Really like how you're showing the Navionics screen where you are fishing. It really helps us guys who are not using the expensive electronics. Thanks again
These videos are amazing. Watched this all night. Started pulling all my jigs out to try again with them. Really appreciate the knowledge and quality of video. Learning sooooo much!!!
Great video! Packed with info, charts and love hearing your thoughts along the way. Nothing wrong with catching a lot of little ones! Keep making these awesome videos!!!
Here in the northeast my go to setup is a Z-Man Ned Rig all year long. This rig really produces during the winter. My back up rig is a drop shot. With the drop shot you want to find the fish on you sonar unit, hover over them and drop straight down to them. Do not over work the lure. Slow down and then slow down some more. Happy fishing
Bro this is the best video ever! No bull crap and just straight to the point. I live in the south and the best baits that work for me are artificial fish that are weedless. I subbed also!
Always enjoy the vids, well put together with good soothing soundtrack. More than anything I appreciate your honest approach to the day to day struggle at times to find the big bite, been fishing local tourneys for years and everyone assumes your always going to kill ‘em on race day…. Not always so, it takes a lot of work & commitment to stay on top of the ever changing patterns & weather. Fun vid and again appreciate your willingness for input, keep up the good work!
I threw one for about an hour that day and never got bit. That's normally one of my go to lures for suspended bass in the winter. Thanks for the suggestion!
Just found your channel, enjoy the instruction! Have family in Northern Arkansas so really like the Hat. Looking for good winter tactics here in Missouri!
Great video... thanks! Can you also mention the air temps, water temps and any related weather patterns ( ahead of cold front, after a cold front, etc...)... that would help us try to apply it to our local lakes ( Georgia)
For sure. I always try to include air and water temps, but I sometimes leave them out. If you watch my other videos, you'll find I normally talk about it. Thanks for the call out! I'll make sure to mention it from now on!
Dude I just came across your channel and I gotta say you do an awesome job! Love all the graphics and how you break down the techniques. Keep it up man!
Also I was going to suggest a spy bait G - fix or similar for those suspended fish that did not hit the A rig. And you alluded to it, but possibly an under spin with a fluke or keitec trailer.
I've fished many of the same areas in this video with about the same success. You may even notice my icon picture was taken a few years ago at the hatchery ramp. Try and find some of the remaining standing timber. One such spot is straight out in front of the place where you launched at the island. I have caught and know of others who have caught larger fish there. There is also a big creek channel to the north of that island with a few standing trees next to it that hold bigger fish. Wintertime on Hamilton is also a time to throw a trap up in the shallows on bright sunny days.
I like to vary between the arig and the blade bait. the blade really gets those cold water fish to bite at least for me just with a simple yoyo technique.
Hey buddy a couple of tips on them suspended fish like you said an underspin or a spybait works very well on them. My home Lake is a very clear water Lake & I've found out over the years that the spybait in your home baitfish color works very well. & for them bass on the bottom tight on structur a doodle rig has really worked very well for me!!!!
That’s bass fishing 101 right there....you’ll go back over those spots tomorrow or later down the road and crush them...some days it’s awesome and some days it’s tough..still a great video though..keep up the awesome work !! !!
Hi Johnny. Been watching your vids for a while now. Thank you! I realize this one is a few years old and you have now upgraded your sonar dramatically. A local guide tells me Garmin LiveScope has taught him more about fish behavior in a few months than he had learned over many, many years. I'm saving my pennies and hoping the technology continues to get better. Anyway, I recently went out and saw screens similar to yours at the 12 min mark...very active and looked BIG. It wasn't really deep but nothing else vertical was working so I dropped down a Super Spoon and snagged 2 bluegill. Here's my theory: those little fish move around so fast and are so numerous at times that on 2D sonar they look like schools of big, active fish. I don't think we can tell if that "bowl of spaghetti" down there is massive striper or little perch. It could be that there were large fish mixed in but I only recognized a single type of arch/line. I'd be interested in your thoughts and if you think the new graph tech is going to help distinguish between little and large active fish.
