It’s cool knowing a person that you’ve watched several videos of move right down the road from you. I’ve been to that lake a couple times. Welcome to Texas and we should fish some saltwater.
@@Decimator16 I think he’s fishing Huntsville state park I go kayak fishing their a lot and it looks really similar but idk if that’s where he’s at or not, but I think ik where he’s at but I could be wrong
I caught my 23” 8 pounder (didn’t have a scale) from the boathouse pier there. They were breaking running shad and I threw a chatter bait as far as I could and got one! They like purple there! Water still looks a bit muddy. It’s aquarium clear normally. The gators will eat your fish right off the line. The park ranger told me last summer they counted 63 gators on the lake. The grass gets too think later in the year so enjoy it now. One morning a gator got all aggressive at the garbage truck. Bowed up and growled at the garbage truck. Didn’t know if it wanted to fight it or mate it. Watch for Bald eagles fishing there too. There’s a nice hump right in front of the lodge. Try that for the BIGS! I use to go there a lot. I just moved to AR though. ✌️☺️
What?? Why??!?! It's not terribly far away but if I lived next to some of the best fishing in the country I wouldn't be moving anywhere else!!!! Ben moved THERE for this reason!!! I'm not trying to be an A-hole when I say, there are so many things so much more important than money!!! I'm assuming that's what happened, job got offered or current job said raise if you relocate?? Life is amazingly short!!! If you love fishing half as much as I do then nothing should have been able to take you away from such great waters!!!! From what Ben has been showing us, Texas looks ridiculously, RIDICULOUSLY packed with trophy sizers, at almost EVERY lake!!!! Good grief!!! Then this lake pops into the picture, looks like 5 pounds is the limit!!! WTF?!?! Do they hatch weighing a pound and a half???? After their 1st year they've put on 5 pounds of baby fat???? WTF??? I don't know if I've ever seen a like produce like that, even for Panty Optics!!!! Reconsider brother, for real, life is too short to do things you don't enjoy fully!! I've quit a job that I hated and took a pay cut with the next job simply because it was one I enjoyed way more than the other!!!! Being happy, being active and doing the things that bring both of those, this is what's important in life!!! Happiness brings a strong immune system, less wrinkles, I'm 45 and I look in my early 20's mostly cause I've never taken a job I wasn't pleased to have, I play music and make jewelry and furniture AND instruments in my spare time, I cut TV from my life as well!!!! Get out there bro, be happy, make every second count like it's your last!!! Time is the ONLY thing of value we have!!!! I try to fill mine with as many pleasing things as I can muster!!!!!!!! You should as well!!! You're an MF'er so you're intelligent, use it or lose it!!! Don't ever think that ain't the case, you WILL lose whatever 'it' is the moment you stop using it!!!!!
Dude, it's just a matter of time before we run into each other. Raven is a really good lake. I enjoy going there a lot. FYI the squirrels near the ramp are pretty friendly. Lol
Something tells me that they don't go in or even near the water very often considering that what? 5 pounds is the smallest they get??!?! SHEESH!!!! The title says my NEW favorite lake, I BET!!!! So yeah, you're gonna see him out there on the water any day now, Ben is straight Psycho for fishing!!! He must make a ton of money off the channel, that's the only thing I can think of to make your wife put up with this amount of spinning!!!!! For real!! I'd like to know how many hours a year he spends on the water. And why isn't his boat more like home?? With as much as he uses it you would think that it's all modded out to make it more comfy!! I know that's what I would do!!!
Great video and remember, the Gator you can see is not the one to worry about. I grew up in Florida and now live in Georgia. Gators are a part of the outdoors for us in these areas. Also, if you see a baby gator, ignore the little one and look for mamma.
I have some of those Berkley lures, although haven't been as successful as the Whopper Plopper. Fun to see a pro using baits us terrible fishermen use!
