#100percentwatchsquad woot woot! I heard what you did there at the end Hank, and I appreciate it! I don't have livescope or an equivalent on the Bass Buggy, but I do have down imaging and side imaging units that I'm getting better at learning how to read. For years I was thinking that I was doing best just dragging a football jig, but I realized that was probably because I always had one tied on when I was fishing deep. I still dokeep one tied on, but I've actually been working bigger squarebills, lipless cranks, and even swim jigs. I recently just caught a 6+ pounder on a 6th sense quake 70 in about 15ft of water by working it lower in the water column.
Now I love a dang football jig but guys pass on those fish that are up in the water column because a lot of people on here tell them they ain't bass or ain't what you want. They are some of the biggest most of the time.
@@BassGeek I notice those big gals like to suspend and just sort of patrol the area near whatever bit of structure they are relating to. Before I had electronics, I was always just dragging the bottom. It worked, but it could be a real grind. Now that I have the Garmin units on the old Bass Buggy, I've learned to come up off the bottom. I guess that's why most anglers like to fish shallow, because you can just see right there what's going on. In order to fish offshore, you really do need some electronics, especially when you're covering new water.
Great vid.!! Allways new suspended fish were catchable cause I catch em ! They just harder to pinpoint..ole ball& chain - c rig - been working great for me , try a caffeine shad on it... .money!!
Great info Hank, get up with me one night this summer on a full moon and I'll show ya something on the res that will blow your mind, I've got two over ten doing it....
I don’t have a boat or sonar and I don’t fish a lake with ledges, or boulder fields or points or humps(no structure). I fish a little 3 acre pond wi mucky bottom an the only cover are cat tails on the edge. Any advice for catching deeper, suspended Bass from bank in the heat of the Summer? We don’t all have boats and sonar. By the way, love your videos.
Great stuff hank, and yeah if you pay attention, whether it's professional Anglers on TV. Or guys online. It seems half of the time if not more. when they're using the forward-facing sonar there catching suspended fish. That's just another one of those bass fishing myths. Which also would be a good topic for a video if you haven't done so already
Non fishing related question here more toward the boating side of things…. Do you have any recommendations on how to bring back the gel coating on a boat if it’s faded? Thank you. Tight lines!
As a beginner, I think it would have been helpful for you to actually show the different lures you were talking about. Very hard to follow when we don’t know what you are referring to
Hey Hank, great advice as always. Straight forward. No BS! That’s why you’re one of the best! Always look forward to Sunday & Wednesday & whatcha got for us all. 100% watchsquad👊
Thanks Geek just got in the market for a graph I finally got my sea nymph done wish I could show it to you, but a busy guy like you don’t want to see a first time boat build but I have to tell y’all I’m mighty proud of the fishing vessel miss Lisa Joan!!! Just saying!!!!
Spine bait, VMC glide jig with a fluke, mega bass finesse spy bait are my go to…1/16 Neko hallow swim bait or fluke(weight in the 1/3 front area) or wacky worm with spin blade sometimes
The lakes I fish are man made impoundments with the smallest being 80 acres and the largest being 208 acres with 3 more being acreages in between those 2. All are well stocked and even include some Florida strain bass. The deepest depths are around 28 feet. 1 lake, the largest allows full throttle water sports, while the other 4 are no wake 5mph fishing lakes. There are always current flow from the spillways into the lower lakes. I live on the last lake in line which constantly receives the overflow run off from all the other lakes which in turn flows out of my lake into a creek draining the subdivision. There is a lot of structure and cover throughout all of the lakes. I had an ankle replacement and haven’t had the chance to finish mapping the lakes with my striker 9sv(consol) and/or my Garmin striker 7sv(trolling motor). I can’t wait to get back out and finish so I can put some of what your videos suggest to the trial. Enjoy your videos very much.
