just torque my whole thing around like that. That's kind of wild, especially for a small fish. So guys, this rat's actually pretty cool because you know, you have big topwater wet rats that are like more of a wake bait. Um and some other like hard topwaters that are rats. But this one's actually a hollow body rat that's pretty much very similar to a frog. I mean, you're going to be able to fish this in pretty much all the areas you could fish a frog. And this is overall one of my favorite rats to throw. So, we going to see what we get into. I actually rigged her up on the old V2, the heavy rod here. That's why it's good to have multiple rods, guys. You can do a little bit of everything here. You can put my treble hook baits on my medium heavy, put some of my frogs and other topwaters like that on my heavy rod, and we are good and rocking. All right, dude, we're on pace for a pretty crazy day, bro, like this might be the day for the 15. Dude, the 15 better show himself. Or just I like to see his like little brother, like the runt of the family, the 10-pounder, you know? So, I don't know if you guys see that, there's actually a fish under me right now. It's a bluegill. So, right up there So, right up there, if you guys look, you see all those light spots? And those are just little circles. Those are brim beds up there. And that's exactly what I was talking about earlier. So, brim are all up on bed and these guys, I can only assume are roaming around. So, if you present anything that's like a bluegill to them, they're going to be freaking fired up. Only one of my feet is working on my duck. Only this right one is spinning, or maybe it's the left one. That might be an issue for us, but with the way the fish are biting, hopefully it doesn't affect it too much. See, what's weird about this uh tree line here, guys, is we usually don't get a ton of bites on it, but it looks so good. It's one of those things that I feel like these bass in this lake prioritize the grass over the laydowns. Which I I see this from time to time depending on the lake that I'm fishing where fish would just primarily get on trees or they'll primarily get on grass. And I think it's one of those things in here that uh they just love getting on the grass in this lake. Yes! Third time's the charm. On the ducky. He ate it three times before I got him. Come here, Mr. ducky. There we go, guys. Our next fish on the duck. [music] And this guy really wanted that thing. He went after it three times before he finally got it in his mouth. And he just barely got one of the hooks. So, >> [music] >> I appreciate the nibbles there, guy. I'll let you on your way so you can catch another little something something to eat. Unfortunately, this duck is not going to curb your appetite. I apologize. Dude thought he was eating good today. >> [laughter] >> He ate the wrong duck. Well, here we go, guys. Diving back into the bucket. Let's see what we got. Ooh! A little sunfish. Okay. Finally got myself a frog style bait. So, for this lure, guys, I'm actually going to switch up my rod here. We're going to go with my big heavy-duty bait caster because we want a little bit more backbone for these frog style baits. And as you can tell, we got some pretty stout hooks on here. This thing is built to go into the thickest of cover and come out with a big fish. So, we want a rod that complements that. Ooh! Oh, boom! Dude, I was about to say this bank sucks, and I had three of them come up under that rat right there. I looked at my rat, dude, and they're just all up under it. Oh, he destroyed this thing. He actually broke the rat, dude. I'm pretty sure he messed it up. One or the other. He did something. Come here, Mr. Rattatouille. Mr. Rattabass. Woo! Look at that, baby. We are cruising, man. You got to love catching a fish on a freaking rat, bro. This is one of those rats that you can get a lot of bites on, too, guys. Since it's like the same profile as a frog, I just feel like it's a really good It's a really good overall bait. Is it a weird one for sure, but it gets bites, dude. It catches really good fish like that. That is just beautiful. Man, I just love being out here, guys. Just a blessing catching fish on topwater right now and enjoying this beautiful weather that we have. It's a blessing. Thank you, buddy. Appreciate the middle. Back in action. Let's get this little sunfish in there. Good chance we get one on this first cast. I'm not going to lie. This is a juicy little looking spot. Well, here we go, dude. Another draw in the bucket. What are we getting? We got us another uh patroler, dude. Should I even fish with that since we already fished for