More of this Todd!!! This kind of juice is putting more pieces of the puzzle together for me based on what I see fishing my waters. I thought I was crazy but now I see I’m seeing the same stuff you are! Love it
I really like your videos and the way you explain your whole thought process. FFS has definitely shown me I was waay wrong on what I thought was happening under the water
You turned on, yet another light bulb in my head with this video. I immediately subscribed because of this vid. There is not another guy on YT that speaks the realest talk ever. Thank you for your content and hope to see you again on the Burn.
This is exactly what I'm seeing down here in Florida. You can pick one off here and there in the grass, but I'm finding giant schools in odd water debth with NO BAIT around. Most of them have been willing to bite.
Everything you said in this video is exactly what I’ve been experiencing for the last two months on Rayburn. I fish several days a week on Rayburn and have located a few mega schools where you can spot lock for hours and get bit on every cast. I’ve been expecting them to disappear but they have been there for two months. I’ve also been looking for other such spots with not much success. I’ve been doubting my side imaging because I don’t see many fish at all. If you luck up on a spot they are there otherwise nothing. Love your videos Thanks.
Winter Bass fishing in general is tough regardless the conditions. It’ll bring the best out of you if you know how to make it happen with the skills you have to find and catch bass. It’s not easy but you can explicitly identify your skills as a bass angler overcoming the challenges.
I was just trying to explain this to a customer on Toledo that this time of year the fish get in the craziest locations, that can’t be explained, from 4’ to 34’. You have to keep a very open mind. But you are right it can be very frustrating.
I was just out on rayburn and was also.. Idk if I would say shocked.. but not expecting the schools of fish to be sitting at 60 ft. I couldn't get them to bite anything I was throwing down. But it was several spots throughout the lake where the water dropped from 30 to 50 or 60 and they were just schooled up
Todd I have been thinking and finding exactly what you are talking about in this video, with livescope it has debunked the way I once thought and was told about bass in general. I will tell you last year I did not fish beds at all because I found fish deep on a lake in central Texas where I live and this is coming from a guy who likes bed fish more than I like “scoping”., had more twenty plus bags than any time in my life fishing. The lake here was full of grass when it was low and now basically has none, so there was a period when I was like where are all the fish? I spent hours graphing and found them deep and there have been groups of fish deep that have not been touched for years., at least I feel because no one for the most part has been around me until recently, which is part of my fault from talking to people at the ramp and others seeing me. After seeing this video I feel I am on the right track and on to something because I have duplicated this on several lakes. Keep up the good content, and tight lines.
Speaking specifically about offshore fishing in this comment. Outside of prespawn, I've always caught more big ones offshore in December and January than any other time of year, as long as the temps have been consistent, it's prefrontal, or it has been a couple of days after a front. For me the day after the front has sucked more times than not, so I just quit going until 2-3 days after the front. It seems that offshore wise, I've seen more skinny bass somewhere around the mid June to early October time frame than in the winter. On the post frontal thing, it seems like after a couple of days they get way easier to catch even if the temps are cold enough to build ice on the guides. Which adding what you said for right after post frontal conditions, "they still eat but distance they're willing to travel to eat gets shorter," to the big picture, makes a ton of sense. Even with livescope, I've always just waited a couple days after a big temp drop to go out. I'm going to scope around right after this next front and give it a go. This video hell, just about all of your videos are as long as the person viewing the video is willing to leave their preconceived notions at the door and think through their times on the water using what you're saying. You might be the only dude on youtube putting this type of stuff out. Everyone else is just trying to sell us tackle through affiliate links. Seriously thank you for it doing this way.
I live in Colorado. Our water is 43° at our best local bass lake. We caught several largemouth yesterday on jigs and jerkbaits. With LS, I have changed the way I approach wintertime fishing. Mostly power fishing. It's hard to get bites if I slow down. The only time I slow down in winter is on a jig bite in this region.
