For anyone who needs a testament to this guy's quality, I asked to meet him for a fishing date and he met me here, one of his most reliable spots, and spent the whole morning fishing without a gopro, not even trying to get a video out of it. And everything he said about what and where to throw ended up being true. I got a good pike and a few snickers and snookers.
Easily the best fishing channel on RUclips. I can’t stand the obnoxious channels, any of these guys who wear super flashy sunglasses and neon colored rods and reels. Obnoxious trap “music”. That dude miliken or whatever, he seems like a complete J/0. This guy and old Roland Martin are easily my favorites.
@@smelltheglove2038you sir sound a bit angry😂, everyone has a flavor, no need to trash someone else’s channel or style of content. Just enjoy your own taste and move on. Tight lines sir!
I do not fish, but I do deal with extreme anxiety. I’m sure you realize the impact you have on anglers, but I just wanted to thank you for the peace you give to those who don’t fish. I swear these fish get caught just to meet you. 🤷♂️
Hey, not sure why you don’t fish, but as a guy who is constantly battling anxiety without using medication, fishing or hell, just being outdoors on a lake or river helps me so much. It’s the most calming thing I do. You should give it a try.
I literally got back from a bike ride and sat down and said “I wonder if there’s an NDYakAngler video up” I open my RUclips and it’s the first thing in my recommended. I love this channel ❤
Your advice, and more importantly just simply watching how and where you fish, has literally made me an exponentially better angler over the past 6 months or so that I have been enjoying your channel. Catching bigger better fish almost every time I go out. Thank you for the work you put in, and the peaceful nature of your videos. Keep casting em out and I'll keep biting em🤙🏼
New follower, excellent videos and highly appreciate the polite narrative. Like fishing with an old wise friend. Thanks for your work on finding the fish, recording, editing, uploading. No fun getting skunked, or posting that footage, but you have mentioned it in the past, so the overall picture is more realistic. Well done good sir.
Hey Mr. Yakangler.....i just want to say that you make THE best fishing content on RUclips and just to throw this out there, i think that if you started a podcast on top of your fishing vids that it would be extremly popular, small river fishing is a mystery to a great many of us and i would absolutly listen to you talk about it. Im sure others can agree with mt statement. Thank you for staying true to what a fishermen should look like!!!
Just watching you walk on those rocks makes my bum ache as I'm about 90% sure I'd end up falling at some point. Also the little catfish were a nice surprise. Always appreciate the unexpected.
Awesome Matt I have that exact lure love the way they just hang in the water when u pause although I’ve not had anything as big on it what a session fantastic fishing enjoyed it thank you 🎣👍🏼👍🏼
I love the honesty. Tells us how he just got skunked for the last 5 hours. A very rare quality (the honesty) in this country today. Hugh kudos to you Matt !!!
Interesting the fish get up behind those concrete blocks. I wondered about that in previous videos in this location. The water doesnt appear that deep in that spot. Thanks for the Saturday morning fishing!
Your videos showed up in my feed a few weeks ago. Never fished in my life. You inspired me to try out the sport at 37. I caught my first fish yesterday and what a thrill! Thanks for the great content 🙏
I was just looking at new comments in this video and I saw this comment, thats awesome, I just got my younger cousin into fishing and we got local lake together and for hours, good job man, hope you catch some more fish
@@romanjaresontop thanks man ive had loads of time on the water since I posted that lol😈 caught a 4 pound small mouth Wednesday. Gonna start trying to target walleye next week thanks dude.
As a newbie kayak angler, i appreciate all the tips. And, don't take this wrong, but with that calm voice, I feel that you're the Mr. Rogers of fishing!
I don't think anyone in their right mind would feel insulted over being compared to Mr. Rogers. That's one of the highest compliments you can give someone.
I know you have to go through some nasty winters to get to the other three seasons, but you sure have some really incredible fisheries that you have access to. You're so blessed. Thank you so much for sharing them with us! That walk down to your fishing spot was pretty steep. Wouldn't want to be the one cutting that grass. I also was kind of amazed at where you set your gear. For me.. that's real snaky looking area. I'd be scared I'd get bit when I went to pick up my backpack, rod or net. Thanks again!