Bounce a lipless crankbait off the bottom a few casts. I've caught my PB and best five bass limit doing that in Feb. I'd really be interested to see how that works for you around that rock pile.
Just to let you know, you do an awesome job on your videos. A wealth of information that is very clear and concise. You asked about how one might entice that larger class of fish to bite...... I'm wondering if you've tried a slow down approach. Maybe finesse with a drop shot rig. Thanks for a great video. Henry Schmidt
Maybe try a big Texas rigged worm, nail weighted mag trick worm, 4"-5" swimbait on an owner flashy swimmer around the brush piles, a bigger 6"-8" swimbait, hopping a tube, heavy drop shot to drop on their heads and make them react or a lighter drop shot casted out past the spot with a smaller swimbait and flip the bail after it sinks a little bit and let it pendulum through the spot. Maybe swim a jig with a swimbait and creep it over the rocks where it won't have much action until it hits a branch, rock etc. I'm sure finding out what kind and size of bait is down there would help. Maybe a jigging spoon would be good. Just some thoughts....
Fish the Moment no problem, it's easier for us to sit here and think what could work while we're not on the water. It's harder on the water trying a bunch new things when you know you can go shallow and get bit. Hopefully some of those can get you that big sack and some good content.
Good job man..thank you for showing the graph images and some spots. You don’t see that very often in videos and is a welcomed change. Keep it up...and come fish lake Bowen (SC) with us sometime💪🏻
Love the insight. My club classic was on Hamilton and did ok but wish I watched this video before hand. I live in central at and would like to meet up with you one day. I pour my own craw and creature baits, to say the least, I’m addicted. Good job on the videos!!
About some of the same stuff we fish on pickwick in winter , maybe big swimbait or drop shot them fish could work hard to say fish are not always predictable guess that’s what make it best sport in the world. Come to pickwick will go sometimes
I live 10 minutes away from Hamilton fish it twice a week. A lot of anglers fish a spinnerbait over them brush tops and wack em. Some even fish the spinnerbaits in the brush. I’d like another winter video of Hamilton. I fish it twice a week. Oh. The a-rig still catches em on Hamilton too.
Fished a tournament there yesterday 2-9-19 I only caught 1 it was just over 2lbs but I put it in my head that it was going to take catching them off shore to win and that’s all I fished and well I had same problem as you find fish could not get them to bite and 19.06 won all I needed was 17 more lbs LOL!! I would love to know how it was won I think deep a A-rig. If you could find out that would be awesome.
Does this apply to rivers??? I fish the Potomac river and I just bought a bass boat, I have so much freedom now compared to when I was strictly a shore fisherman!
I've never fished the Potomac, but I know it works on the Arkansas River. Also, based on the Bassmaster shows I've seen on the Potomac, it might work pretty well in the backwaters if there's rock.
Hey Jonny, Can you make a short video on that yellow camera pole you use, or could you at least let me know if you made it or bought it; how you made it or where you purchased it from. That is a really nice feature and I would love to put one of those camera poles on my boat; thanks.
It's "The BOOM!" by YOLOtek. It's a great product. I've never had to worry about it flying out of the boat when I'm running down the lake and it's made well. Here's a link to their website: yolotek.com/products/the-boom
I know you mentioned trying a spoon, a jig, and so forth. But if you know that fish are there and you are confidently marking them and they wont bite. I would have a roboworm or gulp worm on a drop shot. Esp for cold water. Screw it downsize and figure out correct weight leader length for picky suspended fish. (You may have tried that. Just a suggestion) Good Channel dude!
Well put together videos, keep up the good work. Have you tried slow rolling the larger swimbaits to key on some of those bigger bass, like the Huddleston or Savage Gear?
Great video no obnoxiously loud music an actual clean language we can understand. Good job! P. S. What was water temp? Lastly deep jerkbait the fish will come up even from very deep cold water.
Can't remember who it was that said it maybe Matt Allen but if u are catching small ones in a school just keep getting them feeding and the big ones will come eventually. 6 small ones on a point might get that PB to get excited and dominate over the small ones eventually.