I love the flutter spoon. I have a spot around 15ft in a reservoir and the big northerns love it!!! Caught my first 6.8lber on a 7in spoon. And my first hybrid on a 3in spoon.. my favorite bait tho for clear water is a jig has to be right lol great video
Hey Brother, I know that if you ask 10 guys their method of "Counting" down a bait, youll get 10 different answers. I count 1 Mississippi's until line goes slack.. 10 Mississippi is 10 feet... im curious of your idea? I love your content!! Thanks for always bringing the juice !
Me and you are a lot Alike. If they are suspended I'll let out some line so if it's a 7ft rod Ill let 7ft out. Toss it with a little twirl and count 1 mississippis or 1 11000 it's about the same. That gives me a good Idea of the fall rate. The I always stop it just short of what I think it would be and work down each cast.
I love working a soft plastic jerkbait with a light belly-weighted hook! I really want to give a spybait a shot though. Seems like a good technique for the highland reservoirs here in East Tn.
I never thought of throwing a topwater or a fluke over those suspended fish! I know what I am trying this weekend. I have used swimbaits and deeper diving hard jerkbaits in the past. I haven't had too much success with those suspended bass, but I don't fish for them very often. I need to up my suspended bass game! Thanks Hank!!
I definitely watch them all. That's the best way to learn. Then I can apply what learned from you out on the water. Knowledge is power, and the ingredients to catch fish! 🤘😎🎣
You nailed it. Use to when we thought bass were suspended they were uncatchable. Great video and info. You got me hooked on the swimbaits. Got a bunch of Ramsey’s and got some Producers ordered. Absolutely love the Ledgeheads. Both regular and the bling. Keep up the great videos. Wish you were doing more per week. 👍
Man I am so interested in trying all these techs! I have never really tried deep or suspended fishing honestly! Thanks for the great info Hank! When I get back at it I will give some of these tips a shot!
Great video Hank ! Love throwing topwater for suspending fish . Also a crankbait gets some great action , if you don’t have electronics. I’ll keep changing depths until I find where they’re holding. Awesome tips n tricks as always
#100percentwatchsquad woot woot! I heard what you did there at the end Hank, and I appreciate it! I don't have livescope or an equivalent on the Bass Buggy, but I do have down imaging and side imaging units that I'm getting better at learning how to read. For years I was thinking that I was doing best just dragging a football jig, but I realized that was probably because I always had one tied on when I was fishing deep. I still dokeep one tied on, but I've actually been working bigger squarebills, lipless cranks, and even swim jigs. I recently just caught a 6+ pounder on a 6th sense quake 70 in about 15ft of water by working it lower in the water column.
Now I love a dang football jig but guys pass on those fish that are up in the water column because a lot of people on here tell them they ain't bass or ain't what you want. They are some of the biggest most of the time.
@@BassGeek I notice those big gals like to suspend and just sort of patrol the area near whatever bit of structure they are relating to. Before I had electronics, I was always just dragging the bottom. It worked, but it could be a real grind. Now that I have the Garmin units on the old Bass Buggy, I've learned to come up off the bottom. I guess that's why most anglers like to fish shallow, because you can just see right there what's going on. In order to fish offshore, you really do need some electronics, especially when you're covering new water.
Evergreen shower blow?
That’s what makes camping fun!
We fishing also!
Great vid.!! Allways new suspended fish were catchable cause I catch em ! They just harder to pinpoint..ole ball& chain - c rig - been working great for me , try a caffeine shad on it... .money!!
Good deal. I love me a caffeine shad
Great info Hank, get up with me one night this summer on a full moon and I'll show ya something on the res that will blow your mind, I've got two over ten doing it....
Nice let’s donit
I like me some swim bait and top water, you know I caught the biggest bass ever at night with a zoom lizard. How’s the KVD rod working for you?
It's ok still deciding. lol
I don’t have a boat or sonar and I don’t fish a lake with ledges, or boulder fields or points or humps(no structure). I fish a little 3 acre pond wi mucky bottom an the only cover are cat tails on the edge. Any advice for catching deeper, suspended Bass from bank in the heat of the Summer? We don’t all have boats and sonar. By the way, love your videos.