I have to say that you, Richard gene and cole and jay are my fave fishing channels to watch! You are all so wholesome and down to earth and you can see the real joy that fishing brings to you! Would be awesome to meet all you great people💜 😊Fish on!! 🎣
I always enjoy his fishing episodes.He always explains Very well what he plans on doing that particular day. When he hooks into a big one He gives the fish quite the fight.
Of all the guys that I watch fishing, you are the only one that I would totally love to go fishing with. The only thing is I would want to take a few home to eat!!! Another great fishing video,enjoyed every minute of it.. Have a blessed day !!
I always reserve my Frozen band-aids for ice fishing, I would suggest little mermaid or Luca Band-Aids for open water fishing.😂🐟 Thanks for another great video
Great Video Matt, I had a musky steal my 13 in. walleye off my stringer couple days ago. Thought I hit a rock in the kayak. There went my dinner. That’s ok I caught my first Musky 10 minutes later. Stay safe.
That's a myth.. Lol.. Never understood that. I catch them on back to back consecutive casts here in Southern Indiana.. Muskie are dumb as they get and will eat any bait u show them.
What a hotspot! I just got back from a week of fishing at my cousins cottage in Quebec and we are on a fairly small but very deep lake. If you have any suggestions for where they might pile up, they would be greatly appreciated. We have caught a couple musky on deeper ledges (30-60 feet) and continue to fish deep water for them because all the shallow weed edges are ridled with pike. As always, great content and keep it up.
It does not surprise me you are using a Frozen (as in Disney franchise) bandaid! I bet you are an awesome dad, Mr Matt. You have the patience of Job. Sing it with me everyone! “Do you wanna catch a musky? Do you wanna slam some pike?”
Nice Muskie mate. Choice spot too. TIP: for all fisherpersons. Use a wet rag to lift your fish and try to keep your fingers out of the gill slots. Cheers
Hey, Matt. Really dig your channel... always checking back to see what you're up to. I think some of your regular viewers would love a Blooper Reel.. snags, drifting into brush, etc. Not that its a competition, but something for all of us out here tackling rivers and lakes in our kayaks who feel inept when stood up against your (no doubt edited) escapades. Tight lines, my friend!
Can I ask everyone for some fishing advice? I watch a lot of these amazing videos from ND. I went fishing last week for a few days on vacation. Tried every lure in my tacklebox all excited (I grew up using live bait worm-hook-bobber) thinking I would catch a fat bass or pike. I got NUTHIN! Either nothing was big enough to bite my lure near the dock, or I'm (likely) doing something wrong. Why does worm and bobber work better for me in general? I caught like 20 fish over the 3 days (all small-ish ones under a pound) but it was all on the bobber. Even going out in the boat with my uncle we got 1 bass on our lures combined in 6 hours. LOL Thanks for any tips! Big fan of the channel ;D It lets me go fishing without fishing when I can't haha
It's august. It's hot. Water is hot. Fish can get sluggish. The worm on a bobber they don't have to chase. You might have had good luck with smaller plastics worked slowly on or near the bottom. I've also had good luck with suspending minnow baits when they are like that. Twitch it and let it sit a second. Give them time to commit.
@@mattfleming86 Yeah I noticed I got a lot more bites even on the worm and hook when I gave it a little yoink every now and then to show the worm is alive and alert any sleepy fish nearby LOL. Possible that I need a smaller plastic. The ones I have a fairly large but I was kind of just trying whatever I had in my box!
@@andrewillomitzer3711 Get a pack of 4" Yamamato Senkos. You'll also need a pack of the "g" shaped worm hooks. No weight is used. They are heavy and sink with a nice slow flutter. They seem to have a magic ability to get both active and less active fish. Once it hits the bottom use your rod and tweak it back your way a foot or two, then let ot flutter down and sit there a second. Sometimes they want it on the bottom, sometimes on the fall, and sometimes they smash it as soon as it hits the water. Love fishing those things!
