You guys are awesome. Just picked up fishing this year to get away from the worlds nonsense, Bought myself and my 4 yr old son combo's, and been listening to your guys advice. I caught my first bass today and was about 4lbs. So keep up the videos!!
I turn in to a sponge when this dude starts breaking it down... Solid info that WORKS! I have become such a better bass fisherman applying what TB teaches... Thx again🤙
I just started watching you guys in March and using your tips I'm having the best fishing season of my life. I'm catching bigger bass and more of them.
I caught about 300 bass in the past four months and I give all the credit to you guys. It wasn’t really about the baits as much as I previously thought but more about the location. Thanks Matt and Tim!
Thanks for doing an updated version of this! Starting to hit those upper 90s-100+ here in Texas so I'm having hell figuring them out unless it's early morning. Just got a 5lb 6oz recently and a few more between 2 & 3lbs, but the very next day, same conditions, I couldn't get bit to save my life
I'm in AZ as well, Chandler area. If we dont get out there by 6 AM, forget about it. And I dont have a boat so I'm stuck bank fishing mainly subdivision lakes and ponds.
I've been catching multiple 6+ pounders Right at dark and all the way until midnight. Nighttime bass fishing is my go to fishing method for summer bass.
I am in northeastern Ohio, our inland lakes tend to be smaller and heavily pressured, night time was a good time to fish to get away from the crowds and boat traffic! Bass have no trouble finding small baits in the dark, a texas rigged 4 inch ring worm or a 1/8th ounce jig with a pork grub worked very well for me.
I literally caught a fish just now, @ 3:30a.m. in the dark, off the bank, in the shallows, at a Lowland Reservoir, AS I'M WATCHING YOUR VIDEO & taking your advice about "unique pieces of cover"....... The kicker? I GOT IT VIDEO :) Thanks, guys!!
This channel is by far the most informative one I've seen on the subject bass. These insights are deep, and I say that as an angler of 40+ years. Kudos & thanks TB!
I never comment, but i wanted you to know I’m stoked to hear your putting out detailed videos on how to work the baits! I love fishing, been doing it since I could ride my bike to the lake! But sometimes you feel like you’re just doing it wrong, excited to seen the upcoming videos. Keep it up much appreciated
Who is here to seek solutions after getting skunked on a full moon day and blaming the heat🙋♂️😤🤔Lots of thanks to Matt and Tim for keeping us motivated!
I have my own RUclips channel with bass fishing content so this is hard for me to say but Tactical Bassin is the only bass fishing RUclips channel you need to watch😀
This man is godly. What an amount of information… maybe to much lol your making easy there for more pressure as a fisherman lol but Na man , real talk your amazing and your videos are too! Thank you so much ❤
Are you guys coming to Alabama? My home lake is Mitchell on the Coosa compounds. My goal this summer is to apply all that you guys are teaching to try and find a good offshore bite. Thank you for the fun educational videos.
Is lake havasu considered a natural lake or a river system? Or both? Man I love.going through the archives... I've been watching for years now. Never gets old, always catching something I missed the first time. Also crazy to know that Yall have been out of clearlake for like 3 years now.. time flies man
@@jaylee6936 I have, I've watched a ton of videos. Been subbed for a few years. I've really only heard them discussing color lines for a few months. Would be nice for them to do a video dedicated to that, they do one for tons of other stuff
I'm using a 7 ft medium heavy fast action and 7 foot medium with fast action 30lb braid is that decent for frogging light cover or what would this setup be better suited for? I can purchase other setups if I need to. I'm a big fly fisherman just got into bass fishing. Please help. Missouri.
Do you guys possibly have any tips on avoiding pike when shooting for bass? Up here in Illinois I consistently only get pike on my S-waver and even on my pitching jigs i get so many pike and It’s tough
i love all the videos i seam to forget some small details and bam! you refresh my memories please if your still in east Tennessee stop at lake Norris is a tough clear lake to fish and id love to see how you guys do!
I live on a smaller lake (160 acres) that is seemingly unlike any regular lake. We have decent fish but man are they hard to catch in the summer. The odd thing is, there is no grass (lake is in northern Pennsylvania). No shad either, all bluegill, perch, and large mouths. Does the color line still apply here? It's a man made lake, mostly a mud bottom but some rock closer to shore. Creek bed is the deepest through the center at 15 ft and it is decently rocky. Thanks!
Love it! Planning out a trip to a low land res for the full moon we’re about to have and just that little bit of information extra can be the difference between getting that big one and not. Thanks Matt!!
