As a northern guy, a 6lb fish is huge. I pretty much ignored bigger baits. I never knew how many aggressive bites I could get from average fish and how many more bigger fish were out there until I started throwing bigger lures. Instead of 1 or 2 5lb fish a year, it was 3 or 4 in a week.
I’m in Rhode Island . Been fishing since, I was 14 in 47 now . Fish smaller ponds my biggest bass is 6/9 oz second 5/9 oz 100 ft from each other like 27 years later lol . I’ve seen bass 3 times way bigger thou they are here just very cautious smart fish
@Gerryhazelton Yeah man, I've seen monsters straight sniff my lure and then laugh at me. They know what's up. I caught 2 five pounders one night, most exhilarating fishing trip of my life!
@@bassandtreblefishing I took my buddy to my favorite honey hole kid caught back to back cast 5lb bass killed me shook my head like wtf. I’ve caught a5 1/2 lb bass same body of water . Saw a tank in the spring 8-10 lbs easy . Wanted nothing to do with my jig
@Gerryhazelton I mean that's awesome you put your buddy on some bass like that, but I'm sure it stung a little haha. Yeah, I've seen dock bass that gotta be 6-8 pounds in water about 20-25 ft visibility and I've thrown my tackle box at them... The splash didn't even get them to move
I've caught a lot of aggressive 1 pounders on a popular 7 inch glide. That boosts your confidence enough to keep going and eventually it'll end up in front of the right one. Thanks for the tips.
Biggest problem guys have with throwing big baits is after 30 minutes or even an hour of no bites or even followers. They will pick up a different rod. That's exactly what you don't wanna do. I made that mistake alot first year. You gotta throw that thing all day. Eventually you will get bit & eventually you learn when to & not to throw them. It takes a lot of time & practice! It took me 4 years to break the double digit threshold & catch my 11.4!!!! I saw a guy catch a 13 pounder out of one of my hidden honey holes in end of 2022. Thankfully my 3 favorite places I've found big bass are smaller hole in wall lakes that almost nobody fishes. I try to keep them secretive & tell everyone I catch all my big bass from the popular lakes like lake Murray & Santee Cooper which both those lakes do have monsters anyways so it's beilevable... New fishing goals for 2024 is catching a teener largmouth & a 25+ lb striper in the kayak of course
I think you could say this about any technique. You just need to lock that bait in your hand until you figure it out ( I need to do it either way jigs )
Yes sir I agree, & I need To lock jigs in my hand this year also. I have comple conference throwing Texas rigs & big swimbaits. Jigs on other hand is a big weakness of mine. I actually already have a rod with a heavy tungsten jig tied on for this year. I've been fishing it, only caught one small bass on it so far. But gotta start somewhere
Jigs are absolutely the POO when it comes to quality bites. Fish it anywhere you'd fish a Texas rigged worm, and understand you're going to get about 50% fewer bites, but the ones you DO get...quality. Every time.
Good tip. I'm in the been fishing a LONG time but only now trying big baits camp. My water isn't frozen. Just waiting on a decent sub 15 mph wind day to hit it on the heels of doing a bunch of outboard engine work in the last month. Can't wait to get back on the water. I bought a River 2 Sea 168 & 200 S-Waver. Pretty good reviews and not stupid expensive. These big baits ain't cheap !
I love the big swim baits. Ohio (southwest) here as well and I just started fishing with big swim baits and got my pb largemouth and pb smallie with 6” traces in small creeks lol.
I just picked up a bunch of berkley nessies. A few of them are 9” baits. I’d definitely recommend a 7” Nessie to a newer angler, or even an S waver. Smaller baits to get your foot in the door on glides/swimbaits.
@@TySwank All of them are awesome. They get anglers into swimbaits/glidebaits who otherwise would avoid them. Even if you just get a 5”, it’s a good place to start. They will do some damage that’s for sure. 😂
Love the ChadShad 180 shadow in the thumb nail. Kevin (Mr. KGB) involved me throughout the development process on that bait. He was very much hands on in the R&D of that bait.
Hey Tyler, have you done an on the water tutorial on the spro Chad shad? I’m in eastern pa and I don’t really throw glide baits but I was gifted a spro chad shad for Christmas.
Tyler, I know almost all the guys winning the Wednesday nighters on my local lake are throwing a big swimbait. They’ll catch the big bag in a short time window then will get skunked.
im in Indiana. ive been playing with bigger baits 6 7 inch for a couple years now. and by far the most success with 3 to 5 pounders has come on a rat wakebait. ones that weigh around an ounce.
Hey Hi cast and chill Im a central Pa angler Union Electrician Possibly heading to Kokomo to help out at the battery plant Was hoping to do some fishing on my days off Was curious about places to do some bank fishing if possible If you don’t mind sharing with a tourist 😊
Okay definitely will be bringing my gear 1 more question for you I was looking at the map of Indiana and saw a town called Le’porte?? Is it a safe place to walk and fish from the bank?? Im a country boy maybe I watch to much news sometimes?!?! Lol
Over the last year I've thrown the magdraft a ton, it's my go to in spring. I've caught 1 pounders on it, and 6 pounders on it. Pickerel, and believe it or not, northern snakehead tear them up literally lol. I'm wanting to learn glide baits better this year.
