Mike I'm from Zimbabwe. Federarion Champ angler. I love the fact that you are so down to earth, no fancy whistles, just keeping it simple. Our nation record and all Africa Record is over 19 pounds and we know that there's a world record lurking out there as we have very little professional fishing pressure down here. Ray Scott introduced Florida's down here in the early 80's which have bred with the original Northern's and we have F1's .By watching your tactics we can hopefully get that one fish soon, Good luck man , Love your setup now go get that lightning fish Buddy. Good luck. Yours in Fishing Moosa Ismail Zimbabwe
Congrats on an awesome rig. It's apparent the stoke is real, but it's so refreshing to see the humbleness as well. But DD or dink, the first time you get on sone fish with the kids on board you won't even remember what buyers remorse is! 👊
Thanks for coming out with a new video mike. I keep having to re watch the old ones over and over. Hard to find good content like yours. Hope to see more man..
Great boat walkhthrough, Mike! This decision was well thought through...I had no idea about that rod locker size. Started at the bottom... now your here. Congrats!
Awesome boat bro, slay sum giants for all us bank beaters,super stoked for u and awesome content u deserve it and love these show all videos much love from east coast swim baiters stay safe brotha
Nice boat! You'll really learn to like the dual power poles, they are great for when you need to tie on a new rig, or you're having a hard time getting a hook out. It's nice to power pole down and not worry about drifting into anything.
Sick boat dude! Congrats, I have a triton trx18 aluminum. I love it. But I was back and forth between your boat and mine, they're both very similar. Catch some big ones with your son and make some great memories ! Shout out from sacramento 🤘
Congrats mike that's awesome! you gotta spend the cash sometimes when you earn and save it for so long, well worth it at the end of the day cant wait to see you start filming some more giant slaying footage 👊🏽🤘🏽
Congratulations buddy hard work pays off, 1st thing spend the money if you can afford it we live once and having kids to enjoy it with makes it that much better, number 2 you will not regret the power poles especially fishing alone enjoy and sick whip love it!
Do you know when DRT is moving into a larger factory to produce more baits? I just figured you would know because you work with them. I want a TINY Klash more than anything on this earth and am not spending $200+ on a 6inch piece of plastic🤷♂️
I have the same center console on my ranger and I see that you had some sort of electronics near the closer. Be careful not to place your phone on the side where the closer is, the bracket will destroy a display.
If you hate spending money then I’d love to see how much more tackle and particularly, those citizen swimbaits you’d have! Those things ain’t cheap, you gotta have about 10k in baits alone on that rig! All kidding aside, I’ve been eyeballing this boat for a minute and every time I see one of these videos I’m that much closer to pulling the ole trigger! Tight lines my man! Enjoy it, and the buyers remorse will go away!
Sweet rig!!! Get good insurance. I saw you mentioned abrazex. Everybody has been the past few years. So I got some this year, always used red label before. After breaking off 2 fish in a day on 20lb I was done with it. One was just a 3lber. It came up trying to throw the bait multiple times. Just one a$$holes opinion, save your $ and use red label. Way more abrasion resistant and better knot strength from my observations and testing. Sorry to vent, abrazex was just such a let down.
maybe it’s because i’m still brand new to the big bait game, and i’m used to throwing rods under 7’5”, i’m not a huge fan of the super long rods. my big bait rod is 8’ and I feel like it’s fucking huge. maybe one of these days i’ll drop the money on an LDC so I can get the 7’9” MH cause I don’t throw anything over 4-5oz.
Very nice boat! I'm in the market and I keep bouncing back and forth between this one and the Alumacraft pro 185. I started out looking at the RT178 and the Pro 175 but like you said, if you're going to spend the money , get what you want. I was curious if you had looked at Alumacraft or any other boat manufacturers before settling on Ranger?
Im looking at a 2018 rt188 do you know the difference between the rt188 and the rt188p also, do you think this boat is large enough to handle rough water in a tournament in like medium size lakes
Great rig, well organized. Random question - what plug knocker do you use for big hard baits? I’ve lost a couple nice ones that the cheap small knockers couldn’t kick loose.
It is one called the 44 Mag. He just recently started making them again and surprisingly they are on TW. www.tacklewarehouse.com/Premier_Machine_44_Mag_Lure_Retreiver_Plug_Knocker/descpage-PRMM.html
I've been looking for a good pair of glasses with those side covers you have. What kind of glasses do you wear in this video? Thanks in advance, love your videos even though I fish pike in Sweden ;)
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Such an awesome rig man! Time to stick some giants in it!
Let us know how the cable holds up Geoffrey! I'm worried about them knots loll.
You gotta do a walk around out of the water !!!
Go ahead and feel great about it. Life is short...you and your son will have memories for life of this boat.