I was having a blast in the early part of the year, now that it is summer here in Az 112’ finding that these fish are shutting off. Maybe I am throwing the wrong stuff. Going to try some swim baits next time I go out, cause my Senkos and drop shots weren’t even working. As summers are hard here, I need to figure them out. Would be great if you came out here and did a video
You're a great bass fishing professor: ) Would an Alabama rig work during the summer? Is southern California the hardest place to catch fish? Feels that way !
Up North at my family's cottage, catches Bass is no trouble at all, when I fish at the channel my family's boat is at. Bass are very very plentiful, I can catch them without even trying. Back home it's a little more difficult, though. I try really hard to catch bass, and have only caught one, and even worse, I feel the pond I go to is way too overfished.
You also need to remember the Creeks that run into rivers can be phenomenal they fish exactly the same as a river go run up in them find a deeper spots with current or grass and fish will load up
I catch my bigs in summer in only 1-9 ft of water in the summer.recently I caught a three and a half pounder not even a foot of water like 10 inches of water. Always catch summer fish in the shallows
What lake are you on? You have to be close to me I fished Pickwick today! Wish you could take me out fishing! I'm having fisherman block and can't find fish ANYWHERE!
love you guy, how can you advise this for us bank Walkers that don't have access to kayaks, boats, electronics but full on huge reservoir bank fishing... can we even reach them from shore on a reservoir from shore!
I wish "points and structure" were called "humps and ledges". It took me forever to realize what EVERYBODY was talking about. They had me looking for land peninsula's sticking flat out into the water off land (point) and logs and grass (structure) in deep water. When I'm reality, they both mean humps and ledges.
So I live on a large pond with little to no grass and about 6" visibility so playing the color line and the grass line aren't really options for me. Deepest point is down by the damn and only about 6 feet deep. Any suggestions for me?
Heck yea, love fishing the fast waters. Idk why people are affraid to fish rushing water. Best spots for smallies, behind structure gets them everytime
Here is my issue I live on a big beautiful lake that has nice pond directly connected the gap between the 2 is about a foot deep then it starts to drop down deeper the pond side is mostly the fishing area it's lined with lillies all around the edges and in the open water section it's other submerged plant life. Now I can always rock the bass with a frog in the lily areas but fishing the open water section all I ever catch is pickeral. The main lake section is deep but shallow all the way around with really no plant life just some deep down submerged plant life here and there some down logs but I never see anything in the 4 to 6 foot shallow sections around these logs our water is very clear. So that's why I stay to the pond side but I hate having to just fish frogs for the base and I feel they should be in the open water section of the pond also but again I strictly catch pickeral there. Any tips or suggestions to how to get or find those bass that should be possible in the open water section Also? The pond sides open water area at it's deep part is only 10ft rest is around 2 to 4 on average. Lots of Lilly grass and submerged plant life. Any tips would be awesone..
Dude I am in the same situation. None of the fishing guys fish in Georgia either. We have big bass but you actually gotta hunt for them and they think it's a waste of time. So I watch the videos but NONE of these tactics from ANYONE have ever worked for me. I just fish shadows fast and throw crankbaits all day. You'll eventually hook into one
Hey guys any tips for fishing a bigger profile frog like the big Gabbot by MegaBass? I missed several using a 7’6” MH rod just can’t seem to get a good hookup? Although I didn’t bend out the hooks, I hate to mess with the action of the bait it walks extremely well as is.
I miss a lot of frog fish because I set the hook too early. I seem to hook up better if I wait for a second to make sure they actually got the frog under water in their mouth. Using a dobyns mag heavy 7'3
2:10 highland reservoirs
3:28 lowland reservoirs
5:05 natural lakes
6:20 rivers
7:38 how to find them
9:20 the baits
Gods work 🤝
The real mvp
Mr. MVP in the makings right here folks
You guys are awesome. Just picked up fishing this year to get away from the worlds nonsense, Bought myself and my 4 yr old son combo's, and been listening to your guys advice. I caught my first bass today and was about 4lbs. So keep up the videos!!
I turn in to a sponge when this dude starts breaking it down... Solid info that WORKS! I have become such a better bass fisherman applying what TB teaches... Thx again🤙
Me too, man. I’ve learned a lot from Gene Jensen and Glen May from bass resource but this guy just lays it out like no other.
I'm gonna check them out
Just caught a 9lb Largemouth at night here in Georgia. New PB
I just started watching you guys in March and using your tips I'm having the best fishing season of my life. I'm catching bigger bass and more of them.
I caught about 300 bass in the past four months and I give all the credit to you guys. It wasn’t really about the baits as much as I previously thought but more about the location. Thanks Matt and Tim!
