Would love to see you and momma sue do a catch & cook video on these shell daddy’s one day!! Love your videos sir, you’re such an inspiration to all fisherman & don’t even realize how much! Thank you Thank you Thank you!
Glad to hear that you have quit smoking, I have been quit for 17 years now. Tried to get my younger brother to quit years ago, he died 2 years ago of lung cancer that spread to his pancreas and liver. You take care, really enjoy your vids and hope to see many more.
I’m really amazed that the fish are not stealing your bait. I will definitely try hooking the worm your way. Your films are outstanding keep up what you are doing. I watch a lot of fishing shows yours are at the top.
Thank you for the video's Richard! Being frozen up here in middle TN this week hasn't allowed me to get out to fish. Been a sad time but your videos help ease the pain. Anytime you want to come wade some new creeks you're welcome and it would be my privilege! Thank you for the video. God bless you!
Richard you are the lite line specialist!! How did you keep from catching sauger? They are always hanging out at the dam. Keep making us in the know 🎣🎣😁🙏🏻
Hey Richard Gene, I have watched you for 2-4 years now and I have reconnected with an old childhood friend and we fish a-lot together and watch your videos and laugh out Butts off Woo Woo. I am so Proud to hear that you quit smoking. We all Love You and Mamma Sue and your videos. I/We want you around for many years to come. Hang in there Buddy. Keep on Quitting Buddy, You can Do It. Thanks !!
Hello Richard Gean, hope mama Sue is doing well. You mentioned about those guys watching through the monitor at the dam well I can imagine it now one of those guys names probably Earl the other name Wilbur Wilbur got them long nose hair too. They probably seen you coming up through there and said oh Lord Wilbur here he is again you let them keep watching you you keep catching keep producing and we’ll keep watching lol. Take care buddy.
Richard, thank you for another great video. I have watched several of your videos about catching panfish and enjoyed them all. I am located in the UK and became fascinated by the idea of catching panfish in the early 1960s, when I was around nine or ten years old and I had already been fishing for a couple of years. Always keen to learn more, I found a book about fishing in the local library. I now understand it must have been published in the US. It has a lot of information about how to catch panfish, which I did my best to put into practice. Despite my best efforts, I caught no panfish, although I did catch some decent perch up to around a pound in weight. It was another year or so before I realised that. my lack of panfish success was down to the fact that they don't exist in the UK.... As Homer Simpson might say, "Doh!".
Watching you fish, Richard brings me back to fishing with my father. I sure do miss him, and I hope you live to be 100+. Long live Richard Gene the Fishing Machine! ❤
I remember the last time I used 2lb line lol. I had been reading "pro crappie tips" and read that I needed to use smaller line to potentially hook up on big slab crappie. That the larger smarter fish might be seeing my line... So I did and I hooked one of the biggest crappie I've ever seen and instead of netting her I tried to hoist her up onto the dock I was fishing on. The line snapped and I felt like throwing up. I truly think that fish would have easily went 3.5lbs and broke the lake record I was fishing at. I learned a hard lesson that day lol.
Thats why i went back to the basics Richard. I use the rig you use an caught tons of fish. I caught sun fish catfish smallies and large mouth bass on big nightcrawlers. Also, ive used a 6 inch leader size 1 hook. Then a slip bobber with spit shots. Size 2/0 or 3/0 offset superline hooks with 1/32 oz bullet weights. Then id put a delta red crayfish with trophy bass by procure and caught nice bass. A 1/4 oz tear drop weight size 3/0 circle hook on a drop shot work a dropshot or dead stick it and caught bass. A 1/32 oz or 1/16 crappie jig with a grub worm with procure trophy bass caught big largemouth bass or big smallies. Then a burkley chopo, a wakebait or kvd splash an a shallow diving suspending jerkbait and caught bass and pickerel 😊
❤ Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us. My wife and I love watching your channel and learning from you. But we would LOVE to see Mama Sue fishing with you more often.We have successfully lowered the water level in every lake we fish in, using your techniques. Please take care and stay safe Richard, and please give Mama Sue a great BIG Hug and a kiss from Vicki Sue and Me.! "TIGHT LINES" ..!
Richard, you always have good content and advice for us thanks for the videos you have helped many fisherman. Been watching for years appreciate all the tips, tricks and knowledge. Thanks!!
