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
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..
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! 👊
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!
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 👊🏽🤘🏽
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 🤘
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 know it is tough to know for sure but do you think the color of the boat correlates with the big fish being aware of your boat? Is that why you chose the green?
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.
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.
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?
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.
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 ;)
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
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.
Go ahead and feel great about it. Life is short...you and your son will have memories for life of this boat.
You gotta do a walk around out of the water !!!
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..
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!
The “Battlesship”
hahaha
That’s your office dude. Better than any corner office in the city. No remorse, no regret.
Congratulations! You got to live this life. Enjoy!
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!
Congratulations on your new boat Mike, looking forward to seeing some new content from you. 👍🏼👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼
No joke, I would love a video on how to setup on a spot. Congrats on the rig. It's a beauty!
Excellent! I've been eyeballin the same boat. The 8'6" rod storage is sweet. Looking forward to seeing it in action.
Anymore theories in swimbaiting miss those videos super helpful and congratulations on your boat
Congrats Mike, you deserve it dude.
Sick boat! Cant wait to upgrade mine tired of rods on the deck as well!!!
Congrats Mike , Awesome Boat.
Good luck with the new boat Homie!! Go out and slap some scales
Dang bro it looks AMAZING!!!! CANT WAIT TO SEE NEW DDs video from that boat!!!!
Sick boat dude!! Congrats
Congrats man!! You deserve everything that’s coming to you man! Keep grindin!!
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 👊🏽🤘🏽
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.
So badass!! That has been my dream boat as well...tired of this shore bangin.
Me too!
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.
That’s sick man good for you congrats on the new boat
Congrats on the new boat
Congrats on the new boat! Awesome!
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.
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!
Awesome rig man, that's nearly identical to what I'd like to have
I'm taking notes on the boat and all I can think about now is a big kahuna cheesesteak from jersey mikes🤣🤣
Sweet rig man, good luck with her!
Balling on a budget, what a collection of stuff 👊🏽
Congrats on the new rig. Looks so sick
Congrats Mike! Ranger 🔥👍
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!
SICK man, congrats, can't stop thinking about these boats,thanks for sharing ,I'll let the jealousy sink in slowly,tightly lines, subbed
Nice rig man, solid setup!
Sick boat.
Great boat!! Looking forward to more videos.
Sweet Rig Brother!!! Congrats on the new ranger shes a beauty!!! Cheers!! :))
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.
Awesome man love the colour love your set up 👍 hope you catch some giants on that
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 🤘
Killer boat dude, you deserve it!🤘
Congrats on the boat. Love your vids, right to the point, no jabber. great info.
Dude that’s sick. I have the same thing just in the bay boat model great boat
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!
That boat is sick Mike. Kinda makes me wish I was keeping the one that we won. LOL!
Nice.. congrats...keep the videos coming..I'll keep watchin
Congrats on the new boat, I love the green color!
Goals right here! Sweet rig 👌🏽
Omg Mike,congratulations Brother that friggin awesome, you completely deserve every inch of that boat 👊👊👍🍻🍺
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!
Sick boat bro!!! can't wait to see you slay some on the new rig!
Any new products we can look forward to?
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.
How much was the total? I been saving to get an aluminum myself
Damn, this was the fishing equivalent of my kids watching other kids opening toys! Loved the video. Great stuff Mike
Hahahah. Totally
Congrats man bad ass aluminum rig
Sick rig!!
SUPA' SIC" from Idaho!
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
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.
Sweet boat👊🏻 you the man!
Nice ride man
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?
Looks great mike!
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.
Nice boat good job!
I know it is tough to know for sure but do you think the color of the boat correlates with the big fish being aware of your boat? Is that why you chose the green?
Love it!
O.D Green is the best color in the world Sick Rig
Great walk around 👍
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!
dope boat
Nice boat really like the swimbaits👍
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.
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.
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?
Curious how dry that boat is when hitting waves. Thanks for the insight
Niiiice rig man, enjoy the new ride.
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I think this fella like swim baits lol
Dude have u ever dun a video on set up . On how u catch giants?
What we have here is Cabelas on the water.
You deserve it brother!!!
Nice job.
so awesome love it , Congrats dude
Very well deserved and happy for you brotha!!!!
Dope Sick Unique One of a kind boat Mike!!
YOU HAVE TO MAKE MORE OF YOUR BOAT.
#WCZFAM @_siskooo_
Awesome boat now time to catch hogs!!
Nice boat bro I want a ranger or a champion but until then im pounding the bank for giants
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.
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
nice boat
What’s the price tag on a Boat like that? The wife is going to let me get one this summer.
Congrats, she’s pretty
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.
I thought you were gonna talk about your boat?
Tackle break down , I wanted to see the boat too