I got my PB on my lake last evening on that very crankbait!! And I learned about it here!
pensnut08 stud
how big?
K Den dude that was funny lol
@@landonbragg6732 Oh shit.... Was that your mother?
K De
Thanks for doing an updated version of this! Starting to hit those upper 90s-100+ here in Texas so I'm having hell figuring them out unless it's early morning. Just got a 5lb 6oz recently and a few more between 2 & 3lbs, but the very next day, same conditions, I couldn't get bit to save my life
Thumbs up for a TB podcast. My life would be complete with a weekly podcast
Duuuude yes!
I'm in Arizona my summers hit different when you said you were sweating I laughed
Right 🤣I'm next to lake Powell man the heat can get real .
Lol its been over 100 here in cali where matt and tim are from several times already in the last month.
Grew up in Phoenix, but I'll tell you what, I'd take 115 degree dry heat over this 95 degree humid weather in Dallas.
Yea Andrew I feel you. I live in SW FL. Our summer is typically from February until October. LOL
I'm in AZ as well, Chandler area. If we dont get out there by 6 AM, forget about it. And I dont have a boat so I'm stuck bank fishing mainly subdivision lakes and ponds.
I've been catching multiple 6+ pounders Right at dark and all the way until midnight. Nighttime bass fishing is my go to fishing method for summer bass.
May I ask, are you using live bait, or topwaters, or crankbaits (just guessing)?
Reuben Kincaid topwater! Specifically whopper ploppers. I do like dragging a jig a little later in the summer as well.
I am in northeastern Ohio, our inland lakes tend to be smaller and heavily pressured, night time was a good time to fish to get away from the crowds and boat traffic! Bass have no trouble finding small baits in the dark, a texas rigged 4 inch ring worm or a 1/8th ounce jig with a pork grub worked very well for me.
@@pdbandit1 I'm in Ont. too (south). Thanks for the insight, neighbour. Tight lines to you.
I just got on the best swim jig bite of my life today after 7. They didn’t want a chatterbait just a swimjig
This is the most accurate perspective of fish locations per fisheries I’ve listened to. I agree with it 100%.
I literally caught a fish just now, @ 3:30a.m. in the dark, off the bank, in the shallows, at a Lowland Reservoir, AS I'M WATCHING YOUR VIDEO & taking your advice about "unique pieces of cover"....... The kicker? I GOT IT VIDEO :) Thanks, guys!!
This channel is by far the most informative one I've seen on the subject bass. These insights are deep, and I say that as an angler of 40+ years. Kudos & thanks TB!
I never comment, but i wanted you to know I’m stoked to hear your putting out detailed videos on how to work the baits! I love fishing, been doing it since I could ride my bike to the lake! But sometimes you feel like you’re just doing it wrong, excited to seen the upcoming videos. Keep it up much appreciated
Matt that was smooth, well done,tactical is the best,be safe,God bless you guys
Who is here to seek solutions after getting skunked on a full moon day and blaming the heat🙋♂️😤🤔Lots of thanks to Matt and Tim for keeping us motivated!
I have my own RUclips channel with bass fishing content so this is hard for me to say but Tactical Bassin is the only bass fishing RUclips channel you need to watch😀
Thanks for covering rivers! I feel like they get overlooked by a lot of the RUclips community.
Thanks for the vid, I'm a kayak fisherman out on the Cali San Joaquin delta so I've really been trying to pinpoint the best fishing spots. 👍
This man is godly. What an amount of information… maybe to much lol your making easy there for more pressure as a fisherman lol but Na man , real talk your amazing and your videos are too! Thank you so much ❤
If you want to test your skills and knowledge Matt, come to Peabody in Kentucky! Old mining strip pits... good luck!
I like that you drop this vid day of the June full moon
Another awesome video guys. Just a little confused on what you mean by color line.
Love the info always on top of the game !!!
Thank you for helping me now I'm gonna catch a mondo this summer
Hey Matt! Was wondering if you could do a visual example with a topography map when mentioning the ledges and color lines.
I have that kvd crankbait same color and it is very good
Love the videos. I've learned so many new techniques from you guys. Last year had my pb on a chatterbait with one of the recommended trailers.
Are you guys coming to Alabama? My home lake is Mitchell on the Coosa compounds. My goal this summer is to apply all that you guys are teaching to try and find a good offshore bite. Thank you for the fun educational videos.
I like to walk the swing heads on the bottom. Good stuff! Love the consistent vids.