@@mattfleming86 Thanks a bunch I'll check those out for next trip. Might be a basic question, but how do you tell when it reaches the bottom? I usually just let out line until it stops spinning then reel up the slack a tiny bit.
i was out on pike last night. had 2 small and then befor leaving a 45.5 inch slamed into my rapala haku. been a follower of this chanel since the time you had that pike on suicide duck from your kayak.
Thanks for not editing out the net issue. That just goes to show that you can be a mere mortal fisherman like the rest of us. That’s the kind of goofy crap that happens to me all the time!!
Matt, you should really try one of the Savage Gear swimbait rods. Works really well with those glide baits and big bass cranks. The extra length is useful for figure eights too. And they're not that expensive, especially for the quality.
Matt, i recently found your videos and started fishing myself. Can you give us a budget list of materials please? Just like basic beginner rod, reel, and bait, or maybe a nice starter package?
Excellent video with the Savage Gear swimbait and its yellow colour. Encouraged by what I watch from Matt I purchase any lure he uses and is available over here in Europe. That spillway is wonderful and I identified it via Google Maps. I love all the videos Matt records at that fishing venue. Those big beautiful muskies are quite a reward. Awesome…
Great job as always Matt and I love the color of that swimbait... It's golden... And I agree with the one viewer who would love to see a bloopers video😂😂😂!!!
Hey, Matt. You introduced me to the 8" Savage Gear Four Play a couple of years ago in one of the pike-and-musky videos you have made on the river. I'm truly grateful that you did. In my experience, as in yours, this is a remarkable swimbait for any angler willing to use his/her rod tip to twitch it a bit on the retrieve. I use the Four Play exclusively in salt water (for striped bass) and exclusively in the very realistic Sexy Baitfish color. I don't think I've ever seen a swimbait look more alive, and the stripers seem to agree. Moreover, at about $18 (when you can find it), the Four Play is a bargain. I can't for the life of me understand the negative reviewers on several different sites, anglers who complain about this bait's losing its tail and even breaking. I haven't had any such problems, and I note here that after catching three different big muskies in turbulent, fast-moving water at the spillway, your Four Play was just fine. Best, Chris (in Maine)
They’re one of my best producing lures for pike and muskie! Tackle warehouse had those golden ambulance color ones on sale for $6 not long ago and I grabbed several of them! We get a lot of green algae colored water around here so that bright color should work well often.
Ohhh, man! That muskie was nice! I'm big into fly fishing, but between you and another (local) fishing TY channel I've tried catfishing for the first time this week. I got two on the first 1.5h outting. Keep up the good work!
Fun to watch but still enjoy your kayak trips for smallies more. Still these are amazing fish. It is a good thing that pound for pound they are not as scrappy as the smallies you catch.
I've only landed one musky and had a... handful... on. Their fight just isn't that great. BUT they are gorgeous and amazing predators. It's more about the chase.
I've been using the Cabela's XPS brand 4-play lures and they seem to work just as well. Pikes on my lakes are loving them. No muskie in the certain lakes I'm at.
Your every approach is fantastic. Lure, how to use it, speed, voice, etc. I learn from every video. Thank you 🙏 I’m heading up north from Az the summer/fall 24 or 25. Can you tell me where this flowage is, and is fall ir spring better? I’ve caught 2 muskies in my life, one 11 and one 12 inches long😂😅🤣. I wanna catch a real one 😢!
Great video again!!! All the dams are great fishing spots, talking of dams, have you tried lipless crankbaits at such spots. Those lures can do wonders on turbulent water, probably due to hard vibrating, and optionally rattling...and can withstand heavy current....with right rod and reel combo, you could even try to present it near the other bank.
That must have been an absolute blast catching those beasts. I recently purchased a savage gear 3 d shiner and just had my new St. Crois BassX Xheavy delivered. It is set up and ready t o go next weekend.
