The Daredevil spoons were a staple in every tackle box through the 50's and 60's. They came in assorted sizes and while red and white was the most common color they were offered in other colors. They worked. In the 70's more tackle and more places selling it sort of overran the Daredevils but they are still productive. Thank you for sharing your outings.
@@TranslucentJuice they are timeless. Once the trend became glamorize successful lures then make them in dozens of varieties the original Daredevils fell out of favor. I like to say many modern lures are designed to catch the angler, not the fish.
Definitely one of the best Northern Pike lures ever made. Trolling edges of northern lakes and tossing these toward the shallows in the mornings and evenings was deadly.
I must say 618, you have inspired me to go back to live bait fishing. When I was a kid I'd take off walking to one of our pools with 4 or 5 poles, zebco 33s and cane poles with grasshoppers or liver and catch tons of catfish. Then when I was 12, my papaw taught me to bass fish with an ambassador 5000 and plastic worms. I'm 60 now and have been bass fishing all this time. Now I've got all my old poles out and cleaned up. Digging up some worms and being a kid again. Hehehe. Thanks dude.
I love how the release camera shot for a fish is a up close slowed down vid of the fish heading back into the water, but for the clam it’s just nick tossing it in😂 anyways another amazing video. Can’t wait to get back out there myself.🤙
I'm surprised you don't use the Ambassador C3 or 5500 with a bait Clicker! For years I used c3's for catfishing in rivers and lakes it makes bottom fishing more efficient because they're just so useful and the tension that the fish feels is next to nothing and the bait Clicker is easy to hear quite a ways away
Thanks for all you go through to bring us these fishing adventures. All day in snow without a bite! I've had success with bratwurst and catfish after watching you. One suggestion: I put a chunk of bratwurst in a lady's knee-high hose, pull it tight and knot it. Makes a nice ball of bait. Then cut off excess. Hook through the knot and it keeps the bait on the line. Can usually get several baits out of a single tube of hose.
Another instant classic. Nick's whole production is so astounding that you can watch an old video you've already seen and still be entertained. Thanks man
If you ever go to Saskatchewan for pike and lake trout, be sure you have plenty of those big Dardevle spoons, red & white and the "five of diamonds", which is yellow with red diamonds, brass back. They'll hit it so hard they take the paint off it. I did a fly-in trip with 50-lbs of gear/clothes/stuff allowed, couldn't take much of anything. The outfitter told me all I need is a bunch of those spoons and titanium leaders. He was right. Well hang in there, spring isn't far away, better times to come. Good video as always.
It is one of the most unique catches I have seen 618 fishing catch in Midwest fishing at this particular spillway……it’s like going to Subway restaurant and coming out with a pizza
Great video. Atchison kansas is watching. I know your pretty far away from Atchison kansas. But if you ever come here the river here is really good fishing in the summer. There is a big spillway here in Atchison. It is near mulers a restaurant. Really hope this summer you could check it out. Creep up the good work. 👍
Nice mussel! Great video as always! It’s early in the year, it’ll pick up. A friend I used to fish with when I was a kid, swore he and his Dad would occasionally catch mussels on artificial lures. As weird as that sounds.
I've caught them on artifical lures. It's more because you snag them bouncing off the bottom though. The meat make excellent bait and if they are around its usually the sign of a healthy river system
Nick, do you ever going bait fishing for Norther Pike and Musky? Using dead fish baits, especially dead sea fish for Pike fishing is very popular over here in the UK and is one of my favourite methods to catch Pike and Zander (European Walleye)..
Saw you put on the large spoon and said to myself "you're going to snag an Asian carp or two.". Nailed it. Caught a clam last summer on a red and white spoon covered with zebra mussels. Picked the zebra mussels off and threw the clam back in. One of the good things about river fishing is it's not as predictable as lake fishing.
It's Ok Nick,, Not Every Trip Is Going To Be A Huge Success..At Least You Got To Enjoy Being Out In Nature,, Got A Few New Lures,, A Bunch Of Bait From The Carp & If You Stayed A Lil Longer,, Maybe You Could Have Had Some Clam Chowder Too🤪
There's a small lake I fish every year, and I used to catch clams all the time. If you pry them open, you can tear out the muscle and use it as bait. I only tried it a few times, but I've heard it works quite well.