Years of searching out fish wintertime. Minnesota. It is that way. All these lakes. (( mostly here that deep basin )). Of a bay main part of the lake. For whatever reasons. They gob up. Almost seems find one. Find all.
I found two schools at Rayburn on the bottom last Sunday, one came up and split into smaller groups suspended, the other I found late on a slope, they were generally better fish but nothing big, at the same time there were scads of small groups suspended and moving fast. So, yeah. And they all bit good on a nice bluebird day. And I found an area with a billion shad and no bass. Let us know when you know. I caught some of them out of bait balls. Not using a minnow.
Hey Todd, thanks for the video. I enjoy listening to you. Think about this for a minute.... I listen to everyone talk about how tuff fishing is while they idle around with all their electronics looking. I mostly fish from the bank because i only have a johnboat and live and fish on a 8,000 acre lake. "Cave Run lake in KY". When im trying to find fish in the winter it is really tuff!!! I think it makes me a better fisherman though. What do you think about that situation??? I hopefully will get a bassboat someday because I LOVE to fish for those big green and brown fish!! Have a great day sir!! P.S. can you do a video on bank fishing please?!?!
What do you need to know from the bank, how does Todd castledine know anything about bank angling, you could probably teach him a thing or two off the bank if that’s what you do. This dudes been tournament fishing literally most of his life. He’s not a bank angler buddy. If your shallow , in Kentucky, throw a dark worm and soak it, like black dark. Use scent, or a jig. And just fish slow, don’t wanna cover water in the winter on the bank your best bet is landing on a school of lethargic and one looks at the worm or plastic or jig long enough to eat it. Just when you think your fishing slow, go even slower, literally soak the bait for minutes , then move it slightly, then let it soak longer. When I used to bank fish in winter it’s the ONLY time I fished with tubes and “mag Ned rigs” (worm jig-just jig head for a worm like a big Ned) , and I’d just fish creexk channels that enter a main lake point, the dead center of the channel is where the fish will be it’s called a ditch.. in other words, a big bay, like a end of the lake that’s off the Main lake, fish can go back in there, spawn , has some depth, and creeks usually run in from the bank this is why they’re called creek channels it’s what feeds the lake and the section of lake all the way to the main lake is considered the creek channel. You could have one in every corner of your lake, or you could have 1000s depending on the lake. But that’s where you’ll find bass in the winter and colder months. Creeks mouths. Ditches, where they can slide up and down the countour to the shallows to feed and slide down to rest, and when things warm up they slide up to feed and spawn they never travel too far. Aim for center of a creek arm..drag worms and jugs up it slowly .. strike king red eye shad lipless does well in cold months Yoyo’d up a creek ditch or adjacent to the bottom
@ADKyakman I appreciate your time and info. I usually end up catching some. I really just wanted to see Todd make a video on bank fishing. That's one type video hardly any guys on RUclips ever make or talk about. I just want to remind them that some of the viewers are bank anglers. By the way I'm sure Todd has fished from the bank before or probably has a good idea of what to do.
What's your water clarity on rayburn right now? Our lakes in ohio that aren't frozen over, and the oh river are less than 2 ft visibility and I can't find em deep on livescope
THIS IS NOT NORMAL. Texas winters just keep getting warmer and warmer. In the 70’s and 80’s December highs were 40’s MAYBE 50. 2024 is the warmest winter I’ve ever been in. 12/28 and 29 high 70!!!!
All days are “weather days”. You just have to figure out in what ways they are reacting to the weather and water conditions on that day. That’s fishing
More of this Todd!!! This kind of juice is putting more pieces of the puzzle together for me based on what I see fishing my waters. I thought I was crazy but now I see I’m seeing the same stuff you are! Love it
I really like your videos and the way you explain your whole thought process. FFS has definitely shown me I was waay wrong on what I thought was happening under the water
Not a scoper, but not a hater either. Struggle is real no matter. Thanks for all the great videos you continue to put out day after day!
Love it. Good honest sharing. I’ve experienced some of the same frustrations in winter.