First time I went there was the week MLF had a tournament on Conroe. Swindle and KVD were there with some of the Toyota folks, Alan McGuckin along with a few other photographers. Ended up eating lunch with the at the ramp. Pretty awesome day rounded out with a few nice fish.
That is easily the most instructional video I've seen of yours. It's what the fishing videos were needing, educate us mere mortals and we buy more tackle.
i like that hook presentation your doing with the hog. Its not quite a traditional skin hook were u go all the way through. But it still keeps it pretty weekdless
You should try lake Somerville. Smaller lake with natural shores, lots of rock, and controlled by army Corp engineers. It’s located in Brenham, about 1hr NW of Houston.
Lake raven is a sweet little lake.... you should go north and fish lake Naconiche.... one of my favorite Texas lakes..... would love to see a video of you fishing it..
Great vids Mate! Primo content on what Houston bass fishing is like this time of year. I cant wait to see ur content evolve as you hit everything Texas fishing has to offer.
Nice fishing brother. Can’t wait to find the time this year to get after if. Keep up the good work. No worries about those gators, sometimes they can help run the big ones out to deeper water and you get the bite. Seen it happen.
Brother I grew up in Texas and still live here my whole life I have several spots on dam b and a ton on Rayburn that produce fish. Would love an opportunity to take you out and put you on some fish
Hate to say it but even with double digit bass and gators I miss when you lived in Nebraska and fished for whatever was biting. I might be jaded since I'm all trouted out already and it's been a long wait for next weekend's Minnesota fishing opener. Adding insult to injury the water is finally warming up enough for the crappie bite to kick in and morels are just starting which would of held me over till this coming weekend. All I know is after this year's wait there better be a 40 pound flatty smashing my crankbait this opener.
Living the dream brother. Not without hard work. But you bet. Great video thank you. Oh you wanna see big gators, take some of that kool-aid chicken out there. You'll make new prehistoric friends.
Some good sized fish. Not sure if I am a fan of bed fishing or not. Feel as if could be upsetting the fish being able to do what it's supposed to do. I may be completely wrong and everything goes back to normal for the fish. I know you have to create content as well. Good fish 👍🏻
Ben, what size & type of line do you have there on the flippin hook for the hogwalla and what knot used for that rig? Do you snell with flouro basically or is that braid your using. it looks like flouro. I dont like to fish with braid in most cases and was looking for a good flouro connection for flipping hook
I've seen in some of your videos you are you using 65 lbs braid on a bait caster. Do you have any recommendations on a good bait caster reel or are you planning on coming out with one with 6th sense?.. I think your brought up a tire with 2 flatheads in the video.
Hey bud been watching ya for probably a year or so before you came out with the quit the job video or that video I remember you an the little man first time getting frogs an you helping him. Could you tell me when rod an reel exactly that is? THANKS!
Wow,sketch. I usually only have homeless people following me around the banks of the susquehanna in Wilkes-Barre. You just need a stick 🤣🤣keep slaying em
WOW!!!!!!!!! That lake was sent down straight from HEAVEN!!!!! I don't believe in any religion, but stuff like this lake kinda make me question it sometimes........ If there is a god, it likes to fish if lakes like this one exist!!!! What's the smallest bass in there?!?!?!? 4 pounds???? SHEESH!!!!!!! I hope your wife doesn't mind you just visiting every now and then, I believe you've got one of the best though, I'm sure she will bring the kids to see you often, just cause you moved onto the lake doesn't mean you're done with the family, ya know?!?! I know it's still kind of a new boat but it's awfully small to live on, you're gonna need to upgrade to something you can put a bed on, preferably a couch too, gonna need a bathroom somewhere as well......I have faith in you, you'll figure it out!!!!
