They would end up giving away a lot of info tho.. I'm sure everyone in California watches their videos.. 50 boats will be on their spots instead of just 20
Most important thing is to learn from our screw ups and not blame something else. I know you have had tons of tournament success, both of you! You are both great communicators and teachers. I've been fishing for over 50yrs and I'm still learning, the best part of watching Tactical Bassin is you guys spend the money and then tell us what works, you've saved me alot of cash. Thanks
If your bending out that hook, that size, on a rod/reel/line set up like that, there is nothing to be ashamed of except tellingl the story good enough. this is by far one of my favorite videos. you guys let your personalities shine big time. great video and I'm sure you guys were being gunned for by all the other locals. i know around where i live, sometimes its just about beating the "pro" more than winning.
Got some good laughs from this one lol I need to visit Cali.. I fish in Mass so hearing about 6s and 7s not being considered giants is crazy 😂 Keep up the good work love the channel!
What part of mass you from? I'm from mass as well. I live in western mass. I fish quabbin sometimes. An congamon in southwick. My back yard is westover air force base, an 90% of the time i fish the golf course pond.
These are the videos i really do enjoy from tactical. Can see the emotion on the story from two friends seems very competitive and it does hurt when you miss that simple thing and know better. Good stuff!
Mr. FatBasstard Ya, that is not cool at all. Here in Ohio, we have nice size houses with multiple acre yards for less than 250,000, but finding 6-7lb bass is pretty much like chasing a white buffalo.
William johnson oh ya. That's a few million dollar spread out here.... I catch plenty of big bass in Ca. but I don't consider myself any better a fisherman than anyone else. We have trout fisherman that troll and catch occasional 6 lb bass and call them "Pesky Bass"
You couldn't pay me to live in "COMMUfornia". Their whole damn state government is made up of scumbag communists. Even their so-called "conservatives" are sell-outs. Most of em anyway. They are literally placing illegal aliens AHEAD OF the locals, and purposely trying to flood the whole damned state with illegal aliens, GIVING them welfare, housing & food.......while they tax the life out of the locals & businesses.......which are moving out of the state in record numbers. Commufornia is in BIG trouble. And I truly feel sorry for the locals. It's one thing to appreciate or admire the fishing somewhere........but it's a whole other deal to actually LIVE there. If you combine quality bass fishing WITH living somewhere.......I'll choose Florida, Texas, and Alabama.....hands down.
Elvis Aviles no thanks California isn't for everyone and it isn't even really beautiful unless you think miles of backed up traffic is beautiful and buildings everywhere there's just a coast which like 15 other states have and it's the coast that's getting raped by radiation cali is hyped by the locals but is just like everywhere else has its goods and has its bads expect California has some more problems then most states.
This video was hilarious!!! Painful moves like this shows a human side. Most of the time you two look like superheroes on the water with the stories and fish I've seen, so though it hurts, I thank you for sharing. Best of luck in the next endeavor!
You two are the best, I just found your channel and am eating the videos like a starved bass. I love your style of not holding back on anything from good to bad and all the intricate details you go into. This video may not be funny to you but its reality and a great teaching tool. I'm just getting back to fishing after a long break and your videos are giving me real world info that has had me fishing the first 3 days of 2018.
Ok so I finally had time to watch the entire video. I love the fact that you guys put it all out there and share your personal experiences. It really sucks that you lost a true beast under the gun during a tournament. We can all relate to that empty feeling and the moment after when your totally deflated. I was fishing my first event this year after recovering from a back Injury and had a similar situation, although there is a huge discrepancy in fish size here in Ohio. I hooked an 18-20" bass in some Lilly pads and she got entangled. The max cuatro didn't cut right through like it normally does. When I got up near the fish she bolted again, and that's when the braid sheared off the pads and she went under my kayak and got away. I was so devastated it took me a minute to mentally recover. Well I made my way to some docks and I picked a nice large corner dock with good shade. I skipped a wacky rigged jackall flick shake all the way under too far onto shore, once that worm hit the water a violent explosion and I had another big Ohio bass on. This time I was using my spinning rod set up because I was just trying to catch a limit. I hooked her, was fighting the fish, and then she broke me off on a piling. I was totally defeated at that point and never caught another fish or had another bite all day. It was the only time I have ever been skunked during a tourney in my life. I bounced back and won the very next event, so keep your head up and I'm sure with your skills and knowledge you guys will be in the winner circle sooner than later.