Its an ONIX. I just got it this year and I really like it. Not sure if the image is as good as mega imaging, but I don't think there's a significant difference between the ONIX and the Helix with Mega Imaging
Jonny, do you set up your graph to purposely read the triple echo on hard bottoms? You seem to focus on the creek channels and whatever adjacent structure may be present. Awesome videos and I’d love to see you drop a damiki rig over those suspenders.
Yes I always set the max depth so I can see how hard the bottom is. I think creek channels are the key to finding fish fast because bass use them like highways year round. Also, thanks for the tip! I'll try it next time!
Love watching your vids and how informative you are on how and where to catch fish also showing what this structure looks like on electronics. Plus you support real fishing not this foo foo Walmart challenge crap. Lol. Thanks brother and love your idea
I heard the same thing from some of my friends. I heard the cold weather pushed them off the bank and into the brush piles in 12-18ft of water just off the end of the boat docks
That’s how we caught our quality bass. I caught them 15’-30’ of water in the brush piles. A few hammers found them shallow and caught them on the trap but didn’t work out for most.
Still enjoy these old videos. Always something to still learn from
I appreciate your honesty. If you're not catching the big ones, just catch little ones and have fun.
Possibly the best instructional fishing vids on youtube.
I'm glad the videos are helpful! Thanks for the support
James Mathews agreed super analytical
absolutely
Really like how you're showing the Navionics screen where you are fishing. It really helps us guys who are not using the expensive electronics. Thanks again
Hey Johnny, My name is Nick Barber and I have learned a tremendous amount from you. Just wanted to say thank you sir. I appreciate you.
Dude, you've got great energy and cool ideas. Keep going and never lose your great attitude.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed
A like how you add where you scanned on the map and going over what you scanned, very helpful!
These videos are amazing. Watched this all night. Started pulling all my jigs out to try again with them. Really appreciate the knowledge and quality of video. Learning sooooo much!!!
I really take notes on your videos. Actually helps me become a better fisherman
Awesome! Glad the videos are helpful! Thanks for the comment
Great video! Packed with info, charts and love hearing your thoughts along the way. Nothing wrong with catching a lot of little ones! Keep making these awesome videos!!!
Thanks for the support!
One of my favorite fishing youtube channels
Here in the northeast my go to setup is a Z-Man Ned Rig all year long. This rig really produces during the winter. My back up rig is a drop shot. With the drop shot you want to find the fish on you sonar unit, hover over them and drop straight down to them. Do not over work the lure. Slow down and then slow down some more. Happy fishing
Bro this is the best video ever! No bull crap and just straight to the point. I live in the south and the best baits that work for me are artificial fish that are weedless. I subbed also!
Always enjoy the vids, well put together with good soothing soundtrack. More than anything I appreciate your honest approach to the day to day struggle at times to find the big bite, been fishing local tourneys for years and everyone assumes your always going to kill ‘em on race day…. Not always so, it takes a lot of work & commitment to stay on top of the ever changing patterns & weather. Fun vid and again appreciate your willingness for input, keep up the good work!
I REALLY like the method of editing used in this video. I’m relatively new to your channel and this is the best I’ve seen. Visually that is....
Love how you show the graphs and break it down, great video
You are one of the best at quality of video and instructional. I really enjoy your videos. Keep up the great work. Mike G
Thanks! I appreciate the comment!
Great vid. Love the closeups on the humminbird. Hope to see you fish Hudson and Grand soon.
Thanks! I probably won't be fishing in Oklahoma again until March, but I plan to fish both those lakes in the pres-pawn!
You may want to try a flutter spoon and/or jigging spoon for those deeper bass.
I threw one for about an hour that day and never got bit. That's normally one of my go to lures for suspended bass in the winter. Thanks for the suggestion!
Great videos man. I love how you put up the graphics and your scans.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed
Just found your channel, enjoy the instruction! Have family in Northern Arkansas so really like the Hat. Looking for good winter tactics here in Missouri!
Great video... thanks! Can you also mention the air temps, water temps and any related weather patterns ( ahead of cold front, after a cold front, etc...)... that would help us try to apply it to our local lakes ( Georgia)
For sure. I always try to include air and water temps, but I sometimes leave them out. If you watch my other videos, you'll find I normally talk about it. Thanks for the call out! I'll make sure to mention it from now on!