You know those gators that were chasing your boat just wanted your autograph! Oh...be very careful...those bass you poked in the belly may just fin slap like a red headed step child ...just saying....🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Shit homie bed fishing bank fishing spillway pond hopping deep sea dont matter ill watch them all! Great video bud 👍 them gators really spice it up a bit lol
Also you have got too.. absolutely HAVE too bring some sort of firearm or bang stick, SOMETHING just in case in the event that one of them gators decide too get a little too friendly. It’s all fun and games until you don’t make it home too your family at night
Hey brother I’m a fishing enthusiast myself and I have 2 great recipes scents I would love for you to try they work great and I have always caught something one of them my dad made many years ago before he passed called formula 44 and the other I made it so it would be awesome if you got back to me
I just found out FedEx is charging me almost 100 bucks a month Canadian I hope for duties on my 6th sense bag no guff too them but if you live in Canada don't do it
Don't get me wrong I love the products im getting and there awesome and I'm like a ked in a cany store when I get but I just the duties make me want to puke luckily my wife isn't as upset as I am not canceling...
It’s cool knowing a person that you’ve watched several videos of move right down the road from you. I’ve been to that lake a couple times. Welcome to Texas and we should fish some saltwater.
right, i didnt know where in Texas he had moved but if he is fishing Conroe and Houston he's within an hour of me anyways.
@@Decimator16 I think he’s fishing Huntsville state park I go kayak fishing their a lot and it looks really similar but idk if that’s where he’s at or not, but I think ik where he’s at but I could be wrong
@@jacobh8544 def hunstville
"I dont know what's different about this grass that made him eat it" I can tell you, their wasent a 10 foot gator in it😂
pro tip : you can watch series at Flixzone. Been using them for watching lots of of movies lately.
@Sage Gary yup, I have been watching on flixzone for years myself :D
The "talk dirty to me" whistle when he was shaking the rod. 😅🤣😂. "Some people will not like that but.......tough." Haha
😂 “wiggle wiggle wiggle”
It seems like you never have a trouble finding em . You bass fishing is on another level compared to other youtubers.
I caught my 23” 8 pounder (didn’t have a scale) from the boathouse pier there. They were breaking running shad and I threw a chatter bait as far as I could and got one! They like purple there!
Water still looks a bit muddy. It’s aquarium clear normally. The gators will eat your fish right off the line. The park ranger told me last summer they counted 63 gators on the lake.
The grass gets too think later in the year so enjoy it now.
One morning a gator got all aggressive at the garbage truck. Bowed up and growled at the garbage truck. Didn’t know if it wanted to fight it or mate it.
Watch for Bald eagles fishing there too.
There’s a nice hump right in front of the lodge. Try that for the BIGS!
I use to go there a lot. I just moved to AR though.
✌️☺️
What?? Why??!?! It's not terribly far away but if I lived next to some of the best fishing in the country I wouldn't be moving anywhere else!!!! Ben moved THERE for this reason!!! I'm not trying to be an A-hole when I say, there are so many things so much more important than money!!! I'm assuming that's what happened, job got offered or current job said raise if you relocate?? Life is amazingly short!!! If you love fishing half as much as I do then nothing should have been able to take you away from such great waters!!!! From what Ben has been showing us, Texas looks ridiculously, RIDICULOUSLY packed with trophy sizers, at almost EVERY lake!!!! Good grief!!! Then this lake pops into the picture, looks like 5 pounds is the limit!!! WTF?!?! Do they hatch weighing a pound and a half???? After their 1st year they've put on 5 pounds of baby fat???? WTF??? I don't know if I've ever seen a like produce like that, even for Panty Optics!!!! Reconsider brother, for real, life is too short to do things you don't enjoy fully!! I've quit a job that I hated and took a pay cut with the next job simply because it was one I enjoyed way more than the other!!!! Being happy, being active and doing the things that bring both of those, this is what's important in life!!! Happiness brings a strong immune system, less wrinkles, I'm 45 and I look in my early 20's mostly cause I've never taken a job I wasn't pleased to have, I play music and make jewelry and furniture AND instruments in my spare time, I cut TV from my life as well!!!!