one? >> I don't know. I feel like you should redraw. >> I agree. I agree with that statement. >> [laughter] >> Okay. It's getting a little weird. I mean, it's a regular Whopper Plopper. It's not a patroler. I don't know, dude. I was just throwing random stuff in there. I almost set that one to the side, too. Okay, this is more like it. Guess what I got. The old snake, dude. The old rattlesnake. That's a good option. That is a killer option. Like, dude, we've caught fish on a bunch of different baits today, but this is going to be This is going to be the money, dude. I want to see a crazy eat on this. I love throwing that snake bait. It's a fun lure. Dude, you can't tell me there ain't a fish in this little nook. This is like one of the most productive spots on this pond consistently. And maybe they just all migrated to this little lily pad patch over here. That's possible I suppose. Get ready for some action here guys. We're going into the pads. We're going to try to work out the edge of them first. See if anyone's hanging out right on the perimeter guarding the entrance. All right guys, here goes nothing with the old rattlesnake man. I think we can get a crazy eat on this. It might take us a second. Sometimes they can be a little picky with the snakes which I don't blame them because I do not like snakes either. But it looks really good. I mean dude, it looks so natural. That is the one thing about this snake lure. It probably looks more realistic than any bait I've ever thrown. I mean look at the action of this thing in the water guys. Look at that. Yeah. Yeah, there's one in the back. Got him. Got him. Come on son of a gun. Get on in here. We're moving up boys. We are moving up. So remove that garash you got on there buddy. And then we'll get a hold of you and get that bait out of there. >> [laughter] >> Let's go. We are about to go on to our next lure, but here's a quick look at what I just caught. A nice little 2 pounder. Probably right on the number honestly. I don't think a an ounce less or an ounce more. Right at two. Dude, oh. Oh my gosh, I'm freaking out. I'm losing my marbles. Hold on. I'm actually losing my marbles. Oh, HE'S STILL ON THERE. OH. [screaming] DUDE, NO WAY BRO. That was actually insane. Like when you get three bites on a snake in one cast bro, there's an issue. You got a problem. He has no fighting him though dude. He's just let me log him in. There we go guys. That's a good little 2 pounder on the snake lure. I did not expect to catch one that quick on that thing. I think today is just a special day. You do not get many special days like today where you're just getting bites like that. Well, there we go, guys. That is [laughter] sick to catch one on a snake, especially that quick. We were only throwing that thing for 5 minutes, >> [music] >> and we got slammed by this puppy. He hit it twice on that first cast, and then I had to just pitch it back in there, and he hammered it. I could see his shadow living right up under that snake, but I'm telling you, man, like spots like that, little indentations and crevices, any uh irregularities in the bank, like right here we have a bunch of trees and grass, and then all of a sudden, you have a little opening, and that is a perfect little ambush spot for a bass to be sitting. Let's give the bucket a spin. See what we got up next. Okay. >> [laughter] >> Finally got something a little different, Noah. >> What you got? >> We got a 100-year-old topwater. So, this guys right here is a 100-year-old topwater lure, and this thing is more specifically kind of like a spy bait style. So, I'm hoping that this will be successful. We'll get this tied on and see what we can do with it. All right, man. Ow. It ain't that sharp putting your hand in a bucket of sharp treble hooks. There we go, guys. We've thrown just about every topwater in the books today besides a walking bait. I know Fletcher started off the video with that absolute monster walking bait, but right here we have a black sexy dog. This is a really good topwater, guys. Just walking the dog covering water. If you guys [music] look on this pattern, this is actually a black topwater, but it has some gold, green, and purple flake in it. And this thing overall just looks really good. I think we're going to get slammed, dude. Absolutely slammed. Let's see if we got any old grandpa bass that want some classic Americana on the end of my line. Come on. Where my grandpas at? You like your old-timey lures? Looking for that big old 15 pounder. This tree line looks really good. And this is something I can cover really effectively. Like using a walking bait like this is so easy to cover