I think you'll love a deeper sonar
Great stuff hank, and yeah if you pay attention, whether it's professional Anglers on TV. Or guys online. It seems half of the time if not more. when they're using the forward-facing sonar there catching suspended fish. That's just another one of those bass fishing myths. Which also would be a good topic for a video if you haven't done so already
That is a great Idea! Thanks
bro I live in Norton I'm a new subscriber I love this channel please let me know where your fishing at I'm pumped we are neighbors
Yeah man I'm just down in BSG.
Great info, thanks. Off subject, but you look like you have lost a lot of weight!
Sometimes it's just good camera angles lol.
Thank you sir for your information… it is very valuable to me… all of your videos are super… thank you bass geek
Thank you sir I love to teach and find new baits and techniques.
Yup. I think i throw all of those baits with and without my ff sonar
Me too for years.
my 2 favorite suspending bass lures are a swim jig and a hard jerk bait.
Those work
Great video Hank, even greater knowledge !!! Good stuff to know. This is why I subscribe to BassGeek !!!
Agreed
Thank you sir. That just put a smile on my face
Thanks BR!
Non fishing related question here more toward the boating side of things…. Do you have any recommendations on how to bring back the gel coating on a boat if it’s faded? Thank you. Tight lines!
I have a video on that. We did my buddies boat. Mines to far gone.
@@BassGeek ok thank you I’ll look it up.
As a beginner, I think it would have been helpful for you to actually show the different lures you were talking about. Very hard to follow when we don’t know what you are referring to
I showed some but yah I'll be sure next time. I'm working on a new format and I'm learning.
He usually does, keep following and you'll see the baits on most of his videos. Tight lines!
Hey man I just bought some crank baits today and some drop shot stuff I plan on testing the new drop shot rod
Heck yeah man I hope ya slay'em
@@BassGeek gonna try my best
What size swimbait head is best for those suspended bass.
It just depends on how fast they want it or how deep they are but my go to is a 1/2oz
Alrighty thank you. Doin a big tackle where house order. For summer fishing stuff so that helps. Tight lines.
Great advice.,..
Thank you very much.
Hey Hank, great advice as always. Straight forward. No BS! That’s why you’re one of the best! Always look forward to Sunday & Wednesday & whatcha got for us all. 100% watchsquad👊
Heck yah Dave. Thanks for the support!
Great info. Wish you would have shown examples of your #1 & 2. Us newbies don't always understand the lingo.
Sorry I've got some updated video's on almost all these baits.
another banger!!
Thanks brother.
Thanks Geek just got in the market for a graph I finally got my sea nymph done wish I could show it to you, but a busy guy like you don’t want to see a first time boat build but I have to tell y’all I’m mighty proud of the fishing vessel miss Lisa Joan!!! Just saying!!!!
I'd love to see it man email me a pic.
Spine bait, VMC glide jig with a fluke, mega bass finesse spy bait are my go to…1/16 Neko hallow swim bait or fluke(weight in the 1/3 front area) or wacky worm with spin blade sometimes
I'm happy you reminded me of the glide jig
I like the wacky rig senko I don’t know why but the bass hammer it
It is for sure!
The lakes I fish are man made impoundments with the smallest being 80 acres and the largest being 208 acres with 3 more being acreages in between those 2. All are well stocked and even include some Florida strain bass. The deepest depths are around 28 feet. 1 lake, the largest allows full throttle water sports, while the other 4 are no wake 5mph fishing lakes. There are always current flow from the spillways into the lower lakes. I live on the last lake in line which constantly receives the overflow run off from all the other lakes which in turn flows out of my lake into a creek draining the subdivision.
There is a lot of structure and cover throughout all of the lakes.
I had an ankle replacement and haven’t had the chance to finish mapping the lakes with my striker 9sv(consol) and/or my Garmin striker 7sv(trolling motor).
I can’t wait to get back out and finish so I can put some of what your videos suggest to the trial.
Enjoy your videos very much.
Heck yeah get better and get out there
Pretty much all I do is suspended fishing
Yeah I been doing it way before live scope.
Another awesome video as always you Rock Hank
Thank you sir and you are the man!