Random observation but it's a good one I think. When you're carrying more than one rod hold it at the very bottom of the blank closest to the grip and carry it backwards. So much easier and way less snags if you're in the woods
What I don’t understand is when there is a whole pond with no one there, you’re in a spot, and some guy had to fish in the same exact spot as you. Not just that, but he has to put out four rods for catfish and carp. Then pretends to not speak English when you call him out for being a complete jacka55.
Yeah this is some older footage from about a month ago. I was hesitant to upload it because the fish didn’t jolt out of there upon release like they normally do but it was warm out, and I haven’t had much luck since then. They actually relocated all the muskie and pike from below the spillway there to the lake up above a week or two after I filmed this when they shut the dam off for a few days. I’m sure a few have made their way back up there but the fishing won’t be quite the same for a while, probably until next springs flood at least then I could see some moving up from downstream.
@@ndyakangler Im a fellow North Dakotan and I was south of garrison dam a few weekends ago and the fishing was slow and the fish I did find were less aggressive by far but you can’t beat North Dakota pike and musky when it’s hot!!
For anyone who needs a testament to this guy's quality, I asked to meet him for a fishing date and he met me here, one of his most reliable spots, and spent the whole morning fishing without a gopro, not even trying to get a video out of it. And everything he said about what and where to throw ended up being true. I got a good pike and a few snickers and snookers.
Easily the best fishing channel on RUclips. I can’t stand the obnoxious channels, any of these guys who wear super flashy sunglasses and neon colored rods and reels. Obnoxious trap “music”. That dude miliken or whatever, he seems like a complete J/0. This guy and old Roland Martin are easily my favorites.
Not surprising that Matt is as great off camera as he is on (behind) the camera. Best channel on RUclips!
He really needs to get to be a Spokesperson for a major corporation 😊
Heck we should sponsor him in a casting competition.@@oldmanfred8676
@@smelltheglove2038you sir sound a bit angry😂, everyone has a flavor, no need to trash someone else’s channel or style of content. Just enjoy your own taste and move on. Tight lines sir!
Man, a fish most people will never catch in a lifetime and you caught more than one. Great video.
It's a blessing to catch these monsters like perch in the fall.
I'll take you out, one thing, hold on. 😊
I do not fish, but I do deal with extreme anxiety. I’m sure you realize the impact you have on anglers, but I just wanted to thank you for the peace you give to those who don’t fish. I swear these fish get caught just to meet you. 🤷♂️
Hey, not sure why you don’t fish, but as a guy who is constantly battling anxiety without using medication, fishing or hell, just being outdoors on a lake or river helps me so much. It’s the most calming thing I do. You should give it a try.
My family and I rest on Saturdays and part of that tradition is watching your latest video! Thanks for great videos every week
Saturdays are for the boys
One of the best things about his style is how fast he gets the fish off the hook and back into the water!
I literally got back from a bike ride and sat down and said “I wonder if there’s an NDYakAngler video up” I open my RUclips and it’s the first thing in my recommended. I love this channel ❤
"Making my way down the rocks, so I don't slip and fall, and break my rod and my neck."
Priorities.
Your advice, and more importantly just simply watching how and where you fish, has literally made me an exponentially better angler over the past 6 months or so that I have been enjoying your channel. Catching bigger better fish almost every time I go out. Thank you for the work you put in, and the peaceful nature of your videos. Keep casting em out and I'll keep biting em🤙🏼
New follower, excellent videos and highly appreciate the polite narrative. Like fishing with an old wise friend. Thanks for your work on finding the fish, recording, editing, uploading. No fun getting skunked, or posting that footage, but you have mentioned it in the past, so the overall picture is more realistic. Well done good sir.
Hands down, the best fishing channel. Would love to meet this guy someday and learn some of his fishing skills first hand.
