Thank you for the tips and techniques! I found one of my nets the other day when I returned. I still have one more to try and catch. Keep up the great work! 👌👍
Don't forget you can also add a window weight or similar to your drag in heavy currents. I had to tie one on mine yesterday to catch one of our headlines!
Man I'm across the state from ya in the red river and I'm just starting and I really appreciate your videos and your free advice God bless ya Thank you Jason Carwile
My Grandfather worked for the Corp of engineers and run Locks and Dam on the Ouachita river. My Dad grew up Commercial fishing the River. I'm far from the best, but picked up enough tricks to not starve🤣
Lol, yeah, they pull, but if you ever get hold of a hybrid striper, you better hang in. I caught a 12 lber years ago off the Darbonne spillway. Hardest fighting freshwater fish I've caught.
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 yessir. I fish Claiborne and darbonne a lot. Claiborne is full of them! Bad thing about the hybrid stripers in claiborne is they fight so hard, they die
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 just bought two wire net traps from cooters. And a bucket of cheese. Gonna try my hand at catching a few on corney creek in summerield. Never done it before.
Lol. Needing a big buddy to haul your nets for each day of the week. Good luck with that. I think Mr Loye has that position covered as chief commentator.
Better when falling. That's been our problem the whole year. Our catches ain't been but average this whole year. We been on a steady slow rise. It started falling last week, so we will see if it picks up on next net raise
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 gotcha. Thanks for the reply. I fish the red river here and it's better on a fall also but the river is sooo muddy all the time. And they mess with the lock and dam's soo much. Even more this time year. I noticed water was clear where y'all at.
Yeah we call them drums here in Arkansas they're good eating we fillet them in deep fry them like catfish when my mom was alive that was her favorite fish
We got a little fall, but it's not falling fast enough. We just got back from a run today and it's possibly the worst of the year. We're giving them one more week. At this point we're just about worn out, lol
That all depends. Normally we don't for flatheads, but range cubes or cotton seed meal cake help pull in bait fish to help catch flathead. If we're trying to catch channel cats we bait with cheese or power bait blocks. We're releasing a fall hoop Net video next week, with no bait this time of year. Thanks for watching and the comments!!
I'll pull mine out of the river in a week or two. Not because they quit catching, but because they are getting dirty, and we got some other stuff to get into, like Big Bream. You can fish hoop nets on into June long as you got current. Then you can go to wire nets or slat traps and catch all summer
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 Great and thanks a bunch! I feel like I owe you a trip of fishing for all the help you have given me. GOD will reward you!
@@brandonrider1636 No problem man. If we don't help each other, educate outdoorsmen and women, our lifestyles will be in jeopardy. This is just about standing up for our rights and being as self sufficient as possible. There's a group out there that would love to take our lifestyle and enslave us with Taxation in the name of equality.
The best technique I've found on hopp nets is to be sure and eat a huge meal right before you raise them. So big that your belly looks like you're about to have a baby. That makes it easier to bend over pulling nets. 🥴🤪
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 Yeah I was joking. I never eat during the day if I'm working as it makes me sluggish and want to lay down and nap. There were times that I'd eat so much that when I bent over to tie my boots , it felt like my food was going to run out on the ground. 😆
Why??? A part of me says keep em all cause their Delicious, but the legal part of me says release any 14inch ones or less. I tend to error on the side of caution on that, probably release everything under 16 inches. None of our catches this spring exceeded 10 flatheads in a 1 week period. Doubt we're hurting the population
@@ThatFatrabbit Fair evaluation, however in my 30+ years of experience fishing for them, I've never seen what I thought was a decline in population. River or lake conditions dictate catch numbers. Our local lakes have one or two in every hole. Their numbers are strong as ever in Louisiana. Just last year was my best single net catch with 19 flatheads in one net. When you look at the diameter of one of my nets, then the diameter of a waterway, can you imagine how many swim by my nets. Let alone the ones that look at it, but don't go in. What we do is a heritage passed on for generations. All we do by promoting what we do as outdoorsmen and women is a small amount of insurance for mine and yours offspring to stand a chance in this world waiting to gobble them up. We stand for preservation of sportsman's rights to feed there own family. I use Grocery stores, but I ain't got to have them if things go South😉. I welcome decent conversation or even constructive criticism on our channel, hope you stay tuned!!
I wouldn't think so. I've never smelled it on top of the water, but you get it on you, you'll smell it a week. Especially if there is current, 🤣🤣🤣, but they say old fisherman aren't dead, they just smell that way. Maybe you got some old fishermen around you, LoL!!!