Man it’s cold here in NC too. But we have a warm front coming in next week. I’m hoping to hit the river for a couple of days and catch whatever hits my hook!! Wooooo!!
I've been fishing crawlers for 55 years now! Bouncing whole crawlers for Steelhead on the Feather River in California....My Mom enjoyed eating bluegills... she'd fry em and eat the crispy tails like potato chips! My ex wife caught a 5 1/2 pound bluegill on a rapala minnow once... almost as big as a basketball! On a Berkeley Stinger Rod on Lake Perris Riverside California 1985
After seeing about 50 of your videos and I love them all. But I'm not going to lie when I started watching you I thought you had A.D.D 😂 and now me and my wife are saying WOOOO all the time as we are fishing 🎣. Just keep loving the Lord and fishing too because it's GOOOOOOD furrr you ❤ Love you brother and GOD BLESS
Congratulations on quitting smoking cigarettes!!! I quit last February, we will get to catch alot more fish now!!! Im talkin bout Woooooooooooooo!!! You da man Richard!!!
My belief is that as you mentioned that they like the murky water in winter is because the murky water holds heat better when the sun is out and also warms up alot faster
Richard, 7:35 mark: Muddy water absorbs the sunlight more, and the water tends to be warmer in muddy water, than clear water. That would be my guess. I guess the mud holds the heat better than gin clear water.
Hey Brother Richard, I've heard you mention the drag system on the Daiwa Fuego2000-2500 not working as well as you might like. This particular reel has felt drag washers that can be replaced with carbon fiber discs. Cold weather will cause the drag grease to thicken and the felts will be harder and stickier too. Order a bag of the carbon fiber discs and lighter drag grease to replace the factory stuff. when properly assembled, you should be able to hold the reel up by the line and adjust drag to the point where the weight of the reel will smoothly and slowly allow the reel to lower under its own weight. Super tune the drag system for that light weight line. A fellow fisherman in North Alabama. Micky C
Thank you, Richard for another great video. Really appreciate all the tips and knowledge you share with us. You've proven that the lite lines can catch fish, but man 2lb is scary. Probably because I don't have or use a rod as lite as your using. Gotta get one and try that line again. It is a lot more sport and fun to use lighter tackle. God bless ya'll and stay safe on your travels to these fishing spots. 👍👍
Great video 👍 We're catching them like that up here now, through the ice. For some reason fish through the ice, the meat is denser and tastier. We call them bluegills.The larger ones we refer to them as bullgills. Ounce for ounce, nothing fights like a gill. They do a fine job on a dinner plate as well.
There is a big pond at the city park in Russellville AL. And it’s a mossy / grassy pond. It houses some tater headed shell crackers. The miss causes the water to get clear clear, and in spring you can see the beds rooted out in the grass, you can throw a worm 🪱 in that bed and you’ll catch some tater heads I mean! They’re packed in that pond
Big 👍🏻Richard. Bluegill and shell crackers are one of my favourites also . But I think yellow perch is my all time favourite. Then blugill and shell crackers followed next third is walleye. Have you ever had yellow perch ??
Hey man, I was just watching Fishing with Nordbye, and he talking about fishing by the dam to for Shellcrackers. Even said y'all should do a video together! Old man Gene
Richard, They prefer the dirtier water bc it holds more heat on cold days. And maybe the fish aren’t following the murky water, just those fish are more inclined to eat and react vs the same species in 5-10 degree colder water that day. Just my opinion. Thanks for the terrific videos
I agree with you..I'm sure you thought it later currant and moving makes them strike faster even with dark water.they have to act fast.😮(this is a response to a comment)
![Blox Fruits Dragon Rework Update [Full Stream]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/EqDAp8udhm0/mqdefault.jpg)
Would love to see you and momma sue do a catch & cook video on these shell daddy’s one day!! Love your videos sir, you’re such an inspiration to all fisherman & don’t even realize how much! Thank you Thank you Thank you!
I second that
@@terrywells3955 I third that
Yes, Richard is 100% best ever!!! We all love you Richard! Thank You!!!
Facts
Glad to hear that you have quit smoking, I have been quit for 17 years now. Tried to get my younger brother to quit years ago, he died 2 years ago of lung cancer that spread to his pancreas and liver. You take care, really enjoy your vids and hope to see many more.
You know what's tasty for sure.
Nothing beats a fat bluegill or shell cracker, any size.
Love you Richard Gene.