Feel for ya Tim that's such a blow to the gut. In a tournament maybe a low blow feeling. I have lost a few giants fun fishing and still cannot forget a second of it.
Love the stories! Everyone has days like that. I have been using Carolina rigs with 10"powerworm fishing weed lines on flats and points this summer. I have been doing well, but two times I feel the bite and set the hook and it just rips. Huge fish. I can barely move it and then tink, line broke. It's so hard to comeback after that. Then very next day same spot almost same thing happened. Devastating.
What a fun video to watch... felt like I was on the back deck listening to you guys tell the story... laughing my butt off smiling ear to ear... great job guys, thank you for sharing!
Great stories...(what pros won't tell you ever!( Love to hear them.. and to read them! You guys should write some books about it..great learning lecture what goes down like butter! Love you guys, thumbs up, keep em coming and tight lines!
Thank you guys, great story! Zig zag through boats 2 casts and crack! Two fish😭awesome storytelling. I appreciate you guys sharing the story's and the wisdom
So,awesome you guys sent this vid up. Just talking fish makes me giddy inside! Wanna do a tourney but I don't have enough knowledge yet. Good work as always.
You guys tell a great story! I know re living the suck, sucks but it has awesome entertainment value. Plus you learn a ton from those mistakes. Thanks for sharing and teaching!
Enjoyed the video, as I always do. Have you guys ever had a fishing challenge where you fish only with the other guys gear? If not, it might be an idea for a video.
it hurts losing one by 1/4 pound. I had a fish run me into a trot line a few years ago. I was fishing a square bill down a set of barges and docks. I caught a decent keeper and just could not get another keeper to bite. it was our clubs last tournament of the year and I was in the lead for AOY. This club goes by total weight and 3 fish per man limit in tournaments. The guy in 2nd was a little over a pound behind me. At the end of the day I get smoked and hook this fish about a pound and a half and it jumps and runs me right into this trot line someone abandoned. It stays pegged until the boat got close and it started struggling and came off. I couldn't get another keeper bite that day. The guy behind me in the standings weighed in two fish and beat me out for AOY by 2/10 of a pound. All year down the drain because of one trot line. lol
Great video guys, I'm a sort of new bass fisherman that lives in Montana. There's not a whole ton of bass up here but I was wondering what lures I should start with. I fish a lot of rocky shorelines and docks. Thanks
Awesome video!!! Even though u guys r so much better than all us, we an definitely relate to you in stories like these. Losing bigguns sucks but it's a part of fishing. Just wondering, Do you guys ever fish CTT Pro Ams on Clearlake?? I have one soon. Thanks again for great vids.
TacticalBassin thanks for getting back to me! You guys are super busy and I can see why you can't do any of the events. Thanks again for providing such a wealth of bass fishing knowledge!!!
Tim, you shouldn't just "work the meat grinder" with giant big swimbait bass. Fight em just like any normal person would with a treble hook bait. A rod that bends helps too! ; )
Im gonna fish with these guys one day. Thats the goal, id really like to go catch huge bass i can catch bass but just dont have the ability to get to a Huge Bass Lake but when i do it will be my dream come true, i literally leave work and go to a lake in my kayak everyday and just fish at least 5 days a week mostly everyday
i am curious how it went after the camera was turned off! Also 6-7 lb bass not being giants, man i would love to catch one of those! My PB is 4 lbs 9 oz, and hoping to break it this year after watching all of your videos.
It is amazing to me how tournament fishing can got completely wrong one day and completely magical another. Recently my partner and I practiced the day before a three fish tournament and had over 26lbs the next day we had two bites in the tournament and neither would keep🙄😥
love the story! sorry that hog didn't make it in would have loved to see that pic.. keep up the great content gents! I do have a question about your clothing how do you wear long sleeves in the sun like that? not knowing the temp of the day I can see it was sunny how are you not just soaked? I'm just really only in my 2nd active year of fishing and feel I must be out in sleeveless or I'm dieing what's the secret do they have ac shirts I don't know about?