Get out there bro, be happy, make every second count like it's your last!!! Time is the ONLY thing of value we have!!!! I try to fill mine with as many pleasing things as I can muster!!!!!!!! You should as well!!! You're an MF'er so you're intelligent, use it or lose it!!! Don't ever think that ain't the case, you WILL lose whatever 'it' is the moment you stop using it!!!!!
Would you please let us know how Zark is doing and when will the wizard be back.
Dude, it's just a matter of time before we run into each other. Raven is a really good lake. I enjoy going there a lot. FYI the squirrels near the ramp are pretty friendly. Lol
Something tells me that they don't go in or even near the water very often considering that what? 5 pounds is the smallest they get??!?! SHEESH!!!! The title says my NEW favorite lake, I BET!!!! So yeah, you're gonna see him out there on the water any day now, Ben is straight Psycho for fishing!!! He must make a ton of money off the channel, that's the only thing I can think of to make your wife put up with this amount of spinning!!!!! For real!! I'd like to know how many hours a year he spends on the water. And why isn't his boat more like home?? With as much as he uses it you would think that it's all modded out to make it more comfy!! I know that's what I would do!!!
Gators do that growl, and raise their tale and head up when they're mating. He was just calling out to his future mate lol
What is Josh going to do now that you’re in Texas ?? And man are some of these just absolute studs 🤘🤘🔥🔥🔥
Josh needs to get a boat if he wants his channel to keep growing.
Big fan you inspired me to go fishing every day. Caught my pb 13 pounds.
It is an awesome park to camp at. Many of the spots I launch my kayak directly from the rv spot. Always a spot shielded from the wind too.
Great video and remember, the Gator you can see is not the one to worry about. I grew up in Florida and now live in Georgia. Gators are a part of the outdoors for us in these areas. Also, if you see a baby gator, ignore the little one and look for mamma.
I have some of those Berkley lures, although haven't been as successful as the Whopper Plopper. Fun to see a pro using baits us terrible fishermen use!
Just got my waterlands today. Just amazing. I can't wait to get out on the water this weekend with them
First time I went there was the week MLF had a tournament on Conroe. Swindle and KVD were there with some of the Toyota folks, Alan McGuckin along with a few other photographers. Ended up eating lunch with the at the ramp. Pretty awesome day rounded out with a few nice fish.
That is easily the most instructional video I've seen of yours. It's what the fishing videos were needing, educate us mere mortals and we buy more tackle.
I like the fact that you bite the end off the lure and reuse it too🤣
Try fishing sheldon reservoir! You won't be disappointed
This is one I’d like to see him pick apart
i like that hook presentation your doing with the hog. Its not quite a traditional skin hook were u go all the way through. But it still keeps it pretty weekdless
Definitely going to have to try to rod shake method. Looked like fun!
Love what you do and I've learn a lot from watching so keep kicking ass
You should try lake Somerville. Smaller lake with natural shores, lots of rock, and controlled by army Corp engineers. It’s located in Brenham, about 1hr NW of Houston.
Gem of a lake, awesome swimbaits fishing there always!
Lake raven is a sweet little lake.... you should go north and fish lake Naconiche.... one of my favorite Texas lakes..... would love to see a video of you fishing it..
Thanks as always for your bed fishing tips it’s help me catch some slaunches so far this year
Dang gators dude! Glad we don’t have em up here but super cool still!
Was using the Hogwalla bed fishing the other day and its killer! Great work!🤙🏻🔥
When are the Mfer rods going to be back in stock ? Thanks
Great vids Mate! Primo content on what Houston bass fishing is like this time of year. I cant wait to see ur content evolve as you hit everything Texas fishing has to offer.
Welcome to Texas! Love your channel and information for Bass fishing.
Nice fishing brother. Can’t wait to find the time this year to get after if. Keep up the good work. No worries about those gators, sometimes they can help run the big ones out to deeper water and you get the bite. Seen it happen.