water. I can kind of just get on the trolling motor, keep going, and you can just keep casting, guys. This is a great bait if you're just wanting to cover water and cover territory and just try to get the bait in front of as many fish as you can. This is a great option for that. And what's really good about this walking bait, too, is actually called a hard knocker. And as you guys can tell, it's very loud. And throwing this thing on the edge of these laydowns can be a really [music] good bait to just call these fish out. Oh gosh. Dude, I I can't. I can't. This is the best day of fishing I've had in a long time, dude. All I'm doing is tying on, bro. I'm like I've probably made I've probably tied on as many baits as I made casts. Dude, like I'm throwing like five ca- five 10 casts max, and I'll just get eaten every time. Dude, this is unreal. We picked the right day to do some topwater fishing, bro. This overcast has them fired up. All right, guys. Well, that is the black walking bait knocked off the list. Got this old pretty old girl right here. This is probably one of [music] the smallest fish we've caught today. About a 1 and 1/2 pounder, not a horrible one. But, uh heck yeah, guys. That's the walking bait knocked out of our bucket. By the way, right there, that's where I almost got that hook in me. It was honestly It was pretty close, man. Obviously, you get past the barb, it's going to be a little hard to get that puppy off, man. Guys, as bad as I want to throw this duck lure, I know Fletcher caught one on the smaller one, but this thing is massive. It's probably three times as big as the one he was fishing with. This is actually meant for pike. And I really want to throw this bait, but I think I'm going to wait at least one or two more pulls before we put this puppy on. Cuz I feel like this could catch an absolute tank. And we are running pretty thin on the options. I think I only have probably six or seven baits left in here. So, let's see what we pull out, man. Oh, gosh. Let's Let's just say this bait is older than me. I mean, it's got a It's got a hat on, dude. I don't even know what the Are you sure this is This is a topwater? You got the sombrero bait? The sombrero, yeah, dude. That is a perfect name. That's literally the perfect name, the sombrero. It literally looks like one. Well, this one's going to be interesting. Is that what you're throwing right now is a 100-year-old one? Yeah, but I got a spy bait. It's like a or like a rip bait, I guess. Heck, yeah. So, going from a lure that is in the modern era right here, pretty much a standard walking bait to this bait that is about the same size as the walking bait, just about 100 years older. This is pretty crazy. Yep. Yep. There we go. Knew there had to be a fish up in there. Finally. >> [laughter] >> You're not getting away this time, pal. You've been caught red-handed. And it's our smallest fish of the day on one of the bigger lures we've thrown. I mean, seriously, what was that guy thinking? What What was he thinking he was going to do with that thing down his gullet? Oh, we almost got one in the finger there, guys. Almost got one in the thing. Okay, buddy. I'll let you go before you wiggle and get another hook in me. I'll save the hooks for you guys. Oh, that's crazy, guys. Yeah, so we can walk this bait just like a walking bait, and it honestly looks pretty identical. The only difference is this thing is actually made out of solid wood. So, you're not going to hear Like, you don't hear if I shake this. You don't hear nothing [music] compared to the one we just threw. So, we can actually work this like a walking bait, or we can pop it like a popper. That is something we're going to have to figure out if the fish aren't wanting to bite us, you know, how to work it. Like, what do they [music] want? Spin it around one more time. See what we get this go around. Grab with my left hand. And we got a Whopper Plopper. Dude, why did you put so many Whopper Ploppers in here? I don't know, dude. Maybe I like Whopper Ploppers. I'm putting that one to the side. We'll try again. >> Okay. >> We got two rats. I grabbed both by accident, but uh I guess that gives me a choice. Do we want to go with the frog rat or do we want to go with the wakebait rat? Hmm. I'm kind of feeling the wakebait rat. Let's give this thing a shot. These fish are more of like a flat bill style of tracking, you know what I mean? They ain't into the sombreros right now. But once I get down the lane a little more, we might get into some sombrero eaters. I'm more of a trucker style hat type my guy myself. I don't even know what I'm doing. Don't even listen to me. Don't even