My first home-found bait! Unfortunately, in my young enthusiasm for pan fishing, I depleted our small cove of clams. There were none to be found for a number of years afterward, and I don’t know if they were able to repopulate the area or not.
The catching can be tough this time of year. Thank goodness for the mild winter........we have some insane steelhead fishing here in the tribs of lake Erie. Would be a bit of a drive, but would make a great video. Come to Erie......I will put you on some chrome!
That was a neat looking carp.rapala made a weedless spoon that is helpful when your fishing water with a Rocky bottom.it was made for fishing in weeds they advertised it as a salad spoon.i don't know what they call those clams but the catfish in Pennsylvania love them I find them and catch fish with them.the Rapala spoon was good for vertical jigging smallmouth up from rock piles to since its pretty weedless to,even a plain single hook spoon gets snagged but it's not a problem with the Rapala spoon.
That looks similar to where I like to go fishing, Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River (Washington/Oregon border)! Of course, we fish for sturgeon there. There are some hogs there - and HUGE. Have you ever fished for them?
Hey Nick! Just wanted to let you know that, your videos always bring entertainment to my day! Ive been watching for over a year now and your catches always amaze me! Keep up the great work.
I’ve caught fresh water clams on lures before, not sure if I was that close to bottom, or if they can move through the water to grab a snack! I wonder if they would be good bait for you?
Nick - I'm kind of surprised you didn't know what a Daredevil spoon was. You must not do much fishing on lakes for Northern Pike. It's a staple for that kind of fishing. One of my favorite lures! 🙂
Here in Indiana, the freshwater clam as you called it is known as a "mussel". I have caught many of them in the rivers & Creeks on a Nightcrawler just like you did. With the hook being embedded inside the shell. It's definitely odd and amazing when you catch one for sure. And believe it or not, they're good to eat.
Day 1 was a bust but day 2 and a different location more than made up for it! And catching a clam is just a bonus lol. Love the videos and time you take editing them and giving us great quality videos/ content and sharing with us something that I haven’t done in 6 years and hopefully will get out there this spring and summer and do it again. Have a great fun and safe weekend and take care dude! See you next adventure!
Cool, I believe that was a Freshwater Mussels you caught, my wife caught one last summer in a farm pond. Hope you saw some Eagles while you were at the 2nd spillway, I was up there trying to photograph some of them a few weeks ago.
As soon as you showed that spoon, I said "Daredevil". Super popular awhile ago. Was house bound because of ice last week. Stay safe Nick. Slippery out there.
I fish the Illinois river and we always called them a mussel. Everyone always said they were illegal to use for bait but we did anyway. Walk out about 3 feet from the bank and start digging in the sand and find quite a few that are closed and alive.
I caught a freshwater mussel in a competition once, only thing I caught all day, and it didn't count. This was on the Shropshire Union Canal in England during a prolonged cold winter spell, fishing through a hole in the ice, my only experience of ice fishing. I was fishing a size 26 hook and 1lb breaking strain line! I think about 10 fish were landed between 30 of us in 5 hours, the biggest weighing 2 ounces.
Hey I work at a fish farm an we have a pond that has tons of catfish an walleye an musky an white bass an a few other kids of fish you never know what you hook into awesome place if you wanna try it
That was an amazing video Nick. And I have never ever seen anyone catch a clam on a fishing rod, let a lone a hooked worm. That's a once in a lifetime buddy. And I use those Daredevils lures here in upstate NY for Pike. Caught a Muski randomly one day on one. 🤔
thanks for inspiring myself and others to never give up fishing! I never have the luck you do but then again, I dont fish as many spots either. so far this year has been slow, a few decnt channel cats and a bunch of bowfin and bullhead and a a couple average northerns. I'm in lower Wisconsin by the lake
Dig the vids and the music choices. I'm amazed you weren't familiar with Eppenger Daredevle sppons. That one is the small one. I have 6" ones been using for pike since the 60s :).