You turned on, yet another light bulb in my head with this video. I immediately subscribed because of this vid. There is not another guy on YT that speaks the realest talk ever. Thank you for your content and hope to see you again on the Burn.
This is exactly what I'm seeing down here in Florida. You can pick one off here and there in the grass, but I'm finding giant schools in odd water debth with NO BAIT around. Most of them have been willing to bite.
Everything you said in this video is exactly what I’ve been experiencing for the last two months on Rayburn. I fish several days a week on Rayburn and have located a few mega schools where you can spot lock for hours and get bit on every cast. I’ve been expecting them to disappear but they have been there for two months. I’ve also been looking for other such spots with not much success. I’ve been doubting my side imaging because I don’t see many fish at all. If you luck up on a spot they are there otherwise nothing. Love your videos Thanks.
Winter Bass fishing in general is tough regardless the conditions. It’ll bring the best out of you if you know how to make it happen with the skills you have to find and catch bass. It’s not easy but you can explicitly identify your skills as a bass angler overcoming the challenges.
I was just trying to explain this to a customer on Toledo that this time of year the fish get in the craziest locations, that can’t be explained, from 4’ to 34’. You have to keep a very open mind. But you are right it can be very frustrating.
This is a really informative video! Thanks
Todd, Thanks for sharing the info. Great video.
I was just out on rayburn and was also.. Idk if I would say shocked.. but not expecting the schools of fish to be sitting at 60 ft. I couldn't get them to bite anything I was throwing down. But it was several spots throughout the lake where the water dropped from 30 to 50 or 60 and they were just schooled up
Are you sure they were bass?
Todd I have been thinking and finding exactly what you are talking about in this video, with livescope it has debunked the way I once thought and was told about bass in general. I will tell you last year I did not fish beds at all because I found fish deep on a lake in central Texas where I live and this is coming from a guy who likes bed fish more than I like “scoping”., had more twenty plus bags than any time in my life fishing. The lake here was full of grass when it was low and now basically has none, so there was a period when I was like where are all the fish? I spent hours graphing and found them deep and there have been groups of fish deep that have not been touched for years., at least I feel because no one for the most part has been around me until recently, which is part of my fault from talking to people at the ramp and others seeing me. After seeing this video I feel I am on the right track and on to something because I have duplicated this on several lakes. Keep up the good content, and tight lines.
Speaking specifically about offshore fishing in this comment. Outside of prespawn, I've always caught more big ones offshore in December and January than any other time of year, as long as the temps have been consistent, it's prefrontal, or it has been a couple of days after a front. For me the day after the front has sucked more times than not, so I just quit going until 2-3 days after the front. It seems that offshore wise, I've seen more skinny bass somewhere around the mid June to early October time frame than in the winter. On the post frontal thing, it seems like after a couple of days they get way easier to catch even if the temps are cold enough to build ice on the guides. Which adding what you said for right after post frontal conditions, "they still eat but distance they're willing to travel to eat gets shorter," to the big picture, makes a ton of sense. Even with livescope, I've always just waited a couple days after a big temp drop to go out. I'm going to scope around right after this next front and give it a go. This video hell, just about all of your videos are as long as the person viewing the video is willing to leave their preconceived notions at the door and think through their times on the water using what you're saying. You might be the only dude on youtube putting this type of stuff out. Everyone else is just trying to sell us tackle through affiliate links. Seriously thank you for it doing this way.
My Mother-in-law used to say “Fish Swim!” When I would complain that they weren’t where they were “yesterday”!
Todd yu mentioned a couple hour long tips videos, where do I go to watch them.
Thank you for honest info.
FishTips.com
I live in Colorado. Our water is 43° at our best local bass lake. We caught several largemouth yesterday on jigs and jerkbaits. With LS, I have changed the way I approach wintertime fishing. Mostly power fishing. It's hard to get bites if I slow down. The only time I slow down in winter is on a jig bite in this region.
Pure gold, thanks.
Good one brother. Appreciate it.
