I spooled it with 8 LB test mono for lighter lures, gave it some practice casts and found that it did cast well ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxSlytCJqozTF7EbdP4LWP-HUXf9WRDJ0e , except that the anti-backlash setting had to be turned up almost all of the way to keep the "overcasts' ' down. I disassembled it, and found that if I potted some "shim washers" behind that anti-backlash magnet assembly, it got the magnets closer to the spool without rubbing, and I could get better control with about a 6 to 7 out out 10-Max setting. I also noticed that the handle shaft had some internal end play, maybe only 2 or 3 thousands of an inch, but it's still noticeable. If the anti-backlash and shaft tolerances were "tightened up" this would be a fantastic value. I've only used it for 4 days of fishing in a month's time, but I plan on keeping it.
Wow dude, wow. So awesome! Speaking of Epic Day, I've been teaching my 7yr old daughter how to fish, today she caught her first fish ever- a 1lb 4oz largemouth! 7' spinning rod, 20lb braid, and a texas rigged grub. Like a pro! What a champ, totally stoked, then we come back and watched this video together. She has the fever. Awesome stuff all around!
Working a 12 hour shift and cant ask for better UA-cam videos then your Mfer videos to make my day go by!! Love your vids and always gain a ton of knowledge keep shooting your videos I appreciate em!!
These are the kinds of days fishermen live for, I had a day like this a long time ago fishing on an old creek channel with huge stumps along the edge. Every fish seems like it was 5 plus pounds. I finally ran out of the 6 inch lizard they wanted. I was scrounging the boat for more, it was insane. I can remember that day like it was yesterday
Those days out fishing are rare and feel so good. I will never forget fishing on shore. Jig fishing late fall and caught a 3.5lb bass every other cast. I caught over 15 fish in an hour it was so much fun My wrist was killing me after that hour lol Awesome video! Subbed!
I absolutely love watching your videos including your MTB tutorial vids. I watched this video and it motivated me to go wet a line today only to find out that 4 of my fishing rods and reels were stolen off of my front porch. I go fishing about 6 days a week. So today has been a bad day. I was even going to try some of my swimbaits to test out our Oklahoma fish. Thank you for the videos and you have a life long fan.
those days, as rare as they are... make for the most amazing days. I had one a couple weeks ago pond fishing with my (4 year old) son, and he was absolutely ecstatic. he had so much fun, and it was amazing watching him have so much fun. too bad you weren’t catching this quality of fish during your last tournament tho, you would’ve bagged it for SURE! keep doing your thing Ben, your channel is gonna blow up soon as fuck.
Caleb Brau hey bud. 10/0 Owner Beast. It’ll still have head movement. And it’ll be weedless. If you need to use a jig head go light if you want it higher in water column. Need a decent length hook nothing crazy. Also DO NOT out the centering pin screw where the colors meet each other. It’s a two piece mold and it’ll mess the nose up. Just kinda go under the chin. If you want to fish it deep. I use a 3-4 7/0 TackleFreaks swimbait Head
Hey man, excited to see more videos. I just started watching your channel, and I have to say it is way more interesting than everyone else’s. Keep it up.
Bro just listening to you laughing and havveing so much fun with amazement of the fish your catching here is pretty darn sweet to watch Haha. Glad you had an awsome day keep up the good work. Btw that frog leg video was awsome I've never seen anything like that.
Your idea of zero quality are big fish for me. I fish from the bank and 2-3 lbers are Giants for me and very hard to come by! Great video! Someday I hope to have a chance to catch the big ones like you do!
Always enjoy all the videos and hard work you put into things . You give out a lot of good tips and ideas . Always crappie fished all my life but been finding myself doing more bass fishing lately and it is a damn good time . One these times when I travel back home it would be a good time slaying some donkeys with ya .
Holy crap, Ben! Good for you, bro. This video makes me want to tie on some S Wavers and my 6th Sense Speed Glide 100s!! What a freaking day, dude. AWESOME!!!
Yeah, I'm just gonna come home from work and watch this video everyday. 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 Thanks for sharing such a great day of fishing! Been seeing a lot of youtubers having blow-up days lately. That summer grind pays off! I had a day like this last Saturday morning. Keep fishing bro!
How can anyone not like this video! This is some dope footage. Thanks for not stopping the fishing when you hit your goal! #GreatDay4SwimBaitin#QueueTheZark
This reminded me of a day I had on Easter Day at Lake St. Clair. Same thing - over 20 small mouth 4 1/2 to 6 lbs dragging a tube in 3 feet of water. Think they were up for the perch spawn.. Your vids are a blast. .