Mike I'm from Zimbabwe. Federarion Champ angler. I love the fact that you are so down to earth, no fancy whistles, just keeping it simple. Our nation record and all Africa Record is over 19 pounds and we know that there's a world record lurking out there as we have very little professional fishing pressure down here. Ray Scott introduced Florida's down here in the early 80's which have bred with the original Northern's and we have F1's .By watching your tactics we can hopefully get that one fish soon, Good luck man , Love your setup now go get that lightning fish Buddy. Good luck. Yours in Fishing Moosa Ismail Zimbabwe
Congrats on an awesome rig. It's apparent the stoke is real, but it's so refreshing to see the humbleness as well. But DD or dink, the first time you get on sone fish with the kids on board you won't even remember what buyers remorse is! 👊
Thanks Gary!
Thanks for coming out with a new video mike. I keep having to re watch the old ones over and over. Hard to find good content like yours. Hope to see more man..
That’s your office dude. Better than any corner office in the city. No remorse, no regret.
No joke, I would love a video on how to setup on a spot. Congrats on the rig. It's a beauty!
Anymore theories in swimbaiting miss those videos super helpful and congratulations on your boat
Great boat walkhthrough, Mike! This decision was well thought through...I had no idea about that rod locker size. Started at the bottom... now your here. Congrats!
Excellent! I've been eyeballin the same boat. The 8'6" rod storage is sweet. Looking forward to seeing it in action.
Congratulations on your new boat Mike, looking forward to seeing some new content from you. 👍🏼👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼
Dang bro it looks AMAZING!!!! CANT WAIT TO SEE NEW DDs video from that boat!!!!
The “Battlesship”
hahaha
Congratulations! You got to live this life. Enjoy!
Sick boat dude!! Congrats
Congrats Mike, you deserve it dude.
Congrats Mike , Awesome Boat.
Sick boat! Cant wait to upgrade mine tired of rods on the deck as well!!!
Congrats man!! You deserve everything that’s coming to you man! Keep grindin!!
Congrats on the new boat
Sweet rig man, good luck with her!
That’s sick man good for you congrats on the new boat
Awesome boat bro, slay sum giants for all us bank beaters,super stoked for u and awesome content u deserve it and love these show all videos much love from east coast swim baiters stay safe brotha
Thanks Jeff.
Congrats on the new boat! Awesome!
Mike, I usually don't comment but I loved your vid and rig from start to finish followed by the tackle break down! SO RAD!
Good luck with the new boat Homie!! Go out and slap some scales
Nice boat! You'll really learn to like the dual power poles, they are great for when you need to tie on a new rig, or you're having a hard time getting a hook out. It's nice to power pole down and not worry about drifting into anything.
Great boat!! Looking forward to more videos.
Congrats on the new rig. Looks so sick
Awesome rig Mike... looking forward to seeing it in action in future videos. And I've seen at least one giant landed in the old rig already too!
Badass that you bought it from anglers marine where I got my boat as well. I thought I seen a picture of you on their fb page awhile back.
Sweet Rig Brother!!! Congrats on the new ranger shes a beauty!!! Cheers!! :))
Nice rig man, solid setup!
Congrats on the boat. Love your vids, right to the point, no jabber. great info.
Awesome rig man, that's nearly identical to what I'd like to have
Balling on a budget, what a collection of stuff 👊🏽
Congrats on the new boat, I love the green color!
SICK man, congrats, can't stop thinking about these boats,thanks for sharing ,I'll let the jealousy sink in slowly,tightly lines, subbed
Congrats! looks amazing!
Sick boat dude! Congrats, I have a triton trx18 aluminum. I love it. But I was back and forth between your boat and mine, they're both very similar. Catch some big ones with your son and make some great memories ! Shout out from sacramento 🤘
Sick boat bro!!! can't wait to see you slay some on the new rig!
Mike so stoked on your upgrade bro!! I'm looking to get the Lund. A similar package. You were over do brother 👊👊
That Lund looks really nice!
Killer boat dude, you deserve it!🤘
Any new products we can look forward to?
Nice.. congrats...keep the videos coming..I'll keep watchin
Awesome man love the colour love your set up 👍 hope you catch some giants on that
Congrats mike that's awesome! you gotta spend the cash sometimes when you earn and save it for so long, well worth it at the end of the day cant wait to see you start filming some more giant slaying footage 👊🏽🤘🏽
Goals right here! Sweet rig 👌🏽
Hell yeah brother! Nice ass rig,DRT’s are harder than hell to get ahold of anymore
Thanks! I think they'll have the supply and demand issue resolved soon.
Congrats Mike! Ranger 🔥👍
Sick boat.
Congrats man bad ass aluminum rig
Sick rig!!
Omg Mike,congratulations Brother that friggin awesome, you completely deserve every inch of that boat 👊👊👍🍻🍺
Sweet boat👊🏻 you the man!
How much was the total? I been saving to get an aluminum myself
Stoked you deserve it bro.i own a rt188 get alot of compliments.
Dig the color and all you're added goodies
Very nice set up
That boat is sick Mike. Kinda makes me wish I was keeping the one that we won. LOL!