I too caught a clam before on a worm,didn’t just snag it had to pry it open to remove my hook-they don’t fight for crap ha ha my son and I had a good chuckle that day 😊
I have tried to mention this to you, but if you and your girlfriend ever make it to Maui, please hit me up I would love to take you fishing. I work for DIE HARD sport fishing out of Lahaina harbor Maui. I love these fact that you are not afraid to mention that it's been hours between bites. You are one of the very few fisherman that show what it takes to catch fish. Love your channel and I am subscribed
I once caught a freshwater clam like that when I was 8 years old. MY family thought it was the greatest accomplishment of my life and told everyone in our small town. I was so embarrassed. Of course no one wanted to hear about the tiger musky I caught, just a stupid clam! LOL
The Daredevil spoons were a staple in every tackle box through the 50's and 60's. They came in assorted sizes and while red and white was the most common color they were offered in other colors. They worked. In the 70's more tackle and more places selling it sort of overran the Daredevils but they are still productive. Thank you for sharing your outings.
Still have more than a few in my tackle box ;)
@@TranslucentJuice they are timeless. Once the trend became glamorize successful lures then make them in dozens of varieties the original Daredevils fell out of favor. I like to say many modern lures are designed to catch the angler, not the fish.
They were one of the first spoons I ever used back in the 70's. Always had a couple different sizes in my tackle box.
Definitely one of the best Northern Pike lures ever made. Trolling edges of northern lakes and tossing these toward the shallows in the mornings and evenings was deadly.
@@darrenangle4493 I'll 2nd that. Daredevils are my favorite lure to use for Northern Pike on lakes in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Daredevil. Classic northern pike lure.
They were used for catching everything
One of my favorite lures
They crush walleye and bass on lake erie as do red eyes!
I have one that Ive painted at least 20 times
Because of teeth
That Lure Is So Good That I've Been Known To Chase One Occasionally👀👅🤪
I must say 618, you have inspired me to go back to live bait fishing. When I was a kid I'd take off walking to one of our pools with 4 or 5 poles, zebco 33s and cane poles with grasshoppers or liver and catch tons of catfish. Then when I was 12, my papaw taught me to bass fish with an ambassador 5000 and plastic worms. I'm 60 now and have been bass fishing all this time. Now I've got all my old poles out and cleaned up. Digging up some worms and being a kid again. Hehehe. Thanks dude.
I love how the release camera shot for a fish is a up close slowed down vid of the fish heading back into the water, but for the clam it’s just nick tossing it in😂 anyways another amazing video. Can’t wait to get back out there myself.🤙
I'm surprised you don't use the Ambassador C3 or 5500 with a bait Clicker! For years I used c3's for catfishing in rivers and lakes it makes bottom fishing more efficient because they're just so useful and the tension that the fish feels is next to nothing and the bait Clicker is easy to hear quite a ways away
Thanks for all you go through to bring us these fishing adventures. All day in snow without a bite!
I've had success with bratwurst and catfish after watching you. One suggestion: I put a chunk of bratwurst in a lady's knee-high hose, pull it tight and knot it. Makes a nice ball of bait. Then cut off excess. Hook through the knot and it keeps the bait on the line. Can usually get several baits out of a single tube of hose.
Another instant classic. Nick's whole production is so astounding that you can watch an old video you've already seen and still be entertained. Thanks man
If you ever go to Saskatchewan for pike and lake trout, be sure you have plenty of those big Dardevle spoons, red & white and the "five of diamonds", which is yellow with red diamonds, brass back. They'll hit it so hard they take the paint off it. I did a fly-in trip with 50-lbs of gear/clothes/stuff allowed, couldn't take much of anything. The outfitter told me all I need is a bunch of those spoons and titanium leaders. He was right. Well hang in there, spring isn't far away, better times to come. Good video as always.
Your videos always remind me to try new places and always keep your options open and remember you never know what's lurking underneath 🐟
That's awesome you found a daredevil spoon. Dardevils are the first thing I ever caught northern pike on. It's a fav. Awesome video!
Thanks Nick for freezing your butt off 2 days in a row to bring us another awesome fishing adventure.