I’m really amazed that the fish are not stealing your bait. I will definitely try hooking the worm your way. Your films are outstanding keep up what you are doing. I watch a lot of fishing shows yours are at the top.
You have the best fishing RUclips channel!!!!! 2nd to none… huge fan here from Southeast Michigan
Thank you for the kindness to a stranger met and no longer a stranger..have a blessed day sir and your lady sue
Congratulations Gene on Quitting smoking, that's hard to do and I'm proud for you. Catchem Junior
Yes I’m ready for spring fishing I’m so ready.
Nice haul of fish, Richard!
Also nice of you to give your creel to those fellow fishermen!
God bless ALL of us!
WWG1WGA
Thank you for the video's Richard! Being frozen up here in middle TN this week hasn't allowed me to get out to fish. Been a sad time but your videos help ease the pain. Anytime you want to come wade some new creeks you're welcome and it would be my privilege! Thank you for the video. God bless you!
Richard you are the lite line specialist!! How did you keep from catching sauger? They are always hanging out at the dam. Keep making us in the know 🎣🎣😁🙏🏻
Thank you Richard, they are the best eatting fish! My wife and I love catching them!!! God's blessings always! 😇
Looks like a picture perferct day of fishing 🎣 Richard!!!! Wooooooo weeeeeeeeeee
That's what im wanting fish for in a couple of days, enjoy very much watching you.
Hey Richard Gene, I have watched you for 2-4 years now and I have reconnected with an old childhood friend and we fish a-lot together and watch your videos and laugh out Butts off Woo Woo. I am so Proud to hear that you quit smoking. We all Love You and Mamma Sue and your videos. I/We want you around for many years to come. Hang in there Buddy. Keep on Quitting Buddy, You can Do It. Thanks !!
Great video Richard thanks again Richard for your fishing tips GOD BLESS you and your family Richard 😊
Hello Richard Gean, hope mama Sue is doing well. You mentioned about those guys watching through the monitor at the dam well I can imagine it now one of those guys names probably Earl the other name Wilbur Wilbur got them long nose hair too. They probably seen you coming up through there and said oh Lord Wilbur here he is again you let them keep watching you you keep catching keep producing and we’ll keep watching lol. Take care buddy.
Catching those big Shellcrackers will keep you in Moma Sue's good graces!! Love watching your videos!!
Gotta do a bluegill bed fishing video with a fly rod. Betts popper with a black ant trailer.
Mr Gene you’re incredible. Thank you for your videos. Informative, entertaining, and wholesome. Love it.
Richard, thank you for another great video. I have watched several of your videos about catching panfish and enjoyed them all. I am located in the UK and became fascinated by the idea of catching panfish in the early 1960s, when I was around nine or ten years old and I had already been fishing for a couple of years. Always keen to learn more, I found a book about fishing in the local library. I now understand it must have been published in the US. It has a lot of information about how to catch panfish, which I did my best to put into practice. Despite my best efforts, I caught no panfish, although I did catch some decent perch up to around a pound in weight. It was another year or so before I realised that. my lack of panfish success was down to the fact that they don't exist in the UK.... As Homer Simpson might say, "Doh!".
I'm a darn good fisherman, but Richard is the best there is. Thank you!
Thanks for keeping the winter content coming. I'm snowed in and under the weather and your videos are just what I needed. Woooooo 🎣
Love you Richard and thanks for the best content on you tube. Meeting you is on my bucket list.
Thanks!
Thank you so much for the support!!!
You are one blessed man.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and love of life.
What a great video! Nothing like winter time fishing and cold. We can not say enough about what you show us on this channel.
Thanx Bro Richard , for taking this old veteran with ya fishing , God Bless 😊
Watching you fish, Richard brings me back to fishing with my father. I sure do miss him, and I hope you live to be 100+. Long live Richard Gene the Fishing Machine! ❤
I remember the last time I used 2lb line lol. I had been reading "pro crappie tips" and read that I needed to use smaller line to potentially hook up on big slab crappie. That the larger smarter fish might be seeing my line... So I did and I hooked one of the biggest crappie I've ever seen and instead of netting her I tried to hoist her up onto the dock I was fishing on. The line snapped and I felt like throwing up. I truly think that fish would have easily went 3.5lbs and broke the lake record I was fishing at. I learned a hard lesson that day lol.