Craig Goodwin Hey Craig, I live in Texas where it gets 100 plus about now. I wouldn't dare fish in anything but long sleeves but it has to be a quality shirt made to breathe.
lol been there done that a bunch, hell after 2 days of catching them your just running down rivers trying to lose other boats..i had somebody tell me once must be nice to just go out and fish...yeah I put 1000.00$ on the end of your line you real it in and let me break your line it aint fishing no more its a fight. I don't fish many anymore maybe 5 a year if that thanks for sharing.
Went fishing yesterday at CFW and a friend of mine was fishing a Whopper Popper and he gets it right next to the boat and the line breaks right at the lure and the fish swims off with the Whopper Popper in his mouth.. And I caught a 3 pound Large Mouth PB for me!!!
you guys should fish some tournaments together again and film them and make a tournament video series! that'd be badass!!
They would end up giving away a lot of info tho.. I'm sure everyone in California watches their videos.. 50 boats will be on their spots instead of just 20
That's a fact :-) But you never know, we might just do it one day.
Film at the upward angle were no one can see the water, and release way out of season from when it happened.
Maybe they could do some tournaments in another state.
Yet another great story. If I could only watch one RUclips channel forever it would be TacticalBassin! Can't get any better!
Thanks Bud!
That bug that Tim flicked off his shoulder landed on Matts shirt lol
Most important thing is to learn from our screw ups and not blame something else. I know you have had tons of tournament success, both of you! You are both great communicators and teachers. I've been fishing for over 50yrs and I'm still learning, the best part of watching Tactical Bassin is you guys spend the money and then tell us what works, you've saved me alot of cash. Thanks
Thank you Sandy! We're happy to help! We do have Instagram as well, its @tacticalbassin
If your bending out that hook, that size, on a rod/reel/line set up like that, there is nothing to be ashamed of except tellingl the story good enough. this is by far one of my favorite videos. you guys let your personalities shine big time. great video and I'm sure you guys were being gunned for by all the other locals. i know around where i live, sometimes its just about beating the "pro" more than winning.
Thanks Bud! Its the same mentality here for sure.
It is reassuring to know that even the greats drop giants! Love the videos and incredible thought behind them! Thanks Tim and Matt!
Thanks Bud!
Got some good laughs from this one lol
I need to visit Cali.. I fish in Mass so hearing about 6s and 7s not being considered giants is crazy 😂
Keep up the good work love the channel!
What part of mass you from? I'm from mass as well. I live in western mass. I fish quabbin sometimes. An congamon in southwick. My back yard is westover air force base, an 90% of the time i fish the golf course pond.
Jay Lafond near Boston. Quab and the Chu has monsters as well as cape ponds. I fish north and south shore, mostly north.
jayrock617 sampson's pond is carver is where the state record was cought. do you fish the conneticut river?
Jay Lafond I havent yet, but definitely will. Also love catching smallmouth bass🎣👍
jayrock617 conneticut river has good smallies. also try wachusettes resivoir
My hats off to you two. Calling second place a complete screwup takes a special person. I wanna see you two in more tournaments that's what I want!!
Ha! Maybe down the road. For now we're focused on keeping the schedule with all these videos :-)
These are the videos i really do enjoy from tactical. Can see the emotion on the story from two friends seems very competitive and it does hurt when you miss that simple thing and know better. Good stuff!
Ha ha no giants just 6-7lbrs!! Whaaaaat I need to move to California!
Mr. FatBasstard Ya, that is not cool at all. Here in Ohio, we have nice size houses with multiple acre yards for less than 250,000, but finding 6-7lb bass is pretty much like chasing a white buffalo.
William johnson oh ya. That's a few million dollar spread out here.... I catch plenty of big bass in Ca. but I don't consider myself any better a fisherman than anyone else. We have trout fisherman that troll and catch occasional 6 lb bass and call them "Pesky Bass"
You couldn't pay me to live in "COMMUfornia". Their whole damn state government is made up of scumbag communists. Even their so-called "conservatives" are sell-outs. Most of em anyway. They are literally placing illegal aliens AHEAD OF the locals, and purposely trying to flood the whole damned state with illegal aliens, GIVING them welfare, housing & food.......while they tax the life out of the locals & businesses.......which are moving out of the state in record numbers. Commufornia is in BIG trouble. And I truly feel sorry for the locals. It's one thing to appreciate or admire the fishing somewhere........but it's a whole other deal to actually LIVE there. If you combine quality bass fishing WITH living somewhere.......I'll choose Florida, Texas, and Alabama.....hands down.