Thanks for that tip on shaking the rod i love it!
As soon as I get home. And I see the notification. I’m here watching this amazing content.. I love your channel. WHY?!?
Nice to see you again but again I'm so sad that you left so far away but you're one of the best fisherman keep going buddy
I love bed fishing! You learn alot about the fish.
There were huge gators chasing after fish I was catching at golf courses in South carolina shit was scary how agressive they got a couple times.
Brother I grew up in Texas and still live here my whole life I have several spots on dam b and a ton on Rayburn that produce fish. Would love an opportunity to take you out and put you on some fish
Hate to say it but even with double digit bass and gators I miss when you lived in Nebraska and fished for whatever was biting. I might be jaded since I'm all trouted out already and it's been a long wait for next weekend's Minnesota fishing opener. Adding insult to injury the water is finally warming up enough for the crappie bite to kick in and morels are just starting which would of held me over till this coming weekend. All I know is after this year's wait there better be a 40 pound flatty smashing my crankbait this opener.
Sight fishing helps you learn about bass tendencies. Good job 👍💯
I told you would love that place. Especially great visuals for fall filming.
0:16 I'm intrigued that help jigging the lure a certain way? Never seen that before might use it in my fishing here in the UK.
It sends vibrations nd jiggles the bait without pulling it off the bed👌
You should try the Sheldon reservoir in Houston. I’ve caught some monsters in there.
Good to hear you whistle on release again! Make a video on why you don’t go pro please!
Is that the Ox Flipping hook you are using? Got plenty of hogwallas, just need water temps to warm up here in KY.
Great video sir. Good tips also. Tried bed fish today but the fish wasn't locked on. Any tips to get them to eat without being locked on?
Wiggle, wiggle,, wiggle.. Loved the wiggle bite. In the intro I figured that fish was going to be you hooking a gator. Lol.
I dont feel so stupid doing the rod tap now lmao thanks Ben.
Living the dream brother. Not without hard work. But you bet. Great video thank you. Oh you wanna see big gators, take some of that kool-aid chicken out there. You'll make new prehistoric friends.
Tx doing u well 👍👍.
Never seen u tapping your pole like that.
Must be the way Tx bass hit 😳
Nice work, Brother. Good to see different places.
you need to find submerged alligators on your pan optics then vertical jig for them.
Really amazing fhising in exotic river.....waooooooo
Some good sized fish. Not sure if I am a fan of bed fishing or not. Feel as if could be upsetting the fish being able to do what it's supposed to do. I may be completely wrong and everything goes back to normal for the fish. I know you have to create content as well. Good fish 👍🏻
If only you came north to Wisconsin. What kind of advice you got for early may for way north baits?
It was my favorite too until you show up, pay the fee, then realize it's a mud puddle due to all the rain lol.
Good stuff man! "Thats some pissed off nature right there" LOL!!!
🤣 😂 🤣 😂 🤣 You had me dying with the "lay downs don't do that in Nebraska"
I was just looking at this lake on Google maps. Bout an hour from my house. Glad I seen this before taking the yak out there
All it takes is a little TAP TAP TAP 😎 Obviously very effective 👍 💯👊 Nice job
2021, the year Cole snags a gator?
Ben, what size & type of line do you have there on the flippin hook for the hogwalla and what knot used for that rig? Do you snell with flouro basically or is that braid your using. it looks like flouro. I dont like to fish with braid in most cases and was looking for a good flouro connection for flipping hook
Ha! I'm a park ranger out there! Been sure to let me know next time ya wanna come up here!
I've seen in some of your videos you are you using 65 lbs braid on a bait caster. Do you have any recommendations on a good bait caster reel or are you planning on coming out with one with 6th sense?.. I think your brought up a tire with 2 flatheads in the video.