Damn that was an epic day of fishing always enjoyable to watch your channel really good content. Have a good day and stay safe Jimmy from Massachusetts
I spooled it with 8 LB test mono for lighter lures, gave it some practice casts and found that it did cast well ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxSlytCJqozTF7EbdP4LWP-HUXf9WRDJ0e , except that the anti-backlash setting had to be turned up almost all of the way to keep the "overcasts' ' down. I disassembled it, and found that if I potted some "shim washers" behind that anti-backlash magnet assembly, it got the magnets closer to the spool without rubbing, and I could get better control with about a 6 to 7 out out 10-Max setting. I also noticed that the handle shaft had some internal end play, maybe only 2 or 3 thousands of an inch, but it's still noticeable. If the anti-backlash and shaft tolerances were "tightened up" this would be a fantastic value. I've only used it for 4 days of fishing in a month's time, but I plan on keeping it.
Holy crap. Fisherman dream of a day like this
Still back to watch this day man. Congrats again Milliken 🍻
Wow dude, wow. So awesome! Speaking of Epic Day, I've been teaching my 7yr old daughter how to fish, today she caught her first fish ever- a 1lb 4oz largemouth! 7' spinning rod, 20lb braid, and a texas rigged grub. Like a pro! What a champ, totally stoked, then we come back and watched this video together. She has the fever. Awesome stuff all around!
That is so cool!
Wow what an amazing day of fishing can you imagine if that would have been a tournament day
WTH man!! 20-25 4.5lb+ LMB!
You’ll never forget that fishing trip the rest of your life and I’ll never forget this video.
Unbelievable man...nice!
This is the best swimbait video I've ever seen I can't imagine having a day this good thanks for sharing the experience
Your videos and Jon B.'s are the BEST!!!! Keep it up.
What an incredible day of fishing. Awesome video!
That was awesome! Bad ass swim bait slaunches all day!
Working a 12 hour shift and cant ask for better UA-cam videos then your Mfer videos to make my day go by!! Love your vids and always gain a ton of knowledge keep shooting your videos I appreciate em!!
What an EPIC afternoon of swim bait fishing that was AWESOME for sure congrats...
These are the kinds of days fishermen live for, I had a day like this a long time ago fishing on an old creek channel with huge stumps along the edge. Every fish seems like it was 5 plus pounds. I finally ran out of the 6 inch lizard they wanted. I was scrounging the boat for more, it was insane. I can remember that day like it was yesterday
Those days out fishing are rare and feel so good.
I will never forget fishing on shore. Jig fishing late fall and caught a 3.5lb bass every other cast. I caught over 15 fish in an hour it was so much fun
My wrist was killing me after that hour lol
Awesome video! Subbed!
Killin it Ben, congrats on the swimbait bite
I absolutely love watching your videos including your MTB tutorial vids. I watched this video and it motivated me to go wet a line today only to find out that 4 of my fishing rods and reels were stolen off of my front porch. I go fishing about 6 days a week. So today has been a bad day. I was even going to try some of my swimbaits to test out our Oklahoma fish. Thank you for the videos and you have a life long fan.
Dude, that was a magic day...Glad you took us along.
Epic video Ben! Wish you had been fishing in a tournament on this day. I think you would have gotten the win without a doubt
Bad ass video! I could almost feel every strike and hookset. Watching it again.
That was one hell of a trip!
those days, as rare as they are... make for the most amazing days. I had one a couple weeks ago pond fishing with my (4 year old) son, and he was absolutely ecstatic. he had so much fun, and it was amazing watching him have so much fun.
too bad you weren’t catching this quality of fish during your last tournament tho, you would’ve bagged it for SURE!
keep doing your thing Ben, your channel is gonna blow up soon as fuck.
That’s by far the best swim bait video I’ve ever seen on UA-cam. Congratulations on such a sweet ass day been! Keep up the grind brother
Man that was one hell of a day fishing. Wish I could have a day like that.
Crushed it!
Awesome trip, keep those vids rolling!
Damn Benny boy!!! I got an adrenaline rush with you while watching this.. Haha. You da man bro!! Best fishing channel on UA-cam hands down.
The Babe is the GOAT for a reason. We have another shipment coming on TackleFreaks.com in two weeks
TheBaitmanTV How do you recommend rigging the nonharness version of "The Babe"? Mine will be here Tuesday!
Caleb Brau hey bud. 10/0 Owner Beast. It’ll still have head movement. And it’ll be weedless. If you need to use a jig head go light if you want it higher in water column. Need a decent length hook nothing crazy.
Also DO NOT out the centering pin screw where the colors meet each other. It’s a two piece mold and it’ll mess the nose up.
Just kinda go under the chin.
If you want to fish it deep. I use a 3-4 7/0 TackleFreaks swimbait Head
Took my boys to a fishing derby this weekend and my 6 year old got first fish with a 8inch bass and he called it a slonch hilarious!!
In the words of DJ K.. "Another ONE!!!!" Dude that was freckin epic.. damn Slaunchosorios fish tank!!
Dude that was awesome. Must have been something in the air. I was catching huge rainbow trout today out of the blue. Great video thank you
I've watched this 5 to 10 times or more. Doesn't get old.
This will forever be one of my top 3 favorite milliken videos ever!! Big baits, big fish, and a god damn #certifiedmfer 🤘🔥💯
What a great day!!! So much fun when the bite is on like that!