Cool video. Would love to see a video of your thoughts on Watts Bar when you’ve finished and what you discovered when you’re done.
Awesome tips Matt 👍
Is lake havasu considered a natural lake or a river system? Or both? Man I love.going through the archives... I've been watching for years now. Never gets old, always catching something I missed the first time. Also crazy to know that Yall have been out of clearlake for like 3 years now.. time flies man
The lower stretch is a lowland reservoir while the upper end behaves much more like a river.
Thanks for advice on punching, I got a 7 lbs bass because of it!!
Awesome videos! I take everything and apply it to ponds and it helps!
I learn something on all your guys video's. Best video's on here I think
Matt, try the Dstyle Truster or Keitech Fat on a swing jig. I've found them to be much more productive than crazy flapper, rage bug and biffle bug.
Y’all are the best fishing RUclips channel
Can you do a video explaining what exactly it looks like to fish color lines? Fish parallel etc. Thanks
Search his channel he went pretty in depth on it! Good luck 🤙
@@jaylee6936 I have, I've watched a ton of videos. Been subbed for a few years. I've really only heard them discussing color lines for a few months. Would be nice for them to do a video dedicated to that, they do one for tons of other stuff
@@jaylee6936 I tried searching it but nothing pulled up
@@andyd834 link in description- "Where Do Bass Go After They Spawn" (Color Line Video)
I'm using a 7 ft medium heavy fast action and 7 foot medium with fast action 30lb braid is that decent for frogging light cover or what would this setup be better suited for? I can purchase other setups if I need to. I'm a big fly fisherman just got into bass fishing. Please help. Missouri.
Good info the spot that I fish is almost all shallow I wish in could ask about it.
How would soft plastic bluegill do? ya think it would be good during the summer? I guess it’s similar to a swim bait.
Do you guys possibly have any tips on avoiding pike when shooting for bass? Up here in Illinois I consistently only get pike on my S-waver and even on my pitching jigs i get so many pike and It’s tough
Love u guys man 1 of 3 channels I actually subscribed to 🤙🏻
i love all the videos i seam to forget some small details and bam! you refresh my memories please if your still in east Tennessee stop at lake Norris is a tough clear lake to fish and id love to see how you guys do!
I live on a smaller lake (160 acres) that is seemingly unlike any regular lake. We have decent fish but man are they hard to catch in the summer. The odd thing is, there is no grass (lake is in northern Pennsylvania). No shad either, all bluegill, perch, and large mouths. Does the color line still apply here? It's a man made lake, mostly a mud bottom but some rock closer to shore. Creek bed is the deepest through the center at 15 ft and it is decently rocky. Thanks!
You guys going to come to Washington state anytime soon? Would love to see a video from up here.
Love it! Planning out a trip to a low land res for the full moon we’re about to have and just that little bit of information extra can be the difference between getting that big one and not. Thanks Matt!!
Very thorough
I was having a blast in the early part of the year, now that it is summer here in Az 112’ finding that these fish are shutting off. Maybe I am throwing the wrong stuff. Going to try some swim baits next time I go out, cause my Senkos and drop shots weren’t even working. As summers are hard here, I need to figure them out. Would be great if you came out here and did a video
What is a good strategy for finding the color line?
You're a great bass fishing professor: )
Would an Alabama rig work during the summer?
Is southern California the hardest place to catch fish?
Feels that way !
Last night I bought the very last gavacho frog in the gold gill color pretty lucky
Matt,
You guys need to fish Dale Hollow for smallies!!
Keep up the great videos thanks
Are you guys coming back to WI?!
You guys need to make a podcast.
Good stuff Matt! 💯
Swing head slaps, caught my pb in the profile pick o one wit a 8. Inch robo worm
How do you find offshore structure if you don’t have electronics?
Thanks for this vid I’m going tomorrow to the lake
Up North at my family's cottage, catches Bass is no trouble at all, when I fish at the channel my family's boat is at. Bass are very very plentiful, I can catch them without even trying. Back home it's a little more difficult, though. I try really hard to catch bass, and have only caught one, and even worse, I feel the pond I go to is way too overfished.
couldnt find a vid about color lines
I caught my PB today on a 5" senko!
I am more than a little surprised that there’s mention of neither a spinner bait nor a chatter bait!
Are you all coming Thur Indiana again this year
Do you think that flooding conditions or just high water levels affect what you're saying at all?
What size creature for the 4/0 hook?