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 Many times I've been running the river and smelled cheese , turned the boat around , followed my nose , and found the net ropes tied off to trees. I'm guessing a thief would too.
@@terrymcguire8476 30+ years doing this and I can't say I've ever smelled it on the water once it's under water, but it could be me. My sinuses are messed up🤣🤣
@@terrymcguire8476 it's probably been 10 years since I put cheese trimmings in a regular hoop net. I use to sometimes to catch channel cats or blues. I'm just not that hungry these days
Another good and informative video. Wishing you full nets and good weather.
We're getting a slow fall. Hopefully it gets a little faster
Thank you for the tips and techniques! I found one of my nets the other day when I returned. I still have one more to try and catch. Keep up the great work! 👌👍
Glad you found one. I'll bet the other is there too. Good luck!
Don't forget you can also add a window weight or similar to your drag in heavy currents. I had to tie one on mine yesterday to catch one of our headlines!
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 I sure followed your recommendation and it helped me out alot so thanks!
Awesome!
Cube them drum fillets up and put it in a big ol pot of gumbo. If you like gumbo as much as I do them drum will move up on your keeper list.
I been making Gumbo a long time. Ain't ever put Drum in it
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 you should try it, I love it. It firms as it cooks turns out real good!
They're good in a couvilion too
I've heard that
Man I'm across the state from ya in the red river and I'm just starting and I really appreciate your videos and your free advice
God bless ya
Thank you
Jason Carwile
Thank you for watching!! Appreciate you guys feedback and we always try to reply if possible
Thanks for the tips, I would have never thought about dragging up the bank.
Your welcome!!!
Another good video! A couple nice Flathead! Some great tips on finding those nets.
Thanks, I know some of you guys know most of that, but a lot of people don't. Hoping to help those guys some
I don't know who taught you those draggin skills but they knew what they were doing !! Lol that's exactly how we use to do it !!
My Grandfather worked for the Corp of engineers and run Locks and Dam on the Ouachita river. My Dad grew up Commercial fishing the River. I'm far from the best, but picked up enough tricks to not starve🤣
Nice run, you and big larry, God bless
Big Larry is about to be in another one. He's going to Colorado with me elk hunting!!
We put in at Alabama landing quite a bit. I gotta say. Them gasper gou are some of the hardest fighting fish around here!
Lol, yeah, they pull, but if you ever get hold of a hybrid striper, you better hang in. I caught a 12 lber years ago off the Darbonne spillway. Hardest fighting freshwater fish I've caught.
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 yessir. I fish Claiborne and darbonne a lot. Claiborne is full of them! Bad thing about the hybrid stripers in claiborne is they fight so hard, they die
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 just bought two wire net traps from cooters. And a bucket of cheese. Gonna try my hand at catching a few on corney creek in summerield. Never done it before.
@brandonbrown1984 I haven't fished Claiborne, but need to. Maybe this year
@brandonbrown1984 the creek is full of channel cats and opps. I've never fished that far up it, but I'm sure there there right now
Lol. Needing a big buddy to haul your nets for each day of the week. Good luck with that. I think Mr Loye has that position covered as chief commentator.
Mr Loye won't stop Bream fishing long enough to go. Can't say I blame him, I'm bout ready to get back on them Bream myself!
Great video man. Love everyone. You was talking about river rising. Is it better with nets when the river is rising are falling?
Better when falling. That's been our problem the whole year. Our catches ain't been but average this whole year. We been on a steady slow rise. It started falling last week, so we will see if it picks up on next net raise
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 gotcha. Thanks for the reply. I fish the red river here and it's better on a fall also but the river is sooo muddy all the time. And they mess with the lock and dam's soo much. Even more this time year. I noticed water was clear where y'all at.
We'll be placing a couple of slat traps this weekend over in Mississippi, can't wait!
Good luck. It's time for that!!
Yeah we call them drums here in Arkansas they're good eating we fillet them in deep fry them like catfish when my mom was alive that was her favorite fish
I've eat them baked, but not fried. Was good baked
You left the real workhorse at home
You must be referring to Big Chad, 😂
Thanks for the info.lost a few nets to Johnny sneakam 🇺🇸
Yep, gotta watch em. Some people put trail cams on the bank too. Hard for me to understand why people think stealing a nets worth going to jail for
Water started falling here this week and the opps started immediately
We got a little fall, but it's not falling fast enough. We just got back from a run today and it's possibly the worst of the year. We're giving them one more week. At this point we're just about worn out, lol
Do you use any bait in your hoop net?