One of my favorite videos by far
My bro travis turned me on to you! I seriously stay up late and binge watch your channel! Seriously make me want to fish everyday!
It’s cold and rainy here but I still grinned and caught my PB!
Unbelievable day of fishing ! Love ur vids bro !
Epic beat down. Small lakes do have big fish. Congrats on a banner day.
WOW!!! AWESOME!!!! Nice day of fishing!!!
Good day...good day indeed good sir!
Dude! What a day! They were absolutely hammering The Babe. And what a video for TheBaitMan.
Hey man, excited to see more videos. I just started watching your channel, and I have to say it is way more interesting than everyone else’s. Keep it up.
Bro just listening to you laughing and havveing so much fun with amazement of the fish your catching here is pretty darn sweet to watch Haha. Glad you had an awsome day keep up the good work. Btw that frog leg video was awsome I've never seen anything like that.
Love the funny ass things you say bro, we named our dog Milliken!! Tight lines!!
Dude, this is epic. These days are far and few. 'Grats on an unforgettable day. 👍🏼👍🏼
My favorite fishing channel
I am SOOOOOOO jealous! lol The only bad thing about an epic day like that is when you go out again and get skunked or a few dinks. lol
Now that's what you call a GREAT day, 👍👍👍
Your idea of zero quality are big fish for me. I fish from the bank and 2-3 lbers are Giants for me and very hard to come by! Great video! Someday I hope to have a chance to catch the big ones like you do!
Nothing like a good swimbait bite!! Great video!!
That is a hell of a day fishing
Great day of fishing Mr. Milliken!! I think you'll be back there fishing swimbaits sometime soon!
Wow. I’m speechless 😶 Straight awesomeness!
I've been waiting for this one since the IG post about it...
Ridiculous bag for sure! You are killing it! Sure seems when you twitch it for sure!
Always enjoy all the videos and hard work you put into things . You give out a lot of good tips and ideas . Always crappie fished all my life but been finding myself doing more bass fishing lately and it is a damn good time . One these times when I travel back home it would be a good time slaying some donkeys with ya .
Love big swimbait for big fish.
INSANE vid, love it. Gotta get one of those swim baits for myself
OMG that is the craziest fishing i have ever seen!!!!!
What a awsome vid that's s once in s lifetime day jyst awsome
absolutely insane day and an awesome video man. keep it up
Epic day Gratz.
Omg what an insane day bro! Cherish that moment
That was pretty awesome dude, definitely a once in a lifetime spot.
Great fishing. Great video. Keep up the slaunchfest papa MFer
That was freaking AWSOME!!!!!!!!!
Holy crap, Ben! Good for you, bro. This video makes me want to tie on some S Wavers and my 6th Sense Speed Glide 100s!! What a freaking day, dude. AWESOME!!!
freaking CRUSHED it!!!!
Awesome fishing... definitely going to check that site out. Thanks again for another great video as well.
Great 👍 video learned a lot from it keep them coming Ben!!
That was an epic fishing trip for sure👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Yeah, I'm just gonna come home from work and watch this video everyday. 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
Thanks for sharing such a great day of fishing!
Been seeing a lot of youtubers having blow-up days lately. That summer grind pays off! I had a day like this last Saturday morning.
Keep fishing bro!
Well you just single handedly sold about a thousand of those swimbaits. Lol
Awesome man!! Fantastic video. What a day for sure. What we all grind it out for. Very Epic day! Keep up the great work dude.
WOW FANTASTIC !!!!!!!!!!!!
When it's on its on. Great video.
This videos amazing! I had that same Stanley Wheat wrapped Hinkle I casted off! Same exact color.bumming me out a little. You crushed em!!
Congrats!! I just bought the Babe!
Man what a day!
Wow! Just wow!
insane day, gratz
I love fishing with swimbaits.
Love every one of your videos
I respect you and your channel
Beautiful *Fishing* Congratulations Fisherman!👍🎣🐠🐟😊
What an incredible day that was... just 1 more cast. Just 1 more cast. Just 1 more cast lol
I don’t fish big baits a lot, but man that was an awesome day.
Thanks Bro! Just Bought Babe Bait!!!!
How can anyone not like this video! This is some dope footage. Thanks for not stopping the fishing when you hit your goal! #GreatDay4SwimBaitin#QueueTheZark
What a freaking day! Soo jealous of you!
Man you killed it for sure
**Immediately goes and buys a babe swimbait**
Damn, crazy day!! Great job sir!!
Now that's a lot of big bass
This reminded me of a day I had on Easter Day at Lake St. Clair. Same thing - over 20 small mouth 4 1/2 to 6 lbs dragging a tube in 3 feet of water. Think they were up for the perch spawn.. Your vids are a blast.
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Strong swimbait game.
Damn that was an epic day of fishing always enjoyable to watch your channel really good content. Have a good day and stay safe Jimmy from Massachusetts
wow congrats man legendary day
Incredible day, great video
Nothing like sunday slaunches
Swimbaits are life