Hey Mr. Yakangler.....i just want to say that you make THE best fishing content on RUclips and just to throw this out there, i think that if you started a podcast on top of your fishing vids that it would be extremly popular, small river fishing is a mystery to a great many of us and i would absolutly listen to you talk about it. Im sure others can agree with mt statement. Thank you for staying true to what a fishermen should look like!!!
You never fail to give us the best fishing video!
How you don’t have more subscribers is beyond me, easily my favorite RUclips angler! Thank you for all the videos !!
He's on his way, subs are coming fast. Keep commenting, liking, sharing and it will grow faster
Wow!!! Nice little stop at the spillway 😃. There’s a lot to be said for simplicity, and your videos prove that! Love them……. Thank you Matt!!! 👍🎣
you are blessed to have a spot like that
Blessed not to have 100 people there lol if we had a pike or musky spot like this it'd be impossible to fish.
@@sgt_salty_cracka1541 i know where it is the locals know about it but not very busy
I might have to start using 8” swimbaits to catch my bullheads from now on.
Great persistence Matt and netting those big ones while fishing solo from shore on those rocks is very difficult!
When I need a relaxing, exciting fishing vid, NDYakAngler never disappoints
Just watching you walk on those rocks makes my bum ache as I'm about 90% sure I'd end up falling at some point. Also the little catfish were a nice surprise. Always appreciate the unexpected.
Awesome Matt I have that exact lure love the way they just hang in the water when u pause although I’ve not had anything as big on it what a session fantastic fishing enjoyed it thank you 🎣👍🏼👍🏼
I love the honesty. Tells us how he just got skunked for the last 5 hours. A very rare quality (the honesty) in this country today. Hugh kudos to you Matt !!!
I've been meaning to get up there. Great job Matt!
Nothing is better then watching you fish at 8:00
Interesting the fish get up behind those concrete blocks. I wondered about that in previous videos in this location. The water doesnt appear that deep in that spot. Thanks for the Saturday morning fishing!
Your videos showed up in my feed a few weeks ago. Never fished in my life. You inspired me to try out the sport at 37. I caught my first fish yesterday and what a thrill! Thanks for the great content 🙏
I was just looking at new comments in this video and I saw this comment, thats awesome, I just got my younger cousin into fishing and we got local lake together and for hours, good job man, hope you catch some more fish
@@romanjaresontop thanks man ive had loads of time on the water since I posted that lol😈 caught a 4 pound small mouth Wednesday. Gonna start trying to target walleye next week thanks dude.
As a newbie kayak angler, i appreciate all the tips. And, don't take this wrong, but with that calm voice, I feel that you're the Mr. Rogers of fishing!
I don't think anyone in their right mind would feel insulted over being compared to Mr. Rogers. That's one of the highest compliments you can give someone.
Bob Ross.
I love watching his videos there's no music, like other videos just him chatting and explaining. Things just in all awesome videos
I know you have to go through some nasty winters to get to the other three seasons, but you sure have some really incredible fisheries that you have access to. You're so blessed. Thank you so much for sharing them with us! That walk down to your fishing spot was pretty steep. Wouldn't want to be the one cutting that grass. I also was kind of amazed at where you set your gear. For me.. that's real snaky looking area. I'd be scared I'd get bit when I went to pick up my backpack, rod or net. Thanks again!
My favorite RUclips fishermen of all time!! Me and my dad love watching your videos together!!
This and Billyfishing are my two fishing YT favorites. Would love to see you two guys hook up and fish Norway and Minn
I have to say that you, Richard gene and cole and jay are my fave fishing channels to watch! You are all so wholesome and down to earth and you can see the real joy that fishing brings to you! Would be awesome to meet all you great people💜 😊Fish on!! 🎣
These videos with the Spillway Beasts are top notch. I always feel adrenalin rush and I'm at home. Thanks!
I always enjoy his fishing episodes.He always explains
Very well what he plans on doing that particular day. When he hooks into a big one
He gives the fish quite the fight.
"Eeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwww. It's a bullhead." Best narration ever.