Same ! Thanks (watching all videos within 2 days of them being released. My relaxing time before falling asleep )
Catching a catfish on a lure is always a pleasant surprise.
Also - a catfish, a carp, and a clam... Hitting the Cs are we?
No such thing as a clam, it’s a freshwater mussel! Which is probably the coolest creature in any river
A bad day fishing is still better then a good day at work!
Was very surprising to see you had never seen a daredevil before! Especially a red and white one.
that freshwater clam was one of the most unique catches I've ever seen in midwestern fishing
I catch um all the time in one of the spillways near me
Catch them up here in Ontario all the time
Would the clam work for bate?
I caught one in the Niagara River in NY last summer
It is one of the most unique catches I have seen 618 fishing catch in Midwest fishing at this particular spillway……it’s like going to Subway restaurant and coming out with a pizza
Great video. Atchison kansas is watching. I know your pretty far away from Atchison kansas. But if you ever come here the river here is really good fishing in the summer. There is a big spillway here in Atchison. It is near mulers a restaurant. Really hope this summer you could check it out. Creep up the good work. 👍
Nice mussel! Great video as always! It’s early in the year, it’ll pick up. A friend I used to fish with when I was a kid, swore he and his Dad would occasionally catch mussels on artificial lures. As weird as that sounds.
I've caught them on artifical lures. It's more because you snag them bouncing off the bottom though. The meat make excellent bait and if they are around its usually the sign of a healthy river system
Big fish guys 🤣🤣🤣 i love that sound
You know it’s good day when he uploads
I've used Daredevils my whole life. Solid lure, good pickup!
Hey we know wintertime is tough on the tight lines but thanks for getting us out there today keep it up buddy! Love your content 😎
wow! back when i fished really hard, i would use those clams/mussels for bait and catch decent catfish, but have never seen one caught on a line. neat
Eppinger Dardevle’s are iconic and an American legend. I won’t use anyone else’s spoons anymore.
Cool catch! A mollusk. I've never seen one that large in fresh water. Good to see you this week Nick.
Nick, do you ever going bait fishing for Norther Pike and Musky?
Using dead fish baits, especially dead sea fish for Pike fishing is very popular over here in the UK and is one of my favourite methods to catch Pike and Zander (European Walleye)..
Thanks for keeping it real by showing the skunk on day one... makes the rest of us realize it happens more to even the best.
Daredevils!?! Awesome!
Love the new content Nick!
Thank you 😀
Perfect timing! Just got done reorganizing all my tackle 🎣
This is why spillways rock. You get game fish bottom feeders and random interesting stuff! And some cool lures!
Love your videos man, keep at it
The red and white Daredevil with the silver bottom is a favorite of mine, great for walleye, northern, and other fish!
Saw you put on the large spoon and said to myself "you're going to snag an Asian carp or two.". Nailed it.
Caught a clam last summer on a red and white spoon covered with zebra mussels. Picked the zebra mussels off and threw the clam back in.
One of the good things about river fishing is it's not as predictable as lake fishing.
The red and white spoon you found are awesome we call it a red devil, it's one of my go to spoons
Daredevel. I lost that exact one all the way in Wisconsin. That's how bad I lose lures.
It's Ok Nick,, Not Every Trip Is Going To Be A Huge Success..At Least You Got To Enjoy Being Out In Nature,, Got A Few New Lures,, A Bunch Of Bait From The Carp & If You Stayed A Lil Longer,, Maybe You Could Have Had Some Clam Chowder Too🤪
There's a small lake I fish every year, and I used to catch clams all the time. If you pry them open, you can tear out the muscle and use it as bait. I only tried it a few times, but I've heard it works quite well.
My first home-found bait! Unfortunately, in my young enthusiasm for pan fishing, I depleted our small cove of clams. There were none to be found for a number of years afterward, and I don’t know if they were able to repopulate the area or not.
@@libbygardner3021 Yeah, that's unfortunate. Perhaps they just changed spots in the lake?
In 60+ years of fishing, I have never hooked a live mussel before! That's cool. 😎
I want to go fishing so bad in the cold months of Pittsburgh. Any recommendations? I can’t seem to get a bite from anywhere
Great video man keep up the great work always love the content.