Great fishing but the state is a complete joke
Elvis Aviles no thanks California isn't for everyone and it isn't even really beautiful unless you think miles of backed up traffic is beautiful and buildings everywhere there's just a coast which like 15 other states have and it's the coast that's getting raped by radiation cali is hyped by the locals but is just like everywhere else has its goods and has its bads expect California has some more problems then most states.
Good to know that you guys are real people, not just fish catching machines!!
This video was hilarious!!! Painful moves like this shows a human side. Most of the time you two look like superheroes on the water with the stories and fish I've seen, so though it hurts, I thank you for sharing. Best of luck in the next endeavor!
One of the many reasons why I love TacticalBassin. The passion is real. You can't fake that stuff.
Thanks Bud!
You two are the best, I just found your channel and am eating the videos like a starved bass. I love your style of not holding back on anything from good to bad and all the intricate details you go into. This video may not be funny to you but its reality and a great teaching tool. I'm just getting back to fishing after a long break and your videos are giving me real world info that has had me fishing the first 3 days of 2018.
Awesome! We're happy to help Rick, thanks for watching the videos and supporting the channel!
A real man will admit his mistakes a better man will laugh about it especially when he tells the story. Thanks for sharing guys
Ok so I finally had time to watch the entire video. I love the fact that you guys put it all out there and share your personal experiences. It really sucks that you lost a true beast under the gun during a tournament. We can all relate to that empty feeling and the moment after when your totally deflated. I was fishing my first event this year after recovering from a back Injury and had a similar situation, although there is a huge discrepancy in fish size here in Ohio. I hooked an 18-20" bass in some Lilly pads and she got entangled. The max cuatro didn't cut right through like it normally does. When I got up near the fish she bolted again, and that's when the braid sheared off the pads and she went under my kayak and got away. I was so devastated it took me a minute to mentally recover. Well I made my way to some docks and I picked a nice large corner dock with good shade. I skipped a wacky rigged jackall flick shake all the way under too far onto shore, once that worm hit the water a violent explosion and I had another big Ohio bass on. This time I was using my spinning rod set up because I was just trying to catch a limit. I hooked her, was fighting the fish, and then she broke me off on a piling. I was totally defeated at that point and never caught another fish or had another bite all day. It was the only time I have ever been skunked during a tourney in my life. I bounced back and won the very next event, so keep your head up and I'm sure with your skills and knowledge you guys will be in the winner circle sooner than later.
Ahhh man that's the worst! Way to bounce back!
TacticalBassin Thanks
Feel for ya Tim that's such a blow to the gut. In a tournament maybe a low blow feeling. I have lost a few giants fun fishing and still cannot forget a second of it.
Thanks Bud!
6's & 7's........we've finally found the one good thing about Cali
LOL!
TacticalBassin Sounds like your agreeing haha!
Tim was visibly reliving losing that giant... Poor guy! LOL
Keep the stories coming guys!
Oh yeah, he sure was!
Love the stories! Everyone has days like that. I have been using Carolina rigs with 10"powerworm fishing weed lines on flats and points this summer. I have been doing well, but two times I feel the bite and set the hook and it just rips. Huge fish. I can barely move it and then tink, line broke. It's so hard to comeback after that. Then very next day same spot almost same thing happened. Devastating.
What a fun video to watch... felt like I was on the back deck listening to you guys tell the story... laughing my butt off smiling ear to ear... great job guys, thank you for sharing!
Ha! Thanks Anthony!
This was one of many great videos you guys have made that I enjoyed. Many smiles were made. Keep the tournament videos coming!
Thank you!
Great stories...(what pros won't tell you ever!( Love to hear them.. and to read them! You guys should write some books about it..great learning lecture what goes down like butter! Love you guys, thumbs up, keep em coming and tight lines!
Awesome story guys. Some funny moments for sure listening to you guys and I'm sure losing like that is heartbreaking.
Thank you guys, great story! Zig zag through boats 2 casts and crack! Two fish😭awesome storytelling. I appreciate you guys sharing the story's and the wisdom
Thanks Bud!
Great story! California bassin' seems magical. Heartbreaking and magical.
