We fish sugar creek once a year and always do well with tubes, hellgrammites and any top water noise making lures. never had a double before, cool catch.
In the shallow long flats with little pockets in them is where I love to throw topwater. Usually fish in those areas hear you coming and are gone before you ever got to see them
Yeah for sure! The smallies are pretty perceptive of whats happening around them.... esecially compared to trout, which will tend to just ignore ya walking in the stream 5 ft away from them
I've spent so much time there. Countless nights and days fishing. I've caught several 20+ inch smallmouth bass more catfish than I can count and quite a few flatheads in the mix. Next year I'm going to enter the smallmouth tournament. I know every inch of this water way and have been enjoying it for the last 20+ years of my life.
i caught my pb smallmouth 200 yards downstream of those bridges. I would rank smallmouth at #2 pound for pound. The top spot would have to go to the bowfin, they fight like they have been pumping iron for 20 years and then just today decided to do some crack
I very rarely overhand cast. The reason a lot of spots have over hanging trees. I worked really hard to get more accurate side arm cast even side arm cast where lure goes straight. I'll usually aim my arm at a 45 degree angle for lure to go straight casting side arm.
I love fishing the Deer Mill stretch. If you're looking for some bigger Smallies come up to the Eel River in Logansport, Indiana. It's a beautifully clear rock-bottom river that harbors tons of 3-5lb smallmouth.
@reliablyrandomoutdoors I'd say there's more Public Access than you can shake a rod at. There's one about every half mile for 8 to 10 miles and the best Smallmouth fishing in the state. it's my main fishery and it's almost impossible not to catch smallmouth.
I might do that sometime, if i do i will let ya know first.... Im always looking for people to be in the videos with me that are absolute experts.! let me do some research of my own on it first.
@reliablyrandomoutdoors Absolutely, get your due diligence in first and see what you think. I can only speak from my personal experience. I appreciate your consideration of my knowledge, and always thankful to meet new fishing friends.
Been there doing just that! The bigger the worm, the better I did. Blue was what worked best for me that summer. Hate to say it, but I seen more than one poacher on sugar creek.
So is there a better spot in the state? Of course I mean that whole 30 mile stretch of sugar creek when I say it, but best spot in the state for smallie that I’ve found
@@mikecaldwell7992 fished the blue once about 5 years ago, conditions were horrible though, high water levels.. been wanting to go back again sometime.... maybe this summer
I’m 73 and don’t get to do that anymore and I will say she did a good job but you need to hold your rod up in a year so you have less line in the water when you yank you would be surprised how little power a yank from the pole is somebody hold one end and the other one pull the line with a pole
Heddons, oslos, poppers, and perhaps the most effective smallmouth lure ever created, the tube jig. Smallies are unbelievably aggressive, There are a lot of lures that work for them.
You guys, and before I get started, God bless ya....but the first crawfish you would have caught more than one of those bass under that bridge...I mean isnt the idea behind fishing is to catch fish....try to trick a fish into biting when you can throw them something they eat everyday .....just saying I don't understand that thought process.
The smallies we’re schooling that day, as I’m sure you are aware ya get 1 shot and then Ya gotta chase the school when they are doing that. Can’t say I remember much else from that day right now, but I don’t remember catching crayfish though that is one of my favorite things to do
@reliablyrandomoutdoors Well if you're gonna make a fishing channel , you might want to produce some content which actually impresses people. There's videos of guys taking their small children out to catch fish that are as exciting as this.
@@billyin4c514 haha! 🤣. Well I wasn’t trying to impress some entitled douche bag, probably why you didn’t like it very much. Try growing up a little bit kid. Not everybody is here to serve you.
@@billyin4c514 hey Billy, I saw your channel doesn’t have any content on it…. Gosh I wonder why? 🤣. I thought you would at least have posted the video of you fishing a short qtr mile stretch of the Elkhart river…. 🥲 😂
@reliablyrandomoutdoors You're creating content for men that fish all the time, unless you're content is interesting for an angler, then you're not producing contact worthy of the category. I'm not a douchebag, you don't fucking understand the content you're supposed to be producing. You're supposed to excite people, through your competence (maybe I've found the issue).They're supposed to be living vicariously through the content that you make, otherwise they would just go do it themselves. Here's the thing, you think you produce an intelligent objection, you didn't. Which makes sense, because you aren't smart enough to understand what you're doing. Now go catch some fucking fish, no one is interested in being amused by novelty suited for eight year olds. Unless you're working for the DNR and producing a video on aquatic life in Indiana water, make an exciting fishing show.