The catching can be tough this time of year. Thank goodness for the mild winter........we have some insane steelhead fishing here in the tribs of lake Erie. Would be a bit of a drive, but would make a great video. Come to Erie......I will put you on some chrome!
Nice catch Nick! Love your videos! Keep up the great work! #roadto1mi
That was a neat looking carp.rapala made a weedless spoon that is helpful when your fishing water with a Rocky bottom.it was made for fishing in weeds they advertised it as a salad spoon.i don't know what they call those clams but the catfish in Pennsylvania love them I find them and catch fish with them.the Rapala spoon was good for vertical jigging smallmouth up from rock piles to since its pretty weedless to,even a plain single hook spoon gets snagged but it's not a problem with the Rapala spoon.
Man I don't know how you do it, but I get more entertainment out of your 10-15min videos than most 30-45min ones. Love this channel!
Any recommendations for fishing in MA? Lures or baits?
3:20 daredevil spoons are one of the best spoons out there! Nice find, NIck!
Love hearing "Big Fish, Big Fish!" Awesome channel and fishing sites.
Once again “The Spillway Slayer” does not disappoint, while it may take more time than expected, Nick continues to be the “Slayer.”
Hey Nick you and John Dalton with Creek Fishing Adventures should collaborate you have similar personalities and fun to watch when you fish.
That looks similar to where I like to go fishing, Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River (Washington/Oregon border)! Of course, we fish for sturgeon there. There are some hogs there - and HUGE. Have you ever fished for them?
Nice video! I've also caught a lot of clams instead of fish, so you're cool! 🐚😁
Kudos for braving the cold. Great effort. 👍
Hey Nick! Just wanted to let you know that, your videos always bring entertainment to my day! Ive been watching for over a year now and your catches always amaze me! Keep up the great work.
Thanks for the support!
I’ve caught fresh water clams on lures before, not sure if I was that close to bottom, or if they can move through the water to grab a snack! I wonder if they would be good bait for you?
That was a freshwater mussel. Used to find them all the time in upstate NY.
Nick - I'm kind of surprised you didn't know what a Daredevil spoon was. You must not do much fishing on lakes for Northern Pike. It's a staple for that kind of fishing. One of my favorite lures! 🙂
I remember daredevils when I was a kid in the 70's. Everybody had them. Still a pretty good lure. Do you ever fish in the Mississippi River itself?
Here in Indiana, the freshwater clam as you called it is known as a "mussel". I have caught many of them in the rivers & Creeks on a Nightcrawler just like you did. With the hook being embedded inside the shell. It's definitely odd and amazing when you catch one for sure. And believe it or not, they're good to eat.
Great upload man. Interesting catch with that clam!
Day 1 was a bust but day 2 and a different location more than made up for it! And catching a clam is just a bonus lol. Love the videos and time you take editing them and giving us great quality videos/ content and sharing with us something that I haven’t done in 6 years and hopefully will get out there this spring and summer and do it again. Have a great fun and safe weekend and take care dude! See you next adventure!
The Catfish and the Carp was a great catch the camp was a weird catch good job on the 2 fish you got
What kind of knot were you using when you re-tied a curly tail grub?
I like the slow motion fish footage. Beautiful creatures.
I love the music you do for these videos, reminds me of music in old fishing games.
Cool, I believe that was a Freshwater Mussels you caught, my wife caught one last summer in a farm pond. Hope you saw some Eagles while you were at the 2nd spillway, I was up there trying to photograph some of them a few weeks ago.
I already know it’s a good video
Always 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Those clams make great catfish bait! Bust it open and it threads on the hook really well.
As soon as you showed that spoon, I said "Daredevil". Super popular awhile ago. Was house bound because of ice last week. Stay safe Nick. Slippery out there.
I enjoy watching your fishing shows. The clam catch us really funny. Thank you for sharing.
I fish the Illinois river and we always called them a mussel. Everyone always said they were illegal to use for bait but we did anyway. Walk out about 3 feet from the bank and start digging in the sand and find quite a few that are closed and alive.