You also need to remember the Creeks that run into rivers can be phenomenal they fish exactly the same as a river go run up in them find a deeper spots with current or grass and fish will load up
I don’t have any electronics. I’m a kayak fisherman so I don’t know where to fish I kinda just cast anywhere
Live, large shiner minnows still are the best producer for me. 👍🏻 I’m old school 😂
Matt do you feel like the bolder colors deep cranking too come from lower light penetration so they cant see as well?
Define color line pattern
I catch my bigs in summer in only 1-9 ft of water in the summer.recently I caught a three and a half pounder not even a foot of water like 10 inches of water. Always catch summer fish in the shallows
in the stradic fl would you get the 2500 or 300 size for wacky
What lake are you on? You have to be close to me I fished Pickwick today! Wish you could take me out fishing! I'm having fisherman block and can't find fish ANYWHERE!
So What would lake Texoma be considered?
Matt you are square on with the Crankbaits. By the way it's my favorite. I completely smash Big Bass with Crankbaits!
Everytime I watch a Tactical Bassin video, I click on the Tackle Warehouse site next!!!
How do I find the link to the video where you talked about color lines?
Hey man I'm from Pennsylvania live in Huntingdon pa. There's a like named raystown lake. How would u fish it. It's extremely deep
love you guy, how can you advise this for us bank Walkers that don't have access to kayaks, boats, electronics but full on huge reservoir bank fishing... can we even reach them from shore on a reservoir from shore!
Marinas and anywhere River/creek channels swing within casting distance from shore. That is some places that worked for me.
what color is that frog in video it had a dark underside and leopard top but dont show in choices at TW store,, great video as always
Spro Bronzeye 65 and the color is called Freak
If you come to northeast Wyoming I would like to meet up with you and do some fishing.
Flutter spoon. Deep water ledges and holes.
I wish "points and structure" were called "humps and ledges". It took me forever to realize what EVERYBODY was talking about. They had me looking for land peninsula's sticking flat out into the water off land (point) and logs and grass (structure) in deep water. When I'm reality, they both mean humps and ledges.
What do you mean by color line?
So I live on a large pond with little to no grass and about 6" visibility so playing the color line and the grass line aren't really options for me. Deepest point is down by the damn and only about 6 feet deep. Any suggestions for me?
Night fishing is the way to go in my opinion
Thanks for all the advice and wisdom. I appreciate you guys 🎣😎
Heck yea, love fishing the fast waters. Idk why people are affraid to fish rushing water. Best spots for smallies, behind structure gets them everytime
Are you guys coming to GA?
How do u like the ESE sunglasses?? Do they fog up when u have a face mask on like the aftco ninja??
Here is my issue I live on a big beautiful lake that has nice pond directly connected the gap between the 2 is about a foot deep then it starts to drop down deeper the pond side is mostly the fishing area it's lined with lillies all around the edges and in the open water section it's other submerged plant life. Now I can always rock the bass with a frog in the lily areas but fishing the open water section all I ever catch is pickeral. The main lake section is deep but shallow all the way around with really no plant life just some deep down submerged plant life here and there some down logs but I never see anything in the 4 to 6 foot shallow sections around these logs our water is very clear. So that's why I stay to the pond side but I hate having to just fish frogs for the base and I feel they should be in the open water section of the pond also but again I strictly catch pickeral there. Any tips or suggestions to how to get or find those bass that should be possible in the open water section Also? The pond sides open water area at it's deep part is only 10ft rest is around 2 to 4 on average. Lots of Lilly grass and submerged plant life. Any tips would be awesone..
You can google earth it to get an idea of what it looks like it's newton lake Greenfield Pennsylvania
What about from the bank? Stick to docks, and cover?
Structures ,rocks,
any kind of rip rap, docks, any kind of cover.
What does it mean to fish a color line?
That color like has been an important thing for me flipping.
Have you ever fishies any lakes in md, I’m having trouble finding patterns on my local lakes
Dude I am in the same situation. None of the fishing guys fish in Georgia either. We have big bass but you actually gotta hunt for them and they think it's a waste of time. So I watch the videos but NONE of these tactics from ANYONE have ever worked for me. I just fish shadows fast and throw crankbaits all day. You'll eventually hook into one
Hey guys any tips for fishing a bigger profile frog like the big Gabbot by MegaBass? I missed several using a 7’6” MH rod just can’t seem to get a good hookup? Although I didn’t bend out the hooks, I hate to mess with the action of the bait it walks extremely well as is.
You need to use a heavy rod to set the hooks on a big frog. I use a dobyns fury mag heavy.
I miss a lot of frog fish because I set the hook too early. I seem to hook up better if I wait for a second to make sure they actually got the frog under water in their mouth. Using a dobyns mag heavy 7'3