Like the google map overview of the spots you’ve fished
Just found your channel I'm surprised you don't have like 100k subs very good editing and explaining how your fishing. Well put together video
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoy the videos!
Great job on teaching to use your graph and boat control
Dude I just came across your channel and I gotta say you do an awesome job! Love all the graphics and how you break down the techniques. Keep it up man!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!
Great video Jonny! thanks for the graph shots and explanations! Your enthusiasm for the sport is awesome!
Also I was going to suggest a spy bait G - fix or similar for those suspended fish that did not hit the A rig. And you alluded to it, but possibly an under spin with a fluke or keitec trailer.
I'll definitely have a spy bait tied on when I go back out there this weekend
Just got yourself a new Canadian subscriber!! Your videos are packed with awesome info and are very fun to watch!! Cheers brother!!
Most education videos I've seen, thank you.
Glad you enjoyed!
Just found your videos man! Love what you're doing. It's so different and informative. Keep filming bro.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the videos!
So much content and knowlege dropped in this video! Great job man, what an informative channel
Great vid. Very good information. Your teaching style is on point.
I've fished many of the same areas in this video with about the same success. You may even notice my icon picture was taken a few years ago at the hatchery ramp. Try and find some of the remaining standing timber. One such spot is straight out in front of the place where you launched at the island. I have caught and know of others who have caught larger fish there. There is also a big creek channel to the north of that island with a few standing trees next to it that hold bigger fish. Wintertime on Hamilton is also a time to throw a trap up in the shallows on bright sunny days.
Dropshot with a jackall crosstail shad in black Winnie color. Killer bait for cold water with good clarity
Love seeing you r fishing tip
Very nicely done. Great action and a lot of good info and tips
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed
I like to vary between the arig and the blade bait. the blade really gets those cold water fish to bite at least for me just with a simple yoyo technique.
Thanks for the tip! I'll try one next time!
Hey buddy a couple of tips on them suspended fish like you said an underspin or a spybait works very well on them. My home Lake is a very clear water Lake & I've found out over the years that the spybait in your home baitfish color works very well. & for them bass on the bottom tight on structur a doodle rig has really worked very well for me!!!!
Just saying,for new anglers its a challenge,certainly an art to it and nothing like the warm months
Great videos glad your back
Thanks! Me too!
awesome video, def looking forward to your live streaming videos once a week
Thanks again! I should be starting the live stream next week
That’s bass fishing 101 right there....you’ll go back over those spots tomorrow or later down the road and crush them...some days it’s awesome and some days it’s tough..still a great video though..keep up the awesome work !! !!
Hi Johnny. Been watching your vids for a while now. Thank you! I realize this one is a few years old and you have now upgraded your sonar dramatically. A local guide tells me Garmin LiveScope has taught him more about fish behavior in a few months than he had learned over many, many years. I'm saving my pennies and hoping the technology continues to get better. Anyway, I recently went out and saw screens similar to yours at the 12 min mark...very active and looked BIG. It wasn't really deep but nothing else vertical was working so I dropped down a Super Spoon and snagged 2 bluegill. Here's my theory: those little fish move around so fast and are so numerous at times that on 2D sonar they look like schools of big, active fish. I don't think we can tell if that "bowl of spaghetti" down there is massive striper or little perch. It could be that there were large fish mixed in but I only recognized a single type of arch/line. I'd be interested in your thoughts and if you think the new graph tech is going to help distinguish between little and large active fish.
Great vid. Definitely using this on my next tournament at Lake Hamilton
Awesome! Glad it was helpful!
Your videos are awesome! Keep it up!
Thank you for the great tips you give in your videos. Please keep it up
Try a ledgehead lures underspin.with a bass munitions patriot minnow.
That’s is hilarious!! Caught an Alabama rig with an Alabama rig! Hahah!
Bounce a lipless crankbait off the bottom a few casts. I've caught my PB and best five bass limit doing that in Feb. I'd really be interested to see how that works for you around that rock pile.
