Ashtabula Topwater Bass
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
- Summer fishing smallmouth bass at Lake Ashtabula, ND.
Gear used:
Lure: Heddon saltwater Super Spook Jr, redhead
Line: 12lb Trilene Sensation
Rod: St Croix Legend Tournament 6'8" M F
Reel: Quantum Smoke SL100HPT
Thank you. Helping us to keep our sanity at negative 10 temps.
Amen!!
YOU ARE THE BOB ROSS OF FISHERMAN AND I LOVE IT
Collin Jones absolutely!! Yes, he is!
Just thinking the same thing as I was watching this video.
Couldn’t have said it better myself lol
Love how you don’t post anything but quality fishing information and catches. No click bait. No super challenge just straight up fishing
Once again you've made every angler that watched this jealous! Not just because of the tank smallies but the seemingly untouched lakes that you fish in every video. Thanks for the content and please keep them coming!
Oh man! So happy for a new warm weather fishing video!! I needed this, however I see it’s -23 in North Dakota today. 😫
Good to see your vids again. I love hearing those blackbirds after I’ve been shovelling the driveway!
Thank you! I cant say enough how much i enjoy your videos. My favourite fishing channel for sure
Can’t wait for some top water action again 😎
Love your vids really like the way you stay calm and don’t act a fool when you get a fish 🎣 great job I was taught not to spook the fish with a lot of noise and from you vids it’s true 👍😎
I try to be as quiet as I can when I’m sneaking up on a fishy looking spot!
wow that's an extremely beautiful lake
Never owned a Spook or a plopper before watching NDs vids. Thought I could do everything top water with my frogs. Bought some, and changed the spooks hooks to Gamakatsu. I can't wait for spring here in Cali. This is my favorite fishing channel.....
Thank you for having the foresight to hold some videos back to get us thru winter
Nothing better than going out fishing the next morning on a kayak after a long week of work! Love hearing the birds and bugs and water.
Start off with one jumpin!!! Soo awsome!!!
That would get me going! Idk how he kept quiet!!
Brother, you have a nice life, I'm building me a Yak, and I'm gonna love it, keep em coming, Smallmouth are the king, of freshwater fish!! ....... Peace!!
Even caught the one eyed bandit, 👀 😅 another great 👍 video 👌.
A beautiful relaxing overcast day to enjoy a lot of fun from fishing in solitude. Also a good sized white bass for variety. A dream of a fishing day.
Love the Winter Time edits of the Summer Time Topwater Bass. Conditions that day looked Primo ~ Nicely Done.
I don't know how you're channel is sitting with 50K subs??!!!!! There should be 3 million! People, WAKE UP!!!! This is how fishing is done! Thank you for sharing your adventures with us, its greatly appreciated!
looks like you live in smallie heaven
Thanks for the hard water time of the year fix!
I’m convinced I need to move north... now if I can only convince my wife and kids! 😱
If they have any sense you won't convince them, haha
Absolutely love the videos.
I usually sleep in on the weekends but I will excuse NDYakAngler for waking me up. Fish on brother.
You're killing me with these summer videos
Thanx Matt. We needed to see you do what you do right about now. ✌️😍
I’ve been to Ashtabula for years now, but I’ve never seen it this calm.
Fantastic video Matt!! Thanks
The struggle is real come on Springtime! Thx for the video it does help to calm my soul!
Another great one!!
Nice ! Love that spook !!!! 🤣😎🤙🤙🔥🔥🔥🔥
Matt,
One of the most appealing parts of your video’s is you are catching a lot of fish, quality fish yet you typically only have 2 maybe 3 setups in the boat. You don’t need 45 combo’s on board to catch fish like a lot of folks on RUclips. You keep it simple. If you are changing baits you do so like the rest of us. Cut the line and retie. I look forward to the next one. Someone suggested a gear review. It would be nice to see your rods/reels, favorite baits and a kayak walk thru. This makes for great wintertime entertainment and for a lot of us winter is “Retail Therapy” time (Big T Davis). We may get some ideas for our next TW order.
Beautiful country, and so quiet! Love the shape of those ND smallies. Nice job man. :-)
Perfection my friend, but
I've been wanting to no something, Do you walk on water by any chance ?
LOL" I've known some really great Fisherman in my 50+years, most of witch are infamous, but there's two are there that made the big time.
( Now I'm not downing)
So don't noone go getting there trigger cocked are any blame thing like that LOL"
But anyway after saying the above,
...Brother, you got the hot shouts beat.
You could possibly be the absolute best of the best, the Fisher king.
Thanks for sharing your time on and around the water. Have a blessed year friend.
Ray Turner wtf
man gotta love that spook bite. come on spring
0:11 massive blowup
NDYakangler: hm hm
Me: Brooooooooo get the popper
Beaver.
I always enjoy watching.
Man that is a Beautiful Lake!
Boy do I wish it was still this nice here in ND.
You are just badass. U definately have a knack for this game. Its like you arent even trying its amazing.
Can’t wait until topwater weather here in Ohio. Thanks for this video to get through the winter blues.
Ps not early for subscribers.