listen to me. Woo! Oh! I got him, dude. I got him on the sombrero, baby. Woohoo! Oh, dude, there's a Oh my gosh, there's a brush pile right there. I've never noticed before. Do not go down in the tree. He's trying to. Come here, Mr. Sombrero bass. Let's go, baby. There we go, guys. >> [laughter] >> That is so sick, man. You know, it's really cool switching up topwaters today. Throwing crazy baits, throwing some really good modern-day baits, >> [music] >> but to pick up a topwater that you know is actually older than yourself and catch a fish on it is just such a cool thing, man. That is [laughter] so sick. Man, it's been a while since I fished with the old topwater like that. And I might have talked a little bit of trash about the old sombrero, but dude, I'm not going to lie, this thing is gassed up. Beautiful markings on this bass though. Very pretty. Woo! All right, man. Let's go. All right, Fletch. This is what I'm thinking. I'm going to draw one more lure out of the bucket. And then after that, I'm going to Mr. Ducky. >> Haha! I like that. Oh, no. I almost just caught an alligator. So, this will be our last bait draw before the old duck. And we all want to see it, dude. I haven't fished with that big boy in a minute. Let's see what we got here. Oh boy. We actually have a bait that we have not fished with today and I cannot believe we haven't thrown it so far. And we have ourselves a popper, guys. This is a little Strike King popper. It's actually in the same color as the walking bait we had and like I said, with the conditions today, this is actually not a bad color and I think we're going to get hammered on this pretty quick. This is uh one of the best topwater of all time. Like if I take somebody fishing who hasn't really had much experience with topwater, I'd probably set them up with a popper. Either a popper or a plopper. There we go. Finally got one on the rat. Golly, son of a gun, that took too long with the way these fish are biting. That's another small one. This one is a little pipsqueak. It's okay though. We appreciate our fish of every size. Always love a nice little quality bite. Let's get that out of there. There we go. Just like a I don't know, maybe 3/4 of a pound. Just a little guy. Get him right back on in there. Feisty. Got a lot of energy. Now that we got that bait cut off, guys, let's dive back in. See, I almost took a sneak peek. There we go. I got another rat. I got another rat. This one's a frog rat. I think I'm going to stick this one out here, guys. Give it a shot. Or, you know what? We fished with enough rats. I want to see what else we got. No, I won't put too many of the same lures in here. I got a small walking bait. I'll take that. That's a little bit different. This is like our first bait, but this is a much smaller version of it. So, we'll give this a quality chance to produce a big bite. It's one of my favorite baits to throw, so that's why I'm sticking with it. I'm ready to slam one on this popper and we can get Mr. Duckerson in here. We got to tag in see Yeah, baby. Oh, that's a decent one, guys. Woo! That is crazy. Our last fish on a normal bait. Woo! That bite was sick, dude. This was another one of these banks I pulled up on and I look at this bank and I see a little bit of bait popping. I was like, oh yeah. We need to get in there. Oh, gosh. Yeah, that's something we do not want to Okay, buddy. Oh, whoa. Okay, that works. I touched the fish. >> [laughter] >> Okay, I touched them. That one counts. We're going to move on to our final bait, guys. Being the most interesting, the craziest looking, and the biggest profile bait that we have in our boat right now. And that is Mr. Senior ducky. Let's go ahead and tie this big bad boy on and get to work, dude. Because this might take a while to get us a bite on, but we're going to freaking catch one on it. And hopefully it is the dang 15 pounder. Let's toss her in. Oh, oh my [laughter] god. That was the most aggressive bite I've seen all day. That fish came a foot and a half out of the water when he hammered that and he came off. And he came off. >> [laughter] >> I hope y'all got a good look at that. That was insane. >> [laughter] >> I mean, that was That was one of the most explosive topwater bites I've had in a hot minute. That was awesome. Oh my gosh, that was like a shark. That was like a shark. I don't know how they hit it like that and don't manage to get one of these three hooks, or I guess technically nine hooks since they're all trebles in their mouth. They were aggro on that. >> [laughter] >> They just hit it so hard they just pop it away from their face. Oh, there he is again. He's coming back. There