Years of searching out fish wintertime. Minnesota. It is that way. All these lakes. (( mostly here that deep basin )). Of a bay main part of the lake. For whatever reasons. They gob up. Almost seems find one. Find all.
Being from way up North in Ohio, I had to laugh when I saw a video about “winter” fishing in Texas.
I found two schools at Rayburn on the bottom last Sunday, one came up and split into smaller groups suspended, the other I found late on a slope, they were generally better fish but nothing big, at the same time there were scads of small groups suspended and moving fast. So, yeah. And they all bit good on a nice bluebird day. And I found an area with a billion shad and no bass. Let us know when you know.
I caught some of them out of bait balls. Not using a minnow.
Bass like to" CUDDLE "in the winter .😂
Hey Todd, thanks for the video. I enjoy listening to you. Think about this for a minute.... I listen to everyone talk about how tuff fishing is while they idle around with all their electronics looking. I mostly fish from the bank because i only have a johnboat and live and fish on a 8,000 acre lake. "Cave Run lake in KY". When im trying to find fish in the winter it is really tuff!!! I think it makes me a better fisherman though. What do you think about that situation??? I hopefully will get a bassboat someday because I LOVE to fish for those big green and brown fish!! Have a great day sir!! P.S. can you do a video on bank fishing please?!?!
What do you need to know from the bank, how does Todd castledine know anything about bank angling, you could probably teach him a thing or two off the bank if that’s what you do. This dudes been tournament fishing literally most of his life. He’s not a bank angler buddy. If your shallow , in Kentucky, throw a dark worm and soak it, like black dark. Use scent, or a jig. And just fish slow, don’t wanna cover water in the winter on the bank your best bet is landing on a school of lethargic and one looks at the worm or plastic or jig long enough to eat it. Just when you think your fishing slow, go even slower, literally soak the bait for minutes , then move it slightly, then let it soak longer. When I used to bank fish in winter it’s the ONLY time I fished with tubes and “mag Ned rigs” (worm jig-just jig head for a worm like a big Ned) , and I’d just fish creexk channels that enter a main lake point, the dead center of the channel is where the fish will be it’s called a ditch.. in other words, a big bay, like a end of the lake that’s off the Main lake, fish can go back in there, spawn , has some depth, and creeks usually run in from the bank this is why they’re called creek channels it’s what feeds the lake and the section of lake all the way to the main lake is considered the creek channel. You could have one in every corner of your lake, or you could have 1000s depending on the lake. But that’s where you’ll find bass in the winter and colder months. Creeks mouths. Ditches, where they can slide up and down the countour to the shallows to feed and slide down to rest, and when things warm up they slide up to feed and spawn they never travel too far. Aim for center of a creek arm..drag worms and jugs up it slowly .. strike king red eye shad lipless does well in cold months Yoyo’d up a creek ditch or adjacent to the bottom
@ADKyakman I appreciate your time and info. I usually end up catching some. I really just wanted to see Todd make a video on bank fishing. That's one type video hardly any guys on RUclips ever make or talk about. I just want to remind them that some of the viewers are bank anglers. By the way I'm sure Todd has fished from the bank before or probably has a good idea of what to do.
What's your water clarity on rayburn right now? Our lakes in ohio that aren't frozen over, and the oh river are less than 2 ft visibility and I can't find em deep on livescope
THIS IS NOT NORMAL.
Texas winters just keep getting warmer and warmer. In the 70’s and 80’s December highs were 40’s MAYBE 50.
2024 is the warmest winter I’ve ever been in.
12/28 and 29 high 70!!!!
Because the big girls live a life of their own! They have their happy place and have had if since they got big! Big bass are smart!
Livescope killed Lockjaw. How bout dat, Randy!
What does a fish " wanting to eat " have to do with winter time " reaction bites"???
Everything
All days are “weather days”. You just have to figure out in what ways they are reacting to the weather and water conditions on that day. That’s fishing
And that’s not exclusive to just winter time. That applies to all 365 days of the year.
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