I love the flutter spoon. I have a spot around 15ft in a reservoir and the big northerns love it!!! Caught my first 6.8lber on a 7in spoon. And my first hybrid on a 3in spoon.. my favorite bait tho for clear water is a jig has to be right lol great video
I do love a hair jig too.
Hey Brother, I know that if you ask 10 guys their method of "Counting" down a bait, youll get 10 different answers. I count 1 Mississippi's until line goes slack.. 10 Mississippi is 10 feet... im curious of your idea? I love your content!! Thanks for always bringing the juice !
Me and you are a lot Alike. If they are suspended I'll let out some line so if it's a 7ft rod Ill let 7ft out. Toss it with a little twirl and count 1 mississippis or 1 11000 it's about the same. That gives me a good Idea of the fall rate. The I always stop it just short of what I think it would be and work down each cast.
Cant argue with that list! Fishing for suspenders is critical on St. Clair!
It's just meant to be I come up there with you.
Love the knowledge you drop us! Thanks for the videos brotha 👊👊
Thank you for the support.
I love working a soft plastic jerkbait with a light belly-weighted hook! I really want to give a spybait a shot though. Seems like a good technique for the highland reservoirs here in East Tn.
I do it all the time.
I smoke them in the Ozarks on a soft plastic jerkbait! Good video!
Dude I love it!
Well done BassGeek. As a bank angler, I don’t get a lot of time out on a boat, but your video was solid!
Thank you. You never know when that might change.
Would like to have seen the baits just not talk .show
I don't know you you missed'em there where pics of them. Don't just type watch...
I never thought of throwing a topwater or a fluke over those suspended fish! I know what I am trying this weekend. I have used swimbaits and deeper diving hard jerkbaits in the past. I haven't had too much success with those suspended bass, but I don't fish for them very often. I need to up my suspended bass game! Thanks Hank!!
Anytime brother.
I definitely watch them all. That's the best way to learn. Then I can apply what learned from you out on the water. Knowledge is power, and the ingredients to catch fish! 🤘😎🎣
Thank you sir!
Awesome! Love the tips !!! Keep up the good work!!! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Mr. Masters.
Hank ? What about the Johnson spoon bait ! ? A curlliey tail Taylor,. Yeaaaaaa !!!! Use a swivel!!!!!! 😎😎😎😎
The gold n silver minnow !!!!!!!!😎😎
That's about the same as the flutter spoons. They are just a little heavier and get just a little deeper.
You nailed it. Use to when we thought bass were suspended they were uncatchable. Great video and info. You got me hooked on the swimbaits. Got a bunch of Ramsey’s and got some Producers ordered. Absolutely love the Ledgeheads. Both regular and the bling. Keep up the great videos. Wish you were doing more per week. 👍
Im gonna give that a Big Heck yeah!!!!
You got one of the most educational fishing channels there is I learned something new every video
HECK Yeah! That's what I love to hear.
Another great one! What do you think of the fluke nose hooked fast retrieve with a few jerks here and there?
Depends on how deep you want to get down to.
Yes I think this can be done Thank You for the great video, and information 👍
I've been doing it with out live for years.
Just another reason, I need a vessel to get off the bank.
You'll get there man.
I was at the P the other day. Been wanting to go back when it stops storming
Do any good?
@@BassGeek got 3 good ones shallow near south fork ramp
Good stuff like always
Thanks.
I was just talking to guy today about this and what to throw at them I am new to fishing thanks for the video brother
Now it takes some patients and sometimes they just don't bite.
@@BassGeek your number one the under spin is my favorite one to I love throwing it too
Excellent
Thank you. Hop ya good.
Man I am so interested in trying all these techs! I have never really tried deep or suspended fishing honestly! Thanks for the great info Hank! When I get back at it I will give some of these tips a shot!
It's so much fun. When you find'em they are there every year.
Great video Hank ! Love throwing topwater for suspending fish . Also a crankbait gets some great action , if you don’t have electronics. I’ll keep changing depths until I find where they’re holding. Awesome tips n tricks as always
Did that for years before I had good electronics