So badass!! That has been my dream boat as well...tired of this shore bangin.
Me too!
Dude that’s sick. I have the same thing just in the bay boat model great boat
Nice ride man
Damn, this was the fishing equivalent of my kids watching other kids opening toys! Loved the video. Great stuff Mike
Hahahah. Totally
Congratulations buddy hard work pays off, 1st thing spend the money if you can afford it we live once and having kids to enjoy it with makes it that much better, number 2 you will not regret the power poles especially fishing alone enjoy and sick whip love it!
I'm taking notes on the boat and all I can think about now is a big kahuna cheesesteak from jersey mikes🤣🤣
Nice boat good job!
Great walk around 👍
Looks great mike!
Awesome boat! Team aluminum 🤘🏽
Always! I was peeping you guys' rig for reference for a while. Starting to be a lot more great options for guys like us in the aluminum market.
Nice boat really like the swimbaits👍
nice rig!! im looking at something similar myself.
It's a much larger platform than I was expecting once on the water. Much more stable than the Tracker was.
dope boat
Dude have u ever dun a video on set up . On how u catch giants?
Love it!
Curious how dry that boat is when hitting waves. Thanks for the insight
What we have here is Cabelas on the water.
Do you know when DRT is moving into a larger factory to produce more baits? I just figured you would know because you work with them. I want a TINY Klash more than anything on this earth and am not spending $200+ on a 6inch piece of plastic🤷♂️
Its been in the works for some time now, but I honestly don't know all the ins and outs.
O.D Green is the best color in the world Sick Rig
Niiiice rig man, enjoy the new ride.
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You deserve it brother!!!
SUPA' SIC" from Idaho!
I have the same center console on my ranger and I see that you had some sort of electronics near the closer. Be careful not to place your phone on the side where the closer is, the bracket will destroy a display.
so awesome love it , Congrats dude
If you hate spending money then I’d love to see how much more tackle and particularly, those citizen swimbaits you’d have! Those things ain’t cheap, you gotta have about 10k in baits alone on that rig! All kidding aside, I’ve been eyeballing this boat for a minute and every time I see one of these videos I’m that much closer to pulling the ole trigger! Tight lines my man! Enjoy it, and the buyers remorse will go away!
Sweet rig!!! Get good insurance.
I saw you mentioned abrazex. Everybody has been the past few years. So I got some this year, always used red label before. After breaking off 2 fish in a day on 20lb I was done with it. One was just a 3lber. It came up trying to throw the bait multiple times. Just one a$$holes opinion, save your $ and use red label. Way more abrasion resistant and better knot strength from my observations and testing. Sorry to vent, abrazex was just such a let down.
Man super rad boat! I really like the OD green, never seen that on a boat before. One of my favorite colors.. Did your Ranger come with a hot foot?
What kind of fishing net ?
maybe it’s because i’m still brand new to the big bait game, and i’m used to throwing rods under 7’5”, i’m not a huge fan of the super long rods. my big bait rod is 8’ and I feel like it’s fucking huge. maybe one of these days i’ll drop the money on an LDC so I can get the 7’9” MH cause I don’t throw anything over 4-5oz.
Nice job.
nice boat
Nice boat bro I want a ranger or a champion but until then im pounding the bank for giants
what storage boxes do you use for soft baits
Very nice boat! I'm in the market and I keep bouncing back and forth between this one and the Alumacraft pro 185. I started out looking at the RT178 and the Pro 175 but like you said, if you're going to spend the money , get what you want. I was curious if you had looked at Alumacraft or any other boat manufacturers before settling on Ranger?
Im looking at a 2018 rt188 do you know the difference between the rt188 and the rt188p also, do you think this boat is large enough to handle rough water in a tournament in like medium size lakes
I thought you were gonna talk about your boat?
Tackle break down , I wanted to see the boat too
What’s the price tag on a Boat like that? The wife is going to let me get one this summer.
Did it come with the power poles or an add on?
You can order it from ranger with power poles
Noticed you switched to the TranX. What’s the reasoning behind it vs the conquest?
Consistent backlash issues with the Cal Con made me get over it. Tranx has been decent but not as good as the old TE or the 400 Cardiffs. hahaha
Working Class Zero oh wow
Working Class Zero which reel would you recommend for the hinkle trout?
Jerry Thomas lol
Great rig, well organized. Random question - what plug knocker do you use for big hard baits? I’ve lost a couple nice ones that the cheap small knockers couldn’t kick loose.
It is one called the 44 Mag. He just recently started making them again and surprisingly they are on TW. www.tacklewarehouse.com/Premier_Machine_44_Mag_Lure_Retreiver_Plug_Knocker/descpage-PRMM.html
I've been looking for a good pair of glasses with those side covers you have. What kind of glasses do you wear in this video?
Thanks in advance, love your videos even though I fish pike in Sweden ;)
They are the Electric Road Glaciers. They have several different lenses for them and make different sides too.
@@WorkingClassZeroFishing thanks man.