Hey bud been watching ya for probably a year or so before you came out with the quit the job video or that video I remember you an the little man first time getting frogs an you helping him. Could you tell me when rod an reel exactly that is? THANKS!
I wish I could get out on the water, but I've been working so much I barely have time to sleep.
What’s the name of the soft swimbait you were throwing. The go big or go home one.
Time to start making some belts! 🐊 You bet!!
Some nice bass Ben. But seeing gators 🤔lol.
Wow,sketch. I usually only have homeless people following me around the banks of the susquehanna in Wilkes-Barre. You just need a stick 🤣🤣keep slaying em
Raven is pressured pretty hard but managed well. Can be pretty hard most of the time.
Enjoyed this video! Lots of gators, and big bass !
Who else remembers when he dissed the choppo at Icast
Awesome work! 🤘
Can you get waterland to make some filters for the GoPro?
I wish they stopped spraying the grass there-I love that little lake.
I had no idea there were gators in Texas. Learnin stuff
I have seen them at 7 different golf courses within 20 miles of downtown Houston.
No thanks with them gators. Bad ass video Ben.
We're not in Nebraska no more toto.
Putting on a CLINIC in this video, holy cow!
Is that lake raven? I’m pretty sure I’ve fished there before!
Know that lake well not far from the house haven’t been there since they sprayed the grass.
Is this Lake Raven? Last two times i've been i got skunked. Apparently I need to try not fishin from the bank
WOW!!!!!!!!! That lake was sent down straight from HEAVEN!!!!! I don't believe in any religion, but stuff like this lake kinda make me question it sometimes........ If there is a god, it likes to fish if lakes like this one exist!!!! What's the smallest bass in there?!?!?!? 4 pounds???? SHEESH!!!!!!! I hope your wife doesn't mind you just visiting every now and then, I believe you've got one of the best though, I'm sure she will bring the kids to see you often, just cause you moved onto the lake doesn't mean you're done with the family, ya know?!?! I know it's still kind of a new boat but it's awfully small to live on, you're gonna need to upgrade to something you can put a bed on, preferably a couch too, gonna need a bathroom somewhere as well......I have faith in you, you'll figure it out!!!!
You are funny, but you two together are hilarious.
Great video thanks Ben
Very very good, great video❤❤❤
Won't be float tubing in Texas I guess..dang dinosaurs in them waters
Put on a bed fishing clinic Ben..good times
Catch and cook gator tail! Rip those lips and boat flips only! Hahahaha
U beat me to it lmao like we wanna see you shoot at some gators and fry em up
Take me fishing!
Prawnica Lewinsky 😂 deccceeent
Idling around and gators must be raven
You know those gators that were chasing your boat just wanted your autograph!
Oh...be very careful...those bass you poked in the belly may just fin slap like a red headed step child ...just saying....🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hell yeah just on time again 🎣🔥
It's not the length of your rod,its how you wiggle the worm
I like watching bed fishing.
The bobber stopper the texas rigs best friend
Ya know ben...if you tug and tap it more than 3 times you’re playing with it....
Good job👌👍
Shit homie bed fishing bank fishing spillway pond hopping deep sea dont matter ill watch them all! Great video bud 👍 them gators really spice it up a bit lol
Also you have got too.. absolutely HAVE too bring some sort of firearm or bang stick, SOMETHING just in case in the event that one of them gators decide too get a little too friendly. It’s all fun and games until you don’t make it home too your family at night
Hey brother I’m a fishing enthusiast myself and I have 2 great recipes scents I would love for you to try they work great and I have always caught something one of them my dad made many years ago before he passed called formula 44 and the other I made it so it would be awesome if you got back to me
I just found out FedEx is charging me almost 100 bucks a month Canadian I hope for duties on my 6th sense bag no guff too them but if you live in Canada don't do it
Don't get me wrong I love the products im getting and there awesome and I'm like a ked in a cany store when I get but I just the duties make me want to puke luckily my wife isn't as upset as I am not canceling...