That's how fishing big swimbaits is, & I have complete confidence throwing them. I have a jig tied on now & will be leaving that rod set up with a jig for all of this year. Until my confidence with a jig is a strong a a big swimbait. I would rather catch 1 huge fish that bunch of small fish any day. I've caught plenty of small ones. I wanna keep trying to break my PB & catching quality bass. Big swimbaits has caught me all my biggest largmouth so far. My 3 biggest is 8.6 - 9.3 - 11.4
See here here I am in jersey the biggest I believe we have is 4 pounders because the biggest I ever caught here was 4 pounds but one day I want travel to bigger fisheries
@@TylerBergerFishing swimbait is something I need to learn in 2024 got beat at rocky in oct by one so plan on learning it. just any swimbait over 4" seems too big for Ohio bass to me.
You don’t wanna waste your time with glide baits so ignore everything you see and hear in this video because they rarely work. Knowing when and where to throw them is key and this took me around around a year to figure out. And most people are Not willing to dump $200 to $300 in a single glide, and Yes they’re worth it to me.
I got into big baits last year. I watch as much: as I can for tips and tricks. Looking forward to this year.
As a northern guy, a 6lb fish is huge. I pretty much ignored bigger baits. I never knew how many aggressive bites I could get from average fish and how many more bigger fish were out there until I started throwing bigger lures. Instead of 1 or 2 5lb fish a year, it was 3 or 4 in a week.
Which lures specifically did well in your area, I'm in MA so I'm right there with ya. A 5#er got my heart thumpin for a couple days haha
I’m in Rhode Island . Been fishing since, I was 14 in 47 now . Fish smaller ponds my biggest bass is 6/9 oz second 5/9 oz 100 ft from each other like 27 years later lol . I’ve seen bass 3 times way bigger thou they are here just very cautious smart fish
@Gerryhazelton Yeah man, I've seen monsters straight sniff my lure and then laugh at me. They know what's up. I caught 2 five pounders one night, most exhilarating fishing trip of my life!
@@bassandtreblefishing I took my buddy to my favorite honey hole kid caught back to back cast 5lb bass killed me shook my head like wtf. I’ve caught a5 1/2 lb bass same body of water . Saw a tank in the spring 8-10 lbs easy . Wanted nothing to do with my jig
@Gerryhazelton I mean that's awesome you put your buddy on some bass like that, but I'm sure it stung a little haha.
Yeah, I've seen dock bass that gotta be 6-8 pounds in water about 20-25 ft visibility and I've thrown my tackle box at them...
The splash didn't even get them to move
Great tips, I picked the Berkley Cull Shad at Academy Sports and will be trying it out this spring. Thanks for sharing!
I've caught a lot of aggressive 1 pounders on a popular 7 inch glide. That boosts your confidence enough to keep going and eventually it'll end up in front of the right one. Thanks for the tips.
Biggest problem guys have with throwing big baits is after 30 minutes or even an hour of no bites or even followers. They will pick up a different rod. That's exactly what you don't wanna do. I made that mistake alot first year. You gotta throw that thing all day. Eventually you will get bit & eventually you learn when to & not to throw them. It takes a lot of time & practice! It took me 4 years to break the double digit threshold & catch my 11.4!!!! I saw a guy catch a 13 pounder out of one of my hidden honey holes in end of 2022. Thankfully my 3 favorite places I've found big bass are smaller hole in wall lakes that almost nobody fishes. I try to keep them secretive & tell everyone I catch all my big bass from the popular lakes like lake Murray & Santee Cooper which both those lakes do have monsters anyways so it's beilevable... New fishing goals for 2024 is catching a teener largmouth & a 25+ lb striper in the kayak of course
I think you could say this about any technique. You just need to lock that bait in your hand until you figure it out ( I need to do it either way jigs )
Tell me the lakes man come on
Thanks for being great, u teach me so much about everything. Don’t stop the grind!
I appreciate the kind words
When it warms up give us a video on your retrieve for the kgb.
Hey Tyler when do you expect to get your seagreen camo sunshirt in your out of stock in large?
Yes sir I agree, & I need To lock jigs in my hand this year also. I have comple conference throwing Texas rigs & big swimbaits. Jigs on other hand is a big weakness of mine. I actually already have a rod with a heavy tungsten jig tied on for this year. I've been fishing it, only caught one small bass on it so far. But gotta start somewhere
Jigs are absolutely the POO when it comes to quality bites. Fish it anywhere you'd fish a Texas rigged worm, and understand you're going to get about 50% fewer bites, but the ones you DO get...quality. Every time.