Now I'm gonna make myself a stupid simple top water...🤪...thanks for the inspiration Matt!!
Those were some chunky smallmouth bass! 👍🎣
I love your vids buddy thank you for sharing!!!
O and thanks for behaving like a adult and a true sportsman's when you catch a fish.
Well done 😉👍🏻
your the best yak fisherman on here
First time seeing a white bass. Another great fishing video!
Thanks for sharing these
That water is so clear wow
I bought that same spook after the last time you made a video with it. Still waiting for my blowup
It’s more of a summer-fall lure. They’ll hit it right before spawn if you’re on the water at the right time but most of my topwater fishing takes place from early June right after they leave their beds through October until the water temp drops to the low 50’s.
NDYakAngler I’ll
Give it a go on some smith mountain largies
The Zara Spook is an excellent lure for spring stripers in the Delaware River here in PA.
How about a video of all your rigs and setups...just an idea 💡 for winter...
I thought this was topwater fishing in Jan! I was so jealousy until I read the vid description! lol
This is the way fishing should be.
Any chance you will make a walleye fishing video in the future? Happy 2020!
I plan on trying for some river walleye in my kayak as soon as we get some warmer weather.
Where did you find open water in N.Dakota this time of year. Have you been holding out on us? Great video Matt.
This footage is from June. There’s a couple river spots that stay open all winter, I’m just waiting for a warm enough day to take the kayak out there.
This has me pumped for my next adventure and video. Chasing big lahontan cutthroats at pyramid lake.
You are stressing me out every time you grab one with a face full of treble hooks!
Only 3-4 months away XD tight lines NDYA
Love your videos...I especially like hearing the natural sounds rather than ridiculous, hard-driving, hard-rock music. Watching your videos is an educational, sensory-loaded, and pleasurable experience. Just curious, do you and have you ever fished the Great Lakes for smallmouths?
Thanks! I’ve never fished the Great Lakes. Mille Lacs is the biggest lake I’ve been on in the kayak so far.
I wasn’t implying or recommending you put a kayak on the Great Lakes, especially Lake Erie...😳. I just thought you may have a friend with a boat that smallmouth fishes one of the Great Lakes. I live in WV, smallmouth fish WV and in Virginia but I also smallmouth fish Lake Erie a couple times each year in May which is quite a thrill for any dyed-in-the-wool smallmouth fisherman. I hope you found some new employment you like since your previous job went away. My best to you...
Yeah the waves I can handle but I get a little nervous on big water with bass boats going full throttle all around me! I have an interview with American Airlines in a few days. Free flights are one of their benefits so if it works out I might have to start planning a trip to South America for some peacock bass and arapaima!
Like if his voice is soothing
I’ll be out this weekend! Chasing the white bass! This must be the north side launch?
Love your videos! Just curious why i dont see you fishing with your micro power pole anymore.
I bring the Power Pole with almost every trip if I’m fishing a river. I was a little too deep to use it on most of the spots I was fishing here.
:13 giant explosion right in front of his boat: Him "MPHFFF". Me: "@#$%#$%$^!!!"
nothing better than catching a smallmouth. i'm so jealous, not quite the quality down where i'm at. lol
I suppose I am late to the party so please pardon my late comment. The Lake Ashtabula that I knew is almost overwhelmed with tourists and pilgrams at prime fishing times. At least that is how it seems to be years ago on the lower stretches of the lake just above the dam. Without divulging your many honey-holes on this lake are you fishing north of Ashtabula? North of Sibley? Norlth of Karnack? The slow water and the shallow depths make me think your are plying hte waters both downstream and upstream from Karnack. Msg me if you wish. I am just a 70 yo Grandpa equipped with a fishing kayak trying to live the dream. "Send me in Coach; LET ME PLAY"!!!
Thats it...I moving North.......first thing next Spring lol
Super fishing👍👍👍Like✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️
best content on yt
Dude! was that a small duck that fish just ate at the beginning of the video? new they ate them but have never seen it happen. as always great video!
Haha that was a beaver! There are pike and muskie in this lake though.
@@ndyakangler awesome I have caught pike and pickerel but never a musky.
WHAT AN INTRO!
Angry beaver
Good job man
When Godzilla has babies and u go fishing....
awesome video as always!! Question: what electronics do you have on your kayak and how is it working for you? Thanks!
I really love your work man. The first fishing show where the screaming comes from the reel and not the fisherman. But if you'll indulge a rookie question for a minute. Why do you twitch the super spook? Doesn't it make it's own action on top of the water?
You have to give the spook that twitch retrieve to get it to walk side to side. If you just reel it in it won’t have much action to it.
@@ndyakangler I actually didn't know that. Thank you so much! Keep up the good work man!
amazing
This lake is awesome! It's been a few yrs now so not sure if it'll be as good as it used to be when I was there.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the next state record smallmouth comes out of there! Those white bass are a lot of fun too, I caught probably a half dozen of them on the Spook throughout the morning.
@@ndyakangler I totally agree. it's become one of my fav lake for smallie and I would not doubt that record. Shhhh.... lol
nice bro😉🤘🎣
quick question re: technique
are you reeling in as you do that jerking motion, or do you reel in during the pause?