So,awesome you guys sent this vid up. Just talking fish makes me giddy inside! Wanna do a tourney but I don't have enough knowledge yet. Good work as always.
Thanks bud!
You guys motivated me to get out on the water to challenge myself everytime I'm fishing . thanks TB!!
You guys tell a great story! I know re living the suck, sucks but it has awesome entertainment value. Plus you learn a ton from those mistakes.
Thanks for sharing and teaching!
Thanks Bud!
Guys, thanks for sharing that tough tournament experience, good stuff!
Those kinds of things will happen if you tournament fish enough. They end up being great memories. Nice video.
Thanks Ryan!
Enjoyed the video, as I always do. Have you guys ever had a fishing challenge where you fish only with the other guys gear? If not, it might be an idea for a video.
Ha! We haven't!
Just ordered the ST-36s and the feathered ones as well to upgrade all my topwater hard baits.
You can tell this one hurts Tim. He is not happy about this one, but I can't help but love these stories.
Yeah this one burned a little
I would be pissed as well but it happens. Go get that monster next time. Love all of the videos guys!!
Thanks Buddy!
Hey Tim don't let Matt's ribbing get to you we know you catch monsters, but I got to say it was a pretty funny story😄
Yikes! That's rough man. Awesome story guys!!
it hurts losing one by 1/4 pound. I had a fish run me into a trot line a few years ago. I was fishing a square bill down a set of barges and docks. I caught a decent keeper and just could not get another keeper to bite. it was our clubs last tournament of the year and I was in the lead for AOY. This club goes by total weight and 3 fish per man limit in tournaments. The guy in 2nd was a little over a pound behind me. At the end of the day I get smoked and hook this fish about a pound and a half and it jumps and runs me right into this trot line someone abandoned. It stays pegged until the boat got close and it started struggling and came off. I couldn't get another keeper bite that day. The guy behind me in the standings weighed in two fish and beat me out for AOY by 2/10 of a pound. All year down the drain because of one trot line. lol
Ouch!!!
Great video guys, I'm a sort of new bass fisherman that lives in Montana. There's not a whole ton of bass up here but I was wondering what lures I should start with. I fish a lot of rocky shorelines and docks. Thanks
Trying it make sure I don’t skip adds for these guys anymore
grasshopper is now ready masters continue on with the story
thumbs up
Hey man I am at clear lake for a few days and we haven't found a pattern really yet what had been working for u and where tomorrow is our last day
I feel your pain Tim, the monsters I hook into never go my way either.
Awesome story, Let us know in the future when either of you are in a tournament, we would like to know how you did, thanks
Have you considered going back and trying to catch that hook bender?
Awesome video!!! Even though u guys r so much better than all us, we an definitely relate to you in stories like these. Losing bigguns sucks but it's a part of fishing. Just wondering, Do you guys ever fish CTT Pro Ams on Clearlake?? I have one soon. Thanks again for great vids.
Thanks Owen! We don't fish any of the events up here. With Matt guiding and both of us filming theres just too much conflicting for our time.
TacticalBassin thanks for getting back to me! You guys are super busy and I can see why you can't do any of the events. Thanks again for providing such a wealth of bass fishing knowledge!!!
I really love the screw up moment videos keep them coming 😂🤣
Great story... Great lessons
Tim, you shouldn't just "work the meat grinder" with giant big swimbait bass. Fight em just like any normal person would with a treble hook bait. A rod that bends helps too! ; )
I thought the A rigs was band from tournments?
Sick video. You guys would wreck shop in team events.
Come to redbud tonight @6pm-10pm for the shootout! You might get first this time😂 great story guys!!👍
How do you like the bluegill color of the osprey tt top hook swimbait? What color do you reccomend?
That's a GREAT color. We use chartreuse shad a lot as well
TacticalBassin Thanks!!!
Great story as usual. Sucks about the big one that got away
hey tactical would a shimano Cardiff be a good entry level swimbait reel?
Hey tactical I never see you throwing a deps 250 if you do I'd like to see one about it rods. Reels. Line. Modifications.and y'all fishing it
you guys do some awesome videos but this one was awesome
Thanks so much!