Runs through Turkey run state park. It’s all good fishing upstream from there like what you see in the video. Downstream from Turkey run it is more catfish, buffalo and gar
This is the Amazon Plusinno tackle kit we used in this video
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HOW have I not found your Channel until now?? Let's GO Sugar Creek! Great Video, one of my favorite Smallie Creeks!!
Haha! Thanks! Welcome to the group!
We fish sugar creek once a year and always do well with tubes, hellgrammites and any top water noise making lures. never had a double before, cool catch.
For sure, I’m gonna have to try them hellgramites out…. Seems like everybody and there brothers been talking about em
In the shallow long flats with little pockets in them is where I love to throw topwater. Usually fish in those areas hear you coming and are gone before you ever got to see them
Yeah for sure! The smallies are pretty perceptive of whats happening around them.... esecially compared to trout, which will tend to just ignore ya walking in the stream 5 ft away from them
I've spent so much time there. Countless nights and days fishing. I've caught several 20+ inch smallmouth bass more catfish than I can count and quite a few flatheads in the mix. Next year I'm going to enter the smallmouth tournament. I know every inch of this water way and have been enjoying it for the last 20+ years of my life.
@@yoloswagnoscope I didn’t know they did a tournament there. Yeah I love that area. I’ve been on every inch of it from there to Terre Haute
i caught my pb smallmouth 200 yards downstream of those bridges. I would rank smallmouth at #2 pound for pound. The top spot would have to go to the bowfin, they fight like they have been pumping iron for 20 years and then just today decided to do some crack
Ah, the good ol Dogfish, yeah they are some tenacious little crack heads aren’t they.
Yea smallies are great fighters. Summer run skams I feel fight harder. That's gorgeous scenery too.
@@markbardusk9516 yeah the scenery helps make the trip for sure
Sweet double catch!
Hey, THanks!
I very rarely overhand cast. The reason a lot of spots have over hanging trees. I worked really hard to get more accurate side arm cast even side arm cast where lure goes straight. I'll usually aim my arm at a 45 degree angle for lure to go straight casting side arm.
Oh yes, I’ve decorated a few lure trees myself. Sidearm vs overhead each has their time and place. All things are on the table when I fish.
Awesome video
Thank ya kindly John
I love fishing the Deer Mill stretch. If you're looking for some bigger Smallies come up to the Eel River in Logansport, Indiana. It's a beautifully clear rock-bottom river that harbors tons of 3-5lb smallmouth.
Really, is it public access there or do I need to know someone?
@reliablyrandomoutdoors I'd say there's more Public Access than you can shake a rod at. There's one about every half mile for 8 to 10 miles and the best Smallmouth fishing in the state. it's my main fishery and it's almost impossible not to catch smallmouth.
@@ZacksRealAdventures Respect!
I might do that sometime, if i do i will let ya know first.... Im always looking for people to be in the videos with me that are absolute experts.! let me do some research of my own on it first.
@reliablyrandomoutdoors Absolutely, get your due diligence in first and see what you think. I can only speak from my personal experience. I appreciate your consideration of my knowledge, and always thankful to meet new fishing friends.
Idk I think the whitewater river between richmond and Brookville lake is pretty sweet for 3+ lb smallies
Ibe never been over that way before, may have to try it out sometimes. Thanks for the recommendation
Been there doing just that! The bigger the worm, the better I did. Blue was what worked best for me that summer. Hate to say it, but I seen more than one poacher on sugar creek.
@@larryspiller6633 what do you mean Poacher? People harvesting over limit?
@@reliablyrandomoutdoors Well over the limit. Anything caught, kept, kind of over the limit. Guys like that probably do it during hunting seasons too.