Good tip. I'm in the been fishing a LONG time but only now trying big baits camp. My water isn't frozen. Just waiting on a decent sub 15 mph wind day to hit it on the heels of doing a bunch of outboard engine work in the last month. Can't wait to get back on the water. I bought a River 2 Sea 168 & 200 S-Waver. Pretty good reviews and not stupid expensive. These big baits ain't cheap !
I love the big swim baits. Ohio (southwest) here as well and I just started fishing with big swim baits and got my pb largemouth and pb smallie with 6” traces in small creeks lol.
I just picked up a bunch of berkley nessies. A few of them are 9” baits. I’d definitely recommend a 7” Nessie to a newer angler, or even an S waver. Smaller baits to get your foot in the door on glides/swimbaits.
I picked up the 5” & 7” the other day . I can’t wait to throw them this spring lol
@@TySwank All of them are awesome. They get anglers into swimbaits/glidebaits who otherwise would avoid them. Even if you just get a 5”, it’s a good place to start. They will do some damage that’s for sure. 😂
Love the ChadShad 180 shadow in the thumb nail. Kevin (Mr. KGB) involved me throughout the development process on that bait. He was very much hands on in the R&D of that bait.
Thanks Ty,a big swimbait would probally be a good bait to throw in clear water ,because they could see it so far off?
Hey Tyler, have you done an on the water tutorial on the spro Chad shad? I’m in eastern pa and I don’t really throw glide baits but I was gifted a spro chad shad for Christmas.
I would love to see an in-depth review of the Hangover on BFHQ
Believe it or not those big baits get those 1-2 lbers also
Great tips I need all of the help I can get thank you
Tyler, I know almost all the guys winning the Wednesday nighters on my local lake are throwing a big swimbait. They’ll catch the big bag in a short time window then will get skunked.
im in Indiana. ive been playing with bigger baits 6 7 inch for a couple years now. and by far the most success with 3 to 5 pounders has come on a rat wakebait. ones that weigh around an ounce.
Hey Hi cast and chill
Im a central Pa angler
Union Electrician
Possibly heading to Kokomo to help out at the battery plant
Was hoping to do some fishing on my days off
Was curious about places to do some bank fishing if possible
If you don’t mind sharing with a tourist 😊
@@Hookyhook1 hey man ! kokomo is quite a bit north of me. theres ponds and lakes everywhere tho def bring your gear i bet you'll find some water
Okay definitely will be bringing my gear
1 more question for you
I was looking at the map of Indiana and saw a town called Le’porte??
Is it a safe place to walk and fish from the bank??
Im a country boy maybe I watch to much news sometimes?!?! Lol
@@Hookyhook1 haha be honest i dont know much about that area. im sure you'll be fine tho man.
Over the last year I've thrown the magdraft a ton, it's my go to in spring. I've caught 1 pounders on it, and 6 pounders on it. Pickerel, and believe it or not, northern snakehead tear them up literally lol. I'm wanting to learn glide baits better this year.
With the Magdraft, do you bottom bounce and crawel it or do you fish is faster like a spinnerbait?
You should've covered what action and size of rod and reel to use along with this video. I've never used them.
That's how fishing big swimbaits is, & I have complete confidence throwing them. I have a jig tied on now & will be leaving that rod set up with a jig for all of this year. Until my confidence with a jig is a strong a a big swimbait. I would rather catch 1 huge fish that bunch of small fish any day. I've caught plenty of small ones. I wanna keep trying to break my PB & catching quality bass. Big swimbaits has caught me all my biggest largmouth so far. My 3 biggest is 8.6 - 9.3 - 11.4
Great tip
You made a video about my 2024 new year’s resolution 🎉😅
See here here I am in jersey the biggest I believe we have is 4 pounders because the biggest I ever caught here was 4 pounds but one day I want travel to bigger fisheries
I'm from Michigan and I've caught more 5lb+ in the last year on swimbaits than the rest of my life.
GREAT!!! Now we’re teaching meat fisherman how to fry bigger fish!!
Swimbait culture is massive in New England! We don’t have many DD’s caught but we sure do have dudes throwing big baits, especially big 4oz+ wakes
6" kinda big for Ohio bass?
Not at all
@@TylerBergerFishing swimbait is something I need to learn in 2024 got beat at rocky in oct by one so plan on learning it. just any swimbait over 4" seems too big for Ohio bass to me.
I disagree. Micro baits are what's gonna do it this year. Trust me.😂
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#TEXASISTHEBEST
#SWIMBAITS
#BIGBASS
##GLIDEBAITS
I respectfully decline.
You don’t wanna waste your time with glide baits so ignore everything you see and hear in this video because they rarely work.
Knowing when and where to throw them is key and this took me around around a year to figure out.
And most people are Not willing to dump $200 to $300 in a single glide, and Yes they’re worth it to me.
You gotta throw them a lot…. You can throw 8 hours and catch a 20 pound bag in a 20 minute window and then get skunked.