I wish you would do a video on Greer’s Ferry in the winter.
Or if you have advice would be great.
I'll plan a trip out there next week! I love that lake. I'll probably try to catch some smallies on the lower end.
Fish the Moment Do you guide I bought all the Humminbird electronics and would pay for some help in interpreting signals.
Just to let you know, you do an awesome job on your videos. A wealth of information that is very clear and concise. You asked about how one might entice that larger class of fish to bite...... I'm wondering if you've tried a slow down approach. Maybe finesse with a drop shot rig. Thanks for a great video.
Henry Schmidt
Awesome video as always!!!
Thank you!
Maybe try a big Texas rigged worm, nail weighted mag trick worm, 4"-5" swimbait on an owner flashy swimmer around the brush piles, a bigger 6"-8" swimbait, hopping a tube, heavy drop shot to drop on their heads and make them react or a lighter drop shot casted out past the spot with a smaller swimbait and flip the bail after it sinks a little bit and let it pendulum through the spot. Maybe swim a jig with a swimbait and creep it over the rocks where it won't have much action until it hits a branch, rock etc. I'm sure finding out what kind and size of bait is down there would help. Maybe a jigging spoon would be good. Just some thoughts....
Wow, thanks for all the great suggestions! I'm heading back out to Hamilton tomorrow so i'll give them a try!
Fish the Moment no problem, it's easier for us to sit here and think what could work while we're not on the water. It's harder on the water trying a bunch new things when you know you can go shallow and get bit. Hopefully some of those can get you that big sack and some good content.
I would get a suspending or a slow sink crank and try a slower retrieve. You retrieving pretty quick for the winter bite.
Good job man..thank you for showing the graph images and some spots. You don’t see that very often in videos and is a welcomed change. Keep it up...and come fish lake Bowen (SC) with us sometime💪🏻
Love the insight. My club classic was on Hamilton and did ok but wish I watched this video before hand. I live in central at and would like to meet up with you one day. I pour my own craw and creature baits, to say the least, I’m addicted. Good job on the videos!!
Fantastic video I love it keep up the great work thanks for sharing your knowledge
I would use a blade bait or a spoon medium size for both a silver or gold color and you should get a good one in the boat.
About some of the same stuff we fish on pickwick in winter , maybe big swimbait or drop shot them fish could work hard to say fish are not always predictable guess that’s what make it best sport in the world. Come to pickwick will go sometimes
Awesome video! Good music and tips
Love your videos
Thanks as always!
try a smith wicks 10-12' suspending jerk bait. in NC on Harris in the winter it kills.
So some advice for those areas you couldn't get a bite on, ever use a vibee? Good way to force a bite in the winter.
I live 10 minutes away from Hamilton fish it twice a week. A lot of anglers fish a spinnerbait over them brush tops and wack em. Some even fish the spinnerbaits in the brush. I’d like another winter video of Hamilton. I fish it twice a week. Oh. The a-rig still catches em on Hamilton too.
Fished a tournament there yesterday 2-9-19 I only caught 1 it was just over 2lbs but I put it in my head that it was going to take catching them off shore to win and that’s all I fished and well I had same problem as you find fish could not get them to bite and 19.06 won all I needed was 17 more lbs LOL!! I would love to know how it was won I think deep a A-rig. If you could find out that would be awesome.
Does this apply to rivers??? I fish the Potomac river and I just bought a bass boat, I have so much freedom now compared to when I was strictly a shore fisherman!
I've never fished the Potomac, but I know it works on the Arkansas River. Also, based on the Bassmaster shows I've seen on the Potomac, it might work pretty well in the backwaters if there's rock.
Fish the Moment thanks so much!
Congrats on the new boat! It is a life changer.
Hey Jonny, Can you make a short video on that yellow camera pole you use, or could you at least let me know if you made it or bought it; how you made it or where you purchased it from. That is a really nice feature and I would love to put one of those camera poles on my boat; thanks.
It's "The BOOM!" by YOLOtek. It's a great product. I've never had to worry about it flying out of the boat when I'm running down the lake and it's made well.
Here's a link to their website: yolotek.com/products/the-boom
Thanks, greatly appreciate it!