Im gonna fish with these guys one day. Thats the goal, id really like to go catch huge bass i can catch bass but just dont have the ability to get to a Huge Bass Lake but when i do it will be my dream come true, i literally leave work and go to a lake in my kayak everyday and just fish at least 5 days a week mostly everyday
I enjoy these story videos
Thanks!
Love these stories!
i am curious how it went after the camera was turned off! Also 6-7 lb bass not being giants, man i would love to catch one of those! My PB is 4 lbs 9 oz, and hoping to break it this year after watching all of your videos.
It is amazing to me how tournament fishing can got completely wrong one day and completely magical another. Recently my partner and I practiced the day before a three fish tournament and had over 26lbs the next day we had two bites in the tournament and neither would keep🙄😥
Great video as always!
Great video guys.. Was some funny stuff....
Thanks Greg!
When was your guys last tournament?
Can you show us the swim bait
had a tournament just like this early this year
Email to get apperal? Catalogs? , how much for a shirt like the one you got Tim? Hats? As always enjoyed the vid guys. Thanks
Clear Lake is on my bucket list....cool story bros
good video but man you call a 6lber not big? where I live in canada a 4lber is a big fish lol I need to move to Cali
Its all relative, this is a special fishery.
love the story! sorry that hog didn't make it in would have loved to see that pic.. keep up the great content gents!
I do have a question about your clothing how do you wear long sleeves in the sun like that? not knowing the temp of the day I can see it was sunny how are you not just soaked? I'm just really only in my 2nd active year of fishing and feel I must be out in sleeveless or I'm dieing what's the secret do they have ac shirts I don't know about?
Craig Goodwin Hey Craig, I live in Texas where it gets 100 plus about now. I wouldn't dare fish in anything but long sleeves but it has to be a quality shirt made to breathe.
take a look in the description box,tells you what they're wearing and probably answers your ? why.
cascasoldier
big brain fart there... I knew all that was in description I must not have had enough coffee lol thanks!
Craig,
you're welcome.the best part of waking up is a TacticalBassin video in your notifications. hope Folgers doesn't sue me.
Stories are the best
yall should do a video on how yall met?
Great vid guys
Dude... If I caught a 6 or 7 in MD I would piss myself and call in for a state record
Nothing wors than loosing a big fish in a tournament that would have put you in the W circle. Been there done that. Great story
Thanks Bud!
That was some good laughs cheers guys.
Awesome videos guys.
Thanks!
Great story, well told. I'd not want to go up against ya!
dumped! That big one haha yall got a new subscriber lol
Thanks Felix!
Love story time with tactical bassin
Thanks James!
lines crisscrossing hilarious !!!
Tim's casting noise is killing me hahaha "zzzzzewp"
Ha!
Make sure u throw the ‘rig in the ‘hood! Lol😎😁
My wife just kicked me for waking her up laughing out loud.
lol been there done that a bunch, hell after 2 days of catching them your just running down rivers trying to lose other boats..i had somebody tell me once must be nice to just go out and fish...yeah I put 1000.00$ on the end of your line you real it in and let me break your line it aint fishing no more its a fight. I don't fish many anymore maybe 5 a year if that thanks for sharing.
You guys deserve way more subs all you need is a collab with dude perfect or some mega click bait
Ha! That would be a really fun collab!
Went fishing yesterday at CFW and a friend of mine was fishing a Whopper Popper and he gets it right next to the boat and the line breaks right at the lure and the fish swims off with the Whopper Popper in his mouth.. And I caught a 3 pound Large Mouth PB for me!!!
Ouch!
True A-Mart story:) King of 2nd place! Been there. Sucks!
Ha! Amen!
Awesome video
Ive been fishing for 3 years here in Washington state and my PB is 6lbs lol looks like I need to go to California!
Come on down Brother!
I could listen to stories all day....
Thanks Bud!
Great story
Why NO tournament footage?
kevin henderson Its a pain to film and fish a tourney
Its a pain to film when you're focused on the win... and this was before we were focused solely on the channel.
I think Tim had the idea for the square bills jeje
What did he do wrong to make the hooks bend and lose this fish?
Just too big of a fish on a rod that was as little too stiff. She was just that big
Love it Keep it Real guys !!!!
Thanks Dan!
Love this
Tim : “I was trying to reel in a fish on your crack...!”
Hmmm, wonder how that went!
I lost a tournament on my favorite lake by .02! I know how you feel
ouch!!!