we go. >> [laughter] >> So, you got to let him eat it softly. That one didn't destroy [music] it that type around. Honestly, I think the hookup ratio is better when they don't just clobber the thing. I love they just hit it too hard and it goes flying. There we go. All right, guys. Let's go ahead and we will put him back in. And I think it's time, guys, we move on to our last lure that we put to the side. And that's this little slithery boy here. We got the snake. Noah had some luck with it, but I'm excited to throw it myself. It's a really fun bait to throw that can produce some really big bites. So, let's clip this off and see what the snake can do. Let's go, ducky. Let's freaking go. Got this on our V2 heavy rod because this is a very hefty boy. You guys look right here. I actually saw this. There's a bunch of bluegill beds. See all this light? These light spots right here. I'm hoping there's some big bass in this area. I feel good about this right here. Oh. Oh my gosh, bro. Oh, dude. We got bit on the first cast on the duck. That is actually insane. So, like I said before, this is not meant for bass, guys. This is actually meant for big musky and and pike. So, it's a very hefty one, but clearly the bass are interested cuz he just hit it. And we have caught some bass on it before. It's time to cook. We got our snake all rigged up. The inaugural cast with the snake. Let's see if it's one and done. >> [laughter] >> That little pocket just looks so good. Okay, it wasn't one and done. I thought there was a chance, but we're going to keep it cooking. Come on. This got me freaking amped. I've been excited this whole video cuz I love topwater, but this has got me locked. I don't got to worry about cutting thing and tying nothing else on. This is the final straw. We're living and dying by it, so. You just got to lock in, pay attention, make some really good casts, and capitalize when we get that bite that we need. Well, it's slowing down here, guys. We fished the whole 15-pounder pond. Kind of picked it clean. The 15-pounder is still hiding from us. We know she's somewhere, but where is she? Which cast could be the cast? Does she want the snake? Does she want the duck? Oh, there we go. Oh, the snake. It wasn't even that good of a cast. The snake was all wrapped up on itself. She just came up and smoked it, though. Come here, honey. Come on in here. Well, let me see what you're working with. Boom, bada bing. Oh. Oh. Oh my gosh. Oh, is she still under it? >> [laughter] >> I tried to figure-eight them, dude. Dude, that bite was aggressive, man. I wish I could get that back. That fish was mean. He just slammed it right there. It's just like you're I'm trying to find a very selective fish. You know what I mean? >> Oh, yeah. It takes a special one to eat a um full-size duckling. Oh, dude, it's crazy. Gosh, if I would have been able to land one of those figure-eighting, that would have been so [snorts] funny. 100% should be some bass in this little side area. Oh, hey. Oh, oh, no, no, boy. What are you doing? Came out of nowhere, dude. That's why you got to keep your eyes peeled, man. You fishing places with gators. You never know. I mean, he's a little squirt. He ain't going to hurt a fly. Oh. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh, still coming after it. Gator, get away from me, dude. There's a fish under me, gator. There's a fish under me, gator. Stop it. No. You've been a very bad boy. Go to time-out. That's what I thought. [music] Go in your corner. Yes. That's what I thought. Gosh, man. I had a finally had a fish under that. There's another gator. Oh my god, I got gators all around me and they're freaking big and just Dude, if you could have saw what I just had happen, bro. >> What happened? >> I don't even know, man. I got gator galore. I got a 4-pounder knocking my my duck all the way out of the water. I mean, dude, if those freaking gators weren't near me, we could have got that fish to bite. I promise you that. See, we can be friends, dude. You can just chill there. If you want to watch it, you can [music] watch it. It's not real, okay? I know you don't understand that, but this is not a real duck. I don't even know why I'm wasting my words. This thing does has no idea what I'm saying right now. Man, guys, well, sometimes it goes your way and sometimes it doesn't, but I had a blast filming this video today, guys. One of the most fun days I've had fishing in a very long time. If you guys enjoyed it, hit the like button and I appreciate y'all and I'll catch y'all in the next. If you enjoyed this video and want to watch another one, check out the [music] video on the screen.