A lifetime catch of musky, in a couple hours, great job
dude caught it so casually most people would be freaking out over a fish like that
Great catches! Bank angling at its finest. Cool to see the muskies. They are a unicorn where I fish. Thanks again for sharing👌👍🎣
Of all the guys that I watch fishing, you are the only one that I would totally love to go fishing with. The only thing is I would want to take a few home to eat!!!
Another great fishing video,enjoyed every minute of it..
Have a blessed day !!
“Break my rod… and my neck” in that order 😂
That second musky you caught was huge, and very beautiful. The colors were absolutely stunning.
I always reserve my Frozen band-aids for ice fishing, I would suggest little mermaid or Luca Band-Aids for open water fishing.😂🐟 Thanks for another great video
Great Video Matt, I had a musky steal my 13 in. walleye off my stringer couple days ago. Thought I hit a rock in the kayak. There went my dinner. That’s ok I caught my first Musky 10 minutes later. Stay safe.
Always a good day when Matt blesses us with a video
Nice fish Matt, 8 days and 173K views, you are doing well... and rightly so, always a pleasure to spend a few minutes with you, thanks for sharing...
Pike and Musky are my favorite fish. Both are beautiful and majestic fish 🎣. Another great video, thanks.
Thanks for sharing this with us. This is awesome. Your videos are the best. Keep doing what you do.
So much for the saying," The fish of 10,000 casts." 😉
That's a myth.. Lol.. Never understood that. I catch them on back to back consecutive casts here in Southern Indiana.. Muskie are dumb as they get and will eat any bait u show them.
I'm glad you make videos for us. Thank you and keep uo the good work!
What a hotspot! I just got back from a week of fishing at my cousins cottage in Quebec and we are on a fairly small but very deep lake. If you have any suggestions for where they might pile up, they would be greatly appreciated. We have caught a couple musky on deeper ledges (30-60 feet) and continue to fish deep water for them because all the shallow weed edges are ridled with pike. As always, great content and keep it up.
Been watching your videos for a while now, easily my favorite fishing channel. Catch and release is the sign of a true sportsman! You’re the best!
Wow! 3-NICE muskies in one day. From the bank no less! Incredible! Great job!
It does not surprise me you are using a Frozen (as in Disney franchise) bandaid! I bet you are an awesome dad, Mr Matt. You have the patience of Job. Sing it with me everyone! “Do you wanna catch a musky? Do you wanna slam some pike?”
Guy just casually hooks onto 3 fish in an hours time that some of us would consider a fish of a lifetime here in Ontario. Great video again!
Enjoy your videos. They relax me.
Have you ever fallen/ slipped into the drink? Would you consider making a blooper reel?
This just made my utube morning a lot better. Thanks Matt!
My god what a first catch on that Musky wow .BEASSSST
Toutes mes félicitations pour ces magnifiques moments de pêche!
Not bad for a quick stop love the spillway videos
Nice Muskie mate. Choice spot too. TIP: for all fisherpersons. Use a wet rag to lift your fish and try to keep your fingers out of the gill slots. Cheers
Hey, Matt. Really dig your channel... always checking back to see what you're up to. I think some of your regular viewers would love a Blooper Reel.. snags, drifting into brush, etc. Not that its a competition, but something for all of us out here tackling rivers and lakes in our kayaks who feel inept when stood up against your (no doubt edited) escapades. Tight lines, my friend!
Can I ask everyone for some fishing advice? I watch a lot of these amazing videos from ND. I went fishing last week for a few days on vacation. Tried every lure in my tacklebox all excited (I grew up using live bait worm-hook-bobber) thinking I would catch a fat bass or pike. I got NUTHIN! Either nothing was big enough to bite my lure near the dock, or I'm (likely) doing something wrong.
Why does worm and bobber work better for me in general? I caught like 20 fish over the 3 days (all small-ish ones under a pound) but it was all on the bobber. Even going out in the boat with my uncle we got 1 bass on our lures combined in 6 hours. LOL
Thanks for any tips! Big fan of the channel ;D It lets me go fishing without fishing when I can't haha
It's august. It's hot. Water is hot. Fish can get sluggish. The worm on a bobber they don't have to chase.