Wooooooooo roll tide roll!!! 🐘🏆
Thats why i went back to the basics Richard. I use the rig you use an caught tons of fish. I caught sun fish catfish smallies and large mouth bass on big nightcrawlers. Also, ive used a 6 inch leader size 1 hook. Then a slip bobber with spit shots. Size 2/0 or 3/0 offset superline hooks with 1/32 oz bullet weights. Then id put a delta red crayfish with trophy bass by procure and caught nice bass. A 1/4 oz tear drop weight size 3/0 circle hook on a drop shot work a dropshot or dead stick it and caught bass. A 1/32 oz or 1/16 crappie jig with a grub worm with procure trophy bass caught big largemouth bass or big smallies. Then a burkley chopo, a wakebait or kvd splash an a shallow diving suspending jerkbait and caught bass and pickerel 😊
❤ Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us. My wife and I love watching your channel and learning from you. But we would LOVE to see Mama Sue fishing with you more often.We have successfully lowered the water level in every lake we fish in, using your techniques. Please take care and stay safe Richard, and please give Mama Sue a great BIG Hug and a kiss from Vicki Sue and Me.! "TIGHT LINES" ..!
Richard, you always have good content and advice for us thanks for the videos you have helped many fisherman. Been watching for years appreciate all the tips, tricks and knowledge. Thanks!!
Thats great ! We catch some monster 3 plus pounder shellcrackers at the dam at Ft. Gains Ga !! They are so much fun to catch.
I always give those cameras a smile and wave when im out there! I would go crazy working there and not being able to fish all the time.
I love watching your videos. I've learned a lot from your videos. Thank you.
I also would love seeing you clean and cook your catch. God bless you MACHINE
God Bless you too, RIchard! Great video! I also agree "Shellcracker" are delicious. I like mine with a side of Cole slaw, fries, and hushpuppies.
Yes Richard, in this cold water it's hard to beat them!! LIVE FOR THE THUMP MY FRIEND!!
Man it’s cold here in NC too. But we have a warm front coming in next week. I’m hoping to hit the river for a couple of days and catch whatever hits my hook!! Wooooo!!
Quote what are thay bitting on,(the end of my line)😊
Thank you for feeding those young men 🙏
God bless you 🙏
Plenty of snow still on the ground and no way to get to the lake so it's watching Mr. Gene catch a few big bad boy fish.
Yes! Give me a hand size Shellcracker or Bluegill any day. Best tasting of them all!
Very nice to pass off ur to them guys. U probably made there day.
God Bless you, Richard. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
I've been fishing crawlers for 55 years now!
Bouncing whole crawlers for Steelhead on the Feather River in California....My Mom enjoyed eating bluegills... she'd fry em and eat the crispy tails like potato chips!
My ex wife caught a 5 1/2 pound bluegill on a rapala minnow once... almost as big as a basketball! On a Berkeley Stinger Rod on Lake Perris Riverside California 1985
This was an exceptionally educational condensed spot on tutorial. I live Lake Wister & i caint fish wrth a jack this wz hugely usefull'd.
You never disappoint Richard ! I really enjoy your videos and have learned a great deal from your tips !
Keep up the good work Richard Gene. Catch you some shell daddys!
That was All right Mr Gene, I’m sure those fish were a Blessing to them!
God bless you Richard Gene!!
Brother Richard Gene. We love everything. Could you please create some White bass videos this season when they start running? Thanks bud. Love yall
Hey Richard, great video. Really appreciate you man. Thanks for all the information and tips you share with us.
After seeing about 50 of your videos and I love them all. But I'm not going to lie when I started watching you I thought you had A.D.D 😂 and now me and my wife are saying WOOOO all the time as we are fishing 🎣. Just keep loving the Lord and fishing too because it's GOOOOOOD furrr you ❤
Love you brother and GOD BLESS
Congratulations on quitting smoking cigarettes!!! I quit last February, we will get to catch alot more fish now!!!
Im talkin bout Woooooooooooooo!!!
You da man Richard!!!
My favorite type of fishing and I agree that they are very good eating!
Richard, I see your treating your adrillagon sickness with fishing. A lot of us have that sickness but rarely get the proper treatment.
Give and it will be given unto you..Bless you brother!
My belief is that as you mentioned that they like the murky water in winter is because the murky water holds heat better when the sun is out and also warms up alot faster
Ready to go fishing. This cold weather stinks. Maybe Thursday and Friday.