The Daredevil is an old favorite. The yellow with red dots long narrow body is fantastic for northern pike.
I caught a freshwater mussel in a competition once, only thing I caught all day, and it didn't count. This was on the Shropshire Union Canal in England during a prolonged cold winter spell, fishing through a hole in the ice, my only experience of ice fishing. I was fishing a size 26 hook and 1lb breaking strain line! I think about 10 fish were landed between 30 of us in 5 hours, the biggest weighing 2 ounces.
Power plant lake? I only know 1 in your area and I wasn't aware that it had a spillway.
Hey I work at a fish farm an we have a pond that has tons of catfish an walleye an musky an white bass an a few other kids of fish you never know what you hook into awesome place if you wanna try it
Nick nice PB clam!! We follow their trails in little rivers and find them in hidden in the sand. We love your videos! Thanks Nick
Those Channel cats fight like crazy, I catch them on chatterbaits some times and even Ned rigs 😁😎
That's an excellent Fishing spot, fished there during white bass spawning season a ton of fun!
I caught an oyster off a pier in California. Gotta be the same kind of deal.
WOW... That is crazy. What a cool catch. I wonder if they're edible like salt water clams.
That was an amazing video Nick. And I have never ever seen anyone catch a clam on a fishing rod, let a lone a hooked worm. That's a once in a lifetime buddy. And I use those Daredevils lures here in upstate NY for Pike. Caught a Muski randomly one day on one. 🤔
thanks for inspiring myself and others to never give up fishing! I never have the luck you do but then again, I dont fish as many spots either. so far this year has been slow, a few decnt channel cats and a bunch of bowfin and bullhead and a a couple average northerns. I'm in lower Wisconsin by the lake
Hi 618 Fishing I remember when I was a kid in the water at the beach you could dig in the sand with your feat and find clams like that.
Funny thing is I've actually cought them like that too here in Pennsylvania rivers. If ur bait happens to just fall in their shell they will close.
Just got home from. Good day today. And even better with a video from the Great Nick618 👍 hell yeah!
Dude those days happen this time of year. It’s feast or famine don’t sweat it 🤙🏽
That’s awesome!! Thank you for sharing brother!!
There is never a bad day fishing 🎣
Bountiless days, sure... But never bad...
Unless you lose a rod to a carp, or two, but then it's a story you can tell.
Always wondered if those were editable?
It's cool he mentioned my hometown. Dearborn, Michigan is the Home of the Ford Motor Company.
Great video yet again, was the clam a new PB? lol
the " clam " is a freshwater mussel. the meat inside is the ultimate catfish bait.
Thanks for your videos! Always look forward to the next one. That clam catch was awesome! You are so lucky to have so many fishing holes .
Any catch is a good catch!
Another thing about Daredevle spoons for me was that only genuine Eppinger brand caught fish. Knockoff red/white spoons never worked. 😆
I have a photo from years ago, fishing in Michigan with a spinner bait, reeled in a freshwater clam. So you're not alone! 🤣
Dig the vids and the music choices. I'm amazed you weren't familiar with Eppenger Daredevle sppons. That one is the small one. I have 6" ones been using for pike since the 60s :).
Dude thanks for the new episode you're RUclips channel rock's bro
I too caught a clam before on a worm,didn’t just snag it had to pry it open to remove my hook-they don’t fight for crap ha ha my son and I had a good chuckle that day 😊
I have tried to mention this to you, but if you and your girlfriend ever make it to Maui, please hit me up I would love to take you fishing. I work for DIE HARD sport fishing out of Lahaina harbor Maui. I love these fact that you are not afraid to mention that it's been hours between bites. You are one of the very few fisherman that show what it takes to catch fish. Love your channel and I am subscribed
That was a fresh water muscle. Catfish absolutely loves them.
Blessings 🙌🏿
Keep doing your thing
816 KANSAS CITY IS WATCHING 👀
I once caught a freshwater clam like that when I was 8 years old. MY family thought it was the greatest accomplishment of my life and told everyone in our small town. I was so embarrassed. Of course no one wanted to hear about the tiger musky I caught, just a stupid clam! LOL
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