I know you mentioned trying a spoon, a jig, and so forth. But if you know that fish are there and you are confidently marking them and they wont bite. I would have a roboworm or gulp worm on a drop shot. Esp for cold water. Screw it downsize and figure out correct weight leader length for picky suspended fish. (You may have tried that. Just a suggestion) Good Channel dude!
Love the vids man I love on Hamilton and fish all of these lakes around central arkansas🔥
Well put together videos, keep up the good work. Have you tried slow rolling the larger swimbaits to key on some of those bigger bass, like the Huddleston or Savage Gear?
Great video
A little secret we got in alabama is to put a deep diving crank on the middle wire of the Alabama rig shhhhhhh
Sounds fun! I'll have to give it a try!
Try throwing a Old School little George or Lunkerhunt hatchspin
I'll tie one on the next time I go! Thanks for the suggestion
Great video.. Keep up the great work.
Wow legit video. Def subbed
Thanks! Glad you liked it!
Great video no obnoxiously loud music an actual clean language we can understand. Good job! P. S. What was water temp? Lastly deep jerkbait the fish will come up even from very deep cold water.
Glad you enjoyed! The water temp was 53 degrees. I'll give a deep diving jerkbait a try next time! thanks for the tip
Nice Razorbacks hat!
I would try a spy bait. The fish were actively feeding but not hitting your A-rig. They could have been pressured.
Didn't even think of throwing one! I'll definitely try it next time I go out there!
Maybe some vertical jigging or flutter spoon.. just a suggestion.
Thanks for the tip! I'll give it a try next time!
Underspin or heavy spinnerbait or chatterbait could have possible produced with it being overcast all day.
Cool, thanks for the tip!
Can't remember who it was that said it maybe Matt Allen but if u are catching small ones in a school just keep getting them feeding and the big ones will come eventually. 6 small ones on a point might get that PB to get excited and dominate over the small ones eventually.
What graph are you using? Humminbird helix? The images are super clear.
Its an ONIX. I just got it this year and I really like it. Not sure if the image is as good as mega imaging, but I don't think there's a significant difference between the ONIX and the Helix with Mega Imaging
Fish the Moment it looks super clear. I have an hds 12 with 3D and I think yours looks better.
Come to lake Granbury In Texas
Jonny, do you set up your graph to purposely read the triple echo on hard bottoms? You seem to focus on the creek channels and whatever adjacent structure may be present. Awesome videos and I’d love to see you drop a damiki rig over those suspenders.
Yes I always set the max depth so I can see how hard the bottom is. I think creek channels are the key to finding fish fast because bass use them like highways year round. Also, thanks for the tip! I'll try it next time!
Thanks very helpful!
Always put links to your lures in the description please and your rod and reel set up. Feed our hungry minds.
Dead stick some flukes over those suspended fish. Works well for me on cold calm days
Thanks for the tip!
Love watching your vids and how informative you are on how and where to catch fish also showing what this structure looks like on electronics. Plus you support real fishing not this foo foo Walmart challenge crap. Lol. Thanks brother and love your idea
Easier said than done,im no pro but winter bass fishin is spotty at best especially in the mid south.
what is your winter cranking rod and reel combo?
How do you know what bait to pick for the conditions that you are fishing. Like when summer time fishing and spring and Fall fishing ?
Is that 20-lb F/C? What knot do you use to connect the 3/4-oz Football Head Jigg to your line?
Thank Jonny...
Come make a video in the Louisiana delta hommie
I'm afraid I might get lost out there! haha
Try a northern secret- blade bait.
any tips on catching fish in the winter without a boat? I've been getting skunked ):
Great vid br0 !!
Nice video
I live on the lake Hamilton and have been caching a few off a crank bait at the middle of December but now I can't seem to catch a thing
I heard the same thing from some of my friends. I heard the cold weather pushed them off the bank and into the brush piles in 12-18ft of water just off the end of the boat docks
That’s how we caught our quality bass. I caught them 15’-30’ of water in the brush piles. A few hammers found them shallow and caught them on the trap but didn’t work out for most.