You might have had good luck with smaller plastics worked slowly on or near the bottom. I've also had good luck with suspending minnow baits when they are like that. Twitch it and let it sit a second. Give them time to commit.
@@mattfleming86 Yeah I noticed I got a lot more bites even on the worm and hook when I gave it a little yoink every now and then to show the worm is alive and alert any sleepy fish nearby LOL. Possible that I need a smaller plastic. The ones I have a fairly large but I was kind of just trying whatever I had in my box!
@@andrewillomitzer3711 Get a pack of 4" Yamamato Senkos. You'll also need a pack of the "g" shaped worm hooks. No weight is used. They are heavy and sink with a nice slow flutter. They seem to have a magic ability to get both active and less active fish. Once it hits the bottom use your rod and tweak it back your way a foot or two, then let ot flutter down and sit there a second. Sometimes they want it on the bottom, sometimes on the fall, and sometimes they smash it as soon as it hits the water. Love fishing those things!
@@mattfleming86 Thanks a bunch I'll check those out for next trip. Might be a basic question, but how do you tell when it reaches the bottom? I usually just let out line until it stops spinning then reel up the slack a tiny bit.
i was out on pike last night. had 2 small and then befor leaving a 45.5 inch slamed into my rapala haku. been a follower of this chanel since the time you had that pike on suicide duck from your kayak.
Thanks for not editing out the net issue. That just goes to show that you can be a mere mortal fisherman like the rest of us. That’s the kind of goofy crap that happens to me all the time!!
Another great video, Matt, and as always, I enjoyed every moment! Take care and be safe. Anxiously awaiting your next video!
This is amazing man, I’ve fished all year here in Minnesota and haven’t got one in yet
Your videos are so relaxing and fun to watch, and Im even learning some new things from your videos as I’m sorta new to fishing
the best fishing videos on youtube...well done bud
Matt, you should really try one of the Savage Gear swimbait rods. Works really well with those glide baits and big bass cranks. The extra length is useful for figure eights too. And they're not that expensive, especially for the quality.
Matt, i recently found your videos and started fishing myself. Can you give us a budget list of materials please? Just like basic beginner rod, reel, and bait, or maybe a nice starter package?
Excellent video with the Savage Gear swimbait and its yellow colour. Encouraged by what I watch from Matt I purchase any lure he uses and is available over here in Europe.
That spillway is wonderful and I identified it via Google Maps. I love all the videos Matt records at that fishing venue.
Those big beautiful muskies are quite a reward. Awesome…
Great job as always Matt and I love the color of that swimbait... It's golden... And I agree with the one viewer who would love to see a bloopers video😂😂😂!!!
Wow! I have watched several of your videos. I have never caught a muskie. You do an excellent job. Keep it up.
The fish of 1000 casts and gets 3..totally amazing 🙌🏼 keep the vids coming!
Hey, Matt. You introduced me to the 8" Savage Gear Four Play a couple of years ago in one of the pike-and-musky videos you have made on the river. I'm truly grateful that you did. In my experience, as in yours, this is a remarkable swimbait for any angler willing to use his/her rod tip to twitch it a bit on the retrieve.
I use the Four Play exclusively in salt water (for striped bass) and exclusively in the very realistic Sexy Baitfish color. I don't think I've ever seen a swimbait look more alive, and the stripers seem to agree. Moreover, at about $18 (when you can find it), the Four Play is a bargain.
I can't for the life of me understand the negative reviewers on several different sites, anglers who complain about this bait's losing its tail and even breaking. I haven't had any such problems, and I note here that after catching three different big muskies in turbulent, fast-moving water at the spillway, your Four Play was just fine. Best, Chris (in Maine)
They’re one of my best producing lures for pike and muskie! Tackle warehouse had those golden ambulance color ones on sale for $6 not long ago and I grabbed several of them! We get a lot of green algae colored water around here so that bright color should work well often.