Enjoyed this one Richard Gene… I’d like to learn more about that light rod and reel combo.
Richard, 7:35 mark: Muddy water absorbs the sunlight more, and the water tends to be warmer in muddy water, than clear water. That would be my guess. I guess the mud holds the heat better than gin clear water.
Caught them spawning in Lilly pads spawning. They had the pads shaking. We got some giants. Best time ever fishing.
At 15:57, That was an unexpected 'twist'.
That was fun, nice fish, Richard you make everything so easy.👍
I always love your videos and the fact that you don't use live scope .
💥 Another GREAT ✨ VIDEO from Richard Gene the Fishing Machine? 😮 Now my weekend is perfect... ❗️ Wooo! ‼️🤣
I love your videos!!!
Hey Mr Richard happy new years to you and your family hope everything is well with you love your videos and God bless
What a great day for fishing be blessed 😊
Hey Brother Richard, I've heard you mention the drag system on the Daiwa Fuego2000-2500 not working as well as you might like.
This particular reel has felt drag washers that can be replaced with carbon fiber discs. Cold weather will cause the drag grease to thicken and the felts will be harder and stickier too.
Order a bag of the carbon fiber discs and lighter drag grease to replace the factory stuff.
when properly assembled, you should be able to hold the reel up by the line and adjust drag to the point where the weight of the reel will smoothly and slowly allow the reel to lower under its own weight.
Super tune the drag system for that light weight line. A fellow fisherman in North Alabama.
Micky C
Thanks for sharing brother 🙏 I enjoyed it felt like I was there with you.
Thank you, Richard for another great video.
Really appreciate all the tips and knowledge you share with us.
You've proven that the lite lines can catch fish, but man 2lb is scary. Probably because I don't have or use a rod as lite as your using. Gotta get one and try that line again. It is a lot more sport and fun to use lighter tackle.
God bless ya'll and stay safe on your travels to these fishing spots. 👍👍
Great video 👍 We're catching them like that up here now, through the ice. For some reason fish through the ice, the meat is denser and tastier. We call them bluegills.The larger ones we refer to them as bullgills. Ounce for ounce, nothing fights like a gill. They do a fine job on a dinner plate as well.
Very Christ like to share fish! Blessed 2024 to you and your family, RGTFM!
Hey Richard, could you do a video of the ways you prepare bluegill and shellcracker for cooking. Thanks
Love watching the MAN!
There is a big pond at the city park in Russellville AL. And it’s a mossy / grassy pond. It houses some tater headed shell crackers. The miss causes the water to get clear clear, and in spring you can see the beds rooted out in the grass, you can throw a worm 🪱 in that bed and you’ll catch some tater heads I mean! They’re packed in that pond
I love your show Richard!
Please make more shellcracker videos!!
Love the Gills
Awesome shell daddy's ! God bless.
Love your videos buddy, love that drenalin 😅
Richard, great video, loved it.
My favorite fish to eat is crappie hands down, every time , I enjoy eating all fish but crappie is the best to me.
I agree
I wonder if you ever loose bigger fish when using that lite 2lb line, thanks for the videos!
Great Video, Richard! I appreciate all of your content. I would sure like to meet up with ya one day and we hit the lake! God Bless, Sir!
Great video Richard go blue whoo
Big 👍🏻Richard. Bluegill and shell crackers are one of my favourites also . But I think yellow perch is my all time favourite. Then blugill and shell crackers followed next third is walleye. Have you ever had yellow perch ??
Nice gesture giving them boys them fish.
Hey man, I was just watching Fishing with Nordbye, and he talking about fishing by the dam to for Shellcrackers. Even said y'all should do a video together! Old man Gene
Nice catch love pan fishing
Boy, I would LOVE to go fishing with you!
Great video
Damn I wish I could fish with THE FISHIN MACHINE! 🇺🇸
Keep doing your fishing thing
Richard, They prefer the dirtier water bc it holds more heat on cold days. And maybe the fish aren’t following the murky water, just those fish are more inclined to eat and react vs the same species in 5-10 degree colder water that day. Just my opinion. Thanks for the terrific videos
I agree with you..I'm sure you thought it later currant and moving makes them strike faster even with dark water.they have to act fast.😮(this is a response to a comment)
Correct the murkey water is a tad warmer
I caught shellcrac in cattails high winds they were fun like on your channel ..
Thanks again for a great video