A decent bass scooted out behind you at 12:59
Yeah they were thick in there once we got honed in
is this in pyrmont or crawfordsville?
Couldn’t tell ya for sure, I just know it is the first bridge up stream from shades
Pound per pound. Bluegill!
I have fished Sugar Creek outside Darlington numerous times.
So is there a better spot in the state? Of course I mean that whole 30 mile stretch of sugar creek when I say it, but best spot in the state for smallie that I’ve found
@@reliablyrandomoutdoors Blue River off of 44 betwern Franklin and Shelbyville has been very good to me
@@mikecaldwell7992 fished the blue once about 5 years ago, conditions were horrible though, high water levels.. been wanting to go back again sometime.... maybe this summer
I’m 73 and don’t get to do that anymore and I will say she did a good job but you need to hold your rod up in a year so you have less line in the water when you yank you would be surprised how little power a yank from the pole is somebody hold one end and the other one pull the line with a pole
I learned a long time ago not to give her advice on how to fish if I want her to fish w me LOL 😂
Just moved here from Alabama, looking for some good fishing!!
What do you like to fish for in AL?
I wish I could do that much fishing 🎣 u guys are in shorts i am in long pants and got a fire going
Well In fairness the footage was from this summer, so hoping for some ice to fish soon now….
Where is this at
Sugar creek in Indiana
Can’t beat a rebel crawdad Crankbait on sugarcreek
For sure! Ben heavy into the Maribor jigs lately but for the soft plastics I totally agree
Rooster tails. Try them. Great Small mouth bait
For sure, they were just hitting the top water much better that day, I cycled through the usual lures finding em, I usually edit that part out though.
Heddons, oslos, poppers, and perhaps the most effective smallmouth lure ever created, the tube jig. Smallies are unbelievably aggressive, There are a lot of lures that work for them.
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exactly!
You guys, and before I get started, God bless ya....but the first crawfish you would have caught more than one of those bass under that bridge...I mean isnt the idea behind fishing is to catch fish....try to trick a fish into biting when you can throw them something they eat everyday .....just saying I don't understand that thought process.
The smallies we’re schooling that day, as I’m sure you are aware ya get 1 shot and then Ya gotta chase the school when they are doing that. Can’t say I remember much else from that day right now, but I don’t remember catching crayfish though that is one of my favorite things to do
Yummy
This is supposed to be a great smallie river? I've caught 20+ smallies in an 8th of a mile of the Elkhart river.
@@billyin4c514 yup, it is
@reliablyrandomoutdoors Well if you're gonna make a fishing channel , you might want to produce some content which actually impresses people. There's
videos of guys taking their small children out to catch fish that are as exciting as this.
@@billyin4c514 haha! 🤣. Well I wasn’t trying to impress some entitled douche bag, probably why you didn’t like it very much. Try growing up a little bit kid. Not everybody is here to serve you.
@@billyin4c514 hey Billy, I saw your channel doesn’t have any content on it…. Gosh I wonder why? 🤣. I thought you would at least have posted the video of you fishing a short qtr mile stretch of the Elkhart river…. 🥲 😂
@reliablyrandomoutdoors You're creating content for men that fish all the time, unless you're content is interesting for an angler, then you're not producing contact worthy of the category. I'm not a douchebag, you don't fucking understand the content you're supposed to be producing. You're supposed to excite people, through your competence (maybe I've found the issue).They're supposed to be living vicariously through the content that you make, otherwise they would just go do it themselves. Here's the thing, you think you produce an intelligent objection, you didn't. Which makes sense, because you aren't smart enough to understand what you're doing. Now go catch some fucking fish, no one is interested in being amused by novelty suited for eight year olds. Unless you're working for the DNR and producing a video on aquatic life in Indiana water, make an exciting fishing show.
Not even close.
@@IndianaSmallmouth LOL
Im from columbus Indiana, i looked up sugar creek Indiana but where is this actual creek would like to try it. thanks for the video. subbed!
Runs through Turkey run state park. It’s all good fishing upstream from there like what you see in the video. Downstream from Turkey run it is more catfish, buffalo and gar