That all depends. Normally we don't for flatheads, but range cubes or cotton seed meal cake help pull in bait fish to help catch flathead. If we're trying to catch channel cats we bait with cheese or power bait blocks. We're releasing a fall hoop Net video next week, with no bait this time of year. Thanks for watching and the comments!!
In the state of Alabama we have to mark each net with plastic tags with your license and phone number.
There in the process of changing that here as well. We have to now also
I have a question I got my hoop nets from my net maker what size bank line do I need to put a bridle on the open end
We use 3/8 to 1/2 inch
That's poly braid. Never buy twisted ropes for nets. If your using Nylon, at least 1/4 in
Ok thanks for the info love the channel keep up the good work
@@hillbillyboboutdoors4271 thanks!
How long do you normally run your nets this time of year? When do you pull them out for the summer in other words?
I'll pull mine out of the river in a week or two. Not because they quit catching, but because they are getting dirty, and we got some other stuff to get into, like Big Bream. You can fish hoop nets on into June long as you got current. Then you can go to wire nets or slat traps and catch all summer
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 Great and thanks a bunch! I feel like I owe you a trip of fishing for all the help you have given me. GOD will reward you!
@@brandonrider1636 No problem man. If we don't help each other, educate outdoorsmen and women, our lifestyles will be in jeopardy. This is just about standing up for our rights and being as self sufficient as possible. There's a group out there that would love to take our lifestyle and enslave us with Taxation in the name of equality.
The best technique I've found on hopp nets is to be sure and eat a huge meal right before you raise them. So big that your belly looks like you're about to have a baby. That makes it easier to bend over pulling nets. 🥴🤪
Lol, not me, I save the eating for soon as we get home!!
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 Yeah I was joking. I never eat during the day if I'm working as it makes me sluggish and want to lay down and nap. There were times that I'd eat so much that when I bent over to tie my boots , it felt like my food was going to run out on the ground. 😆
@terrymcguire8476 I knew you was
Gou are great in gravy. They cook up ten.
I'll have to keep that in mind. I do cook like a fish stew, but ain't tried goo in it
You have contact info for your net builder?
There are a couple that's built nets for me from Farmerville area. Shoot me a PM on Facebook and I'll try to get it for ya
Can you do a catch an cook
Yes sir. What kind of catch and cook you looking for? We've done a few already!!
Flats taste best to me 😋😋😋
I agree, unless like us we eat them all the time. Guess because they so common to us, I prefer small channel cats.
Part of me wishes you'd throw all the flatties back :(
Why??? A part of me says keep em all cause their Delicious, but the legal part of me says release any 14inch ones or less. I tend to error on the side of caution on that, probably release everything under 16 inches. None of our catches this spring exceeded 10 flatheads in a 1 week period. Doubt we're hurting the population
I know they are delicious. Just seems like they never have the population as blues or channels.
@@ThatFatrabbit Fair evaluation, however in my 30+ years of experience fishing for them, I've never seen what I thought was a decline in population. River or lake conditions dictate catch numbers. Our local lakes have one or two in every hole. Their numbers are strong as ever in Louisiana. Just last year was my best single net catch with 19 flatheads in one net. When you look at the diameter of one of my nets, then the diameter of a waterway, can you imagine how many swim by my nets. Let alone the ones that look at it, but don't go in. What we do is a heritage passed on for generations. All we do by promoting what we do as outdoorsmen and women is a small amount of insurance for mine and yours offspring to stand a chance in this world waiting to gobble them up. We stand for preservation of sportsman's rights to feed there own family. I use Grocery stores, but I ain't got to have them if things go South😉. I welcome decent conversation or even constructive criticism on our channel, hope you stay tuned!!
If fishermen use cheese in barrel nets , I can smell it on top of the water.
I wouldn't think so. I've never smelled it on top of the water, but you get it on you, you'll smell it a week. Especially if there is current, 🤣🤣🤣, but they say old fisherman aren't dead, they just smell that way. Maybe you got some old fishermen around you, LoL!!!
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 Many times I've been running the river and smelled cheese , turned the boat around , followed my nose , and found the net ropes tied off to trees. I'm guessing a thief would too.
@@terrymcguire8476 30+ years doing this and I can't say I've ever smelled it on the water once it's under water, but it could be me. My sinuses are messed up🤣🤣
@@terrymcguire8476 it's probably been 10 years since I put cheese trimmings in a regular hoop net. I use to sometimes to catch channel cats or blues. I'm just not that hungry these days
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 Flathead is King !
Can you send me a link to your Facebook page? I have a few questions I'm just getting into hoop nets ...I live in Western KY close to KY Damn
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Can you please Send me a link to your Facebook page?
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