I’d say it’s more of a slow steady reeling as I’m popping the slack in the line. It’s like riding a bike, tough to explain the mechanics of it but most people get it down 5-10 minutes after tying on a Spook for the first time.
@@ndyakangler cool...thx for the response. I bought a spook in fall but wasn't able to try it out much (I live up in Canada and it froze up here pretty quickly) so spring will be the first real test.
How are you slamming them year-round on topwater? Is it just because Smallmouth are more aggressive than Largemouth? I've actually been considering drawing a top water lately since the weather has been warmer and they seem to have been up Shallow a little bit. Guess I should quit thinking about it and give it a try. Nice fish
This footage is from last summer. All the fish caught on this lake the last couple months have been through a hole in the ice.
Don’t let Fred see you out there.
Thanks for the video. Another great day of superior smallmouth fishing.
Have you ever considered fly fishing for smallies? I do it here in New England and it is great fun and I believe that, pound for pound, smallies are the best-fighting freshwater fish (all due respect to the Atlantic Salmon)?
I’ve never tried fly fishing but I think it would be a lot of fun during the mayfly hatch!
@@ndyakangler Thanks for the response. It would be great all year long. A bass bug or "popper" is no different then the surface baits you use in your videos. The fights you get on the lighter fly rods is unparalleled.
Matt, do you ever NOT catch fish??
Did you put together any BFS tackle for yourself, and are you going to do a video about Smallies on BFS ?
I suspect those Smallies will tear apart ultralight casting tackle.
I haven’t put anything that light together as far as casting setups. Under the right circumstances I might be able to get a few bass in on one though. The problem I run into both on the river and lakes is when they dive into weeds which they often do, I’ve found 10lb line is the bare minimum I need to break through most of those weeds.
Thanks for all your video's on bass fishing l would like to know if you have ever used the big rat from savage gear and if it attracts bigger bass.
Thanks and looking forward to hear from you. 👍🏻
I haven’t tried the Savage Gear rat but I do have a 50 size BBZ-1 rat which is about the same size. I’ve thrown it for musky a few times and caught a 5lb largemouth on it.
@@ndyakangler Ok thank you for replying and please make a video of the big 50 size rat on one of your topwater bass fishing trips I would like to see what you can find. 👍🏻
NDYak is the smallie smasher. Some really nice fish. Was this recorded months ago or recently?
Thanks! This is from the last week of June.
Wait was 0:11 a fish!!
Probably a beaver
A beaver cuz I had them follow me In a kayak doing that when I got too close to their home
It was freakin scary😂
what was that at the beginning?
A beaver
Another great video, hard to kayak fish in North Dakota with that nonstop wind! My son is going to UND and wants to get a fishing kayak. Any advice on places he can go around Grand Forks for good smallmouth action? I see this lake is a couple hours from him. Any other spots you could recommend closer to him?
Brian, I live in the area, and it is hard to beat the Red Lake River from St. Hillaire to Red Lake Falls, MN. This is an extremely beautiful, fairly clear, gravely bottom, full of rapids and holes, type of river. It is loaded with Smallmouth and walleyes. There are good maps of where to put in a canoe or kayak. Best of luck to your son. Fishing is always best when the river is not too high. Lastly, the fishing pressure is extremely low so he should enjoy it.
Ronald Kulas thanks for the type. I’ll pass it along.
Nice bro. :)
Is that the first time you named the lake?
I’ve mentioned locations in a few videos. In situations like this where it’s a big lake far from dense population I don’t mind letting everyone know where I am.
@@ndyakangler looked like a nice place.
aye man its January idk if you're allowed to throw topwater this time yeat
Ever thought about trying fly fishing? 39 is my record...37 largemouth and 2 bluegill.
Bass Ross
Topwater in January. Who woulda thought..
so is it never too cold for topwater? or did you just try it out for fun and it happened to work that day?
This is from June, the lake has been covered in ice for about two months now. Once the water temp drops below 52 degrees the topwater bite shuts off.
@@ndyakangler makes way more sense i was thrown off because im in western PA and we froze over but then thawed and had 70 degree temps this weekend so the timing of it made it seem plausible.
I have been looking for a pair of Wm. Joseph hemocuts but none can be found. Suggestions?
I don’t think WJ is in business anymore but Umpqua now makes one almost identical: amzn.to/2R1Ahc9
What was on the top of the water before the bass hit it, in the beginning
Beaver
@@ndyakangler oh ok haha. I got some hellgrammites coming in tmrw, I can't wait to do some smallmouth fishing.
What got eaten in the beginning
That was a beaver slapping its tail.
i live in valley city and barely ever catch bass at ashtabula
It can be hit or miss for me there, I can usually find some nice ones roaming the weeds around any points. I think this year was a little tough with the low water level, the fish didn’t seem to be in their usual spots.
topwater in winter also. Much further south than you and something I struggle with all winter
This is old footage from June. There’s about a foot of ice covering the lake right now.
NDYakAngler goodness. Wishful thinking I guess. I’m considering upgrading kayaks this winter for spring