Ohhh, man! That muskie was nice! I'm big into fly fishing, but between you and another (local) fishing TY channel I've tried catfishing for the first time this week. I got two on the first 1.5h outting. Keep up the good work!
Fun to watch but still enjoy your kayak trips for smallies more. Still these are amazing fish. It is a good thing that pound for pound they are not as scrappy as the smallies you catch.
I've only landed one musky and had a... handful... on. Their fight just isn't that great.
BUT they are gorgeous and amazing predators. It's more about the chase.
I've been using the Cabela's XPS brand 4-play lures and they seem to work just as well. Pikes on my lakes are loving them. No muskie in the certain lakes I'm at.
Great video mate that muskie was nice there smashing that lure
Your every approach is fantastic. Lure, how to use it, speed, voice, etc. I learn from every video. Thank you 🙏
I’m heading up north from Az the summer/fall 24 or 25. Can you tell me where this flowage is, and is fall ir spring better? I’ve caught 2 muskies in my life, one 11 and one 12 inches long😂😅🤣. I wanna catch a real one 😢!
Awesome! Thank you for more Musky and Pike! 🤘🏻
“a buddy of mine” that was definitely him that did that 😹😹
Great video again!!!
All the dams are great fishing spots, talking of dams, have you tried lipless crankbaits at such spots. Those lures can do wonders on turbulent water, probably due to hard vibrating, and optionally rattling...and can withstand heavy current....with right rod and reel combo, you could even try to present it near the other bank.
That must have been an absolute blast catching those beasts. I recently purchased a savage gear 3 d shiner and just had my new St. Crois BassX Xheavy delivered. It is set up and ready t o go next weekend.
Pretty epic musky fishing from shore! Nice work
Random observation but it's a good one I think. When you're carrying more than one rod hold it at the very bottom of the blank closest to the grip and carry it backwards. So much easier and way less snags if you're in the woods
Awesome video, Matt! 👏🏾
I love your videos man, I wish I had a spots like that near me.
Those Musky are me dream fish to catch and here you catching them one after another!
Oh poor you had to resort to spillway fishing for musky. Action is action, keep up the great vids sub for life!
Best fishing-channel on RUclips 😎👍 ... thank you!
Hey! Glad the spot worked out again!
If that spot was here by me, there would be 50 other people there....
😂
Right?
Yeah I don't get it
What I don’t understand is when there is a whole pond with no one there, you’re in a spot, and some guy had to fish in the same exact spot as you. Not just that, but he has to put out four rods for catfish and carp. Then pretends to not speak English when you call him out for being a complete jacka55.
@@smelltheglove2038 bro, that is the realest thing I have ever read!
Great movie and beautifull fish! In my country (Poland) it's not permitted to fishing near spillways, dams and etc.. Now i understand why :)
"EWWWW It's a bullhead" 🤣🤣
Good thing you didn’t give up. That musky was nice!
Seriously bro, you have so many great spots, it's almost like fishing in a barrel...Nice video's.
Some epic battles! Thanks for your content.
Always so jealous of you @NDYakAngler, its a dream of mine to catch a Muskee at my local lake, only came close once, but you make its seem so easy lol
Always enjoying the video's
Big props to that bullhead who tried to take on that huge lure nearly the size of him.
Awsome video!! I’ve been asking for this and you delivered!
Yeah this is some older footage from about a month ago. I was hesitant to upload it because the fish didn’t jolt out of there upon release like they normally do but it was warm out, and I haven’t had much luck since then. They actually relocated all the muskie and pike from below the spillway there to the lake up above a week or two after I filmed this when they shut the dam off for a few days. I’m sure a few have made their way back up there but the fishing won’t be quite the same for a while, probably until next springs flood at least then I could see some moving up from downstream.
@@ndyakangler Im a fellow North Dakotan and I was south of garrison dam a few weekends ago and the fishing was slow and the fish I did find were less aggressive by far but you can’t beat North Dakota pike and musky when it’s hot!!